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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

will be Of interest to note the develop
ment from the date when the famous
Lady Suffolk first trotted in::2:30 or
better in 1915 to the present time,
when the record is 1881. On Oct.
t3, AS45, the little gray mare Lady Suf-
'olk, at the Beacon course, Hoboken,
y. J., trotted in 1891. Through her
sire, Engineer, and the sire Of her
lam, Don Quixote, she traced direct
back to Messenger. In 1849 Pelham,
If unknown pedigree, reduced the rec
ord to 1928. He was converted
Dacer, which shows that even at that
early period the interchangeability of
the gaits was understood. Highland
Maid, another ex-pacer, in 1853 re-
1uced the mark to 2:27. Then came
the remarkable mare, Flora Temple,
who, over the Union course, East New
York, driven by that first great knight
If the sulky, Hiram Woodruff, went
under the wire in 2:2414. Flora Tenn
pie continued her victorious career
till she, at Kalamazoo, Mich, on Oct.
Is, 1859, trotted in 2:19A. being the
first Of her race to get below 2:20.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Premier RaIfour'S MildneSS.

Mr.. Balfour, prime minister of Great
Britain, is one Of the mildest of men.
Even on his favorite golf links at
North BERWICK or St. Andrews the
strongest expletive that has ever come
from the lips is said to be Dear mel"
Arriving after dark at a large railway
station one day Mr.. Balfour set his
travelling bag down on bench while
he went to make a purchase at
bookstall. On returning to the bench
he took up his bag and made the
unpleasant discovery that during his
absence the bottom had been cut out
and the contents adroitly distracted.
Dear me!' exclaimed the statesman,
with a melancholy smile, ut is evil
dent that there is something radically
wrong about this bag"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
The Seychelles Islands.

The Seychelles islands, which now
form british colony, formerly be.
longed to the French, who transplant,
ed on Maize, the chief of the islands,
cinnamon, cloves and nutmegs from
Mauritius in the hope of wrestling the
lucrative spice monopoly from the
Dutch colonies. When war broke
out between England and France in
1888 the governor of the islands gave
orders that in the event of an attack
the spice plantations were to be de-
stroyed. Soon afterward a French
ship from Madagascar visited Maize
to take ia wood and water and the
captain, fearing the English might be
in possession. adopted the ruse OF
hosting the English flag. The result
was that the officer in charge of the
island, having no troops for its de
tense, set fire to the whole OF the spice
trees, which had previously been sur
rounded with infiammabie material. II
was not till 1894 that Maize was cap
tnSed by the British. %5
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

COMMON SENSE NOT USUAL.
Amusing Comment Made by Justice
of the Peace.

Amusing Comment Made by Justice
of the Peace.
l remember that once boy named
John Buchanan and myself we're spin:
ming tops in front Of Major Smiths
Office, and the major came out and
said to Buchanan: Here is box Of
figs. See if you can strike it with
your top If so, I will give you a
quarter" Done" said Buck; Il have
got your quarter "All right, if you
have it, said the major, because
haven't got it." Il Will keep this box
as security exclaimed Buck. II don't
care a fig if you do,'' returned the
major. / heard the major tell OF a
"cracker" justice of the peace who
came to him for advice. Said the
justice of the peace: "See here, Law.
yer Smith, I got case on hand like
this: two young lawyers each argued
his respective side of this 'tarnal
case, but neither one cited a prece.
dent. Now just decides all cases by
counting the number of precedents
cited, right hand for plaintiff and left
hand fingers for defendant. Now,
darn by buttons, if either one of them
skunKs has gin me anything to hang
a decision on!" The major told him
to decide according to common sense.
II never hearn tell O. no court de.
cision based on no common sense be-
FORE" said the justice of the peace.
The major said that the more he re-
aected upon the matter the more
convinced he became that the justice
Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

The record was hailed as the limit
at the gait, while few Missionaries
talked of a possible 2:10, while here
and there was an enthusiast who
talked of two minutes.
In 1867 the brown gelding Dexter,
by Hambletonian 10, dam Clara, by
American Star, at Buffalo, N. Y, cut
the record to 2:17A. He was driven
by Budd Doble, then a young man and
still on the turf in all the vigor of
green old age. Dexter at that time
was nine years old and would in all
probability hare reduced his record,
but he was then bought by the late
Robert Bonner for $50. 900 and at once
retired. Four years later that most
wonderful of all trotting mares, Cold
smith Maid. also driven by Budd
3oble, went in 2:17. From year to
yea she cut down her time till, on
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
The Old Esrm.

The old farmhouse, see it again:
in its low dark caves the tWittering wren
Is nested as long ago;
And breathe once more the south winds
balm,
And sit and watch in the twilight's calm,
The bats fit to and fro.
The white cows lie at the pasture bars
And the dairy cool with It tins and Jars,
Is stored with curds and cream;
There's somebody putting the things to
r right -. ".-.-
And through the window see the light
From the tallow candle CLEAN. = H..
The garden is rich with its old-time
bloom, ..-s - +,S. =
r OF blossoms dank with dew
And over it all is the starlit dome,
And round about it the peace Of the
al home a. l. .s yEE dtf @H
4 How it all Gomez back to viewi .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

20, at Wichita, Cresceus trotted in
1894, and Oct. "a, Lou Dillon regain
ed her throne by trotting in 1881.
The story of the trotter would be in
complete without note as to his
value. The highest price ever paid
for. a trotter was S125;O00, at which
figure j. Malcolm Forbes bought the
2-year-old trotter Arion, 2.10%, from
the late Senator Leland Stanford.
While a few thoroughbreds have been
sold at a higher figure, this is still
the high water mark for a 2-year-old
of any breed. Axtell, 2.12, the cham
pion three-year-old stallion of his
ume, brought s1o5,00o, and $4,000
was refused for his stable companion,
Allerton, 1904. Mr.. sSmathers. paid
$4,000 for Major Delmar, a gelding.
in the New York Sunday
Telegraph.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Tonight.

Tonight.
I held you tonight
With the dawn Of che dance on your
beautiful face,
With your heart like a bird, ever eager
for fight.
I held you tonight
Mid the music's delight and the whisper
of lace. -.. -
The night was at noon. H..
There was more in the waltz than q step
to tune =
For you and for me.
1 held you tonight! &
All, love! we have cast the old doubts
in heap,
And burned them with faitL till their
~ ashes are white. as
held you tonight
In its sleep! s*ss5.
-J. J. Ben. in the Free Lancs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
He Did.

ITO kiss me- she said, thoughtfully,
"a man would have TO be either extra
ordinarily nice or extraordinarily
quick. Now, of course, every man can
not be extraordinarily nice, but any
man-if he isn't paralized- can
He did.-Town Topics. ILL i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Grandmothers Can't.

Scientific motherhood is state OF
mind into which otherwise kind pa
rents get that causes them to offer
cruel affronts to their helpless Off
spring. Men and aunts can be scien-
tific mothers, but grandmothers cant.
-Leslie's Monthly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Stubborn.

"Yo' nebbah had eny experience wild
wives, did yo', bruddah?" asked hem
pecked Remus. !
S mo, sah,"" replied Sam, ''but I've
raised mules. Chicago News. .s.s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Disccuraqing.

'sDid you make any impression On
the young professor?" -... ..
Goodness, no! Three Of his aunts,
his sister and a cousin we're there lis
tening to every word said to him.
Detroit Free Press. >@-*.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
What Manner Of Man?

Mrs. Brown-How are you getting
along? S@ ~
Mrs. es-Splendidly. Charles has
two schemes that can't bring less than
81 600, 900 each. and $40 week Job.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Tenpus Fugit.

He-Be candid, and tell me when
you want me to go.
She-It's a couple Of hours to late
for that. Smart Set.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
CRISIS IN CHINA
NOW THREATENS.
.AnGlO-snsSian Alliance Believed TO
BE Possible.

AnGlO~RusEfan Alliance Believed to
BE Possible.
Berlin, Aug. 20.-A news agency dis
patch received here from Port Arthur
says: From the different provinces
Of China come reports of rising which
threatens to involve the whole country.
THE semi-official Novokkrai says:
THE moment has come when, in view
of the antagonism of German and Brit
ish interests, an Anglo Russian rap
prochement Is desirable, as a counter
poise to the movement in Germany and
America, which is crossing the inter-
ests Of Russia and Great Britain, and
to the activity of Japan, which wishes
to make the straits of Corea a yellow
Bosphorus. At present Russian and
British interests nowhere clash. An
Anglo Russian alliance is possible, and
it is also necessary in order to pro-
tect Europe against the yellow dan
ger"
The Novokkrai proceeds to strongly
attack the Russian papers, which urge
Russia to wind up her affairs in Man
churia, and which describe her policy
in the Far East as costly blunder.
situation Becoming Acute.
Berlin, Aug. 2O.-A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from st. Petersburg,
dated yesterday, says THE situation
in the Far East is becoming more acute.
Even in Manchuria the Chinese are as
Stunning an insoIent attitude towards the
Russians, particularly towards the
troops. At one place stones were
thrown at the commander of the troops.
While all Russians are the objects of
insult, spirit of opposition to the Chi
nese government is also manifested"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
DOWN SIX FLOORS
SCAFF0LD FELL.
One Man Crushed to Death and Two
BADLY Hurt.

Hadly Hurt.
Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 20.-By the coll
lapse of a scaffold tonight in the an
mex to the Joseph Horne Company
building on Penn avenue, one man was
killed and two others so seriously hurt
that they probably will die.
The dead man is Samuel BROKER, and
the injured are B. Thompson and -
Hopsaw (all colored).
Thompson and Hopsaws legs are
broken, and both are thought to be lit
jured internally.
In the remodeling of the large office
building adjoining the Horne store for
the purpose of charging the company's
store room. ten workmen were on q
scaffold on the sixth floor engaged in
tearing down a partition between the
two buildings. From some unexplained
cause the scaffold began to totter. and
within a few seconds the whole struc-
ture plunged to the cellar. a distance
of ninety-five feet.
When the first warning of weakness
In the scaffold came, seven of the
workmen succeeded in saying them
selves by clinging to the steel Orders
that were stretched across the build
ing. BROKER was carried all the way
to the cellar, and when dug out from
the debris, was dead and horribly man
gled.
Thompson and Hopsaw were carried
through several floors, humping against
the girders, being hit by falling bricks
and portions of the wrecked scaffold,
finally lodging on one of the floors,
from Where they were later rescued in
an unconscious condition and taken to
a hospital
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
FIGHT ON MILLER
HAS REACHED STAGE WHERE
ROOSEVELT TAKES A HAND.
NO OBJECTION TO UNION
BUT 1T CAN'T OVERRIDE LAWS OF
UNITED STATES, HE SAYS.

Letter Stating This Fact Sent Each
Member of Cnbinet-States This
Principle Is ITO Indicate Policy
of President" in All Similar Gases,
Takes His Position from Findings
of Anthracite Strike Commission.
Quotes That Part OF the Award
Dealing with Relation of Union
and NOn-UniOn Labor.
oyster Bay, Aug. 20-President
Roosevelt has made applicable to all
departments of the government serv-
ice the principle he enunciated at the
time he reinstated William A. Miller
to the position in the government print
ing office from which Miller had been
dismissed because of a disagreement
with the bookbinders' union.
The President has plainly stated to
the members of his cabinet that that
principle is to indicate the policy Of
the President" In similar cases
Tonight the President authorized
the publication of a letter which was
sent to each member of his cabinet on
ed by Mr.. Barnes. acting secretary to
the President, and is as follows:
my Dear Slr-The President directs
me to send you herewith for your in
formation, copies of two letters sent
to Secretary Cortelyou with reference
to the government printing office, which
define the attitude of the administra-
ton in connection with the subject
discussed. They are sent you for your
information and guidance, as they in
dictate the policy of the President In
this matter"
The letters to Secretary Cortelyou
were written on July Ii and IA. The
salient sentence of the first letter was:
There is no objection to the en-
ployes of the government printing Of
flee constituting thdmselves into a
union If they so desire, but no rules
or resolution of that union can be
permitted to override the laws OF the
United States. which 1t Is my sworn
duty to enforce"
In the letter of the 14th, the Presi-
dent quoted the finding of the Anthra-
cite Strike Commission regarding the
employment of labor as follows: 1T
Is adiudged and awarded that no per-
son shall be refused employment or
in any way Disseminated against on
account of membership or non-mem-
bership in any labor organization, and
that there shall be no discrimination
against Oh interference with any en-
ploye who is not member OF any
labor organization by members OF such
organization"
Concerning this principle the Presi-
dent wrote: ut is, Of course, mere
elementary deoency to require that
all the government departments shall
be handled in accordance with the
principle thus clearly and fearlessly
enunciated"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
OIL FIELDS SWEPT
BY FIERCE FIRE.
CareIessness of Fireman Costs Loss
of $4,000.

CareIessness of Fireman Costs Loss
of $4,000.
Sour Lake, Tex, Aug. 2O.-Fire which
started through the carelessness of a
fireman in the Writ Davis tract, this
afternoon swept large portion of the
Shoe String district in the oil field,
inflicting loss amounting to probably
$4,000.
The fire from the boiler started lot
of waste oil, which was lying loose,
and in an instant the flames were COM
municated to the forest of derricks
which were placed as close together
as it was possible to get them.
For a space of fifty yards about the
point of origin all derricks and pump
ing rigs were destroyed. A gate valve
on one of the gushers was leaking and
the oil and gas became ignited, send
ing column of oil many feet into the
air.
Every available man went to work,
and much valuable machinery was
saved by being pulled out of the way.
The fire has practically burned itself
out, and only waste oil is burning to-
night. 1t is being carefully watched.
The town was not touched.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
RUNAWAY CAR
COSTS TWO LIVES.
Trolley Left Wire and MotOrmnn
Lost Control.

Trolley Left Wire and MotOrmnn
Lost Control.
Braddock, Pa, Aug. 20.-An open
car on the Wilkesbarre and East Pitts
burg of the Plttsburg Railway Com
pany got away from the motornan
on high grade in North Braddock
this evening and its wild dash cost
one mans life and fatally injured an
other, besides badly injuring several
more.
The dead:
Archie Hamilton, aged 20, of Edge
wood; head split open, died instantly.
Fatally injured:
Philip Burns. rs years old, conductor,
of Homewood; skull fractured and Sc
rious injuries; unconscious and cannot
live.
In going over the high bridge at
Dookers Hollow, Motorman Fulton
lost control of his car, through the
trolley jumping from the wire, and
before the end of the bridge was
reached the car was going at ter
rife speed.
Although at this point is a sharp
curve where the foot board of the car
comes within few inches of an iron
trolley pole, the car was not derailed,
but the sudden lurch II gave as Il
rounded the curve threw all on the
passengers from their seats. Hanil-
ton and Burns were thrown from the
car with geat force against the iron
pole.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
FRAUD CHARGED
AGAINST ADDICKS.
Is Said to Have Secured Gas stock
without Confederation.

WtthOut consideration.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-A special to
the Evening Telegram from Whining
ton, Del, says: In the United States
Circuit Court to-day George Wharton
Pepper of Philadelphia, receiver Of the
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware,
filed bill of complaint against j. Ed
ward Addicks. United States Senator ].
Frank Alice and others. alleging fraud
In connection with a transaction in
volving the stock of the company, said
to be valued at $4,000. 900.
The bill charges the defendants, as
directors, except Addicks, with enter
ing into an unlawful combination to
issue to Addicks 100000 shares of
stock of the Bay State Gas Company
without consideration.
The stock is alleged to have been
transferred on July 3, 1902. The bill
alleges that the stock was not issued
direct to Addicks, but to another man,
presumably on the order of Addicks.
The allegation is made that the stock
was issued to Edwin NJ. Post, New
York broker, who is alleged to have
been in the employ Of Addicks, to sell
the stock. 1t is further set forth that
of the S75,000,00O of stock Addicks is
believed to still control a fargo portion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED
CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED THEN
MURDERED WHITE GIRL.
CONFESSED BOTH DEEDS.
WAS HANGED TO TREE AND RID
DIED WITH BULLETS.

Crowd Orderly, Made No Attempt at
COncealment and Dispersed After
DispOsing of the Black Fiend.
Girl Was Murdered by Having
Her Throat Cut-BOdy Put I'm Bag
and Hid In a StnbIe-Keys to Sta
Knife and Blood on His Hands
and Clothes.
Halifax, N. c., Aug. 20.-This even
ing between and o'clock, the dead
body of Mary Jenkins, 10 years old,
was found in the stable of Capt. Crit
fin, her grandfather. Her throat was
cut from ear to ear, and the body was
tied up in a bag.
The girls grandmother had been look
ing for her. and going to the stable
found it locked. She put Mary's little
sister through an opening in the door,
and the girl stumbled over the body
in the bag.
"A hSSIO VIII Is SIlpIOyeQ at the nOICi,
and also by Capt. Griffin was suspected
of the crime. When searched he was
found to have the keys of the stable in
his pocket, bloody knife and blood
on his hands and his clothes. He was
placed under guard of large number
of citizens as we'll as deputies and
IcOnstab aes, awaiting the arrival of
bloodhounds from Weldon, to be used
to track him from the stable.
A crowd gathered, and securing the
negro, hanged him to a tree and rid
died his body with bullets. The ne
gro after the moose had been placed
around his neck, confessed to the muir
der of the little child, and to having
criminally assaulted her.
After disposing of the negro, the
crowd, which had made no attempt at
concealment, dispersed without any
further disorder
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
BLACK MADE HEAD
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC.

stewart Advocates Service Pension
of R12 n Month.
San Francisco Aug. 20.-The Grand
Army of the Republic to-day selected
Boston as the place in which the en-
campnnent of 1904 will be held. and
elected the following officers:
COMMANDMENTS Chief-Gen. John G..
Black of Illinois.
Senior Vice Commander-Col. G. Ma
son Keene of California.
Junior Vice Commander-Col. Harry
Kessler of Montana.
Surgeon-in- Chief-George A. Har-
mon of Ohio.
Chaplain-in-C Chief Winfield Scott,
Arizena.
Reports of officers were made to-day
That of Communicating Chief Thomas
j. Stewart advocated a service pension
of $12 a month, and expresses the opin-
ion that the present commissioner OF
pensions is earnestly endeavoring to
estly, literally and justly, but that he
is not able to satisfy all who make
complaints.
The report also says: Contributions
to a limited extent for the home at
Mountain Springs, Ala, have been re-
ceived from every part of the coun-
ltrv.
Maj. Falkner. the chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, said
to the commander-in-chie the fra
ternal feeling and kind sentiments
expressed by the different G.. A. r.
Posts and the individual members
thereof throughout the North has
touched and softened the hearts Of
every Confederate soldier in the
South" - NBtHi
The report of the junior vice COM
manderin James T. Averill, was
devoted to the Federal dead who rest
in the national cemeteries in the South
IT urged aid to Southern posts in
/. a..cn IL Il L..
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
LORD SALISBURY
NEARS, DEATHS DOOR.

London, Aug. 2o-A bulletin issued
at 10 o'clock tonight said Lord Sails
bury's condition was critical and there
was little hope of his recovery.
The end may be expected at any
moment. Once in the course of the
evening, it was thought that his lord
ship had already breathed his last, but
he made a surprising rally and at
midnight, it was announced that his
condition had not changed since the
issuance of the 10 o'clock bulletin.
Bulletins have been dispatched to
the King. Queen and Prince of Wales,
acquainting them with the critical
condition Of the ex-premier. 1t is not
proposed to issue any further bulletin
until morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
PAY FOR SOLDIERS
SENT BY GOVERNMENT
Quartermaster General Received
Check for $2S,549,72.

Quartermaster General Received
Check for $2S,049,72.
Atlanta, Aug. 2O.-Gen. A. J. West,
quartermaster general, state troops, re-
ceived from the United States govern
nent at Washington to-day, a check
for $2S,549. ~, this being the states al
lotment for the purpose of paying the
expenses of the encampments of the
six regiments recently held, and the
state shoot at Savannah.
None of the expenses of the encamp-
ments have yet been paid with the ex-
ception of about $4,000 or $4,000, which
was used from the state military fund,
and which will now be paid back from
the money received from the govern
ment.
The amount received will be expend-
ed as follows: Pay of officers, $9,759.O3;
subsistence for 5000 men, $1O,71O; miles
travelled, 6SS,442. $6,3S442; freight on
horses and camp equipment, $1,696.27.
Gen. West will dsburse this money at
once, in accordance with the expenses
of the encampments which are due.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
LONDON DISAPPOINTED.
EnEIishmen Surprised Mt Reliance's
Fine Showing.

EnEItS hmen surprised AT heIlancc's
Fine Showing.
London, Aug. 20.-The calling off of
the race for the Americas cup caused
a decided disappointment in London.
The papers published hourly editions
throughout the day. The first reports
regarding the weather at Sandy Hook
inclined the public to believe that the
Shamrock had ideal conditions, and the
news that the Reliance had out-footed
her in the drifting match was a COM
plete disillusion.
Several papers had arranged to an
nounce the progress and result of the
contest by fireworks and balloons.
Crowds fingered in the streets, in the
dismaIest sort of London drizzle, in the
hope that the wind would freshen and
permit them to finish. but early in the
evening it became apparent that the
race could not finish within the time
limit, and the crowds dispersed. 1eav-
ing only a few enthusiasts around the
tickers in the hotel corridors to receive
the official announcement that the race
had been called off.