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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
DR.. DAY DECLINES POSITION.
Newly Elected Methodist Biehop Ten
ders Reclamation.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 24.-The
most sensational incident Of the Meth
odist general conference occurred dur
ing the morning in the resignation of
Rishop James r. Day OF Syracuse,
N. Y His resignation was accepted
by the conference. The conference
then voted tc Indefinitely postpone the
election OF a successor to DR.. Day on
the episcopal board and this action
was taken to mean that there will be
no balloting for an eighth bishop by
this conference and that the board
will remain as at present constituted.
In resigning Bishop Day asked per-
mission of the conference to retire
from further attendance. The resig-
nation came as a profound surprise 10
every one except a few friends, with
whom Bishop Day had consulted re-
garding his determination, and his
statement which preceded his action
was listened to by the delegates and
crowded galleries with intense inter-
est In concluding his statement DIR.
Day said:
81 am not Influenced by material
considerations ! must return TO the
work of Christian education. ! do not
feel myself called to take up the work
of a bishop"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
Deiegases to Ohio Democratic Conven
ton Gathering at Columbus.

Columbus, O., May 24.-Leaders are
In conference here preparatory to the
Democratic state convention Of the
next two days. The Hearst men have
for weeks been contending In Ohio for
district delegates to the national con-
vention at ST Louis and for county
delegates to the state convention here
this week, but they have failed to get
q majority of either, sc that there will
be no such scenes of contest as were
expected here during the week.
The Hearst men had secured hotel
accommodations that are now open
for others. The Hearst men are no
longer aggressive. They are now In
favor of no endorsement for any one
for president. This would give them
the few district delegates they have
secured, while any instructions or the
unit rule would prevent them from get
ting any votes from Ohio at st. Louis.
While there Is no leader at this con-
vention as In former years 1t Is prob
able that the contest between the
friends of Colonel Sames KilDourne OF
Columbus and Of Judge Judson Har-
mon of Cincinnati may prevent any
endorsement for president.
Ii Is certain that there will be no
instructions for either Hearst or Par
ker. II there is no endorsement of
either Kilbourne or Harmon and no
unit rule the Hearst men will consider
II partial victory. as they would then
be able to get the votes OF such dis
tricts as they have carried.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
RUSSIANS FINALLY ADMIT THE
LOSS OF A WARSHIP OFF
vLADlvOSTOk.
VESSEL WENT ON ROCKS RECENTLY
FINDING 1T IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE
SHIP ADMIRAL JEssEN HAS
IT BLOWN UP.

st. Petersburg, May 2A.-The report
that Rear Admiral Jessen, finding II
impossible to save the prote, ,ta
cruiser Bogatyr, which went ashore re
Gently In a fog on the rocks eff Iladi
vostok, caused her to be blown up. is
officially confirmed.
The guns of the Bogatyr were re
moved before she was destroyed. NJ
loss of life attended her destruction.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE.
Opium Valued at $4,000 Seized on Pa
cisic Coast.

Washington, May 24.-Chief Wilkie
of the secret service has given out the
following statement:
Secret service agents detailed al
the request of Assistant Secretary
Armstrong have been investigating
the suspected smuggling OF opium be
tween Seattle and Portland After
three months work under the direction
Of Operative Frank Burke. who was
specially detailed for this service from
the New York division, the investiga
tion closed at midnight sunday las
with the seizure of $40 900 worth OF
crude opium and the arrest of s. B
Stevens. alias Tuttle. w S. Cree and
Alfred Larsen. all of Seattle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
produced py the loss or tne Japanes,

produced by the loss or the japanese
ships last week.
General Kuropatkin originally had
decided to abandon the town because
of the Japanese complete mastery OF
the sea, but the losses sustained by
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet so change
the relative strength Of the two fleets
that it is believed to render unsafe
the dispatch of Japanese transports
around the Liaotung peninsula, as they
run the risk of attack by Rear Admiral
WittSOeft
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
SITUATION Is CHANGED.
Reason for Russian Reoccupatlon OF
NeWchWano.

st. Petersburg. May 24.-The gen.
eral stan says the reoccupation OF
Newchwang by the Russians In force
q due to the change IN the situation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24

Prisoner Jumps From Train Running
at Full Speed.

Nevada, Ia, May 24-Joseph Pan
kuch an Austrian, who escaped from
Sing Sing prison some months ago and
was being returned to prison by two
New York officials. jumped from Chi
cago and Northwestern limited train
running at full speed and was instant
ly killed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
JAPANESE SPIES ARRESTED.
Are Held Responsible for Damage to
Vessels at Cronstadt.

ST. Petersburg, May 24.-An investi'
CATION made by the authorities into
the recent attempts to destroy some
Of the vessels of the Baltic feet at
Cronstadt has resulted in the arrest OF
four Japanese spies, who seem to have
escaped detection by wearing the uni
form OF naval cadets, thus obtaining
admission to the navyyard and access
to the ships without difficulty.
II Is believed that they are also re-
tponsible for the fire started some
time back near the naval magazine
and for the opening of the sea valves
of the Orel The authorities here
think the Japanese have been har'
bored by anarchists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
Spanish Monks Arrested.

New York, May 24.-When the Span
ish monks who came here from the
Ps silippines received the orders of the
government for their expulsion, says
Herald dispatch from Caracas. Ven
ezuela, they answered that they would
leave only at the point OF bayonets OF
on the orders of their superior. AL
were Immediately arrested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE.
Attorney Johnson Argues for the De
fendant Company.

Trenton, n. j., May 24.-Argumen!
was resumed before Judge Bradford
in the United States circuit court dur
ing the day in the suit brought by f.
H. Hartman and Winslow S. Pierce
to restrain the proposed plan of dis
tribution Of the assets of the Northern
Securities company.
Argument was opened by John u
Johnson, representing the Northern
Securities company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
Calumet
Baking
Powder
A wonderful powder OF rare
morlt and unrlvaled etrengtn.
Runaway Bcy Tataily lnjured.

Minneapolis, May 24-Whle beat
ing his way to the Pacific coast Basil
Palmer, a runaway boy from Hart,
Mich. aged sixteen years. was fatally
injured by falling from Northern
Pacific freight train at Northtown
Junction. Roth legs Were cat oT below
the knees, his light arm was sesered
at the shoulder and three fingers were
taken from the right hand by the
wheels of q car.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
TEN RUSSIANS KILLED.
Diminishing Occurs in the Vicinity Of
Takushan.

Toxic, May 24-The Japanese land
cd at Takushan report having been
engaged in two scouting skirmishes
during which ten Russians were killed.
In the first affair ten Russians were
captured and in the other General Ku-
Toki reports the capture of an officer
and a man caught making a reconnais-
sance in the rear of Kuroki's army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
STORY IS DISCREDiTED.
Japs Said to Have Made Land ATTACK
on Port Arthur.

St. Petersburg, May 24.-According
% reports which have reached the Rus
sian headquarters at Liaoyang from
Chinese sources the Japanese have
made a land attack on Port Arthur,
but have been repulsed with heavy
loss. The truth of the reports is ques-
toned here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
japanese Wounded at Toxic.

Toxic, May 24.-About 300 sick and
slightly wounded men of General Ku-
rokis army arrived at the military
hospital here during the day, with sew
eral guns, wagons and ambulances
captured at the Yalu river, which will
be presented to the emperor.
HEAAST MEN IN MINORITY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-05-24
SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

Russian Battieship OreI, Sunk at Cron.
stadt. Is FIoated.
ST. Petersburg, May 24.-The ad.
miralty reports that the battleship
Orel, which suddenly sank at her an
chorage at Cronstadt on the night of
May 20 as the result, according TO re-
port of her sea valves being open, and
which was subsequently raised, has not
sustained any injuries. The investi-
CATION into the cause of the accident
is not concluded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
STRANGLAND, Columbia.
IS TO o WAS THE WAY THAT
CHARLESTON BEAT THEM.
SOrrOwfuI Tale is That the Soldiers
Will Bring Back.

Charleston, S. c., Nov. 5.-Breaking
through the line at will, circling the
ends with quarter back and half back
runs, with not a single tumble or con-
fusion of signal and preventing it's
opponents from making the required
gain every time but one, the Charles
ton football eleven defeated the eleven
from Fort Screven yesterday on the
Hampton Park grounds by the deci-
sive score of 65 to 0.
Faint as the echo of a memory there
comes from Savannah a noise of weep
ing, and over the faces of the mem
bers of the Pathfinder team there
creeps a gloom which will not be dissi-
pated. While the eleven from Fort
Screven played desperately, it was
hopelessly outclassed by Charleston,
and never for a single instant was the
Charleston goal in danger, the ball be-
ing kept in the territory of the visitors
almost during the entire game.
The Charleston players were not only
effective in offensive work, but played
so excellent a defensive game that the
visitors did not make the five yards
but once, being forced to punt in every
other instance.
Not in years has such a game on the
part of a Charleston team been seen
on the local gridiron, and more than
once the spectators along the side
lines and in the grand stand broke into
applause, as some play of more than
usual brilliancy was made. Despite the
lopsided score, the crowd did not lose
interest in the game until the last
play was made, the spectators follow
ing the movements of the two opposing
elevens closely.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

Bobby walthour has started train
ing for the six-day bicycle race to be
held in this city, beginning Dec. 5, and,
with Benny Munroe as a partner. ex-
poets to repeat his victory of last year.
says a special from New York;
The blonde lad returned from Eu-
rope last week after a phenomenal
seasons work. during which he won
something like $4,000. He crossed on
Aug. 4 and returned wearing the medal
of the worlds middle distance cham
pionship. which he won at the Crystal
Palace track in London.
During the past year I started in
forty-four races and won forty Of
them" said walthour. Accidents
caused most OF my losses, although 1
was beaten fairly by Leander in the
first race after got off the boat. Since
Lenders lamentable accident in Paris.
which caused his death a day or two
later the authorities have barred wind
shields. and now the pace followers
have 20 travel behind stripped ma
chimes handled by riders wearing Tight
fitting jackets. might say that after
Leander vas killed started wearing
a headgear similar TO that used by the
football players. and I know that II
saved my life on one occasion, AZ
least. when ] hit my head on the CO.
ment track IN a fall from my machine
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
HEAvYWEIGHTS ARE HARD TO FIND
New Giant With Great Strength Must Be Found
to Whip Jeffries.

Whatever ill-effect the dearth of good
heavy-weights may have on the boxing
game, it certainly has hustled hereto
fore lethargic managers of fighters into
a state of activity to discover some
one capable of giving Jim Jeffries a
battle for supremacy. Clever big men
are as hard to find as precious Jewels.
They are worth their weight in gold,
and with an adroit and shrewd pilot
behind them they can accumulate more
money than the greatest little fellows
in the same space of time. But big
men do not take to pugilism as read
lily as do their smaller brethren, and
this is one of the reasons why we have
so few heavyweights. The majority
of the giants go in for other kinds of
athletics. Only as last resort do they
take up boxing.
The big man with athletic tendencies
is apt to be vain. He regards his good
looks as essential to his success, and
is very careful to preserve them. He
realizes, that his features are liable
to be considerably mutilated and dis
torted If he goes into the fighting bust
ness, unless he is exceptionally clever.
And no matter how skillful a man i'm
the ring MAY be he is certain to re-
ceive punch during the fight that
may make his nose bleed. blacken his
eye, disfgure his ear or puff his lips.
OF course, a well-trained boxer gets
over these hurts easily. In few days
most OF the marks disappear, unless
some bones have been broken. Ac-
cidents will naturally Happen in the
best regulated families, and the ring
is not exempt in this respect. The
seasoned fighter, the man whose game
ness and pluck have been tested time
and again, is satisfied to take all the
ticks i'm creation so long as he is the
victor and the reward is made worth
the while.
Despite its popularity, pugilism in the
eyes Of many Is a depraved sport.
Very few good arguments are offered
why many should entertain this inn
preston. but the fact remains that the
profession, is held in contempt in plen-
~ Of quarters. The average prize
fighter is just as human and as good
and as loyal as the average business
man. He has simply taken up the
business for the money there Is In
IL and Is satisfied to take hard knocks
II he Is amply paid for H. II he has
a family he sees that they are well
provided for. Many OF them save their
earnings IN the ring and are law abid-
ing and good members Of society.
There are any number OF big young
men IN this county to-day, who with
the proper kind OF coaching and train
ing, would be able 20 become famous
and make money IN the prize ring
but they are AFRAID % take up the
calling, either for such reasons az
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

these are because they are prejudiced.
OF course, 1t is useless for anyone TO
go into the fighting business if he is
not strong enough, or does not possess
the requisite ability to make a sue
cessful fighter. While other kinds OF
athletics need strength and endurance.
pugilism is thought to be the most
strenuous of all. And that is one Of
the reasons why the sport is so popu
lar and why it will remain so.
The fact that Jim Jeffries has so
Tar proved invincible is no criterion
that he cannot be whipped. He is
only human, and a good strong blow
delivered on vital spot will send him
low the same as any other man. 1t is
only natural that a bruiser of his cal
iber should INSPIRE fear i'm the hearts
of his rivals. But fighters of Jeffries'
caliber all have their day and are Sure
to meet with reverse if they stay
long enough at the business. There
IS no better paying profession in the
world than the career of a successful
scrapper. If he is on top and only
battles twice a year he can gather
enough of the worlds wealth to
Keep him in luxury for the year fol-
lowing.
Billy Madden has the correct idea
about heavyweights. He has develop
oped more champions in this class
than any other manager. He can
make more capital with third-rate
heavyweight than he could with
champion little man. He is always on
the alert for new talent in this divi-
sion. He never turns a deaf ear to
the letters he receives from ambitious
candidates for prize ring fame, and he
gets a lot of them from folks all over
the country. He answers them person.
ally and II the aspirant happens TO be
a heavyweight he will get an audience
all the quicker. He has an original
method of trying them out and scan
Distinguish their good and poor quali-
ties without stretching his neck. He
knows brave man from a coward
and has no use for any OF the latter
breed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
JACKSONVILLE WON IT.
Defeated the Florida State College
Team 9 to o.

Jacksonville. Fla, Nov. SACK
sonville won on the gridiron to-day
from the Florida State College in the
second half, when Jones caught the
ball from a kick-off and carried it
through the Tallahassee line for
touchdown, and Yancey kicked goal.
The first half was fought hard. with
results about even. both teams maxi
ing costly fumbles in the second half.
Jacksonville was playing a more eff
fective game, and was making rapid
advances for the college goal when
time was called. Another play would
have put the ball across the line. The
local team has been strengthened by
the acquisition of several new men.
and is decidedly the strongest team
Jacksonville has had in the field. Score
6 to o.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
STAGES TEAM SHOWED
TEXAS ELEVEN UNDER.
Lone Star State Athletes Exhibited
Early Form.

Early Form.
Chicago, Nov. BY a score of 6S
to 0, the University of Chicago to-day
defeated the University of Texas. on
Marshall Field. The Texans presented
team that was the pick of the South
and in the early stages of the game,
they showed good football quality by
steadily advancing the ball from their
own 2O-yard line to Chicagos 5-yard
line, where they lost their only chance
to score. Scarborough of Texas was
sent through the center but fumbled
the ball. Eckersall picked it up and
made run of LOG yards for a touch
down for Chicago.
Texas played hard after this, but
Chicago had taken the lead, and by
quick and progressive football tactics,
sent one man after another across the
Texans goal line for total of eleven
touchdowns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
PeRREY, Pennsylvania
EASY FOR PENNSYLvAN
Scored % Points on Lafayette in the
First Half.

Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-Pennsylvania
to-day defeated Lafayette at football,
by the score of % to 0. All of the
points were scored in the opening half
after the visitors had spent their en-
ergy in carrying the ball from their
own 2S-yard line to Pennsylvania 30
yard line. This was the only redeem
ing feature of Lafayette's play.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
GEORGETOWN WON FROM
THE CAROLINA TEAM.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 5.-After wearing
eleven by playing a steady, easy-going
defensive game in the first half,
Georgetown threw her backs into the
line during the second half and scored
three touch downs, with one resulting
goal, winning to-day's game by a score
of 16 to 0. The offensive work of
the Georgetown team in the second half
was terrific in its force and the Caro-
lima line crumbIed before it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

Carmen Sylvia, Queen of Roumania.
received a letter the other day from
Tolstoy, in which the Count expressed
his regrets at having to postpone his
trip to Sinaia (the Queens summer
residence) till next year. He added:
81 have two sons in the battlefield
and anxiety for them gives me not a
moments rest" A third son of his is
at the seat of war as correspondent
for several Russian newspapers Toll
stoy's brother Sergius died not long
ago.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
Beat PoIytechDics.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 5.-The Uni
versity of Virginia defeated the vir-
ginia Polytechnic team at football here
to-day by the score of 5 to 0. The
only mark made was due to a touch
down by E. H. Johnson. scored after
a twenty-five yard run early in the
second half. A try for an easy goal
was a failure.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
TECH AND CLEMSON PLAYED A TIE

Atlanta, Nov. 5.-Form did not
play it's part in the game between
Clemson and Georgia Tech here to-
day. hence the score was tied; Tech,
IL; Clemson, II.
Had form played it's part Clemson
would have won, II to 6, as the South
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
M'GOvERN IS AFTER BowKER
Terry's Brother Makes nm Interest
ing Proposition.

Hughey McGovern, Terry's brother
is persistent in his desire to get up a
match with Jim Bowker, the new ban
tamweight champion of the world. HIS
manager Joe Humphreys. says thai
II Bowker will come TO this side and
fight he will give him $3.50 for eF-
penses. $1,000 win. lose or draw. and
bet him $500 on the side.
The American matchmaker Of me
National Sporting Club announces thtt
Bowker will not come TO this country
and has apparently advised against ~
recommending him 10 fight only 10 Wy
ring OF the London institution, ~
same matchmaker also tried 70 friEnl
en- White from coming % thih cee
Try with stories that he was pe'ns
sobbed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
DAN HURLEY. Harvard.
DARTMOUTH OUT
PLAYED HARVARD.
Neither Team Could Score in Holly
Contested Game.

Neither Team Could Score in Holly
Contested Game.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 5.-Harvard
and Dartmouth fought without score
on Soldiers Field to-day, with the
honors of the game slightly in favor
of Dartmouth. Both teams put up a
strong defense under their own posts.
Harvard reached Dartmouth's nine
yard line and lost the ball on downs
and Dartmouth met the same fate on
Harvard's eighteen-yard line.
The only brilliant run of the game
was Vaughan's forty-yard dash
around Harvard's right end, while
Glaze's try for a field goal from Har-
wards forty-five-yard line, just as the
whistle ended the first half, was an
exciting moment. The ball missed the
goal post by a foot.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

Carolinians made their two touch
downs on straight football, while the
Georgians made one of theirs on a
fluke.
Left Tackle Furtrick and Right Half
Derrick divided honors for Clemson.
Billy Wilson of the Techs played the
star game of the day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

YALE EASILY BEAT BROWN.
Closed Practice Schedule by Making
Three TOuchdOwns.

New Haven. Conn.,. Nov. 5.-Yale
closed her practice schedule of foot
ball games to-day by defeating Brown,
% to 0. the scoring being by three
touchdowns with goals. and a goal
from placement. The weather was
perfect and the Yale team in excellent
physical condition.
Shevlin at end, played in his old tins
form, and contributed two exciting
runs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
FOR POOL TOURNAMENT.
Thirty Contestants in G. l.. As An
nuaI Week of Play.

Arrangements for the annual pool
tournament of the Catholic Library
Association have been completed and
the date set
Already there are thirty contestants
entered. and the matches promise to
be the most exciting In years.
The contest viii be divided into two
classes, and IN all four prizes viii be
offered. The tournament will COM
mence on the night Of Nov. "a.
The Committee OF Arrangements Is
composed OF the following gentiemeni
DR.. J. II. Collins, Messrs. w. u. Pow
ers. Frank Mccarthy, IT, &. Groves.
]. ]. Anglln and l.. A. Brady The ref
erees Will be Mcaara. Walter 4. Pow
cra and Horny LshWalc.