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The Washington times., 1903-05-06
Arrangement of Boat.

The Yale crew win probably row in
the following order: Stroke, Adams; Z.
Bailey: 6, Miller: g. Stubs; f. Fish; 3,
Shaw; 2, Auchinloss; bow, Johnston. Not
one of these men rowed against the
Annapolis crew last year. The rule will
be adhered to, by which no man who
has rowed in a Yale varsity eight
against Harvard, will be given a seat
in the boat against Annapolis.
In a recent trial row over the four
mile course at New Haven. the Yale
varsity crew beat the second crew by
forty seconds.
The Annapolis crew will probably row
in the following order; Stroke, Smyth;
Z, Michael; 6, Farley; 5. Goss; 4. Todd;
g. Rodgers, 2. Battle; bow, Court; cox
swain, Hart. OF the four races
hitherto rowed between Yale second
crews and Annapolis crews, each crew
has won two races
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
RELIANCE BEATEN IN A
SLOW DRIFTING MATCH
Columbia Finished Ahead
of the New Defender.
lSELlN Is STILL HOPEFUL
Yacht Needs Thorough Sailing Ad-
Justment-Then Will Strike
Her Gait.
ISELIN Is STILL HOPEFUL

NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y. May 6.-The
few minutes that the new cup YACHT
Reliance and Columbia came together
late yesterday afternoon, in dead fat
on Glen Cove Harbor, showed plainly
that Reliance's sails need more sailing
adjustment. In fore reaching she beat
Columbia yesterday; when pointed
into the eye of the wind she seemed 10
lose her speed. and it was then that
stop watches held on Columbia showed
that she was drifting a little the fast
er.
c. Oliver Iselin. managing director of
the Reliance. said today that yesterdays
so-called race was hardly brush. and
that he failed to see. when the yachts
came together. which boat was really
doing the better work In a drifting
match the lucky boat catches the favor
ing puffs. he said.
Constitutions Silent Game.
When Herreshoff designed the IeIl-
ance, he had two things in mind. time
limit. and the weather and water coz
dltions which prevail in August. when
the cup race will be sailed Reliance.
tnen, must be expected to do ~ test
work in an eight-knot breeze, and a
smooth sea.
a member of the New York Yacht
Club. who has sailed on the Reliance
said to your correspondent this morn
ing:
When the Reliance gets her sails
right. and is thoroughly tuned up. she
VIII be wonder. All on board the Re
lance consider that the Columbia is out
OF it. and that the Constitution, in shape,
is the yacht to be feared. l may say.
however, that much of our hope centers
In Charlie Barr. for we believe that
were he on the Constitution, that boat
would beat the Reliance
Built for Light Weather.
The Constitution is playing a silent
game all by herself. Every day Capt.
Urias Rhodes, who sailed her two years
ago, hoists the canvas, and sails in and
about Glen Cove harbor, but carefully
avoids coming out in the open, and hav-
ing brush with the others The Con
stitution's sails fit better than ever. and
Rhodes intends to have her in first-class
racing trim before he puts her against
the other big fellows Now that Re-
lance and Columbia have broken the
ice, and have come together, some good
races NAV be expected
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
Displeasure Ebmoed OOer
oAction of Athletic Board
IN Disqualification of the
Business Schools Pitcher.
Graduate Of the Eastern Says
BODY Can Gfve No Reason
for It's Decision, and DLsre-
garded ell RpLes.

AT the meeting of the Board of Educa
tion tonight, the case of c. c. Beckett,
the star twirler of the Business High
School, Will be brought up for action.
Beckett was declared ineligible TO play
with the Business ball team, on the
grounds that ne attended school only for
the purpose of playing baseball. This &C
cusation is denied by the Business fac
ulty and players. who feel that the de-
cision of the athletic board in disqualify-
ing him was unjust.
Graduates View of Action.
Following is a communication submit
ted TO The Times by an Eastern High
School graduate. who has taken part in
high school athletics, bearing on the
decision OF the athletic board:
The fracas in high school athletics
over the disqualification of Pitcher
Beckett of the Business High School
Baseball team deserves more than pass
ing notice for the action taken by the
board of faculty advisers is so as,ound-
ing as to be beyond belief.
The situation is this. There is a
standard of qualification established by
the Athletic Association to which every
contestant in championship game must
conform. 1t is charged by the Centrals
School representative of the board of
faculty advisers. and apparently believed
by the Technical, Western, and Eastern
representatives, that Beckett entered
the Business School for the sole purpose
of playing ball and had been Influenced
so to do by teachers and the team coach.
This is the charge, and TO substantiate
1t there is a voluminous cloud of hear
saw evidence
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
Team Has No Redress.

And the pity OF 1t is that the Business
team appears to have no redress. but
must submit to losing its star pitcher.
When the teams rebellion was at its
height it was whispered that the coach
had received assurance from the Cen
trail representative that Beckett's case
would be reconsidered at a special
meeting OF the advisory board. held last
Thursday. Believing this the team. IN
der protest, played ia postponed game
with Western. Ar' TIE meeting Beck
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
Board Impeaches Honesty.

The stand taken by the board i'm
peaches in erect. the validity OF sworn
statements, which is foolish; questions
the value CT the word OF The principal
and teachers. which is Insulting; and
impugns the honesty of the attendance
and scholarship records of the Business
High School, which is simple idiocy.
The least that can be said is that IT
furnishes a most unsavory morscl OF
proof OF the existence o. an attitude OF
jealousy and petty suspicion in The corps
of teachers cf the high schools that
marks its possessors of doubtful value
as Instructors Of youth. II Ill becomes
men who hold so cheap the word Of
their fellow teachers TO pirate. as these
men have, of honesty and purity in
athletics. Their attitude in such a pos
ture II awkward. and for the sake Of
justice it is TO be hoped that the names
OF these eminent casuists will never be
drawn for Jury duty
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
PENN AND YALE MAY
MEET At ANNAPO Oils
Chances Are Race Saturday
viii Be Three COrnered.
MIDDIES AS PEACEMAKERS
Cadets Refusal to Accept Victory Over
Quakers Makes It Possible for
Three Crews TO Meet.
MIDDIES AS PEACEMAKERS

The fifth annual race between the
Yale second crew and the United States
Naval Cadets, at Annapolis. viii be
Towed over the two-mile course, on the
Severn River. at u o'clock next Satur-
day The race should prove interesting
in view OF the good showing made by
the midshipmen against the Pennsyl-
vania crew last Saturday, and the strong
crew which Yale is sending down to
the Finished City"
Probably the University of Pennsyl-
vania's crew Will make a third party in
this race. The Pennsylvania crew was
swamped at the one and one-half mile
point in the race with Annapolis, last
Saturday. on account of rough water.
Captain Rodgers, of the Annapolis crew
in a sportsmanlike manner. immedi-
ately proposed that the race be rowed
over again, at a later date. An effort is
now on foot to arrange for a triangular
race on Saturday between Yale, the
navy, and Pennsylvania.
First in Twenty seven Years.
Should the endeavor prove successful
this Will be the first time that Yale and
Pennsylvania have met on the water for
twenty-seven years. Such contest
would prove of great interest on account
of the constant comparison between the
rowing systems and strokes Of the two
universities.
It is absolutely impossible to draw
fair comparison of the crews that row
at New London each year and those that
row at Poughkeepsie on account of the
great difference in the courses. 1t will
be a unique case in college athletics If
at. this, the eleventh, hour the navy
crew will be able to bring these two
colleges together in a boat race.
The Washington times., 1903-05-06
Facts of the Case.

The facts In rebuttal are these: The
school records show that Beckett has
been a scholar long enough to entitle
him to play on the team according to
the established rules, and that his at
tendance and scholarship records are ex-
cellent. The boy further submits
sworn statement, for it seems that
conception OF the possibility Of the ex-
istence Of truth and honor in their fell
low man is singularly lacking in some
of the board, that he came to school
primarily for the sake of his studies
and that no influence had been brought
TO bear upon him to accomplish this
The principal and teachers submitted
written statements that they had ex-
erted no influence upon the boy, and be-
1ieved in the honesty OF his intentions
and the team coach swore to the fact
that he had not influenced the boy in any
manner.
IN the face Of this imDregnabIe defense
the astute representatives OF the schools
other than Business, still grasping at
the vague impression that fIoated on the
wings of fancy through their cultivated
intelligence. stuck 10 their previous
suspicious" and voted to rule Beckett
cut
It is incredible that grown men pcs
sessed OF the judgment accredited 10
teachers could disregard such evidence.
The work of the principal ana teach
ers OF the Business High School
that Beckett had COMPLIED with every
requisite qualification should have been
sufficient.
There are, usually, two sides to every
question. but with such evidence as
Business presents blocking the view ii
is not given 10 ordinary intelligence to
see where the other side can be.
The matter is as much the fight OF
The other high schools, in a way, as it
is OF Business. for If board CT facul-
" advisers is superior TO its own estao-
1isbed rules and agreed upon standards,
and can act with such total disregard
of proof o. compliance TO regulations
whenever a suspicion microbe gerini-
mates in its colossal brain, no high
school team is safe. 1t can be wrecked
by a majority vote Of the board at a
moments notice and prevention is not
The Washington times., 1903-05-06

DdIICI ItS-hdI6CI anu " dI Q
thicum and Woodward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
LOSS OF LIFE LARGE MANY CASUALTIES RESULT
 FROM STORM IN EIGLAND,
Lloyds Report Over Fifty Serious Disasters to Shipping-Several Vessels Foundered and Their
 Crews Were LoA.

London, Sept. 11.-while the details of the havoc wrought by the storm which ragged oyer the British Isles yesterday are incomplete, the reports coming in show that the devastation was general and it is feared that the loss of life is much greater than was at first supposed.
 Lloyds already report over fifty serious casualties to shipping. Many vessels foun- dered, several with their crews.
 A great number of minof craft is be- heved to be lost and the bodies washing ashore continue to swell the list of fatali- ties.
 The gale sprang up with sudden fury from the southwest and the wind blew with a velocity at times reaching 72 miles an hour. This continued for several hours.
 For some time telegraphic communica- ton was stopped and the land lines are still interrupted. In addition to the deaths from drowning, reports from the inland give many fatalities resulting from va rious causes incident to the storm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
A Great Railroad.

The Missouri Pacific Is one of the
 greatest systems of railroads west of
 the Mississippi River." said a Birmins-
 ham man who Is well informed on
 Western things 'I have made several
 trips over its main line between St. Louis
 and Pueblo and am prepared to say 1t
 gives an excellent service. It is as nearly
 an air line from St. Louis to the Rocky
 Mountains at 1t is possible to make a rail-
 road. Cutting through the heart of the
 State of Missouri following the Missouri
 River for many miles, it carries the trav-
 eler through thes most attractive section of Kansas and westward across the seem-
 ingly endless plains in the western part of that State and Eastern Colorado to the historic Rocky Mountain range. The ride is made in a remarkably short time considering the distance and the daylight part of 1t gives the traveller an excel lent chance to see large part of the greatest grain-growing section in the world. The Missouri Pacific Is the oldest of the Gould roads in the West It was the first great Western line that came into possession of the wizard of Wall Streeet. The main line and its branches comprise 5,7N miles of road. Its connec- tons at Pueblo are such that 1t gives the cross continent tourist remarkably quick service to the Pacific coast. The Denver and Rio Grande. now a part of the Gould system, takes him at Pueblo and transports him through the most gor- geous mountain scenery on the continent. The Missouri Pacific is as fully abreast of the times as any road in the country and the men in charge of 1t are as clever and able a lot as one will find anywhere. The general Southerp travelling passen- ger agent, MT. I. E. Rehlander of Chat tanooga, is known from one end of the South to the other and know of no man | who possesses more energy and activity.
 MT. Rehlander is personally very popular and he gets the business because he works | for if --adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
BIDS FOR NEW SCHOOLS
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
 COUNCIL.
Several Contractors Submitted Esti- Mates Which Were Referred Alderman Gunter Brought up Jost Property Mat
 ter Again.

The Montgomery City Council met in special session last night and received bids on the construction of the four new
 school houses Montgomery is to build Six contractors submitted propositions
 which were referred to the Committee on
 Schools and Public works. When President Fleming called the meeting to order shortly after 8 o'clock City Clerk Hardaway's roll call was an- swered by Aldermen Gunter, Hartley, Haygood, Kohn, Mcintyre, Roeder and Toole.
 The session was specially called for noon yesterday, but because of failure of quoroum at the originally appointed
 time, 1t was held last night. The proceedings were opened with an interesting debate precipitated by mo- ton made by MT. Gunter. who wished that the Riverside Brick Company which had not submitted It's bid before the ex- piration of the duly appointed time be allowed to place Its proposition before the Council Mir. Gunter explained that the president of the company had sent
 to the Council at it's attempted meeting at noon yesterday a communication ask ing for an extension of time for the re- ceptiOn of bids and that this matter,
 through the failure of the Council to meet had not of course received atten-
 ton.
 MT. Gunter's motion was that the bid of the Riverside Brick Company, though submitted after the expiration of the specified time, be received and considered upon equal terms with bids received in due time.
 MT. Kohn objected. The time had cx-
 pired the day before, he said. and 1t had not been the practice or the general rule to extend the time for the reception of bids. The admission of the bid, MT
 Kohn said might give the RiversideBrick Company no advantage over the other computing contractors, but 1t was not proper
 By consent of the Council the presi- dent of the Riverside Brick Company had the privilege of the floor and addressed the meeting. He said 1t had been I'm possible for him to obtain plans and
 specifications of the proposed building in
 time to prepare his bids
 The question was exhaustively discuss ed. Messrs Gunter. Mcintyre Roeder and
 Hartley favoring the admission ot the Riverside Company's bid, and Mir Kohn
 stoutly opposing It. The problem as to
 what precedent the Council had set was advanced, but the chair stated that the Council had decided both ways on the same subject more than once. When the question was called MT. Gunter's motion was passed without dissenting vote.
 The bids upon the school houses at West End, Vesuvius, Bellinger's Heights and
 Highland Park were then read. The competing contractors were R. Hugger X
 Brother, the Riverside Brick Company, Graves and Anderson. J. B. Worthins- ton. Algernon Blair. and C, Is HoEaekl'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Each of the contractors entered bids on all of the buildings.

Each of the contractors entered bids on all of the buildings.
 The matter was referred to the Com mittee on Schools and Public Works.
 MT. Gunter stated that he had a pros pective purchaser for the Jost property. at which there was some laughter, but the President announced that the session was called for the consideration Of the school house bids and nothing else. It was finally decided, however. that Mir. Gunter should be allowed to intro- duce the subject. He said that the pros pective purchaser wished a concession | which briefly stated, is that on account of l the unevenness of the surface of the property and its smallness. if 1t were terraced. the purchaser should be granted about eight feet of the sidewalk, which, MT. Gunter said would not be detrimental 10 the street as thoroughfare.
 On motion of Mir. Gunter the City En- gineer was instructed to inspect the property and report to a committee to be appointed By the chair
 The President appointed as members of this committee Messrs Gunter. Kohn and Hartlye.
 The meeting adjourned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
1scess pill onsr,

The Hipp bill was the regu order of the day. Immediately after iwas called up Senator Castleberry of Tadega, of- fered the Recess Committee bstitute in the form of an amendment. ] said that the Recess Committee had cafully con- sidered the Hipp bill and fod that al- though some of its provfsio were ex- cellent the measure was cumfsome and expensive. The main featuref the Hipp bill. the plotting out of u township school lines, was carried outn the Re- cess Committee substitute.
 Senator Hipp, after explaing some of the provisions of the bill, used to lay the amendment of Senator ,astleberry on the table. The ayes andnays were called for. Lieutenant Govnor Cum ningham for the first time nee recon vening of the Senate, was equired to cast the deciding vote in favoof tabling. The bill was then taken u section by section. Numerous unimpornt amend ments were offered both by members of the Recess Committee and Sators Hipp and Spragins, who led in he defence of the measure. The bill was tally passed and ordered to the House rithout en- grossment.
 The Senate met at 1o:3o o'clsk, Lieuten- ant Governor Csaaingham pniding. The devotional exercises were ledby Rev. G. B. Brewer of Montgomery.
 osteopathy Bill sey. 1e. On call for motions and resutions, Sem ator Rogers of Sumter. mood that the vote by which the osteopany bill was made a special order for Wednesday, Sept. Is, be reconsidered. al the bill be set down as a special order or Saturday, Sept. 1s. The motion was aopted.
 Senator Craig of Dallas mved that the bill regulating the issuance licenses by municipalities be set downas a special order for to-day immediady after the disposal of the general eledon bill. The motion was adopted.
 The bill licensing emigrtion agents, which was vetoed by the Overnor after 1t had passed both houses, n account of unconstitutionality, was elled up by Senator Spragins, who expl,ned that the bill had been so amended asto meet with the ideas of the Governor It provided that emigration agents be flowed to ply their vacations in Alabam; on payment of $500 license. The bill WIS passed and forwarded to the House wihout engross- ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12

Harry Russell the bycicle high diver will make two jumps on sun- day, one at 5, and the other at 9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
HIRAM R. HUGHES DEAD

Former Citizen of Montgomery Exe
 pired in Geneva.
 News has been received of the death m Geneva of Hiram R. Hughes, rormer citizen of Montgomery.
 MT. Hughes resided in Montgomery many years and was faithful employe of the Louisville and Nashville Raiiroaa Company. ,,. His death was sudden as he had been III but a few hours when the end came.
 MT. Hughes is survived by his wife ana four young children. He had numper of relatives and friends in Montgomerys Prattyille, Millbrook and Dothan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Funeral of MT. Monfee.

The funeral of the late Mir. A. ,: Mon- fee. who died at his home in Pratt City Thursday morning, took place in this city yesterday afternoon from an undertaking establishment.
 Mr. Monfess death was caused by can. cer. He was 73 years old at the time or his death. Until twenty-three years ago he was a citizen of Montgomery where p' had many friends
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
CHAR WILL NOT GO.

Fears That Roumanian Police Could
 Not Protect Him.
 Bucharest, Sept. 1.-The pro1eete0 v.s.s of the Czar to Bucharest, to act as 0od- ia liner at the christening of the Infant. Prince Nicholas, son of the crown pTiness Ferdinand Victor. has been countefmano- ed because of fears that the RounnAniau police would be unable sufficiently to tar sure the Czar's safety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
France Reports Damage.

Paris. Sept. l1--Repes.s from Iravre. 0herbourg and Dieppe show that the heavy gales along the coast caused wide- spread damage. Casinos and hundreds of bathing houses at the summer resorts were swept away. A schooner in the har- bor of Havre foundered.
 Photographic communication with Lon don and throughout France was inter- rupted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
Ticket Agents Meet.

Salt Lake. Utah. Sept r--More than 800 ticket agents. delegates to the annual convention of the International Associa- ton of Ticket Agents representing prac- ticaIly every. rsElrpAd system. in the eeuEa- try, were present tO-dAx when the GExt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Will Davis Horribly Mangled by
 Steam Shovel.

Annlston. Sept. Especial )-Win Davis white. was horribly mangled yes terdiy at Jenifer several miles south of this place, by being caught between ste5m shovel and a bank of ore. Death vas instantaneous.
 Davis was well known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12

Harry Russen the bycacAe hlgM diver, wtu make two jumps nn Suns day, one at $, ard the OtAsr as .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-12

A bronze statue of William Mckinley VIII he unveiled fin Toledo, O., on Sept. IA, the an- ntversary of his death. The monument will be erected in Court House Park. and an effort Is being made to have President Roosevelt attend the ceremonies.