The evening world. Newspaper, July 27, 1900, Page 1

___ EDITION” "PRICE ONE CENT. . T0-MORROW TERRY } To-Morrow To-Morrow OWN To-Morrow LOVE To-Morrow “STORY To-Morrow WRITTEN To-Morrow ow /' ’ To-Morrow EVENING WORLD To-Morrow BEGINS ~ M’GOVERN’S To-Morrow © TO-MORROW _[ Circulation Books Open to Atl] _ NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY w age ea AMERICAN ple duet ” EVENING WORLD SURVEYS BRIGHTON TRACK AND FINDS IT 9 FEET OVER A MILE "EVENING WORLD'S OFFIC SURVEYOR'S MEASUREMENTS. The Evening World official surveyor meas- ured the Brighton Beach track and finds that it * f is 9 feet over a mile. His report is as follows: This is to certify that | have, this 27th day + of July, 1900, surveyed track at Brighton Beach (known as Brighton Beach Race Track), and } attest to the accuracy of the following meas- urements: Length of track, 3 feet from in- side rail . « 5,289.20 feet First Furlong . . . . « 662.55 * Second “ i (% mile) 1,323.68 “ Third =“ we ee ew 1,982.40 “ $ Fourth“ (44 mile) 2643.10" $Fifth “ ...... . 3300f0 “ Sixth “ see (% mile) 3,964.25“ Seventh “ eee 6 oe + 4627.50: % ¢ Eighth on a mile) 5,289.20 “ Freperick E Gasser, City Surveyor, 215 West 125th St., New York City. tO 6 OBB @ Pe eEoEOoroeroas oe etrereres ‘The Brighton Beach race track t# not short-on the contrary, it te 9.9 feet more than @ mile, This will settle the many doubts that have arisen in the minds of racing men, Brig particularly this reason, when so many, the the track. The handlers records have been made—namely, that! and boys, Knew What was gutng ‘the courte was scan'. ‘to be done when they “spotted” the ‘The track is 6,2 8 feet in length. Te} man with the telescope” Several of long, each of the eight was found to’ nore than 6 feet, which is an eighth of mil The Evening “Wor id's. party reached n carly and parsed througn shor! to make wagers that more than a mille long EVENING WORLD APPLIED’ TraineR’s CLOSE GUESS, TAPE. - | WAN Wl bas. aL tae Unde A competent surveyor engaged by The| that it's seven feet rver,” said one Evening World to measure the (rack aeccrately visited Brighton Beach (his! trainee had, to é morning and applied (he steel tape.) “two-foot” rule whose figures do not ile. ) Fide rail The measurements were made in| The surveyor started from the quarter. lengths of 4 and 100 feet. Un the curves, | Bile post. He measured off three feet pg nha length was used. The track ro i in pinces wes mud to the depth of alx ee nssacisaath» Bin std Page.) inches, but the surveyors work was Fainetaking and accurate to the (xtreme the track waa de a bet, applied a t the entire® tn- With the enorption of the tind fus- hw York custee: Trebor Apees see" third furiong ts the only one which falis ‘he trainers who were interested offered | It was ascertained cater that thie! a: SCORE BY ren a bd iwi A | TAS ING NEW YORKS WIN! IN NID S Ri more Tia be ee ‘on BROOKLYN V NN SUICIDE IN HOSPITAL, = - = G= = iss => — . ; zl S Ti (SUE, TOD LOM SAYS RYAN, LINCOL™, “ Neb., San, toe u-wi3 Bryan said (day that in, bis notifics tlon speech at Indianapolis he will fo! notification meeting” 10 156 “The platform of that year,” he sald f : ipetialinm to be smotn en et and | Sul be the only Station tions covered by the form teen up in my jetter of and suosequent speeches.” —_—- jow the plan which he ‘pursued at the . ‘declared the money question to > paramount issue, ant'in my notification speech | devoved almo tie the discussion of that eaving I the other questions to be sidered in my letter of acceptance and in subse quent speee! “This year the platform dectares the! sertion of imi * the para. | deah, gith at ang fength i in my noti-| | day's racing of re cqvsitated bie conveyer itt it ts thought Sialuma'e ract 002 4 ST, one. VERS AT BRIGHTON BEACH 1 ! | 2 F | “ Circulation Books Open to All.” |MASSACRE AT PAOTINGFU; State Department. > LIVERPOOL, July 7 fall will on ae it put ner the race a complain of foul! indeed with the stewards as reprimanded ne cater . BASERALL - i RACING! 7 _ PRICE : ONE ONE CENE + _——s700te—————— OUR MISSIONARIES SLAIN. “We will stay with our Chinese converts. If they die we will meet the same fate.”--Message from our martyrs.” WASHINGTON, July 27.e-The following despatch has been received at the State Department from Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai, dated July 27: “An official telegram received here on the 18th said that all foreigners and many © native Christians had been killed at Paoting; the missions burned. : “ Americans, Simcox family, Taylor, Pekin, Misses Gould, Morril. The Custoons Office reports disturbances at Tunan yesterday.” The cablegram is somewhat confused, but is given out exactly as received by the It probably means that the Americans who were killed comprised the Simcox family, a main named Taylor, another named Perkins and the Misses Gould and Morril. Paoting is about seventy-tive miles southwest of Peking. The hame Perkin in Goodnow's despatch is believed to be Pitkin. A desp atch has also been received at the State Department from Consul Fowler, at Chefoo, advising as to the disposition of American Missionaries in the interior of Shan Tung Province. Consul Fowler says that hostility to foreigners is increasing and Shag Tung Province swarms with Loxers. “We will etay with our Chinese | converts. If we go, they will be killed, so we will try to anwe them If they die we will meet the same fate.” This was the last mewsag the sia Presby nm mis tingfu, whieh nvle rep don y said. has be Poners, and ai fetians (he ported kiled The sis martyrs who are suppoeed to have been massacred are | Rev FF. Simoos and Mra Simeon. eee Ee MISS GOULD. Re 3 Variey Taylor, MD = - — os he ’ Pa nis father, ! Renawelner Hott, Prederick Simoon gees REPORT NOT TD of Philadelphia x Mre Hotge ant Miss Maud A 1 os ° o an Se ee i Mackey; MD { Rvanteviiie IT . 1s Me When the missionaries at Pa r gtor a San UST CARINE, ‘ wan trom ¥ “| Gay Club's ve Ghali Not me Sufficient’ for a Removal. . Vv eter 08,00 wus a » Our Force Tos Small te Advance on Peking Alone, Saye Seeretary Root, WASHINGTON, July 27.—The},. Government has received information |* ** from Admiral Remey that the nam- %. — (Continued om Second Page) ; some of Col, Gardner’s & paarios in 1 were marr nia Ag mi » after they mont Simoox was born ia Leadon, | Pa, ‘ail