Newspapers / The News & Observer … / June 28, 1899, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
2 m S£m The Hottest Boat Race Wit nessed in Years. 9 , ______ WISCONSIN WAS SECOND the gallant westerners LOST UV A FLI’KE. AFTER THE R*CE WAS REA LY WON Indtscribib'e Enlhusasn at the Nose And Nose Finish Cornell a d Colum bia Clearly Outcijss°d. Pennsylvania's Pluck. Foughkeepsie. N. Y.. June 27. Twen ty thousand jH-ej le today saw one of tin* most exciting four mile l>oat races ever witnessed in the history of college row in jr. Five thousand pc* pie on the obser vation train yelled themselves hoarse in frantic appeals to their various col lege crews to do their best, and with the other fifteen thousand they saw the res] and blue carried over the line a winner by a short h iuri.li from the Wis consins. who lost in the last two hun dred yards .by had steering. Cornell, the victor of former years, pulled after, full four lengths in the rear, and Fohim Ida, never in the tight after the end of the tirst mile, trailed in a good three lengths front the stern of the Corn. *ll boat. THE STRANGER CREW. It was the kind of a race that makes the blood tingle and was made so by the crew that came over a thousand miles to meet former victors, for without the gallant Wisconsin* in the race, it would have been a doleful procession after the second mile was entered. To say that there was surprise on the observation train and amid the great crowds upon the banks when the Wis consin shell swept mile after mile of the course until the last half was reached, with a clear lead over all the crews, is putting it mildly. When the people on the bank, unable to place the stranger •crew, looked toward the observation train inquiringly, and were told that it was Wisconsin., they were almost dumb with amazement, and when those on the train saw the gallant struggle mile and mile they dropped their appeals for their own crews and yelled in a friendly manner for the hoys from tie- West. The alleged ragged stroke, the badly keeled boat, the too long reach, all were forgotten as the fast moving craft kept pushing its sharp nose to the fore and then the people saw the lead ers turn out towards the shore at the finish and lose the race to the men from Pennsylvania by a short length. Well did the Pennsylvania* obey the injunc tion of Ellis Ward to not lose their heads. From the first eighth of a mile they rowed a stern, hard chase, at one time being astern of both Cornell and Wisconsin, but their pluck and endur ance sent, them over the line first in good time and by such a small margin i that the glory is greater. CORNELL. For Cornell, the winner of many bat- I tie's, the contest proved to la* a race only in two utiles. For those first two miles she did gallant work, but she was struggling against evidently better crews, and it was only by exertions of a phenomenal nature that she managed to keep the nose of The boat ahead of the Pennsylvania'for a brief time in the second mile. COLUMBIA. Os Columbia, it may be said that she was out-classed from the start and, barring an accident, there was never a time when she stood a chance of winning the race. She went to the rear in the first quarter of mile, although she had a good start, and stayed there all through the race. THE START. Two false starts were made and the referee called the crews back. It was five minutes after seven when the third start was given, and this time the crews got away without accident. This start was a beautiful one, the four boat’s noses seeming to hang together for the first two strokes. As they set tled in the stroke taught them by the various coaches, Wisconsin seemed to la* rowing the least number of strokes per minute of any of the crews, but lier boat was going faster than any of the others. Before the first eighth of a mile was finished, the Wisconsin boat had shoved its nose ahead of the other crews, with Cornell second. Pennsylvania hanging well on to her, and Columbia fourth, dropping astern. THE BADGERS SET THE PACE. When the first half mile was reached so fast was the Wisconsin boat going that it had taken its whole length ahead of the Pennoylvania boat, and was half a length ahead of the Cornell Irout, on the extreme east. Columbia was rowing with the nose of her ls>at just overlapping Pennsylvania. Frantically the Pennsyl vania rooters on the train yelled at their crew and the broad, brown backs of 111“ Quakers seemed to respond, as in a few minutes they shot their boat up even with the Cornell boat, but to catch Wis consin was not so easy. When tin* mile was reached the Wisconsin lsmt had a lead of a clear length over Pennsylvania, while Cornell and Pennsylvania were see-sawiug for second [dace. The Wis consin crew had settled down to a stroke of 32 to a minutes, the boat never check ing between strokes, and the blades cut ting the water as keenly as a knife. ‘‘Look at those Westerners go,” shott ed those on the observation train, and Wisconsin stock went up for a little while. CORNELL’S SPURT. When the Wisconsin crew hud reached the mile and a quarter ]K>int, they eased off a little in their stroke rowing for two or three minutes at 31. At the same time Cornell picked up their stroke and shoved their boat’s nose slightly ahead of Pennsylvania and overlapping the Stern of the Wisconsin shell. “Cornell! Cornell!'’ 1 yell!” came from thousands of throats on the observation train, and the hope arose that the Uornell crow was going to the front in their usual style. Rut with apparent ease the Wisconsin stroke went buck to its reg ular 112, and the boat shot ahead again a good half length. At this jMunt it was one of the most beautiful races imag inable, the four crews rowing with great regularity, and all of them with a clean, neat stroke. AT SECOND MILE’S END. As they passed the two mile mark there was a quarter of a length of clear water between the nose of Pennsylvania shell an# the stern of the Wisconsin shell amTlhon, for the tirst time, those upon the train began to appreciate that Wis consin was not a one-mile crew, and that, having pulled through the first two hard miles at such a splendid pace, they were liable to make trouble at the finish. Cornell was even with Pennsylvania at ilie mark and the two crews staid on even terms until the two mile and a quarter iHiint was reached. Then the .see-sawing began again. Cornell and Pennsylvania alternately forging the nose of their boat ahead of each other in a desperate effort to maintain the second place while the wonderful Western crew with the indescribable stroke, with the much criticised form, kept their shell a boat length in the van. Passing the three-mile and a quarter point, Pennsylvania stroke tip to do ami there began out* of the most exciting Contests ever seen in boat racing. Slow ly the bow man of the Pennsylvania •boat lined up with the coxswain in tin* Wisconsin boat, but just as he had conic on a line with the Wisconsin crew re sponded to the spurt and again drew j their boat away. TIIE FINISH. It was at this point That Wisconsin was seen to swerve badly toward the western shore, and to the surprise of ev erybody maintained this course, although it. took them inside of a number of small pleasure boats and fully five hun dred yards, if they maintained their an gle, out of their course at the finish. Naturally the Pennsylvania boat, pulled desperately by the Quakers, gained upon the Wisconsin boat, and as they passed j into the last quarter the noses of the j shells were on a line. The Pennsylva nia contingent on the train were frantic with joy, and standing up, gave vent to their feelings with yells to the crew to win the race. The AN iseonsin boat, i unable to turn back into its line, had j found dead water in the new lane which ; they had sought near the shore, and. > pull as they would, and as desperately j as they did. the nose of the Pennsylva- j nia shell came out inch by inch until it I crossed the line a scant half length ahead j of the Badgers’ boat. It was a finish that j set wild with delight every lover of good | sport. The Cornell boat was fully three i lengths to the rear of the Wisconsin > boat, while the Columbia finished game- j Iv their stern chase almost four lengths i behind Cornell. The Associated Press | time as taken very accurately was twen- j ty minutes, one and three-fifths seconds, while the official time given from the j referee's boat was 20:04. None of the j crews were in what could be called bad condition when they finished. Offieial summary: Pennsylvania’s time, 20:04. Wisconsin’s, 20:05%. Cornell’s 20:13. Columbia’s, 20:20. Record for course, 19:20. The miles as made by the leading ; crew, which, at every mile point except j the finish, was Wisconsin's were: first, 4:51 1-15; second, 10:50; third. 14:55. The positions of the boats at the finish wer as follows: Pennsylvania scant half length ahead of Wisconsin; the Badgers three lengths in advance of Cornell; the Ithacans four lengths in front of Columbia. ON THE DIAMOND. Tarlmro, N. C., June 27.—(Special.)— The home team won a slow and feature less game today. Score: R. H.E. Tarboro 10 13 5 1 Wilson 0 t'» tl Batteries: NVarren and Lusfcey; Meri deth, Hines, Wilkins and Brake. Cleveland, June 27. —Tin* home team made hits enough to win the game, bur they were badly scattered. Attendance 20(j. Score: Cleveland 00 0 900001—1 11 2 New York 00 4 0 0101 x—fi 5 2 Batteries: Selnnidt and Sch recon gout: Carrick and Warm r. Umpires, Smith and Andrews. Time 1:50. St. Ijouis. June 27. —Clean, hard hit ting won today’s game for the Perfee tos. Platt was knocked off the rubber in the third inning and Burkhardt took his place. The latter twirled in line form. Attendance 2,700. Score: St. Louis 02 2001100—0 8 4 Philadelphia ..00210001 0-4 11 2 Batteries: Jones and (Tiger: Burk hardt, Piatt and McFarland. Umpires, Gaffney and Manassau. Time 2:15. Pittsburg. June 27.—1 n tin* ninth in ning when two were out, Ely tied the score with a home run and in the tenth Tannehill tallied on throw in of McCar thy's long fly to center. Attendance 1,- 500. Score: 1 Mttsburg 00000 0 2 0 1 I—4 8 1 Boston 0 0000 12000—3 11 2 Batteries: Tannehill and Sehriver; Willis and Clarke. Umpires. O’Day awl I McGarr. Time 2:00. ATLANTIC LEAGUE RESULTS. Reading. 2: Paterson, 0. Allentown, 0; Scranton, 3. Allentown, 8; Scranton, 7; (second game). Newark, 8: Lancaster, 4. NVilkesbarre, 5; Richmond. 4. New Ila vow. Conn., June 27. —Har- vard, 4; Yale. 3. A NEW ISLAND. London, June 27.—1 t is persistently ru mored here, says a dispatch from Jo hannesburg, to the Standard, that Great Britain has acquired possession of In yack, in the mouth of Delegoa Bay. - LYNCHED. Fulton, Ky„ June 27.—Henry Stewart, the negro who robbed and seriously shot Gail Hamilton, and robbed M. Choate, a section foreman, Sunday morning, was taken out at midnight and lynched by a supposed negro and white mob. The excitement is high among the negroes. THE NEWS'AND OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 28, 1899. HER CREW IK PERIL BY EIRE AND FLOOD The Pawnee Burned off Cur rituck Coast. PICKED UP BY THE CLYDE and brought SAFELY INTO WILMINGTON. CAPTAIN FORCED TO SWIM FOR HIS LIFE The Pawnee Cleared From Brunswick cn Friday and Was Boutd For New Yo k With a Cargo cf Lumb r. Wilmington. N. C., June 27. —Tin* George W. Clyde, steamship. Captain Robinson, of the New York Clyde line, arrived in i>ort. at 11 o’clock this morning with Capta'iu A. G. Ingram and crew of the steamship Pawnee, on board, tin* Clyde having picked them up front tin* small boats soon after they abandoned the Pawnee, leaving her wrapped in flames. An Associated Press represen tative called upon Captain Ingram somi after his arrival here and was told that the Pawnee was abandoned off Curri tuck. on the coast of this State, a little past midnight on Sunday night. The lire was discovered about tnid night. and had gained such headway that every' effort to cheek the flames was fu tile. They leaped in great volume from the forward hold of the vessel and dense smoke completely enveloped the decks. When tin* alarm was made Captain In gram was asleep, and no sooner had In rushed out and taken in the situation than he saw that if he saved his crew he must get them off at once. However, tin* pumps were set to work and threw two streams of water upon the flames for several minutes before he gave the or der for the boats to be lowered and the ship abandoned. NN hilc the crew were manning the small boats, Captain Ingram rushed into his cabin for some valuables which lie hoped to save. N\ lien lu* reached the ship's side the boat had drifted out of reach, and about that time tin* smoke shifted so as to envelope that side of the vessel and the Captain ordered the crew to row the boat to the windward side. This they did, but in the meantime, the wind shifted again, the boat heat and smoke forcing them to pull way without their Captain. There were three vain efforts of this kind made, the boat iicing rowed to first one side of the vessel and then the other in attempts to reach the captain. Finally Captain Ingram leaped into the water and swam two hundred feet or more toward the boat . One of the crew held an oar out to him and pulled him in completely ex hausted and almost unconscious. In the meantime the Georg*? NY. Clyde had sighted the Pawnee in flames, and bore dbwn upon her in time to pick up the captain and crew within a few minutes after they abandoned the burning ship. Captain Ingram says the Pawnee had a full cargo on board, principally lum ber, of which there was between ; >00,090 and 600,000 feet. There was also a quantity of cotton. She cleared from Brunswick, Ga., for New York, last Friday. Captain Ingrain’s family resides lu re and he will await orders in this city. Tin* Pawnee's crew consisted of twenty one men, with the following officers: Chief Officer, B. Macbeth; Second Of ficer, Joseph Parker; Chief Engineer, Clayton Pratt and Assistant Engineer John Ego. 1 , All are well. A HOTEL WHILE YOU WAIT. Funds for Firemen’s Tournament—C-apt. Fisher Will Sell. ‘Greensboro, N. (’.. June 27. —*(Spe- cial. i—The magnificent office building of tin* Southern Loan and Trust Com pany was leased today by a company styled The Hotel Normandie Company, and the building will be finished in ele gant style and a dining room addition made and will be called the "The Nor mandie”. This building is five stor.es high and lias 103 splendid rooms. It will have elevators, electric light, steam heat and all the modern improvements. This building was intended for the Soli them Loan and Trust Company’s offices, and while built for another pur pose I am told it is adiirirabiy adapted for an hotel building. The Committees on Apportionment have allotted the money to the various departments of the State Firemen's Tournament, Two thousand light hun dred and fifty dollars lias been raised so far. In addition to the firemen's races, a tennis tournament will be held for the championship of the State during tlu* week. Captain Fisher slated that lie was misquoted in the News and Obser ver this morning in regard to the hotel. He declares that the* prospect of a speedy sale of the property is very good. The dispensary has run up against another snag. Another application for a restraining order tiled by Col. Staples was granted by Judge Timborlake. 'Phis time it is for contempt of Judge Bryan’s order. The lawyers for the dispensary do not fear any trouble however, ill ex plaining the objection. DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country: “Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she with stood its severest tests, but her vital or gans were undermined and death seem ed imminent. For thru months she cough ed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered away to recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus writes W. C. Hamnick & Co., of Shelby. N. C. Trial bottles free at all Drug Stores. Regular size 50c. and SI.OO. Every bottle guaranteed. TYLER FOR SENATOR. Norfolk. Va.. June 27.- The Viryiidan- Pilot will tomorrow publish a letter from tin- Charlotte Democrats calling upon Governor .1. lingo Tyler to announce himself a candidate for the United States Senate. The call was prepared Monday for circulation. Gun-shot wounds and powder-burns, cuts, bruises, sprains, wounds form rusty nails, insect stings and ivy poisoning quickly healed by DoWitt’s Witch Hazei j Salve. Positively prevents blood poison ing. Beware of counterfeits. ‘‘De- Witt's” is safe and sure. Bobbitt-1 Wynne Drug Co., W. H. King & Adams *.V Moye, Win. Simpson. At (Hd Point The Virginia and Missis sippi Valley traffic associations will bold conferences today and tomorrow. TO IL Y. I*. U. CONVENTION VIA S. A. L. The International Convenfion of Bap tist Young People’s Union of America will be held in Richmond, Va.. July 13th to Kith, 1899. For tliis occasion THE SEABOARD AIR LINE will sell tickets from all points to Richmond and return at rate of ONE FARE forth • round trip. Tickets will be sold Jnlv IL 12 and 13, good to return on or before July 31st, but by depositing tickets with Joint Agent at Richmond the limit can In* extended to August 15th, 1899. THE SEABOARD AIR LINE have elegantly appointed vestiliuled trains for Richmond daily, carrying Pullman Buf fet Sleeping Cars and running on fast schedules, the ”S. A. L. EXPRESS” giving passengers a daylight ride, and the “ATLANTA SPECIAL” affording night ride in Pullman Sleepers, placing passen gers in Richmond in the early morning. SEABOARD AIR LINE is the only line operating through coaches and sleep ing cars between Atlanta and Richmond. For further information, Sleeping Car reservations, &e., apply to nearest Ticket Agent. Modest Women Modesty in women is no less a charm than beauty and wit. Is it any wonder that wo men afflicted with physical disorders pecu liar to their sex shrink from per sonal examina tions by male physicians? The weaknesses and irregularities of women may be recognized by certain unfailing symptoms. Backache, headache, bearing down pains, irritabilityandextremenerv ousness indicate derangement of the delicate female organism. Bradfield’s Fe male Regulator is the standard remedy for characteristic diseases of women. Sold by druggists at si.oo per bottle. THE BRADFIELM REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, Ga Notre Dame of Maryland, Charles Street Ave.. Baltimore, Md. College for Young Womea aad Pre paratory School for Girls, Regular and Elective Course. Extensive grounds. Lo cation unsurpassed. Suburbs of Balti more. Spacious building, completely equipped. Coadacted. by Boko®! Sisters of Notrs Dane. A Public Benefactor! Any man, or anything that enables you to do more work ami better work and be more comfortable and more heaUhfnl is a benefactor. This needs no argu i merit. Hicks UAI’UDINE does tins*:* very things by soothing your tired nerves and muscles and relieving your aches, enabling you to concentrate the mind upon your work or pleasure. There are no disagreeable after-effects whatever—no dangerous drugs. 25c at all well stocked Drug Stores. ••••••• •§••••• MIOMB j BLOOD TELLS j • Yes, it is the index to health. # 0 If you have bad blood you are # Q likely to learn that you have Rlieu- # • mutism, one of tin* most horrible # diseases to which mankind is heir. # • If this disease has just began its # @ work, or if you have been afflicted 0 0 for years, you should at once take 0 0 the wonderful new cure, 0 iRHEUMACIDEf 0 Thousands have been cured. The 0 0 summer season is the best time to 0 0 take a rheumatic remedy. Nature 0 0 will then aid the medicine in es- 0 0 fecting a permanent, constitutional 0 0 cure. People with bad blood are 0 0 subject to catarrh, indigestion, 0 0 and many other diseases. To be 0 0 healthy the blood must be pure. 0 0 RHEUMACIDE is the Prince of 0 0 blood purifiers. 0 0 Sold by Druggists. Price sl. 0 0000000 0000000 0000000 BRICK. Half million ready for delivery, both building and paving brick. Daily ca pacity thirty thousand. Contracts for paving, with best material, at 5 cents per square foot. Leave orders at Harding’s stables, Corner Martin ami Blount. Raleigh Brick Company. Inter-State ’Phone 4J5-3. o—ll—l w jgPP§J_ ||j| For Infants und Ohildrcn. I*ASTORIA |The Kind You Have ifc SI Always Bough? AYege tabic Preparation For As - I| similating the Food awlHcgula- g u # tiiigtlicStoiMtkiaiidßoweisof ft 13 ocl I S til6 M a 1 gjgj iature /Ww Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- f ' Jr M W ness and Rest. Contains neither I { .f A M 0 f Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. B TfOT NAItCOTIC. 5 fIV \\ 1 N Iba'pc of Old nr.MLUI’JrCWJt 1) \\f\T /W/rfm SuJ>" , H 1 I » JiocfuUt SiHlt - I I ■ *o* I jintu Strd. * \ A H, J * ■ M £&&&«». ( fl l\ ill* HID flarifud Jugcr. 1 wf ’S ® cor I I h'jrar. / f R■ u J A perfect Remedy forConrdipa- Wg vs wV 2i MIL tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, SB I,A| r Worms,Convulsions,Feverish- « M vAil [inijn ness and Loss of Sleep, g ||jy HCIfU Tac Simile Signature of @ - Bought. rn&mt*-* ■ - gr — THE CENTAUH COMPONV, NEW YORK CITV. Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va. Celebrated for Its High Altitude, Shaded Lawns of fifty acres for out door sports and its Wonderful Medicinal Waters that for 80 years have stood without a rival in Chronic Troubles, will open Ju~e ist. These Waters are endorsed by such eminent physicians as l)rs. Lmmitt & Thomas, New York; Ajnew & Pepper, Philadelphia; Donaldson & Wilson, Baltimore; McGuire «fc Johnston. Richmond, \a.; Logan, Atlanta, Cartwright, Missouri; and hundreds of others. We have volumes, which Mr. McClure’s, \ a., of April 10th, 1 SOU. is a fair sample. He writes: “I am in perfect health, when I left for the Alum last summer my friends expected my return in abox not so, I can’t realize I am the same man. In other words AM a NEW man; weighing pounds more [than when I arrived at your place.” Write for circular if you are seeking a pleasant summer home or need be made well. Water sold by Retail Druggists throughout the country. J. E. TAPPAN, vanager. STANDARD SEWING MACHINES The NATION'S PRIDE. Standard & Rolary Grand /sLu* Motion Drop Exsee! all Head Itjl| 5 Gihers. Only S4O "“t s—l 5 —1 Only S4O The STANDARD VIBRATOR MACHINE at Superior prices You cannot afford to buy b?fore seeing or writing us for catalogue. IR3Y & YOUNG Hardware and Seed;. 1 Horner Military School j | Oxford, IM. C. * • • 2 j © Ihe Faculty for 1899-1900 has three members with o © the ’‘A. M ” degree. Every member not on y has a col- 3 • lege degree, but lias proved himself a successful 3 • teacher by teaching. The school gives } • Thorough Preparation 5 for University or College, and sends a larger per cent g 3 of its students to college than any other cchool in the 3 2 South Special course preparatory for ANNAPOLIS 3 • and WEST POINT. 5 3 Seek economv, but not cheapness in education; and • 3 keep your boy from college until he is nrepired for 3 ® college. School discipline is better tor a BOV than col- 3 3 lege freedom. We employ the best not the cheapest • 3 teachers, and secure the best not the cheapest patrons, 3 3 and produce the best results. There is an atmosphere 3 • of Studiousness among our students. Under the best • 3 teachers, and in.association with select bo->s with high 8 • aims in LIFE is the place to pu: your son. Apply for 2 3 illustrated catalogue. • : J C HORNER. •
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 28, 1899, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75