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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

Why PENSIONS ARE WITHHELD
Representative Moody has made the
discovery that many claims of our
Indian war veterans have been denied
for the reason that record-evidence of
service is not at hand, and that years
ago the records needed were stored
away in the archives of the Pension
Bureau and forgotten. He has intro
duced resolution to have these rec.
ords placed in the War Department.
When this is done, it is thought there
will be no more delay. The Pension
officers, very properly we think, insist
upon q strict compliance with the
forms of law, in these as we'll as all
other claims.
The BEEF TRUST HAULED TO THE
RING -BoLT.-Judge Crosscup, of the
U. S. Court, At Chicago, last week,
granted = temporary injunction re.
straining the meat packers from con.
tinuing their combination, which is in
restraint Of competition and in viola.
ton of the Sherman act. The packers
have twenty days to answer in denial
Of the alleged facts on which the &C.
ton is based. If they deny, evidence
will be taken on the facts necessary to
make the injunction permanent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

1T is now possible to make q trip
around the world in u days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

TIE ANTI-GAMBLING LAW. - The
anti-gambling bill, which passed the
Senate yesterday, by vote of % to 8
is not as little Reckie says, up to the
Governor. Several amendments were
made in the Senate, which sends il
back to the House for concurrence
1t may not come up to the Governor
after all. A fsvorite method of de.
feating legislative proposition is to
lose the measure between the two
houses. Nearly every law-maker has
an aspiration to succeed himself. Al
ter partaking of the sweetened chalice
the taste Graves still another sip, and
there are records to maintain by care
full concealment of responsibility. II
Senators can place all the blame fol
defeat upon the Representatives, after
sending measure through their body
with whirl, they will thus be enabled
to play "good Lord" "good Devil
when it comes to accountingto the vot.
ers. Enforcement OF laws in restraint oil
acts sanctioned by popular sentiment
is, however, uncertain, and there il
. prospect for such radical measures
as are proposed by the present bill
becoming a dead letter on statute
books.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

The Pullman Palace Car Go. had to
pay Rev. Henry P. johnson, a negro
preacher, $500 for refusing to serve
him a meal on their dining-car. He
sued for $4,000. Had he got the
full amount the "Jim Crow" dining
car would have become q necessity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27

FRENCH INTELLECT ADOPTS AN AMER
1CAN TEACHER. - The French news
papers appear to place a due apprecia-
ton upon President Roosevelt's letter
to Mrs. Van Worst, deprecating the in
creasing tendency of Americans to
evade the--duties of marriage. France
has long fought against the tendency
of the so.called better classes" to
shirk the responsibilities of maternity,
and grave predictions have been made
by thinking people from the rapid
decline OF vitality of national charac.
ter from this cause. Mr.. Roosevelt's
patriotic exhortation has been trans.
lated into French and given the
widest possible publicity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-27
IrTrru PCC'c "SEIsNJc DISTuDR.

LITTLE REC's "SEIsMIC DISTURB
ANcE."- Little Reckie says that de-
cided shock of an earthquake was felt
by some of our people yesterday morn
ing. As the big-headed announce
ment is made so aggressively, and so
few people noted the seismic dis.
turbancc," we may be pardoned for
attributing it to some such cause as
was given for a similar occurrence, by
an insane person in the Oregon asylum,
a few years ago. A party of ladies
and gentlemen were talking of an
alleged shiver Of mother earth that
morning, when he stepped up to one
OF the party with, Pardon. madam ;
but will you please give me the exact
time Of the alleged earthquake?"
Ten minutes past nine," was the
reply. To the same inquiry put to all
the party, separately, the same answer
was given. Then the patient straight
ened himself up and said: at affords
me much pleasure to remove any
apprehension which may exist in the
minds of any of you from the belief
apparently held in the recurrence OF
one of these mysterious but sublime
commissions of nature. There is no
cause for alarm at the present time,
l assure you. The phenomena is due
to totally different and exceedingly
rational cause, as will explain. At
precisely ten minutes past nine, this
morning, I sneezed; that doubtless
caused the vibrations enormously sup
posed to be an earthquake.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
HOUNDS TO CHASE DEER.


Lakewood, N. J., Dec. (SpeciaD.-P. F. Collier
master of hounds of the Monmouth County Hunt
Club, will lead deer hunt here tomorrow The
deer, handsome buck four years old was brought
here in box this evening and quartered in ] 7
Dryers riding stable A pack of hounds from Mr.
Golfers country place at Eatontown will arrive
Tomorrow morning and the meet will be when
they arrive. The throwoff will be at the south side
OF the lake After the deer is enlarged the hounds
VIII be kept In leash for five minutes and will then
be started on the scent Among those who will ini,
In the chase are Henry Lloyd Herbert DR.. Charles
l. LindIey Benjamin Nicoll, Charles Pfzer John
WilmeTding, Miss Greta Pomeroy Charles Hart p
A. Hart ]. ]. Dwyer, William DIVER Miss Katio
Dwyer and Charles Dwyer. - ~ i'
When the local officers of the Society for the Pre-
Vention or cruelty TO Animals heard Tonight that
a deer hunt was to take place they announced tho+
an agent or the society would be on hand in the
law u '''e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05

the Columbia allowed the English yacht six sec
onds. She defeated her 10 minutes seconds. In
the next race, sailed October II, Shamrock lost
her topmast and retired the Columbia completing
the course. More lead was added to the challen-
ger. and she remeasured before the final race,
in which she had to allow the Columbia sixteen
seconds She was beaten by minutes "a seconds.
and the Cup was safe
Shamrock I designed by William Fife, r..
and built by the Thorneycrofts, at Millwall. near
London. She was launched on June "a, and made
the passage across the Atlantic under jury rig,
and towed by the steam yacht Erin, in ii days 20
hours. The yachts frames of steel. her under
body plates of bronze, and her topsideS of alumni
num- Her principal dimensions are: Sz69 feet
waterlne, % feet beam, 1875 feet depth Of hold
and 2025 feet draught. She sailed In her races
by Captain Archie" HOgarth, assisted by Captain
year
The work of breaking Shamrock I up. to be sold
for old metal. will begin Monday morning. 1t
is estimated that the work of demolition will occu
Ply about two months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
SILVER SERVICE FOR Upton.
Gift To Be Sent to London to the Embassy
on the Etruria Today

A silver service consisting of twenty pieces. the
gift of the American people to Sir Thomas Upton,
will be forwarded by the Etruria to-day to the
United States Ambassador in London. under cover
of instructions from the Department of State
Lindsay Russell, of New-York, goes TO London by
the same steamer representative of the ma
tional committee.
This committee consists of General Joseph
Wheeler chairman Commodore Frederick G..
Bourne, Patrick A Collins. Colonel Henry Waiter
son. Lindsay Russell. Commodore Robert Tod.
George T. Wilson, Valentine P. Snyder. Clifford
W. Hartridge, Senator Kearns. Thomas Z. Walsh.
ex-Lieutenaat Governor T. L. Woodruff. Commo-
dore Frederick T. Adams. John D. Crimmins and
John Weaver.
The presentation committee has been formed IN
London and dinner at which Consul General
Evans will preside. has been arranged for Friday,
December is, TO which all prominent Americans
abroad and Englishpen interested in Anglo-Ameri-
relations will he invited.
The inscription on the centrepiece is: From the
people OF the United States to Sir Thomas Upton,
Baronet X c. v. o., who, by his good tempered
sportsmanship, his generosity to the families of
American soldiers and his hospitality to Americans
at home and abroad, has contributed much to our
AnglO-American friendship"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
CONSIDER WIND SHIELDS.
National Trotting Association to
Decide ON Their LEGALITY.

The Board of Review of the National Trotting
Association ended it's December meeting yesterday
afternoon. Apparently the association is to settle
the windshield question itself Thomas r. Arm
itage filed a petition with the board asking that
performances against time made behind a wind
shield running horse should not count for
records, but should be classed with those made by
"trotting dogs and "guideless wonders" The rea-
given for this request that such assistance
said to be in violation of the rule allowing only
one accompanying starter and against the spirit
of the rule which forbids the accompanying horse
from being attached in any way to the animal that
is trying TO make a record Yesterday the follow
ing resolution adopted:
The National Trotting Association reserves the
question to the proper classification of time per-
formances made under unusual conditions over its
tracks and declines to pass such performances up
to the American TrOtting Register Association
without exception; but recommends that the re-
serve question be taken up by the board provided
for in Rule 49, Section Z. and disposed of.
The board provided for under this section is COM
posed of p p. Johnston, president of the National
Trotting Association; William Russell Allen,
president Of the American Trotting Register AS
ISOLATION, and w. p. Ijams, president of the Trot-
ting Association.
Henry Laieur of Cranston r. L. and F. J.
Goodwin. Of Bradford, Pa, were each fined $50 for
. driving while under suspension Applications of
the following for removal of expulsion We're de
MED: +. c. Barlow, Kenton Ohio; Z. NJ. Gill
christ Townsend, Mass. Victor F. Roberts. New
Bedford, Mass, and John Schoonmaker, New
The applications of the following for removal
of expulsion We're granted: Charles n. Hancher
Wheeling, w Va; A. A Wheat Wheeling w.
Va. ]. G.: Dillon. Wheeling w. Va; Robert An
expelled for suppressing time timers in 1898 and
applied for reinstatement on the ground that they
c. NJ Goodnow and c. NJ Sherman, both of
Westfeld. Mass, were temporarily renstated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
IMPORTER TO Pay
Recommendations of the Ellis island
Commission.

The report Of the commission that has -
Investigating the conditions Ellis Island v,if -
made public next Monday when with otbo- :
ports OF a similar nature. 10 Will be sent N g.
gress with the Presidents message Bavond -
fact that the report contains twenty-five s,s.fs-
recommendations. little can be learned Of a., -
tents IN detail. The commission consisted a. -
District Attorney Eugene A. Philbin Ralpb TO-,
mann. Thomas ". Hynes. Commissioner az c.
rectiOn; DR.. Lee K FrankeI and Arthur Won
Briesen. 1t appointed on September Is
II is said that vital defect OF trace Of vrr,,-
doing discovered and that the INVESTIGATE,
will result In Commissioner Williams having
freer hand. Several changes were made BY Co-,
missioner Williams IN minor matters on the rec
ommendation OF the commission. Among the rsc
concentrations the commission IS said 70 ba,
made that the Commissioner be enpowere1 -
hear and determine appeals from the boarda q,
special inquiry; that immigrants held by board -
inquiry shall be permitted-to communicates uf,b
friends in this country. and that the stearrsbs
companies. as well the contractor in case. -
contract labor. shall be empowered 10 exan,i,.
witnesses I'm attendance: that more liberal irt.-
pretations, in some respects. shall be made Of r.
contract labor laws and that the laborer shall ha
kept Ellis Island until after the contractor bs
been tried. If there is Il conviction. IL Is recon-
mended that the contractor be made 10 bear the
expense Of the deportation and the maintenance n,
the immigrant while the trial is in progress
The banking system Ellis Island now IN +na
hands of Post q Flag. was thoroughly Inves+i
gated. The commission recommends that vTSs-
their contract expires 1he business shall BE- pIacs
mends less rigorous hospital regulations and baffa-
accommodations a reconstruction OF the mai,
building and general Improvement in the SANITARY
conditions of the sleeping apartments for irlmi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
CITY CIVIL SERVICE RULES ADOPTED.
Action by State BOard-Denied That They
will Hamper Mcclellan Administration.

Albany, Dec. 4.-Despite the protest and negative
vote OF Commissioner Kraft at to-day's meeting
Of the Stale Civil Service Commission the revised
municipal Civil Service rules OF the city of New
York, adopted October 26. 1908, and amended in
minor details by the New-York Municipal Com
mission at the suggestion Of the State Commission
were approved In a statement given out by Sec
rotary Birdseye after the meeting. # is declared
that the rules do not curtai! the number Of
places IN the exempt class OF the classified SER
vice There at present the statement SAYS
T8 exempt places which remain TO be filled by the
new administration without examination. together
with appoiative places in the unclassihed service
(heads Of departments etc.). to the number Of 144
more This statement adds:
The rules do not impose any restrictions on
the power OF removal Snch restrictions can be
Validly imposed only by the legislature, and
rot be validity imposed by a Civil Service Com
mission. and no attempt has been made to i'm
pose them. The now rules mako no radical changes
OF q reyisi Il The old rules merely.
The obi on Of Commissioner Kraft to these
rules ..sed largely upon the contention that
they IntenGed 70 hamper the incoming ad-
ministratioi in New-York City in displacing ap-
pointees OF the Low administration This conten-
zion the other members of the commission denied.
President Ogden Of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission received telegram from the State
Civil Service Commission yesterday informing him
that the new rules he'd been adopted by the State
hoard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
FIVE FAvoRlTEs WIN AT NEw-oRLEANs.

New-Orleans, Dec. Alive favorites won at the
Crescent City track this afternoon. The surprise
OF the day furnished by Bondage who beat
Ancke the publc's choice at l TO 3, in the closing
contest The track good. and fast time was
made in all the races a number Of horses arrived
from Bennings this morning. among them being
the fast two-year-old fllly Tokalon Munro the
jockey, suspended for week for rough rid
ing in the fourth race. The weather fair. The
summaries:
First 0hree- year-old colts: six furlongs)-In-
yincible, los Lindsey 20 won: Alto lO4 (Aiunro
70 !, second. Captain Arnold, Oh Phiips) TO
Of Proxy also
Second race selling; years and upward: seven
taTlongslaZyra H. Qiyingston) g. won; Balm Of
Phillpsl, 10 TO ]. third Time. 20 st Wood Barkie-
more, Worthington Fulback. Jove, Russelton Wafer
Tower and Antasons also ran ''o'
Third race 'selng: three years upward. one mile
and twenty yafds)Homestead, Ill QAvlngston p TO 4
won Eoweta lO4 AcIntyre). to second Iyernis 100
(Sinclair). 70 !. third. Time 35 bard Of Avon
Fsirbury Louise Eston Past Hayiland and Alfalfa also
~ 0'0'
Fourth race free handicap for ell ages. one rnus,-
Gregory k 10 fMcIntyre). to s. won: By WAYS 107
IL Wilson, % , second Dan McKenna lOT CkiInro,
10 o third. Time. l:4lbs. Ethel Wheat also ran ~
Fifth SELLING; for 2yearold colts: one mile)So
der Of Fortune l0l Crawford. won Louis KRAFT
J. third Time. L44ia. Scotch Thistle. Jim Perrin
John Doyle and caybon also '
Sixth flor all ages mile)-Bondage i0T Nfc-
IntyreD. To I. won; Ancke 1o4 (Poocl) g. second
Dutifu 85 (W. Fisher. 10 /, third. Time, :42M MARY
Moore and May Holiday also ran.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
CONDITIONS FOR BENNETT CUP
Automobile Club Announces Terms to Gov
ern American Entries.

Osborn ". Bright, chairman of the racing COM
mittee of the Automobile Club of America has
sent out the conditions TO govern American entries
for the Gordon Bennett Cup race TO be held in
Germany next year. Entries will be received 10
December Is The conditions follows:
Each entrant shall deposit with the club the sum
of 5000. ~
The racing committee of the club shall decide
which of the entrants may compete in the cup race
This decision may be arrived at by a contest or
by the committee without a contest
Any entrant who is not Nominated by the racing
committee for the cup race shall have his entrance
fee returned TO him.
ANY entrant who. after being nominated for
the cup race by the committee does not start
shall forfeit his entrance fee of s601
If three entrants nominated take part in
the cup race, each entrant shall have thirds of
his entrance fee after deducting his proportion OF
the expenses incurred in holding the race re-
turned 10 him, provided he starts in the race
III TWO entrants are nominated, each of such en-
rants shall have onehalf OF his fee after
deducting his proportion OF the expenses Incurred
in holding the race returned TO him. provided he
starts ia the race. -
= Ihese rules are supplemental to the rules OF the
1ordon Bennett Cup race. by which each entrant
agrees TO abide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
TO HASTEN TRANSATLANTIC MAILS
American Line Boats to Stop at Plymouth
and CherbOurg.

Official announcement was made yesterday thar
by an agreement closed yesterday between the IN
ternatonal Mercantile Marine Company and the
United States postal authorities the east bound
vessels OF the American Line will stop az Plym-
outh and Cherbourg. beginning with the Phia-
dephia. sailing January 3 1904 from this port
This will facilitate the handling OF the English
and Continental mails.
After delivering mails and passengers at PIyn-
outh and Cheroourg the steamer will proceed to
southampton. Passengers for France have hitherto
disembarked at Southampton and crossed the
Channel to Havre. The new arrangement will be
OF great convenience to those who wish to go 70
the Continent, or return from there without cross
ing In one OF the Channel boats
II will also enable the Continental mails to reach
Paris twelve hours earlier.
On the return voyage the steamer will leave
Southampton at noon as heretofore. stopping at
Cheroourg the same afternoon. and not stopping
at Plymouth Plymouth is approximately ESQ
miles from Sandy Hook. and is $50 miles nearer
than southampton. By discharging the mails at
Plymouth, about Ave hours will be gained in
reaching London. Ordinarily the steamers will
reach Plymouth Friday night and the mails viii
be in London early Saturday morning IN time
Tor the first morning delivery.
The United States postal authorities working
with the officers of the International Mercanta
Marine Company, have recently made several
changes intended TO facilitate the movement of
the mans. On November the White Star steamers
were equipped with sea pOStOfices As a result OF
the change OF the American line sailing d9v from
Wednesday TO Saturday, the heavy Saturday
mails have been taken by the steamship ines OF The.
Morgan combination from the CUnard Line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
LUcIEN LYME AND mAHER RETURN.

Danny Maher and Lucien Lyme, who have
been riding in England the last year. returned
home yesterday on the Arabic Maher will go in
a few days to Hartford. Conn. and Lyme to Lex
ington, Ky.
Maher has been riding for Sir James Miller and
Sir Daniel Cooper. Last July he nearly killed
in a motor-car accident, and since then has not
been riding in his usual form He returning
from the Lakefeld races to London when the car
overturned and Mahcr was severely injured Ii be
ing nearly two months before he recovered. Maher
went to England last February. He won the
Derby and st. Leger on Rocksand. Lyme has been
riding for James r. Keene He the Imperial
Produce Plate and the City of London Foal Plate
and has placed forty-siN victories to his credit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
SHAMROCK L HAULED OUT.
First of Sir T'homas's Challengers
To Be Broken Up Monday.

At high water yesterday the yacht Shamrock l.
the first vessel of that name sent by Sir Thomas
Upton to sail for the Americas Cup, was success
fully hauled out the marine railway at Hawkins
shipyard City Island former attempt to put the
yacht on dry land resulted in disaster for the rra
way. for the yacht smashed the cradle, so that 1t
took several weeks to repair the damage.
Shamrock now lies high and dry alongside her
old rival, the Columbia, which, in defending the
Americas Cup defeated her in three straight races
The yachts met seven consecutive times before
they were able to sail a race fog and light
winds prevented them either from starting or from
finishing In the first race sailed on October 16
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
ORGANIZER FOR SCHOOL LEAGUE.

Lee F. Hammer has been appointed by the Board
of Education to take up the organization of the
Public School Athletic League, under the super-
vision of Mr.. Gulick, Director of Physical Train
ing. Mr.. Hammer is a Cornell man of the class
of 90 He rowed the crew there his first and
last years. Since he was graduated he has been
In Arizona While there he directed the building
and equippng of a large gymnasium for the en-
ployes of a prominent copper mining firm Mr.
Hammer IS at present engaged in getting acquainted
with the principals of the schools and others upon
whom he must rely in his work of organization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05

the six-day race.
The ten-mile open race for professionals will
have most of the riders entered in the international
siX-day championship starters. Extra prizes
will be offered to the leader Of each lap to insure
fast race. There will also be exhibitions behind
motor machines by Willie Michael, brother of
Jimmy and Margaret Cast, champion woman
bicycle rider of the world. The ST Onge brothers,
trick riders, will also give exhibitions.
The riders entered in the six-day race have
stopped training and report themselves in the best
possible condition. James J. Jeffries will probably
be asked to send the riders their long journey
shortly after midnight tomorrow. Jeffrtes Is an
enthusiastic cyclist, and he will doubt accept
the invitation to start sthe men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
GOOD PRELIMINARY RACES
Leander Meets MichaelLKramer an
Short Spirits.

The usual short distance bicycle races prelImi-
nary TO the slx-day bicycle race which starts at
Madison Square Garden at midnight tomorrow will
take place at the Garden this evening. The princi
pal race is expected to be the fifteen-mile motor
paced race, between Leander, the winner of last
years siX-day race, and Jimmy Michael. 1t is
some time since Michael has raced here. He met
with painful accident this summer abroad. which
has kept him from ri6tHg. His recent exhibitions
while at practice, however. have demonstrated that
he is in his oldtime form. and the tonight
should be fast and interesting. Frank Kramer,
who won the National Circuit championship. will