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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

NEVER HOLD THROTTLE AGAIN.
PitiabIe Condition of Engineer Wa
terman of the Wrecked Train.
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
OF all the marvellous happenings in
the five seconds consumed in the
wrecking of the two flying Pere Mar
quette trains at East Paris, that of
Engineer Frank Waterman of Detroit
is the most unbelievable. Waterman's
son returned Tuesday night from
Grand Rapids, where his father lies
in a hospital. Except for bruises,
which make his lower body almost
solid black and blue, and trifiing cuts
in his face, Waterman is unhurt.
1t was fifteen minutes after the col
lision, and the passengers in the chair
car of the westbound train We're COM
ing out of the stupor into which their
fearful shaking up had thrown them,
when a greasy, dirty figure appeared
al the door. One man was assisting
him as he limped into the car. The
injured man proceeded to deposit him
self upon the sofa in the smoking COM
partment, wagging his head and NUT
tering emphatically to himself the
while. None took more than passing
notice of the man, because there were
bleeding and crushed forms crowding
past him that needed attention.
Il lost my watch asserted the
grimy figure on the lounge, in a tone
of voice he would have used in ask
ing for the sugar at the breakfast ta-
BILE. Il lost my watch-that's what
I'm worrying about. I wish some
bodyd find it," -4.t r.
who is the fellow" the passenger
who had helped him was asked.
Dunno; says he's the engineer of
this train
Nonsense; this business has turned
his head"
Some one who was busy binding up
a wounded head with the doiie torn
from an upholstered chair, stopped
long enough to snort incredulously:
Our engineer alive. 1 should say not.
Why, this engine stands on end up
there, and there amt enough of the
cab left to make a toothpick of. That
engineer isn't much now. 1 guess"
"All I know is I found him up
against the fence. forty feet from the
engine, said the other. Probably
he's a tramp stealing ride"
Say fellers, ia like to find that
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

by a dozen. for Pitcher Clarkson's rise
ball was always clicking off into foul
tips, and Catcher Bennett always had
the trick of mailing them down to
perfection. A little later we found
that the pitchers had gained the mas
terry over the batsmen to one sided
extent. and we set the pitchers further
back in the diamond"
Hart's opinion of club owners is that
they are selfish and inconsistent. They
claim that the foul-strike rule handi-
caps the batsmen, yet they pay big
salaries to pitchers with extra ability
in fooling batters. Hart says they
should have retained the rule which
kept the pitcher from raising his arm
higher than his head or made him
place both feet on the ground and
keep them there.
The Chicago Clubs president admits
the fact that pitchers get the mastery
of new rules much quicker than bat
ters. Not that he thinks pitchers are
more intelligent than the average play
ers in other positions, but because the
pitchers get more practice. Suppose
in a game" says Hart, leach batter
faces the pitcher four times. That
means that the pitcher gets thirty-six
chances for practice and the develop
ment of his skill, while each batsman
gets but four"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19
GAMBLING OFF NOME.
Its VOtaries, 1t Is Said, Driven to
the Ice Three Miles From shore.
From the indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
The crusade against gambling is
neither local nor limited, and while it
may be more or less spasmodic, one
can say in looking at history that, on
the whole, progress toward extirpating
it has been made. 1t may be like
the frogs progress out of the we'll
climbed three feet every day and slip
ped back two and a half every night;
but on the whole he got out A cen
tury ago lotteries were reputable, and
policy was not played in a corner or
in the dark. Public morality has made
great advance since then. Here is
another example: Recall the frontier
towns almost any time from the days
of the forty miners" to the days of
Creedo. There is gambling in plenty
still, but put along side the historic
condition of things in those towns the
condition in Nome, Alaska, to-day.
There was a 'fOrty-niner" town full
blooded, suffering all that a conges-
ton of gold-hunting civilization pro-
duces.
But Nome to-day is no wide-open
town, and she announces the fact. She
has simply driven her gambling ele-
ment to tall TIMBER" or, more correct
ly, to the icebergs. Nome will have
none of it, so the greatest gam
bling enterprise that the aurora bore
alis ever beamed on is afioat-literally
and figuratively full marine league
from land in the ocean-and hence
out of the jurisdiction of anybody.
The concern will be established on the
midwinter ice of Bering sea, which at
the three miles distance necessary to
take it out of the country and on to
the high seas, is twelve feet thick,
and so it is calculated it's founda-
tion is solid enough for the frail pal
ace. There are to be a gambling hall,
a dance hall, a theater. a cafe, and ho-
tel under one roof and ION ice" The
structure is to be so built that when
the ice weakens in the spring it can
be taken apart and stored. We shall
next hear of the attempt of Nome
to solve this assault on her dignity;
that it will be made there is no doubt.
A border town that can drive gambling
out in this fashion can beat any
game that the outlaws can devise. Be
this as it may, the great point is the
example that Nome sets or adds to
others of the kind, to show that gam
bling is fradually being driven to
straits more desperate (here Bering
Strait and that this must indicate
a gradual rise in the standard of pub
lie morality.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19
BENEFIT BALL FOR
FOOTBALL TEAM.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, a ball win be
given for the benefit of the Savannah
Athletic Association football team in
appreciation of its good work.
New Years night when the Savan-
nah team returned after defeating
Charleston. some one suggested that
a ball be given for the benefit of the
players and yesterday plans were COM
pleted.
Manager Michaels was elected chair
man of the committee of arrange
ments, and has decided that the ball
will take place at the Guards Hall
which will be decorated with blue, and
white, the colors of the team, the price
Of admission will be 81 for men, la
dies free.
The money derived from the games
the past season was given to the as
sociation instead of the players as has
been the custom heretofore and in due
recognition of this and other facts
it has been decided to give all the
money derived from the ball to the
players.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

MED to one of their own organization.
The Brooklyn club would have liked to
have played games at Ridgewood this
year. In fact that is the old stamping
ground of the local team when it was
a member of the American Associa-
tion. Some negotiations had gone for
ward to that effect, but the matter
was handled rather gingerly in view
of the fact that it was conceded that
an effort upon the part of a major
league club to play Sunday games
might result in all Sunday games of
baseball being stopped, and the Brook
lyn club was not desirous to squelch
the professionals. In the mean
time information was conveyed to the
New York American League club by a
man, who has been paid to do a little
work off and on by that organization,
that Brooklyn was making an effort
to play Sunday baseball in Ridgewood
and it was suggested that it would be
a good idea for New York to butt in
if it could. 1t did. The mana cement
made figures and arrangements that
were a little better for the owners of
the Ridgewood ground. so it is said
(this is as the story was told to the
writeT), and by reason of other repre-
sentations made to the owner, not all
of which were founded absolutely on
fact, he decided to make a contract
with Frank Farrell for the games. 1t
is also asserted that one of the Of
ficiaIs Of Queens borough was let in
on the deal. That is the usual way In
New York of securing protection"
William d. Scanlon of Syracuse. N.
Y, will be a member of the Pittsburg
baseball club the coming season and
his release will not cost the club one
cent more than that paid in Septem-
ber.
This was the announcement made by
Secretary Locke of the Pittshurg club
on returning from Syracuse the other
day,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

number. Kingfull has hardly been up
to a race, however, since the close of
the fair meeting, he was turned out,
and was allowed to take on considera-
BILE flesh. He has, however, had much
hard work in the last two weeks, and
if he is in as good shape as he was at
the commencement of the fair meeting
he should give Leonoster a hard strug-
gle. At five furlongs, which is the dis
tanCe o: the match race. Kingfull
should show at his best He is a front
runner. and in a match race he will
show to good advantage.
In the other events there will be
full list of starters. All of the horses
at the track now are in training for the
regular spring meetings, which will
open all over the country in a few
weeks. and an excellent afternoons
sport is promised to all who attend.
Manager Kidder of the street railway.
has announced that he will put on a
special schedule for those who desire to
attend the races, and there will be no
delay in going and coming from the
grounds.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

Rode over 300 winners last year.
Earned $4,000 in one racing season.
Received $1,000 for winning the Flu
turity on Hamburg Belle.
Thinks that McChesney is the best
horse he ever threw leg over.
Predicts that High Ball is going to
develop into the three-y year-old cham
pion of 1904.
Is only eighteen years old and was
never heard of as a jockey until last
winter at New Orleans.
Was developed by Archie thinner,
who trains for Congressman Timothy
d. Sullivan.
Advises turf spectators to follow
Jockeys who are in winning form and
have the pick of mounts from leading
stables.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

From the Tablet.

It is indeed natural to man to thirst
after the truth, and to embrace it low
ingly and cling to it when it has been
offered to him, but on the other hand
the corruption of nature causes only
too many TO hate above all else the
proclamation of the truth by which
their errors are laid bare and their
passions checked. But the abuse and
threats of all such still have not the
least influence upon us, for we are sus-
tanned by that admontion of Jesus
Christ: IF the world hates you. know
that 1t hated Me before you" John XIV,
l0. After all. what need is there to
show how false are the envious charges
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19
French nhysicians report an i

French physicians report an in
creasing number of cases of acute
nervousness which are due directly to
automobiling, and they predict that
with an increase of the sport will
come an increase in the number of the
cases. The sickness is called the neu-
rosis of anxiety, and may be traced
to the excitement and mental tension
of rapid travelling with the emotional
repression necessary to secure rea-
sonable feeling of enjoyment while
speeding rapidly, with risks and dan
gers constantly at hand.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19
Claude Is to Race in Big Handicap.

Claude. winner of many Derbies last
year, is to have a crack at the big
Eastern stakes this year. He has been
entered in both Brooklyn and Subur-
ban, and his owner. NJ. ]. Daily, an
nounces that he will take him East to
try for the classics. Claude was
thought to have created a record last
year in number of miles travelled, and
in number of varying conditions under
which he raced. But If he makes a
few more tours across the continent he
will surpass his own mark by a good
many figures. He is now in California,
where his work has been somewhat
disappointing. Just as was the case
last year, however, DAILY believes that
he Will round to about March or April.
Proper, who has been beating all COM
ers at the California tracks this year
has been entered by w. B. Jennings in
both Brooklyn and Suburban.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

of the best known trainers in the coun-
try, and has spoken in the highest
terms of the Savannah track as a
wintering place for Eastern horses. He
is on his way to New Orleans.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

Frank P. Burch. formerly trainer for
the stable of F. r. Hitchcock is a
guest in Savannah, and will be an in
terested spectator at the matinee races
to be run to-day. Mr.. Burch is one
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19
IN THE BOXERS CORNER

A kink in the match between Young
Corbett and Jimmy Britt looked likely
but it Strengthened out all right, and
now matters are running along as
usual. 1t proved to be simply a spat
between two of the California clubs,
who. recognizing the worth of the
match. were eager to secure it. The
Yosemite Athletic Club thought itself
safe on it's original bid, but when the
Colma Athletic Club of Colma, Cal,
came along, and offered $4,000 in cash
with a third of it postered in the bank
in the form of a certified check, the
men wavered, and at a meeting held,
huctuated toward Colma. But repre-
sentatives of the Yosemite then got
down to business, and apparently pull
ed few wires for Britt later announc-
ed that after considering the matter
duly he had come to the conclusion that
there would be more money battling on
4 percentage basis in the metropolis of
the coast than boxing in Colma, for
a purse, and he would, therefore, not
try the salubrious climate of Colma.
Young Corbett did not appear to have
much opinion one way or the other.
He thought $4,000 a tidy sum, when it
was assured, and said So but that did
not alter the native mans views. and
as Corbett is a sort of don't-care fell
low, anyhow, matters were left unset
tied. The complications, however,
have all been Strengthened out and
neither of these clubs got the match
The Hayes Valley Athletic Club of San
Francisco, put in an offer of 65 per
cent. of the gate receipts, and both
men accepted promptly. March IL was
fixed as the date of the bout, and the
men will soon start training.
Willie Fitzgerald stayed his ten
rounds with Joe Cans all right, but he
did not emerge with any great glory,
as the colorcd mans superiority was
plainly apparent at all stages. F'itz7
gerald made a counle of flashes, once
in the second and again in the ninth,
which showed that he had strength in
reserve. But. then, so did Cans, and
undoubtedly the greater amount at
that. Fitzgerald cannot be put down
as an absolute Disappointment, for he
is young, and was flying pretty high
when he tackled Cans. Spectators
were impressed with the colored mans
showing, it being an Improvement over
recently displayed form. in which he
gave evidence of deterioration or care
lessness. He was more like his old
time self, indicating that he had taken
more pains in his preparation for Fitz-
gerald. Fitz will be heard from again.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

ence OF Mr.. Colin R. Dunn, "a Minton
St, Dorchester, Mass. Mr.. Dunn says:
81 was in very poor health and
weighed but oz pounds, and my stom-
ach was in such poor condition that
could not enjoy my food. secured a
bottle of DR.. Greene's Nervura, and
when l had taken one bottle was
able to eat great deal better and felt
a desire for food. so I continued taking
it. To-day l weigh I3I pounds, and
instead of going about on crutches,
can walk and enjoy myself like any
other young man"
Recommended and sold by all drug,
gists. For free medical advice write to
DR.. Greene, IoI Fifth Ave-, NY. City.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

this country are charming; but why
have the married women such drag
ged-out look?" Host-"Well, you see,
some of them are worked to death be-
cause they have no servants, and the
rest of them are worried to death be
cause they have. New York Weekly
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

There is considerable wrangling as
to whether the New York Americans
have a right to play Sunday baseball
in Ridgeway Park near Brooklyn. In
the recent issue of the Sporting Life
Mr.. John B. Foster says.
1T was never intended by the Ma
tional League people that the Ameri-
can should cross to this side of the
river. They would not allow the New
York National League club to do such
a thing. and it would be very foolish
to believe that they would permit a
club in a rival league a privilege de-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-19

Tom LOTUS mix up with Jesse Bur-
kett at Sportsmans Park last sum-
mer is responsible for the framing of a
bit of legislation by the American
League. 1t is a rule by which any
manager or player coming on the field
intoxicated shall be fined 500. This
sort OF trouble has fortunately been
rare in baseball. The last wear there
was but one serious outbreak due to
intoKication and that was the after
noon Lotus got "fiossy' with Burkett.
over in Redland one Saturday ST Sey-
lnour bobbed up on the green reeling
and caused scandal, but, luckily, no
trouble.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others

disturbing colored veterans in it who
think they are as good as white
veterans if not little better. AS a
rule, however, 1 notice that the color
ed veterans with the U. c. V. (for
they have them at the reunions) and
the G.. A. r., as rule are well be-
haved and give no occasion to rude
ly enforce the color line. They are
properly treated and well provided for,
and have no cause for complaint.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
Uncle Mingo on
The Mormon Question
BY w. T. WILLIAMS.
BY w. T. WILLIAMS.

church say you mus obey de law oh de-
country. But den agin, de church ss,
dat de voice of rebelation got de csi,
on ebbleting else.'
"'Wot does you mean by rebela-
tion?'
'Rebelation is a word wot como
from above only to de cleo an hol,,
saints, sich as we is, an wot tell ne
cen a still small voice dot we kin do
anything we blame please
" So rebelation tell you to keep on
libin' wild a whole lot o. women for
your wife?'
"'Too be sho it do. Tink wot
outrageous shame it would be if we
was to start to stickin' UP to onIy
on family! We lubs dem all, an dey
lubs us; wot would become OBJ dem no,
innocent womens an chillun if We
was to quit all but one!'"
''Dere is sumpin' cen dat" said the
waiter.
"Yes," said Uncle Mingo; "but how
much? 1t put me cen mine OBJ de story
bout de feller cen Texas wot de iury
had jis fin guilty of murderin' his
pa an his ma. De judge AK him wot
he had to say wy sentence OBJ death
shouldn't be pass on him.
'Nothin' jedge,' he say cep' dat
you oughtnt to be too hard on a no.
orphan
Lets spose a case right here cen
Georgy. Let's spose dat John Doe. a
feller wot's all de time gittin en- some
kin O. law trouble, is haul up befo' de
cote for habin' mo dan one wife
When he gifts up cen cote, dey faces
him wild one wife here cen Savannah.
one from Charleston, one from Angus
ia, one from Macon, one from Atlanta,
til
dlers Crick, an so on.
"Cose de cote ak wot he got to say
for himself.
"'Well, you see,' say de much mar
ried feller, it's dis-away. 1 is a trab-
elm man; is cen one place two weeks,
mex place tree weeks, mex place a
mont, an so fort. Now, l is VERY
fon' o. de gals, an furdermo l is a
VERY domestic an home-lubbin' man.
an wants TO be home wild my family
all de time. Cose,' he say, L can't drag
my home an my family roun wild
me from pillar to pos cen no sich a
way like dat, so de mex bes' ting was
to hab a diffunt family at ebble place
Were I stops at for any lenk O. time.
I is able he say, to s'pote dem all
cen de style dey is custom to, an
/ tink it will be shame to make me
lef' any O. dem little families to need
an disgrace, as 1 lubs dem all, an
kin take care OBJ de whole bunch
Now" said Uncle Mingo, docs you
tink de cote will say go ahead, an
take care O. dem all?'
mo- said the waiter, thoughtfully;
mo, 1 guess not"
"I guess so, too," said Jingle Mingo.
"I guess de cote would say, We is
VERY sorry for dem po' helpless inno-
cent womens wot has been brung eento
sich trouble by your misconduc', but
justice mus be did, an you'll hab to
try to git on for de mex twenty years
cen de pen widout no wife non tall
Zen fac, 1 tink dere is mo 'scuse
for John Doe dan for de MOrmons,
cause de Mormons has whole lot o
wife cen de same town; an sometimes
maybe two or tree cen de same house.
Aldough,' concluded Uncle MingO,
from my little bit of speunce an OBJ
serwation. 1 don't zac'ly see how sich
a ting like dat is quite possible
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
WAR DISPLAY AT ST. LOUIS.

Copyright. 1904, by T. C. Mcclure,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
HOW THE ARMIES OF RUSSIA
AND JAPAN ARE MOVED
for 1000 Men
.toDa of the JapsC
BY CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD M. JAMES.

These measures were rendered nee
essary by the smallness and weakness
of the Japanese horses, which are
about the scrawniest animals of
their kind. The Russians, on the con-
trary, are we'll supplied with large,
strong, well-bred horses. Horse
breeding on an immense scale was
brought TO high pitch of success in
Russia by the late Count Orloff, and
the type of horse used in the Russian
army to-day is mainly that which is
known as the "Orloff horse"
The newly broken horses Of the
steppes are also used to a consider
able extent, especially by the Cossacks
and the Turkestan contingents.
In the Turcoman campaigns in Cen
tral Asia camels were employed, but
they are hardly ever used to-day by
Russian troops. Thousands of dogs
are pressed into service, however
mainly for transporting soldiers and
supplies In sledges across Lake Bal
kal.
Jap Carries Plenty to Eat.
In the present campaign the Mikados S
fighting man is carrying a great deal
more food with him than his Russian
adversary. Against the latter's two
days rations. he carries two cooked
rations of rice in addition to six emer-
gency rations. These are contained in
an aluminium mess pan, and as the rice
has been boiled and dried in the sun,
the entire weight is trifling.
1t is commonly supposed that the
japanese soldier lives entirely on rice
and dried fish, but such is not the fact
He can live. and fight well, on that
spare diet, if necessary; but he is
given meat and other sustaining foods
whenever practicable, as well as beer
or sake" Several years ago a mill
tary commission was appointed by the
Mikado to inquire why the physique
of the Japanese troops was inferior to
that of the British. German and other
armies. The commission came to the
conclusion that beef and beer helped
to build up the stalwart frames of Oc-
cidental fighting men, and since then
beef and beer have been included in
the diet scale of the Japanese army.
1t would appear, from recent reports.
that the food arrangements of the Jap
anese forces now in the field are ex-
cellent. According to one statement,
each infantry unit has a cylindrical
stove and detachable kettle capable of
cooking enough rice to furnish one
meal for 100 men. Nine such stoves
and kettles are used for cooking for a
battalion. Boxes containing half
pound cans of meat are carried by four
horses for each battalion. The ques-
ton of water supply has been care
fully considered, doubtless owing to
the fact that the sickness among the
Japanese troops in the Pekin expedi-
tion consisted almost entirely of ty-
phoid fever. Each unit carries a guam
tity of sodium sulphate to purify the
drinking water.