The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-01
WILL SLOCUM FIGHT.
LIEUT.. CARLOS 4. RIVERS DBsIhES
HIS GORE IHMBDIATELr.
The Playful Humor OF tho Literary oA'p
per of tho Destroyer Brings hero'
Toledo Blade Out Of Its Bhsatn'

| Carlos 4 p,vers. OF Yonkers, y. H.
| Spanish noble by birth, English suo'e0'
| by choice soldier of fortune In wha'e'N'
nation offers the best pecuniary induce-
mants for The services Of himself, MS
Toledo bIado and his twenty years fight
! ing experience descended upoH iR'e S"''
office yesterday in the fuii sioiy
| British naval ieutenants frock UNIFORM
! First he sem in a card bearing ms name
| in microscopic characters. ana aInouh,GTeu
/ that ne mad something so say EeSeioniAs
| the extracts from Captain joshua ~
e ep' from p4Nl; NEW York 10 Brazil treating Of
| the recent toy war IN the south Anleii,C Ill,
| republic which extracts appeared III Su IiI
days sun. The DESTROYER ~ wiz ~ he
membered, went 10 Brazil IN tow OF me
Santuit and captain Slocum was heF
| Min his Toledo blade Lieutenant Rivers
muHiSted Captain S!ee"nts sUe .t saiec'
and patched up the gashes wlth sei &C.
! tions from his portable library. Like me
inscription on his card. Lieutenant hiy ,
| is rather microscopic himsen. his sIIe,
or lack OF size is by no means a sore
! point with him TO n man whose mothef
was a Spanish countess. whose uncle is
| British general who is himself grad
uafe of the Royal Naval school at Green
witch, a lieutenant Of the royal British
navy. a Soudanese hero, and a soldier OF
fortune, a matter OF few inches or
fifty, or sixty pounds in weight Is Oh
| small account
big l may not be, SIR" said Lieutenant
| Carlos A. Rivers but you can say 70
| that man Siocinn that htde L1eUte"eI.e
Rivers Will meet him anywhere at any
time and place and with any weapons
and be glad of the chance. sir"
| That which has particularly reused the
wrath of the warrior is a quotation from
| Captain Siocum's book, which begins IKE
this:
There came too, l should not forget It,
| young officer Of the British Royal Ma
| rine Artillery, who became In time ied,,
| tUre Of the creW. THIS young man had
accumulated handsome gold bands for MS
| caps, which he frequently lost IN the sea
| upon the Yoyage-caps and all. Inc s"oId'
which by merit he had won, was OF siioi
! nous size. This sword and heavy Colt 5
| revolver, which he wore nSNt And guy,
| gave my young officer, | must say--IVIr, H., d
! little mana formidable appearance l ne, ne
| prod iOuS sword, recall, Won Dy 'aiol
| at the SOudan,' and presented by her
gracious Majesty the queen, had me
| American eagle stamped upon It's Diaae;
| This is the famous sword which. buckled
| on over Il dashng red coat, secured Tor
| him the position or third gunner ; HldtS
| TO the Count, Mr.. W, a gentleman 81
| influence, procuring him the pace upon
| sails, FOR il must be borne in mind that
| we are 10 make warlike appear rance
when we come % Brazil. II not before.
| although there are no names men
| toned that evidently refers 70 ue. satd
| Iicutenant Rivers Yesterday. IS he
cIutched the hilt Of his Toledo blade 1t
| must mean me. l was the only son
! ddnese hero OF the expedition
| Having thus identified himself the Leu
| tenant then said that Captain Siocum,
whom he characterizes as the most sloE-
| enlv officer that ever walked the deck
| objected TO his spick and span outfit or
| this outfit however a red coat was not
| part. nor was there any American eagle,
| or anything Ike II. on his Toledo Didae
| i'm proof of which he drew that formidable
weapon from its sheath and handed it to
the reporter for examination No eagle
| could he found.
That sword said the Lieutenant, was
| given 10 me because / was one Of the
| searching party that found the BODY OF
| the Prince Imperial when ne was killed
| by CetewayO's niggers IN the Zulu war
in 70. Why should It have an eagle on
! ii? TnrtheTmore, SlocOm Hes again when
he says that my appointment was secured
| by influence. Hes an awfui par the old
man IS, Now, let me read what he says
Numberiess were the duels he would
| have fought on the Santult. But Tor me
want Of gentlemanly principles no one
| negro cook, 10 whom he gave choice OF
| weapons. But the cook. Selling the Try
! ing pan In his black INST. against az lnS
| rules Of duellng, don't cher know, chased
| Sir Charles around the deck. That wasn't
all: the negro. having gained on Sir
! Charles sufficiently to reach him, he
| thought, let nv the blooming pan. but MT
! something hard. Instead OF Sir Charles
head the steam winch caught the blow
| and, Of course. the pan broke into
| thousand pieces. 1t was a bad blow Tor
| Sir Charles all the same. captain StuTges,
| hearing Of the mishap-he was bound 10
| hear Of il. II was the Santults slapjack
pan that was brOken-and hearing or sir
| Charles thirst for blood. called him TO
the bridge for an interview, which could
| be heard all over the harbOr, TO the effect
| that ANY more such work on the sam
TUT. sir, and III make shark bait Of your
| id carcass, dye hear? Now, 90 Tor
| ward" Sir Charles Invent"
| There's a batch for you,' cried the
Lieutenant. hourishing his Toledo blade
! with snch VigOr that the Office boy "S-
| capped decapitatiOn only by quick doug b.
| There wasn't any cOlored cook aboard.
| The whole substance of the thing was
| this: \ big Niger in the crew attacked
| a little white man and was kicking MN
| on the deck when | got between them.
| The Niger made a pass at me ana l
| said TO him:
Z" If you lay hand on me I'll kill
YOU and | went after my pistol.
| The nisger walked away, and when
| Commodore Burt heard Of it he summon
| ed me- and SAID | ought 20 try TO keep
my temper. That's all there was OF II.
| No Niger ever chased me- ! wouldn
| let Niger chase me. l wouldn't let
| Captain Slocum himself chase me, let
| alone his niggers.
the Santut indicated in the negro mater
| was further brought out by Mr.. RIVERS
| Account Sc his various disputes VITA
| Captain Slocum. Of the Destroyer, con
| sisting mainly of Obiurgations by the
| Captain and blood curdling threats by
| the Lieutenant II seems that four days
| out from Martinique the Lieutenant went
| TO his cabin one day and found mat
| the bullets had been removed from the
| cartridges in his revolver. Going 10
| CAPTAIN Slocum. whom he suspected OF
| having tempered with the weapon. he
| stated the case. The captain s2l ne
| knew nothing about 1t. To which Rivers
| replied: -,
| whether il was you or the stoker, I'll
! Then the old man called the crew up
| said the Lieutenant yesterday, telling OF
| the occurrence. and said to them:
| Somebody has been fooling with Lieu
| tenant Rivers revolver ne iact Is
| men, that you're ali afraid OF the Lieu
| tenant That ended that episode.
| Probably he SAYS I'm his book that |
| threatened to Kill him. l did. | will
| kill him If / ever get chance. The
| threat came about this way: We were al
! Pernamnuco, ard Was looking fof
| hotel one day / was on the bridge OF
| the Santuit when the old man came up
Il hear you're looking for a hotel
"'You seem 10 know q good deal OF my
We'll. I've got orders to take you
| on board the Destroyer with me-.
| I'D like to see those orders said l.
| L won't move without written orders.
"'You won't hey% said he. Why,
| you - = English -, I'm going to
! take you aboard. and If you show any