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New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

his way home as to whether the English stroke was
wrong or something else was.
AT tho two-mile spot the strokes were just the
same-Harvard, "a; Yale. "a; Cornell, Ss and NOV
Ing ahead slowly but surely all the time.
At two miles and half they had all slowed
down, and the tough part OF the race vas come.
The strokes then ranged: Harvard. &; YALE ~. ana
Cornell g. At the three-mie they were practically
the same and II was evident that Cornell was
keepinr well within herself and would be an easy
winner Open water appeared between Cornell anu
Yale first but when Harvard began TO iaIi pehin"
che dropped faster. AZ no point during the "hoie
race was there stump on the part oil any crew
The .oIns were ali gradual, but continuous. Har-
ward did not at any time pick up gam iosihs
again later. In other words, the Cornell boat was
keeping ahead, and could. II pushed DO better
YALE's PLUCKY Squirt
Shortly after passing under tie bridge lae put
I, tho one sensational event Of the race, barring
Uaryard's finish The three-and-a -haf-mile point
had not been reached when Yale made a magnii-
cent squirt which wes 40 quickly responded to all
through the boat that they closed one. and perhaps
one anl q half. OF the three open lengths between
them and Cornell. II n brave showing Tor the
New Haven men, for there Is seldom race where
ANYTHING occurs In tho fourth mile to change the
features Cornell could MOI respond quickly enough
70 stop the advance until at least length of her
lead had been lost, but when she did take 1t up
for Il ghort squirt the distance, or part OF It, ""S
At once regainod.
No changes occurred from this point to the hnlsh
ovcen, thai Harvard gave out just before crossing
tbG line and los: on time for that reason. The
amended schedule OF strokes per minute for each
of the half-milcs considering Cornelfs .ead, are
Lesson In themselves. therefore;
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
IaRNARD.
DEEP GLOOM IN CAMBRIDGE.
NOBODY ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR HARvARDs poo"
SHOWING.

Cambridge Mass. June 23-The news OF mar
,.,,d,s defeat was received here tonight with an
so,ute stupefaction. Had 1t been Victory t'e'e
,..ouid doubtless have been bonAres, toot'hB OF
horne and yelling galore but as 1t turned out
Cambridge was about as quiet as chuic"s"'"
all the evening None of the members OF the A'h-
,o,ic Committee could be found. and darkness gem
eraIlv prevailed around the dormitories. AS 1t
,vas reported that the chagrined pilgrims 10 foush-
Leonsia would not arrive until morning. there was
no apparcnt occasion for sitting up Tor thenn'
Not a single person in authority In Harvard a,h-
Ietics could be found anywhere and the fe" STU
den,s who could be found In the lounSihs piaces
about Harvard Square unanimously confessed '''"'
,bav "could not understand it, when asked 10 ac-
count for the poor showing their crew made. one
axnressed the opinion that the Harvard men had
heen overconhdent and lost their heads lie sa'u
There is no denying the fact that the wno.e UNI
,.arsitv had the most absolute faith that we WoU'u
u,,n Won could have got any amount OF money
W tor,ord during the last few days Dut sun you
cnuid NOT have got any odds. !, /,
Wien asked what the sentiment seems TO be In
ro',,rd 10 lehman since the race. the repy was;
W. ali have the greatest confidence IN hiH' anu
| believe he viii stick 10 US "''' W s'' wv"
that VIII win.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
lehman SAYS HARVARD WENT STALE
AND THAT AFTER THE FIRST MILE TIE CREW
DIDN'T ROW HIS STROKE.

Poughkeepsie y. \, June 25-Mr. Lehman the
English coach Of the Harvard crew, gave out the
following statement tonight:
had a peculiarly constructed crew. and last
week found that they had gone stale. / began "
work to bring them around and supposed TINS Wa
shape but the work of to-day showed differently.
In addition to that the did not row my stroKe
after the first mile hut away with things;
RUDOLPH LEHMANN.
The following statement was obtained from
Courtney, the Cornell coach:
The first chance ] had had to see Yale row was
when they got into their boat at the float 10 row
10 the starting line. | only saw them go about a
hundred yards. but | made up my mind instantly
ihat Il was dollars TO doughnuts that we would
beat them. | don't care to criticise lales WORK
however: have enough to do 10 crit1cise my own
men. | saw Harvard several days ago, and
after seeing tina felt certain that we could beat
then easily. ! have the kindliest feeling for Mir.
Lehman. he treated me very nicely when was
in England. and ] would not care to criticise the
work of his men now. Vale rowed n plucky,
last stroke. CHARLES r. COT t1NF-N
Captain Spillman OF Cornell said tonight:
At the mile point felt fairly sure that we had
the race. The boys were rowing well together.
very steady. and there was an entire absence of
any checking in the boat. The crew rowed in grand
form from the start 20 the finish. We roWed of
about five pounds apiece during the race. Coxswain
Freddie ColsOn Is the besr man that ever steered a
Cornell crew He has an influence over the eight
that Is almost hypnotic.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
HARVARD AND YALE MEN SCARCE.

Harvard and Yale men were not much in evidence
in town last evening. The usual centres for their
gatherings after intercollegiate matches In the
neighbcrhood Of New-York the University and
Harvard cluDs. but last evening DOth places pre-
sented about their normal appearance. There were,
OF course. few additional visitors at each club
house. there being many college men III town;
out no outsider would have imagined that Ok
the greatest intercollegiate contests Of the year had
just been pulled off. 4. G. Lehman. the Earvar6S
coach. was at the Harvard club IN the evening.
and there was no there who cared TO enter
cpon a discussion of tho merits OF the three crews.
II was the same at the University Club. No Yale
man there wished TO discuss the Both IIar
ward and Yale men, however. took the defeat as a
deserved one. easily concedlns the superior merits
of the CorneII crew.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

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New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
YALE AMAZED AT THE RESULT.
NEW HAVEN WAS ALL READY TO CELEBRATE 4
VICTORY LAST NIGHT.

New Haven Conn. June 2J.-The news that the
Cornell crew had the big boatrace at Pough-
Ieepse came upon NewHaven like a thunderbot
out OF a clear sky. Early In the boating season
an element Of fear of Cornell entered into Yale $
Cornell was relegated 10 third place. and poor
!hird at that. The work Of Yales 1900 crew
,uoyed Yales spirits TO such extent that to-day
Yale was looked upon as comparatively sure
winner over Harvard. with the Ithacans oar of II.
Large crowds eathe-ed in front of the various
newspaper offices anc watched the Associated
Press bulletins. As the race went on and Cornell
took the lead every one at once said she can I
hold It." AZ the end Of the race every one was
dumb with establishment The blow 10 Yale is Sc
we're. and the town, or that portion OF II which
has interest In university affairs is crestfalen.
Elaborate plans had been made for a celebration
here tonight but instead Yale is undergoing one
OF the bitter experiences in her athletic his
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
ADDITIONAL TRAINS FOR NEW Jbno"A
SEASHORE RESORTS

The complete summer schedule OF the Ss'uy
Hook and XII Rail Routes OF the Central r. =, .,
New Jersey for points on the New Jersey No"''
win take effect Sunday. June 9th -, ,.,
Steamers OF the Sandy Hook Route NH ieaos on
New York Pier s. y. r.. foot Rector strcs' on a
pperT pM "S on sanGays at $50 a. NJ and 100 p NJ
Trains on the All Rail Route VII ieaVe, iiW
York foot Liberty street. week days az t%
$50 10 80. il 30 A. NJ. 1850 els 49, I 80 m al
SIS +. NJ ON Sundays. sl5 a. NJ. IL" ana scl rs
Additional trains on Saturdays al lOo ana CIV
u. " ,,,,.,,,,, Juus
c5th ~
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
PENNSYLVANIA OARSMEN fhEANED'
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ROW THE RACE
OF THEIR LIVES.

PHILADELPHIA June 25.-The defeat OF Yale ana
Harvard by Cornell to-day in the big three-cornered
hoat race was received with expressions OF Joy IN
ponnsylvania University circles Wearers OF the
rcd and blue feel especially iubian because OF the
opportunity that will be Afforded them OF rowing
aeains, a victorious team on the occasion OF the
raoo ho,roen penrsylvania Columbia and Cornell
rext week Had either of the other Two won much
,n,eres, would have been lost. and no prestige
gained in rowing against defeated crew. As 1t IS
~ ponnsvlyania men feel that an opportunity mas
ter givrn 10 them now OF rowing the race OF their
lives with - fair snow or winning
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
IFuNANN's DIFFICULTIES.

The stroke rowed by Harvard, in contrast to
that Of Cornell seemed to be far-reaching In both
directions. and had kind Of straining which was
so conspicuousy absent from the Cornell boat. or
course this IS evidently enough caused by the
Iehmanm considers a symmetrical back move
ment made the look OF n me ragscd as Thie mnsi
not however, bc taken as criticism f0r II IS the
Sars ana ih r0W65 5er qpe ry VIII w Gs An % g se w
boye hecn I'm dancer of forgetting speed and
po, po" t forn o. rowing perfect Still there must
aiways be borne in mind the fact that college men
are not old and eHpefenced Oa'S"eh h. wnen o~ '%y
first time. oars not natural In iheir hands
teach them team work. Backs running forward
and backward IN exact order are Such kulucS 10
bacR exactly at the same time
Tnis brings up roint or two in the mater Of
used to getting men from the oxford college boats
who compete for Varsity places. All these men
are only heiped on by ,her college humping
have been rowing precisely the same stroke, but
long before they vent to , oxford at al they had
been learning in their schoo! boats The same old
stroke. Here Lehmann found men VINO not only
taught over again. but men who had never sat in
a she'll at ail-mcn. Ia fact. VINO had never
stepped into boat OF any Kind whatsoever in all
~ rms was illustrated By what Mr. Lehman said
lest night which was 10 the effect that the crew
ncrfeclly trae they found themselves being lett
hohind and instead Of settling down 20 the ion (.
steady SWING they went OF each on his own hook,
the reason beEg that one season Of stroke Is not
in the most exciting moment he will keep to Il ANA
IL alone instead of hyiHg away on anything that
''IIS necds a long teaching Of the same kind Of
thing, and Harvard needs erie; series OF Years IN
teaching as they have had this year. /, IS for that
reason that they need Lehman again next winter.
when he can have 4 second ana f"r better chance
such matters sug ;est the obstacles. lot evident
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
GREAT 10Y IN ITHACA.

Ithaca y. y. June 2j-The town Went "ilh upon
roccInt Of the news Of Cornelrs victory I'm few
moments the stores were radiant with strearlers
of red and white while crowds Of men and boys
shouted themselves hoarse. Everybody here is de-
lighted at Cornells greatest victory.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

Conparing this with last year II il found that all
the crews rowed slower than they Gid then. To be
aure the time for Cornell, Yale and Harvard re-
spectivey, Of 20:3i minutes, 2oH and H:oo Is slow
time but the time in boat race as Is well
known counts for nothing.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
There is a
Class of People

Who are injured by the use OF coHee
Recently there has been placed In all the
grocery stores new preparation called
CRAIN-O, made of pure grains, That
takes the place Of coffee.
The mott delicate stomach receives 1t
without distress, and but few can tell 1t
from coffee.
1t does not cost over a as much.
Children may drink It with great benefit
ID cents and - cents per package. Try
t. As!. for GRAINO
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
THEY WANT LOW.

At meeting of the trustees of Good Government
Club T. held ut IT'S rooms, No. li5 East Eighteenth
ST. on Thursday the following was adopted:
Resolved That the trustees of this club favor the
nomination OF the Hon. Seth Low for the office OF
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

Mayor OF the Greater New-York. and urge upon
its members the duty OF actively promou's sue"
nomination.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

the hurt Of the cold steel
as il cuts its way to his
heart. The same man, for
some unsolvcd reason,
will lie at the mercy of that
most de ably OF assassins,
consumption, and apparently
not experience d trcmo:. OF
all the human beings that 90
down each year Ia premature
graves. ouc.seventh are the
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26

The man
who lies at
the mere y
OF an assas-
sin mud
ders al the
thought of
death an d
shivers as
he ,i.tptC cf
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
IN PRAISE OF THE PRESIDENT.

General Coils then arose and said he was sat
isfed that the revision Of the Republican rolls
was intended in good faith, and that Republi-
cans who had found fault with previous enrol
ments ought to enroll themselves. He said also
that he had a resolution which he was going ia
read and put to vote himself. II was TO the
effect that the Republican organization or the
CITY "ccngratulatcs all voters upon the liberal
able and energetic leadership Of Lemuel f.. Quigg
and assures him Of warm, loyal and enthusiastic
support" The resolution was carried with a
shout.
There was a call for Mr.. Gruber. but he de-
clined to speak. and the meeting adjourned a
little before 10 p. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
The following resolutions, read py Ap'ah""
cruhsr were then passed unanimously:

Resolved That It is not In the interest ot ,, u
united and harmonious campaign or the sopu , ga ar
ernment of the city OF New-York 10 attelnpe ,, az
his time by forced and unusual methous 10 la,u ~
facture public sentiment IN the n,efes, 81 proys
nlrticular candidate. nor can any cahuicaCy Plore
n unifving force among the friends or good gov
ornrcnt in this city which Il formaIiy tIeaensu ~
nrior 70 the meeting Of the Republican olty 'oh-
vention or without regard 10 It's action IL, r,,
Resolved That the officers OF the E.ecioh i Dir nr
trict Association here assembled express thelr ear
nest and unqualified 9pproval Of me pams; promud nd
Gated by the Republican County committee anu
sxnrcssed in the reso utons of the Committee on
Organization. to secure to tho Repuhlicans OF % %tnn
city Of New-York and the Annexed District a luli
and fair revision Of the rolls and an enrolment OF
new names in accordance with the constitution
of the Republican party; and. 49,.
Resolved That we pledge our best eHorts on thc
night of June % to obtain such n complete enroi-
ment as will enable the Republican organiZaiion
Justly to claim that every Republican who desires
TO participate In the primaries and TO take an IN
terest I'm the affairs of the organization mas had an
New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
CORNELL LETS Up.

Meantime they we're drawing away from Harvard
and Yale and Yale was covering Harvard and pass
ing her cI.adually. At the mile and hah point the
fact that Cornell might do better II she wished be-
came marked from the fact that though Harvard and
Yale Increased. the Cornell men let down on their
stroke In other words. the captain ana coxswaih
were beginning even at this point TO save. since
they were not only taking the lead but opening UP
space moment by moment. Harvard then shc wcd
a. Yale, 81, and Cornell only 80 10 the minute.
The position from this point In the race only be
| came more and more marked. Cornell opened on
Yale more and Yale opened on Harvard more as
time went on. and 1t became evident that tho race
was going 20 Cornell unless something happened
Open water did not show between the boats until
after the two-nile point was passed and the two
and-a-half-m.le point was being approached. And 20
far the race a pretty one Si fr1m an oarsman's
point OF view the whole race for the last three mixes
was in watching the strobes and ruminating on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Ncwton County Will Run Road to
Jasper.
UNlyERslTYATANGLET0N CHARTERED
To Have q Capital Of Ten Thousand
Brewster County Wants the
Money Due-Pardoned.

Austin, Texas, September THE attor-
ney general today approved and filed with
the secretary of state the charter OF tho
Orange. Call and Pine Belt Railroad COM
pany. with headquarters at Call, Newton
county. Capital stock. 100000. Incor-
porators. Gennis q. Adams, Geo. w. Smith,
c. s. Haggarty, G. d. Shepard, F. r. sy-
Ter, John Jay Cullcy. A. II. Mers. J..
Trotti and william Halliday. The purpose
OF this corporation is to build, own. main-
tain and operate railroad from point on
the Sabine river known as Salem. In New
ton county, via tho town OF Call to the
city OF Orange, Orange county. with a
branch from said town Of Call to Jasper,
In Jasper county, and embracing total
distance OF seventy miles.
In this connection It may not be aniiss to
state that II one-flftleth OF tho proposed
railroads for which charters have been filed
since January last arc built within the
next two years Texas will have regular
railroad building boom.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08

building. A short. but interesting pro-
gramme was rendered. as follows
Piano selection by Miss Julia Moss. mus
icai directress Of the schools; on behalf
OF the city council. Hon. Jerome Swim
ford presented the keys OF the new build
Ing TO The board Of education. making q
neat and appropriate speech. On behalf
OF the board OF education Superintendent
II. X. Sebring accepted the keys and re-
sponded in an appropriate talk. In which
he gave a short history Of the progress @!
tho school. This was followed by vocal
chorus by some OF tho pupils and a prayer
by Rev. r. j. Horne. pastor Of the Pres
byterian church. Hon. l.. T. DashIell. ex-
speaker Of the TEXAS house OF representa-
tives. was expected to be present to de-
liver an address, hut failed to appear. Con-
siderable feeling has been expressed among
the citizens. who feel that Superintendent
of Public Instruction j. NJ. Carlisle has
not treated them with the consideration
expected from a man In his position. On
four different occasions he has been In
vited to visit the schools at Orange. On
this occasion he wrote that II he could not
come he would send Hon. l.. T. Dashlell.
but nv neither came the people feel rather
hurt over II.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08
CHASING MooNsmIyERs.
Many Illicit sti11s Said to ne in on
Grafton In Texas.


Many Illicit stills said to ne I'm On.
Grafton In Texas.
Fort Worth, Texas, September 1.-THE
recent raids upan Texas moonshiners by
Federal officers is not to stop with the
arrest Of the Ave men who were
recently arrested and taken to Dali
las for trial before United States officials
To Post representative Andy McCampbell
deputy internal revenue collector, said
that he was aware OF tho existence OF
three or four more Illicit dlstilleries and
would shortly band the moonshlncrs over
to tho Federal authorities. One Of these
stills is located in Montague county, one
in Callahan county and the others arc SIT
uated In a nearby county. He Is now
gathering convictins evidence and VIII
shortly mova upon the Illicit distIllers. Mr..
McCampbcll gays that the moonshine biisi-
ness is steadily cn the Increase In Texas,
but he hopes to put q stop TO II II arrests
and convictions can do the Thing. He says
many OF these operators came to this state
from Kentucky and Arkansas. i ying been
driven out OF their strongholls In those
States. They seek Texas fields with the
hone that they can successfully evade the
vieilonce OF the United States authorities.
Mr.. Mccampbel only yesterday was not-
fled of the operation OF an Illicit d.3tiilcry
In ono OF the above named counties ana
Will at once investigate.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08
LUETGERT MURDER TRIAL.
Two strong Points scored by The
Prosecutions

prosecution.
Chicago. September 1.-Two strong
points were scored by the prosecution In
the Luetgert trial today and unlsss the
defense ia able to impeach the testimony
OF the witnesses their evidence Is likely
to have considerable weight with the Jury.
Ihe two witnesses were Nicholas Faber,
VINO testified that on the night OF May /
he saw Lueteert and his wife enter the
sausage factory. and Charles Hengst who
swore that ON the night of May l he passed
the factory and heard cry from within
as though some ono was In pain. Al tho
assuring before the police justice by whom
LustHert was held to await the action -
the Grand jury, Hengst said that he could
hot tell whether the cry was that M n
huin''h being or of an animal. Today he
SIN however. that he was confident that
the cry came from a human being. mn,
defense relies greatly on the statement ~
nsade before tho trial to impeach his testi-
mony "'' 'es'i-
me reading OF the love letters which
nEu Deem written by Luetgert Ia Mrs (,
reldt was great fun for the crowd IN The
court room. and 1t was very embarrassing
,or INC defendant. AZ in several OF Item
ne had spoken In n sighting mannnr a,
the LAWYERS who are now condur.,nr hss
license, saving that they We're greedy
una not able to handle trial Of such
NM He laid particular stress on
.he incompetence OF Judge Vincent no
Z, Nov how the leading counsel for the defense
Wnen these portions Of the letters wsrc
, ,s me lawyers laughed and nobody on
ioyeu them more than Judge yincsnt. Ia,
y was not pleasant for L.uetgerf Who
twisted around in his chair, moppe.i his as
,aev VAIN his handkerchief and seemed 10
DO uncomfortable generally. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08
Inquest on the Ncrro K,,,ea.

Crosby, Texas, September 5. = Justice
lsaaoks held an inquest upon the body Of
tho negro who was killed by the Southern
Pacific oompany's train at this place this
morning. The evidence shows that he got
on the train at Liberty; that his mama
was Hoes Richmond. and that he came
from Morse's Bluff; when the train
stopped here he got off to get drink OF
water; when the train pulled out again
he tried to get on, and was running along
side OF car when he ran against the end
OF the cattle guard on the east side OF the
public road; he lost his footing and fell
with his legs under the train. both legs
were crushed into pulp: he lived about
two hours after the accident: his people
have wired here to have the remains
shipped to Liberty tonight The evidence
related above was given by his partner
VINO remained here with the corpse ali