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VOLUME XXX.--NUMBER 10.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1899.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,518.
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The Sturdy Boihr Maker Lays Him out in
the Eleventh Bound.
FKMT SriRITED FROM THE START
A. Succession of Heavy Blows Throughout
the Contest.
NO INTERFERENCE BY THE fOLICE
fltzfllminons Man the Ailt-antage In Only
Two ICoiiikU anil in Eleventh Conies I'p
Too Weak tit Make Atequte Wefense
IetalU of the Fight by Round.
NEW YORK, June 10. James J.
Jeffries, another sturdy young giant,
has come out of the west to whip
champion pugilists. At the arena of
the Coney Island Athletic club tonight
he defeated Robert Fitzsimmons,
world's champion in two classes mid
dleweight and heavyweight in eleven
rounds of whirlwind fighting. He came
to the ring a rank outsider and left
it the acknowledged master of the man
he defeated. He was never at any
time in serious danger, and after the
-size-up in the early rounds of the con
test took the lead. He had the Austra
lian whipped from the ninth round.
it was acknowledged that Jeffries
would have an immense advantage in
weight, height and age, but the thou
sands who tipped and backed his oppo
nent to win were sure that he was slow
and that he would in that respect be
absolutely at the mercy of the past
master at the science of fighting that
he was to iiippU He proved, on the
contrary, that he was just as fast as
the man he met and beat him down to
unconscious defeat in a fair light. He
is a veritable giant in stature and
marvelously speedy for his immense
size.
Less than a year ago he appeared in
New York a great, awkward, ungainly
lov. Today be is the lithe, active, alert
trained athlete. The men who prc
Iared him fur the fight worked won
ders with him. They taught him a
nearv perfect defense, improved his
foot movement and instructed him in
the methods of inflicting punishment.
The transition since he appeared last
has been little short of miraculous.
At 'J4 lie defeated Robert Fitzsimmons,
Tom Sharkey and Peter Jackson, and
if he cares for himself he will probably
be aide to successfully defend the title
for many years.
The lefeated man was just as good
as when on the crispy morning in the
plains of faraway Nevada he lowered
the colors of the thn peerless Corbett.
He was just as active, just as tricky
and just as fearless of punishment.
He went unfalteringly to his defeat
He was the aggressor even at moments
when, bleeding and unsteady and
stunned by the blows he received, he
reelet instinctively toward his oppo
nent. He was fighting all the time
and punished his opponent, but found
him a different opponent than any he
had met and a difficult man to fight,
Jeffries fough from a couching atti
tude that was hard to get a- He held
his head low. his back was bent down
and his left arm was extended. He
kept jabbing away with the left and
found no trouble in landing it. It was
there that his superior reach told.
That giant arm served as a sort of
human fender to ward off danger. He
snowed an excellent defense and the
ability to use both hands with skill.
He is game, too, for he never shrank
from his punishment.
It was a great fight to watch and
commenced and ended amid scenes of
Intense excitement. It was all dra
matic. The men fought before a crowd
of 9.000 persons and stood up in a great
beam of blinding white light. It was
like a thousand calciums and it showed
relief. When tne blood came it was an
their great white bodies in strango
intenser red than usual.
There was not a suggestion of inter
ference from the police. Chief Devery
occupied a seat at the ringside, but
never entered the ring. When it was
nil over he sent Captain Kenny in to
clear the ring. The contest was pulled
off without wrangle and was devoid
of the brutal elements that Chief
Devery feared.
Never was a crowd handled with
less friction. It was all perfectly
orderly. There was absolutely ro con
fusion attendant upon the assemblage
and housing of the big crowd. Several
thousand of those provided with tick
ets came to the beach late in the after
noon and their action relieved the
piesMire during the earlier hours.
There were several routes from the
city and all seemed to be well patro
nized, s-o that at no time was there a
jam at any given point. The rain that
fell between the hours of T and 7 had a
tendency to diminsh the crowd of
idlers mat usually comes to the front
on an occasion of that kind the late
ness of the hour at which the contest
ants were announced to appear kept
the crowd from seeking the Coney
Isand club house very early, and Coney
Island, with its merry-go-rounds, Fer
ris wheels, gilded cafes, jugglers and
bespangled dancers furnished many
amusement and entertainment during
the wait.
It all made a strange scene. Crowds
thronged the streets and surged among
the stands and stalls of the already
thronged cafes. The prospects were
never brighter, and the strange devices
that make polyglbt music never work
ed harder Many places where liquid
and solid refreshments were dispensed
were packed to overflowing and every
where was the buzz of conversation
freighted with fight talk. It was on
everybody's lips. Enthusiasts touted
their favorities- Here, Fitzsimmons
would win in a walk; there, Jcfferies
was a sure victor. The newsboys
shouted late extras that told all about
it and fakirs offered the latest pictures
of the two giants who were to fight.
There vas very little betting. There
was plenty of money on both sides, but
nobody liked the odds. The Jefferies
men were getting two for on for their
collateral and the Fitzsimmons con
tingent was loth to give it.
The great house filled slowly, and it
was after 9 o'clock before the police
had to bestir themselves to clear the
aisles. The absence of any prelimi
nary contest gave the crowd a fight
appetite. They began calling for tne
performance at 9:30 and at 9:45 were
demonstrative.
Jefferies was the first to appear. He
came through the main entrance and
walked the length of the hall at 9:50
to an accompaniment of cheers, while
Fitzsimmons, who was accompanied
by his Spartan-like wife, came from
the- dressing room by a side door.
The agreement as to the conditions
of clinches and breaks was discussed
and settled outside the ring and there
was but little delay when the terms
were agreed on.
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1M0NS DEFEATED
Fitzsimmons entry into the ring at
10:05 o'clock was made the occasion
of a rather theatrical demonstration.
Julian was first and then came the
fighter. The seconds were next in line,
and then came two men bearing a
great floral piece that was almost
funereal in its appearance. It was
inscribed "Good Luck to the Cham
pion," but the flowers are wilted now.
Fitzsimmons bowed ceremoniously to it.
- Jeffries came next into the arena,
and like his opponent, got a demon
strative reception. Fitzsimmons looked
lanky and thin, but his skin was clear,
his eye bright, and his step elastic.
He made a great display of American
flags at his waist. Jeffries looked
sturdy and massive and seemed a little
nervous. He got the worst of the
assignment of corners, for the great
lights shone into his face and he
blinked at them in a nervous sort of
way. Siler, too, looked colorless and
ill at ease.
There was no trying delay in the
ring and the gong sounded just as the
men had been presented and gloved.
When the squared off Jeffries looked
pounds to the good. The opening
round was a tryout, pure and simple,
and not a single blow of an effective
nature was landed. First one was
the pacemaker and then the other es
sayed the pressing. They were almost
equally active and the clever work
recompensed the crowd for the lack
of excitement. The second round be
gan in abuslness like way with Jef
fries trying his left Fitzsimmons
then took a turn, but was short Just
as the round closed Jeffries downed
Fitzsimmons with a hard straight
left on the Jaw. The champion came
up slowly in a dazed sort of way and
reeled toward his man. The crowd
cheered Jeffries, but the gong ended
the round.
Fitzsimmons rallied in the rest, and
was aggressive again in the third-
The champion was bleeding, but fight
ing viciously. He made the pace, but
it was the Californian's round. The
fourth was fast but not decisive.
Fitzsimmons made his best showing
in the flftn. He began the round
with a punch that opened Jeffries' left
eye and sent a little torrent of blood
coursing down his cheek. He forced
Jeffries against the ropes, but the Cal
ifornian slipped away from him. He
made Jeffries hug again, but then the
round ended and Jeffries was back
and fighting. Fitzsimmons was the
aggressor in the sixth and that, too.
was his round. He tried all of his
tricks with left and right, but was
unable to place them right. He closed
with a strong right uppercut, but that
too, was blocked. The seventh might
be said to have been Fitzsimmons'
but he dio no particular damage with
his punches.
The eighth saw the beginning of the
end. for Fitzsimmons never regained
his balance alter that round. Jefferies
began the round with a straight left on
the face that again brought the blood
out of his opponent's mouth. The
Cornishman staggered against tne
ropes, but came back for another facer.
There was fear in the Fitzsimmons
corner and Julian yelled to Fitzsim
mons to be careful. Fitzsimmons plant
ed one of his lefts on Jefferies' jaw and
staggered him against the ropes. Fitz
simmons looked like a beaten man.
The ninth was all Jefferies' He sent
the Australian's head back with a ser
ies of lefts, put his right on the body
and avoided an serious punishment
Fitzsimmons kept pressing forward all
the tine, but was unable to find his
opponent
The tenth was in reality where the
fight ended. Jeffries rushed his op
ponent and downed him with a left
swing. Fitzsimmons seemed out and
there was a moment of the wildest ex
citement Julian ran along the side of
the ring and sprinkled water on his
fallen idol. At tiie end of seven sec
onds Fitzsimmons staggered to his
feet only to go down again. He was up
again and Jeffries poised himself for
the finish. He shot his left to the body
and tried for the head with his right
He was calm and collected, but the
time was too short Again did the
gong come to the aid of the man who
was then going, staggering and dazed,
to certain defeat There was a frantic
effort to revive the champion of cham
pions, but he was cleanly gone and his
seconds could not restore his energies.
The fate-like gong clanged again and
the old fighter wabbled out to meet the
sturdy young Hercules who awaited
him. It was courageous and grittj-, but
it was hopeless. It was a splendid mo
ment and full of all that dramatic in
tensity that characterizes a tragedy.
Jeffries was as fresh as at the start.
There was a moment of sparring and
the giant arms of the Californian shot
through the air. It was left and right
and over. Fitzsimmons, limp and un
conscious, dropped to the floor.
Jeffries stepped back, for he knew
the force that he had put behind his
terrible blows. The timers called out
the seconds that counted out an old
ring hero and heralded another, but
nobody heard them. The crowd was
on its feet howling. There was a rush
for the ring, but scores of blue-coats
barred the way. Ten seconds are short
and when the tenth had come there
was a new roar of excitement to wel
come the victor.
Julian. Hickey, Henny and Ever
hardt gathered up the prostrate man.
He was still in a trance. They carried
him to his corner and a little blood
oozed from his mouth as his head fell
forward on his chest. The new hero
crossed the ring and shook the hand
of his rival, after which he was sur
rounded by his friends, who hustled
him from the ring and into his dress
ing room.
Jeffries had the good wishes of his
clergyman father out at Los Angeles,
Cal. This wire was placed in his hand
as he reached the ring:
"Jim: We know you will win. Keep
good spirits; be confident of our bless
ing. "Father, Mother and Family."
The scenes enacted in the dressing
room ot Jeffries, which was only a few
feet away from that occupied the de
feated pugilist, were of the most joyful
character. Crowds of persons ham
mered at the door for admittance, all
anxious to congratulate the new cham
pion. William Brady was dancing
with delight from the moment the de
cision was given that made him for
the second time a manager of a world's
heavyweight champion.
"Jeffries is a corker," he cried, "and
there is not a man en earth that can
beat him. He's a wonder and no mis
take. Let them all come to him now,
none of them can class with him."
Billy Telaney, Jeffries' chief train
er, was beside himself with delight He
said:
"I have again brought a champion
beater from California and am nat
urally proud of it Fitzsimmons was
beaten fair and square and although
he put up a game fight my man had
his measure taken from the moment
he shaped for the first round."
Jim Daly and Jack Jeffries had very
little to say regarding their victory,
but their good-natured faces were
wreathed in smiles and they looked
upon Jeffries as a veritable world
beater. Jeffries himself was surrounded by
a host of friends who congratulated
him on his well won honor. In re
sponse to several inquiries, the new
champion said:
"Fiti fought a good and game battle
and hit me harder than any man whom
J I have been up against He can whip
bnarkey in two rounds, l would gam
nothing by meeting Sharkey again, but
am willing to meet any man in the
world in whom the public has confi
dence and there will be no fear of my
quitting the ring for the stage- I will
defend my title as champion at all
times and against all comers. At no
time during tonight's fight did I feel
any misgiving as to my ability to win.
I am satisfied that I have well earned
the right to be called champion by
beating Fitzsimmons, who was un
doubtedly the greatest fighter of the
age."
Jeffries and his party left for New
York at midnight and will make the
Vanderbilt hotel their headquarters.
The detail of the rounds was as fol
lows: Round 1 Both men met In center
of ring. They feinted, with Fitzsim
mons breaking ground, Jeffries keep
ing almost in the center of the ring.
Jeffries was evidently trying to get
the fight over. Fit led left to head,
but Jeffries ducked cleverly. Jeffries
led left and fell short. Again he led
a left swing for jaw, but Fitz was out
of the way. Jeffries tried right for
body and left for head, but Fitzsim
mons blocked and got away clean.
Fitzsimmons tried left, landing. They
came to a clinch, but broke clean. Jeff
ries tried a straight for Jaw and did
not reach, and Fitzsimmons blocked
an attempt at a left hook, shooting his
left to the ear as the bell rang.
Round 2 Fitzsimmons in the mid
dle of the ring made Jeffries break
ground. Fitzsimmons sent left to
body. Jeffries countered with stiff left
on face. Jeffries tried left for body,
but was neatly blocked. Jeffries then
assmued a crouching attitude, boring
in with his left, but was again blocked
and they came to a clinch. Jeffries
landed two lefts on body and shot the
left three times on Fitzsimmons' face
without a return. Fitzsimmons tried
right for heart, but Was short and they
came to a clinch, the referee going be
tween them. Jeffries tried a left chop
for the head, but Fitzsimmons duck
ed safely. Jeffries tried a left swing
for the head and another for the body,
but Fitzsimmons ducked away from
him. Jeffries then knocked Fitzsim
mons flat on his back wnh a straight
left on the mouth. The champion was
up in two seconds, when the bell rang.
Round 3 Fitzsimmons looked very
determined when he came up for this
round, with Jeffries on the aggressive.
They clinched twice without doing
damage. Fitzsimmons tried a right
hook for the body, bu tfailed to land. It
was then seen that he was bleeding
from the nose. First blood claimed
for Jeffries. After another clinch
Fitzsimmons landed a bard left on
Jeffries' body and repeated it three
times, coming to the center of the
ring. Fitzsimmons landed a left on
the ear. Jeffries came tack with a
left hook on the side of the head and
they came to a clinch. After some
feinting Jeffries sent both hands to
the body and drove Fitzsimmons back
with a left on the head. Fitzsimmons
tried to land a left swing on the head,
autl they came to a clincn. fitzsim
mons landed a hook on the head. Jeff
ries countered on the face as the round
ended.
Round 4 Fitzsimmons came up de
termined and tried a right swing and
failed to land and Bob clinched. Jeff
ries tried a left for the nck, but Fitz
simmons got inside of hi lead, land
ing left on wind., Jeffries sent two
hard left hooks to the side of Fitz
simmons' head, jarring the champion
each time. In the mixup Fitzsimmons
got his left to head and right to body.
After some fiddling Fitzsimmons sent
a left straight to the eye, which was
heavily countered on the I ody by Jeff
ries' right A hard right over the
heart by Fitzsimmons was answered
by Jeffries with a left on the neck
and then Jeffries planted a heavy left
on the chest and Fitzsimmons broke
ground, but returned quickly, shooting
his left to the jaw. This was an even
round.
Round 5 Fitzsimmons led off with
a left to the face, splitting Jeffries'
left eye, which bled freely. Jeffries
retaliated with a hard left on the ear
and Fitzsimmons tried hip right over
for the damaged eye, failing to land.
Fitzsimmons tried left for head, but
Jeffries ducked and a clinch follow
ed. Fitzsimmons put a light left on
Jeffries' mouth and forced him to the
ropes. They clinched and broke im
mediately. Jeffries tried a left swing
for the body, but left an opening which
Fitzsimmons failed to take advantage
of. Jeffries sent two lefts to the jsw
and a right on the forehead without
a return. Fitzsimmons rushed, but in
trying to side-step almost fell through
the ropes, but regained himself anu
came back with a hard left on neck
and body. Jeffries replied with two
stiff lefts on face as he crowded in on
him. At this moment the bell sepa
rated them.
Round 6 Fitzsimmons jumped
across the ring and Jeffries broke
ground. Fitzsimmons swung his left
for head, landing slightly and blocked
a right lead for the body. Both tried
left for the head, but were short Then
Fitzsimmons put his left to the face
and missed a right cross for the jaw.
Fitzsimmons. still on the aggressive,
bored in, sending left to face, Jeffries
countering lightly on the wind. Fitz
simmons crowded in with hot left and
Jeffries crossed his right to ear. They
.broke from a clinch and Fiztsimmons
sent the left to face, followed by a
hard right over the injured eye. An
other clinch followed and the referee
nad to separate them. Fitzsimmons
sent right to head and followed with
hard left to chest. Jeffries fought
back wildly, landing both hands out
another clinch Fitzsimmons uppercut
his opponent with his right on the
wind. This was the last blow of the
round, which was in Fitzsimmons
favor.
Round 7 Jeffries was a bit slow in
coming "to the scratch and broke
ground, making a circle of the ring.
Fitzsimmons tried right to head, land
ing lightly, and Jeffries got a left to
ribs and got away clean. Then the Cal
ifornian endeavored to land a straight
left for the face, but was blocked neat
ly and received a left on the ribs. Fitz
simmons was on the aggressive and
sent a left far back on the neck Jeff
ries tried to crowd Fitzsimmons on the
ropes, but Fitz got away nicely.
Then in a rapid mixup both swung
rights and lefts for the head, landing
lightly. Then Fitzsimmons hooked a
left to the side of the neid and Jeff
ries jumped in with a right hard on
the body. Jeffries swung his left for
the head, but Fitzsimmons got inside
of it and drove his right over the
heart, when the gong sent them tc
their corners. This was Fitzsimmons'
round.
Round 8 Jeffries was tardy in com
ing up and the referee had to wave
bis band to him to come to the cen
ter. Both men- rushed matters with-
out doing damage other than clinching
until Fitzsimmons sent his left to the
ribs and Jeffries hooked two lefts to
the face. Jeffries tried with his right,
but was caught, Fitzsimmons counter
ing lightly on the chase. Fitzsim
mons put a straight left on Jeffries'
eye. Jeffries came back with a hard
left oil the body. Fitzsimmons en
deavored to land a vicious swing with
his left on the body, but Jeffries came J
back with a similar blow on Fitzsim
mons' bead. Jeffries then bored in
and sent a straight left to Fitzsim
mons' face, staggering the champion
to the ropes. Nothing of any moment'
occurred during the remainder of the.!
round and as Fitzsimmons walked tod
his corner he smiled at his seconds.
This was Jeffries' round.
Round 9 Both came uj. willingly,
with Fitzsimmons the aggressor, but
Jeffries sent him back with a straight
in the face. Fitzsimmons missed a
left swing for the head and received a
hard right on the body. Then Uey
clinched, and after the breakaway both
tried left at close quarters, Jeffries
landing twice. Fitzsimmons still on
the aggressive was sent back once
more with a left on the body. After
another clinch 'Jeffries put two smart
left raps on the nose which made
Bob's nasal organ bleed again. Jeffries
tried again for the head smartly with
his left, bitting it straight, and then
with a backhand blow brought his
nose. Fitzsimmons failed to respond
to this and Jeffries threw bis right
over the heart with all his might and
had Fitzsimmons guessing when the
bell rang. Jeffries had decidedly the
best of the round.
Round 10 Jeffries came up looking
confident, and Fitzsimmons wore an
earnest look on his face. The Cali
fornian was first to land with a
straight left on the body, bringing it
up to the head. Fitzsimmons clinched.
Going into the clinch Fitz drove his
left hard to the wind. They did a lot
of fiddling, Fitzsimmons tried a left
swing, but went wide of the mark, but
caught the Californian a second later
with a left swing on the nose. After
this Jeffries made a left swing for
Fitz's head, but was blocked, and then
with a left swing on the jaw put Fitz
on his back. Fitz was groggy when
he got up in seven seconds and went
down again with left and right on the
jaw. He came up again in five sec
onds and Jeffries rushed him into a
corner, trying very hard to finish the
champion, who was very groggy. Jef
ffrics was too anxious and failed to
finish his man.
Round 11 Fitzsimmons came up
slowly, but assumed the aggressive.
Jeffries put two hard rights over Fitz
ing for a knockout- They clinched
three times, coming to close quarters.
Jefferies put two liar,1 rights oer Fitz
simmon's heart, sending him back, and
then sent a straight left to the neck,
following with a left on the chest.
Jeffries then assumed the aggressive
and jabbed his left to the head and a
left on the jaw, which dazed Fitzsim
mons, who stood in the middle of the
ring. Jeffries looked at him for a
second and then he had him at his
mercy and swung his right and left
to the jaw, and Fitzsimmons went
down and out, relinquishing the cham
pionship to the Californian. Time of
eleventh round, 1 minute and 32 2-?.
on-uudo.
THE IOWA UNIVERSITY.
Chancellor McLean Offered Place at the
lira l or the Iimtitutlon.
IOWA CITY, la., June 10. Chancel
lor George E. MacLean of the State
university of Nebraska, was umdition
ally tendered the presidency of the
State university of Iowa by our board
of regents. The regents would admit
nothing to confirm the above report
until this morning. Several telegrams
passed between here and Lincoln last
night, but no decisive answer camo
until this morning, when Chancellor
MacLean telegraphed he would take
the matter under advisement and
would be here on Monuay and look
over the grounds. The salary offered
him is $6,000, an increase of f 1,000 over
the salary paid to President Schaeffer,
and $250 for traveling expenses is al
lowed in addition to the regular salary.
Chancellor George Edwin MacLean
has been connected with the Nebraska
college for four years. He was chosen
in June, 1895, from a seat as professor
of literature in the University of Min
nesota. He was born at Rock Valley,
Conn., in 1850. prepared for college at
Williston seminary. East Hampton,
Mass., and graduated from Williams
college in 1871. He entered Yale uni
versity, and in three years received
the degree of bachelor of divinity. In
the same year (1S74) he received the
master's degree at Williams. He waa
immediately installed as pastor of
Union church. Lebanon, N. Y. This
was an old Presbyterian and Congre
gational church, of which Samuel J.
Tildcn was the most prominent mem
ber. He was there till 1877, wfiich he
followed as pastor of the Memorial
Presbyterian church of Troy. N. Y
till 1881. At this time Chancellor Mac
Lean went to Europe and studies at
the universities of Leipsic, Berlin, Ox
ford and Cambridge. In two years he
received the degree of philosophy and
also master of arts at Leipsic. In 1884
he was called to the chair of English
language and literature at the Univer
sity of Minnesota. In 1891 he was
given leave of absence, and spent a
year studying in the British museum
at Oxford. In 1S94 he studied in the
national library at Paris.
Bnrglar Kill an A Red Woman.
CARMI, III., June 10. Burglars who
had broken into the house of Daniel
P. Gott of Norris City shot and killed
Mrs. Gott, aged 67, for resisting them.
The burglars secured two purses con
taining 145 and a watch chain. Mr.
Gott, who is an invalid, was aroused
by the burglars, who easily secured his
purse. His wife awoke and became ex
cited. Her actions caused the burg
lars to think she was concealing some
thing. Pointing a revolver to her
head one of the party ordered her to
give up her pocketbook. She refused
to comply with the demand and tried
to tear the mask from the robber's
face, striking him at the same time.
The robber then shot her behind the
ear, killing her almost instantly.
Twentieth Kan.
KANSAS CITY, June 10. The Star
today received tne following cablegram
regarding the muster out of the Twen
tietu Kansas, General Funston's regi
ment, from its special correspondent:
"HONG KONG, June 8. Petitions
signed by nine-tenths of the officers
and men of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, urging muster out and dis
charge from the service in San Fran
cisco, have been forwarded to the Star
and to Senator Baker. STEELE."
Like Grant and Harrison, President
McKinley, in talking, with Mrs. Mc
Kinley. his daily drive about the
country roads near; Washington, goes
as a rule quite unattended and unprotected-
WRECK ON TIE fOftT AHTM1.
Betwcn Forty and Forty-Fire
People
More or Less Injured.
KANSAS CITY, June 10. Between
forty and forty-five passengers were
more or less seriously, three perhaps
fatally, injured by the dt-railment of
train No. 4 southbound, on the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad,
three miles south of Grandview, Mo.,
at 9:30 last night The train left
Kansas City late and was running at
a slow rate of speed on account of the
bad condition of the track occasioned
by heavy rains. The injured Mere
brought to this city this morning and
the seriously hurt taken to St Joseph's
hospital, and the others to the Savoy
hotel.
The wrecked train was due to leave
Kansas City last night at 7:30, but it
was nearly 8 o'clock before a start
?was made. Two miles beyond Grand-
view, which is a small station thirty
miles south of Kansas City, the train
was derailed by spreading rails, the
ritrack having been damaged by recent
severe rains. The smoker, which con
tained most of the injured, and the
chair ear immediately following, were
turned on their sides into a ditch; the
Pullman left the track, but remained
upright The engine and combination
b-3gage and mail car rei-iinod on the
track.
The accident occurred at 9:30 dur
ing a heavy downpour of rain. The
crew went to work with q will to res
cue the passengers and did heroic duty
in the pouring rain and darkness. Wo
men and children were first cared
for. They were dragged from the
windows of the chair car end attended
to as well as was possible under the
circumstances. Before all had been
taken out of the chair car fire start
ed from the stove in the rear end.
The porter of this car earned great
praise by his presence of mind in cut
ting a hole through the roof of the
car, quenching the fire and rescuing
several women in immediate danger.
In the smoker, which was well
filled, passengers were compelled to
crawl cautious'y the full length of the
car to the rear door to rscine. Exit
through tbe broken windows was dan
gerous, the darknees making it im
possible to see a foot ahead. The scene
of the wreck was in the woods, and
there were no houses near enough to
which the injured could be taken.
Torches were soon improvised and
here and there in the dirkness and
rain the dim lights flattered in the
hands of their holder', scurrying in
every direction to render aid to the
unfortunates. For the immediate care
of the hurt, fires were built alongside
the tracks and lent aid to the rescu
ers and warmth to the rain-soaked
injured.
The most seriously hurt were cared
for in the baggage and mail car and
In the Pullman. As soon as possible
word of the wreck was sent to Grand
view and a relief train was started
out from Kansas City. The train ar
rived at 3 o'clock a. m. and took back
to Kansas City all of the injured. The
most seriously hurt were convsyed to
St. Joseph's hospital, while those less
badly injured went or were assisted to
the Savoy hotel.
ah morning meiv mux ieun nunuta
of a wreck, but officials of the rail
road steadfastly denied that any one
had been seriously injured, and that
the total number of hurt would not go
above fifteen or twenty, all of whom,
they asscerted, had received simple
cuts and would leave for the south
on today's train.
WHERE $50,000,000 WENT.
Treasury Department Itrports on the
War Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Little of
the $50,000,000 appropriated by congress
before the war with Spain, and made
available until July 1 next, will remain
In the treasury on that date. Allot
ments made by the president exceed
that sum by $58,216.90, but as the war
department has a little more than
$3,000,000 of its allotment on hand no
deficiency will be created.
Other appropriations were made by
congress for lb' army and navy during
the war, hut i was found necessary
to also utilize the $50,000,000.
As the war with Spain was primarily
a naval struggle, most of the money
appropriated in preparation was spent
by the navy. Allotments made by the
president for the navy department
amounted to $31,0S8,589.20, and those
for the war department to $18,969,627.68,
a total of $50,058,216.90. The treasury
department has given out this state
ment of the allotments made:
Navy Department Expended for
ships, etc.. $17,739,384.26; ordnance,
powder and shell, $7,912,084.20; equip
ment of vessels,, purchase of coal, etc.,
$1,290,883.47; establishment of coaling
stations and repairs at naval stations.
$1,038,450.00; repairing and converting
vessels into men-of-war, $2,230,630,00;
repairs to machinery of vessels, $430,
613.50: bureau of supplies and accounts,
$178,9S4.15; bureau of navigation, $161,
000.00; marine corps. $106,529.64.
War Department Office of secretary
of war, $225,00f.00; ordnance material,
powder and shell, $9,081,494.86; repairs
and extension of foitificalions, $5,585,
000.00; clothing, transportation, ships,
etc., $1,989,230.82; medical supplies, etc.,
$1,520,000.00: paymaster's department,
$225,000.00; chief signal office, $238,900;
lightnouse board, $75,000.00.
Old Kentnrky Fend Renewed.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky., June 10.
Abe Lee, a member of the Lee faction
of the Lee-Taylor feud, which raged
in Harlan county ten years ago, was
killed last night from ambush. It is
thought the Taylors did the deed and
the Lee faction is arming. The old
feud will be revived.
Names Canal Commission.
WASHINGTON, June 10. The pres
ident today appointed the following
commission to determine the most
feasible ana practical route for a canal
across the isthmus of Panama: Rear
Admiral John G- Walker, U. S. N.:
Hon. Samuel Pasco of Florida; Alfred
Noble, C. E., of Illinois; George S.
Morrison, C. E., of New York; Colonel
Peter C. Haines, U. S. A.: Prof. Wil
liam H. Burr, Connecticut; Lieutenant
Colonel Oswald H. Ernst, U- S. A.;
Lewis M. Haupt, C. E., Pennsylvania;
Prof. Emory R. Johnson, Pennsylva
nia. Preparing for Disturbers.
PARIS, June 10. At a cabinet meet
ing held this morning the premier, M.
Dupuy, and the minister of war, M.
Krantz, announced that General Zur
linden, the military governor of Paris,
and the prefect of police, M- Blanc,
had adopted rigorous measures to pre
serve order at Long Champ on Sunday
next, upon the occasion of President
Loubet's visit to that place in order
to witness the race for the Grand Prii
ue Paris.
Ungratefulness is one of the mean
est traits of humanity
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President of Transvaal Offers to Increase
Uitlanders' Sepresentation.
CONCESSION OTTERED NOT ENOUGH
Kngland 'Will Not Consent to Arbitration
of Home Questious and ill Any Kt'ht
No Foreign l'owar Is to lie lntultril.
LONDON, June 9. The advices re
ceived here yesterday from South Af
rica emanating from British sources
show more completely the utter fail
ure of the recent conference at Bloem
fontein between President Krugcr and
the British high commissioner. Sir
Alfred Milner.
Th. London afternoon newspapers
til refer to the dangerous situation.
A dispatch from Matjes Fonteitt
says Sir Alfred Milner's proposals in
cluded granting the uitlanders addi
tional seats in the Rand district and
that President Kruger under pressure
finally offered three daditional seats.
The British high commissioner there
upon pointed out the inadequacy of
the president's proposals, adding that
he had come to the conference in the
hope of being able to inform her maj
esty's government that the president
of the Transvaal was prepared to af
ford such liberal measures of reform
as would enable the uitlanders to help
themselves and relieve the govern
ment of the obligations to intervene
in order to redress particular griev
ances. Throughout, it is added President
Kruger sought to use the franchise
proposals as the means of obtaining
a promise to settle the differences un
der the convention by arbitration, but
the British .commissioner refused to
treat the two subjects as independent,
taking the ground that internal -e-form
in the Transvaal was necessary
in any case in order to preserve the
independence of the republic, and as
regards arbitration there were certain
questions upon which it could not be
admitted, while on other questions ar
bitration was possibly admissable pro
vided a suitable tribunal was suggest
ed, not involving the introduction ot
a foreign power, which the goern
ments would never allow.
In the House of Commons yesterday
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain, replying to va
rious question on the subject, con
firmed tbe reports of the failure of the
Bloemfontein conference and also ad
mitted the accuracy of the statement;
made in the dispatch from Matjes Fon
tein, explaining that the British high
commissioner informed President
Kruger that Great Britain would uot
consent to the intervention of any Af
rican power in the Anglo-Transvaal
disputes.
With reference to the Jameson raid,
Mr- Chamberlain added, the commis
sioner informed the president that the
British Chartered South Africa com
pany, while protesting against the un
reasonable amount of the claim, would
consent to submit to arbitration the
r 4v
be paid.
ER0ZEN BEET RELISHED.
Manila Newspaper Sys Soldiers Were
Never Furnished a Finer Onality.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The War
department has received, through the
courtesy of the New York Central
cable office, an article published in the
Manila Freedom, of April 22, regard
ing the preservation of beef. It fol
lows :
"Major William H. Anderson, chief
commissary, states that the army stor
age ship Duke of Sutherland has just
finished its delivery of fresh beef to
the commissaries. This vessel reached
Manila under command of Captain
Colter, September 16. 1898. Its cargo
of frozen beef had been taken on
board in Australia a month previous,
so that the beef issued to the soldiers
yesterday morning has been in cold
storage for over eight months. Th
United States army has certainly cre
ated a record in the transportaion of
frozen meat, for handling beef in cold
storage such a length of time in such
quantities has 'never before been suc
cessfully carried out.
"Soldiers were never furnished a
finer quality of beef that that which
was issued yesterday, which was as
fresh and wholesome as it was the
day it was prepared in Australia.
Freedom representatives here often
shared in the soldiers dinner in the
trenches or in camp, and the beef is
sued was alwa3's excellent in quality
and flavor, (in some occasions the
steaks eaten from the end of a bayo
net were equal to anything that mon
ey could buy in the luxurious grill
rooms of the most fastidious clubs."
McKinley In New Knuland.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The itin
erary of the president's New England
trip is almost completed. He will
leave on Friday, June 16, for Holyoke,
Mass., where he will be the guest on
Saturday of Hon. William Whiting,
who served with the president in con
gress. On Monday the president will
go to Northampton to attend the exer
cises at Smith college and on Tuesday
he will visit Mount Holyoke seminary,
wnere his niece will be one of the
graduates. On Wednesday he will go
to Springfield and on Thursday to
Adams, Mass., where he will be the
guest for several days of W. B. Plun
kett, president of the Home Market
club. The president will be gone about
ten days. Mrs. McKinley will accom
pany him.
Confidence Sharps on Steamboats.
CHICAGO, June 9. The Baxter in
vestigating committee today took up
confidence games on local excursion
steamers and the alleged thefts of slot
machines by justice court constables.
Gus Chapin, a steamboat man, told of
a Klondike miner who was fleeced out
of $1,800 by means of a shell game
on an excursion boat running out of
Chicago, and also told of a Kansas
City bank Clerk who lost $600 in the
same manner on that boat. Chapin
created something of a sensation by
swearing that he had been promised
$10 to testify before the committee.
Falls Down the Shaft.
WASHINGTON. June 9. John J.
Lalor, a translator in the office of the
director of the mint, lost his balance
and fell from the second floor in the
treasury department today down the
shaft which the stairway surrounds to
the basement, probably receiving fatal
injuries. Mr. Lalor is a well known
writer on political economy and is
the author of an encyclopedia on that
subject
We seldom find people ungrateful as
long as we are in a condition to render
them services. Rochfoucauld.
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SUPPRESSING MANILA NEWS.
War Department lves Out Xime of the
DWpatehrs Front Oti.
NEW YORK. June 9. A special to
tue World from Washington says:
"The end of the war is a. long way
off," writes Brigadier General Hall,
now on duty In the Philippines, in a
letter to a friend in this city.
The letter is dated early in May,
about the time Aguinaldo was making
his overtures for peace, and shows that
ou- army officers had little faith in the
sinceri!y of the retmest for peace nego
tiationn. The war department declines to
make public any dispatch from General
Otis regarding the situation. He has
been instructed to strictly censor all
news and. to be consistent, the war
department, since the depaiture of
Secretary Alger, has declined to make
public anything received from the
Philippines. Even casualty lists are
held tip a day or two before being
posted on tbe bulletin board. The de
partment is pursuing the same policy
as that for the month or six weeks
prior to the attack of the Filipinos
upon the Americans.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
stated that while some advices had
been received from General Otis, he
was not at liberty to make them pub
lic. The same reticence is displayed
by Adjutant General Corbin. No dis
patch has been posted from General
Otis detailing the situation for more
than a week. The indications are that
the department will now endeavor to
conceal everything.
No credence is attached to the Lon
don report that Aguinaldo defeated
Generals MacArthur and Lawtou.
BETTING ON THE FIGHT.
Fitzsimmons Still the Favorite llravy
llets on .leffrles.
New York, June 9. The Journal and
Advertiser says: Despite the fact that
Chief Devery has threatened to inter
fere in the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries con
test, betting on the result of the bat
tle continues to increase Fitzsim
mons still rwles a strong favorite over
Jeffries. So confident aie the lanky
Australian admirers that they offer
2 to 1 freely on the result, and in some
instances 2V to 1 has been secured.
Jim Corbett bet $1,000 to $2,000 on
Jeffries last night. Richard Dougher
ty's offer of $1,000 against $550 on the
champion was accepted by a well
known banker. Jimmy Carroll has bet
$400 against $750 on the Californian.
He says he has a commission of $4,000
to back Jeffries at 1 to 2. Sam Aus
tin also has a few thousind to back
Jeffries.
Harry Corbett. a brother to Jim
Corbett, and a prominent bookmaker
on the Pacific coast, will arrive in
town today with a large sum to bet on
Jeffries.
Dreyfus Leaies 1'rlson.
CAYENNE, French Guiana, June 9.
The dispatch boat Goeland will leave
here at 2 o'clock this afternoon for
Devil"s island in order to take Dreyfus
on board the cruiser Sfax. which will
anchor this afternoon off the island,
ders yesterday to The authorftfes of
the lies du Salut (Salvation islands)
to prepare the quantity of coal neces
sary for the voyage of the Sfax. whose
hurried departure from the island of
Martinique only allowed it to take on
board the stores it needed. The Sfax
will probably leave for Brest tomorrow
morning.
CAYENNE, June 9. The dispatch
boat Goeland was sent to Devil's island
ahead of time by order of the governor
of French Guiana, leaving here at
o'clock this morning. This was done
on account of the great number of
people who proposed to go to Dvil's
island on board the Goeland. In addi
tion the governor refused all persons
permission to go to the island by any
other means of transportation.
No Adulterants in Candy.
CHICAGO, June 9. The senatorial
pure food investigating committee
closed its work in Chicago today for
the present, after hearing testimony
of several confectioners in regard to
candy manufacturers. Cl-arles Gun
ther." M. Shields. John Harry and a
representatives of Kehoe & Co. testi
fied that a combination of reputable
candy dealers of the United States had
been formed several years ago for the
purpose of preventing the u of adul
terants in the manufacture of candy.
None of today's witnesses know of
tera alba having been used sinte the
organization was complex d. Coloring
matter used was all a purely vegeta
ble product and harmless. Mr. Shields
strongly advocated a government li
cense for every maker of candy and
also advocated a system of city, dis
trict and state inspection.
Senator Mason left this afternoon for
the east and will spend a few weck3
with his family in Maine
Japs Florklnt; to H:nv:lt.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 9. Advice:
from Yokohama state that nearly 7,000
laborers will leave Japan during the
current year, under contract to work
on the Hawaiian plantations. This is
the result of the permission by the
United States government for the im
portation of the Japanese to the new
island territory under the contract to
assist in the cultivation of s.'ven new
and immense plantations, and to off-et
in a measure the large Chinese popu
lation already in the field. An at
tempt to augment the Chinese force
of labor by smuggling of coolies if
understood to be contemplated ant
trouble may result
Bail Fixed for MoIIik-iit.
NEW YORK, June 9. On applica
tion of Attorney Battle. Judge Nw
burger in the court of general es3;on';
today fixed the bail of Roland B. Moli
neux at $5,000. Bail will be furnished
either this afternoon or tomorrow
morning. Assistant District Attorney
Osborn was present and did not objeet
to the amount of bail fixed.
This bail was fixed in tho only
charge now actually pending against
Molineux, namely: That of assault in
the first degree for having, as alleged
sent cyanide of mercury through the
mails to Harry S. Cornish.
"Legislator Arrested for Perjury.
EASTON. Pa., June 9. Dr. I. N.
Johnson, a member of the legislature
from this county, was arrested today
charged with perjury before the recent
legislative bribery committee. He was
admitted to bail. He testified before
the committee that ex-Senator Coyle
and Representative Spatz offered him
a consideration to sign a pledge io
support George Jenks for United
States senator.
The happiest life is that which con
stantly exercises and educates what is
best in us. Hamerton.
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