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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-17
SOUTH MILLS.
ProDEserOns Condition or 4 fInirs-W work
on the Cnnni.

South Mills, N. c.. March lG--(Spec!aD.
The report which has been so wide
~ circulated and easily believed that
South Mills was a dead town, and all
that was necessary for n funeral was
tho appearance of The drcdges to bury
1t. is now discredited
A few days ago the worlsmen and ma
cnnery to build the new lock and water
way at this end OF the canal arrived
Laporers have been ut work for several
Gays eXcaVatinS for the Foundation OF
the WaSteway, which must be built be-
Iore ne work on the lock can be done
After the wasteway is completed so that
the surplus water can he turned out
anu ttlus prevent an overflow a dam Is
20 oe put across the canal TO hold the
wafer back while the old lock Is being
taken UP and replaced by Il new one,
Which Is to be more than twice the size
OF the present one
In q few DAYS wori,men will hae,,, 10
build the derricks with which to 70.
move tne heaTy stone from the old lock.
iMe p1iedrivers and steam pumps viii
soon De IN operation, and a full force
or men will be at work
Inc lhree pump dredEes are now do
ing GOOD work in the canal. running
poth night and day, ana three moro
two Of which are now IN tho conol yin
soon pc 1T work. Dippcr lredpcs are
also being built to aid in deepening and
widening the canal. These drcdges are
80 large mat they could not be brou CHIT
through the LOCKS. and It was therefore
necessary to build them inside, where
they will cut their way.
Although this is one OF the healthiest
sscuons known, many Of our ueopIe q 70
sufrering with the grip, but not one
case OF pneumonia has been reported.
our superior Court was presided over
las! Week by his Honor Judge Bryan.
and the docket was so fun that sever.
poned. 49,
me weather continues unfavorable
for farming in this section. and tho Mn
nc roads are reported to be in a bad
condition.
Several couples have been married
mere during the past few weeks some
or whom eloped from Norfolk.
me young people Of Trinity NJ. r.
( chnrch VIII give an entertainments at
JACOBS hall tomorrow night. and II is
hoped that their efforts will be encour-
aged by large and attentive audience
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N0ticeto Mariners.

Southwest Ledge Light Station.-No-
ice IS hereby given by the Lighthouse
lsoard that on or about March 80, 1897,
u Daboll trumpet will be established at
ms sutton on Southwest Ledge Reef,
entrance to New Haven harbor. to sound
curing thick or foggy weather blasts OF
. seconds. duration. separated by alter
nate silent intervals OF and II seconds
~ me trumpet be disabled, the present
pei VIII he struck by machinery every
ID seconds, as heretofore.
Rhode 1sland.-Notice Is also given
nat on March II, 1897, new bell BUOY
vas placed at Newton Rock, Narragan.
sett Bay. Rhode Island and the old one
damaged by collision on March q, as
previously published. was removed
Manann Island Fog Signal station
Notice IS also given that on or about
March 30. 1897, the chara cterstic OF the
Daooll Fog trumpet at this station. on
the west side OF Manana Island, close tc
Monhegan Island, Will be changed 10
sound during thick or foggy weather
blasts OF seconds duration, separated
by silent intervals OF 13 seconds
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MAY RESORT TO FORCE
Rumored New Directors Propose to Take
FOrC!ble Possession Of Insane Hospital.
APPROPRIATIONS EXCEED RECEIPTS.
j: Lookta Like There VIII he n DcfIcit
Ia ti:c Surfh carolina StaleTrcns.
nrS This Year = Wreck on the
southern RAILWAY Death OF Mrs.
Frances l.ctnnx Johnson.

Raleigh. y. c., March 1G--(SpeciaD.-
n runlor became current here to-day
that the fusionists nominated as direc-
tors for the hospitals for the insane
and confirmed by the Senate, proposed
TO take possession by force day after
Tomorrow. AS has been stated, the
Democrats contend that the new law Is
defective and in violation Of the consti-
tuition, ana SO the old officers and d.
rectors Will take the whole matter be-
fore the courts.
George W. Waring, of Columbia, S. O.,
has the contract for building the new
Presbyterian church here.
The cost of the clerical work 1T the
late session Of the Senate and House
was S1.624 less than 1896.
* SOUTHERN WRECK.
The freight train on the Chatian-
ooGa- Norfolk line OF the Southern was
wrecked at Haltsburg and II cars were
smashed, some OF which were loaded
with fruit. @
K. p. Reinhardt, Populist bolter, who
Is now in charge Of the convict farm near
Wadeahoro, is here. Senator McCaskey
Popullst boiler takes charge Of farms
Nos. Land 2 on the Roanoke river.
Governor Russell has pardoned Emile
L. Thorn, who Was serving 4 years sen
fence on the roads at Ashevillc for car
fying concealed weapons. Among those
who asked for his pardon was the Gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania.
A DEFICIENCY.
The State Treasurers summary shows
that while the total OF appropriations by
the late Legislature is S9SO.S91 the re-
ceiptS VIII aggregate only $706,359. Last
year the total appropriations were only
sSS3O The public and special taxes for
this year are estimated at $529S91.
Those who. oppose the policy OF the
Governor with regard to the lease of the
North Carolina railway contend that the
Slate as n stakeholder In that road has
no greater rights than the holders Of
private stock, but has put Itself entirely
on a parity with them.
4 EX-Judge Risden II. Bennett will de-
liver the address here May 10 on the
Private Soldier In the Confederate
Army"
There is great satisfaction ev,nccd at
the fact that the Legislature did not In
'erfere with the very valuah Stnte
geological survey. The appropriation
Of $4,000 annually continues.
AN AGED LADY DEAD.
Mrs. Frances LenoX Johnson died at
her home here late last night. aged 70
Gears. She was & daughter Of Governor
James Iredell. and was the widow OF
lor. CHARLES &c hnson, a distinguished
physician, who was Surgeon eneral Of
this State during the war
The plan far the new building at the
institution for the blind is accepted
the building Will be 65xlOO feet, three
SORES high. and the auditorium on the
lirst 1ioCr will seat 1000 persons. 1t Is
to cost So, 600.
!ohn Groves. white. Is to be tried here
ior tbe deliberate murder Of Henry
wall, c0lored, near Wake Forest
Among tC-day's arrivals here arc
sooilcltor w T.. Daniel and John S. Lock
hart.
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REAL ESTATE WANTED

want Immediately 10000 to 20 coo acres,
or even more, In Underwater V rgn.a or
North Carolina Of fair ti!labie land at he'd
rock cash price. Send full description,
with map or diagram. stating price. Tale
must be good,
THOMAS p. WORRALL.
52a Drexel Building. Philadelphia. Pa.
mr12-6t
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Hartford. N. c., March 1G-(Special}--
Alr. W. II. White left to-day for Eliza.
beth City and Norfolk
Hon. T. G. Skinner Is attending Pas
quotank court.
Mr. W. c. Powell Is In town.
Mrs. Maria Newly. from Lower Pas
quotank county. is visiting relatives and
friends here -
There are now several new buildings
going up in town. =
flSherlnen say their eel traps are a
great deal more successful than their
nets. t
The weather still keeps warm, rainy
and disagreeable.
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1rALIFAx.

Halifax. N. c., March 16-{SpeclaD.-
Rev. -. e. Rose conducted services at
the NJ. q. church Sunday morning and
night.
The Episcopal Bishop is expected to
preach here about the nth inst.
Two coored men left here a few DAYS
ago with some horses for Raleigh. bit
we're arrested and Jailed upon their ar
rival at Henderson for stealing horses.
they were liberated after telegra phic
communication between here and Hem
uerson proved them Innocent
The young people OF our town expect
10 give. play at the end Of Lent
Mr.. ]. N. Stevenson was in town veg
tcrday
The rainy weather continues.
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Nor I'll CAROLINA

Weather Bureau, and AR. Il. r. Con-
ger proprietor Of the Edenton Ice fac
tory, mas been appointed to succeed him.
We are pleased to see Colonel Mitch
ell able to be out again after being quite
sick for several days. "a
Messrs. e. G. Potter and w. w. Rob
ertson. OF Norfolk; w. w. Davies, OF
Chapel Hill, and J. II. Bount Of Green
vile, were In town yesterday.
Several Of our lawyers are attending
court at Elizabeth City this week.
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Rhen,nn.iHn quickly 1,urea

A1ier having been confined to the
house for eleven days and paying on
$50 In doctor bills without benefit Mr.
Frank Dolson. of Sauit Ste. Marie. Mich
wa: cured by one bottle Of CHAMBER.
ialn's Pain Balm costing 20 cents and
has not since been troubled with that
complaint. For sale by all druggists.
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Memorandum.

tug Asher ]. Hudson, Comaly, Bal
tlmore, with barges c. r. Rowlan, with
stone for Old Point, and c. r. Bowen,
Aor NorIoik. from philadelphia
Schr. John B. TAYLOR.
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SIzsPl'ING NEWS,
concluded from Seventh Page.>

schr. Lula NJ. Qulllin, Payne, New
berne, n. c.
Tug G. w. Morse. Blizzard, with
parGes Martha E. AIcCabe and Knicker,
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IS being done here for
the benefit Of our thou
sands Of patrons. Don t
Judge the store news
by the little we tell Of
day by day. Not one
in fifty Of the interest
ing, happenings here get
"a word in the papers.
Better come and see.

a special lot Of Bingham Remnants.
IN lengths OF from 10 10 Is yards; US
ually the price IS l2lsc.-this lot OF over
a'ooo yards go ut &C. the yard.
Ladies' regular 371ac. Black Isle
Ihreau Hose. Hermsdorf Dye, Spliccd
Heels and Toes-our price 25c.
One lot 12,hc. Lawns and Dimit,cs
about 90 patterns to choose from. This
week, 10c. yard
Ladies' Black Figured Brill.ant,ne
Skirts, s125
One lot Ladies' Percale Wrappers,
yoke back and front. trimmed with FAN
cy braid to match, many styles; usual
price. sl.Oo; our price. 75c.
Misses 'Hermsdorf" Black Ribbed
Hose. extra heavy. two thread, double
knee. extra long, 12hc.
200 dozen Gents Black, Tan and Bal
br.ggan Half Hose, double Knee and
toe. worth 17c pair-here 1ehc.
( Gents High Grade IsalbriEgan TN
derwcar. for Spring wear, in mink ana
light blue, silk front, French neck.
pearl buttons. regular price, $3.50 per
suit: our price Ssc. each.
New Novels by Augusta Evans and
others; our price 17c., worth Csc
Moth Balls, &c. pound, SIX pounds for
Csc.
Camphor Crystalline Flakes. a moth.
preventative. Sc. box. 4,
Ladies' all Wool Sweaters. new styles
c1.0O
Gents Madras Cloth Washable Club
Ties. for CSC.
Mems usual zoe. Trimmed Night
Shirts for S3c.--sEecIal.
l case of 40 pieces new and stylish
Checked Dress Goods ut loc. yard, pat
terms copied after imported dress goods.
46-.nch all Wool Bicycle Sutings at
75c.. worth Sl.09i all the new color,ngs.
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sale VIII be had every day between the
hours mentioned. at the company's dis
play room, Is CRANKY street.
l. W. EASON,
IA. 80 Trustee, 81
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III E1erEShRD.

ny weather continues
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ED ESTUS.

Edenton, N. c.. March 16-(speciaD.-
~: 4. DLlard has resigned his posi-
Z l lt' n "a manager Of the & Edenton
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Y AUCTION SAa.ES-FUTURE DAY.
:. ~ @ Gai go

Beginning FRIDAY. March. 10. 1887. be-
tween the hours Of II a. m. and D.. nj.
there VIII be an auction sale OF the plants
contained In the = q
GREEN HOUSES OF. THE TIDr.w ArER
FLORAL COMPANY.
Sale will be had every day bctwnny +,,a
hours mentioned, at the comnnv.a die.
play room, Is CRANKY street.
I. W. EAsoN. @
BY,oX;,iaRIsTUE OF THE TERMS OF THE
c zee, to sell at public auction In front Of
me ne Moraelb county eourt-houss door In
he 3h M xa Sn l TSEp q
0 TaMT m c ths ,Efoll1qwng real estate:
situate N the county Of Nor nS
NWayer'y street; on 4" The so east 81
BY land. now or foEmarly o owned atn b We5 =
a. LODGES, I beng lot No lal on the plat Of
trust made by Matilda Ounce. trormer Iy
iRawleSl and Hillary Cuffee dated Novem.
BE- bsr &t b, ISL and recorded in deed book
1S ?. 49, Clerks Office Of Norfolk county
:; THOSE EIGHT CERTAIN LOTS
and and designated Hord as No sousnty Va
q Plat mad made ~ e. Il Hargroves f for w W.
ROAD and lots 6. 7, S, 9 and 10 front on
Broad street. Decd Of trust made by Wal,
a nn = ro nowry ct w dated April l7th 1886
sn TE fIsiE:s e GAsI.
FOSTER RACK
ALVAFI Fl. MARTIN
FRANKLIN D. GILL, rs
- mall-tds Trustee
p URSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
~ GSrta. n deed OF trust from Thomas
n; ll i5a and wife. lenring date Decen1beT
office Of the Norfolk county court. I shnli
proceed to sell at public auction in front
THURSDAY. March. 25th, 1857, at II
o'clock M, MI that certain lot Of and with
the the improvements thereon. known as num-
OF ,ri ETane;s RICHARDSON.
n,.,,,d, WM. H. BARNES.
By w. H. II. Trice & Co. AuctIoneers.
At THE REQUEST or, OWNERS WE
Estate Exchange, Norfolk. Va.
rHS MA RGh, ISL, TIT II ,. ETH RAX OF
THAT CERTAIN IAN XbcANr LOT OF
situated on the east side Of Duke street
Atlantic City Ward, Norfolk, Va, end
fronting 20 feet on Duke street with
depth of 100 feet. and situated between the
property formerly owned by w w
lOcgge on the north and that OF c. e.
Townsend on the south Il.
rERMS-One-third cash and balance In
one and two years from day of sale defer
req payment to he evidenced by notes of
purchaser. bearing 6 per cent, INTEREST,"
ana to he secured by deed Of trust OH prop.
crty sold. s4 IS = 7t.g
, Deed Of trust to be drawn and recorded
at purchasers expense. "A
W. IL H. TRICE & CO,
mriZ-tus AucttoneerS.
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dessert, but that it kept it from shocking
the stomach and causing sudden illness
TO follow. For every union in dishes there
is a sensible reason.
The other morning 4 passed a number
of workingmen eating their dinners. AS
l was yelled l dared to look at them.
In dirty pieces of brown paper there were
thckly cut slices of bread daubed with
huge bits of butter and with thick slices
of greasy meat between them. Each man
had either a Kettle of beer or a glass of
something to drink. There was no lack
of bread, or Of butter, or of meat. There
was simply a disgusting arrangement OF
food / do not wonder that such men be-
come nihiists or wife beaters, for no mat
ter how poor a woman Is she can, If she
will arrange the luncheon of a working
man neatly. Lacking a napkin, there can
be kept two clean cloths, each being WASH
ed after its use. Bread could be cut in a
nicer way, the butter more evenly spread,
the meat minced finely and daintily put
in place, while there could always be at
least apple.
The American workingman Is not poor,
but he Will be Kept poor just as long as his
wife does not understand the value OF FOOD
or the proper method of cooking and serv-
ing it, Our poor are more eXtravagant
than our rich, and the wife of the average
workingman, Instead of thinking of giving
her husband a luncheon that would sus-
tain, that would be tasteful to him, spends
entirely too much time in getting finery
for herself or her children, gossiping with
her neighbors, or too often simply hang
ing listlessly out of a window. l have
said about one-twentieth of what would
like to say about things to eat. In this
cast IL was a man who tempted me, and
have yielded.
l don't want to seem severe to any wo-
man, but l do know that 1t is within the
power of every woman not burdened with
the cares of many children to make her
dining room haven of delight, her table
JOY forever, and dining with her pleas
ure looked forward to every day, even by
her own husband. AS we feed our men,
so will they be. 1t rests with us to make
them courteous. brave, honest gentlemen
or rough, uncouth Doors. Which do you
prefer? Bah.
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SENDING ARMS TO CUBA.
UNCLE SAM SPENDS MILLIONS TO
PREVENT FILIBUSTERING.

Getting Into Cuba Is Much Easier
Than Getting Out of the United
States, Says the Pilots - If Spain
Would Do For Herself as Much as
This Country Is Doing For Her, the
Expeditions Would Be stopped.
Washington, Nov. 12-This effort made
by the government to prevent filibustering
is without parallel in the history of ma
tons.
In the Franco-Prussian war England eX-
pressly stated that, while maintaining her
neutrality code, she would spend no sum
of money to prevent excursions from leav
ing her shores. And in the contests be
tween Ireland and England, in the Irish
wars, France told both countries that if
they wanted the coasts defended they must
depend upon themselves.
At the time of the revolutionary war
Lafayette and other French leaders had
no difficulty in leaving France TO come
to the aid of the infant United States, and
Ireland fitted out her own vessels as free
ly and openly as though she were far re-
moved from Englands sway.
1t Is customary in time of war for the
fighting country to maintain its own cor
don of ships. If England fights Ireland
she must send out her warships to pre-
vent Frenchmen from sending arms to the
Irish. If Spain fights Cuba she must hold
the Cuban seas tight in the hollow of her
hand to prevent flibusters from landing.
1t is only the strong national pride of the
United States that has made her see in
the International code an excuse for spend
ing money. Probably no one thing has
ever turned official sentiment as much to-
ward Cuba as the recent message of the
queen regent to her minister
At a cabinet council of few days ago
she directed Senior Sagasta, her prime
minister, and Senior Gullon, minister of
foreign affairs to instruct the ministers
to frame a threatening protest to the
United States against further filibuster-
Ing.
These have been since the Cuban agita-
tion became pronounced three years ago.
only fifty in number. They have set sail
at dead of night and have carried on
board an abundance of fruit to deceive
the ocean patrol.
Spain claims that the instruction has
obtained all it's fuel in this manner, and
that without II the rebellion would have
been crushed out long ago.
To this the United States authorities
make the reply that if Spain had been
one-half as diligent as they should there
would have been no hlibustering at all. If
fifty ships and schooners-fruit vessels
and sail boats-have slipped through the
United States Gordon, fifty have also
slipped past the Spanish Gordon off Cuba
and the principal trouble has been ex
perienced, not in landing in Cuba, but IN
getting away from the United States.
Hundreds have been caught attempting
to pass the United States, but none in
passing the Spanish boats.
Paul Brown. one of the pilots OF the
flibusters, said TO a United States Off
Ger:
IF it was as easy to get out of here
as It Is to land In Cuba, we'd start twen-
~ expeditions every day. We're all
right as soon as we got out of Florida
waters; but it's mighty ticklish getting
past the Vesuvius."
W. T. Marks. another southern pilot,
made the remark; That's the tightest
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should protect the Cuban waters for it,
self If Spain will spend 100000 during
the next twelve-month in keeping the
coast of Cuba free from the landing of
flibustering expeditions, 1t will then be
said to have done its part. AS matters
now stand, Spain is compelling the United
States to spend all the money.
The New York and the Iowa are about
to sail for Havana. These two magnifi-
cent steamships are going there at the re-
quest of American citizens in Havana, who
are alarmed at the serious state of affairs,
and demand the protection due them from
their own country. They will go heavily
armed, and as warships on missions of
war. 1t will be their business to lie peace
fully off Havana, unless called into duty
by the needs of American citizens.
The United States government Is indig-
nant at the suspicion cast upon it by Spain
and may demand an apology. Secretary
Long feels this, for he made public this
statement:
The navy has maintained a Gordon of
ships along the coast especially in south
rem waters, where filibusters have shown
the greatest activity. The treasury de-
partment has kept fleet of revenue cut
tiers on patrol duty, and both the treasury
and department of justice have been in
constant communication with collectors.
marshals and others for the purpose of
preventing violations of the neutrality
laws G. S. Russell.
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in cash, but a great number of decidedly
unique and eccentric wagers were dis
charged. The time-honored wheelbarrow
ride was INDUCED with wearisome fire.
quency, and in aid sections of the city was
or at such ease as the rather cramped
while perspiring and toiling behind and
almost overwhelmed with the burden
trundled the unhappy loser.
Once in while came the confident man
who, in his unconquerable belief in his
boss's success, had agreed to shave one
side of his face and allow the other side
10 sport his usual growth of whiskers. He
was hailed with derision and made to feel
the seriousness of rash wagering
Smooth faces, too were seen in num-
bers among men who usually wear heavy
whiskers, and they were also greeted
with bantcring merriment by acquaint-
ances.
One of the odd bets this year, the con-
righteousness of which made the loser feel
his position keenly, was that of wearing a
straw hat at this unreasonable time of the
year. There was not a great number Of
such wagers made, apparently, but sufti-
Gent to attract attention in the busy thor
oughfares.
The pushing of peanuts around a square
with match sticks was not neglected in
the general forfeiture, and this was seen
more often in the quieter sections of the
town. It is a difficult wager indeed, to
fulfil but those who lost, as a rule, pluck
lily stuck to the task until the winner de-
clared himself satisfied.
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WE MAKE FRIENDS IN YOUTH.
with the Vast Majority of Mankind
FrIendt hips Are Made in Youth.

with the Vast Majority of Mankind
Friendf hips Are Made in Youth.
James Payn in the Nineteenth Century
When old men ape young ones they af-
ford a sad and in fact. rather a grue-
some spectacle, like that OF a deaths head
moth fluttering among BUTTERFLIES, but It
does not often happen. Their efforts to
rival them in ordinary transactions are
plucky endeavors to go on with the battle
Of life; not to throw up the sponge before
they are compelled. Their ardor for work
is sometimes excessive; indeed in some
cases they are seized with a desire for
gain, which, under the circumstances,
looks very like madness, but they are pri-
vately conscious of sad falling off in
promptitude; their Judgment may be as
good as ever, but their intellectual mo-
tons are tardy. Those with whom they
were wont to consult are often no longer
with them; they have become isolated.
Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow -
is a line very appropriate to their condi-
ton.
1t seems curious that Shakespeare
should-have mentioned troops Of friends"
as Accomplishments of old age. This state
ment is only true as regards those who
have the gift Of exciting personal attach
ment; the longer they live the larger is
the number OF those attracted to them,
but with the vast majority OF mankind
friendships are made In youth, but after
ward by no means easily, and therefore
when men come to be old they have only
their contemporaries a small and dwin-
ding troop" whom they can call their
friends,
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Eccentric Wagers.
From the Baltimore Sun

A general payment of election bets has
been cancelled, and it was a sad time for
a number of very confident ring followers,
who, early In the campaign, had bet upon
their boss's success, and as well a time
for rejoicing among those who had been
equally confident Baltimore would ulti-
mately rid itself of ring rule.
The majority of the bets were. as usual.