Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, The (Newspaper) - August 16, 1901, Fort Wayne, Indiana THE FORT WAYNE ESTABLISHED FRIDAY AUGUST 16 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS LOWERS WORLD'S TROTTING RECORD Toledo Horse Wins the Great Match Race at Brighton Abbott Un- Other Events NEW YORK Aug special trotting match at Brighton Beach between the world's champion trotter and the Ab- bott resulted in a splendid victory for to-day There was a larger crowd present than ever seen on a New York ting track The grand stand was simply packed and this despite the fact that reserved seats with admission cost while boxes holding four sons were all disposed of at each in addition to the regular admission While the sealing capacity is lint 3.500 close to 5.000 persons were jammed into the structure Every available space between the stand and track was packed to its most capacity and the paddock infield and cheaper admission Held contained a legion of people It was estimated that fully 15.000 people were present The weather was simply perfect for the great trial and the track was like velvet though probably a second slow Several times during tho after- noon both horses put in some inary wovk and each time passed the crowd there was great enthusiasm It was about o'clock when the Ketcham and appeared before Hie grandstand and obtained their positions for a start by the flip of a coin Luck was with the driver of as he secured the pole giving him a decided advantage When a later the horses came from the paddock they were wildly cheered and they looked fit for the work be- was reached in I aud he was a very close second at the quarters pole iu The vast crowd realized lhat a world's record was about to be made and rose to its feet while the multi- tude which was in the space between the stand and the track cheered CHICAGO LARGE AUDIENCES GREET VITT AND ROSSA Anniversary of O'Neill's Victory the Occasion for Patriotic Light on Political in Ireland CHICAGO Aug thousand Chicago gathered at Sunnyside park this afternoon on the Coming down the it was a j twenty-sixth annual demonstration ot battle royal with The Abbott very close up but with his bull dog grip kept on with nostrils dis- anil just managed to beat his opponent by hair a length in the world's trotting record in a race To say that the announcement created applause only faintly con- veys the meaning of the expression The Second Trial A little over bait an hour bad ex- the two grand horses came out for their second trial and were started under the same tions as in the first heat They were sent away beautifully but The Abbott bad not traveled a hundred yards be- fore be made a disastrous break and before he could recover bis gait ceus was in front The Abbott once settle made a effort to overtake his opponent but son of Robert was out for victory and kept on passing the quarter in 31 seconds the half in IMC the quarters in and rushing homo the quarter in 31 doing the mile in with The Abbolt back of the las As the race was three hi Sve United Irish societies orating the anniversary of the victory oT Yellow Pass and the anniversary of Hugh O'Neill's victory ovtr the English at Yellow Ford A meeting nearly equal iu strength to that at Sunnyside Park was held at Oswald's grove under the auspices of the Irish Nationalists At the former meeting Michael was the chief speaker at the Hitler Rossa Except Michael Davitt who came roni Ireland to attend the gatherings all the speakers at the demonstration of the United Irish so delicti were prominent Chicago Americans Prominent New York Irishmen and one resident of Dublin were speakers at the nationalist ng in Oswald's grove arrived in Chicago yesterday lames F of Dublin the of the lord early speech which to-day lie made them Fortunately too the wind had died down to a dead calm so was no obstacle In that line A Heat Each was driven up down tlie stretch for a warming in and when they reached tho starter slightly in tile lead and they were railed tack The nest time however they were nose ami nose Then rushed to the front and had lead of a length which lie held to the quarter making hat mark In file Abbott hart reduced at halt which consented that Crescents go another heat Tills lie did shortly before 5 o'clock accompanied by a runner tor the Hrist half where he joined by another runner and he did the mile In the quarter in the halt In and the In To the credit of The Abbott It should be mild that not only this race of season but he has been sick and his since his recovery In the vicinity of Tlie betting before the race wits Continued on Page Six PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE CORRUPTION The Platform a Call for Reform and Delivery from Gang Nominations democratic state convention to-day nominated of for thex supremo court and Andrew 1 Palm of for stain treasurer The platform makes no reference to liam 1 or national affairs be- ing confined entirely to state issues In the momenta of the con- vention resolutions were adopted out debate and by a practically voie which will have the effect of blocking any effort that may bo contemplated looking to the of the candidate for state treasurer and the substitution ot an republican on a fusion ticket The contest the rival adelphia factions for recognition by I ho convention resulted In a agreement between the recognized leaders of the two elements A com- was designated to co-operate Aug a new The resolution wan carried with former Governor Robert tison chairman of the regular city committee in adjusting the differences that may arise in the party in Philadelphia Following the of the mony program an effort was made by 1 0 Ulrich of to expel the Philadelphia delegates He made fi Wright road the platform which was adopted THE PLATFORM The platform presented by the com- when convention had re- speech criticizing the Harmony convened was as Thc democracy of Pennsylvania in convention assembled makes this dec- of its convictions and poses in the coming Waiving all questions and tions upon which the people of the nation resolve into political parties we call upon all honest citizens to unite with us for the redemption of our commonwealth from the political freebooters who now control it We invite all political parties all of men heedful ot the lic welfare and all Pennsylvanians to join us in a crusade for thc cation of the polluted channels of lic authority We deplore with -all good men the need of making the question of com- mon honesty and decent tion an issue to divide the people ot a great state bat to this deplorable necessity we have been brought by the outrages of republican machine change policy Nothing will ever be accomplished by WEST TO BE AGGRESSIVE WILL THY TO OF A K WASHINGTON Aug Army men will be interested in that the west is to KO to the land next month with an antl popular candidate for the high of The person for whom this honor be asked by the western states is Kll Torrence of Minneapolis for years judge advocate general oti the stairs of successive and well known in A U circles east and t General Sickles of j York and Spencer of Ibe Pennsylvania ment are candidates whose STORM ON GULF COAST HEAVY RAINS CAUSE TION AND RUIN Mobile Ala Isolated and Water is Flooding the of Life Feared on the Mississippi River Bottoms ANOTHER EFFORT IS MADE FOR PEACE Outside Persons Trying to Intervene Between Steel Workers and Strike Situation Unchanged ATLANTA Oa Aug The have tHus far been storm which has been familiar to eastern readers but it must j along the guir coast for two days has not be assumed': on thai svy to-night completely Isolated the City friends of the more of whom are in this city the east is tu have the com- I ot Mobile Ala from the outside i worid It is Known that considerable this year without a damage has been done along the water front in Mobile but whether there has I been any loss ot life or not is mere 1 conjecture Nothing has been heard I from the country south of Mobile up thc last wire to Mobile i to the time BUFFALO Aug I won the match from Charley of Cincinnati won the tuss and the first Human Hw it in 33 McLeod ii brilliant s the and condemning the leaders of tlie Philadelphia democracy An tried to force Mr to take his seat and there was almost a riot The police inter- after much excitement the resolution to expel the Kates was rejected The decision ot Chairman Kennan was appealed from and was sustained John B Keenan of Greensburg was the permanent chairman of the con- vention After the credentials committee had reported that the Philadelphia trouble had been adjusted a harmony tion relative to that matter was It declared that Hon R B Pattison had been selected as man of the Philadelphia city commit- tee and that a committee of six had been appointed with full power and authority to determine nil differences adopt rules for the government of the party and provide a method of holding primary elections for the dealt with present conditions In ire land Al President F called the meeting to order In introducing Mr P H Keene chairman ot the afternoon meeting paid a compliment lo Hint i of the Irish cause He said In Mr career since en- tering actively into the advocacy of Irish liberty has challenged even tho of hit bitterest foes His on every question In Ireland luts been token on high moral well as truly patriotic ground and has found its echo In the hearts of the minutes of the Irish people He is to-day the acknowledged leader of the face Mr Then Mr arose After trusting the conditions in Ireland ilay with conditions they existed In the early part of the nineteenth tury he f was In Hits addressing this Irish of Chicago fifteen ifco that fully meti And young Women have crossed from Ireland to the United not to return ing half of these to have been men Ille loss to Ireland and the gain to republic would In: a of a million of the younger and brawnier Of that Is eight times the number of men of another race tor the last two years have for a time one of the om of tho world in the Held and who ate still and I believe un- by the same which has mainly Instrumental in ing our people from their own to other countries Thc notion obtains in many here in America Mint nothing or could have been done at home during the last twenty years were it not for the unstinted monetary support that has flowed across the At That is a ridiculous delusion I venture to say that our people at home poor -as they are have sub- scribed live dollars for every ono given by our friends anil kindred here It is not America that has been ing Its treasures out to it is the other way Forty thousand ot our young people come here from thc old land every year to add to the producing power of the states Eco valued these emigrants arc worth each to the industrial sists ot Uncle Sam A second meeting was held in the evening al which Mr Davitt repeated his address and speeches were made by a number of local Irishmen Resolutions were adopted ing faith in the patriotism and ability ot the men who are directing thc Irish cause in Ireland declaring miration and sympathy with the boors and regretting that the United States had withheld its active aid from them At Oswald's grove Rossa in his address agreed with Michael Davitt that emigration is drawing the blood out of land but the worst thing for try declared the speaker is the fact that there is really no disposition among the Irishmen to do anything The idea of obtaining anything from declared Mr insatiate by the sword is nonsense The policy of England is to drive every Irishman from Ireland and at present she is meeting with fair success in this work Her policy of forcing the Irish out of Ireland dates back for fully twenty years and it will continue until all shall be driven from can bouts winning tlf in and the in Tom Jenkins and a match will be Q Awe bury canio lo tin this when White or Andrew D was wanted divorce front Prof fj th At half past four this afternoon the Western Union office at Mobile was abandoned the water at that time be- ing three feet deep in the operating room Two hours later communication was had for a few minutes with bile The Associated Press operator there had made his way to the ing room in a boat He took up his position on the top of two switchboard several feet above the Hooded and detaching the Associated Press wire from its place in the board sent this Am of the switchboard here with a lineman The water is over three feet deep in this room and it IK I still rising The wind is blowing at PITTSBURG Pa Aug more efforts are afoot to settle the strike of the Amalgamated tion of Iron and Steel Workers B formerly a mill owner of Junction is known to have con- with the strike leaders with a view ot sketching a basis of settlement which he plans to place before the of the steel corporation He s believed to be the mysterious man who conferred with President Shatter for more than two hours at the strike to-day although the ter said later that he had not seen Mr Caldwell for months Both sides vigorously denied that they had either made overtures proposals known positively that the under consideration Mr our ment of our state With incredulous amazement the people of our sister states turn their eyes upon the spectacle presented by Every is honeycombed witn profligacy and a reckless disregard of con- or moral obligations The powers of government arc to the purpose of public thieves Constitutional restraints and com- mands the sanctity of law the ob- ligations of official oaths and the de- mands of common honesty are thrust aside by the substitution of a higher from any Heht or Inte in for 1 MMJ M I m- of the Mrs district is the w j two r party burred by ihu court the rati ot 50 miles an hour and we to-night Thc business Here the nothing more could bo i beard from him although the most i persistent efforts were made The water al 3 p m was reported as high In the great flood ot although at that lime the wind was not as high the In Wild tivet From Mobile lo Fort Morgan a en ot miles and on both sides of lite bay summer resorts and mer houses are located These were It Is believed In the direct of the storm Fort Morgan runs around the bny through MIGHT GABLE NEWS Aug thr the preliminary the In In They i Die BT AUg Witt j IB lo be III from an the country and covers 85 mites before of dysentery which IK HAYS RESIGNS SAN FRANCISCO Is reported C M Mays dent of the Southern Pacific has The retirement of President Mays is said to bo due lo I lie ment of his power since the of tho road to tho Harriman Mr Mays could not be seen Is a a year contract I the government lion j II is feared there has been loss of I life on some of the Islands in tho Mississippi Sound located out- side the bar below Fort Morgan These islands are inhabited by men and are only about four or feet above the water under ordinary and there watt great loss of life in According to advices received In At- lanta the ft Nashville rail road has had washouts near tour Catherine Lookout and Two mites of U ft N tracks on Four SENATOR FAIRBANKS SPEAKS TO KANSAS VETERANS Kan Aug resolution tor C W Fairbanks of Indiana was tho guest of honor at the state G A It reunion at Camp General Sickles hern to-day Senator Fairbanks addressed several thousand veterans and was corded a warm greeting lie paid a glowing tribute to the old soldiers and in Our country has grown stronger and greater in tho arts of peace Our material resources bailie competition Our advantages suggest a future which no prophetic vision ia profound enough to measure Our war with Spain started in humanity's name was far reaching in its consequences New duties rest upon us To them wo arc addressing ourselves with The first essential slep towards success abroad is unity of sentiment at home Our country was never stronger nor more firmly sol in lite affections confidences of thc people than it is now It is in no peril from within or imperialists without We are held by common bonds to serve well tho state antl save it from thc polluting touch of anarchy to hold it to the course set by our patriotic fathers If we are faithful to thc op- about us and are inspired by the exalted which actuated the Grand Army of the Republic this nation will continue to grow in terial and moral strength and ever stand for the most beneficient ment ever instituted among men tions Three hundred men employed at the Seamless Tube plant at Reexport an auxiliary of the National Tube company threw down their tools and joined the strikers It is said they quit because they would not handle made material ing thc day the strikers kept a close watch on the plants that are operated with men and also kept pickets around the Carnegie plants and the works that are com- shut down There were few developments and except iu the In- stances enumerated there have been no changes in the Good order was general throughout all the strike districts President Shaffer and his assistants had a day They were on hand early and with but it i plan is Caldwell is acting independently and j dead line that kept thc third floor does not represent either the or the men No expression from him was ob- ami no line on the terms that have been considered can be had It is believed here that under certain circumstances the contending sides could be brought together antl n effected whelher such will come to pass remains to be seen Shaffer for President Shaffer In a signed ment made at noon to-day said that personally he was for peace and that he lighting only because he was on the defensive and forced to fight Meantime the contest thv two great interests is waged with vigor and slightly varying fortune steel corporation to somewhat stronger al the lower union mill ot the Carnegie company In although the arc working hard to cripple or close It corporation also added to the force at and announced that al it had the plant running to its full capacity It bad been anticipated thai to-day would domo move on the part ot the tin plate company wards opening one or morn of with men but at In other of the Bissoll block clear ot all in- truders went into conference with the man who is believed to be Mr wbo has come into tlie breach with a peace plan Shaffer President Shaffer did not appear until shortly after noon when made the following statement to the newspaper I will say officially the mated association has submitted proposition to the steel nor hns the steel corporation any proposition directed to the association We have heard from the corporation since our last conference In New York I will say however that certain MM formerly connected with the mated association are I Hits matter and interfering with our fight they had better keep wit ot tt I wish the fight were lied but now that we are forced and culled upon to defend selves we are fighting on ly I know ot uo for n ment antl can assure you of the has been to these headquarters In the morning tMt on rear CORN KING PHILLIPS IS A BANKRUPT A Receiver Has Been Appointed and the Company Continue in Business CHICAGO of three creditors of M Phillips Co petition bankruptcy has greed of public plunderers for money money Shamelessly and publicly the votes of legislators are bought and ently and constantly that market values for legislators have been by settled custom The apparent indifference of our Continued on Pago UNION OF LABOR AND CAPITAL NEW YORK Aug Press At a recent conference however Hind for the company In the United Stales district court II Phillips and two of the company filed their consent thai the H be allowed and the Chicago ami Trust company has appointed temporary receiver The filing of the petition and thc appointment of tho receiver will en- able tito company to continue in the business Ono of the directors W K will be appointed by the receiver to the business and the affairs of the company proceed under the new management Thc three creditors who the petition lire J A Tl R bltt and W II The claims of these gentlemen range from to Meanwhile the statement complete and thc exact con- dition of the company's financial will be known Since the middle of July when the tangled condition ot the books of the company was discovered every effort lias boon made to straighten out its affairs Expert accountants have over- hauled the books and have in some degree brought order out of chaos It is now estimated that the assets of thc company will aggregate and the liabilities will not exceed 000 The two directors ot the companies will say I between the executive board of the J Pierpont Morgan has planned the Amalgamated association and Charles greatest labor union ot the age a union of labor and labor's president of the United States Steel Corporation it came out tal According his plans stock ot that Schwab under the direction the United Slates Steel Corporation valued at several millions of dollars at par has been set aside tor the chase at inside figures by the Mr Morgan hart formulated a sharing whereby it was posed to make every employe ot steel corporation a co-operator in the men employed by the companies business make up the great steel trust It The Press will also say that thp tho island Nothing but force declared the will avail to make England hold contemplated to form this j contemplated by United ship between the shareholders and the j States Steol corporation is nothing employes of Ibc United States Steel j morn than a high development of the corporation that has prevailed in the Thc plan was conceived before the plants 1892 strike was thought ot and then it was j After studying the success attained expected that it might be put in by it is snid that Morgan lion in two yours It required time to and his associates in the management formulate the undertaking this or the United Steel the announcement wna j lion determined that it would bo wise o extend thc scheme ANOTHER who joined with Mr In to filing thc petition are C It and W K Sackett The re- maining director P W K has boon placed In of the affairs of the company under the receiver and Will assume ties to-morrow morning Company U to-morrow will Mr Phillips when seen to-night an effort to appear composed but It was lie deeply felt final step In the Of his affairs which had been forded upon him through the action of of his company's creditors By his own statement the company is insolvent The liabilities he at about with assets taken at their face value to 000 or Of this he is in worthless that thc company will fall short in the settlement this Mr Phillips declares he will make up to the creditors to the last cent He says ho has lost or given up all of thc money and real estate but that accepting the offers of dnK assistance he will resume individually Voluntarily bo poses to give for the benefit of the creditors every dollar of profits hft makes in his transactions over anil above a year which he will keep for himself and family where it will probably connect with the Union Traction company It Us branch from SCHWAB WANTS TO Posed also to build a THK PANHANDLE to Portland CITY Special lo the CITY Ind Aug PeLer Schwab thc millionaire brewer of Hamilton P wants to build an tric from Richmond to Gas City by way of His were in this city yesterday over the ground with a view to ascertaining the state ot public pinion relative to an electric line that would parallel the Panhandle for nearly miles Mr Schwab's proposed rond is lo be known as the Indiana Traction company From Richmond it will bo continuation oCn road from Cincinnati U will come north to it will run wist through Dunkirk I Hartford City and Upland to Gas City THREE BOATS LAUNCHED DESTROYERS AMD WORDEN FORMALIST TRANSFERRED TO THE WATER AT BALTIMORE Aug tions to thc United States navy were christened and launched at the yards ot thc Maryland Steel company bere this afternoon They are torpedo boat destroyers and will be known after by the names of Whipples tun and Worden The ceremonies attendant upon thc launching took place at o'clock in tlie presence or a large assemblage of some women and distinguished men officers in both army and and civilians of prominence
