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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
To Moon

erweight, has been matched to meet
Al belmont, one of the best young
sters in New England. The fighters
will go twelve rounds on January 2Sth
before the Valley Falls A. c. at 122
pounds.
Another featherweight champion
from England is anxious for a match
with Abe Attell, for the championship
of the world The pugilist is Spike
Robson who wants to take on Attell
for half dozen or more rounds or
I in a finish fight Although Robson
is only featherweight he announces
that he will meet Murphy, Corbett,
Herman, Nelson, or Britt in a six
round contest and will allow them TO
go into the ring at catchweishts. or
, he will take any of them in a longer
fight provided the financial induce
ments are sufficient. Robson made
| good in Philadelphia last summer by
/ beating Murphy in one six round bout
though he was beaten the second time
/ they met.
! Mike tTwin) Sullivan has been com
miSsioned by a Denver Club to Sc
cure a good 120 or 125 pound boxer
in the least to meet Freddie Weeks
in Denver.
: Nrom Prendergast, the Saginaw
/ lightweight who is now in Philadel
J phia has written 10 Johnny Mooney
asking the latter to use his influence
TO get him a bout in Rhode Island
| Prendergast may be matched to boz
Tom Quill at Trenton, r. |.
! Another change will be given Jacl
I (Twin) Sullivan, of New England, Il
regain the laurels which he lost re
Gently when beaten by Jim Flynn, o
Pueblo. Colo. after twenty rounds. be
I fore the Pacific A. c. of Los Angeles
/ Sullivan will meet Flynn again III tn;
same place for twenty rounds at catch
weights on the night of Feb. %.
| MaIty Baldwin, who is hot on Tom
my Murphys trail. has been signeo
with Kid" Goodman, Boston light
weight for fifteen rounds, at a box
ing show TO take place the latter enc
of the month at Trenton, R |. Thi:
makes the third match for Goodman
and Baldwin.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27

It would be a good idea for the
Tonopah folks to stage the Ryan-Kelly
fight and then if Cans bankers for the
title still he could fight the winner.
Jim Jeffries and Bill Squires, the
Australian heavyweight champion, are
as far from being matched as they
were a week ago. Jeff at first de-
manded $4,000 purse, and when he
was informed by the Phyolite pro-
motors that $4,000 was the limit. said
he would fight if his end of the purse
was fixed at $4,000 This would
leave $4,000 for the Australian and the
promoters would not stand for it.
The benefits for Terry McGovern
in Philadelphia and New York Melted
$4,000. 1t is now stated that MCCOY
ern Will never recover his sanity.
The match between Bob Fitzsim.
mons and Tommy Burns, which has
been hanging in the balance for some
time has been consumated as the
men have signed to box six rounds in
the Philadelphia Sporting Club on
March 10.
John l.. Sullivan has signed a con
tract to fight his ancient enemy. Jake
Kilrain three rounds The bout will
be an exhibition one only.
Miscellaneous.
: George Hackenschmidt, the Rus
sian Lion" holds the title of cham
pion wrestler of the world, will visit
+ the United States next month and en-
gage in a match with either FranE
GOtch or Fred Bell. two of Americas
/ best grapplers, in Chicago. The match
will be for $4,000 and will take place
: in the Casino Club This will be the
first appearance of the worlds cham
piOn since he easily defeated Ton
: Jenkins at Madison Square Garden
three years ago.
Yale Athletic Club contemplates the
erection OF $4,000 swimming tank.
J A. G. Vanderbilt's exhibits at the
International Horse Show at Olympic
London will number 20 He will alsc
show 16 vehicles including the famou:
coach venture. and 20 grooms ant
; hOrSlerS.
] Col. the American champion anC
record holder for putting the sixteeI
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27

pound shot will meet Dennis Morgan
and Sheridan in that event at Madi-
son Square Garden on Feb 2 Col will
represent the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton The most remarkable feature
of these Irish-American sports will
be the large array of weight takers.
They include Flanagan, Sheridan,
Turks, Gillies and Mccarthy.
w. w. Reed. the famous English
trickster is dead He was fifty-twO
years old and all his life time played
for surrey. Next to DR.. W. G. Grace
he was the best exponent of cricket
in England.
A COMPANY has been formed to start
an enormous ice skating rink in
BROOKLYN. \. Y. 1t will be the biggest
in the world
What appeared TO be the principal
attraction at the National Automobile
Show was A. G. Vanderbilt's exhibit
of six racing motors
The New York Yacht Club has now
a membership of 2,447- Its fleet COM
Drises SIT vessels which represent a
total tonnage of 1904 Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt has again been
selected president
Ralph Brandreth- son of the late
General Ralph Brandreth, has started
on an extensive trip around the world
in the Auxiliary Yawl Taormina. The
Taormina has quite a reputation for
long voyages. while in the possession
of an officer IN the Austrian navy she
twice sailed round the world besides
making n 5000 mile trip She is 81
feet long. with feet water line. Is
feet 10 inches beam, 8 feet 9 inches
deep and 10 feet draught She was
built in England in 1871
Robert ". Forbes yale '07) will
be the head coach for the West Poinr
football team next fall
A movement IS on foot to secure
! favorable turf legislation in the state
of Illinois and il is now thought that
the Chicago tracks. which were clos
ed several years ago, will be reopen,
ed in summer.
The noted Colla-Adler-Tilles who
control over a dozen racetracks in the
West and South are building a new
track in Havana, Cuba.
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nation. Instead of deciding cases
promptly, they keep putting off their
decisions until the cases accumulate
to such an extent that the dockets
OF the courts become congeSted.
Now, talking about work, venture
to. say that Hon. J. w. Locke judge
of the United States court in and for
the southern district of Florida, does
more work than any two circuit court
judges in this state. His district is
extensive and covers northeast to
southeast Florida. He tries criminal,
civil, equity, admiralty and bankrupt
cy cases, and decides all of them
promptly During all the work of
trying the tedious and hard fought
peonage cases, he disposed of two
contested cases in which | was inter
ested-a bankruptcy case and COM
mon law suit. Why? Because when
he hears or examines a case, or briefs
or oral arguments, he does not pro-
crastinate in making his decision.
Things might be different in the
circuit courts of the state of Florida
| If the bar association Of the different
counties in this state affected by con-
gestive dockets would adopt meas
ures to facilitate or accelerate the
prompt trials and decisions OF cases
in their several circuit courts OF this
state. Another notable example Is
made by Hon H. b. Philips, county
Judge of Duval county, who is county
D.. judge of the county court, and who Is
interested not only with probate and
county court jurisdiction, but also the
Jurisdiction of a Justice of the peace,
and the special jurisdiction OF land
lord and tenant cases. He has vast
and varied amount of cases to try and
: his work is almost if not constant and
continuous; yet under these trying
! circumstances. he decides his cases
promptly. Why? For the same rea-
son. He does not prOcrastinate- And
whenever he or Judge Locke takes
/ either a long or a short vacation, no
attorney practicing in their courts
| will ever utter silent protest TO the
well-earned rest they are periodically
entitled to. Their conduct is well
worthy of emulation
Don't advocate the creation or an
other court in this county. Mr. Clark
son. If We must have more relief,
! let the Jurisdiction OF the county
courts be from 500 TO $1,000, subject
TO the appellate jurisdiction OF the
supreme court, or let us have chan
cery court, pure and simple. Appoint
the circuit court and supreme court
! judges for life and during good beha-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
HE GETS BUSY
ABOUT CLOTHES PINS

closely as possible side by side In
regular upright position, they would
fill clothes-line reaching from New
York City to San Francisco and back
to New York, and would serve to
string line of family washing from
the earth to the moon
STACKED in cordw6od form, they
would make a wood pile ten miles in
length.
Surprising Mark Twain's famous
Tom Sawyer fence contained an equal
amount of wood, Toms companions
would have had to wiefd the white
wash brush over an area six feet high
and FIVE hundred miles long; while
the proportionate sore toe to be ex-
hf1bited as pay would have been more
than 100, 200 times its original di-
mensions.- At least, that's the way
Inquire it. And IL any OF you men
doubt my figures 4 WA respectfully
fzefer you to nay forecast on the last
fall election
IF all the little clothes pins in
the United States were made into
one big pin, the big pin would be
over $50 feet in diameter and more
than three times the height OF the
Washington Monument. so you can
imagine how big the washerwoman
would have to be to hold three such
pins in her mouth at once. She would
be little over four miles high Were
she the Mother Goose Maid, hanging
up the clothes, 1t would take a black
bird with a mile spread of wings to
peck off her nose. Although I will
qualify my last statement by saying
that the ordinary-sized biackbird
couldn't peck of anybody's nose; but.
in order to make the statistical COM
paTison justify, 1t may be truthfully
said that the stretch Of blackbird' s
wings is at least one-sixth of the Or
binary woman's height and three or
more times the width OF her mouth. {"
STATISTICAL SAM WITH NEW
INFORMATION NEXT WEEK.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
ESTABLISHMENT
Of MORE COURTS
Opposed by Attorney M. c.
Tordan-Trouble Due to
ProCrastination.

Another evidence of the great inter
est taken in the resolutions adopted
by the HillsDorOugh county bar asso-
citation, relative to the establishment
of city courts with concurrent juris-
diction with circuit cOur,s. is the fol-
lowing communication, which was re-
ceived by the editor of the Jackson
vile Times-UniOn:
To the Editor of the Times-Union
An article appeared in one Of tie 10
cal columns of the issue of your paper
last Friday morning relating TO the
enactment of such laws by the next
legislature of this state as viii tend
to relieve the congestive condition OF
the dockets of the circuit courts IN
the several judicial circuits OF this
state upon the subject matter OF a
complaint coming up from Tampa,
Fla wherein il is suggested by an at
torney of that circuit court the ere
alton of a city court and this idea
finds an endorsement by Hon. ". 3
! ClarksOn of this city as 10 this and
other circuits. For what reason the
circuit court of this county is includ
ed in the idea, it is past finding out
After diligent efforts and persona
knowledge on my part.
The judge of the circuit court Of
| this circuit has been relieved OF his
arduous duties; First. by the creation
] of a criminal court Of record in this
Duval county; second, oy the creation
of a county court; third. by the de
! crease of the number by two Of the
counties on this circuit; and the peo
| pie of HillsborOugh county might fol
I low a like exampie-estabhsh a coun
I ty court and help create a ninth jul
dicial circuit The bane OF some oi
our circuit court. judges is -pRocrasi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27

vior. and give the former a salary OF
81 900 per annum. and the latter a
salary of So 900 per annun, and make
an imperative Jaw regulating the work
ing OF office hours OF the Judges OF
the circuit courts. When this IS done
we viii not, like Hamlet. rail ar the
laws delays.
A prominent lawyer Of this bar in
discussing the article in the Times
Union with me, which calls for this
communication, remarked very aptiy
that lawyers are moral towards, ana
I am inclined to believe that there is
more truth than poetry In his re-
marks. If We did not have so many
pigmieS and toadies in the profession,
and SO many youthful and unframed
advocates whose admission to the bar
is made easy by a piece of parchment
from the law department OF some So
called college and without that knowi-
edge of legal Jurisprudence necessary
TO the successful work Of good law
ger, we might also be relieved or
congestive dockets occasionally by
the absence of useless and improper
cases instituted by them through
lack OF proper legal knowledge.
A public Office is public trust, and
every judge of every county Should
not only so appreciate the duties or
his position. but should also Temem-
Der that be IS making il difficult for
attorneys to make a decent living. IL
their cases are not promptly decided.
and can give only a poor and unsatis-
factory excuse to their clients why
ii takes SO long TO decide their cases.
as many attorneys lost clients under
the belief that their cases are neg
Iected, whereas in truth and In fact.
the Judges of the courts in which they
are pending is prOcIastinaung, and a
motion cannot even be successfully
made 10 take their cases up from the
table for immediate disposition. I'm
der these environments the attorneys
themselves fall into the habit Of pro-
crastinating TO the great detriment OF
their own interests and the interests
Of their clients. IL Is just this con-
dion of things, combined with per
curtain decisions Of the supreme
court, that defeated, contrary to my
vote, the increase Of the salaries OF
the judges of the supreme, circuit and
criminal courts Of record. The people
are tired of this apathy in court mat.
tiers and are going to insist upon
speedy decisions Of cases, and to be
informed of the reasons upon which
decisions are made
n G. JORDAN
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
IN THE WORLDOF SPORTS.

A G.. Blakely, who in his day was a
very successful cross country jockey,
has twenty two-year Olds in his care
at Sheepshead Bay, the property of
Sam" Emory and an associate.
J. w. G.. Bissell, a Pittsburg mil
hnaire. is getting into the racing
game and is buying a string of thor
oughbreds which will race at Hot
Springs.
1t is rumored at New Orleans that
Frank O'Neill intends to become a
Jockey again. The scarcity of really
good riders. any of whom can earn at
least $4,000 a year, is said to be the
reason for O'Neilfs change of plans.
John H Madigan, the bookmaker.
and part owner of the Fort Erie track
has a string of horses wintering at
East Aurora They are being trained
for the spring races by Doc" Gordon.
Descendants of Captain John Smith
were much in evidence at the Ascot
Park meeting There were Smith
trainers, Smith owners, and Smith
Jockeys. but the latter are in the ma
FORTY there being four Smiths ac-
cepting mounts, W. Smith being the
latest.
More than fifty nominations have
been received for the $4,000 COney
Island Jockey Club stake Amongst
them being some of the best horses
in the country.
Harry Penny who was well known
all over the racing circuit of the west
has died at his home at GAINESVILLE,
o. Last summer he was ruled off the
turf for life following race at the
Louisville, Ky, meeting and has since
been in bad health. He was most
capable horseman.
Jockey Lucien Lyme will ride IN
England this year for Sir Tatton
Sykes.
Trainers in California are now fac
ing a serious state of affairs in the
interference of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children with
Jockeys or apprentices under the age
Of sixteen. A state law has been
brought into force and its outcome
As awaited with interest.
PugiIism.
"DSrkey' Haley. the English feath
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
,kTALKING about clothes pins"
said Statistical Sam, when
III the members of the kitch-

said Statistical Sam, when
IL the members of the kitch-
en- cabinet Inadvertently
gave him a chance CLOTHES pins
would be funny little things for a
man to make figures about. il it
wasn't for facts.
The figures are interesting to a
mathematician. possibly, more than
TO any one Else; but the facts are not
only interesting, but truly astonish-
ing, TO the willing observer.
The average price of clothes pins
in the United States is ten for cent.
F1Ve-cents'-worth, a moderate estf-
mate OF the clothes pin holdings OF
an American family Of Eve, becomes
an interesting common divfsor when
applied to the aggregate number of
pins in the United States.
Allowing, then, five-cents'-worth
of pins to each U. S. family, and we
find total of 750. 900, 900. If Rookie
Teller is really worth $1,000, 0Oo,-
900, imagine then how many clothes
pins his wealth could buy at the
price of ten for cent. / say, 'imag-
ine,' because you would probably get
pretty tired of figuring along the
Rockefeller unit what 1 have figured
out along the five-cents'-worth unit.
''Five-cents' worth of clothes pins
punched together fat cover one
square foot of surface. All the pins
in the United States so placed would
cover a board walk as wide as that at
Atlantic City, n. J., and more than
fifty miles long.
Put together end to end the
clothes pins of the United States
would reach over $4,000 miles, OF
twice around the earth. Placed as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-27
Not Particular.

Clerk-You can't get room here
for that man: he's drunk
Man supporting a weary friend)-
That's all right What of that?
CIerk-This is a temperance hotel
MAXWELL. he's too drunk TO know
the intermediary and Navy Life.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
PROBE HILLS
DEAL IN ORE
LANDS
Minnesota Legislature Investi-
eating Connection of G.. N.
With Ore Lands.
LEASED TO The UNITED
STATES STEEL COMPANY
Great Northern's Charter Forbids It to
Own Any Ore Lands-Mr. Hill
Claims He Bought Mesaba Interests
as Private Investment and After.
wards Disposed of Same.

Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
st. Paul, Feb. IA. j. Hill was
served today with a subpoena from
the Knuteson committee of the state
legislature to appear before the COM
mittee to testify regarding the nature
OF the Hill ore land deals with the
United States Steel company. The
purpose Of the investigation is to
learn in what manner the Great
Northern railway is interested in that
transaction. The charter of the Great
Northern forbids the company to own
any ore lands and it has been alleged
that the ore property was bought with
company money. Hill will testify that
he bought the ore lands which at the
time had considerable stumpage on it,
as private investment. The stump
age was disposed of in deal with
, the Weyerhausers and the old logging
road transformed into regular rail-
way and put on a paying basis and
now is part of the Great Northern
system. The ore lands, Hill claims,
were turned over to the Lake Superior
company as holding the company in
trust for the stock holders of the
Great Northern and profits from the
sale or lease of ore lands went to
benefit the Great Northern stock
holders.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
{: New York, Feb. 14.-Dr. B. d.
{: Evans was recalled this morning
(: IN the Thaw case. All of the
/: twelve Jurors were in court.

When Thaw came into court he
seemed to take special interest iii
Juror No. II, looking at him fixedly.
Bolton was serious, his eyes being
directed to the floor. AS Justice Fitz-
gerald took his place on the bench,
Delmas asked that DR.. Britton, D.
Evans, the alientist, be recalled for
further direct examination.
"You have stated in your testimony,
DOCTOR" said Delmas, that on the
first three visits to Thaw you formed
an opinion as to his mental condition.
Was that formed in part on oral state.
ments?"
EYES,"
''Were the oral statements neces-
sary to you as a scientific man to en-
able you to form this opinion?"
"They were very essential"
Jerome said he would offer no oh.
lection to the conversation with Thaw
during DR.. Evans first three visits,
as result of which the alienist had
declared it to be his opinion the de-
fendant was at that time or unsound
mind. DR.. Evans was about to re-
late the conversation attending his
first visit on August 4, when informa-
ton regarding the critical condition OF
Juror Bottoms wife was received and
Justice Fitzger.: c"dAred a recess un-
til 9 n m
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
CHINESE NEW YEAR.
Press to The Evening T

New York, Feb. 14.-Oblivious of the
fact that their tenements seemed des-
tined to fall before the march of pro-
gress at no distant date, when the
little congested quarter, between the
Bowery and Mott street will be clear
ed to make room for the East river
bridge terminal, the almond-eyed dem
izens Of Chinatown are celebrating
the Chinese New Year with much feast
ing and good cheer. For weeks past
stores of good things have been ac-
cumulating in the little shops in Mott,
Pell and Doyer streets, ready for the
New Year celebration. Now they have
been brought out to the accompani-
ment of tom-toms and gongs and 1t
will be ten days hence before the
festivities are concluded. During the
celebration printed new year greet
ings are passed about from friend to
friend and even the rival :tongs bury
the hatchet for the time being. Pa
per prayers are burned in the joss
houses for the dead. Every house.
hold has ''lichee" nuts, preserved gin
ger and other dainties for the callers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
Quartet of Kentucky Criminals
Will Pay the Extreme Pen .
q atty Tomorrow.
TWO FOR MURDER AND
Two FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Only One Of the -Four a Negro, His
Name Jesse Fitxgerald-Guy Lyon
and w. r. Fletcher Will Hang at
Russelville for Assault-Ben HUFF.
aker, Fourth Man, Killed Convict.

Associated Press to The Evening" Times.
Lexington, KY, Feb. 14.-Unless
there is an unexpected exercise of
clemency four men will die on the
gallows in Kentucky tomorrow for
crimes they have committed. Two Of
the men received the death penalty
for criminal assault, while the other
two die for murder. Only one of the
doomed men is negro.
Guy Lyon and w. R. Fletcher are to
be hanged at 'Russellville for criminal
assault. At the same time and place
Ben Huffaker is to be executed for
murder. At London, Laurel county,
Jesse Fitzgerald, a negro, is to be
hanged for murder.
The crime of which Lyon and Flet-
cher were convicted attracted wide
spread attention. About two years
ago they attacked the camp Of an aged
German named Gladder, in Logan
county, and outraged the fifteen-year-
old daughter of the aged man. Both
the men were married and had fam
lilies. When they were arrested, and
the girl in broken English told the
story of her brutal treatment a COM
pany of state troops was all that saved
both men from being lynched by a
mob.
Huffafler's crime was the murder
of a fellow-convict in the EddyviIIe
branch penitentiary. With knife he
attacked Ben Shirly, with whom he
had quarreled, and killed him.
The negro Fitzgerald, with negro
woman named Amy Henson, killed
Mrs. Martha Broughton in Knox coun-
ty for the purpose of robbery. They
cut her head off. When they were
trailed with bloodhounds and arrested
the woman confessed. The Knox
county Jail was stormed by a mob,
but state troops guarded the two
murderers and brought them to Lex
ington for safe keeping.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
TO |MPEACH Mi{FEY
Complaints Filed Against United
States Judge OF Shanghai,
China.

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-Lorrin An
drews, former'"- United States attor-
ney for Hawafi, has filed petition in
the United States district court in this
city in which he makes serious charges
against T. r. Wilfey, Judge of the
court for China, at Shanghai. The
petition asked for Il writ of habeas
corpus on behalf of w. r. Price and
accused Judge Whitley of being "a
czar."
Andrews has departed for Wash
ington, D. c., for the purpose of en-
gaging the attention of President
Roosevelt and to institute proceedings
for Wilfley's impeachment
Price is lawyer and according to
the deposition, was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment by Judge Will
fey, who, it is said, refused to give
him jury trial or to accept bail
pending an appeal. 1t is also charged
that Judge Wilfey refused to permit
competent American attorneys to
practice before him until they passed
a special examination.