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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-02
III. G. BROWN. clerk.

II. y. bltoWN ~. clerk.
The exceptions to this order as filed
by the Seaboard Air Line, and which
were the basis of the suit of the plain
tiff company in appealing to the courts,
were as follows:
r11r, D,,EC>-, ,>,,rc UvC1,pTrO>yc.
"Tirst-Because the reduction in the
minimum carload weight is directly
antasonistic to the effort being made
to generally reduce expenses through
the furnishing of equipment of larger
capacity, and involves an increase in
the cost of transportation.
"Second-Because the said rates are
not in themselves reasonable and just
but the same are unreasonably low,
would fail to yield just and reasona-
bic revenue for the service, and these
defendants would thereby be deprived
of the equal protection of the laws, con
trary to the Constitution OF the United
states, article Ii, section /, and with
out due process OF law would be de-
prived of their property, contrary to
the Constitution OF the United states,
article IA. section l.
Ihird-Because the flgures estab-
lished for the tons minimum We're UNI
reasonably low. even where applied on
carloads OF hfteen tons minimum, We're
protested AGAINST before the North
carolina Raiiroau commission ana
only accepted by the carriers after the
htteeh ION MINIMUM nasis was made II
part or the tari't. ana there' IN so far
rs the carriers composing the Seapoard
Nir Line system are concerned with
t,ic uHue "uihs 'i'u' 'hcy wou,d ne
given lrlai ior the season OIL lS9S-99
Only,
fourtn = i,ecnuse ciIcuiar NO.
I,akes no eNIel,lIohs IN FAVOR OF
Weaker illeS WHOSE G"rh,hEs are at II
10" rue pr !i' ne, Mnicm MS d'e una
oIe 10 III, ~ s''e 10" '"'' '"''S SOUGHT
10 ne IN s'I,u'eu.
Li'eoause suci. ,n'es unJustiS
ry na! tI'e IeNei!ues % .li,eS tolilieriS
a , ,. q nticsn,asG ~ ra'e aoove tne
~ s'et w s'n'',''i. " ii,!gS. 'nuS
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-02

permits US to injure one we nave
Manly qualities demonstrate tfems
selves in other ways than an exhibi-ss
ton of blood and Drawn.
Did you ever notice the cut steel look
that comes over q woman's face while
she is battling between avarice ana \
love?
There Is a great distinction between
enthusiasm and rational reasoning: the
former frequently makes the latter im-s
possible.
Some time. while offering an excuse
to ourselves. we assan the sincerity ana
honesty of another.
a man in tears is suggestive OF an
animal In pain: yet God help those
whose emotions never master them.
Thank God for the woman in my ma
ture; fault or virtue it has hurt no one
but myself
Greed and gold are weighty oppo.
nents against honesty and affection. 4
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-02
LOVE KNOWS no DEATH.

Love knows no death:
The soui-life of its longing
Lives after flesh and blood
Have turned to clay.
Its sun may set
And shadow worlds in darkne
Yet rise again
To light another day.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
WANTS LASHES.

Philadelphia North American: James
M. Bernard, of Philadelphia, is a man
of bizarre pastimes. Having a few idle
moments next Saturday, he has asked
Sheriff Wharton, of Dover, to oblige him
by standing him up at the Delaware
whipping post and giving him 20 lashes.
Back of his curious request, however,
is q wager. Bernard and his friend.
Conrad Henry, had an argument about
the right of a sheriff to whip n free
man, even in Delaware. Bernard con
tended that he hadn't, and. with the
courage of his convictions. offered to put
it to a physical test. In his letter to
Sheriff Wharton, received today, he
says:
'If he (the sheriff. backs Henry's ar
guments. and has the nerve to do it. I
will allow hin to place me at the post
to punish me the same day (whipping
allow him all the necessary time to dis
miss the spectators and prepare a priv
ate session. so as not to injure his repu-
tation and make an unnecessary fuss in
the papers.
eff the sheriff chooses to place me in
the pillory for one hour or less. let him
show that he can do it. I promise per-
feet submission, and will no more hesi-
tate to put on pants used on f1ogged
criminals, or to place my neck and
wrists in the pillory, han to tan at
the post"
The men viii doubtless have their
journey from PHILADELPHIA for their
pains, for the county officials object to
the post being used either for exhibition
purposes for the decision of wagers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
GENERAL GORDON TURNS EVAN
GELIST.

Gen. John B. Gordon, communicating
chief of the United Confederate veter-
ans, who is on a lecturing tour in Texas,
attended the revival meeting in Gates
vile, Coryell county, conducted by Abe
Mulkey, n at the conclusion of the
sermon the evangelist called on him for
remarks.
General Gordon responded from his
place on the platform neal the preacher
in one of the most powerful eXhortations,
it is said, that has ever Deer heard ii
this state. His remarks were addressed
principally to the confederate veterans
present. n most eloquent periods he de-
picted their grand and glorious achieve
ments as soldiers in the service of their
country, moving his hearers to the high
est pitch of patriotism; then in tenderest
tones he made al appeal to them to take
up the armor of Christ that was sublime
and absolutely resistless.
At the close of this appeal 40 confed-
crate veterans carhes forward. No such
scene was ever enacted before. The old
gray-haired veterans crowded around
their chieftain, n after another, en-
bracing him, and then they would fall
upon one anOther's necks, shouting, the
tears streaming down their faces.
1t was some time before the ebullition
of religious fevor became sufficiently
controlled for others to reach the plat
form, but about 100 others finally came
forward for prayers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
SECURED

Man died in York county two weeks
ago-this is Register Justin Leavitt's
story and so it must be true-the man
died, as I nave stated, and they do say
own in that community that he wasn't
that ever lived And he didn't get along
very well with his relatives. But of
course the relatives had to see that he
was decently inferred. The brother Of
the, departed went to hunt up a minis
ter. Told the elder what was wanted
and the parson said he would be there at
the hour appointed.
But this is short notice." said the
minister. ''The funeral is to be this
afternoon. 1 ought to have had time to
get up a sermon. l can give you only a
short discourse"
That's all right" said the brother.
There amt much you need to say. If
we'd wanted lots of %eloquence split over
that fellow, we'd probably sent up to
New York and got a doctor of divinity.
But you needn't be afraid that you won't
fill the bill all right up to our house. We
don't want nothin' high priced"
The minister was a little set back, but
he took q pencil and a sheet of paper and
said:
'Ill have to have a few points to build
a sermon on. How did the deceased die?
Was he resigned? Had he made his
peace?"
''He died of delirium tremens." said the
brother, grufi1y.
This was more of a setback. But the
minister p~ersevered.
"How did he live? Did he"
The brother slammed on his hat and
started for the door.
HE lived jest as he died-like a -
- fool"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

horse was a favorite of a Lincoln avenue
family. "A veterinarian was called in,
but his remedies were vain. The horse
groaned in pain, and the owner then be-
thought him of a neighbor who had tried
to convert him tdaChfistian Science. If
she could scare burglars by Thought
she could Fighter the maady that at
ficted his pet horse He emplored her
to declare the laW"fto cure the animal.
She would not visit the stable, but she
consented to give s'absent treatment" So
she gave the suffering horse her best
Thought
The horse died.
Explaining her action to her brethren
and sisters, she said:
IF 1 could relieve the horse and failed
to do it, l would be worse than a heath
en-" x
Afterward she declared that although
the first attempt was a failure she never
theless believed that human thought"
would relieve the distress of dumb beasts.
New York World.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

December and coming out about March
20. He is nearly 20 years old and until
he was hit in the head by a falling limb
while working in the woods in the win
ter of 1888, he had been a very robust
a He was telling logs OF a lot some
distance from camp, n when he did
not come in to supper men went out and
found him lying senseless under a fallen
limb with a scalp wound OF the top OF
his head.
After lying in a comatose condition for
three days he was wrapped in warm
blankets and put in a hogshead filled
with straw to be carried so miles to the
nearest railroad station. Everybody ex-
pected that he would be dead when he
reached home. but there was no apparent
change in his condition. He remained
in a death-like sleep all winter. About
once a week he took a half pint of brandy
and four raw eggs and then fell asleep
again as if it was the only thing for
him to do. The doctors who visited him
tried many experiments, in the nope OF
waking him up, but without any success.
Meantime his body had turned to a
chalky white color and his temperature
had fallen to near the freezing point.
One doctor who had come on from New
Brunswick to see him., told his family
that he was dead beyond question Inc
that this ain agitation that could be
felt over his heart was no more than a
Te11eK action OIL the uluSCleS. "A COlliil
was ordered and the burial robes We're
made ready when his body heat began
to go up. 1t rose two or three degrees
during the day and fell back a degree or
less in the night, but though the gain
was small, it was in the right direction
so the family postponed the funeral n
waited.
After the animal heat in his body had
reached 70 degrees pulsations were felt
in his wrists and his chest rose n fell
from IL to Is times an hour, indicating
that respiration had set in. The coffin
was put out of sight, and on March q
| the sick man opened his eyes and called
for food. He ate a hearty meal, slept
three days longer and then got up n
went about his work as if nothing had
happened. Every year since then he has
dropped off to sleep at the beginning of
settled cold weather n has not awak-
ened until the early spring birds come
north. In the warm weather he seems
as active and vigorous as he ever was,
although his memory has failed of late,
and at times he complains of headaches.
The doctors give no name to the malady,
but say that it is due to a torpid con-
dition Of the body which is allied to the
Information of animals. For want of a
better title the people have named him
the woodchuck man.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Ryan, six rounds, Fresno, Cal, May 4,
1899. Knocked out Dummy O'Rrien in
two rounds at a Francisco May IA.
1893. Lost on a foul to Joe Reay in nine
round at San Francisco June Is. 1899.
Knocked out Francis (colored), in seven
rounds at Mercur, Utah, September Is,
1899. Knocked out Jack Breen in three
rounds at Mercur. Utah. September %.
1899. Fought a draw with Joe Cotton
(colored). in 20 rounds at Mercur, Oct.
IA. 1895. > Won on a fou from Joe Cotton
in five rounds at Mercur November 20.
1899. Knocked out Tom Daley in four
rounds at Mercur. December 10, 1899.
Knocked out lack Conley in one round
at Noun Pleasant. VT, December 20,
1899. Knocked out Clues Lund in one
round at Mt. Pleasant. VT. January I.
1900. Knocked o u Tom Riley in three
rounds at Mercur, January IS. 1900.
Knocked out Bert Mcdonald in two
rounds at Salt Lake. Utah, March IA.
Knocked out Jim Francis in three rounds
again at Park City, Utah. March q. 1900.
Rowan is we'll put up. His height is 8
feet I inches and he has the reputation
of being a fast and shifty fighter. He
has a great capacity for punishment and
does not know when to quit"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
AMONG SPORTS

Michael Rowan, otherwise Dummy"
so-called, because he is a deaf mute, is
preparing to give Nose Lafontise a ring
battle that should prove interesting to
the admirers of the local champion.
Rowan is training with his brother. who.
because of a like affection, is dubbed
'SSilent."
Rowan was born at Gardner. ILL.,, on
April 4, 1875, and fought his first battle
at Lincoln, Neb., on August Is, 1893. when
HI beat Bill Hope in three rounds. \
week later he defeated Hope again at
the same place in four rounds. Beat
Billy Ring in thirteen rounds at Omaha,
Neb.. September 2, 1898. Knocked out
Billy Ecker, a deaf mute, five rounds.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 5, 1894. Fought two
rounds with Dan Tobin in the same city
on March 10, 1894. The fight was stopped
by the police. Fought a draw of ten
rounds with Jack WEIGH at Peoria, ILL.,,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
MAN.

New York Sun: eff I don't wake up
before the bluebirds come" said Cyrus
Brown on the evening of December Is,
1899, ''burn a match under my nose and
stick a needle in my arms. I want to be
out in the woods by the time the sap
gets to running"
Mr.. Brown is known locally as the
"woodchuck man." so-called because he
has slept continuously through the win
ter months for the past II years, Begin
ming his long nap before the middle of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
THE MIDGET MURPHYS.

The Murphy brothers., Butte's youngest
and smallest athletes, have returned
home from the coast where they enter
tanned crowds and won columns of news
paper praise by their club swinging and
boxing exhibitions. The youngsters are
the children of James j. Murphy. n
they are truly infantile ph~enolnenons.
From Chicago to San Francisco they
have caught the admirers of pugilistic
art by their cleverneSs n have shown
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Tom O'Rourke is the latest manag of
fighters to go into the wrestling game.
He has cabled to Athens for a Greek who
weighs 400 pounds and calls himself
Hercules, Jr. 1t seems that he once
threw Yousouf. the ~late-lamented Ter
rible Turk. in three minutes. Hercules,
Jr., writes that he is a marvel. He de-
clares he has worn armor weighing 1000
pounds and moved around in it. He is
six feet two inches tall, has a grip that
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
THE MURPH Y NUGGETS

an expert knowledge of 'hooks," labs"
and 'uppercuts."
Leonard, the elder, is nearly Z years
Did, and 46 inches high, while Clifford.
the has seen five summers and
measures Al inches in his stockings.
At a boxing before the Re-
lance club at Oakland, Cal. on April 5.
the performance of the little MurphyS
drew a shower of silver pieces from the
spectators.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

w. Z. whitney is IN Lexington, and
he says that he intends to remove his
stud to some place in New York state.
He says his horses have done we'll in
Kentucky, but they are too far away to
afford him that pleasure which he might
derive from more frequent visits to the
stables. He has imp. Meddlar, Lissak
and some eight odd broodmares, a large
number of weanlings n a number of
this seasons foals.
While almost every horse at Sleeps
head Bay has been credited in the SEN
sational reports of training gallops with
having made all sorts of fast time, few
of them have shown anything near the
speed and fitness of The Kentuckian. He
is in the hands of Trainer Hawkins. and
is about the most forward horse at the
track. He worked a mile in 1:47 recent
ly, and that is the fastest clip any of the
horses at Sheepshead Bay have been
asked to show thus far this season.
A racing scheme, involving nearly half
a million dollars, is under way to pool
the issues of Latonia and Queen City
(Newport) race tracks and bond them
for about $500. 900. The chief operators
of the affair are citizens of Covington
and Cincinnati, and they have been
promised a liberal backing from eastern
capitalists. 1t is the intention to take
liz ~ 0iNliCiy u VI IA III VI
the men who now control both tracks
and put none but business men, who
have the entire confidence of the public,
in charge.
The Chicago Jockey club is planning a
revival of the Chicago Derby. to be run
at the Hawthorne track on the opening
day of the summer meeting. An official
announcement for the big stake has not
yet been made. but will probably appear
within q short time. President Richard
Fitzgerald. of the Chicago Jockey club.
contemplates a complete revival of the
stake. Added money to the amount, of
S.. 900 was formerly given, n it is ex-
pected the value for this year will come
close to 1900. The conditions are such
that the stake would probably draw the
entries of many horses now scheduled
in the American Derby.
The Turk. a bay gelding with high ac-
ton. lots of style and with speed enough
to have shown a mile in 2:17H. was sold
at auction in New York last Wednesday
evening for s. 800. more money than was
ever before paid for a carriage horse in
; America The dispatches give no ac-
count of the horses breeding, but it is
safe to say he is trotting bred or he
would not show the speed he Is credited
with. At the same sale Thomas Lawson
of Boston paid s.. 1000 for My Lady and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
MIND CURE.

At the last weekly meeting of the local
Christian Scisnce experience circle one CT
the experts confessed that she had tried
the absent treatment" on a sick nag
whom a veterinarian had given up. The
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
TRANSFORMATION

"Can you love a man who's old?"
eyes, If he has also one more letter t.
add to hat
another letter."
&c, dear. to make old gold"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

His Grace, a chestnut mare and gelding,
and $500 for Ideal and Perfect. a stand
ard bred pair of bay geldings. There
were forty animals in the sale and they
brought $4,000. an average of over 81 ZOO
per head. This sale shows the condition
of the New York market for high class
harness horses.
A brand-new turf scandal is threaten
ed on the coast. 1t is promised that the
investigation now being held by Tom
Williams will create as much stir as the
Little Pete" sensation of a few years
back. The setting down of Jockey Pig
gott was the first move in the exposure.
The boy is accused of having been in
with Willie Martin, the ruled-off jockey,
and Danny Lynch, the man, who framed
up the Observation-Disclosures job. in a
to pull the many hot favorites on
which he lost during h winter. Pig
gotts reputation saved him from an in
vestigation. Martin, it Is said. got away
with $50. 900. He is now at Memphis.
Lynch is on his way to Chicago. On
March Is Hard Knot, a strong favorite,
backed down from 6 to S to 4 to 5, was
disgracefully beaten in a seven-furlong
by DR.. Nembula, Sly. Silver Tone,
n other horses. Piggott had the
mount. Ed Lannigan, a prominent poll
tician. who dabbles in the racing game.
had backed Hard Knot heavily, as he
OWned an interest in the horse, n
Lynch also trained several horses for
him. Lannigan was warned against
Lynch, but he stuck to the trainer
through thick thin until Hard Knot
was beaten. when he realized he was be-
ing handed an exceptional gold brick.
President Williams has since been in
v~estigating.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Sharkey's friends are having great fun
over the latest move of Kid Mccoy,
which was to insur his life for $15, 900.
Sharkey is to box the Kid shortly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

The siX-round bout between Sharkey
and Choyinski will take place in Chicago
on May l.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Jim Jeffries, in a New Yorl. interview,
denies that he has declared that he in
tends to hold out for George Siler for
referee. Jeff says any fair man will suit
him..
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

What Cy Young accomplished In the
opening game at st. Louis:
Shut out Pittsburg without a run.
Struck out nine mine, one in each
inning.
Allowed but % men to bat in eight inn
ings.
Permitted but three men more h the
minimum possible number to bat In the
full nine innings.
Only allowed two men to second base
in nine innings.
Made two great fielding plays.
Made l., 900 persons VOW he is the best
pitcher in the world.
Colonel Pulliam says: "Notwithstand-
ing the fact that Boston. Brooklyn and
st. Louis have strengthened greatly. l
am confident that the club that beats
Pittsburg will lane the money. At the
worst. l do not think we can be lower
than third. We may not show up at our
best right off the reel, as the boys have
met with wretched weather on the trip,
but after we get going we will be heard
from"
Says Buck Ewing:
With an eight-club circuit and teams
as evenly matched as they now appear
to be, the baseball season of 1900 should,
in my opinion, be the most successful in
the history of the game. All conditions
look most favorable for such a result. !
am not claiming that the Giants will win
the p%ennant. still l think they have a
possible chance. I have a he~avy-hitting
team, judging by their records; they are
fast and 'heady' players, and can hold
their own with the best in fielding. Now
tina Rusie is to rejoin the team I feel
that 1 can stand pat on the Giants as
they are"
The management of the New York
baseball team is said to ave offered
Philadelphia $4,000 for the release of
D%elehanty, the great fielder of the Quak-
ers. This is the largest sum ever bid for
a player. Delehanty captained the Phil
lies a part of last season and is expected
to hold the same position this year. He
is one of a very few players who have
remained with the same club in the Ma
tiona1 League since breaking into the
organization. Delehanty led the league
in batting last year, with a percentage
of .40S. Only seven other players have
attained a batting average of 400 Or
over since 1876.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Ed Dunkhorst. the Human Freight
Car, has been engaged by Jim Jeffries as
one of his sparring partners. Jeffries
has been looking for a big fellow to box
with, and, at Tommy Ryan's suggestion,
selected Dunkhorst.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

There is a Young Corbett in Buffalo
now. This makes three pugilists by that
name. George Green of Ia Francisco.
William Rothwell of Denver, and the
man in Buffalo. =, an
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

guarantee of honest work that makes
Jeffries exact Siler-the Chicagoan has
been tried and found true blue in the
past. He is the premier referee of Amer
lea, n his position should be in the
ring every time a championship contest
occurs. Jeffries evidently is not as plant
as we had been led to believe. 1t is a
protection for the public if Siler goes into
the ring, as on the first evidence Of crook.
ed work he would stop the contest
Police News.
Senator Tim Sullivan says hat the
proposed Jeffries-McCoy battle will never
take place. They will not fight. said the
senator, because Sharkey will defeat Me-
Coy before the Kid has a chance to meet
Jeffries.
James j. Corbett made the following
statement at Lakewood. his training
quarters. regarding his coming contest
with the champion: II am better today
than / ever was in my life, IF Jeffries
can beat me in my present condition.
why. he could have beateni me at any
time in the past. l firmly believe that
Jeffries made this match thinking, I was
an easy mark. and no doubt others agree
with him. He and his friends think I
have gone back, but they will Big, badly
fooled if they figure in that way that 1
am the sick man of the east. Marks what
l tell you l will whip Jefffies without
getting so much as a black eye from his
hand" fu.- /
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

surpasses any in the world, and he longs
to take a fall out of oReber, Olsen, and
other wonders. O'Rourke says he has
the greatest find of the century.