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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
TROUBLE AT THIS FIGHT.

Kid Freeman of Hoboken and Jack
Doyle of Jersey City fought what was
intended to be ten-round go in a
pool and billiard parlor at 324 Adams
street, Hoboken, late last night. In
the ninth round Doyle knocked Free
man through a rear window and a
crowd Of fifty sports cheered. Police
man Gardella heard the noise. rapped
for assistance and broke open the
door. The spectators jumped from
rear windows to escape. Several
broke into the rear windows or the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
Magnet and N-Rays.

The magnet has been shown by O.
Gutton, a French physicist, to cauEe y
Frightening Of phosphorescent zinc sui
phide similar to that produced by ~
rays. 1t seems to be capable OF SivinH
this effect only where the lines Of mag
netic force are not parallel, but no exs
PLANTATION is given.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
PENN. TRACK CANES.
Eight Hundred Athletes Representing
IFS Institutions.

Philadelphia, April 23.-The annual
handicap track meet of the University
of Pennsylvania will be held here to,
day. The meet brings together many
OF the best athletes in the east The
features of the games are the one, two
and folr-mile relay races between
Yale, Harvard. Georgetown, Pennsyl-
vania, Columbia and Chicago Up
wards Of 500 athletes are entered, rep
resenting 1l5 educational institutions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23

tenement owned by Police Commits
sioner Anthony Capalli and escaped
by way of the front door. Others
climbed ladder to the roof Of the bill
lard parlor and threw the ladder
down on Gardella, injjuring his collar
bone. Policeman Kealy found nine
young men under shanty. They at
tackled him when he ordered them to
surrender. He drew his revolver and
fired two shots, and they promised to
be good. They were locked up. The
principals escaped in their tights.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
Indecision.

No greater evidence Of weakness o.
character can be shown than contin-
ua1 appeal to friends for advice. A.
times we all need the counsel of d
good friend: but to constantly ask for
it is like constantly borrowing. Better
make a mistake once in while from
too hasty q decision than to form the
habit Of indecision. 1t Is the first
milestone on the road to failure.-De-
troit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
Bank Of England Notes.

The Bank OF England notes are made
from new white linen cuttings
from anything that has been worn. Sd
carefully is the paper prepared that
even the number of dips into the pulp
made by each workman Is registered
on dial by machinery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
FUNERAL OF KENNEDY.
Elks, Eagles, Newspaper Friends and
SpOrtSmen Attended.

The funeral services of James G..
Kennedy were held at 10 O'clock this
morning from the residence of Mrs
O'Neill, sister OF the deceased, No
later from the church of the Transfig-
uration, Hooper street and Marcy ave-
hue.
.1embers of lodges of Eagles, Elks
and the Press club attended in body.
The interment was in Calvary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
At New London.

New London, April 28.--F'or an ear
" season game, the one between New
Lonuon and Providence here yesterday
was a pretty exhibition of base ball.
Providence won, to 2, by weak spots
in. the home team. The score
R.H.E.
Providence / OO3 5000 Is 10 2
n London q O o o O O 90 % Z 2
Batteries-Arnole, Kearns and
Thomas; Long, Paige and Irwin; UNI
pire, Viau: attendance, 352.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
Andrew n. cook wen by q Neck.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.--Favor-
ties started off well at Oakland by tax
ing the first three races. After that
there were upsets. The surprise of the
afternoon was the victory Of Andrew
B. Cook, IL to shot. He led all the
way in the fifth race and won, by a
neck from Lady Atheling, while
Scnerzo, another out.'fer, was third.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23

ANGLICAN ASSOCIATION GAMES.
At Columbus Columbus 5, st Paul
..
At Louisville MIlwaukee 6, Louis
vile 1.
At Toledo--Minneapolis z Toledo /.
AT Kansas City--Rain
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
sanitary SQUAD Of Bees.

Bees ventilate their hives and keep
the air pure by having sanitary squad
beat the air into motion with their wings
after the manner of our own electric
fans. This ventilating squad is relieved
every half hour.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
THE DIAMOND.
NATIONAL CANE
rs POPULAR
State League Teams Are
Doing Good Work in
Practice Result of all
Other Games,

Meriden, April 23.-The Meriden
team defeated the Brooklyn College
club at Hanover park yesterday after
noon in slow game, to 3. Score:
RH.E.
Brooklyn @. % o o 500 o O-3 8 4
Batteries-Hodge, McCrane and Bun
van; Deitz and Cooney.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
CRIpPs ENGAGEMENTS.

The services OF the crack AustTal-
fan middleweight champion Arthur
Grips are much in demand. During
the week Sam Fitzpatrick, Grips
manager, has received three offers to
have Grips meet different men In va
rious parts Of the country. One of
the offers comes from club in Kan
sas City. The organization wants
Cripps to take on Hugo Kelly, the
clever western middleweight. for 20
rounds. Sam has Informed the club
that Grips will accept, provided he
receives "a guarantee of $1,000. which,
in all likelihood. the club will give.
II everything is satisfactory Cripps
and Kelly will fight within two
weeks time. Grips also intends to
meet Larry Temple, Tom O'Rourke's
man, in private. If the pair can agree
on terms. Temple. who is colored,
challenged Grips, upon the antipo-
ak's arrival here. but the foreigner
ala not conclude to notice the negro
until now. If everything is ar
ranged satisfactorily Cripps and Tenn
a club In New Jersey.
Fitzpatrick has not abandoned the
idea Of matching Grips and Jack
O'Brien of Philadelphia. The offer
of a purse Of $500 made by club
In San Francisco. which Sam received
the other day. has not been noticed
by O'Brien. although Crtpps has ac-
cepted Fitzpatrick thinks the offer
is liberal one and cannot under
stand why O'Brien has ignored it
thus far.
Hereafter said Fitzpatrick
"Cripps will only engage in bouts
limited to ten and twenty rounds in
stead of six. He is no six round
fighter. and that is the reason why he
failed to put Williams away when
they fought the other night. He has
always been used to finish contests,
so you see what disadvantage he
was at. He is training every day
and will be ready to do business on a
weeks notice with the best of them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
OTHER GAMES.
At Andover.

Andover. Mass. April 23.-Princeton
easily defeated Phillips-Andover in a
featureless game yesterday. The game
was called in the eighth inning to al
low the visitors to catch train. Score:
r. H.E.
Princeton ..o1o3 2 0 o do 8 S
Phillips % ! Q O.
-Underhill and Reid; Hall,
Lanigan and Perrin, Daley, Clarkson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23

.I used to catch before the days of
the glove and mitt," continued Dan,
'.and between innings pulled grass to
keep my fingers from swelling"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
At bridgeport.

Bridgeport, April 23.--The Paterson
team OF the Hudson River league de-
feate dthe Bridgeports yesterday by a
score of 8 to 8. The score:
Paterson ....... o o 8 o D o 1 / Do
Bridgeport $50. 0 O i 10 1 O--5
Batteries-Odell and Bridges; Null
lane and Coughlln; umpire, Shannon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At New York
Philadelphia -. o 0 / o o O 0 o.
New York. ? 4 s 3 2 is
Batteries Breckenridge and Doom;
Taylor and Warmer
At Boston
Brooklyn. ......... o Q o 0 o . 2 0 o. s.
Boston. 0 o. Q
Batteries-Jones and Bergen; Fisher and
Moran.
At Pittsburg-
Cincinnati. ..... o Of 1850 o-1o
Pittsburg. ........ 0 2 / o.
Observation-Disclosures and Peetz Pfeister
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23
NEARY COT THE DECISION.

Milwaukee. Wis. April 23.-CharIev
Neary Of Milwaukee got the decision
ON points over Jimmy Briggs Of Chel-
sea, Mass, in a six-round bout before
the Milwaukee Boxing club last night.
Both men finished strong.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23

+ The Cincinnatis seem to have got
rid OF the Pittsburg hoodoo.
w. J. Tracy was in Waterbury yes
terday and missed the second victory
of his team.
Henry Chadwick. the father of base
ball. will attend the opening game in
Providence Thursday.
Bridgeport PLAYS Newark of the
Eastern league Monday and Tuesday.
O'Rourke's men are slow in reporting.
Kid Gleason covers as much ground
az ever, and no second basernan in
the business covers more ground than
the Kid.
For reasons best known to itself the
Polo grounds management declines to
give out the size of the attendance
this year.
Manager Griffith is suffering from q
sprained wrist as q result Of chastis-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-23

JOHNSON KNOCKS OUT M'vEY.
San Francisco, Cal, April 23.--John-
son defeated Mcvey last night in the
twentieth round, knocking him out.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
THE RUsso-JAPANESH WAR.

Much sensation has been made by GER
tain papers during the past week about
events in the Ping Yang district, where,
ii has been reported. the Russians ami
Inflated the japanese force, killing any
the face of it,. There has probably been a
collision between the outposts in the
neighhorhood of An-ju, i'm which there has
been some slight loss. but the operations
there are not expected to he serious Ii is
simply the advance of the Japanese from
Ping Yank to- the Yalu through the pass
of An-ju. which will probably result in
some casualties between scouting parties
aud the force stationed in the gap. The
Japanese will not make Il serious assault
upon The gap for the reason that they
can attack it in the rear quite readily from
fhe sea. Bays running up from the sea
cut the road back of An-ju at several
places. and the japanese will undoubtedly
take advantage of this.
Vastly more important is the desperate
attempt made on the morning of March
- by Vice Admiral Togo 10 bottle up the
Russian feet in Port Arthur The Japa-
neSe repeated their previous tactics in send
ing in fire ships behind skirmisll line OF
torpedoboats. The Russians seem to have
been on the alert. and promptly discovered
the assault. which they repulsed by heavy
weii-directed fire, and then showed I'M
wonteJ spirit in delivering a counter-as
sault upon the japanese, who avoided /,
and sailed away. The Russians mani
Tested greater spirit and aggressiveness
than at any previous time, and this lailsi
fompiicate the situation for the Japanese
They cannot attempt any great land op
frations until the Russian feet ut Port
Arthur IS neutralized in some way, either
Dy being completely whipped out and
fowed. or bottled MP in the hsrbor so that
The ships cannot get out at the Japanese
Transports.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
MR.. CLEVELAND ON THE NEW ORDER.

Some of ex-President Cleyeland's
friends called upon him at Princeton, n.
j.. March IS. to congratulate him upon
asked for his views on the recent order
of Commissioner Ware. he said:
Il have noticed that the Commissioner
has merely construed the law so as to
make the reported change. SO far rs
can see. | believe the changes to be in
keeping with the law
This suggests two thoughts. The first
is that Mr.. Cleveland always recognized
the rightfulness Of service pension. and
his only objection to it was that it was
premature: which. as that objection was
made in 1SSS-1G years ago-preserves his
consistency in believing that the time is
now ripe for some such legislation.
AS to his admission that the order is in
keeping with the law. We wish very much
that he could have taken this view when
Commissioner I.ochrcn, at his order SO
maladminstered the law to cut OFF the
pensions of tens of thousands Of veterans
and to cut down the rates of hundreds
Of thousands more. At that time The Ma
tional Tribune strcnuously insisted that
the law read the same as it reads to-day,
but that it was being perverted by the
prejudiccs Of the Commissioner 10 the in
estimable injury of those whom it was in
tended to benefit. If Mr.. Cleveland could
have been persuaded to take the same
liberal view OF the law i'm 1896 that he
does to-day, it would have been great
dna1 hattap for I,ic taf a
incalculable benefit to the tens of thous-
| ands Of veterans who have died since then
bereft of what was properly theirs by Il
| too-harsh Interpretation Of q generously
remedial law.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
PORT ARTHUR.

Fuller descriptions Of Port Arthur reveal
that it has an exceedingly indefensible posi-
ton from a land attack. and must fall as
soon as the japanese make the movement
against ii which they are preparing. The
long Liaotung Peninsula terminates in a
small peninsula. which is an irregular bit
OF rock and barren country, nearly 40 miles
long and 10 miles wide at it's widest place.
Upon this, at the best harbor, is Port
Arthur, around which are five other places
which afford good anchorage and conse-
quentiy can be used for the landing of
troops. The neck Of land which connects
this smaller peninsula with the larger is
but two miles wide. and therefore easily
cut across by land force. The Russians
have tried to fortify the peninsula. but have
not succeeded in making it at all defensi-
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
CoNsTRUING THE ORDER.

The Pension Bureau officials are busily
engaged in working out the details of the
execution Of the order which is to 20 into
effect April Is. The first thing that CON
fronts them is the following section of the
Revised Statutes
Section 469SE Except in cases OF
permanent specific disabilities. no increase
of pension shall be allowed to commence
prior to the date of the Examining Sur
geon's certificate establishing the same
made under the pending claim for increase
and in this. as well as all other cases, the
certificate of an Examining Surgeon or OF
Board of Examining Surgeons shall be
subject to the approval of the Commits
sioner of Pensions"
This seems to make it imperative that
every one now on the rolls who desires to
receive an increase proportionate to age
shall be obliged to file an appIica ton which
must be dated after April 13. 1904, and
undergo an examination. OF course. those
not now on the rolls will have to take the
examination anyway, and specify their
ages in their claims. 1t would also seem
clear that in the future those who have re-
ceived rating for one age must. upon ar
irving at higher age, file new applica.
ton. and submit to another examination.
1t is fair to say that many able lawyers
say that Section 4,69S11x, having been
passed many years prior to the Act Of june
q. 1890, has no influence upon 1t, and
need not be regarded.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
THE REAL QUESTION.

The real question involved in the present
proceedings i'll the Reed Smoot case is
| whether the polygamist ring which now
governs the State of Utah shall be sus-
tanned in its attitude of rebellion to the
United States in the matter of plural wives.
Joseph r. Smith, the President of the
Church, Is a Zealot of the stuff of which
old-tiIDe martyrs were made. lie is man
| who would be burned at the stake rather
than give up his religion. and when he was
| called. set apart and sustained" as the
| head of the Church. the Mormons said
| among themselves
THE Lord will now come into his own.
Joseph T. Smith will stand firm for all the
principles of his faith. The doctrine of
polygamous marriage is not to be aban-
doned."
lie IS Republican. but is Mormon, a
prophet, seer. and revelator" of the Nor
mon Church before anything else. In or
rule the Church have laid it down firmly
that their young men. who aspire to any
political Office, must be firm, uncompromis-
ing advocates of all the doctrines of the
Church to the last letter of their promulga-
ton. For this reason they reward Smoot
with seat in the Senate He is one of
the best examples of the rising young Nor
| mons. He has pleasing address. has been
a successful business man. and is a monOg-
| amst. but duly obedient to the elders. If
lie is seated it will be great object
| lesson to the other young men. and help i'm
| mensely to hold them in line 4 very strong
faction of them. however. are hoping that
SmOot will be unseated. which will show
that the ruling ring has not the power that
| it claims. and can not defy the United
States. If he is seated. it will be acknowl-
| edging that the Church oligarchy is SUI
| preme in Utah. and nobody can gainsay
| what it may decide to do.
The most powerful influence in holding
| the young men and women i'm line is the
declaration that any Reputation or aban-
! denment OF the plural marriage idea will
| stamp them as Legitimate. This. it is
claimed. would ie flying in the face of
| revelations far older than those of Smith,
since the patriarchs Of the Bible all had
plural wives.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31

Senator Penrose (Pa.) has introduced
n bill establishing retirement or pension
fund for railway postal clerks. This pro-
yides that any postal clerk who has been
in the United States Railway Mail Service
for period of 20 years or longer. and who
has been incapacited through i'll health or
an accident, but who has attained the age
of 63 years, shall be retired on full pay,
provided that no clerk so retired shall re-
eeiye more than $1,000 per annum One
per cent of his monthly allowance shall be
deducted and added to the fund All
moneys realized from fines and penalties
imposed by the Post Office Department
upon railway postal clerks, shall be turned
into the fund. 4 Board of three officers
of the Post Office Department appointed
annually shall constitute Retiring
Board" Some provision of this kind is
certainly necessary for the men who bear
the responsibilities and perform the dan
gerons duties of railway postal clerks. They
are superior class of men, must neces-
sarily I've. and do their work under excep-
tional difficulties. accompanied all the time
with more or less hazard. as in every COLI
Sion or derailment the postal car is gen
orally the one that suffers most A pen.
sion system for those who are broken down
either from doing their service or by acct
dent is therefore only decent justice.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
STRONG PROTEST AGAINST sAsBAR1sM

The Confederate veterans seem To bt
properly shocked at the barbafous scene.
which have occurred at some of the lynch
ings in the South. and the w. X. Banks
dale Camp, l.. c. w.. of Grenada. Miss.
has begun a crusade in this direction. Al
q recent meeting of the Camp. which wa.
largely attended. the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
'.First-That We are unalterably OPP
posed to the Iynchng of human being
save perhaps for the one uncomfortable
crime.
''Second-That az Confederate veterans
and law abiding citizens of Mississippi
and of the United States. we are violently,
veliemently and eternally opposed to the
practice of burning a human being for any
crime whatsoever
'Third-That we appeal i'm laundering
tones to all Confederate veterans. THEN
wives and daughters. and TO that great
and glorious organization. the Daughters
of the confederacy. one and all. to arise
in their might and by precept and ex.
ample. voice and pen, moral force and
influence. help put n stop to this diabol
zeal. barbaric, unlawful. inhuman and un
sodiy crime of burning human beings.
''FUuFth-That We heartily approve OF
and applaud the action of Gov. Farda
man in his recent successful efforts to save
criminal from mob bent on burning
This IS beginning. at least.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31

PROFESSIONALLY the late order of the
Commissioner of Pensions would not have
been issued but for the action Of The Ma
tional Encampment at San Francisco, and
the earnest, well-directed efforts of Com
mandeF-in-Chief Black and the National
&. \. Il. Pension Committee toward carry
ing out the directions of the National En-
campment to secure from Congress the pas
sage of the Service Pension Bill. From the
moment of his entry into Office Comman der-
| in-C hicf John {. Black began n determined
| effort to carry ont the mandate of the Ma
| tional Encampment. and his course was
dictated by the highest wisdom. Wherever
he went at all meetings, soldier or other
wise. he pleaded the cause of the veterans
with convincing eloquence. and prepared
| the public mind for the great measure of
| justice which the Grand Army requested.
| He appointed most excellent Pension
Committee, with Comrade chas. G.. Bur-
ton. of Missouri. as Chairman. Comrade
Burton is not only Judge of high ability.
but he has served in Congress. and did con-
spicuously good work as member of the
Pension Committee in preparing the in
uittincnL against lNanS WHICH secured HIS
removal. Associated with him We're Com
| rades \. a. Taylor of Ohio; John G. Line
han, OF New Hampshire: ii. L. Taintor. of
Connecticut; Bernard Kelly. of Kansas l..
Il. Raymond. Of Iowa; and James Owens
Of New York City-all jealous. capable
men. devoted in the highest degree to the
interests of the Order and to the great body
of the survivors OF the war of the rebel
lion.
AT the meeting of the Committee held in
Washington. the desire of the veterans for
the Service Pension Bill was presented in
the best possible way to the Senators and
Representatives. and nothing was left I'M
done TO convince them that this bill en-
bodied precisely what the comrades wanted,
and that they were soldly united upon it.
The Grand Army of the Republic has never
been better served than it has been since
the National Encampment by the comrades
We have named.
The National tribune., 1904-03-31
LABOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH.

The experience Of the cotton-mill oper.
ators in the Somth has developed fact
that The National Tribune has frequently
alluded to. There are two distinct races
of whites in the South: one. generally
found in the lowiands, is the real poor
white trash" the descendants Of the pau
pers and convicts whom England trans
ported to this country at the time of the
first settlements. to work the lands, but
who proved enirely worthless. More than
100 years later came another immigration
up largely of Presbyterians, Baptists, In.
dependents. and other Dissenters, who
were opposed to the Church of England,
and were forced out of the country at the
close of the several rebeiIions headed by
the Pretender. These. finding the lowlands
occupied, went back on the hills TO what
is now called the Piedmont region"
There they had to struggle with the for.
ests. and all sorts of privations. They
had no schools and few churches, and the
result was their children grew up entirely
ignorant. But the stock was good and
strong. and from this blood came the best
soldiers in the Confederate army. as well
as many thousand Union soldiers.
The cotton-miii operators have discoE.
| cred that the iowland poor whites" are
as uuteachable and unreliable as the ne
groes. while the Piedmont whites show
intelligence in learning the work and q
great deal of character in sticking to their
tasks and executing them honestly. They
| make themselves comfortable homes, so
| that there is very decided Improvement
| manifested i'll the social condition all
around where the mills are located.