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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
MCCOY THE VICTOR.
He Bests Ruhlin and is Challenged by
Jim Corbett.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, May 2O.-The fight
here tonight between Kid Mccoy and
Gus Rubin. the latter Of Cleveland, re-
suited IN a victory for Mccoy, after TWEEN
" rounds. Three thousand people were
in the Alhambra, where the fight was
held. There was little betting and the
showing made by Rubin was Il surprise.
He stood a lot Of punishment and was
always ready to come back for more. He
was apparently strong at the nnish. Nc
Coy says that he Will now meet Cod
dard and then Choynsky.
There was a great difference In the
weight of the men-McCoy l57 and Rubin
tipping the scales at $50 pounds. George
Siler, Of Chicago acted as referee.
When he rendered his decision, Jim
Corbett leaped into the ring and asked
Mccoy to fight him, but the latter de-
clined to consider the matter and refus-
ed 10 make any arrangements.
The fight was a hot one from the
start In the third round Mccoy drew
blood. and in the nth Rubin cut McCoy's S
lip making the scarlet fly. In the eight
round the referee cautioned Mccoy for
using his elbow in clinches.
During the next three rounds Mccoy
did but little leading and seemed TO be
waiting TO land a decisive blow.
Rubin started in to do aggressive work
in the fourteenth round, but the Kids
cieverness kept him out of harms way.
Both men did good work in the last six
rounds and in the last one Rubin hit
Mccoy hard with but little return.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21

Join Simpsons squadron in the west
Indies as soon as she can sc. there.
Ii has not ben determined who VIII
succeed Captain Barker as a MEMBER
OF the War Board. IL may be that tho
vacancy will not be filled at present.
though there has been favorable mem
ton OF che name of Admiral Ramsay
retired, in that connection.
4 beginning was mado to-day TOWARD
the organization OF the independent vol
unteer forces under authority conferred
upon the President by special resolution.
Ihe National Guard will have no part
In these organizations. which Will De
made up OF engineers, immunes ana e1ec-
tricans.
The State Department announced tnat
the Polaria, the Hamburg American Liho
steamer at Key west, which was aulhor-
ized TO land certain passengers In lia-
vana. had declined to avail itself or the
privilege. so that the Department. Is TO
lieved OF what promised to be an emoar.
RAISING incident and OF the necessity Oh
establishing what might prove 10 DC d
dangerous precedent
Onfcials here dismiss as pure invention
the story coming from Montreal that
former Minister Polo has succeeded in Sc
curing for Spain a coaling station on one
OF the French Islands OF ST. Pierce MI
ouilon, of the New Foundland coast. At
the French Embassy the report is treated
with indignant contempt, as the French
decree Of neutrality is binding on ane
French governor OF these Islands ana
effectually prevents the granting OF such
exceptional privileges as coaling stations.
The Navy Department is about 10 can
for bids for O. steel floating dock capaple
OF floating a ship OF l5,Vo TOMS 10 DC
located at New Orleans.
The department Is also LOOKING toFWuEo
10 securing docks at other points:
A board. consisting OF Admiral Ramsay,
Engineer AssersOn, and Naval Construc-
tor Iinnard. will begin meetings at the
Navy Department next Monday before
going TO Galveston and Sabine Pass. Tex,
and points along Chesapeake bay, with a
view OF recommending sites for docks.
The board was authorized by the receh'
naval bill.
Another project for docks is contained
In the deficiency appropriation bill now
before Congress This provides for the
Immediate purchase OF two floating docks.
As soon as the bill becomes law the ue-
partment knows where It can purchase
these docks, ready for service. They are
at New York, and although 0f WOOD and
comparatively small, they Will be or ines
tlmahe service on being towed TO Key
West, where they will accommodate all
but the largest battleships and cruisers
The department hopes to own these docks
within few weeks, perhaps days, as the
need OF docking and scrapinR the war
ships which have been In southern waters
FOR a long time Is becoming imperative
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21

ATLANTA. GA, May 17.-Miss Hattie
May Franklin a pretty, well-educated
girl OF twenty. was adjudged lunauc
before Ordinary Hulsey to-day. under sad
circumstances. The girl IL the daughter
OF wealthy parents living near Asheville,
N. c.
She was a great social favorite at
home, but In an unguarded moment she
fell. Her father cast her on, and she
came 10 Atlanta.
Efforts were made by the friends with
whom she was staying here to get her
people to take her back home, but ar
ter answering the first letter saying she
was an outcaste forever, her father de-
clined TO correspond even with the At
lanta people.
Later the girl found her way TO the
Florence Crttenden Home. and while
there her mind gave way completely.
Physicians pronounced her a hopeless
mental wreck and upon this she was or
dered 20 the asylum to-day. The un-
fortunate girl made pathetic picture
in court.-Sayanah News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
IN HONOR OF
QUEEN VICTORIA.
Her Birthday to Be Celebrated at
Tampa--GarCia Acquitted.

TAMPA, FLA, May 2O.-An English
warship is epected to arrive in Tampa
harbor on May 2ith. the anniversary Of
the birthday Of Queen Victoria. and the
event will be celebrated by banquet at
the Tampa Bay Hotel that will be nota-
BILE for the number Of military and naval
celebrities who will be present. Every
officer In the United States service above
the rank Of Captain at present in Tampa,
officers of the naval vessels here and
military attaches OF the different Euro
pean governments who are here 10 fol-
low the fortunes OF the army Of invasion
in Cuba will be among those invited TO do
honor 10 Queen Victoria. -Four United
States regimental bands will furnish the
music. "a az.
YOUNG GARCIA RELEASED.
After a thorough investigation OF the
charges against young Garcia, son OF
cigar manufacturer of Tampa, who was
arrested Yesterday on suspicion OF being
a spy for the Spanish government, Cen
eral Shafter to-day ordered that he be
honorably discharged.
Before many days have passed Tampa
Bay will be one OF the best defended ON
the Gulf Coast. The narrow channels To
the north and south OF Egmont Key VIII
be rendered impossible 70 hostile ships
bv the placing OF a series OF submarine
mines and torpedoes under the guiding
hand of Brigadier-General Ludlow, chief
engineer in charge.
The Egmont and Mullet Keys fortihca-
tions are now ready for the mounting OF
the heavy siege guns and mortars which
have ben sent here for that purpose.
Large supplies Of ammunition for tho
guns are already on hand. The bat
teries will be manned by some OF tho
most experienced gunners in the service
LEAVE FOR CHICKAMAUGA.
Major-General Wade and his stan OFF,
GERS. Lieutenants Read and Almy and
Colonel Arthur Macarthur acting AdJu-
tant- General, will leave Tampa tomorrow
for Chickamauga, where General Wade
has been assigned to the command OF
the Third Army Corps.
Lieutenant Ramsay, Acting Commits
sary General, left tonight for Jackson
Vile. where he will take charge OF the
Commissary Department OF the troops TO
be located there.
The rainy season OF the Florida coast
was inaugurated tonight by q heavy
thunderstorm. The low fats and marshes
al Port Tampa on which the Ninth cav
airy and all the batteries Of artillery are
eacamped are generally flooded during
the rainy season and IL Is extremely
probable that some changes In their
camping grounds will be made In the near
future.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
SEEMS AUTHENTIC.
The Navy Department Thinks the
Spanish are at Santiago.

Spanish are at Santiago.
WASHINGTON. May 2O-All OF the
news that was given out to-day at the
Navy Department was comprised in one
short bulletin posted at the close OF the
day. stating that the Department had in
formation believed to be authentic, that
Admiral Cervera with his Spanish hying
squadron. was at Santiago de Cuba.
This went TO confirm the newspaper re-
ports and also the Madrid cablegram pun
lished this morning. the latter a rather
unusual circumstance, for the Spanish
bulletins have been notably deceptive
ever since the flying squadron left Cadiz.
Accepting this statement as correct, IL
indicates that there is little probability
of a hostile meeting between sampson
or Schley and Cervera Immediately
Looking over the charts OF Santiago mar
bor. the experts soon discovered that the
place would be a veritable rat-trap Tor
the Spaniards with its narrow entrance
In which single American monitor couh
bottle up The whole Spanish heet.
The Naval Strategy Board, christened
OF late the War Board is 10 lose one
OF its most active and valuable mem
bers in the person OF Captain Barker lie
leaves washington tomorrow Tor Hanp-
ton Roads to take command OF the nne
protected cruiser Newark, which has Just
been extensively repaired at the Nor
folk Navy Yard.
Il is expected that the Newark Will
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
A MEMORY OF THE MAINE.
Sergeant Jones 4. Otey Receives a
GaveI Made from the Woodwork.

Sergeant Jones A. Otey, OF the First
Police District was the recipient yester-
day of a souvenir. the like Of which will
be a hard matter to find by the future
seekers OF historical curiosities.
IL was nothing les than handsome
eavei made Of the wookworK Of the i'll
fated Maine and sent by his friend. Vice
President +. J. Dyer. of the Masonic
Equitable Accident Association Of Bos-
ton.
rhe following explanatory letter ac-
coInpanied the gift:
"Ny Dear Otey.-This will introduce 10
Won my friend who brings with him
little souvenir Of the United States Bat
tleship Maine 1t is made from a piece
of the after companion way leading 10
the office cabin. II was brought Up by
a diver on the tug Right Arm Comrand-
er Captain MCGEE and 7 saw it cut up
myself and had II made into a few little
souvenirs Of which this IS one OF the
samples Knowing that you win appre-
ciate f. / forward Il to you with the best
wishes TO you and your family. Re
member me kindly to all the boys for
the sake Of "Auld Lang Syne."
Yours very truly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
To Fill Up the Ranks of the Third
Regiment
THE WORK OF MUSTERING IN.
Captain Shackclford's Company Will
BE Examined To-Day-Company ID
Was Mustered in Yesterday.
Captain Willard's Company
Will BE Here To-Morrow.
Capt Hopes Men Here

Colonel J. c. Baker continues TO re-
port progress in regard to military disci-
pline and in other directions at Camp
Lee. The men are taking hold OF the sit
uation in tho right spirit and obey orders
without any difficulty. The sanitary con-
dtion Of the camp is being improved as
much as possible. The drainage is better
now than It was at the beginning and
water pipes have been laid from the au-
dltorium building down to headquarters
row.
Captain shackelfords Company F.
First Regiment, known also as the
Guard Of the Commonwealth, was not
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
All Activity and Excitement at
Key West.
VESSELS CREEPING SEAWARD
Sampson andSChleyMa
Have United.
CsRVERAS' PROBABLE PLANS

There Seems 20 BE No Way in Which
They Can Escape q Fight in a Very
Short Tlmc-Thc ArgOnauta u
Prize War-Arms and Ann
munition Found in a Sc.
Cret i'm Her Hold.
Trials To he Held
i'm Cases orOth-
crCapturcd
Vessels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21

MADRID, May 2o-Midnight.-lt l. . -
serted that Admiral cerveras sQyae. -.
has left Santiago DC Cuba.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
The Tailor Hasn't Completed His
Three Uniform Suits.
STAFF ASSIGNMENTS NOT MADE.
The Three Aides VIII BE FitZhugh
Lee. Jr., Algernon Sartoris and Car
los Carboncl-The Father Op-
posed His Son Entering the
SeryiCe-No Information
as TO Army Leaving.

General fltLNuEn Itc dilANNH ~ Nun
mond yesterday afternoon, and when he
leaves here will go direct to Tampa 10
take charge Of the Seventh Army Corps.
He arrived at 2:45 o'clock. and left the
train at the Union Station, where car
riaee was in waiting for him.
The General showed tho effects OF the
extreme heat. He remarked to friend
ON the train that he suffered more yes
terday than he ever did during his rest
dence in Cuba, for there one very quick
" becomes acclimated to the warm
weather.
MAY START TOMORROW.
The General spent the afternoon and
evening quietly with his family lie Will
to-day make active preparations for an
indefinite absence from home. Several
matters have TO be arranged. He may
be ready to start tomorrow, but II Is
more than likely that he will remain
here until Monday.
General Lee has not received his uni
form from the hands OF the Washington
tailor. who is making his suits. IL Is
probable that his uniform will have 20
be expressed 10 him at Tampa
The General does not know how long
IL will be before he will 20 10 Cuba.
He will go 10 Tampa and get his army
I'm good fighting trim with all possible
haste.
A gentleman asked him soon after his
arrival If he could not do something TO
have the troops here better equipped.
The General replied that he had nothing
whatever 10 do with the soldiers en-
camped here. Such as are assigned 20
his corps will be properly equipped after
they reach Tampa. II not before.
HIS STAFF.
It has already been announced that
Fitzhugh Lee. Jr., Algemon Sartoris
and Carlos Carbonel will be Geenral
Lees three aids. with the rank OF cap
tain. The last-named IS the young Ha-
vana banker, who recently spent some
time here. In making his nomination TO
the Senate. the President gives Mr.. Car
boners residence as Troy. y. Y.
General Lee does not know who will
be appointed 10 his staff He has no
power 10 make the selections Recently
promotions were made from the regular
army. and they were listed for service
on the stanffs Of the seven corps COM
manders The assignments have yet TO
be made.
DIDN'T VANS HIS SON TO Go.
General Lee was very much opposed
to his son Fitz going TO war. II was his
wish that he should remain here with
Mrs. Lee and Miss Lee and continue In
the service OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. But young Lee had
his heart set on going to war and MS
father finally yielded TO his pleadings
and gave his consent for him TO enter the
service.
General Lee IS very much pleased with
Colonel Benehan Cameron's gift Of a
splendid horse. The animal will be
shipped here from Colonel Cameron's
stables and sent from Richmond to Tam
pa. General Lee will take along with him
the handsome flag presented to him by
Miss Gail. OF Buffalo. y. Y. II will be
one of the handsomest that will be car
ried in the army.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21
PROBABLY
ABLIND.
Report That theSpanlSb
Are at Santiago
|COVERS SOME TRAP
This is the Prevailing Opinion
in Washington.
TO MOVE ON CHARLESTON.
Spanish Fleet Thought to
Be Making a Felnt
TO MOVE ON CHARLESTON.
Spanish Fleet Thought to
Be Making a Felnt
TO DECEIVE ADMIRAL SAMPSON.

When His Squadron is Drawn Away
from Havana Cervera Will Make .
Dash for That Port-The War
Board Holds Lengthy ses-
sion and Concludes That
the Position OF the
Spanish Fleet Is
Still Open to
Doubt-Cab-
met Meets
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21

sc0ntinued 0a saventh Pssel
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-21

Virginia, Partly cloudy weather; pTc1e-
hlv thunder storms; southwcstefly w,n w,noe.
North Carolina and South Carohn@'
,Fair weather; southerly winds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22
Quick-Firing Guns.

About the only idea one gets of the
power of modern field guns in actual
operation is from the various barbar-
Gus wars" waged by Great Britain.
When Colin Keppel, with his three
gunboats, passed the Mahdist mud
forts of Metemneh last year, there was
little cannonading done. On the re-
turn Commander Keppel determined to
lead his little squadron himself The
Dervishes fired on him vigorously, and
he took the time to have a little romp
with them, since they were so inclined.
The consequence was that the second
and third grnboats had no share in
the fun at all, for rather queer rea-
son. Keppers shells in very few
rounds so smashed up the embrasures
of the Dervish forts that they could
not see the leading gunboat for the
clouds of dust, or stand to their weap-
ons under the iron hail.
The forts were built OF mud, and it
was we'll dried in the hot sun of Egypt.
The consequence was that the second
and third gunboats could not effectual-
ly fire by reason Of the inyisibility of
anything on which they could have
laid their guns. They did pitch a few
shells into the thick of the tumult, but
probably did little execution with them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22
Small BET NObIy Paid.

Lord Falmouth-who bred horses,
knew all about thefii, and had had for
trainer that paragon, John Scott-nev-
er bet but once. He had a promising
lilly, Queen Bertha and she was the
,avorite for the Oaks in 1862. She had
apparently fallen off in condition, and
Ter owner put no confidence in her.
Falmouth was inclined to scratch
Ter, when Mrs. Scott, John Scotts wife,
poke up for her favorite: I'll lay
our lordship sixpance she wins" said
lis. Scott, laughing. For once Lord
'almouth broke his rule never to bet.
nd exclaimed; Done, Mrs. Scott!"
So Queen Bertha, with Tom Aldcroft
Up, appeared at the post, and, thanks
o the brilliant riding of her jockey,
eat Marigold by short head for the
!rst place. Lord Falmouth paid his
let to Mrs. Scott in noble fashion. He
jrocrred a brand-new sixpence from
he bank, had it set round with dia-
nonds and mounted as a brooch, and
that form presented it to the comely
mistress, of Whitewall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22

tne IrOlIey DOOSer.
The American had been arrested in
Cuba as spy, and had been condemn
ed to be shot. At the hour fixed for
the execution he was taken to the
Campo Weylero and nine soldiers lev
elled their muskets at him. He refus-
ed the offer of handkerchief with
which to cover his eyes, and glanced
calmly, even smilingly, at the glitter.
ing, death-dealing weapons.
'Fire!" shouted the Spanish SER
geant. The nine explosions were as
one, and as the smoke cleared away
the sergeant stepped forward, expect
ing to see the prisoner riddled with
bullets. But the American still stood
there, calm and smiling, and apparent
ly unharmed.
"Your muskets were not loaded!"
cried the sergeant with great oath,
turning to his men. II will have every
one of you shot as traitors at sunrise
tomorrow. 1 will
mo, no; don't blame those fellows"
interrupted the American. "They did
their duty all right Nine bullets came
out OF those guns. I simply lodged
them"
"Dodged them!" shouted the SER
geant, angrily. DC you dare to play
with me?"
NO. answered the American, coolly.
Il am telling you the fact. Dodging
those bullets was dead easy. Why.
man, l lived in Brooklyn, New York.
for a couple of months before coming
here, ard twice a day l lodged the
trolley cars at Death Loop. Your bull
lets aren't in it with the Death Loop
fliers"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22

A child, little girl of six, was very
observant several times when her
mother was wringing clothes through
the mangle on washing day. She
Anjou, on the island; in other words,
of it's manipulation, and later in the
day made an experiment on her own
account.
After temporary absence from the
wash house, her mother was returning,
when she heard their little kitten call
ing loudly, the sounds gradually be-
coming fainter. AS the mother enter
ed the little girl was in the act of turn
ing the machine handle, while on the
front board, with the tip of it's tail be-
:ween the rollers, was the poor little
Kitten, crying family in it's pain, while
he little maid, as she turned the
wheel, murmured soothingly: Hush,
lear pussie, hush! You'll soon be
brought"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22

The Grosvenor family Dukes of
Westminster) trace their pedigree in
England back to 1866, having come
over with William the Conuueror.
while the family in Normandy from
which they are directly descended -four
ished there for at least century and
half before the Conquest, so that the
family pedigree goes back for close up-
ON thousand years. The most an
cient family in Great Britain is that of
the Earl of Mar, in Scotland. Lord
Hailes, speaking Of the title. says:-
1t existed before our records and be-
fore the era of genuine history, being
an earldom whose origin is lost in an
tiquity." The Campbells, to whom be-
longs the present Duke of Argyll, be-
gan in 119O. Of the four hundred bar
ons in the British peerage only about
a dozen actually date back 900 years.
The most ancient family in the world
is that of the Mikado of Japan, which
has had an unbroken line of descent
for more than $500 years, the present
ruler being the 1924 of the line.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-04-22
FOlL-ED.
The Gentiemanly Highwayman Was
a Bicycle Fiend.

Ihe Gentlemanly HiEhwayman Was
Bicycle Fiend.
I'll trouble you for your little wad,
if you please!"
The footpad was polite, but insistent.
The luckless pedestrian looked up
and down the dimly lighted street, but
nobody else was in sight.
1T will not do you any good, my
dear friend" said the gentlemanly
highwayman, still holding a revolver
pointed in most threatening manner
at the others head. "The nearest sa-
loon is half mile away, and the dis
tance to the nearest policeman is ex-
actly the same. You and l have the
locality entirely to ourselves. Where
fore''-and he gave the trigger an om-
lnous little click-"shere is no occasion
for prolonging this interview. Pro-
duce!"
Il see you've got the drop on me all
right enough" said the victim, grumb-
lngly, land all I'm kicking myself
about is that 1 didn't need to lose my
roll. l could just IS well have left it
at home this evening. If you'll put
your fingers in my right vest pocket
you'll find SO, more or less. It's all
I've got about me, and 1 was going to
spend it tomorrow for a new set of
tires for my bicycle
What kind of tires?" sternly de-
manded the footpad
THE Fladger & Skimmerhorn Pune
tureless Anti-Sideslip.'
Can you get that for $9?"
Il know where 1 can get it for
shade less than 49,"
Great Scott, old man! You keep
your little wad and go and buy that
tire. Say, do you know that's the best
tire on earth? Why, darn it, l ride the
Fladger & Skimmerhorn myself.
Shake!'
If this should meet the eye of the
gentlemanly highwayman he will learn
that an outrageous confidence game
was played upon him.
The belated pedestrian whom he met
on that occasion uses the Jingo G
Slabb Extra Resilient bicycle tire, and
has no use for any other kind
But he happened to see by the light
of street lamp that the gentlemanly
highwayman wore Fladger G Skim
merhorn button in the lapel of his
coat.
Furthermore, he had $67.5O in anoth-
er pocket.