The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, August 31, 1900, Page 5, Image 5
PALMETTO STATE ELECTION.
CHARLESTON SAVES THE PACE OF
11eIt OLD ENEMY, TILLMAN.
Hr l* Working for the Removal of
i lie Naval Station From Tort Roy.
01. Therefore the City He Tried
Formally to Throttle Save* Him n
Hunt Throw-Down—Some Surprise*
nf the linllot — Itesmlt Yet In Doubt.
Columbia. S. C., Aug. 30.—With her big
counties and magnificent distances, it is
oa o ' flow work getting election re
runs in South Carolina, but this year the
usual troubles have been aggravated by
Ponderous tickets, and in some instances
the managers were working on the count
I r twelve hours. The state ticket, with
thirty candidates, was bad enough, but
when in addition the managers had to
handle county tickets having from 70 to
SO names, the task was exhausting.
To-morrow, probably, all the boxes will
be reported and the official count may be
made. There is some trouble in Charles
ton about the loss of one important box,
t r rather of the poll list, and it is being
held up for investigation. There is a poss
ibility that this box may change the re
sult in the sheriff's fight about which
there is much bad blood. Martin now has
the advantage over Jervey.
MoSwofiiy Lend* Hoyt.
Mi Sweeny, on the returns from about
<OO votes, and with but four or five
11msand more to hear from, leads Col.
Hoyt, the prohibition Candidate, by near
ly 3,000. One of the surprises is the poor
riu mpde by Frank B. Gary, who was
u •nittedly the choice of Senator Tillman
for governor, his vote barely one-third of
II \ t's. He will take third place, with
l iMerson of Barnwell fourth, Whitman
bringing up the rear of this, his fourth
r.i e for Governor, with less than 500 votes
to his credit.
State Treasurer Timmerman and J. H.
Jennings, a one-armed Confederate, are
running a neck-and-neck race. Jennings
got majorities in most of the counties, but
Charleston gave Timmerman a lead of
3.* The result will probably not be
k >wn till the official count.
Col. “Jim” Tillman, a nephew of the
S. t .itor. doubles the next highest man
for lieutenant governor. There were
live running and the vote was very much
split up. Tillman and Col. John T. Sloan
cf Columbia will run over, with the
chances in favor of Tillman. He became
noted in the Spanish War for encouraging
hi- men to j>elition for muster out.
W. D. Evans and J. L. Wharton Will run
over for Railroad Commissioner.
Defeat of NYllson.
Joseph Johnson defeats Stanyarne Wil
son for re-election to Congress by more
than 2,000. Wilson has served two terms
In Congress, and each time Johnson has
run against him. Wilson, in the days
when factional strife was bitter was in
the State Senate. He was Gov. Tillman's
right-hand man; a leader who conceded
nothing to an opponent. He led the major
ities that for so many sessions of the leg
islature hod everything their own way.
Johnson was on the other side. He got
few votes the first time he ran for Con
gress. hut has gained them each time till
success is won.
In the Sixth district anew man also has
a chance. Lieut. Gov. Scarborough, a
young lawyer, is a few votes ahead of
Congressman James Norton. As there is
i third man in the field. J. E. Elliott, who
has drawn more than 3.000 votes, none can
hr e a majority, and so the two highest
\vi,l contest again next Tuesday week.
■ itor Tillman will have his majority—
and so will go back to the Senate, but he
has been badly scratched. He will run
i ';bly 26,000 behind the ticket. He was
mii ' - j d both in the towns and cities.
Hi- ' s would have been greater had he
i In on particular good terms with
Charleston just at present. He is assist
i..g that city In the tight for the naval sta
tion and in other local matters of interest
Hi- vote there was quite large, while in
Columbia it was not 40 per cent.
PROTESTS AND CONTESTS.
I hnrleston Candidates Not Satisfied?
Witli Re*ult*.
hnrleston, S. C., Aug. 30.—When the
C.' inty Democratic Executive Committee
met here to-day to tabulate the returns
of the recent primary, it was flooded with
! rotests and contests. Mr. James H.
Moore, who wag defeated for magistrate,
will contest all votes cast for candidates
indorsed by the advisory board of the
Charleston Democracy on the grounds that
they were candidates of a faction back of
n faction and under the rules of the party
nre not entitled to participate in a Demo
cratic primary.
Mr. Jarvey will protest against the votes
in the box, from Club 2, Ward 4, being
counted, #n<] he will ask for an official
<ount of all the ballots cast. The whole
poll list of the hox named was not turned
in to the Executive Committee, and cannot
!"■ found. The representative of Capt.
Martin stated that he reserved his right
to make a protest till liter, and so the
matter went. The committee finally ap
pointed a sub-committee to tabulate the
returns officially and then agreed to hear
all the protests on Sept. 3.
WILL GO TO W EST VIRGINIA.
Mr. Ilrjnn May Make a Few Speeches
in That State.
Deer Park. Md., Aug. 30.—Hon. John T.
McGraw has received a telegram from
Mr. Hrynn saying he would come to West
Viiginia next Tuesday, and spend a few
days a McGraw’s place at Deer Park.
While in the state he might make a few
appointments for political meetings, not
to exceed two speeches a day. He will
proceei direct from Chicago to Deer
Park, and will return to Chicago Friday
c veiling.
WILL DECLARE HIMSELF.
Senator Wellington to Follow Ilryan
nt Cumberland.
Cumberland, Md.. 'Aug. 30—The Demo
cratic county Committee to-night an
nounced tl at United States Senator Wel
li gton will follow Mr. Bryan on Tuesday
night at this place in a ape ch in which
' r will definitely declare his position in
the presidential fight.
WILL TAKE AN ACTIVE FART.
Lormnu I'xpeet* to Get in Some
t ii in pit In n W ork.
N>w York, Aug. 30.~Fortner Benator
German on hi* way hom* to Maryland
t om his vacation, had a short conference
A 1 h M' sre. Uroker and Murphy to-day.
H i he exp cted to take an active
part in the campaign later on.
Fern* W liifip <1 Mattketvft.
troll. Ml- h , Aug 30 —Bobby Fern*.
Kansas Rube, was given the decision
night ov* r Many Matthews, of New
‘k. alter fifteen of the fastest rounds
*■ • r Keen her* . Many *i>eetators thought
•he i(suit fUm'd have be. ti it draw. This
►’* • Ft rim fit* welterweight champion
ship
W la its bend for ( nog tvmm,
Danville, V* . Aug m—J H Whitefuul
4 htbam uas nominated for ConireM
v '< • Republican* of the Fifth District
in eonvnt ton at Martinavill#, Vg . to-day.
Mi n formerly a Democrat
GOLDWIRE KILLED 1 ROOMS.
B,r Negro'* < iir*injt anti Thrent*
Cost Him Hi* Lift*.
Tifton, Ga., Aug. 30. Dick Grooms, a
i colored porter on Plant System passen
ger train, No. S9. west bound, was shot
■hid instantly killed at 2 o’clock this
morning by Baggageman A. C. Goldwire.
( rooms was a coal-black giant, weigh
ing o\er .00 pounds, and Is sa'd to have
: been v* ry impudent. He and Goldwire had
i a ois Pute on leaving Albany the previous
day, and he cursed Goldwire, who warn
ed him not to do so again, as he would
get hurt.
On the arrival of the train at Tifton
this morning, Goldwire called Crooms to
help him off wi h a barrel of fish. Grooms
was evidently angry already, and replied
that if he wanted the fish taken off to
take them off himself. Crooms cursed
Goldwire, at the same time putting his
hand to his hip pocket. Quick „s a flash.
Gold wire’s pistol came to the front, and
nve shots rang out as fast as he could
pull the trigger. Every shot took effect,
and Crooms staggered to a seat in the
colored car, and was dead before any
one could reach him. His pistol, a bull
dog, was found in his pocket, from which
he had not had time to draw It.
Under instructions from headquarters,
the. body was carried on to Albany, Gold
wire having charge of it in the baggage
car - The conductor offered to relieve him
until Albany was reached, but Goldwire
declined, saying he would remain at his
post. No arrests have been made, as it
appears that Goldwire was clearly justi
fiable.
Jhe Grooms family bear a reputation
as bad negroes in this section; one of
them, John Crooms, having killed Bailiff
Jim Hamlin about ten years ago and
wounded Capt. \V. T. Hargrett. who was
in the party trying to arrest him.
Jack Edenfleld, who was shot through
the head by Tom Brogden, at Alapha,
on the night of Aug. IS, died Monday.
At a committal trial yesterday Brogden
was released, the evidenve being that he
acted in self-defense.
John Clements, who was shot by John
Ellis, near Kissimmee, on Aug. 17, is said
to be getting well.
SAILORS AVERE PAID OFF.
Made Charge* of Cruelty AgHiiiHt
Their Captain.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 30.—Acting British
Consul R. F. Baldwin to-day investigat
ed charges of cruelty against Capt. A.
Hammond of the British government’s
chartered collier Channing, preferred by
sixteen members of the ship’s crew, who
desired their discharge.
The Channing is now nt Lambert’s
Point loading for the British government
upward of 4,C00 tons of coal for South
Africa.
John O’Rourke, the ship’s quartermas
ter, claimed that Capt. Hammond threw’
him overboard while the Channing was
in South American waters recently, and
then prevented him from reporting the
matter to the South American authori
ties. William Yapp, a coal passer, claim
ed that he was compelled to work while
suffering with a blood-poisoned leg.
Thomas Ford, another coal passer, claim
ed that he was compelled to work while
suffering with a very sore hand.
None of the churges of cruelty against
Capt. Hammond were sustained. Attor
ney P. J. Morris, representing the sixteen
men who desired their discharge from
the Channing, throaiened to libel the ves
sel if Cap*. Hammond would not come
to terms, and the sixteen men were paid
off and discharged.
WAGES MAY BE REDUCED.
Reductions Contemplated for Cotton
Mill Operative*.
Boston, Aug. 30.—A statement was sent
out from Clinton to-day that a general
wage reduction in New England cotton
mills is contemplated. The report could
not be verified here.
A reduction in wages is under consider
ation in Fall River, but as yet no decision
has been positively announced, though
treasurers representing 1,000.000 spindles
have agreed to a reduction plan?
Should wages he reduced in that city it
is thought many manufacturers elsewhere
may take up the wage question, but as
far as can be learned here no action has
yet been decided upon.
Considerable secrecy is maintained at
Fall River concerning the proposed re
duction because of feared objections from
some stockholders opposed to a reduc
tion at this time, and f r fear of the
effect on trade. Opponents of the plan
fear that at the time when there is no
demand for goods, a redui ton cannot
solve the market problem w’hieh con
fronts mill men to-day. Curtailment of
product* n is the only means of relieving
the market, thur creating a demand.
TO CONTINUE THE OLD PLAN.
Pythian* Decide to Keep I'p tlie Ro
tation of Officer*.
Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 30.—The Supreme
Lodge Knights of Pythias to-day settled
the question of whether rotation in office
should be continued or the supreme offi
cers re-elected for u second term. The
lest was the vote on election of Supreme
Chancellor. There were two candidates,
Thomas G. Sample of Pennsylvania, the
present supreme chancellor, and Ogden
11. Fethers of Janesville, Wls. Supreme
Vice Chancellor. There were seventeen
seconding speeches made for Fethers; the
Sample contingent were content to rest
with the nominating address. The first
ballot resulted in the election of Fethers.
88 to 59. Contrary to the usual custom,
the election was not made unanimous, no
motion being madt; to that effect.
San Francisco was selected for the next
biennial gathering by acclamation.
ENDEAVORERS Ol T OF FI NDS.
Arrived From Europe Without Even
ii Change off Linen.
New York. Aug. 30.—Many of the 420
Christian Endeavorers who reached this
port from Europe yesterday on the North
German Lloyd steamer Aller ore unable
to proceed to their homes by reason of
lack of funds. Neither had any of the
420 any baggage when they arrived, lack
ing even a change of linen.
They tell harrowing stories of their ex
periences abroid. They report the conti
nent of Europe to be dotted with ill-used
Christian Endeavor tourists.
PKKETING IN ILLEGAL.
Btrlker* Enjoined From* Interfering
With Non-l nlon Men.
London. Aug. 30.—A verdict against
picketing during strikes was rendered to
day by Justice Farw* 1! of the High Court
of Justice, who enjoined General H< < re
rry Bell of the Amalgamated Society of
Railway Servants, and Organising He te
tjiry Holmes from watching and besetting
th* Oicat Western Railroad station* and
ultras* lies with the view of Inducing nor
unionist* to refrain from taking the* places
of Tuff Vale Railroad strikers,
The Tkuwsa Arrived.
Hun K- Jinclsi o. Aug Vt The United
State* transport Thomas arrived to-nlg)if,
and <y* fr .m Manila Yokohama
J,,,; . , i wi firk -md wounded *•>!'
diers 31 military prisoners. M pa**
angar*. 179 10 Ibo Sleet sg snd seven stow
a ways. Satat* dtstfes <*vuri4 during tb
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1000.
MARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION.
IMPORTANT ADDRESS AT B AR ASSO
CIATION MEETING.
Hon. George R. Peek of Chicago Say*
the C’onatitution off the United
State* Ha* the Marching Quality.
History of Sonic of the Most Im
portant Step* In It* Progress.
Court Deeiniou* That Nece**ifated
Amend m cut*.
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 3(V. —At to-day’s
session of the twenty-third annual meet
ing of the American Bar Association, the
annual address was delivered by George
R. Peck of Chicago, 111., who spoke on
“The March of the Constitution.” lie
said in part:
I The ftderal constitution was a great
! creative work, anew departure.
| In a general way, It may be said that
i a constitution is the system or body of
| fundamental principles, written or un
written. under which a nation, state or
body politic is formed or governed.
Well did Tennyson describe the process
by which the Biitish constitution was
evolved, when he w’rote;
“A land of old and just renown
Where freedom broadens 6lcwly down
From precedent to precedent.”
But the British constitution, could not
suffice when the American people pro
posed to embark upon a career of sepa
rate nationality.
Never did men face a graver responsi
bility than did those who undertook to
bring order out of the chaos which then
enveloped them.
The lefty enumeration of their purposes
in the preamble to the Constitution, was
ireclf a solemn judgment upon the arti
cles of confederation, which, indeed, all
men knew were altogether inadequate
for holding the fruits of their struggle
for independence.
What order of rmn they were who
framed our Constitution is shown in the
light of a historical contrast which is
full of dramatic interest. France was in
trouble—a trouble more serious than any
which ever before confronted an existing
order of things.
On the very day that George Washing
ton was elected President of the conven
tion. the great assembly of the notables
adjourned. They had sat tw’o months and
utterly failed to do anything which could
save Fiance. Then came another meet
ing of the notables and of the states gen
eral, the national assembly, the constit
uent assembly, and that fruitless and ut
terly abortive effort to make a constitu
tion which should save the king’s crown
and the people’s rights.
This attempt at constitution-making
failed, for it could not rally to its sup
port any faith in its inherent strength. It
simply collapsed when put to the pitiless
test of those pitiless times. Great hoi*es
had been centered in it. hopes of deliver
ance. hopes of happiness and hopes of
peace; hut Carlyle sums up the result in
a single sentence, which he makes the
heading for one of his grandly picturesque
chapters; “Constitution will not march.”
Had the Marching Quality.
'But, gentlemen, the constitution our
fathers made had the marching quality in
it; and our history records how it has
marched in good and evil days, some
dmes through perils and difficulties, some
timse seeming almost ready to halt, but
always moving forward.
Franklin urged the members of the con
vention to sink their personal objections
for the sake of the great Issue at stake.
“Thus I consent, sir. to this constitution.”
he said, “because I expect no better and
liecauee I am not sure that it Is not the
best. The opinions 1 have had of Us cr
lors I sacrifice to the public good.”
It was the result of a large number of
compromises.
There was little business for the Su
preme Court in the eleven years which
preceded the appointment of Marshall;
only six constitutional cases were decid
ed.
Thus far the constitution had marched;
hut it must be admitted its pathway had
not been a smooth one. The people soon
learned that the Supreme Court was a
body claiming enormous powers—powers
that thousands of good men viewed with
sincere alarm.
When Chisholm vs. the State of Geor
gia was brought before them, the country
was aflame with excitement. Mingled
feelings of astonishment and indignation
filled men’s minds at the thought of bring
ing a sovereign state into court like an
ordinary debtor.
“This is a case of uncommon magni
tude,” said Justice Wilson. “One of the
parties to it is a state; certainly respec
table. Claiming to be sovereign. The
question to be determined is whether this
state, so respectable, and whose claim
soars so high, is amenable to the Jurisdic
tion of the Supreme Court of the United
States? This question, important in It
self. will depend on others more impor
tant still, and may. perhaps, be ultimate
ly resolved into one no less radical than
this: ‘Do the people of the United States
form a nation?’ “
A Georgia Ca*e.
When the court held the state of Geor
gia to be amenable to a private citizen,
an overwhelming demand went up for an
amendment to the constitution, and so
the eleventh amendment was straightway
adopted.
When Marshall took his seat it was plain
that he would have many uncomfortable
experiences and much rancorous criti
cism. He believed in a strong govern
ment; and so also did his adversaries.
But they believed the strength should be
In the separate parts, while he believed
it should be in the sum of all the parts—
the Nation. He had, indeed, the great
conception of John Milton: “not • * *
many sovereignties united in one common
wealth, but many commonwealths under
one united and intrusted sovereignty.”
The first case in which Marshall was
called upon to go deeply into the theory
of our government is Marby v. Madison.
The great value of the decision lies in
the luminous and convincing discussion of
the question: “What is the duty of the
Judiciary when a statute not authorized
by the constitution is asserted as the basis
of a legal right?”
“To what purpose nre powers limited,”
he asked, “and to w’hat purpose is that
limitation committed to writing, if these
limits may, at any time, be passed by
those intended to bo restrained?” And he
answered: “Certainly all those who have
frame*] written constitutions contemplate
them as forming the fundamental and
paramount law of the nation, and. conse
quently. the theory of every such govern
ment must be that an act of the
luro repugnant to the constitution is
void.” Mark the word “void* -not doubt
ful or questionable, but void.
It was in thin great ease that we find
the maxim which has come down through
our Judicial history, “the government of
the United Htates is a government of laws
and not of men.” WKhln the last twelve
months the Supreme Court of the United
giatfM. Mistaking by JuMice Brew* r, again
announced it In Railway Company v.
Tompkins.
Power* a* to IlnnL*.
The n**xt gi'-ot forward step of the con
stitution %v.i* MeCuliorb v. Maryland, fa
mous ii# our Judicial annals, it
involved a question absolutely vital in the
relation* of tre national government to
the government* of the state*.
You know the two questions involved
pint, Has Congress power o incorpor
ate a bank*
gacond If It baa. car a atate t.x It?
Of tins Ur* question Marshall raid It
must be d'idi pen **fully, or remain a
source of nosilh logUiatloti. ptrhapi ho*
♦ May of • Mill more ** rlo js nature; an I
if tt is to e so d*. id*d by this tribunal
*)Ofi# cj*ff the decliioti be made
V'n#*nin#ly be demonstrated that the
government of the nation la supreme
within <b of iU powtff, U.si
may avail itself of ail necessary and prop
er means of exercising those powers, and
that neither Maryland nor any other state
can interfere with, cripple or impede its
lawful operations as a government.
At the same term the celebrated Dart
mouth College case was decided.
***•*•
Gibbons vs. Ogden, decided in 1824. is
the great source to which all must go
who would understand the scope and im
port of the commerce clause of the con
stitution. Again, the great Chief Justice
had to face the pretensions of a sover
eign state, and to strike down one of its
statutes.
The court there upheld the exclusive
power of Congress to regulate commerce
among the states, wherever it has legis
lated upon the subject. The argument
in the case dealt largely with the ques
tion whether navigation is commerce, but
Marshall, answering that question in the
affirmative, added in that conclusive way
which no other judge ever equaled or
approached: “Commerce undoubtedly is
traffic, but it is something more; it is In
tercourse.” It would almost seem that
he was a prophet as w’ell as judge, for
in that sentence he unconsciously foretold
the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone
and all the wonderful appliances by which
science compels nature to be the servant
and minister of man.
• •••••*
Roger B. Taney, who succeeded Mar
shall, was a man eminently titled for that
exalted position. Learned, able, patient,
honest, he filled the ideal of a great
judge. But, like Marshall, he had a tem
perament; like Marshall, he belonged to
a school. Strict construction was as dear
to him as It was odious to his predecessor.
After referring with regret to the Dred
Scott case, the speaker said: “Let us be
Just.” Judge Taney was sustained by the
entire court, save two, McLean and Cur
tis. It matters little now who was right
arid who was wrong: for the issue wont to
a higher court and was settled forever.
••****•
Throughout our constitutional history we
have carried on the most complex system
of government known to man—and to-day
! venture to assert that, notwithstand
ing its complexity, it has been so admin
istered as to combine more of liberty to
the citizen with more of power in the na
tion than any other constitutional gov
errment. The states, unimpaired in their
just powers, carry or> the due operations
of local administration unfettered—and the
union—which is a union both of people
and states—has long since passed the time
when any court or any stoteamani may re
new Justice Wilson’s inquiry: “I)o ih'
people of the United States form a na
tion?”
Report* Adopted.
At the afternoon station the report of
the committees were presented. The one
on jurisprudence and law reform and on
commercial law was adopted. The upon
on commercial law says in part:
The present “acts of bankruptcy” give
the creditor no remedy whatever unless
the debtor deliberately seeks to defraud
Ids creditors or to prefer one creditor over
another, or suffers or pernvts such a pref
erence, or commit* an overt act in the
"ay of making an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors, or admits in writ
ing his inability to pay his debts and is
willing to be adjudged a bankrupt on that
ground.
There is nothing in the present law or
in the law as emended by the Ray bill
that gives a creditor any remedy what
ever against a reckless or improvident
df btor.
The debtor, instead of u*dng his money
to pay his debts, may gamble with it.
may speculate with it, may use it is
wastefully or improvidently as he chooses,
and the creditor has no remedy except
that when his debt becomes due he may
sue upon it and collect it if he can.
A man may have a thousand dollars in
cash and owe debts of a thousand dollars
which he ought to pay with that cash;
instead, he may go into a gambling house
and bet it on the turn of a wheel, and
the creditor has no remedy. He may go
into a worse than gambling house on Wall
street, or State street, or Chestnut street,
and bet it upon the turn of something
more uncertain than a wheel, and the
reditor has no remedy. He may indulge
in wild recklessness in the business ven
tures, or wild extravagance in his per
sonal outlays, and the creditor has no
remedy.
It is the object of our proposed amend
ments to furnish the creditor with a rem
edy under such circumstances. When a
man is in debt he has no moral—and we
believe he should have no legal—right to
use the money or the property with which
alone he can pay that debt, in such a wav
that the creditor takes all the chances
in case of failure, and the debtor reaps
all the profit in case of success.
We are not at all unmindful of the diffi
culties in the way of enforcing such u
provision in the statute as we seek to
have enacted. It may be that in many
cases, perhaps most cases, the creditor
would not discover the wrong that was
being done him until it is too late to
apply the remedy. The stable door might
be locked only after the horse was stolen.
But the difficulty of enforcing a right
is no reason why it should be withheld.
The least that the Legislature can do
is to put it in the power of the creditor
to protect himself and leave it to his dili
gence to apply the remedy. Let the Leg
islature do its part, and the creditor can
not then complain if by any want of dili
gence or alertness he fails to do this.
FIRE INSUR ANCE. AGENTS.
.An*n*lnfion** Fifth Animal Conven
tion nt Aliltvnnkee.
Milwaukee. Wls, Aug. 81—The fifth
annual convention of thf? National Asso
ciation of Ical Fire Insurance Agents
mot here to-day. 200 delegates present.
E. W. Wilson of Utah introduced a
resolution that the National Association
request of the presidents of each state
a complete list of all fire companies of
fering or writing business at cut rates,
the list to be furnished on the first day®
of October, January, April, end July of
each year, and that the same, be pub
lished and sent to all members.
Th* resolution was greeted with ap
plause and referred to the committee on
resolutions without debate.
President Woodworth then delivered his
annual address.
Secretary and Treasurer Frank Holmes
of Chicago, then made hi* annual report.
# A. H. Robinson of Louisville, Ky„ chair
man of the Executive Committee, submit
ted his report.
The report of the Grievance Committee
showed a large irvereane in number of
complaints filed, testified to a desire of
company managers to assist in redressing
wrongs done agents and railed attteniion
to the value of state associations in ad
justing local difference*.
The report® of the committeetf on or
ganization and legislation were read at
the afternoon session.
AL All ANI A K EBP* I I* ftPBEO.
Hut fir* Ii Ip Made n Great Hun From
lloNtnn to the t'npe*.
Lewes, Del., Aug. 30.—Th* battleship
Alabama has arrived here on her way to
Cramp*' shipyard to be turned over to
the government. The battleship made the
run fr<#m Boston to the Delaware cape*
in twenty-eight hour*, maintaining an
average speed of sixteen knots, which la
her contract speed From Nantucket
shool* lightship, in a run of hours,
the ship averaged lAM knots without be
ing pushed or having special preparations
made for the run
A l*r•Him Ilrnnsliis.
New York Aug '#> Arthur T J Rl e
was drowned at Brighton Beach r
daf while bathing it m ilfcought tha.4 hi*
drowning was the result of his falsa taetn
dropping into Lis ihrst # strangling him
CORBETT THE VICTOR.
Continued from First Page.
feinting and .-lugging. 1 did not like Jim
in the first round, as he was too nervous,
and McCoy was outpointing him. but af
ter they cairir up for the second round
Jim was more composed, and from that
point until he delivered the finishing blow*
he proved himself to be the better man.
The work of both men was wonderfully
clever and fully bore out all
that has been said of them
for some years iest. Any one.
no matter how big or strong, would have
gone down before those last three blows
that Corbett landed, as they were full of
strength and planted in the proper spot.”
Neither man. when he returned to his
dtessing room, showed any marks on the
face or body. Corbett, of course, was in
the best of humor.
“Now, hold oil a moment." he said as
bis friends surged about, “I want to ask
you something. Was it a good fight?”
When a chorus of voices answered
”Y r es,“ Jim said: “I am gad of it. and I
think I have proved that I am the clever
est boxer in the world, and showed that
I can punch a bit, didn’t I? Soy, he’s a
clever fellow, ain't he? He can pinch
too.”
Corbett continued: “He can hi. I teli
you, but I dropped to something very
quickly. He can only hit with one hand
at a time. He can’t wallop with both
hands. When I saw that, I made up my
mind that the hcs< thing for me to do
was to go in and mix it up with him.
Now I am ready and willing ro meet any
heavyweight fighter in the world. Jef
fries preferred. I will rest up n bit first,
and after that will take on the best of
them.”
McCoy's face wore a gloomy expression
as he sat in his room dressing. When
spoken to he said, curtly: “Oh, I don’t
want to talk. What’s the use? I was
whipped. I thought he was so easy in
The first two rounds that I grew careless,
and he got home the punch.”
The men battled for 60 per cent, of the
gross receipts which was to be divided. 75
per cent, to the winner and 25 per cent, to
the loser. It is estimated that there was
about $40,000 in the house, so that Corbett
will receive in the neighborhood of
and McCoy about $6,000.
The betting Just before the men entered
the ring wah 2 to 1 on Corbett, When they
entered McCoy refused to shake hands
with Corbett.
The Fig lit l>> Round*.
Round One—Just before the men began.
Referee White cautioned the seeonds that
if any of them emered the ring, they
would be arrested. Corbett started feint
ing. with McCoy breaking. McCoy tried
with the left, but missed. Corbett feint
ed with the left, but stepped back. Mc-
Coy tried a right swing, but fell short
Corbett tried with Ms left for the head,
but McCoy threw It off. Corbett, after
a spell, tried another left, but was
stopped. Roth feinted cleverly and Cor
bett tried another left. McCoy rushed
with both hands, but Corbett stepped
back, breaking ground Three times. Cor
bett tried left swing, but was cleverly
blocked, and McCoy made him break
ground in trying left for the head. Neither
landed a blow during the &pund. The
bell found them sparring in the middle
of the ring.
Round Two—The cleverness displayed
by the men was beautiful. As they came
to the center in this round McCoy was
the aggressor, but both he and Corbett
failed to land. McCoy sent two left Jabs
to Corbett’s mouth. Jim attempAed a
right hook for the head, hut McCoy block
ed nicely. McCoy rushed, but Jim side
stepped. McCoy landed a left on ihe ear.
and at close quarters put his left to <he
body and Jim put his right to the ear
and face. They clinched and In the
breakaway Corbett missed twice. Cor
bett sent his left to the neck and crossed
his right to the mouth. the boll
found them sparring in the rif.g.
Round Three—Roth feinted for a few
seconds and then Corbett sent his left for
the body, but was blocked. McCoy tried
a left swing for the body, but Corbett
•blocked. Corbett rushed in, but McCoy
clinched safely and ihe referee separated
them. Jim tried a right for the jaw but
McCoy ducked. They come together In an
other clinch, McCoy’® elbow going to Cor
bett’s che-t, and McCoy was cautioned by
the referee. McCoy was now on the defen
sive, and blocked a left uppercut. McCoy
led left to the face and Jim countered. Roth
left to the face and Jim countered. Roth
landed left swings on the mouth. Corbett
dropped his science for a moment and
commenced walloping without landing, as
the Kid’s blocking was perfect.
Round Four. Both came up quickly at
the sound of th** bell. Corbett being the ag
gressor. McCoy broke ground frequent
ly, going backwards. Ci rbett landed :
left on the face, but the Kid broke away
when Jim tried left and right swings.
Jim k>pt following, trying left swings,
and they came to a clinch twice. Corbett
rushed, and the Kid landed left on the
ear. Corbett rushed again, driving the
Kid across the ring, swinging his right
and uppercutting with his left. McCoy
kept ducking, but Corbett got to him
with both hands. Corbett Jabbed two lefts
in the face, and kept after hi-- man, bat
tering down McCoy’s and feose. McCoy
clinched frequently and both showed
signs of weariness wh<n they went to
thfir corners.
Round Five.—The Kid stepped In with
n left to the face. He tried a right swing,
but missed. (McCoy rushed again, but
Jim put right and left to the head. Jim
tried left for the head, but they clinched
and broke at the referee’® bidding. Mc-
Coy was now In Jim’s corner and Jim
tried a left swing under which the Kid
ducked. McCoy jobbed left to face. Mc-
Coy again got Into Corbett’s corner. Cor
bett smothered McCoy with rights and
lefts on the body ond head. McCoy was
then unable to defend himself and simply
crossed his arms under his face. Cor
bett then seeing that he had McCoy at his
mercy, drove a hard left to the stomach,
which doubled McCoy in two, McCoy
holding on to Jim's left glove. Jim then
planted a hard right over the heart, which
sent McCoy staggering, and Corbett fol
lowing quickly, sent another left to tb*
same spot and McCoy went to the floor.
While the referee was counting the ten
seconds McCoy struggled to regain hi®
feet, but he was counted out before he
could stand up.
White had counted him out before the
Kid got un and he did not *eem to realize
that he had lieen courted out, the referee
having to* tell him to go to his corner. Mr-
Coy left the ring within a minute after he
was counted out. while Corbett was de
tained by his friends, who surrounded him
and smothered him with congratulation®.
Time of fifth round, 2 minute* and 3 sec
onds.
Will ICrtiirn to Colombia.
Washington, Aug. 30.—Dr Cuervo-Mar
quez. chorge d’affaire® of Colombia, wa*
nt the state department yesterday to say
good-bye to th** officials, as he has re
ceived an urgent call from ins govern
ment to dome to Bogota, lie say® there
i® no longer any semblance of opposition
to the government, except from uma!!
guerilla band*.
I’tiHioii C'onMraMmeii
Seattle, Wash.. Aug 30.—The Dem
ocratic. Populist and Sliver Republicans
I- night nominated F. r. Robinson and
J. T. Ronald for Congress. It was agreed
tn.tt the Democrat* should be allowed to,
have their name at the bead of the fusion
ticket The platform denounces imperial
tern. roililurteni and trusts, and favors di
rt <t legislation
Named a* lleelrvrr*.
Columbus. 0., Aug 30 William If
VYlhtam* and David L Davies have been
appoint* 1 receivers of the Globe But ding
ind I jjan Company.
licit fli Of M, I*, (iitriiiilllr,
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ijtrr to day of {ho death *t M*oir***i last (
night of H Phillips Gorinujly, president
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