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The News and Observe;*. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 58 TTMHE (LftlßffiEST ©OGBSQIJILATTOK] ®F AIM 7 TOffinTDO ©AMQ.DISOA ©ADO. A DIPLOMATIC REVIEW SOME INTERESTING CHAPTERS Us RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY. THE SaCRVILLE-WEST INCIDENT A Remarkable Pamphlet Published in Loudon by the Former Minister to the United States Containing Strictures Upon American Politics and Politi cians—lris's Influence in American Diplomacy—Minister Bayard May Make Formal Complaint. New York, Oct. 9. — A special cable gram to the World from London says an extraordinary and in many respects unprecedented publication by a British or other high diplomat has been dis cussed during the past few days among the foreign representatives to the court of St. James. This is a handsomely printed pamphlet marked, ‘‘for private circulation only,” and entitled, “My Mission to the United States, 81-89,” and has just been issued by Lord Sack ville, who, as Sir Lionel Sackville West, K. 0. M. G., was the English Minister to Washington for the period named. It vsiil be remembered that President Cleveland, almost on the eve of the elec tion oi 1888,sent Sir Lionel his passports, because of a letter written by him to an alleged Englishman in California, com menting upon the approaching election. Tins pamphlet is Lord Sackville’s de fense and explanation, after seven years of that incident. But the unprecedented part of it, and the part which has aroused very excTed comment is, first, the freedom cf his strictures upon the American people and American public men; and second, h s own expressed iad'gnaiion that the Brit ish ministry should have accepted Mr. Bayard as Ambassador to the country, while,as Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Bayard hsd wantonly in sulted in person its accredited represm tativa. The pamphlet consists of fifty two pages, 15,000 words, is of very lirai ted issue, not more than one hundred copies These have been sen- under seal only to leading foreign diplomats, the higher English officials and a few personal friends. Minister Bayard May Make Complaint. Wasbington, Out. 9 —The extracts from the pamphlet printed by Lord Sackville West reviewing his diplomatic career iu this country have attracted great attention here and it is thoaght that perhaps Minister Bayard, who was severely scored in the publication, any ask the State Department to make cotn filaml against Lord Sackville West. The atter, although retired, is on the pen sioa list of the British government. Mr. J. O. BrancrMt Divis, who wa3 First Assistant Secretary of State under Frelinghay-efl and whose conversations Lord Sackville-West repeats, made the following stab meat or the Ass r elated Fteas to day: “I appear in the account twice; once in «onneetteo with an alleg d request made by Secretary Frelimrhuyaea for the re lease of imprisoned Irish saspeets, and once a. »< ceiving information from Lord Granville of an alleged irregular Irish conspiracy to take Lord Saekviile’s lie. •■ln regard to the first, what took plane between the two governments was thi:: Mr. Frelinghuygon, by direc tion -f the President, instructed Mr. Lo?.vli to a.-k Lord Granville tol:-sve the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland instructed to exercise fh* discretion rc posed iu tin bv aw, to order an inline diate trial of the prisoners, who had then been imprisoned without trial many months. This request, when pres .ed, brought about the release of all the pr s mors. I cannot recall that 1 had any conversation with the British Minister on that subject; but, as his ac count appears to have been a contem poraneous one, it is possibly substau tially correct. “In regard to the conspiracy against Sir Lionel’s life, this is the first that I have heard of it. The telegram which the account says was sent to ‘The Assis tant Secretary’—perhaps an error for the Secretary -never reached me.” Mr. Davis added that he never knew that eny representation had been made that Lord L’ouel’s life was endangered and baa never heard before that he had been taken on a ten-day’s cruise by Gen. Sherman to avoid possible violence to his person. From semi-official sources the follow ing explanation is given of what took place at the time ot the passage of the Grimes act in 1882. The Irish suspects had been imprisoned under the orders of Mr. Foster, then Secretary of Ireland, hat no disposition was made to bring them to trial, Mr. Foster’s policy being U hold them in prison as suspects. The British parliament endorsed that policy by the passage of the Crimes act which empowered the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to hold suspect prisoners until he cho-e to place them on trial. There was a great outcry in this country against the Crimes act. As mouth after month passed without a trial it waa believed that under it the prisoners could be held for life with out Trial. sident Arthur, in response to this sentiment, did not demand the release of the prisoners, hut be requested liOrd Granville to have the Lord Lieu teaan of Ireland exercise the discretion repos'd in him by the Crimea act, and eitht.-r release or bring the prisoners to trial Within two weeks after that ro que t was preferred, the suspects were all relcas d, and Mr. Foster, whose policy had been overruled, had resigned from the British Cabinet. A DANGEROUS SCHEME THAT’S WHAT SENATOR IRBY CALLS TILLMAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION. HE WILL FIGHT IT IN CONVENTION The Proposed Article Amt It zed by Senator li by—Snysil Means the Total Disfranchisement ot the Poor Illiter ate W bite Man as Well as the Negro - Declares He is Responsible for the Calling of the Convention and Not One White Man Shall Lose llis Vote Columbia, S, C, Oct. 9-- Senator Irby, in au interview which will be pub lished iu to-morrow’s Register, vigor ou.-dy attacks the report of the Suffrage Committee, of which Senator Tillman is chairman, to the Constitutional Con vention. Senator Irby says: “I look upon that report as a political monstrosity - one of the most dangerous schemes ever concocted in the brain of man, and when the Convention recon venes 1 shall fight it and vote against it, if I have uot another member upon the floor at my back. Why, the more 1 study toat report the stronger my oppo sition and the greater the danger 1 see in it. Lt us analyze the Suffrage Com mittee’s proposed article: In the first place, here is a sweeping clause positively disfranchising every white man in South Carolina who is not able both to read and write; or does not own and pay taxes upon SBOO worth of property in onr State. Tuis language is too plain to bo misunderstood. It it a total disfranchisement of the poor and ilhterate white mau, as well jus the negro laboring under the same political disa butties. ‘ Bit there is a tail to tils suffrage kite, in a proviso that ho’ds good until January I*. 1898, which p.-rmits the regis tration officer, if he secs fit and proper to do so, to grant a pardon to such voters as he may see tit and proper, subject to his amnesty -for the heinous crime ot being poor and illiterate—and thus place them upon a political equality with the educated negro and who has accumu lated property But even this proviso is coupled with a provision so ignominous and degrading that a proud-spirited Angle Saxon voter would sixmer lose his right of suffrage than to accept such political charity. Here is what Senator Tillman’s report says: “ ‘A separate record of all illiterate per sons thus registered sworn to by the regulation officers, shall be filed, one e py with the Clerk of the Court, one copy with the Secretary of State, etc.’ “la other words, for a poor uneduca ted mau to vote, after this law passes, a palpable and a bareface frau 1 must be committed, and then the name of the beneficiary of this pardon most be fil d as a public re cord, both at his court house and at * e S ato Capitol in Columbia. It will b ; a public and perpetual docu ment cf reproach upon thousand* of hoaegt family names in South Caro b.ft, and the descendants for generations to come of these pardoned voters wij! have the tec* Drown in their teeth that their ancestors being poor and illit erate wo, e permitted to vote in direct coe Act with the spirit o' their State Constitution, through a pardon and special act of suffrage. “Why, no brave and proud spirited white m-tn in the old Palmetto S’ate would accept suffrage under any such eonditiors.. and would sooner loose bis right to vole and be shoved off in the same boat with the Sea Island negro. He would then indeed he a political exile in the S'ate of his birth, but the bom at name that he wilt bequeath to h s chil dren would not be filed among the archieves of South C oi m as are the names of pardoned convicts. “lam responsible for the calling of our Constitutional Convention I pledged the white voters of South Carolina that not one of them should lose his ballot, on account of ignorance or poverty, and I shall sacredly keep this solemn covenant; and if it. is broken by Senator Tillman and the convention it will be with my denunciation of the infamous plot ring ing in the ears of the delegates What brave and self respecting white man do* sires his names handed down to future generations as being so poverty stricken and ignorant that a separate clause had to be engrafted into the Constitution of his State to enable him to vote. “I have unsheathed my sword and thrown away the scabbard. lam in the battle to the end. No poor and un educated white man will lose his vote if I have the power to prevent it. I shall denounce this outrage upon the floor of the convention, and I shall denounce it upon the stand before the people. We can preserve white supremacy in South Carolina without either disfranchise ment or humiliating a single white vo ter.” Tammany Nominations Endorsed. Nkw York, Oct. 9 —The Executive Committee of the Society for Liberal Sin day Laws, at a meeting held this afternoon in the Astor House, endorse d the Tammany Hall political nominations. The society represents the united saloons’ interests in the city, and its action is re gurded as very important. Federal Monument Dedicated. Winchester, Va., Oct. 9. —Forty-one members of the Eighteenth Connecticut Vi lunteers to-day dedicated the monu ment which is being erected in the National Cemetery here fry the surviv ing mem l ers of the company iu memory of their dead comrades. RALEIGH. N. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1895. THE BELL IN ATLANTA GRAND OVATION GIVEN TIIE PRECIOUS OLD RELIC ON ITS ARRIVAL. AND AT ITS FORMAL RECEPTION The Bell Was Formally Received by Mayor King and Welcomed by Gov. Atkinson in Behalf of Hi** State and by President Collier, Representing the Fxposlllon—Scliool Children Were Permitted to Touch the His toric Relic, With Tlirlr Hands. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9 -The ovation which Atlanta gave the Liberty Bell on its arrival yesterday, unprecedented iu the history of the precious old reiic, was followed by another even more imposing, if le?s spontaneous, this morning when it was formally received and installed at the exposition grounds. A few minutes after 8 o’clock the car on which the bell was brought to Atlanta was pushed to the corner of Pryor and Wall streets. Immediately a large truck was backed against the side of the car and the work of transferring the bell was begun. While the transfer was being made a large crowd gathered around tin- bell and watched the work. Lieut. T. F. Hastings, of the Hibernian Rifles, with a detail of men from the Fifth regiment formed a guard line around the car and cleared the crowd away. At 9:80 o'clock the military com panies began forming on Pryor street. Hie line extended to Auburn avenue. The members of the Philadelphia dele gation, with the Atlanta escort, were placed in carriages on Decatur street. At half pas ten, Mayor Warwick, Mayor King and President Campbell rode in a carriage to the side of the wagon on which the bell was placed, and the four Philadelphia pol eemen assumed their places at each corner of the wagon and the parade began. As each company passed the bell it saluted and Mayors Warwick and King responded A detail of mounted police men marcht-d at the head of the line*; then came the Fifth Regiment Regulars band. Eight companies of the First Regiment Regulars, command ed by Capt. Nelson Carter, were at the head of the line; fol lowing them came Governor Atkinson and his full staff, and then came the Fifth Regiment of Volunteers, the Capi tol City Guard, the Atlanta Rifl :s (re serves), the Hibernian R ID-s, the Atlanta Rifles and the Atlanta Zouaves, followed by the Machine Gun Platoon. The At lanta Artillery, with their guns, came next, and then came the Governor’s Horse Guards, commanded by Capt. John Miileifge. The bell was drawn by six handsome gray horses. The procession was com pleted by the carriages of the Atlanta and Philadelphia delegations. The iine moved along Wall street to Peachtree then to 14th street. Turning up 14th street it was joined by Gilmore’s B ind. When the head of the column reached the Ad ministration Building it was stopped and turned to un e side of the road. Then the wagon containing the ball aud the carriages containing Mayor’s War wick aud King, were driven in‘o the grounds and up to the Pennsylvania Building. Then the march of the military was started, the companies passing in review in front of the bell. Around the building down on the plaza cl ; mbing over the clu >gr mod’s fe* e«*, iu the trees and every place where a foot hold could be obtained, were the children. The crowd was so den-e that it took the efforts of the entire Fxposi tionpflice to keep the roadway open. W henever the bell appeared there was a scream of debgh from the thousands of children. As soon as the military had passed in review, Councilman W. P. Campbell acting as Master of Ceremonies, made a few opening remarks and introduced Rev. H. E. Barnett, who delivered a fervent and appropriate prayer. The bell was then formally received by Mayor King, wh se address was re sponded to by Mayor Warwick of Phila delphia. Gilmore’s band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” after which Gov Atkinson welcomed the bell in behalf of the State. He was followed by Presi dent Collier, representing the exposition company. Then Gilmore’s bind gave “Dixie” and the Atlanta artillery fired a salute of thirteen guns. The school children were then per mitted to come by the bell and touch it with their hands, which concluded the day’s program. THE MATTER NOW SETTLED. The Fight Will Take Place at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dallas, Tex., Oct. 9 The Florida Athletic Glob to day moved its head quarters to Hot Springs, Aik., where it will hold its pugilistic carnival of three days, commencing October 81, the date originally selected and already given out. All the parties to the contest have fully agreed and the matter is settled. W oman Shot Through a Window. Jackson, Mbs, 0;t. 9 Mrs Hath • true, wi eof Mr F D HrT'.ea<ne, a fminer livi g near Morristown, was as sassinated i i the presence of her family last night, by being shot through a win dow with a double barrel shot gun. Thompson Wade, a negro has been ar rested. The citizens say he will be lynched if the coroner’s j iry implicates him. TURKS ARE OBSTINATE THE POWERS STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY TO THEIR DEMANDS. MANY MORE ARMENIANS KILLED The Blockade ofthe Armenian Church* <‘mContinues--Refugees Put No Faith in the Assurances ot Protection Giv en Them -Prisoners Arc Being He lca*ed--The British Squadron is Lv inz Within a Short Distance of the Scene of tlie Trouble. Constantinople, Oct. 8., via Sofia, Oct. 9.—The blockade of the Armenian churches continues. All efforts of the authorities and the Armenian Patriarch have failed to persuade the Armenians who have sought refuge within their walls to return to the houses, as they put no faith in the assurances of protec tion given them. The Turks, however will only allow Armenian ecclesiastics to enter churches and when they leave the buildings they are carefully searched. In accordance with the demands of the representatives of the powers, the jiolice authorities have commenced re leasing the Armenians who were impris oned as a result of the recent riot. Two of these unfortunates who were allowed to leave Zaptich prison were found to be in a pitiable condition, both suffering severely from wounds. They have made a statement which has been com municated to the representatives of powers; that the prisoners had not re ceived food or medical treatment for three days previous to their release. They also claim that the prison is horribly over-crowded and in a shocking state of filthiness. The streets of Constantinople and its suburb < are still patrolled by the police and troop:* and P, is understood that the torpedoes that have been sent to the Dar danelles have been placed in the straits. Ammu .ition has also been sent to the forts and from other military movements which are going on it would seem that the Turks are preparing to defend the passage of the Dardanelles should Great Britain attempt a naval demonstration in these waters. There does not seem to be any ma terial change in the diplomatic situation. The Turkish ministers have held another conference and additional communica tions have been exchanged with the rep resentatives of the powers, but,there for malities no longer attract much attention and few people believe that any decided change in the condition of the Armen ians is likely to cccnr unless the Porte is forcibly compelled to enter upon the work of bringing about reforms in Ar menia. There no longer seems to be any doubt that the Armenians anticipated a seri ous disturbance when the attempt was made Monday a week ago to present a petition to the Sultan through the Grand Vizier, and they claim that those of their race who fell ia the streets of Con stantinople upon that occasion were martjrs who gave their lives for Ar menia in the hope of forcing the powers to put extra pressure upon the Porte in their effort to briDg about reform in Ar menia. The British Squadrou Near. Constantinople, Oct. 9—The repre sentatives of the six powers are today still waiting for a definite reply to the identical communications recently hand ed to the Turkish g <vernment on behalf of their respective governments and in which they specify the reforms for Ar mtnia, which in their opinions should be accepted by the government of Turkey and promulgated in an imperi al decree. (Suggestions, semi-official notes and visits of government officials to the envoys of the powers followed the recepts of this iden tical communication, but the distinct, categorical reply of the Turkish govern ment seems to be delayed by fust one quibble and then another, until the patience of the European government is b *coming exhausted, and definite action upon their part may shortly be expected. In view of the continued, increasing gravity of the situation, the Brit ish Mediterranean squadron remains at Lemnos (Stalmini), within a short steaming distance of the entrance of the Dardanelles. The obstinacy of the Porte under the circumstances is not generally understood. No reply has been made to the request of Sir Ph llip Currie, the British Ambassador, made shortly after the massacre, that he be allowed to visit prisons in which Armen ians charged with rioting are confined, to take their depositions for transmission to the various European governments interested. Many Armenians Killed. Trebizonde, Oct. 9 —Serious conflicts between Turks and Armenians occurred here yesterday. Many Armenians were killed. Secretary Carlisle to Hpeak in Boston. Washington, Oct. 9. Secretary Car lisle aud Assistant Secretary Hamlin will h ave here Friday for Boston, where the Secretary will speak at the dinner to be given Saturday evening by the Mas sachnsetts Reform Club. Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Hamlin will stop at Gray Gab les on route. A Catholic Priest Sentenced. Genesoa, N. Y., Oct. 9. - Father Fla herty waa to-day sentenced to seven ye: rs in Auburn prison for having com mit! ed an outrage upon the person of a girl under sixteen years of age. DURANT ON THE STAND THE ACCUSED TELLS HOW HE SPENT THAT FATEFUL DAY IN APRIL. HE STRENGTHENS HIS CASE He Displayed His Usual Characterist.’e Coolness and His Answers were Brief aud to the Point and Calcu lated to Impress the Jury with the Belief That he Was Telling the Truth—Once Did he Hesitate W hen Asked About Attending Lecture. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 9.—Theo dore Durrant, assistant superintendent of Emanuel Cnurch Sunday school, was placed on the stand to day tor the pur pose of convincing the jury, selected to try him, that he did not murder Blanche Limont in the belfry of the church on April 3rd. With the same coolness that has char acterized Lis conduct siuce his arrest, he denied the principal allegations that have been made against him by the most important witnesses for the prosecution. His answers were always brief and to the point, and many were interpreted to rneau that he had stud.ed his part well before taking the stand. Only once during the course of the dirtet examination did he show any ner vousness or hesitation. W T hen Attorney Dickinson asked him if he took cotes at Dr. Cheney’s lecture on the afternoon of April 3, he cast his eyes towards the floor and for a moment was silent. He replied that he had taken notes, but that they were brief. The hesi tancy of the prisoner may be understood when it i 3 explained that Gilbert F. Gra ham, one of Durrant’s most intimate friends, will testify that Durrant asked to borrow his notes of the lecture. When the request was made Durrant explained that he only needed the notes to establish a good alibi. Graham refused the re quest. Taken altogether, Durant’s dir ct tes timony, which ended at 3 o’clock, when the croas-examination began, probably had a tendency to strengthen his case. His demeanor while on the stand was certainly intended to impress the jury with the opinion that he was telling the truth. Questions that would ordi narily cause a visible impression on a guilty man, were answered by Durrant with the utmost unc >ncern. Even when attorney Duprey asked him if on the third of April, or at any other time he murdered or participated in the murder of Blanche Lamont, the prisoner coolly replied .n the negative. Coming down to the day upon which Blanche Lamont was murdered, the prisoner was asked to relate bis move ments from the time he left his home in the morniDg until he re'urned at night. He said he met Miss Lamont on her way to school aud rede with her on a street car until he reached Cooper Medical Co lege. He said he remained at the college until 10 o’clock when he and another student named Ross went for a walk. When be returned an hour later, he went to the library where he was engaged in his studies until noon. Then he went to luncheon with a student named Diggins, and returned at 1 o’clock, After luncheon Durrant re mained If: the library until 3:30 o’clock when he attended Dr. Chec?y's lee f ure. He said he was present at the roll call at the close of the lecture and answered to his name. At the close of the lecture Durraut said he boarded a street car and rode to Emanuel Church for the purpose of repairing the sun ourners. He denied that he was accompanied by Blanche Lamont or an> body else. After repair ing the burner, Durrant said that he descended to the auditorium, where he found George King playing on the organ. King remarked that Durrant looked pale, and Durrant replied that Kug would be in the same condition if he had been nearly over come by escaping gas. At Durrant’s re quest, King brought somebromo seltzer, which the prisoner drank. The medicine made him feel better, and at 6 o’clock Durrant left the church in company with King. He went out of his way two blocks to converse with King, after which they separated and Durrant went home to dimer. In the evening he went to prayer meeting at Emanuel church. He saw Mrs. Noble and asked her if Blanche was coming to prayer meeting. Mrs. Noole replied that si e did not believe her niece would ba pres ent. He related a number of other minor incidents in connection with his conversation with Mrs. Noble who evi dently did not eudorse his statements from the fact that she shook her head si voral times. At the close of the ser vices Durrant said he went home and retired. The cross-examination, which lasted only an hour, before court took a recess till tomorrow, was confined to questions relative to the life of Durrant prior to April 8. Easy Victory for Princeton. Baltimore, Md., Oct 9. —The football game hero to day resulted in an easy victory for Princetou, by a score of Princeton 36, University of Virginia nothing. Thomas, who was captain of the Uni veivity of Virgiuia football team, season before last has been secured by Wash ington and Lee University as a trainer and he will take charge of the football team to morrow. New York, Oct. 9. —University of Pennsylvania 30; Crescent of Brooklyn n )ne. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIRE IN PORTSMOUTH WAREHOUSE AND CARS OF TIIE SEABOARD AIK LINE DESTROY ED. THE TOTAL LOSS WAS $300,000 Thou»nn<l«io! Dollars Worth of Freight Including 700 Buies ot Cotton Was Burned—A Store and Private Ware house, Containing a Large Quantity of Nitrate of Soda, Was Also De stroyed—The Conflagration Caused by a Broken Electric Wire. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 9’— A fire caused by a broken electric wire, broke out in Warehouse “D” of the Seaboard Air Line, in Portsmouth, at 7:20 o’clock to night, which besides destroying that structure together with thousands of dol lars worth of freight stored therein, in cluding 7to bales of cotton, nine loaded freight cars, the warehouse and store of Reed Brothers & Co , adjoining, were consuraed 4 and two men who were cutoff from escape jumped overboard, one of them, W. H. Hal), white, being drowned. The Old Dominion steamer Yorktown, which was in the slip alongside the the doomed property, backed out barely in time to escape the fl tmes. J xzens of harbor tugs poured thousands of gal lons of water uponj the fire, but with no perceptible effect. The terry wharf and a lumber yard intervening repeatedly took fire but the flames were promptly extin guished by streams from the ferry boats. Aid was sent by the Norfolk and Berk ley fire departments and from the United States navy yard, and these engines, with the Portsmouth firemen, succeeded in confining the flames to the territory mentioned. A quantity of nitrate of soda, the property of Hon. W. R Grace, of New York, stored in the Reed warehouse, ex ploded with a deafening report. The concussion shaking the roofs in that vi cinity. The loss is estimated at $300,000, on which there is about $75,000 insurance on the Seaboard Air Line’s warehouse. There is insurance on all the property burned, but the amount cannot be as certained. At this hour, 1 a. ra., the fire is under control. THE SITU ATION IN CUB A. A Detailed Military Occupation ot the Island Considered Necessary. London, Oct. 9.—A dispatch to tbe Times from Havana, dated October 5, which will be published to-morrow, will sav: “I have just returned from a long tour through the province of Santa Clara. I found that the bitter ness of feeling between the Cubans and Spanish is growing stronger, while the number of insurgents in the province of Santa Clara have increased lately, and I do not see how it is possible for the insurgents to make an attack unon the Spanish forces unless they obtain a great ad dition of arms and a ammunition. Judg ing from the conversation of Capt. Cam pos and the general distribution of troops, it is evident that a detailed mili tary occupation of the island is consider ed necessary at the present viJte and probably continuing next year. The sugar planters of S mta Clara express great uncertainty whether to make Sli^tt.. “The crop is lost aud this means abso lute ruin to many estates. I saw a cir cular letter, sent to the sugar planters of the southern districts of Santa Clara, demanding contributions for the insur gent cause according to the value of the property, and stating that if the de mands were not complied with destruc tion would follow. “In an interview, a copy of which was cabled on Thursday last, Capt. Gen. do Campos expressed annoyance at the attitude of the United States at the pre sent time and especially regarding the attempts of the Spaniards to prevent the landing of expeditions ami quoting tho Allianea steamship affair as an instance of unnecessary troubles. “The damage done by the late hur ricane to the Western railway is estimat ed at $30,000 sterling and through traffic is still impossible.” I* A T CIIE N~VI INS AT LEX INGTON. But It Took Five Heats to Decide the Contest. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 9 —Nine thous and people attended the second day’s Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ As sociation races. The weather was clear and cold. Track fast. The feature of the day was the defeat of Robert J., by Joe Patchen. The crowd went wild with excitement, and each of the five heats was a battle royal. Jack Curry, the driver of the victor, was loudly cheered. Joe Patehen won the last heat by a neck from John R Gentry; Coleridge was third and Robert J. fourth. Time: 2:08. First heat—Patchen, first; Coleride, second; Robert J., third. Time: 2:08. Second heat—Gentry, first; Patchen, second; Robert J., third. Time:2:os 1 2. Third heat—Robert J., first; Patchen, second; Geutry, third. Time: 2:06 1-4. Fourth heat—Patehen, first; Robert J„ second;Gentry, third Time: 2:09 14. Summary: Free for-all pace: Joe Patchen, - ---12211 John R. Gentry, - - - 413 3 2 Robert J., - - - - 88 124 Coleridge, - - - - 244 4 3 Time: 2:08, 2:05 1-2 2:06 14, 2:09 14, 2:CB
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