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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
RUM0R ABOUT JEFFRlES
CHAMPION PUGILsT Is REPORTED
TO BE OVERTURNED.
He, However, Insists that He Is in
Good FOrm-TroubIe at Chicago
Boxing Match.

OAKLAND, Cal. July 1S.-Rumors were
flying thick and fast around town to-day
To the effect that Champion Jeffries was
sick at his quarters as a result of over
training. This gave rise to the report that
Jeffries was out of condition. and that he
was laid up for repairs. 1t was pointed
out that the champion is away below his
normal weight. Trainer Delaney admits
that Jeffres has worked too hard. JEFF
fries arose at 1 o'clock to-day and showed
up at the gymnasium at o'clock. He said:
II am not sick. 1 was tired after being
at the theater last night. 1 have cut out
my work to-day and will just take gym
nasium exercise. I'll be ready for the
fight" Yesterday Jeffries fell asleep while
being rubbed down. He said tonight he was
in perfect form.
Billy Delaney. in Oakland, manager for
the champion, however, is not at all salts
fed with the situation. Jeffries did not
leave his bed until nearly noon to-day.
FitZsimmons was up with the birds, how
ever. and spent an active day at Skaggs.
He will reach here on Sunday with his
trainers The betting is slow at 10 TO 4.
with Jeffries still favorite. rumors of the
champions indisposition seemingly having
of seats continues brisk and the amphi
theater at Fourteenth and Vanencia
streets, where the battle will be fought, is
almost in readiness 1t is to be turned
over to the club management within three
DAYS.
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] vas dceplv impressed with the tremen-
dous energy OF the Americans and their
wonderful commercial development, fear
that the too rapid progress Of the United
States is likely 10 experience serious set
hack in the near future. The commercial
energy OF the Americans" he continued,
'.incOm parably surpasses anything in Eu-
rope. This Is undoubtedly one OF the prin-
cipal causes of the economic progress OF
the United States. / perceive in many ol-
rections where European countries are al
ready affected by American expansion.
and / think IL likely that they VIII be still
more affected IN the future, but American
progress has been so exceedingly rapid
that / fear some sudden disaster. In my
opinion. too much business IS done on Dor
rOWed capital This, coupled with the mag
nitude OF the commercial operations COM
mon in the United States. probably VIII
lead TO a panic at the first untoWard CIR
cumstanCe, such as a bad harvest or SINH
lar misfortune While there are many
strong banks in the United States, there
are also many weak ones, whose failure
will render a crash inevitable. l fear that
some of these banks are lending too much
money 20 aid business enterprises
Another danger lies In the banks note
issues While this is perfectly safe In
theory. because they are protected by a
deposit OF government bonds, yet IN time
tween negotiable paper and cash Some or
the most prominent hnanciers IN America
share these apprehensiOns, which leads ne
TO hope they. foreseeing the danger, viii
find means OF averting It. IL so, America 5
commercial progress will be even more re-
narkable than at present
Count Matsukata has already visited
London, Brussels, Paris, Berlin and Rome
and is now studying the financial and eco
nomic conditions OF Austria-Hungary. He
10 return TO japan via the Siberian Rail-
road.
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CURRAN Is ANGRY AGAIN
MAY CALL OUT CHICAGO FREIGHT
HANDLERS on SUNDAY.
Threatens to Renew the strike If All
the Old Men Are Not Taken Back
by Railways.

CHICAGO, July 1s.-Another strike Of the
freight handlers of Chicago may be called
Sunday night. President Curran, OF the
Freight Handlers Union, has issued call
for a mass meeting Of all the freight hand
Iers in the city, TO be held at that time,
to take action on the refusal Of four rail-
roads TO reinstate all the old men.
Mr.. Curran said tonight that he regret
ted having TO take this step, but was COM
PEELED TO do so. He declared that when
the settlement was made it was agreed
With Frederick w. Job. chairman of the
State Board of Arbitration. that all the old
men were &c be taken back when the strike
was declared off. This. he says, the Santa
Re, the Panhandle, the Northwestern and
the Illinois Central railroads have not done,
and unless they shall do so before the
mass meeting Sunday night, another walk
out will be ordered. These four roads
have broken faith" he said. because the
reinstatement of all the old men was one
OF the things that Chairman Job insisted
on particularly, and now they will be COM
PEELED to put the men back. / am free 10
say that the freight handlers are more de-
termined than ever to get justice and 10
stand by the union, and If another walk
out is ordered not a. man Will return TO
work until each and every demand is &C
coded to. There will be no halfway bust
ness about it this time"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Great Opportunity for Americans If
They Furnish Best Goods.

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-A report treat
ing In an interesting way the commercial
situation in South Africa was made public
al the State Department to-day. II is from
United States Consul General Bigham at
Cape Town, and is dated May 2S. He says
that all enterprises will be started anew,
farms repaired and restOcked and ma
chinery bought. and that it will not be
possible TO get goods into the interior fast
enough TO meet the demand that will arise
All nations, Mr.. Bigham says, are await
ing this coming trade and are preparing
for it by establishing direct lines of ocean
transportation, except the United States,
which. barring an occasional freight steam
CT. has no direct communication with
Cape Colony. The United States. he con-
tinues, ships 10 South Africa more than
twice as much goods as any other country
except Great Britain
AS British subjects will have a great
war debt 10 pay" says Mr.. Bigham, they
very naturally think that the trade of
South Africa belongs 20 them and will
leave nothing undOne 10 retain it. We can
not always depend solely on the superior
quality of our goods; greater effort on our
part is necessary"
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PAID THEIR FARES.
Southern educators" Promptly
Called to Time by Conductor.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
1t is said that a pair of deuces and
six-shooter will beat clubhouse in poker
to win a ride on "A railroad train.
Passengers on the Texas 4 Pacific train
arriving in New Orleans at 7:30 o'clock
yesterday morning told a story of how
Conductor Mitchell called the bluff of forty
men, all of whom were armed with pistols
and shotguns. They reasoned that a shot
gun, properly and expeditiously handled,
was a legal tender for the payment of fare,
but there was flaw in their logic
Had they been dealing with the average
conductor their tender would not only have
secured free transportation, but would
have entitled them to any change the con-
ductor might have had with him. But Mr..
Mitchell is not an average conductor.
When the train stopped at Chopin,
little station about fifty miles beyond
men who had gone up from Boyce to as
sist in elevating the negro race. Their
services. it seems. had not been required.
as the negroes readily recognized the edu-
cational value OF the shOtguns and with
commendable haste became amenable to
moral suasiOn-
from the party he was coolly informed that
as they had gone to Chopin on public bust
ness. the railroad company should do its
share toward encouraging such public-spr-
tied citizens by carrying them free
Mr.. Mitchell told them that his experience
with railroad companies had taught him
that the job of a conductor was largely
dependent upon the careful collection Of
fares and their prompt transmission 10 the
company, and that while he was personally
in favor of encourag ing all such expeditions
as they had been on, ne was acting only
in a mental capacity, and they would have
TO follow Kiplings advice and pay, pay.
pay"
One large man with gun that had every
appearance of being loaded and designed
for use, acted as spokesman for the party
and told the conductor that they would not
pay and asked him what he intended to do
about II.
The leader was promptly informed that
the train would be side-tracked and held
until the men either got of or paid their
fares
They tried 20 bluff but IL didn't go.
When the conductor reached for the bell
cord, and the prospect Of spending the
night on a side track became imminent the
party weakened and consented to pay. The
train proceeded on its way and the fares
were paid.
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Kansas City. J-st. Paul. .....
Rain Elsewhere.
America Association.

1.-THE rain which prevented indianapolis
and Louisville playing yesterday re-
minds me very much of the weather we
experienced here in 1900, when q complete
series with Chicago was postponed on &C
count of rain said Manager Watkins last
night. There would have been one of the
largest crowds of the season at Washing
ton Park yesterday had the weather been
favorable. as great interest is being taken
by local fans in the race between Indian
apolis and Louisville. Both teams have
made remarkable records since they re-
turned from their first Western trip. In
dianapolis has won about twenty-five and
lost about six games, while Louisville has
made a trife better record
There will be two games this afternoon
between the leaders, the first contest to be
called at ? O'Clock. With favorable weather
there should be an enormous crowd and
two exciting games. The Hoosers lost two
games on the last trip by errors at third
base. Woodruff has recovered and will be
back in the games to-day Sutthoff and
Kellum will pitch for Indianapolis and
Heydon will catch. Falherty and Kerwin
will likely do the pitching for Louisville.
The two teams will play at Louisville to-
morrow. indianapolis will play three games
will Toledo here the first of next week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
MoIders' Sick Benefit Raised.

TORONTO, Ontario, July Sat to-day's
session of the Iron holders Association a
resolution providing that the association
withdraw from the American Federation of
Labor was defeated. \ proposition that CO.
operative foundries be established under
the direction of the union was also defeat
ed. A resolution declaring that the union
does not recognize the National Civic Fed
Grafton of New York was carried The
weekly benefits for the sick was raised
from s. to S5.25. 1t was resolved not to di-
vide the organization into districts
The committee on q shorter work day re-
ported in favor of general demand for a
nine-hOur day on May /, 1903. and recon-
mended that all future contracts contain
nine-hour clause. Several of the delegates
considered the resolution too radical, and
as a substitute il was proposed that the
international union recommend that every
local union in making demands and settling
disputes give preference TO nine-hour day
without decrease of wages The substitute
was adopted by a large majority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
RAN IN A SEA OF. SLOP
HORSES HAD HARD GOING At THE
WASHINGTON PARK TRACK.
wheeler Handicap the Feature OF the
Close OF the Meet TO-Day-Grosse
POinte Races Postponed.

CHICAGO. July H.-The Washington
Park track was a sea OF slop to-day.
Scratches were numerous aud the original
fifth race was declared of. a six and one
half-furlong selling race being substituted.
The sport was without especial feature. ex-
cept for the good exhibition by Air Light
in the two-year-old race. Capt. Browns
hly broke last OF her field, but moved
gradually forward and challenging Emir
in the run home beat the CorTigan hlly
handily. Two strong favorites met defeat
in Trentham and c. b. Campbell.
Tomorrow viii be the last day OF the
meeting, the feature of the card being the
Wheeler handicap OF $500 al one and one
quarter miles the most valuable fixture
for all aged horses I'm the West. To-day 5
winners in order: Huachue, 10 ,; Andy
Williams. 10 ?; Air Light. Is 10 D: Favo-
Mus. TO 5: Muresca, TO 1; Ordnung, even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.


CHERBOURG. July B-Arrived: Penn
sylvania. from New York. via Plymouth.
fer Hamburg Sailed: Columbia. from Ham
burg and Southampton Tor New York.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Arrived: Bremen.
from Bremen: Fuerst Bismarck from Ham
burg; La Savoie, from Havre; Island, from
Copenhagen.
rfOVILLE. July 1S-Sailed Astoria
from Glasgow, for New York; Numidian.
from Liverpool. for Montreal
SCILLY. July 1S.-Passed: Grosser Kur-
fuerst. from New York. for CherbOurg and
Bremen.
BROWHEAD. July 19.-Passed: Etruria.
from New York for Queenstown and Liver
pool.
BOULOGNE. July 1S.-Sailed: Staten
cem, from Rotterdam, for New York.
SAGRES. July lS.-Passed: Perugia, from
New York. for Leghorn, Genoa, etc.
QUEENSTOWN. July s.-sailed: New
England. for Boston.
LIVERPOOL. July ls.-sailed: Cevic. for
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
UNIONS SHOULD INCORPORATE.


CHICAGO. July Estate legislation re-
quiring corporations to submit to arbitra-
ton all industrial disputes with their en-
ployes where the employees wish it, under
penalty of forfeiture of charters in case of
refusal, was advocated by Judge Murray F.
Tuley in an address before the Illinois State
Bar Association here to-day. 1t is not COM
pulSory arbitration between man and man
that Judge Tuley desires, and against that
he protests, but as far as corporations are
concerned he regards them as the crea lures
of the State, who may be required to go
at least half way in an arbitration for the
benefit of the community. AS for the la
boring men and the unions the judge be
lieves that they will always be ready to do
their share in arbitration, but in case they
ever do not he makes the suggestion that
they be compelled 10 incorporate and so be-
come themselves amenable to the law.
Judge Tuley was elected president of the
association for the ensuing year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
WABASH SHOOTING TOURNEY.
Honors of the Last Day Won by Gross
by, While PheIIis Is Second.
polls Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, July 1S-William Crosby.
the worlds crack shot, carried off the
honors on the second and last day of the
Wabash Gun Clubs fourth annual tourney.
He secured 1879 birds in a total of 21O with
Phellis a close second. missing u. Event
No of the second day was 10 birds. Lang,
Dunbar and Crosby Is and Kirby Trimble
and Thomas getting IA. The second event.
Is birds, Kirby, Trimble. Crosby Trip,
Thomas. 10 straight Thompson. Virgins.
Waters, Dunbar, Rosehead, second, IA.
Third event. Is birds: Waters first, %
straight; Crosby and Trip second. q.
Fourth event, Is birds: Thompson, Waters,
Lang. Crosby first l5 Virgins, Trimbe
and Rose second IA; Fifth event, Is birds;
Waters, Virgins. Trimble, Crosby, Head
and Voris first. Is; Lang, Reed Trip, sec
ond. a. Sixth event. 20 birds: Lang and
Crosby, 20; Waters, Trimble, Trip second
49, Seventh event, Is birds: Reed, Crosby
Robinson first, IL: Thompson. Waters
Trimble Head second. IA. Eighth event, Is
birds: Lang and Clark first, IA; Waters,
Reed Crosby, Head, Voris Thomas sec
ond, Is.
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London Mail.

LD0QOH MAIL
At least one class of trade has benefited
by the postponement of the coronation
Cycle manufacturers, many OF Whom our
ing the past three months have been COM
planning bitterly OF the loss Of business
caused by wet weather, experienced quite
a boom last week. The manager or the
West End branch OF one big firm yesterday
stated that their daily orders were nearly
treble the average for the time OF year.
"On the latter days Of last week. he
added, this branch was positively besieged
by disappointed coronation visitors who
had decided 10 spend the remainder OF
their holidays a cycling tour"
At the city depot OF another firm II was
sscertained that several large Coventry
cycle manufacturers are turning out 1000
machines a week. The colonial demand for
machines has been quite phenomenal. This
may perhaps. be accounted for by the large
number of colonial visitors who came over
with the intention of combining business
with pleasure. and are now arranging 10
return with big supplies. If the present
fine weather holds, II is expected that for
the months OF June and July record sales
will have been reached, excepting the
boom OF 1896. Speaking generally. prices
have so far kept up very well considering
the slackness in the early part Of the sea-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
GOLF TOURNEY LEADERS
BYERS AND JAMES To PLAY FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO-DAY.
Yesterdays Playing in the semi
Finals Marked by Bad Weather
and a Soft, Wet Course.

CHICAGO. July 1s.-Either E. b Byers.
of the Allegheny Club, Of Pittsburg. or
Louis James. of the Glenview Club. Chi
cago, will wear the amateur golf champion
ship laurels tomorrow night. These two
won their way through the semi-hnals on
the Glenview course to-day-Byers rather
easily, James after a heart-disease produc-
ing game-and tomorrow will meet in the
finals at thirty-six holes for the champion
ship. If Byers and James play in the form
they showed to-day the game may not be
decided until the home green is reached,
though Byers. on account of the marvellous
golf he played yesterday. when he put
Champion Travis out of the running. is
perhaps a slight favorite. The game will
be played over the first nine holes Of the
Glenview course, unless the players shall
elect to use rowboats. The low-lying lands,
embracing the fair green's TO the tenth,
eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth greens
and the greens OF the latter two, are COW
cred with from two TO ten inches Of muddy
water, the result of last nights terrific
storm. Even the higher ground OF the first
nine holes is in exceedingly poor condition
for play, casual water Astounding. while the
whole course is soft and treacherous. New
ertheless, the United States Golf Associa-
ton officials say the championship contest
must be finished. A steady drizzling rain
was falling tonight and prospects are that
to-morrow's game Will be played under con-
ditions more suited to yachting than cham
pionship golf.
The element Of luck entered largely into
to-day's games, although 1T did not affect
the ultimate results. Topped brassies that
went into bunkers and then jumped out
again, Stymies. the of lifting irons
twenty feet from the holes and balls COW
cred with mud were features of the days
play that tried the nerves of the contest
ants TO the utmost. DR.. Fredericks, in his
match with Byers, had three stymies laid
against him, one of which he cleverly
jumped and holed down. Young Reinhart,
who almost invariably gets off low drives
and brassies, sent three of them into
would probably have been lost in each in
into good lie. Twice however, he topped
iron shots into the duck pond, the last time
with fatal results, as ii proved the decid-
ing hole of the game. Against this was golf
under adverse conditions that was beautiful.
Reinharts iron Shots as a rule, were per-
feet while James's and Byers's putting won
them many holes. James especially eXcelied
in this, and he practically won in the after
noon by twice putting the ball in the cup
from distance of about twenty feet. Should
the weather clear tomorrow il is probable
the largest gallery that ever witnessed a
championship game will follow the play.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
street-Car Strike Arbitrated.

RICHMOND, Va, July 1S.-The street
railway strike arbtrators reached a de-
cision this afternoon, sealed copies of
which were sent TO the company and to
the headquarters of the men. Three mem
bers of the committee united in the follow
ing report: Main line mOtormen TO receive
1S15 cents and conductors 171a cents; branch
line motormen 1612 cents anG conductors 1512
cents: each division TO decide for itself as
TO the number of hours per day. The
fourth member. who represented the men,
dissented Both sides signed a written
agreement to abide by the decision of the
board of arbitration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
Favorite Beaten by a Nose.

NEW YORK. July 1S.-Hatasoo. 1 70 4.
and Minotaur, TO Z, were the only winning
favorites at Brighton to-day. the other
four races going TO second choices and long
shots. Ethics, hot favorite at even
money in the fourth race. at one mile and
a quarter was beaten through a bad ride.
Tommy Burns had the mount, and was
apparently winning at the sixteenth pole.
when Shaw, on Tom Kenny. came through
Winners in order: Hatasoo, ! 10 4; War
ranted, Is TO 1; Muzio. TO ]; Tom Kenny,
TO 2; Minotaur, TO z; Bessie mccarthy,
10 TO 3
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
POLICE CLEARED THE HALL.
Spectators at Chicago Fight UprOar-
iousIy Opposed Referee.

kirk, n. ", and Otto Sieloff, of Chicago,
fought a six-round draw tonight, accord
ing to the referee. In the opinion of 9TH
ers Sieloff Won the fight all the way. Cou-
hig seemed unable to land on Sieloff with
any effect and during the contest reached
the Chicago man only three times. Sieloff
pounded the New Yorker all the ring
and in the third round Couhig was COM
PEELED constantly TO hold in the clinches
to prevent being knocked out. During the
remainder of the fight Couhig resorted to
clinching and sprinting to avoid a knock
out. Sieloff used a straight left, coupled
with right hook that apparently landed
with telling effect When the referee gave
his decision of a draw there was such an
uproar among the spectators that il was
necessary to call the police to clear the
hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
TRIPLE MURDER.
Two Women and Man wayIafd and
Shot by Unknown Persons.

ATOKA. 1. T.. July 1S.-Near Stringtown
last night Mrs. Daniel Grant, her daughter
Mrs. Jack Reeves. and a man named
Nuckles were waylaid and killed while re-
turning from church. Mrs. Reeves had been
separated from her husband about eight
months and prior TO that time the couple
had lived with the Grant family Last night
Nuckles, who had been paying attention 10
Mrs. Reeves, accompanied her to church.
AS they were returning 10 the Grant home
they were haltd. Nuckles was made 10 get
out of the wagon and was shot. Mrs. Grant
shot while she sitting in the
wagon. Then the team boted Mrs
Reeves was shot. Mrs. Grant and Nuckles
were killed instantly and Mrs. Reeves lived
only few minutes. The identity OF the
murderer is not known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
BaItimOre's Strike.

BALTIMORE, July 1S.-The strike stu
alton in this city is assuming grave as
poets. Structural iron workers and hOd
carriers, both of which are thoroughly or
ganized, stand ready to join the striking
carpenters whenever the word is passed.
Should these craftsmen be called out build
ing operations, which have been hampered
since the beginning of the strike two weeks
ago, will be suspended. The Hold Carriers
Union is composed of 500 colored men.
Should they walk out bricklayers and plas-
terers will be forced TO cease work The
three unions of carpenters have formed a
district council and have refused TO accept
the compromise offered by the contractors,
but hold out for 50 a day of nine hours,
with eight hours on Saturday.