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NO WRANGLE OVER
REFEREE GRANEY
SAYS HE WILL QUIT SPORT.
DOES NOT WANT TO OFFICIATE IN
COMING FIGHT.
Believed That Graney'* Pride Han
Been Hurt by Severe Criticism* ot
Some of Hl* Decision*—Aurelln
Herrera, the Mexican Boxer, Say*
Nelson lla* a Habit of Butting Hi*
Opponent*—lsc* Trick Skillfully.
According to a San Francisco dis
patch the sensation in fight circles in
that city is the refusal of Eddie Gra
ney to referee the coming fight be
tween Battling Nelson and Jimmie
Britt, scheduled for Dec. 20.
Graney was Britt’s choice, but Nel
son held out for Billy Roche. The mat
ter was in a fair way to be settled
when word was sent to Graney that
he might be selected for the important
position. The famous referee is ill in
bed. He not only declined to act In
the coming match, but announced his
intention of quitting the ring forever.
"On account of my health,” said Gra
ney, "which is not the best lately, I
do not think I shall ever again be the
referee of professional fights. Nothing
could influence me to stand between
Britt and Nelson. I do not want to
be regarded as a candidate for referee’s
position in this flght or in any other
professional fight. My farewell appear
ance as referee will be made next
week at the Olympic Club’s amateur
boxing bouts. I am out of it, so far
as Nelson and Britt are concerned,
and will be out of it permanently.”
Ill* Pride Hurt.
Graney's pride has been hurt by se
vere criticisms of some of his recent
decisions, and this has had something
to do with his retirement.
Harry Tuthill left San Francisco yes
terday for New York. Before he took
his train he had a few words to say
about Young Corbett.
“Some people think that Corbett held !
Nelson too cheaply,” he said. “Now j
this is not so. Corbett knew that he 1
was a hard nut, though he expected i
to beat him. Corbett worked as hard :
for that fight as any other, but the ]
trouble was he did not work long I
enough.
instead of training a month he I
should have trained two. You take a :
race horse and lay him up eight j
months, and you can't get him ready |
for a race in a day. You must take j
time. It is the same with a fighter, j
Corbett weighed 130 for Nelson. When
he is at his best he should not weigh
over 126 pounds.” |
Other ring experts share this view. ,
Excess of fat reduced the speed ot j
Corbett, and seriously handicapped I
him in his fight with the Chicago hur- I
ricane.
What Herrera Thinks.
When Aurelia Herrera, the Mexican
featherweight fighter, read the reports
of the Nelson-Corbett contest in San
Francisco Tuesday night, he sharply
criticised the referee’s action in ignor
ing Corbett’s claim that Nelson was
using his head for butting purposes.
The Mexican boxed Nelson but a
short time ago at Butte, Mont., and
had this to say of the contest:
“Nelson has a great way of bear
ing in with his head, .and butted at
every opportunity in his contest with
me.
"He uses the trick skillfully enough,
but it is plain to everybody what "he
is trying to do. I do not blame Cor
bett for making the claims that he
did. for my manager, Joe Wood, pro
tested vigorously against it when we
boxed.
“I am not trying to make any ex
cuses for myself nor Young Corbett,
but I know there must have been some
thing to Corbett’s claims.
“It is not likely the trick had any
thing to do with the result of the flght,
but at the same time it is a mean
trick, and apt to sway a contest at any
time.
Something About Nelson.
"I would like to say right now that
when we fought, Nelson never got me
off my feet, and the only knockdown
during the battle was in my favor,
Nelson being floored cleanly.
"I note, too. that I am the only man
in recent months that has stayed in
the ring for thirty rounds with Nel
son. I took that fight on at eleven
days' notice, and three of those were
BILLY DELANEY TALKS OF PUGS
Says Jeffries Absorbed All of Corbett's Vices
and None of His Virtues.
From an Exchange.
He Is a quiet man. is Billy Delaney,
with an eye that looks straight at you
and a voice that sounds honest and
clear. His hair is gray and his face
shows that life has left but few cares
that cannot be forgotten if need be,
or hidden by the pleasures that can
always be found.
"I want,” said the New York News
man, as he started the conversation,
"to listen to you tell, not of what
others have done, but of what you i
have seen. I want to hear of the men
you have trained, of their peculiarities
and their careers, but I would like to
have It from your view, not from what
is known."
The man who has handled James
Jeffries for the last seven years sat a 1
moment thoughtfully.
"Why, man,” he said at last, “it
would take a week to tell of all the
men I have known, and you surely
do not expect me to remember the
dates and things like that?”
"Tell me what you want to,” the re
porter told him.
Started Thirty Years Ago.
"It was thirty years ago that I got
mixed up in the prize fight business
In New York, when all the fights were
fist fights and gloves were unknown.
I don’t remember anything of those
days that I could tell now, anything
at least that would be good reading,
for all of those men were unknown
to the public.
"The first man perhaps that was
known to the people generally was
Buffalo Costello, who trained for the
ehamplonehlp. He Is still alive, but
has gone the way of most fighters."
arid th< manager looked Into the fire
and left the sentence unfinished.
"Then," he continued, "I had 'Denver
Red' Hmlth, Mike Cleary, Mike Gonoly,
the Ithaca giunt. Jack Brady, Jim Cot -
belt and Jim Jeffries. Those are not
all. bill they are the biggest ones "
Who Is the net man that will <*ome
up*" Mr. Delaney was asked.
I don't know There Is none com
ing none that I know of. Jeff has
them all beat,
Hill! orlielt Tea Yeare Ago.
You know 1 was with Jim Corbett
for ten years " ' ni<j "He was In a
bank when I I him. Ha In a
Mnk and Jeff* < in a boiler shop.
spent In railroad traveling, getting to
the battle ground.
“I had to take off fourteen pounds
in that time, too, and did the last
four and one-half pounds of it in the
bath house the day of the fight.
“I have got SI,OOO to bet that he can
not beat me at any time, any place,
any weight or any conditions. I would
like to box him In Chicago at six,
eight or ten rounds, or will go to the
coast and meet him again.
"I thought he would knock Corbett
out, and told my friends so. Corbett
is all in, and I was satisfied the first
good man that met him would knock
his head off.”
baseballTmpire -
IS NOW SUPREME.
nail Player* Wlio lionet the Ofhclul
Notv nt Hi* Mercy.
An umpire got S4OO damages. Gee
whiz! The whole vexed umpire ques
tion is settled at last. There is noth
ing more for Pulliam and Johnson to
do or worry about.
James O’Keefe was "Do the podr
umpire,” but Lo no longer. O'Keefe
was given a S4OO sealed verdict against
the Hackensack Wheelmen’s Associa
tion for criticisms of his decisions In a
ball game played between a Hacken
sack and upstate team In the summer
of 1903 by a jury before Judge Dickey
in the Supreme Court at Brooklyn last
week.
It makes no difference that O’Keefe
sued for $25,000 damages and only got
S4OO, the umpire Is himself again—re-
deemed. He can now hold up his head
with the best in the land.
In commenting on the question,
Judge Dickey said: “Baseball umpires
are peculiar people. They are not
content to die peacefully and quietly
at home, but seek the limelight of the
diamond. Their business invites crit
icism, and they should take it philo
sophically. However, robbery and
bribery are charges that should not,
with impunity, be made against
them.”
Now it’s up to the umpire. The
baseball world is his’n. Whenever a
player calls him robber, thief, crook,
presidential candidate and other sweet
verba! morsels let him sue the offend
ing player for defamation of character
and injury to his reputation.
Nothing will give a player good man
ners quicker than to touch his pocket,
and the harsher the touch the better
manners. And 400 plunks. Let's see—
how many drinks does that represent
in a hot summer? Well, enough, any
way, to padlock the mouth of any um
pire baiter who ever wore shoe plates
or uses a shoe horn to put on his No.
4 cap.
TEN STAKES ANNOUNCED
For the Spring; Meeting of the New
Meniphl* Jockey Cltxh.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 6.—The spring
meeting of the new Memphis Jockey
Club will open March 27 and continue
twenty-one days, and ten stakes are
announced that wilt close Jan. 2, 1905.
Eight of these stakes will be decid
ed at the coming spring meeting and
two, the Tennessee Derby and the
Tennessee Oaks, are for the spring
meeting of 1906.
The Tennessee Derby for next
spring, which will be worth $12,000,
and the Tennessee Oaks $5,000, both
closed last January. The names and
estimated value of stakes offered are
as follows:
Three for two-year-olds, Gaston Ho
tel, four furlongs. $2,000; Ardelle, four
furlongs, $2,000; Memphis, five fur
longs, $4,000.
One for 3-year-olds—Hotel Gayoso,
one mile. $2,000.
Four for 3-year-olds and up: Mont
gomery Handicap, one and a sixteenth
miles, $5,500; Peabody Hotel Handi
cap, one and an eighth miles, $3,000;
Tennessee Brewing Selling Stayes, sev
en furlongs, $2,500; Cotton Steeple
chase, handicap, about two miles, $2,-
700.
For spring meeting, 1906: Tennes
see Derby, one and an eighth miles,
$12,000; Tennessee Oaks, one mile, $5,-
000.
GUARDS WILIToWL
THE HUSSARS TO'NIGHT.
The Guard’s bowling team will meet
the Hussar's team on the alleys of
the Guards to-night. The last con
test between the two teams resulted
in a victory for the Hussars in both
the ten and five-man contest. The
margin attained by the Hussars was
small, however, and much interest is
centered in to-night's contest. A large
number of ladies is expected to attend.
That shows the difference of the busi
ness.”
"How do the dispositions of the
fighters compare?” the reporter asked.
"Are they easy to handle?” Mr. De
laney smiled grimly.
"Some of them are terrors," he said.
"Corbett was cranky and domineering.
He wanted to boss the whole thing
and was a spoiled boy in the first
place. At home he could whip any
thing in the neighborhood and It had
turned his head, but he was In his
time the greatest boxer that ever lived.
"Jeff,” and the manager smiled
again, "Jeff is a funny fellow. I found
him in a boiler shop seven years ago
and took him to Carson Citv to box
with Corbett as a training partner.
He was surly and unsociable, and I
hated to meet any one when I was
with him. He patterned after Corbett
and absorbed all of his vices and none
of his virtues, but he has got over that
now and Is becoming more sociable
and more polished. He learns at every
turn and It Is now a pleasure to be
with him where It used to be not so
pleasant.
"Jeff Is a big-hearted fellow," con
tinued Mr. Delaney, as the party start
ed down the street In search of
Tracey. "He does lots of things that
no one ever knows about. Little kind
nesses here and there that he keeps
to himself, and if he Is found out he
looks as sheepish ns If he was caught
stealing eggs. He gives his money
away to every pathetic case that
comes to him. and If It were not for
Mrs. Jeffries he would have been
broke long ago."
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY.DECE-UtfEK 7, I'JUE
IN CEASELESS GRIND
THE RIDERS STRUGGLE.
ProffrrM of the Great Slx-Daj Bicy
cle Race,
SCORE AT FINISH OF
LAST YEAR’S RACE.
Pos. Team. M. L.
1 — Walthour-Munroe 2,318 3
2 Leander-Butler 2,318 3
3 Floyd Krebs—Peterson. 2,318 3
♦-Fisher-Bowler 2,318 3
5 Newkirk-Jacobson 2,318 3
6 Contenet-Breton 2,318 3
7J. Bedell-M. Bedell 2,318 3
8— Keegan-Moran 2,318 2
9 Kamson-'Vanderstuypp ..2,243 9
10 —Franz Krebs-Gougoltz ..2,205 I
PREVIOUS WINNERS ~
OF 6-DAY RACES.
Score.
Year. Team. M. L.
1899 Miller-Waller 2,733 4
1900— McFarland-Elkes 2,628 7
1901 — *Walthour-McEachern 2,555 4
1902 Leander-Krebs 2,477 3
1903 Walthour-Munroe 2,318 3
•Walthour has won It every year
he started.
New York, Dee. 6.—The big six-day
bicycle race at Madison Square Gar
den, in which the best long distance
men in the world are fighting for gold
and glory, by to-day had developed
into a steady, ceaseless grind. Worn
by the exertion of many hours, none
of the riders seemed anxious to set a
“killing pace,” and every hour placed
the riders farther behind the record
established in previous contests.
Munroe, the partner of Walthour,
nearly lost a lap early to-day. A long
sprint was started by Root and Tur
ville, and they had nearly caught Mun
roe when his partner, Walthour, came
on the track, and after riding several
laps caught the men again. Munroe
retired for a rest.
Saxon Williams was so badly injured
in a fall that he was unconscious for
some time. Williams collided with
Hooper and Krebs and Munroe fell
upon him. Krebs' left hand was badly
torn and Munroe’s left arm was hdrt
by riders passing over them. The ac
cident caused great excitement and the
crowd, which numbered thousands,
tried to rush to the point where it took
place. The police kept the crowd back
with difficulty. Williams was fixed up
by the physicians, and after an hour’s
rest returned to the track.
During the afternoon “Willie” Fenn
broke his own record for one-fifth of
a mile, going the distance in 20 1-5 sec
onds. The previous record was 21 4-5
seconds.
Frank Kramer was unsuccessful In
an attempt to break the world’s record
for one-quarter of a mile, held by him
self, but rode the distance in the record
time of 24 4-5 seconds.
At 10 o’clock to-night 817 miles and
nine laps had been covered by the thir
teen leading teams in the six-day ran*,
and the four other teams were one lap
behind.
The record for this time is 926 miles,
4 laps, made by Elks and McFarland,
in 1900.
Wultliunr the Favorite.
As the natural outcome of his im- '
presslvely easy winning of last year’s
race, Walthour. who in Munroe has
the same mate as last year, has been
made a warm favorite. The experts
pronounce him the greatest all-around
rider in the world, and declare that if
the race is decided as it was last year
by a final sprint of a mile and Munroe
has managed to keep the team’s place
with the bunch, it will be all over but
the shouting, so far as the winner
goes. Munroe is in good condition,
and has been doing well in practice,
but he has not had the advantage of
the hardening of a season’s riding as
most of the others have.
Those that calculate the outcome
from a purely sprinting standpoint,
vary in their second choice among the
Bedell-Root, /verbs and Downing
teams. The acknowledged and proven
lop notch stayers are Gongoltz. Butler,
Moran, McLean. Breton, Bowler,
sprinters, too, especially at the close
of a gruelling rest, when every pound
of strength and vitality left in a man
counts double against mere speed. The
prevailing opinion is that as a rule
the Americans outclass the foreigners.
The wise prophets of the game pre
dict that this year there will be no
waiting for that last mile to decide the
prize distribution, and hint that all
summer long the candidates have been
framing up schemes for lap stealing,
and have this week formed combina
tions to nut them Into effect.
This year no intentional tumbling to
avoid lap losing will be winked at by
the referees. In fact, a special rule has
been framed against this particular
form of strategy, which it is not de
nted prevailed last year. An almost
complete all-around shifting of the
make-up of the teams adds to the un
certainty of this year's contest.
“THE YELLOW PERIL”
THREATENS BASEBALL
WoNetln University Team of Jnpnn
Wants to Piny Americans.
Dyspeptic spellbinders may discover
another form of "yellow peril” In the
challenge sent to Stanford University
by Waseda University of Japan for
an international baseball match in San
Francisco, but the average healthful
American sport lover will see in it an
Instance of the progressiveness of the
Mikado’s subjects.
It is the fi'-st definite baseball chal
lenge ever sent to this country from
a foreign land, and if a match is ar
ranged it will be the first foreign base
ball team that has ever invaded these,
shores. Hitherto to secure an inter
national game It has been necessary
for American nines to go abroad and
take two nines along, at that, to make
sure of a match.
Baseball is so distinctly an American
sport and appeals so little to the youth
of European nations that it is doubt
ful If the present generation will live
to see even an amateur baseball match
played with Invaders from the lands
beyond the Eastern horizon. But the
progressive little Japs, after a much
shorter period of contact with Ameri
cans, have taken up the game and.
Judging by their wonderful acquisitive
ness, It may not be many years before
a "world’s championship” scries will
have to include a champion team from
across the Pacific.
A tip to baseball umpires Is to begin
the study of the Mikado's language,
otherwise hoiv will it be possible for an
American adjudicator to pnforce the
rules? a Jap captain might call him
all the names which call for expulsion
from the game without the umpire sus
pecting he was getting anything more
than a oolite invitation to a yejlow ten
after the match. Or a Jap ooaehet
might subject the opposing plteher to
all kinds of Insults without ever being
ordered to the bench. Even If the um
pire suspected he would need n In
terpreter to translate his orders.
Urnntie* at Washington.
Washington, Dec, 6. Representative
Brantley arrived here to-day and was
warmly greeted by his uasnctltes In
the House. The friends of Mr. Brant
ley assert that he has no gubernatorial
aspirations, H* Is content to repre
sent the Brunswick district In Con
gress, so long as his servicoa are ac
ceptable to his constituents.
NAN PATTERSON
CHOOSES HER JURY
IT IS HER WORD THAT GOES
WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFENSE
TO PASS UPON A MAN,
For a Nod of Approval or a. Shake
of the Head in Dl**ati*faetton Her
Attorney Turn* to Her—She I*
Getting the Men She Want* to
Pa** Upon the Question a* to
Whether or Not She I* Guilty ot
the Murder of Caesar Young.
New York, Dec. 6.—Within the last
half hour before adjournment to-day
the sixth and seventh jurors for the
trial of Nan Patterson on the charge
of murdering Caesar Young, took their
places in the jury box in the criminal
branch of the Supreme Court before
Justice Vernon M. Davis.
Up to the last half hour the work of
selecting men to sit at the trial had
proceeded slowly, only two being ac
cepted. When the change came and
the sixth and seventh places were filled
quickly. Miss Patterson showed every
sign of satisfaction and assured her
father, who sat beside her, of her con
findence in an early acquittal.
Great attention is being paid to the
health of the jurors, with a view to
preventing a repetition of the occur
rence which brought the former trial
to an end. Each juror is questioned
closely as to his physical condition,
and medical experts are at hand to
make examinations, should it be nec
essary.
Miss Patterson is taking keen inter
est in the selection of the men who
are to decide her fate. To her the at
torney for the defense always look for
a nod of approval or a head shake,
indicating her dissatisfaction, before
the final word is given. In the first
trial It was said that Nan Patterson
chose her own jury. From her atti
tude thus far it seems evident that
she will do her best to select twelve
men who will be acceptable to her, as
were the others. This time she has 200
men from whom she may make her
selections.
CAN LAND NO'CARGOES
Except When Presenting a Panama
Consular Invoice.
Panama, Dec. 6.—A supplemental
agreement signed to-day between Sec
retary Taft and President Amador and
Foreign Minister Guardia provides
that after Dec. 12 no cargoes can be
landed at the canal ports except when
presenting a Panama consular invoice
from the port of shipment.
The original plans for a popular dem
onstration in the public square in cele
bration of the ratification of the agree
ment were carried out last night. Sec
retary Taft made a speech, during
which he criticised the order, which
he said he himself had issued, putting
in force the Dingley tariff between
the canal zone and the isthmus as
being a mistake. The friction between
the two governments was undoubtedly
caused by that order. It was fair to
say that the order was made against
the recommendation of Gov. Davis. He
felt sure that a reading of the agree
ment would satisfy every impartial
person that the United States had no
desire to acquire any powers or prop
erty in the Isthmus except as necessary
to build, maintain and protect the ca
nal.
Pablo Arosemena, the Liberal lead
er, expressed satisfaction with the
agreement and added that it was grat
ifying to the administration.
SEA LEVEL CANAL
Said to Be Thought Feasible by the
Commission.
Washington, Dec. 6.—"1 shall use ev
ery effort to have constructed a tide
water canal, and I believe most of the
members of the Panama Canal Commis
sion believe such a canal feasible,”
said Senator A. B. Kittredge, a mem
ber of the Senate Committee on Inter
oceanic Canals. Continuing, he said
he may soon Introduce a resolution to
give authority to the commission to
build the great interoceanlc waterway
on the sea level, although he does
not believe such a resolution Is neces
sary.
While on the isthmus recently the
senator talked with a number of mem
bers of the commission and conferred
at length with John F. Wallace, the
chief engineer in charge of the build
ing of the canal. He became convinced,
he says, that the waterway should be
on the sea level, and that nearly all
officials of this government, who have
made the canal a study, agree with
him. He said he was sure the report
of Chief Engineer Wallace would show
a sea level canal to be feasible.
DUEL WASHAB MLESS.
The French Rnvrriiinrnt Gave Exile
Leave to Fight It.
Hendaye, France, Dec. 6.—M. De-
Roulede and M. Jaures, the Socialist
leader in the French Chamber of Dep
uties, fought a duel with pistols here
to-day. The exchange of shots had no
result.
The political prominence of the par
ticipants in the meeting attracted great
Interest. The Spanish government
warned the parties not to fight in
Spain, so the Freneh government al
lowed M. Dertoulede twenty-four
hours' leave to enter France and meet
M. Jaures.
The duel grew out of the Joan of
Arc controversy.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Dec. 6.—Halcyon Days,
Bropklyn and Tom Shelly were the
beaten favorites to-day. Summary:
First Race—Five furlongs. Junkie
Imp, 7 to 10, won, with Walter Duffy,
40 to 1, second, and Mathilde, 15 to 1,
third. Time 1:07 2-5.
Second Race-Six furlongs. Van
Ness, 8 to 5, won, with Mizzen, 4 to 1,
second, and Gregor K., to 2. third.
Time 1:22.
Third Race-Half imtle. Slowpoke, t!
to 1, *von, with Bisque, 5 to 2, second,
and Halcyon Days, 5 to 2. third. Time
0:53.
Fourth Race-Five furlongs. Brush
Up, 3 to 2, won, with Lieut. Rice, 15
to 1. second, ami Lucy Young, 6 to 1,
third. Time 1 06 3-5.
Fifth Race Mile and a half. Hymet
tup, 5 to 1. won, with Little Elkin, 8
to 5, second, and Hourk Cochran, 12 to
l, third. Time 2:54,
Sixth Race Seven furlongs. Kings
Trophy. 2 to L won, with Ternsrod, 10
to I. second, and Signal Light, U to
I, third. Time lit*.
Sermons of the Street
These are the rubrics of the street
car company:
"Cars are run to accommodate pa
trons.
"Use special courtesy to old people.
"Do not run by would-be passen
gers.
“Allow people time to get on and oft
cars.
“Give passengers a safe and pleasant
trip.
“It Is our duty to please our pa
trons.
“Obligingly direct the passengers.
"Make all requests in a civil man
ner.”
Great emphasis Is placed upon the
conduct of employes toward the pub
lic. A conductor is authority for the
statement that much stress is being
placed upon the conduct of the car
men, because of a desire on the part
of the company to strengthen Its cause
by securing the approval of its pas
sengers.
“The Cap’n Is wise to the game," he
said, "and he ain’t taking chances.”
The "Cap’n" is Mr. Rhodes, superin
tendent of transportation. "He’d stand
for a fellow who busted a car quicker’n
he would for a row with a passen
ger, and I guess mebbe he's right,
though there are times when a car
man would be doing a good thing if
he threw some fresh guy Into the
street. It won’t go any more, though,
a scrap with a passenger is harder to
explain than missing a run.
“I try to be decent and accommodat
ing, but there are a lot of passen
gers who think that they own the car,
and sometimes it's pretty hard to keep
your temper and take the gaff without
a single holler. But rules is rules, and
I suppose we will be as polite as a
dancing teacher before we get through.
Anyhow, the company’s making a stab
at doing the right thing, and the peo
ple who ride on the cars ought to con
sider the feelings of the fellows who
do the work, and not jump on them
when things go a little wrong.
"We gets roasted for asking a gen
tleman who is not smoking to step
inside. We gets roasted for not stop
ping on the right side of the street.
We gets roasted for giving out small
change for a $5 bill, when we haven't
got anything else, and a thousand
other things. We don’t kick about the
hours, nor the pay, but we do like to
be treated like folks. This comer, sir ?
All right. Good-by.”
Six young men who find time hang
ing heavily on their hands were stand
ing at Bull and Broughton streets.
They have often been seen there be
fore. It is a favorite haunt for those
who want to see and be seen.
The usual steady stream of pedes
trians was pouring around the corner
and up and down both thoroughfares.
In this throng were ladies, young girls,
as well as business men and laborers.
This especial sextette of well groomed
young men were conspicuously arrang
ed so no passer by failed to see them.
There was a look of the utmost self
consciousness on their faces. On near
approach one could hear a conversa
tion like this:
“That’s the prettiest one on this
side,” in tones loud enough for a
trio of passing young girls to hear.
These three giggled.
“Looks good to me.” was the shot
this indiscretion called forth, and there
was a sextette of assorted voices in
a guffaw.
In the passing throng a young girl,
neatly dressed, was seen approaching.
Her shrinking ears were greeted with
a half dozen, “Here she comes, here
she comes.” She could not avoid pass
ing within a foot or two of the young
men, the crowd being more than us
ually dense at that point. As she hur
ried breathlessly past, a taunting tenor
hummed “Don't cry Little Girl, Don't
Cry.”
This, and more Insolent things, were
done. Every comely maid who pass
ed was made a target for a half doz
en coarse witticisms, which gave place
to outright Insolence if the hearer
smiled just a little.
As the comely were greeted with
these alleged sallies of wit, the home
ly and poorly clad were made the
brunt of coarse jests and choice bits
of sarcasm. Small boys were not even
spared. “Hey sonny,' why don’t you
go around the back way. You’ll scare
an automobile with that rig," is a
sample of the jeers.
An aged woman presently came In
sight. She was poorly clad, with an
ancient poke bonnet on the top of her
silver locks. She walked slowly with
the assistance of a stick. She held
her cheap skirts high above the wet
pavement, displaying broad, but well
worn shoes and a bit of white hosiery.
As they would have said they "laid
for her.” Their remarks were not loud
enough for her to hear, but that they
were sufficiently expressive to tickle
the easily disturbed risibilities of the
young men was evidenced in the
loud laughter. This time there was
one member of the sextette, who did
not join In the general merriment. He
stood apart and hung his head until
he was o.ueried as to whether or not
he had a paralytic stroke. “No, but
you fellows are going a little too far.
That's my mother."
JEROME WAS SCORED.
Court Held Tlint He Ilml Instilled tile
.State at Texas.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 6.—Charles F.
Dodge, whose writ of habeas corpus
has been dismissed by the United
States Supreme Court, to-day declared
he would not return to New York.
Meanwhile detectives watch his move
ments.
Officers Herllhy and Josse of New
York, who were placed under arrest
Monday, were released by District
Judge Kittrell to-day after the court
had expressed an opinion concerning
District Attorney Jerome of New York
and his assistants. The court said the
action of Mr. Jerome in sending de
tectives to hound Dodge's footsteps,
after he had given hall, was a gross
Insult to the state of Texas, and It was
to be regretted that Dodge had not
resented the "shadowing" In a forcible
ma-'-ner.
Dodge will remain here, It ts said,
until the mandate of the Supreme
Court arrives.
PANIC IN ATHEATER
It Ill'll tlir Cry of Fire Set the Audi
ence In a Frenzy of Fenr.
Norfolk. Neb., Dec. 6. —A serious
panic occurred at the Norfolk Audi
torium during a matinee at which
"Clnderelln” was being presented to
day. A score of persons were badly
trampled, bul no one was killed.
The panic was enured by a slight
blaze started from an electric light
wire. Some person turned In a fire
alarm, and at the same time a man
In the gallery shouted "fire." In a
moment the parquet was a mass of
people trying to reach the exit* These
were found closed, which added to the
excitement.
The blaze wa* quickly extinguished,
but the surging crowd continued Its
rush for the doors. The firemen finally
quieted the audience, but not until a
large number had received setgiu* in
juries. mostly by being trampled upon.
The theater management says the
doors were not locked, and could have
been easily opened but for tbo frenstad
condition of the audience.
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MANY APPOINTMENTS ARE SENT
TO SENATE BY PRESIDENT
Officers of Army and Navy Get Promotions, and
Civilians Are Named for Federal Positions-
Washington, Dec. 6.—A large batch
of nominations was sent to the Sen
ate by the President to-day, many of
them recess appointments which in
cluded four cabinet positions, as fol
lows:
Attorney General —William H. Moody
of Massachusetts.
Postmaster General—Robert J.
Wynne of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Navy—Paul Morton
of Illinois.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor-
Victor J. Metcalf of California.
Among gther nominations were He=-
ekiah Gudger of North Carolina to be
consul general at Panama; Adam C.
Carson of Virginia to be associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Phil
ippine Islands: Charles F. Ordway. to
be assistant appraiser of merchandise
in the district of Tampa. Fla.; Wil
liam D. Crum to be collector of cus
toms for the district of Charleston. S.
C.; George F. White, to be marshal
for the Southern District of Georgia:
also the following postmasters:
Alabama —James A. Chambliss, En
terprise; Hugh R. Duggan, Florala;
George W. Russell, Eufaula; John X.
Thomas. Pratt City.
Georgia—William R. Watson. Lltho
nta; Lewis R. Farmer, Louisville;
Walter C. Terrell, Ocilla.
North Carolina —Erwin Q. Houston,
Davidson. _ _
South Carolina —Benjamin G. Collins,
Conway; Mary L. Wells, Cheraw;
TO INQUIRE INTO THE
AFFAIRS OF RAILWAY.
Member of the Congressional Forty
That Visited Panama Heard From.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Representative
Shackleford, Democrat, of Missouri,
one of the members of the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, who accompanied the con
gressional party on the visit to Pana
ma, to-day introduced a resolution pro
viding for an Inquiry Into the affairs
of the Panama Railway Company and
a report to Congress by the Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce. The resolution says that as
98 per cent, of the toad's capital atock
la owned by the United States, It Is
expedient that Congress should have
full knowledge of the affairs of the
company.
The resolution confers the usual pow
ers upon the committee—to administer
ouths and employ necessary clerical
help.
Lint Burge nt Sen.
Newport News, Vn., Dec. 6. —The tug
Navigator, arrived here to-day from
Providence, reports having lost the
barge New York off Cape Henry yas
terday. The towline parted during the
■toim then rnglng, and the barge was
carried out to sea. The tug John
8* Ully as sent In quest of missing
vessel and has not yoi reported.
Louis Jacobs, Kingstree; Arthur M.
Garner, Timmonsville.
Tennessee —Rufus Rutherford, Clin
ton.
Florida—George A. W. Wendell.
Quincy.
Virginia—Asbury Redfern. Stras
burg; John M. Campbell, Warrenton.
The nominations included a large
number of army promotions, among
which were the following to be brig
adier generals: Col. Albert L. Mills,
Col. Henry C. C. Dunwoody, Lieut.
Col. Peter Leary, Jr., Lieut. Col.
Samuel L. Woodward, Lieut. Col.
John McK. Hyde, Lieut. Col. Oscar F.
Long. Maj. Theodore A. Bingham, Col.
Constant Williams.
In the naval promotions the follow
ing were nominated to be rear ad
mirals:
Capts. W. M. Folger, Francis W.
Dickens, George F. F. Wilde, Charles
H. Davis, Charles J. Train, George W.
Pigman, George A. Converse.
The following original appointments
as second lieutenants in the army
were made:
Philip Bradley Peyton and Karl
Truesdell of Virginia; Aristides Mo
reno of Alabama; First Sergeant
Fitzhugh Lee Minnlgerode, Twelfth
Cavalry.
The following original appointments
In the navy were made:
To be assistant paymaster,Charles N.
Wrenshall of North Carolina.
To be assistant surgeons: Frederick
E. Porter of Tennessee; Cary T. Gray
son. David C. Cather, and Hugh T.
Nelson of Virginia.
To be second lieutenant tn the Ma
rine Corps: Jeter R. Horton of South
Carolina.
GUILTY OF LAND FRAUDS.
Miss Ware the Only One of the De
fendants Dismissed.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6.—The Jury In
the land fraud case which has been oc
cupying the attention of Judge Bel
linger's court for over two weeks,
brought In a verdict of guilty for all
the defendants, with the exception of
Miss Marie Ware, this afternoon after
45 minutes deliberation.
No recommendations as to punish
ment were made. Miss Ware was ac
quitted, following the Instructions of
the court.
Mr. Hall asked that the defendants
be placed under additional bonds In
this case, but the court decided that
a bond of $4,000 deposited In the case
would be sufficient,'and, therefore, or
dered that such security should be
given. This places the defendants each
under $4,000 bonds for each of the
cases, with the exception of Tarpley
and Wolgamot, who* do not figure In
the succeeding cases.
There Is no doubt that an appeal
will be taken. The sttorneys for the
defense are now preparing their mo
tion. and will, In all probability, pre
sent It at the opening of the next
case on Dee. 13.
—Miss Mona Limerick, a cousin of
Mre. Patrick Campbell, la creating
considerable of a furors In London In
an entertainment similar ts ttast which
Mots. OuUben ertatsd In luus.