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GREAT MOGUL OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
LEAGUE HAS ARRIVED AT LAST
PRESIDENT nOYER HEAfHKD SA
VANNAH FROM BALTIMORE.
WILL COMMENCE WORK
BRIGHT AND EARLY TO'DAY.
DAD I.AROCQIE WILL BE HERB
WITH PATHFINDERS FRIDAY.
Little Leanor In Now Beginning: o
Bootle In a Buolneoo LlLe Way.
Three of the Macon Player* Have
Arrived and Other* Are Expected
To-day—President Boyer Will Eo
tablloh League Headquarter* Thl*
Week and Let Contract* for the
Improvement* at the Bolton Street
Park.
Commencing to-day the ball situation
!n Savannah will take actual shape,
and by the end of the week the Savan
nah team will have assembled, donned
uniforms and taken the first hard try
outs preparatory to the opening of the
Initial season of the South Atlantic
League.
President Boyer, who Is also the
owner of the Savannah club, reached
Savannah last night from Baltimore,
but did not leave the steamer, in order
to be up bright and early this morn
ing to make arrangements for the
rapid completion of the work that is
now before him.
Mr. Boyer failed to reach Baltimore
in time to catch the boat he first in
tended coming on, and was two days
late in getting to Savannah. He was
deltghted to find the weather here so
pleasant. The temperature was almost
freezing when he left Baltimore.
The first thing Mr. Boyer will look
after will be the improvements that
will be made at Bolton Street Park.
The grand stand will be the first thing
attended to, and then the fences. The
work of putting the diamond in shape
will be carried along with the other
work, and It is hoped to have the in
field finished by the latter part of
this week, if the weather permits.
Owing to the short space of time
before the opening of the season, Mr.
Boyer will not fill in the diamond, as
it is his intention to do later on. After
the first series in Savannah is fin
ished, and the team goes away for a
two-weeks' stay, work will be com
menced on the grounds, and they will
then be filled in and a proper system
of drainage arranged.
Mr. Boyer will ask the owners of
the Bolton street property for permis
sion to tear down the old house that
now stands in the extreme right field.
The outfield will be cut down con
siderably, and the dirt that is taken
from there will be used in filling in
the diamond.
Tickets Sent to Players.
Owner Boyer has sent transportation
to all the members of the Savannah
team, and the boys will commence re
porting the latter part of this week.
Dad Laßocque will leave Birmingham
on Thursday night, arriving in Sa
vannah on Friday. By the time Dad
gets here a number of the players will
have asembled and the regular routine
work will be taken up.
The Pathfinders will be hustled out
to the park every morning at 0
o'clock, and put through two hours'
hard work. At 3:30 in the afternoon
the same programme will be followed.
So far no exhibition games have been
arranged, except those with the all-
Cuban team, which will be played
April 19, 20 and 21. An elTort will be
made to have Manager Powell of the
Atlanta team stop here on his way
back to Atlanta from Jacksonville, and
play a series.
Uniforms Have Been Shipped.
The order for the uniforms for the
Savannah team was given some weeks
ago, and Owner Boyer has been noti
fied that they have been shipped. The
Savannah uniform will be one of the
most attractive in the league. Royal
blue and white are the colors, with a
large Roman "S” on the breast of the
shirt.
Speaking of the league and the out
look President Boyer was most en
thusiastic. Though a bit sleepy he
found time to tell all about the splen
did outlook. “I have no doubt in the
world now that by the opening of the
next season we will be in the same
class with the Southern League, and
with the many advantages that we
have over this organization In the way
of short hauls, and keen rivalry be
tween the cities in the league, I would
not be surprised if we would not be
able in another year to outbid them
for the very best players that can be
secured for minor leagues.
Boyer Is Satisfied.
“As far as possible. I have left the
work of getting the Savannah club
together to Mr. Laßocque, and I am
satisfied he has signed the best team
in the league. Every man on the team
made a splendid record last year with
the bat, and we were particular to get
opinions from the best ball players in
the country about the fielding abili
ties of those that we did not know
personally. It will be found that Sa
vannah will be In the first section from
the start, and at the wind up we ex
pect to be in front.
"The teams in all of the cities of the
league are assembling, and by th* end
of the week the six teams of the
league will be- in uniform, settling
down to hard work. As soon as I get
a little sleep and get my things un
packed I will be able to tell the peo
ple of Savannah and other cities of the
league all about how we stand and
what we expect to do for them in
the way of good, clean baseball this
summer.”
BASEBALL
Lexington, Va„ Search 28.—Virginia
Military Institute, 5; Flshburne, 2.
Washington, March 28.—Georgetown,
7; Villa Nova, 3.
Lafayette College, 6; Agricultural
and Mechanical (East Radford), 3.
At Atlanta—Boston (Americans), 15;
Atlanta, 5..
Bostons at ThomnavtUe.
Thomasville, Ga„ March 28.—The
Boston baseball team is still holding
Its dally practices here. This after
noon it defeated a picked team com
posed of several Thomasville players
and a few Boston substitutes. The
men leave Thursday morning for
Montgomery where they open their
practice season with a game against
the Montgomery team of the Southern
League.
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There are more deaths directly due
to weak lunge than to alt other dis
eases combined. They are humanity's
weak a pot —the breeding-place of con
sumption. When the slightest symp
tom of trouble Is felt In the lungs you
should begin tne use uf I>r. lio*> her e
German Syrup st once. J| Is mads
especially to soothe, heal and
strengthen the lungs throat und bron
chial tubes German Syrup Is a
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uff.Mi# Kotfhri
NIXON TO-COACH
EMORY’S TRACK TEAM.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga,, March
28.—Enthusiasm has run high in ath
letic circles here since it was an
nounced that Emory would have nji
experienced coach for her track team.
At a meeting of the Emory College
Athletic Association, Manager Rich
ardson of the Emory track team an
nounced that he was in receipt of a
letter from Vaughn Nixon of Atlanta,
a graduate of Emory in 1900, stating
that he would be in Oxford for a week
or ten days and would gladly comply
with the request of Manager Richard
son and others to take charge of the
track candidates.
Mr. Nixon was considered the best
all-round athlete of the student body
when he was in college. He was al
ways the winner of several events on
the annual field day exhibitions and
is at present the holder of the college
records in the 100 and 220-ya.rd sprints.
He arrived to-day to take in hand the
candidates who are training for the
track events and will put them
through the system of training fol
lowed in the Eastern colleges. Mr.
Nixon, after graduation here entered
Harvard and there distinguished him
self as one of the best athletes of the
country.
Cornell Team leaves
FOR A SOUTHERN TOUR.
Ithaca, N. Y., March 28.—The Cornell
baseball team, accompanied by Coach
Hugh Jennings and Manager Harry F.
Vincent, to-night left for the South
on their annual Easter trip. Among
the games on the trip are: April 4-5,
Atlanta Southern League, at Atlanta;
April 6, Mercer University, at Macon,
Ga.; April 7, Atlanta Southern League,
at Atlanta; April 8, University of
North Carolina, at Raleigh; April 9,
University of Virginia, at Charlottes
ville, Va.
COLORED PUGS WORKING HARD ON
EVE OF CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE
Promise of the Best Bout Ever Pulled Off in
Savannah.
On the eve of perhaps the hardest
fought ring battle ever pulled off in
Savannah Blood and Kid Ferguson,
who will enter the squared circle to
morrow night promptly at 9:30 o'clock
to contest for the colored championship
of the South, are putting in every
spare minute with sparring partners
and running mates on the road.
The splendid work which Blood did
in his last ring battle has won him
admirers who are willing to back him
to the limit In his coming go, and
down In Yamacraw they are making
hand book with odds of 3 to 1 that
the local welterweight will put the
wily Kid out of commission before* the
limit. Blood has learned much since
his last fight with Cape Town Joe,
who Is after a return match with him,
and he has also Improved much since
he met Ferguson last.
LITTLE SCOUT WON THE
MONTGOMERY HANDICAP.
Opening Day of the Raring Meet at
Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., March 28.—Before
one of the largest crowds that has ever
gathered at Montgomery Park and on
a track lightning fast the four-year
old colt Little Scout, owned by George
C. Bennett & Cos. of Memphis, to-day
easily won the Montgomery handicap,
at a mile and a sixteenth.
Kankin showed the way up the back
stretch, but when the further turn
was reached Duelist assumed conn
mond, and racing neck and neck with
Martinmas, turned into the stretch
two lengths before Little Scout.
When straightened out for the wire,
Little Scout set sail for the leaders.
Dominick rode in masterly fashion and
at the finish dashed under the wire
three lengths before McGhee. Sum
maries:
First Race—lnaugural purse, five
furlongs, lone Lindsey, 3 to 5,, won,
with Dutschland, 12 to 1, second, and
Skillful, 25 to 1, third. Time 1:03%.
Second Race—Half mile. Buchanan,
4 to 1, won, with Looram, 15 to 1, sec
ond and Pendragon, 4 to 1, third.
Time :50%.
Third Race—Mile. Nlaxiaus, 12 to 1.
won, with Henry Bert, 6 to 5. second,
and Hargis, 5 to 1, thlfd. Time 1:44.
Fourth Race—The Montgomery
handicap, mile and a sixteenth. Little
Scout, 5 to 1, won, with McGhee, 11 to
2, second, and Luraltghter, 20 to 1,
third. Time 1:49.
Fifth Race—Half mile. Voltrrce, 4
to 1, won. with Pinkie, 10 to 1, second,
and Green Gown, 6 to 1. third. Time
:51.
Sixth Race—Five furlongs. Steel
maker, 8 to 5, won. with Sir Andrew
5 to 1. second and Volta, 8 to 1, third.
Time 1:02%.
races~aTbenning.
Washington, March 28.—The notable
feature of the day's races at Benning
was the winning of three long shots,
Julia M., at 10 to 1, Littlewoods, at
12 to 1, and Mohican, at 20 to 1. Two
favorites were successful. Sum
maries:
First Race—Five and a half fur
longs, 3-year-olds and upwards. Juka
M., 10 to 1, won, with Andratus, 20 to
1, second, and Athlana, 11 to 5, third.
Time 1:10.
Second Race—Four and one-half fur
longs. 2-year-old. Littlewoods, 12 to
1. won, with All Scsrlet, 7 to 3, sec
ond, and St. Resolute, 18 to 1, third.
Time 0:57 4-5.
Third Race —Six furlongs, 3-year
olds. Conkling. 2 to 5, won, with Tol
San. 7 to 2, second, and Monsoon, 15
to 1. third. Time 1:17.
Fourth Race—Seven furlongs, 3-year
olds and upwards. Nine Spot, 8 to 5,
won, with Punctuate, 20 to 1, second,
and Mlladl 1-ove, to 1, third. Time
1:32 1-5.
Fifth Race—Six and ft half furlongs,
4-year-olds and upwards. I’nterock.
3 to 1, won. with Love Note. 8 to 1,
second, and Jessie Lynn, t to 1, third.
Time 1 25 2-6.
Sixth Race—Mile and forty yards,
maiden 8-yesr-old* and upwards. Mo
hican, 20 to 1, won, with Mammon, 9
to 10, aecond, and Mr. Churchill, 4 lo
1, third. Time 1:41 2-6.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. aIARCK 29. 1904.
DID MAUD S. SULKY
HAVE ROLLER BEARINGS.
Affidavit of Famous Mure'* Groom
May Reopen Olil Ca*e.
"No going behind the returns" may
be the idea of some politicians, but
Charles Tanner, the Cleveland, 0.,
horseman, better known as “Doc,” and
also trainer of C. K. G. Billings' horses,
does not take much stock in the idea.
More than two months ago the trotting
authorities decided that Maud S„ when
she trotted her now famous mile In
2;98%, pulled a high-wheel sulky, which
was not fitted with ball-bearing axles,
And that Lou Dillon when she trotted
a mile in 2:05 to a high-wheel sulky
pulled a sulky, fitted with frictionless
ball-hearing axles. Tanner contended
that Maud S.'s sulky had ball-bearing
axles, while the sons of Robert Bonner
testified that the sulky was not of the
ball-bearing axle kind.
Bitter feeling was engendered by the
controversy, but it was hoped time
would bring peace, and that Maud S.
would be recognized as the high-wheel
champion. But it seems the hope was
111-founded. “Doc” Tanner is to the
front with evidence to support his
claim, and the case is therefore reop
ened. He recently received a letter
from Lyman Redmond of Baltimore,
brother-in-law of Billy Bair, the man
who drove Maud S. that day. Red
mond was In charge of Maud S. at the
time. His letter to Tanner is as fol
lows:
“Yoil know, os well as I, that the
sulky that Maud S. drew when she
went a mile in 2:08% at Clevelfmd was,
as Charley C. McCaffrey (meaning Caf
frey) stated, a roller-bearing sulky.
You helped me hitch up the mare that
day, also helped me to look after the
different sulkies. If you care about
having an affidavit as to the sulky
Maud S. drew, and think it will do any
good, I will be glad to send it to you.”
Redmond made the affidavit which is
to the effect that “when Maud S. trot
ted to her record of 2:08%, in 1885, at
Cleveland, she drew a high-wheeled
roller-bearing Caffrey sulky.”
The affidavit will likely be of great
satisfaction to Lou Dillon's many ad
mirers, but it is improbable that the
trotting authorities will reopen the
case.
Billy Bair, the man above all others
Ferguson fights in a stooping pos
ture, which Is much to the liking of
Blood, whose best thump is a left
hand uppercut. He straightened Caps
Town up with this swing in the sec
ond round of their last battle, and
had him going several times, but fail
ed to follow up his advantage.
In to-morrow night's battle Fergu
son has every advantage of weight,
reach and hight. Blood has trained
down to 139 and says he will enter the
ring at about 13S. Ferguson Is taking
advantage of the agreement to fight at
catch weights and will weigh 148 or
150.
The management of the club will
put on a battle royal if possible. In
the event this cannot be arranged a
good preliminary will be put on.
The indications are that the largest
audience that has attended a go at
the club in months will be present, as
it was clearly demonstrated last Wed
nesday night that the man who goes
into the ring with Blood will have to
fight Or lay down.
who would know the exact facts, la
dead, and it appears, therefore, that the
old query: “Who struck Billy Patter
son?” will go thundering down the ages
in company with “Did Maud S.’s sulky
have ball-bearing axles?”
Tanner cannot be blamed for de
fending Lou Dillon's claim to the cham
pionship, because he believes she is en
titled to it. The sons of Robert Bonner
are equally as positive Maud S. is en
titled to the honor, for they believe the
evidence is in her favor. The question
can never be settled to the satisfaction
of both sides.
OLDFIELD TO TRY FOR
VANDERBILT’S RECORD.
Will Go lo Ormond Beach Some Time
Next Month lor the Trial.
A dispatch from Cleveland conveys
the Information that Barney Oldfield
will go to Ormond Beach early In April
to try for the mile world's record now
held by William K. Vanderbilt, 39 sec
onds flat, made over the Ormond
cours*.
Oldfield has been racing in New Or
leans recently, and succeeded in mak
ing a mile on a circular track there
In 52 seconds. "Dare Devil” Hquse
man could not make the circuit with
999 In less than 1:02. Oldfield was us
ing Bullet No. 2, which is a much
tnore powerful machine than the one
he used here.
GANS GOT DECISION
OVER GUSGARDNER.
Saginaw, Mich., March 28.—Joe Gans
of Baltimore was given the decision
in a ten-round bout with Gus Gardner
of Saginaw here to-night for the light
weight championship of the world.
SHARKEY LOST IN A
MATCH WITH DWYER.
Richmond, Va., March 28.—Thomas
Sharkey, the pugilist, lost in a wrest
ling match with M. J. Dwyer here to
night by failing to throw his antagon
ist twice in one hour. He secured one
fall, but was unable to repeat the per
formance.
RACING ASS’N TO MEET.
An important meeting of the direc
tors of the Savannah Racing Associa
tion will be held this week, probably
to-morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
The question of whether to have a fair
at Savannah this fall will be taken up,
though what the decision in the mat
ter will be cannot now be anticipated.
Mu|rridr Cuurl,
Douglas, ,a., March 28—The Coffee
Superior Court will convene to-mor
row. There are over 100 <** on the
docket*. The most Important crimi
nal caae la ngiiiiat BJlalm Lott
oharged with murder Mr. is
closely related to tire wealthy family
of Lotts of ihta section.
FEET
HURT
GRANEY SEVERELY CRITICISED FOR
DECISION IN CORBETT-BRITT GO
SIMONS’ MODESTY
COST HIM THE PLACE.
Lost Cadetship Becanne He Did Not
Sign His Fall Name.
Columbia, S. C„ March 28.—United
States Senator Tillman has appointed
W. Gibbes Lykes of this county to a
West Point cadetship.
About one month ago a competitive
examination was held here at Senator
Tillman's request, and the best paper
was presented by a young Charleston
man recently admitted to practice law,
who signed the paper "Robert Stephen
son.” When the board announced his
success Sheriff Martin of Charleston
wired, as his friend, that the signature
was wrong, that the name was Robert
Stephenson Simons.
It was at first thought the mistake
was due to the young man's inad
vertence, but it developed that he had
earlier signed his name in a different
way when applying to the board for
information about the examination.
Simons, since the examination, has ex
plained that he Wished to avoid news
paper notoriety, so failed to write his
full name.
Senator Tillman ended the matter
by informing State Superintendent of
Education Martin, chairman of the ex
amining board, to-day that he had ap
pointed Lykes, who presented the sec
ond best paper. His letter did not
refer to Simons in any way.
Simons is a member of a leading
Charleston family.
DOWN EMBANKMENT
THREE CARS TUMBLED.
Three Persons Were Injured In the
Accident. *
Augusta, March 28.—The breaking of
a truck on a coal car at Salters’ tres
tle, near Trenton, S. C., on the C„ C.
and A. Railroad, to-day, precipitated
two freight cars and a passenger coach
down a steep embankment. The pas
senger coach rolled over three times
and landed at the bottom with roof
and sides gone, but right side up, with
seats all in position.
There were three men on the car,
but only one sustained serious injuries,
B. B. Lawson of Clarksville, who was
hurled violently across the back of a
seat.
Flagman John Wright of Johnson
and Baggage Master Marshall of Au
gusta received slight Injuries.
INSPECTORS PLEASED”
WITH MACON SOLDIERS.
Macon, March 28.—Inspector Gen
eral Obear of the Georgia state
Troops and Maj. French, of the regu
lar p.rt|llery, to-night completed an
inspection of the four companies here,
three whites and one colored. The of
ficers, while not anticipating their re
port, indicated a, thorough and com
plete satisfaction Vith the presentation
of Macon's militia.'
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The New* of Douglas.
Douglas, Ga., ilaxch 28. —All Coffee
county is jubilating over the purchase
of the Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad by the Atlantic and Birming
ham, and hope by April 1 that Doug
las and stations between Nichols and
Bushnell will be unbottled and passen
ger and freight traffic allowed to be
received and discharged direct to and
from Brunswick, without having to go
via Waycross.
The Waaley and Mount Vernon ex
tension, completed to Barrow’s Bluff,
since March 14, is already giving Doug
las merchants and those along its line
a cheaper freight rate, and Its traffic
is increasing so that the Howard Navi
gation Company will be forced to put
on another boat within a very few
days from Brunswick to the Bluff, to
meet the i demands.
* The Knights of Pythias of Douglas
gave their friends an entertainment
at the Auditorium last night.
Thirty-One Candidates for Eight
Office*.
Tallahassee, Fla., March 28.—A sum
mary of the candidates In the field
for the various county offices show
that there are thirty-one men running
for a possible eight offices, several of
these paying no salary. John Earle Per
kins has announced as a candidate for
county treasurer. He was recently ap
pointed county treasurer, vice his
father, Hon. John Day Perkins, de
ceased.
PIERCE COUNTY GOES
TO ANOTHER DIVISION.
Washington, March 28.—The Senate
to-day passed bills changing the date
for holding terms of the federal court
at. Athens. Ga., and transferring Pierce
county, Georgia, from the eastern to
the southwestern division of the United
States District Court for the Southern
district of Georgia.
ONE YOUNGTbOY CUT
THROAT OF ANOTHER.
Columbus, Ga.. March 28.—1n a dif
ficulty in Girard this afternoon Till
man Burke, a white boy, aged 13 years,
drew his knife and cut the throat of
Curtis Tramwell, colored, aged 10. The
knife entered the side of the neck and
a long gash several Inches was cut,
ending directly under the chin.
The boy is seriously Injured, but will
recover.
DIED FROM A *
RATTLER’S BITE.
♦
Walthourville, March 28.—The 15-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Middleton was bitten by a huge rat
tlesnake last Friday and died yester
day. He was burled to-day.
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Stratton Appointed.
Albany, N. V.. March 28. —State En
gineer and Surveyor Bond has appoint
ed ss bridge draughtsman to serve In
connection with the thousand-ton
barge canal work, Orln H. Stratton of
Roanoke, Va.
Judge •Imnions Indorsed.
Rome, Od., March 2*.—Members of
th<- Home bar met to-day and pasted
resolutions Indorsing Chief Justice
Simmons for re-election.
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CORBETT ADMIRERS BELIEVE
CHAMPION DESERVED A DRAW.
NO CHARGE MADE THAT
GRANEY IS CROOKED.
ALL THE SPORTS HAVE AGREED
HE IS AS FAIR AS ANY HUMAN.
Some Account for Hl* Decision a*
Being the Result Largely of Local
Sentiment anil Priile—Expert* Be
lieve That Britt’* Body Blow*
Were More Cleanly Placed and De
■erveil More Credit Than Corbett'*
Face Jnl>*—Believed Britt Will Be
Able to Put Corbett Out at Next
Meeting.
On the highest authority, the young
and agile Mr. Puck is reputed once
to have put a girdle ’round the earth
in forty minutes.
Mr. Eddie Graney, the somewhat less
agile gentleman, who meted out the
decision which deprived “Young Cor
bett” of championship and conferred
it upon Mr. Jimmy Britt, of California,
went Mr. Puck many points better.
By the decision which he handed
down, Mr. Graney succeeded in put
ting a conversational girdle around the
United States in about two seconds—
assuming every ticker worked on sched
ule time. Much of that conversation
was not particularly favorable to Mr.
Graney, especially In this particular
section of the country, where Corbett
was a great favorite.
Perhaps no decision In recent years
caused widespread elevation of the
eyebrows, and even open condemna
tion, as that promulgated by the placid
Mr. Graney.
Corbett Wax Confident.
Corbett went to San Francisco to
whip a man who was said to be the
John L. Sullivan of his class, time and
country. He went out with the as
surance of his friends that he would
prove the James J. Corbett of this
young Sullivan. He also went with
another assurance—that as referees
are human and therefore amenable to
the clamor of the populace and the
throb of local pride, he might have to
beut him to a quivering pulp to retain
the championship.
Despite his competitor’s advantage
of hight, reach and weight, Corbett
sallied forth confident of victory. His
admirers wagered money on his abil
ity to whip Britt. The latter’s ad
mirers also wagered money, sparing
ly, and at good odds. Then the fight
came.
According to every account which
has reached the East, It v nlp-and
tuck for many rounds, e .nan giv
ing and receiving great jnishment.
The champion met a ma.i who may
have been a worthy foe, but when the
gong clanged for the last time, at the
end of the twentieth round, he was
still ready to fight, and so announced.
His opponent was battered around the
face like a Russian battleship trying
to sneak out of Port Arthur. Then
Mr. Graney announced that Mr. Britt
was the champion featherweight. And
several voices throughout the country
were heard to murmur. Among them
was that of Jimmy Wakely.
■Jimmy Walcely Speaks.
Wakely, after the usual query as to
the accuracy of the decision had been
put to him, knitted his brows, then
banged his fist against a partition,
and said:
“The boy was robbed of that fight!
Tes, I mean that word 'robbed.’ It’s
confoundedly absurd —that decision.
'Corbett' Went out there with a cham
pionship, battered the other fellow,
and remained on his feet like a tele
graph post at the end of the fight. If
anybody should have got the slightest
shade the better of a decision it
should have been a champion, who not
only had more at stake, but was in the
enemy's country, where every bush
may conceal something deadly. I’m
not saying Graney isn’t on the level.
I know him, and think he's honor
able.”
Then Wakely rubbed his chin reflec
tively and continued mysteriously:
“Did you ever hear a big crowd yell
ing for a favorite? Inspiring thing,
eh? I should say so! The best Britt
should have got in that fight was a
draw. But the crowd —ahem! How
ever, there was some cog loose some
where.”
John and George Considine, who
w'ere keenly interested in the bout,
displayed no hesitancy in declaring
that the “native son” strain had been
Injected into the proceedings in
Frisco. They dwelt emphatically upon
the proposition that when a champion
is fresh, strong and on his feet, with
out signs of distress at the end of the
scheduled number of rounds, he Is not
dealt with fairly If the bout be de
clared not his.
“A Draw at Best.”
”A draw,” said John Considlne,
"would have been at least fair. A de
cision against ‘Corbett,’ according to
every account of the fight I have read,
is something you can’t talk about with
too much calmness. Here is a telegram
I have just received from a man con
nected with legislative affairs and
known widely and favorably all over
the state.”
The telegram was as follows:
“John Considine—l win on Britt, but
they robbed Corbett.’
Frank McQualde.”
‘That,” continued Mr. Considlne,
“shows which way the wind blows. If
the boys meet again I’ll back ‘Young
Corbett’ without the slightest hesita
tion.”
George Considine was of the same
opinion. He said that even if Britt
had a shade the better of the bout
—which was not conceded—he should
not have been given the fight,
for the champion was uninjured and
hungering for battle at the end of the
twentieth round.
—Admiral Schley will be one of a
delegation of distinguiahed Masons to
attend a gathering In Guthrie, Ok.,
May 24 and 25. James D. Richard
son, grand commander of the Scottish
Rite for the Southern jurisdiction, will
head the parly. He desires that rep
resentative members of the craft see
Masonry as exemplified by th* fra
ternity In Guthrie, the work there be
ing, In his opinion, a model worthy of
Imitation.
—“I can hardly make up my mind to
accept Reginald. He is so self-satisfied
that I fear he will prove too exacting.”
"On the contrary, my dear, th* rircum
stance shows that he Is very easily
satisfied."—New Orleans Times-Demo
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RACE QUESTION
UP INTHE HOUSE
GILLETT FOR THE NEGRO.
MASSACHUSETTS MAN GAVE VIEWS
ON THE “PROBLEM.”
Thnt Booker Wanhington Dinner at
the White Roane I* Like Bnnqno'*
Gho*t—Slay den of Texa* Declared
That Glllett Was Apologizing for
the Prenldent, Whereupon Glllett
Said He Admired Roosevelt for
Wlint He Had Done.
Washington, March 28.—Although
the sundry civil bill constructively was
under discussion in the House of Rep
resentatives to-day, the debate took
a wide range, Mr. Glllett, of Massa
chusetts, devoting considerable time to
answering some of the statements re
cently made on the floor by Mr. Spight,
of Mississippi, regarding the race ques
tion.
Mr. Gillett said he did not believe
it fair or wise for the Democrats of
the South to say that they intend
forever |to prevent the negro from
participation in government., There are
10,000,000 negroes of the South, he said,
who cannot stay as they are, who
either have got to go up or down. No
body, he declared wants the South to
submit to negro domination, but the
outrageous thing was that they say
the negroes cannot be developed into
the faculty of voting or becoming citi
zens. He was surprised, he said, that
no one on the Democratic side of the
House had denounced lynchings.
The overwhelming proportion of
lynchings, he asserted, occurred in the
South. Some occurred ia-the North,
too, he said. In the North, however,
it was the disorderly element which
conduced the lynchings, but the great
mass of the people Openly disavowed
it, whereas, in the South, he said, they
did not. Respect for the law, he con
tended, should be always present, btlt
every time a man was lyhched, it in
fringed that respect for law without
which no Republican government could
endure.
Matter of Preference.
People of the North recognize, he
said, that mob violence ought to be
stopped, not because of sympathy for
the criminals, but from the results that
are expected to come from it. In
many cases burnings are not too good
for the criminal, and no punishment
is too severe for him, but, he said, it
is much better that the criminal should
escape his punishment than to have
the law transgressed.
Answering a question by Claude
Kitchin of North Carolina, Mr. Gil
lett declared that he condemned lynch
ings on any terms.
Mr. Richardson of Alabama Inter
rupted to say that whenever the ne
groes cease committing the crime of
rape, the lynchings and burnings will
cease with It.
Mr. Gillett declared that the feeling
in the North toward the negro is
stronger than it is ih the South. In
the North, he said, there is a stronger
natural repugnance toward the negro.
At the same time, he said, the people
of the North "don’t recognize this pre
posterous talk of social equality and
Inequality." He supposed, he said,
there were no social grades in this
country. Every man, he said, can
choose his friends and can associate
with whomsoever he pleases. All
classes socially are equal, he said, but
that don't mean we are all going to
associate together. Every man, he
continued, selects for his associates
those most in sympathy with himself.
He spoke of the Booker Washington
incident at the White House, and said
no one had the right to say it was
a disgrace to invite Booker Washing
ton to the White House.
Not Apologising for Roosevelt.
Mr. Gillett was asked by Claude
Kitchin If he had ever Invited a negro
to his table.
Upon Mr. Gillett’s answering that he
had not, Mr. Kitchin remarked: "I
want you to practice what you
preach.”
A statement by Mr. Gillett that it is
not blood that makes caste brought
Mr. Rlayden of Texas to his feet, who
insisted that It does make caste in this
■ country.
"It does In some parts of the coun
try,” retorted Mr. Gillett.
"You are apologizing for the Presi
dent,” remarked Mr. Slayden. This
Mr. Gillett denied, but he said he ad
mired the President for what he had
done.
"It was,” he said, “an evidence of a
big heart and done by a man who had
both breeding and cultivation."
Champ Clark of Missouri declared
that only when men of all races cease
committing rapes will lynchlngs cease.
He had, he said, known white men to
be lynched for rape and he added
“they ought to be lynched If you want
my opinion about It.”
Japan’s Immemorial C lub,.
From the Ht. James Gazette.
Japan Is the Ideal club land. In
Britain th# club world has a good many
class and other limitation*. But In Ja
pan the system has nourished from
time immemorial, and enters into th*
daily life of all sorts and condition*
f men. It is no uncommon thing for
people of means to belong to from ten
to g hundred different clubs benevo
lent or socisl, sll of which eslst maln-
I y to give the metntiers an opportunity
for one festive gathering the more in
Tsklo there are Loot; different societies,
from the Red Cross lo the "Mous
iPhiM sod the "Pw k -insrhed."
Much rpte;n themselves A*. s re.
*it meeting oi the Railway Travel.
#!' t’luh, st Ksnegewm S hundred
dssdeussi performed before th# , am
perry.
Royal
Fool
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OUR COMMERCE BY PORTS.
Comparison Showing the Astonish
ing Growth of Southern Bnnines*.
From the New York Sun.
To the Editor of the Sun—Sir; Com
paring our exports of 1893 with those
of 1903, by principal ports of shipment,
we have the following, in round mil
lions of dollars;
Increase
New York $516,000,000 *158,000,006”
New Orleans 149,000,000 64,000,000
Galveston 144,000,000 109,000,000
Boston 86,000,000 3,000,000
Baltimore 84,000,000 10,000,000
Philadelphia 73,000,000 30,000,000
Savannah 58,000,000 35,000,000
San Francisco.... 32,000,000 4,000,000
Puget Sound 27,000,000 23,000,000
Detroit 22,000,000 15,000,000
Buffalo 21,000,000 18,000,000
Newport News.... 20,000,000 10,000,000
Mobile 15,000,000 12,000,000
Pensacola 16,000,000 12,000,000
Port Huron 11,000,000 4,000,000
Niagara 11,000,000 8,000,000
Portland, Me...., 14,000,000 12,000,000
Wilmington, N. C. 20,000,000 13,000,000
Decrease
from 1893.
Charleston, S. C~|s _ i,000,000 $ 8,000,000
Norfolk | 8,000,000 2,000,000
The Increased shipments from our
Southern ports, except Charleston and
Norfolk, are the striking features of
this tabulation. Galveston ranks next
to New York In point of increase, $109,-
000,000, against $158,000,000. New Or
leans’ increase of $64,000,000 Is equal to
the combined increases of Boston, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Me,
San Francisco, and $5,000,000 over. The
gain for Newport News of $10,000,00$
Just covered the combined losses of
Charleston and Norfolk. Tlie $35,000,.
000 increase for Savannah is worthy
of special note, as is also the $23,000,-
000 Increase (out of $27,000,000) for
Puget Sound ports. This last shows
the Increasing value of our commerce
with the Orient.
The figures quoted are for calendar
years, aa just published by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
through Its active Bureau of Statis
tics.
Taking the Atlantic ports as a whole,
the Increase in exports from $643,000,-
000 to $920,000,000 on)y gives us a less
than 50 per cent, increase, while the
Gulf ports rise from $131,000,000 to $331,-
000,000, showing a 150 per cent, increase.
The Mexican border ports Jump $27,-
000,000 against $10,000,000, giving us
more than 160 per cent, increase. The
Pacific ports went up nearly 100 per
cent.—from $39,000,000 to $73,000,000.
Northern border and Lake ports built
up $134,000,000 from $53,000,000, or more
than 150 per cent, increase. The com
bined Gulf ports increased $200,000,000,
which nearly equals the combined At
lantic ports' gain of $277,000,000.
Turning to Imports we'find that our
Atlantic ports still receive a very large
proportion—differing in 1903 but little
from earlier years. The imports sched
ule by groups of ports is:
Increase
1903. overlß93.
Atlantic ports ..$788,000,000 $146,000,000
Northern and
Lake ports .... 83,000,900 35,000,000
Pacific ports .... 57,000,000 15,000,000
Gulf ports 39,000,000 16,000,000
Interior ports ... 15,000,000 8,000,000
Mexican border
ports 12,000,000. No ins.
Recent developments regarding rail
way grain rates to some of the great
ports of the country lends interest to
this resume.
Walter J. Ballard.
Schenectady, March 25.
The Mnffin Vender.
From the London Chronicle.
The muffin bell ringing down the
foggy winter street—for the muffin, the
crumpet, the fog and drizzle come to
gether—was so transitory a sound, and
came so pat at tea time, when you
wish neither to work nor to sleep, as
a rule, that It was, perhaps, the most
endurable nuisance In the world. Ed
ward Fitzgerald liked the dullest of
little country towns better than the
country, and when he praised their
minor pleasures he named tht cry of
the man with the hot rolls, even
though the knocking of a carpenter—
a recurring noise—was as grievous to
him as to Carlyle. But our correspond
ent is wrong when he says that the
muffin man went by quickly because
his wares were hot. They were toast
ed in domesticity. They left his hands
chilly moist—and very pallid. “Ain’t
he as pale as a muffin?” said Mrs.
Gamp’s neighbor of Mr. Pecksniff,
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