The News and Observer.
YOL. XXXYIII. NO. 135.
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DRAWING TO A CLOSE
EVIDENCE IN TIIE SHEIWELL
MURDER CASE MAY RE CON
CLUDED TO-DAY.
THE CORROBORATING TESTIMONY.
Sheimvell’s Story Has Reen Entirely
Corroborated by the Other Witnesses
and Payne’s Partly »o— Other Testi
mony ot the Same Kind Will be Pro
duced To-day—Shcmwell’s Wife and
Sou on the Stand—A Tilt Between
H atson and Long.
Special to tbe News and Observer.
Lexington, N. C., July 9.
The (lav revolved drearily aud sultry
about the bloody spot of February 25th,
last. The court room was filled as usual,
one-third of it being; taken up by women.
The old mother of Shemwell was present
for the first time, and Dr. Beckwith, of
Bethlehem. Pu, sou-in 1 w of the late
Dr. Payne was an attentive listener
throughout. The pri-oner’s face, though
somewhat thinner than when he first ap
peared in court, was with its usual calm
ness, markedly brighter than a r any time
before. His story had been told, and he,
after a six hours’ sitting, had taken his
seat again at his accustomed place.
So that this morning was consumed in
bringing others to corroborate him. This
continued until 3:45 this afternoon whan
the defence rested.
Just before the defence rested, wit
nesses were called to prove the good
character of the defendant and members
of his famiiy. Then the State began
calling witnesses in rebuttal, all of them
corroborating substantially the story of
Dr. R Lee Payne. There were called
on the part of the defence: J. T. Tran
ham, farmer; Miss Alice Shemwell, sis
ter of the prisoner; J. T. Barnes, farmer;
Jesse L Ford, a lad living here; John
Harkey, an employee of Shorn well’s;
John T. Vann, insurance man, whose
story was confined to the barber shop;
Fred Springs, a little boy living here;
Dupree Clcdfelter, butcher; Alexander
Sheets, insurance agent; Dermott Shem
well, son of the defendant; Mrs. Baxter
Shemwell, wife of the defendant; Mrs.
Wheeler, sister of the defendant. Those
brought to prove Shemwell’s character
were: W. A. Watson, brick contractor;
W. P. Brown, farmer; P. A. Hoover, farmer;
A.L Link,merchant; Ed.Rothrock, black
smith; J. L. Swicegood, farmer; Scott
Brown, who married a cousin of Dr. Lee
Payne. The corroboration witnesses for
the State were: J. W. Lick, farmer; Squire
W.J.Ros3,of Stanly, who testified to Lisk’s
good character; Gus Tbomasson, a coun
try man; H. P. Gallimore, town com
missioner and mayor pro-tem of the
town; W. P. Smith, clerk. There will
be more witnesses of the same character
on the stand before court adjourns and
it is quite possible that the State will
have reached the end of its list by to
morrow noon when the summing up by
counsel will begin. This gives good
promise of the conclusion of the case by
Saturday night.
The position of the case is about this:
Shem well’s story has been told and cor
roborated. Payne’s has been told and
corroborated by some witnesses. It is
quite likely that to-morrow both the
widow of the deceased and other women
of the Payne family will be put on the
stand, who, it is stated, were eye-wit
nesses of the tragedy from the Payne
homestead. As to the corroboration on
either side the witnesses held to their
stories, some of them with much
confusion under rattling cross exami
nations, and there was no variation
from the original stories respectively
of Payne and Shemwell except as
to the position of parties when the
Shooting took place, which may or may
not prove important in the summing up.
Prosecutor Long diverted himself by
asking Miss Alice Shemwell her age,
which was heavily frowned upon by
opposing counsel. Mr. Vann, who was
present, testified as to the barber shop
trouble Saturday night, that there was
no understanding that matters had been
settled between Shemwell and young
Payne except by the silence that followed
the dispute there, which is a contradic
tion of the evidence already given cov
ering that point.
Will Hamner testified that Fred
Springs, a boy, told him that he had
heard the Paynes say that “they would
kill Shemwell that day.” Little Fred
Springs said he was standing at the door
of Dr. Lee Payne’s office and heard his
wife, Mrs. Emma Payne, cry, “Lee, Lee,
yonder comes Baxter with a shot gun”;
that he heard Dr. Lee Payne say in re
ply, “Yes, if he comes down here I will
lay for him and kill him yet.” He said
that is what he told Will Hamner. Under
cross examination by Long little Bprings
repeated that that was what he told Will
Hamner aud that Dr. Lee Payne bad
told him since that he was mistaken ia
having thought he beard him say this.
A rather dramatic passage occurred in
the testimony of little eleven year old
Dermott Shemwell, the son of the de
fendant touching the death scuffle in the
mud at the time of the killing, after old
Dr. Payne had just been shot. “Papa
and old Doctor,” said Dermott, “were
scuffling near to the ground. Dr. Lee
kind of jumped on him and kind of
pushed him down aud run his pistol
round papa’s back. I tried to pull him
off and me and papa somehow got him
off, kind of got tangled up and papa
kind of fell on him and the old Doctor
on papa. Dr. Lee was laying under
papa. He had his pistol on papa’s
breast trying to shoot. I jerked hie
wrist and put it down in the mud and
put my knee on it
“He (Dr. Lee Payne) said, ‘Go away
Bobby,’ (that is the name of Dr. Payne’s
little son), and I said, ‘This is not Bobby,’
and while 1 had his arm down I was
throwing mud in his face. Some men
came and took the piotol from Dr. Lee.”
Then in answer to a question he con
cluded, “I was not crying while the fight
was going on, but when I met mamma T
commenced eryiug and said to mamma,
‘l)r. Lee drew his pistol first.’ ”
Mrs. Baxter Shemwell corroborated
her husband to the letter. She is a
young woman of comely sac dark
auburn hair, with an t xpressiou that has
the desolating touch of sleeplessness and
grief, and an eye full of acute anxiety
mingled with heavy weariness. Her suf
ering seems to have been inteuse through
out "the ordeal, during which she has
constantly fondled and sustained her
husband by her side.
The wit nesses testifying to the good
character of Shemwell were cross exam
ined by Mr. Boyd, who in each case
asked them what was his general repu
tation a-< a peaceable man. P. A Hoover
said in answer to this qm stion, “If you
crowd him he will light you " which
caused the first laughter during this
terribly laughterle-s trial. J M Svviee
good said, “Like all other men that suc
ceed in business he will take bis own
p rt when he is imposed upon,” which
caused another ripple of laughter.
During the examination of Gus
Thoma.-son tie* said he saw Shemwell on
his way up the street following the
Paynes, push his son around the corner
of the notel and say something to him
which is a new and important piece of
evidence bearing upon the intention of
Sbeatwell, who said the boy dropped,
and that he afterwards beckoned him
to come ou.
While Mr. Long had this witness in
hand Mr. Watson in his impeteous way
made some objecting interruption. Mr.
Long said with some worry, “Oh, is it
down ?” and then addressing himself to
the court in his usual coldly quiet way,
he asked, “\ T our honor, may I ask the
witness a question without these con
stant interruptions?” The court in the
midst of the semi-hubbub gravely said,
“Gentlemen you are old practitioners,
this is no justice’s court, we are not at
the cross roads, we are trying a man for
his life, I hope we will have decorum.”
Mr. Long, rising slowly with a half
smile on his face, said, in a measured
way, “Your honor, I am sorry I said
what I did; I hope my brother Watson
is sorry also, ’ and then sat down. Mr.
Watson,not seemingly through ill-nature,
but seemingly through his intense con
centration in his case failed to make any
response. He kept on whittling the
strip from the soap box top that has
been the constant aeoompaniment thus
far of his almost hawk like descent upon
the witnesses against his client.
W. E. Christian.
DEVI II OF IN, JOHN TILLERY.
County Commissioners Change Tax
Valuation ol State Farms.
Special to the News and Observer.
Scotland Neck N. 0., July 9
Yesterday morniDg at 0 o’clock Mr.
John Tillery died at his home near Tillery,
aged 84 years, and 6 months. He was
one of the old time Southern gentlemen
and is almost the last of his age in all
this section He l aves two daughters
and four sons, among them the promin
ent and public spirited J. R. Tillery, who
is getting up material for the county’s
exhibit at the Atlanta Exposi ion.
The county commissioners in special
session yesterday made quite a number
of changes in the valuation of lands as
sent in by the assessors.
The State farm at Caledonia was val
ued at sl4 an acre, when the State has
an option on it at $9 an acre at the expira
tion of the lease. The lessors would have
to pay on their land at a rate of $5 an
acre more than they will be compelled to
sell it for if the State accepts the land at
$9 an acre. The proper reduction was
made. Superintendent Leazar visited
the farm a few days ago and is favorable
to sinking an artesian well to secure
purer water.
The up-country tobacco curers have
begun to pass down to these lower coun
ties for their summer work in curing the
crop. They say that tobacco in the east
ern counties surpasses the crop in the
up-eouaty.
DEATH COL. JOHN E. BROWN.
He was a Member of the New Zealand
Parliament for 18 Years.
Sepcial to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., July 9.
Col. John Evans Brown died here this
morning of dropsy. He was a native of
Pennsylvania, and 68 years old. He re
moved to Buncombe when fifteen years
of age, went to California in 1849,
thence to New South Wales and later to
New Zealand. For eighteen years he was
a member of the New Zealand Parliament
and several years United States Consul
to New South Wales, lie returned to
Asheville eleven years ago. He had
taken the thirty-second degree as a
Mason. The funeral occurs to morrow.
GLADSTONE TO THE LIBERALS.
He Counsels Them to Concede the
Claim* ol Ireland.
London, July 9.— The Westminster
Gazette publishes the following message
from Mr. Gladstone, addressed to the
Liberals of London :
“Hawarden, July 5. — Above all other
purposes vindicate the rights of the
House of Commons as the organ of the
nation, and establish the honor of Eng
land as well as consolidate the strength
of the Empire by conceding the just con
stitutional claims of Ireland.
“W. E. Gladstone.”
RALEIGH. N. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 10, 1895.
AN UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
THAT W AS THE NUMBER KILLED
BY YESTERSD AY’S TERRIBLE
WRECK IN CANADA.
AND SOME THIRTY WERE INJURED
One Section of a Crowded Passenger
Train Crashes Into the Other Section
with Horrible Results—The Rear
Pullman Smashed into Kindling
Wood and Everybody on it Killed—
'Phe W ork of Rescue and Care tor the
Dying Begun at Once.
Quebec, July 9.—A terrible accident
occurred at 8 o’clock this morning, at
Craig’s Road Station, on the Grand Trunk
Railway, aljout 14 miles west of Levis.
A large pilgrimage from Sherbrooke,
Windsor Mills and Richmond had left the
latter town about 10 o’clock last evening
for the Shrine of Ann de Beupre.
There were two section of the train,
ore running a few minutes behind the
other. The first section was standing
at the Craig’s Road Station taking water
when the second section, passing the
semaphore, dashed into the rear Pull
man coach of the first section, smash
ing it to kindling wood and killing, it is
said, everybody in that car except the
Pullman conductor, who jumped,
The Pullman coach was telescoped
into the first-class cars of the first sec
tion, killing a number of passengers
riding in them.
Following is a full corroded list of the
dead and wounded: Charles Bedart.
mail clerk, Miss Bedart, Richmond; Hec
tor McLeod, engineer, Richmond; Rich
ard L. Perkins, fireman. Richmond; J.
T. Mercer, Richmond; Rev. F. P. Dig
nan, Windsor; M v . Cogar, Richmond;
Miss Valin, St. Joseph de Levis; Miss
Pnaneuf, Bt. Joseph de Levis; Mrs. J.
B. Caver, Danville; Mi&,-> Delvcourte,
Sheffield; Aunt of Miss Valin, name not
known, St. Joseph de Levis; John O;
Farrell, Gapleton--thirteen in all.
Injured : John Cadieux, Granville;
J. B. Cayer, Danville; Saraphine Gayer,
Danville; Joseph Cayer, Danville; Lou
ise Cayer, Danville; Virginia Silvestere,
Ham; Mr. Francis Fontaine, Broughton;
Louis Gandet, Arthaba?keaville; Pat
rick McHugh, Capleton; Pierre Allard,
Richmond; Antonie Bari 1, Arthabaskea
ville; Hercules Descrotuex, wife and
son, Danville; Rev. F. Desrosiers,
Broughton, leg and arm broken;
J. Quinlan, Montreal, badly hurt;
Cyrillie Remiiard, Sherbrooke, slightly
wounded; Dclina Gooselin, Sherbrooke,
wounded; Mr. and Mrs. Hamel, Danville,
tbe former injuries to right leg, and the
latter head and internal injuries; Mrs.
Louise Morin and Olivine Morin, Wind
sor, face and internal injuries; Mrs.
Frank Cayer, Danville, and six year old
daughter,' head wounds; Mrs. Zephrin
Lamelin, Windsor; Lazare Godbout,
Windsor Mills; Joseph Richards, Bromp
t.on Falls; Cleopas Cbarist, Coaticoooke;
Bennett Bassler, Pullman Car Porter of
Toronto; probably one or two of the in
jured will die.
The work of rescue was begun as soon
as possible. When the blinding clouds
of steam had subsided the trainmen and
priests called the men together and the
dead and injured were taken from the
ruins of the engine, Pullman and first
class coaches aud cared for wherever
temporary quarters could be found.
The women of the party ministered as
best they could to the wants of the
maimed pilgrims. They tore off their
under clothing and made bandages for
the wounds and tried in the absence of
surgeons to staunch the flow of blood
and properly cleanse the hurts.
Word was sent to Montreal and orders
from there were issued to levis
to send out a force of doctors from Que
bec to attend the wounded and a force
of men to clear up the track. The ape
cial train from there reached here at an
early hour in the morning, and all of the
wounded that could be moved were
placed on board a car and sent East to
Levis, where they were to be cared for
in the hospital.
It is hard to say where the blame for
the accident rests. It has been suggest
ed that engineer McLeod might have
dosed off to sleep and thus missed seeiug
the semaphore aud was unconscious of
his whereabouts. A strong investigation
will be had at once to determine where
the responsibility rests.
Confederate Monument Unveiled.
Lexington, Ky., July 9.—A monu
ment to Agent Roger Hanson and wife
was erected in Lexington cemetery by
surviving ex-Confederates of his com
mand, known as the Orphans’ Brigade,
was unveiled this afternoon with appro
priate services, including decoration of
graves of Confederate dead. Mrs. Han
son accompanied her husband in his
campaign and was known as “The
mother of the brigade.” The principal
address was delivered by Captain E. D.
Porter Thompson, historian of the Orphan
Brigade.
Hanged for Wife Murder.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 9. —Daniel Werl
ing was hanged here at 10:50 a. m. His
crime was the murder of his wife a year
ago. Werling was a drunken, shiftless
fellow and his wife an industrious wo
man, and because she refused to support
him, he killed her
Forty W'orkmen Perished.
Alexandria, July 9. — A Caisson of
the big bridge now building at Nage
Hamed, by a French firm, collapsed to
> day and forty workmen perished.
RECEPTION TO MR. COULTER.
Delegates Leave for the International
Convention of Christian Endeavor*
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston Salem, N. 0., July 9.
To-night the Winston Salem Young
Men’s Christian Association gave its
farewell reception to State Secretary
Coulter, who goes to Virginia. The As
sociation rooms were prettily decorated
for the occasion. At 8 o’clock an in
formal programme was presented by
Chairman Lasater. Tko exercises con
sisted of vocal selections by Miss Alma
Hege, Messrs. D. T. Huyck and W. A.
Boyd; recitations by Miss Claude Wink
ler and Miss Lillian Hasten. Several
selections were iendered by a male quar
tette. Short but touching farewell ad
dresses were made by Hon. E. E. Gray,
H. E. Rondthaler aud J. M. Rogers of
the Association. Mr. Coulter responded
with a splendid address. At the close of
the exercises the Ladies’ Auxiliary serv
ed the members and their invited friends
with light refreshments.
Mrs. Martha Miller Mann, a highly es
teemed Christian lady, and relict of
the late Rev. Jas. E Mann, died in Win
ston Sunday afternoon m her fifty
seventh year. Mrs. Mann was born at
German ton, N. C., and was married to
the Rev. J. E. Mann, on December Ist,
1859. Five children survive her, viz:
James Mann, of Greensboro; Mrs.
Armond, of Burlington; Mrs. Charles
Wood, of Washington City; Frank and
Miss Emma Mann, of Winston. Thede
ceased was a sister of Mr. Frank Miller
and Mrs. Geo. W. Hinshaw, of Winston;
Mrs. Dr. Johnson, of Farmington, and
Mrs. Dr. Griffith, of Clemmonsville. The
funeral services were held at the resi
dence at five o’clock yesterday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. S. B Turrentine, pas
tor of Centenary church, of which Mrs.
Mann was an honored member.
The following party left Winston last
evening to attend the International Con
vention of Christian Endeavors at Bos
ton : Rev. Edward Crosland and George
Porter, of Hausertown; Rev. A. D.
Tbaeler, Miss Mary Welfare, Miss Mamie
Peterson, Chas. Silwers, W. T. Spach,
Fred and Allie Hege, Sam Phfohl
J. F. Crouse and Calvin Moore, of
Salem; H. A. Pfobl and R. H. Holland
left this morning.
Rev. W T . A. Lutz, pastor, is arranging
the programme for the dedicatory ser
vice to be held In the new Lutheran
Church next Sunday morning Among
the visiting clergy who are expected to
be present and take part are the follow
ing : Rev. F. W. E. Peschau, D. D., of
Greensburg, Pa.; Rev. W. 8. Bowmau,
D. D., of Charlotte; Rev. J. I. Miller,
D. D., of Buena Vista, Va., and Rev. J.
D. Shirley, D. D , of Mount Pleasant,
N. C.
The superintendent, with a large force
of hands, began work to day on Win
ston Salem’s new telephone system. The
manager says the new line, which wiH
nearly cover the entire State, will be
built in a short time.
J. W. Simpson and son, of Scotland,
went to Wilkes county yesterday on a
prospecting trip. They are looking for
a suitable place to locate in North Caro
lina.
TO DISCUSS MONEY QUESTION.
The Bimetallic League Challenges the
Sound Money Men.
Washington, July 9.—A. J. Warner,
President of the American Bi-Metallic
League, has written a letter to Hon.
Charles S. Fairchild, chairman of the
Committee on Sound Currency of the
Reform Club, New York, ia which he
says :
“The Bi metallic League respectfully
invites the committee on Sound Currency
to a discussion of the money question on
distinctive propositions to be agreed up
on, aud to be carried on by questions
and answers.
“I would suggest that not more than
five or less than three on a side be select
ed to conduct the discussion; the discus
sion to be held at such time and place as
may be agreed upon.
“Should this suggestion meet your ap
proval I would suggest in meeting to
agree upon the proposition discussed and
the regulations under which the discus
sion shali Ire conducted.
GENERAL BORREO KILLED.
Tbe Cuban fn.urgeuts Successful in
Four Engagements.
New York, July 9. —Private corre
spondence from Cuba brings the report
that General Borreo of the Insurgent
Army was shot and killed in Alpagraeia,
where a battle was fought by the Insur
gents under General Gomez, on June 20
Four engagements took place, in all of
which the Insurgents are said to have
been successful.
General Borreo was shot from a
house in the town, which was ordered to
burned as soon as it was learned that
the General was dead. The second en
gagement was at Coja Alarda, where a
detachment of Spanish soldiers was
forced to surrender, the men giving vp
their arms aud ammunition.
A Plot to Kill the Czar.
Paris, July 9—A despatch to Le
Journal from St. Petersburg, says that
an extensive plot has been discovered at
Moscow against the life of the Gaar.
Eight persons have been arrested charg
ed with complicity in the plot. Among
the prisoners are six well known nihilists.
Two Thousand People Homeless.
St. Petersburg, July 9.—Fire has
destroyed 230 houses in the towu of
Sambrow, Government of Lomsha,
Polaud. Two thousand persons are ren
dered homeless by the conflagration.
KILLED BY WHITE CAPS
A WHITE HAIRED FATHER AND
HIS SON CALLED OUT AND
SHOT BY A MOB.
THE MURDERERS MAY BE LYNCHED.
The Sheriff With a Posse is Now Pur
suing them, and it Caught they will
Not be Given a Trial--The Victims
of the Mob Were Quiet, Inoffensive
People, and Stood Well in the Com
munity—The Son Shot Eight Times
and the Father Five Times.
Louisville, Ky., July 9.—A special to
to the Post from Princeton Ky., says:
A mob of masked men went to the resid
ence of Joseph Uowton, at Lewiston,
eight miles from this county last night
and murdered him and bis son, Howlet
Howton. Just as the clock struck 12,
one of the members knocked on the door
and asked to see Howlet Howton. He
came to the door and was seized and
pulled outside and shot through the
body. The mob them dragged him to
the gate and shot him seven times. Af
ter they finished him the gang went bade
to the house.
The white haired father begged they
spare his life and lives of his family but
his entreaties were unheeded, and they
made him back up into a corner so they
could shoot him without danger to his
wife and daughters. The leader delib
erately counted ten and then five of the
men fired at the old man. One ball
struck him in the wrist, another in the
abdomen and a third in the groin.
The men then left the house taking
with them a boy who worked on How
ton’s farm. They carried him to ava
cant building and fastened him safe,
telling him they would kill him if he at
tempted to escape before daylight.
One of the women was so badly
frightened that she was utterly pros
trated and her death is looked for.
There is no theory as to the cause of the
mob’s action. The Howton’s were quiet,
inoffensive people and stood well in the
community. The sheriff with a posse
has gone to the scene of the double
murder to make a thorough investiga
tion, and it is believed that the mur
derers will be apprehended. If they are
caught they will be lynched.
CROPS OF THE COUNTRY.
Too Much Rain has Seriously Injured
Cotton in Many States.
Washington, July 9.— The Weather
Bureau, in its review of crop conditions
for the week, ended July Bth, says:
The temperature conditions of the
week have been gent rally favorable
throughout the country, but the north
ern and central portions of the cotton re
gion have suffered from excessive rains,
while drought conditions in Micbigau
and Minnesota have been intensified.
Northern New York, central Ohio and
eastern lowa are also suffering from
drought.
Too much rain has seriously injured
cotton in Arkansas, and in Alabama and
Mississippi the crop is grassy, but in
Texas and Georgia conditions have been
favorable for growth and cultivation and
the crop has improved. North Carolina
reports cotton in poor condition and suf
fering from lice; lice are also eausiug in
jury in South Carolina, but in that State
the crop is in generally fine condition.
Corn has made rapid growth during
the week and the general outlook for
spring wheat continues flattering.
Tobacco is growing welMn Kentucky,
but the crop Is uneven; in Maryland it is
in excellent condition and Ohio it has
improved, except the central part of the
State, where it is suffering from drought.
THE MASSEY-PILOT LIBEL SUIT.
Mr*. Massey and Gov. O’Ferral May
go on the Stand To-day.
Norfolk, Va , July 9. —The thirteenth
day of the Massey-Pilot libel suit began
and closed with the resting of the case
on the part of the defendants and the
beginning of the examination of witnesses
in rebuttal. Nothing new or particul
arly startling was elicitied on either side
The court ruled against any evidence
tending to show conspiracy that defe <se
offered and exceptions were noted by
Oapt. Wise.
Mrs. Massey was in court for the first
time. The second witness for the plain
tiff was her brother, Mr. McCreary, of
Alabama, who, under a cross-fire of
questions by Capt. Wise, became con
fused and angry, and was called down
by the court.
Mrs. Massey aud Gov. O’Ferrall will
probably go on the witness stand to
morrow.
EXPECTS TO BE PRESIDENT.
Gen. Antonio Ezeta May Overthrow
Government of Sau Salvador.
San Francisco, July 9 —A local paper
says that General Antouio Ezeta, ex-
President of San Salvador, who has re
sided in this city several months, is pre
paring to return to his native land and
overthrow the government. Bzeta says
he has chartered a vessel, has bought
arms, cartridges and other munitions
of war and has prepared to go to Salva
dor in a short time to take by force the
authority which he claims rightly be
longs to him. Within a month, he says,
he expects to be installed as President
of San Salvador.
Attorney General Harmon yesterday
afternoon telegraphed Special United
States Attorney McKissack, at San
Francisco, directing him to take an ap
peal in the Stanford $15,000,000 suit at
once.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CORNELL HON ON A FLUKE.
Leander Failed to Start and Cornell
Rowed the Course Alone.
Henley, July 9.—The first day of the
fifty-sixth anniversary of the water
derby of Great Britain was a disappoint
ment. Cornell was pitted against the
crew of the Leander Boat Club, com
posed of ex-Oxford and Cambridge oars
men, and said to be the strongest on the
river. There was some confusion at the
start owing to the presence near the
starting line of a number of boats
which seriously interfered with Leander.
Consequently the latter wore somewhat
slow in getting into position. Then
when the umpire asked if the two crews
were ready Cornell promptly answered
“yes” and the umpire claims Leander did
the same. This the Leanders deny. In
any case the umpire gave the word “go”
and the Cornell crew shot away. But,
only half the Leander crew started and
their stroke protested that they were
not ready. In spite of this the umpire
allowed Cornell to pull over the course
and awarded the’ Americans the race. The
Leanders have lodged a protest against
the umpire’s decision, and it was re
ferred to the Board of Stewards. But
the board will not change the decision.
The Board or Committee of Stewards
this evening issued the following state
ment:
“The Committee while deeply regret
ting the most unfortunate misunder
standing at the start of the Cornel’. •
Leander heat, feel they must abide by
the laws of boat racing and cannot re
verse the de;ision of the umpire and
starter.”
The scene on the river was one of un
usual animation, even for Henley. The
large fleet of houseboats and other
craft were moored along the banks of
the Buck’s Shore, gayly decorated with
flags and flowers and filled with large
parties of fashionable people.
It was estimated that there were fully
5,000 Americans present at Henley.
They came by coach and by train from
London to sustain Cornell with cheering
and every other mark of encouragement
possible.
THE COAL MINERS’ STRIKE.
Two Negro Miners Arrested at ElL
horn Yesterday.
Welch, W. Va., July 9. —All was
quiet on Elkhorn today. Only two ar
rests were made, two negroes, one for try
ing to hang a scab miner and Oliver Hay,
known as the silver tongued orator, who
in a speech advised blowing up engines
and dynamiting the seven eighths mile
tunnel. Hay is in jail.
Set Fire to the Lioie and Tool House.
J .orth Fork, W. Va., July 9.—An at
tempt w T as made by the strikers to burn
the lime and tool house at the Ashland
colliery to-day. The watchman saw it
in time to stop the blaze. Notices were
found under the Arlington Company’s
and Ashland Company’s office doors,
saying this burning was but a forerun
ner of what they would do if their de
mands were not met.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At Cincinnati:
Cincinnati, 00000004100 I—6
Brooklyn, 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-5
Batteries: Dwyer and Murphy; Stein
and C. Dailey.
Base hits: Cincinnati, 7; Brooklyn, 14.
Errors: Cincinnati, 2; Brooklyn, 4.
(Second Game.)
Cincinnati, 200506 1 x —l4
Brooklyn, 10320000-6
Batteries: Rhine and Vaughn; Daub
and Grim.
Base hits: Cincinnati, 15; Brooklyn, 8.
Errors: Cincinnati, 2; Brooklyn, 5.
At St. Louis:
St. Louis, 1 12000000000 I—s
Baltimore, 020100001000 0-4
Batteries: Jireitenstein and Otten; Es
per, Clarkson and Robinson.
Base hits: St. Louis, 11; Baltimore, 10.
Errors: St. Louis, 4; Baltimore, 4.
At Pittsburg:
Pittsburg, 00000000 >-2
Boston, 00000000 3-3
Batteries: Hart and Sugden; Nichols,
Dolan and Ryan.
Base hits: Pittsburg 4; Boston 8.
Errors: Pittsburg 2; Boston 0.
Second game.
Pittsburg, 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 I—4
Boston, 000000201 0-3
Batteries: Hawley and Sugden; Nich
ols and Ryan-
Base hits: Pittsburg 11; Boston 6.
Errors: Pittsburg 5; Boston 1.
At Cleveland:
Cleveland, 12 2 10021 x—9
Philadelphia, 20000010 o—3
Batteries: Willace and Connor; Taylor
and Buckley.
Base hits: Cle>eland 14; Philadelphia
10.
Errors: Cleveland 1; Philadelphia 3.
At Chicago:
Chicago, 000000000-0
New York, 00010000 o—l
Batteries: Griffith and Kittredge;
liusie and Farrell.
Base hits: Chicago 5; New York 8.
Errors: Chicago 1; New York 2.
How the ClnltN Stand.
clubs. Won. Lost. PrCt.
Baltimore, 34 22 607
Boston, 34 23 596
Pittsburg, 38 27 585
Chicago, 40 29 580
Cleveland, 38 28 576
Cincinnati, ,36 27 571
Brooklyn, 33 27 550
Philadelphia, 32 27 541
New York, 29 31 483
Washington, 23 35 397
St. Louis, 22 43 838
Louisville, 10 49 169