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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01

says His Oid-Ifme speed Has Rsturned-wiM
Meet tho Winner OF tho Big ktEht.

says His Oid.Ifme sp~ed Has Returned-Wm
Meet tho winner OF the Bis Fight.
Peter Jackson is evidently nettled over tho re-
ports prevailing in this country as to his physi-
cal condition. In n letter TO Jack Nail, from
Dudley. England, he writes rs follows:
IT thought ! would write you u few lines to
let you know that l am still on earth and not n
dead one, as some Of my enemies would make
INT out to be. I am reported to be a physical
wreck. made so by drink. and a lot Of other stun.
Don't you believe a word of It. To-day I never
felt better in my life. My old-time speed has re-
turned. and although I am close to 81 years old
I feel as spry and clipper as I did when I
first landed In America from Australia. I
now weigh ID stone t2lO p0undsl. stripped, and
can easily get down TO 10 stone, 10 u02 pounds)
without the slightest effort. lam taking daily
training. After l get through giving my exhibl-
lions with my ,sparring partner, Bill Slavin, /
get IA good rub down and a rest. 1 am not drink
Ing to excess. take u glass OF ale now and
then, but ! am not IA lush I've got too much
sense tor that.
over the coming contest between Corbott and
F~itzsimmons. II looks like u sure thing that
they will light, now, doesn't It'll II 10 also caus-
Ing quite q lot OF interest at London and other
parts OF England. C0rbctt IL looked upon to
win here and they are backing him quite freely.
Il have been asked repeatedly to give my
opinion as TO the result. ] cannot say who win
win, as they are evenly matched In my estima-
tion. AZ any rate, I will meet tho winner. I
lose. | hear that Charley Mitchell is going 10
America. A number OF members OF the National
Sporting Club will go to see the fight, too. II /
can manage IT ! may leave England during the
II cannot go then will leave after the contest
10 over. I'm all o. X"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
Gossip or tho Ring.

spike" sullivan is suffering from q lame left
hAnu and may not be- able TO box for some time.
Patsy Haley ann Dave sullivan will In ali proba.
oillty. oe matched again this week TO box twenty
rounds In this city.
Jack Reid of Ireland. who defeated Johnny Our.
by Jack Dousherty. The latter says he viii match
Reid against any middle weight.
200 Choynski. who injured his collar bone while
says that as soon as DO In IN good condition he viii
goes into the ring with Kid Mcfarland. Billy New.
man:of the Polo A. q; !. trying 20 arrange a bout be.
To be decided on next Saturday night.
In reply TO the challenge issued by Larry. Burnes.
Kelly, Jimmy Barry Of London has accepted
Burmese d-n, and a match between the two has
been practically arranged' The pair viii meet the
latter part OF this month at London.
The contest between Jem smith and GeorRe Crisp
Friday SS"G Fse. is eat SMITH @as "sStasG 10 a stop oS@ Grisp in IN
eight rounds or rorfeiI SoU, Crisp, who Is u strap.
weighing laa pounds. made a good showing. In
the ntth round, after being cautioned repeatedly,
Smith was disqualified for fouling.
The admirers OF Fitzsimmons In this city yester.
day were eager 10 BACK the champion AZ prcvaiiln.
ODDS. Liiie Collins bet $500 ~ $3.50 on CorbeIt
with ChaIiey Levan. Collins saws he has 5000 more
to wager AZ tno same Cd is. Jess Brown. u Provi.
GsH IS man. h nI. 81 iooO 10 piHse e. og SoreeI, AZ odd.
he has placed all ~ tho $4,000 commission on
reaches carson. Jerry Golden OF Harlem. who il a
s'Ench aamlrer OF tlIh' placed two large oets At q
v . oH tuc CAAllploh. FTeu lhrAl says that his de.
termination TO WAGER 81, oVO on zslmmo at /
TO Y still holds gonL.
TORONTO, FEB. 2s.-The principal event In the box.
ins exhi 1itiou At the Princess Theatre last night
was tho twenty round bout between Dick Collier
ami Jack Nra~furi .; Tornnt . The veteran, Jem
Mace, was in Golfers corner aud Jack HanIey
looked after Crawford. In tho second round the
police stopped tho contest. At the Toronto A. q.
Joe Dean OF Syracuse had an easy time with blck
o'Conneii of Bunaio. They were billed 70 nght
twelve rounus ~ 1871 pounds. but O'Conneli en-.
tered the ring seven pounis overweight. In the
second round. Dran put his man to sleep. A ten.
round anRir between Sammy Callahan and Buck
Kennedy. ooth OF Buffalo. went 10 the former, the
police stopping it In the eighth round.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01

BERLIN, Feb. 2s.-Sporting circles are still
deeply concerned about the mare Nellie Knecbs.
alias Bethel, which was contiscuted by the Prus-
sian State after the arrest OF Bob Kneebs. A
protest has been lodged by Kneebs's son-in.law
against the enforced sale OF the mare by auction.
his plea being that he Is the real owner OF Bethel.
ana that the mare must be given up to him II tho
court holds that 1t Is really Bethel which the au-
thorities have in thor possession. The question
will be fought out in the Berlin Civil Court.
In the mean time kncebs is confined in the
Ploetzensce prison, and il IL generally hoped
that he will be one Of the number who will he
benefited by the amnesty which will be granted
TO certain prisoners upon the occasion OF the
centenary Of Emperor William /. on March 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
Gossip or the Courta.

Tom Holmes, the Red Hook Artist" saws he has
money 10 put up that ne can defeat TOM Lyman at
the Jersey Gity court.
Two amateur members or the Brooklyn II. u. C.
suggest u friendly nome. and home uua,cn with any
pair or knicGefoonker A. Z. experts.
Michael Mullins l. not satisfied with his recent
close defeat by ueorSe Kelley az the Jersey CITY
court ana wants ano,ner match for $40 a SIDE.
J. purKln and ii. Ryan arc matched against y.
shnrtall anu j. Murphy for SEQ u SIDE, the runUer to
court,
Notw lhstanding It's reputation az a court OF the
highest order. Prot. cogsiIi. since he assumed the
management OF Che broOgIyn cub's heA iuIar;ers.
mas MAIZE many pleasing changes In irs Interior ap.
hirhaeI Egan OF Jersey City, the amateur cham.
pion. now consents 20 4 humy.and, nome uatoh with
James Dunno, Jr.. Il the latter Is wining TO play.
brookiyn player At any Nms u arrange eondiuons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01

Harvard and Vale Men Pail TO Agree Upon
Plans for the Fall Game.

NEW HAVEN. Feb. 2s.-Thc Yale Harvard
football conference held here last night and to-
day between the managers and captains OF the
two eleyens proved futile. The delegates were
unable to agree upon any plans for the big game
next fall. Capt. Rodgers and Manager Twichell
OF Yale will 20 to Harvard within a week to
make another effort TO decide the date and place
OF the event. The Harvard delegates, Capt.
Norman Cabot and Manager Fuller, left here
this evening for Cambridge, They will consult
with the Harvard faculty and at the next con-
1t will be impracticablc 10 use the Yale Held in
the fall for the game and Yale is willing to play
grounds. Yale must play Princeton on Nov. 20.
and wishes more than u week between the
Harvard and Princeton games. Therefore Yale
has. for the present. declined Harvard's propo-
sition to play on Nov. 10. Yale would like the
game on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Springfield.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
Non-winners Meet on tho Twenty-secend's
Ranges.

The twenty-prize match for non.winners was
continued on the Twenty second Regiment rife
ranges on Saturday night. Each contestant
has live shots standing and five shots prone. At
tho close OF the match next Saturday the men
having the twenty highest scores will receive
prizes. Private W. II. Weeks OF Company q is
now in the lead with u score OF forty'ive out ot
u possible nifty. The twenty leading men and
their scores are AS follows:
Private W. II. Weeks, CompAn q, IS; Private y. a.
Roberts. Company !. a. Private V. n, pepierres. Com
pany II. ~; Private y. l.. Purdy, Az Corporal q. W.
Heinig, Company A, AZ; Private T.. A. Prstt.. Com.
pany II, az; Corporal W. T., Cheeyers, Company II, 4Oi
Dean. Company II, 30; Private W j. Turner. Company
A, 81; Corporal w h. Cairnes, Company |. ~; Private
Company !, rs. Private NJ. II. M"nd-ll, Company !. rs;
s~rg-snt y, u. Doubleday. Company 4, ~; Private T.
J. Steen, Company Y, Is; Private T.. II, Weeks, Com.
pany II, ~; Private Y. d. Wendell. Company II, 81;
Corporal IL N, Grotia, 49, Private W. Hahn, Company
H., 80.
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Good Showing by William. College Athletes,

wiiLiAmsrowS. Feb. 2s.-The gymnasium meet yes.
trrday under tho direction OF the Williams College
4. a. was quite successful. c. N. Prouty. 1900, of
Spencer. Mass. cleared o feet vs. inches In the run.
Mug nigh jump. breaking Tire college record by ~
inches. II. W. Filter, 90. OF Bloomington. H.. ami
PIoutb. Nsultod ~ feet s inches. Summary follows
Twenty lero DAsh-Won ny Z. NJ. Callahan, VS.;
second. -. hAroney, 'so; third. John Bray. 1900.
Time, y Z 8 seconds.
Running High Jump-won by C. N. Prouty, sec.
ohd. william kutter, 'sv; third. tie between y. J.
w.
shot Put--won by {. A. Wright, second. Ruttsr.
wa thirh. II. 5. rempleIon, 'yo, Distance. ~ feet
w inches,
foIe ~vsuit-Fifsr and prouty. 'isd. second. ciar.
enes +. heHfori, W. Height, 10 fset D lncnss.
Potato Race-Won by. r. Z. seayer. 1900; second,
walter A. carr. ~; thrJ, jacob KEENAN,,
Mhrh Interest centred In tho meet, AH IL enabled
The college 20 judge or the teams chances in rhe
new Triangular league with-DArtmouih and AIN.
Lers. Capt. Bliss worked hard to MAKE the arNIr
success, ami the good showing By the freshmen is
quite encouraging.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
Odds and Ends or spor,s.

TRENTON, Feb. 2s.-In a live bird shooting match
at VAUDEVILLE yesterday Annie Oakley defeated
Frank kleinz by a score OF 80 10 80. The conditions
yards limit. A strong north wind blew during tho
contest. " ''
Tho ~Williamsoridge A. e. has lately been organ.
led. Its headquarters are In tue smell Sl.cs on
white Plains avenue. which are open for any young
men or go"i standing desiring 10 participate In ain,
letics. TIE onicers are; william Bernardo. peal.
dent; Archioaid Cameron. Vlce.PreSident. Charles
Herman .Dohm. Treasurer; Louis Crulnp. Financial
seeretaryi Ambrose Lee, Jr.. Csptaini Alfred Lee,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
RIFLE
Company ne Good shooting on tho seventh
Regiment Itsnges.

The Covell and Team OF Five matches were
contested on the Seventh Regiments ranges on
Saturday night. and Company BIS teams carried
of FIRST honors In both events. The Covcll
match is open to teams Of six men, three OF
whom shall not DO armory shnrpshooters; four
competitions, and no man to shoot In more than
one; Ave shots standing and five prone, with a
time limit Of ten minutes for each team.
The Team Of Five match is open to one team OF
fvc men from each company, and the members
OF tho teams must belong to the Rife Club:
seven -hots standing and seven prone. with n
time limit OF hfteen minutes. The scores follow
OOYKLL IKopHY MA-rCu-CnMrANY IL.
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Several hundred spectators shivered In tho cold at
Ambrose Park. brooklyn. yesterday afternoon. the
attraction being a football match under American
Association rules between the Americas team OF
Hoboken and the Brooklyn Wanderers. In the rrst
natf Goode scored the nrst goal FOR the Jersey men
on a pass-by Wooihouse. Then Martin scored for
the Broogiynites on n paAs from Jones. aud Mason
also made . goal un the latter's next pass. In tho
second half the Hoboken mon failed IA score. hut
tho wanderers gained three more & ais. The nnal
score vast Wanderers. o goals; AmerIcus, I goal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
lord Durham congratulate. Jockey Wood.

LONDON, Feb. 2s.-Tho English racing season
is beginning with a burial OF hatchets. To those
who remember the sensational charges OF nine
or ten years ago, 1t 10 curious to hear that Lord
Durham has written to Charles Wood to con-
ride again and TO tell him that he hopes TO give
a mount to him at the Lincoln Handicap, the
first race OF the season. Wood Is at present un-
attached. Some powerful friends, headed by
the Duke OF Beaufort, have befriended him ai
along.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
News from the Horse world.

LEXINGTON, Feb. 2s.-Gn Curry, the weu.known
trottlng horsenaD, left for New York last night and
VIII try To buy Star Pointer, Thursday h sails for
London. and from there no goes to Australia. whore
he VIII remain until fall. training the trotters owned
ly the POllak syndicate. During his absence Tom
Nolan will have charge Of his trotters and thorough.
hrcds. Milton YOUNG Of McGrathiana has purchased
the wainscott farm OF los acres, This rounds out
foung's holdings OF Blue Grass land TO the 1000.
acre mark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
Fencing.

BERLIN, Feb. os.-The Berlin Fecht Club, I'M
der the Presidency OF United States Consul
General De Kay, is forming a German Fechter.
bund on lines similar to the fencing union organ.
ilci in America by De Kay some years ago. The
III 81 meeting Of the bund will be held OH March
u ~ the hall OF the Berlin Fccht Club. De Kay
Will make the opening address. On lho evening
OF March 7 the bund will hold a fencing contest,
followed by a dinner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01

NEWARK. Feb. 2s.-rhe Passaic Boat Clubs house.
on the Passac River. foot OF GioSter avenue. this city.
was totally destroyed by nc this afternoon. The loss
Is estimated at 1900. Ali except ono OF the club
shells were saved. Members hal built q IRE upstairs
and had gone To the lower floor only q short tins
when the flames were discovered. The organization
Is the Oldest rowing club In this city,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
TEAM or FIVE aATcn-coMrASY b.
Tho Twcnty-third Regiment Takes the Lead II
tho second brigade Championship.

Some good shooting was done by the teams Of
the Forty.scventh and Twenty.third Regiments
In the postponed contest for the Second Brigade
team championship ut the Twcnty.third's ar
mory on Saturday night. The home team won by
fourteen points. The scores follow:
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Team totals

Two teams OF six men each, composed OF the
memberso OF Company ID, Twenty. hird Regiment,
contested In "a match ON Saturday night, i've
shots standing and five prone. Quartermaster-
Sergeant summers team won by 2+5 to 232.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
HaNDBaLL.
a Match In View Tor Champion rft,ssraia-
Lively Club DAP sport.

Handball OF the lveliest character signalissd
the club day" gatherings ut the Brooklyn. Jsr-
sey City. and New York courts. Experts wurs
on hand in dozens and played to full galleries,
The scores:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Names on Envelopes Legal.
Judge Decides They May Be Admitted to
Probate.

DIR. George T. Jacoby died at Pitts
burg some time ago, leaving an estate
of about 100000, mainly in stocks
and bonds. These were in a tin box
deposited in a vault. The stocks
were in envelopes, each envelope
bearing the name of the person for
whom the contents were intended.
A big legal fight has been going on
over the question of admitting the
names on the envelopes as a part OF
the will, and Judge William G. Hawk
ins has decided that the names may
be admitted 20 probate, sustaining
Register Gripp, who held that the
writing on the envelopes had been
made after the execution of the will
and were therefore in the nature of a
codicil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15

A. d. 1897, at one o'clock p. M, all the following
described tract OF land, situated In the township
OF jackson, county OF Columbia and state OF
pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows
to-wlt Beginning at stone corner OF land OF
George Hurleyman, thence by said land south
sixty degrees east two hundred and fifty-s
rods to stone corner, thence by land late of
Joseph Butt south thirty-one degrees west
ninety-six rods to stone corner, thence by a
public road north two and one-half degrees
east seventy-two and two-tenths rods to a
Stone, thence by moravian lands north eighty
seven and one-fourth degrees west two hundred
and eighty and hve-tenth rods to stone corner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Quay a Candidate,

Senator Quay has changed his mind
and will be candidate for reelection
to the United States Senate. He
announces that "the fiery cross will
again be carried over the state, and
the men in blouses, the bourgeoisie, +"
asked to rally to his support. He is
confident of reelection and his crea-
lures are jubilant because he has an.
nounced himself a candidate.
With the capitol burned to the
ground and treasury surplus con-
sumed in the hot raids OF Quay hench-
men it is proper as we'll as poetic for
the boss to carry fiery cross over the
state. 1t is to be hoped that when he
does this a number of Republicans
will adhere to their expressed inten-
ton to nail him
The friends and creatures of this
boss are the men who were interested
in every piece of thievery, in every
''cinch" bill, in every scheme of job
OSiJ tiidt SOhotilulCI 81 IIluCll vi TIC
" business of the last legislature.
This was Quay's method of paying his
political debts to them-putting them
where they could pay themselves.
None of the reforms he promised so
volubly when he feared defeat and ex
tinction has been consummated. He
cannot give the state reforms and at
the same time retain his power. Re-
form would disperse the crowd of pol
iticians who aid in keeping him at tine
head of the machine.
The longer Quay retains his power
the more corrupt and the more nearly
criminal it becomes. There are other
states bossed to a certain degree.
But there is no other state which must
suffer so much shame and disgrace as
Pennsylvania suffers through Quay.
Let him carry the fiery cross if he
must. He may be crucihed upon it.
Patriot
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
The Worst Yet.

1t is not ''free trader" but an old
time Republican protectionist who
characterizes the senate tariff bill as
'the most outrageous one ever given
to the people of this country" Sena-
tor Teller, who voted for the bill be-
cause he believed in giving to the
Republican party the full responsibility
which should accompany power, says
this. He declares that sit is travesty
upon the principle of protection" a
measure designed exclusively for the
benefit of corporations, with little re-
gard for revenue and none for the
people,"
The list of one hundred and thirty
articles enumerated by Senator Vest
on which the duty has been increased
in order to strengthen the monopoly
that controls them bears out this state
ment. Well might Senator White ex-
claim as the measure passed: 81 hope
that the trusts Of the United States
will now give the chairman of the
Republican national committee a
receipt in fullw
The bill is bad in principle and bad
in detail. 1t puts the highest duties
on the commonest necessaries of the
people and essentials of manufacturing
1t will not, unless radically amended
IN conference, meet the deficiency in
revenue which was the only excuse for
legislation at this time. If the Nc.
Kinley bill was blunder and the
Wilson-Gorman bill a betrayal, the
senate bill is a crime WoylH.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Dun's Trade Review.

Last week Dnn's Re0ie7o recorded
by states 6,o37 failures in the first half
of 1897, with liabilities of $Ioo, o.
1874, larger amount by SIS, 800, 900
than are included in any other report
for the half year, and gave separately
1I6 banking and financial failures,
with liabilities of $I7,46o,4o7, and
6SaI commercial failures, with liabil-
tiles of $oI.6oa,7S7, classified as
manufacturing, trading and other COM
mercial While this record is far SUI
perior to any other, since it shows in
what general departments of business
failures occurred, it is of small value
or interest compared with the record
now given, which traces to separate
branches of manufactures or trade a
great proportion of the failures and
losses for the entire half year and the
second quarter of the three previous
| years. Thus are shown not only the
distribution of failures and losses for
the entire half year, but the huctuat:ng
conditions in each quarter separately
can be traced tor each branch of bust
ness, matter of the highest import,
ance in guiding judgment Of manufac-
turers and dealers, and those who con-
troll extension Of credits.
The general statement that manu-
featuring failures during the first half
of 1897 exceeded in amount those of
the same half in any previous year of
which we have record, is by itself
somewhat disheartening. Nor is it
helpful to observe that, contrary to
custom, such failures were a little
larger in the second quarter than in
the first. But the statement by branch
es shows at glance that the excess
was entirely due to disasters in a single
branch Of manufacture in the second
quarter, which, but for few of these
would have shown smaller defaulted
liabilities in manufacturing than in
1896, and that these alone made up
more than the excess for the half year
over failures Of either previous year.
There were seven large cotton failures
in the half year for $S,S3o,73o, and
six of these for $S,599,734 were in the
second quarter, nearly all in April and
at New Bedford. The liabilities in
half dozen failures at that city much
exceeded those in all other cotton
failures for three and half years.
Mex: in magnitude and in excess
over previous years come the failures
in iron manufacture, and these also
would have been smaller than in any
previous year but for two in January
for $I,2oo,ooo, two in April for $685.
900, four in May for $675,ooo and
five in June for SI,7c9,766, which
fairly account for the increase. These
were not nested together and under
one management as in the cotton
manufacture, but though somewhat
scattered were manly due to similar
causes; the excessive production in
the summer and fall of 1895, the con-
sequent depression in materials, the
maintenance by various combinations
of prices which prevented natural buy
ing, and then the panic last fall and
the rupture Of combinations and the
sharp decline in prices this year.
Outside New Bedford no other great
industry has sustained as severe losses
as have been caused in the iron indus
try by this succession of events.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
NEW TRIAL REFUSED,

DR.. S. G. Swallow, of Harrisburg.
who was convicted at the March ses-
sions of criminal court of libelling
Captain John c. Delaney, Supein-
tendent of Public grounds and build
ings in the Pennsylvania Mekhodisf of
which he is editor was on Monday re-
fused the privilege of a new trial be-
fore the Dauphin County court in
lengthy opinion by Judge Simonton.
The court in refusing the new trial
says:
"The indictment alleged that these
paragraphs were published of ard
concerning the members and the su-
perintenoent of public grounds and
buildings, and that the meaning of
the paragraphs was to charge them
with knowingly and corruptly and
fraudulently cheating and defrauding
the common wealth, and with fraudu-
lently and corruptly misusing and mis-
appropriating to themselves and to
others the public moneys of the COM
monwealth. Defendant admitted pub
lication, but denied that he intended
to refer to the board or its members,
or that it did in fact charge them with
the offenses alleged in the indictment.
The defendant further claimed that
even if the jury should find against
HIM on the points that the paragraph
would be understood by the public to
refer to the prosecutors, the matters
published by him were proper for pub
lie information and he could not
therefore be convicted, if no negli-
gence or malice were shown. The
court declined to instruct the jury
that the burden Of proving malice and
negligence was upon the common
wealth, holding that the burden was
on defendant to rebut the presump-
tion of malice arising from this publ
cation in question"
TIE case will now be carried to the
Supreme Court.