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6 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." M gUANTIM •!*, ISO. MOM ; f 'OM • | CLUIT7, PtAIAOOY A CO.. j ft kMW J| 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. Imperial S| Pilsener ip good boo r GOING WEST? If so. be sure and see that your ticket reads via . .. THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY or IRON riOUNTAIN ROUTE The Best Line to Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hexlco, Nevada, Kansas, Oregon, Oklahoma, Old riexico, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. rauTs ™T EX AS “Hr DECEMBER 13th AND 27th. If you want to go write me NOW! 3 Trains Daily ) 8:50 am I. E. REHLANDER, from >• 8:00 pm Traveling Pass. Agent, MEMPHIS j 11:15 pm Chattanooga, Tenn. 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.