Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-14
ASSEMBLY PASSED ON ArrrALs. :
Racipg Board pcaucstcd 60 Hcducc |
Penalty Agninst TItu- nnd Cnhnnnc.


| men Of the League of American whcelmen
| have gone home. after an assembly which
| Tor hard work and its effect upon the flu
ture of the league and of bicycling in gem
| eral viii. long be remembered. Among the
most important Of its re suits are the aboli-
tion OF class n, the determination that the
league shall retain controt or cycle racing,
increasing. fees for sanctions which It Is
to join the league; the adoption OF nu,
| tnerous ru.es for the better regulation OF
| racing, and a general Strengthening up all
| around in the leagues position. This has
| been done without the creation OF any hard
| feelings among the members, and the meet
| sence of anything In the shape of acr-
mtny, The old administration gave way
| most gracefully TO the new, and those who
were unable to accomplish what they came
here to do pocketed their defeat with a
smile and promised to. do the best they
| could anyhow. BY leaving IL to tho eXocu-
| tive committee to adopt plan looking 70
| the selection of the place for the annual
convention, a disturbing element had been
| eliminated from future gatherings OF this
dSrne tbr sns eak Of 70 tbe ,ee ton
| seems probable that the executive commit
| tee will decide to leave the selection of the
| bers of the league, the ballot to be cast
in January Of each year. The mantle of
| Of Ca6anne and Titus. and almost the final
act of the meeting was the practical reduc-
| tion of their sentence from life suspension
There were not more than half hundred
| delegates present when the national con.
the others having gone home. The most
| important step taken was the appointment
Messrs. Dean. Massachusetts; Cossum. New
| York; Harder. Pennsylvania; Cuilmore.
| Texas, and Perkins. Connecticut, to con-
slider and report on all appeals for rein
The discussion Of the proposed amend
ments to the constitution was resumed, and
| adopted.
Providing that all national committees,
except those % on d,, auditing and an local organi-
cations of clubs for league membership 81;
all their members. designating those who
are members of the league; requiring that
~SS to S ths" hsn S S sot sa
with; allowing the president to appoint a
clerk. at a, salary of not over $1,000 per
5000. inrtead Of $4,000, ''N '"'
Considerable discussion was had on an
proSy Il was finally 20 decided a %nanmousy
ege TO delegates who shall be members Of
delegates giving the proxy.
Tho special committee on the racing
boards recommendations regarding appeals
for reinstatement presented its report. The
following were recommended for reinstate.
RebsIt + psn Prer New Kcb 81 Rysr
bert N. Price, Ghent, Ky; James w. Curry,
reinstatement was refused in the cases of
H. Bruce Farling. .Baldwinville. n; Yi Er.
Rggs Guy
Henry Perry. Oregon; G. $. Desmond. Iowa;
r. A, Hunt, Kansas city, and o. f. Robert
The report was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Mott offered, an amendment to the
selecting the place for the midsummer mee,
After full discussion 1t was determined 70
refer the wh9le % e
plan to settle the question in advance OF the
next convention. .r.. ,,,-..-..,..
chief consu,s shall report the financial con.
S 81 dvson Clubs to of
An hours discussion ensued on an amend
to non-ieague clubs. 1t was decided to in
crease the fees to $25 for national circuit
eaeilSi each additional day. and s. each for ath
letic meets scheduling two events, all league
Messrs. Sans. Cossum and Potter were
appointed a special committee to arrange
for the incorporauon Of the ne League; s,o t,o
duties Of the 9Ssl bSsrs conc
Visions which have voted to permit such
racing; pronouncing as unfair and ungente-
viang that members removing from one
division to another shall pay Is cents for
This finished the list of amendments to be
considered, and Mr.. Potter, Of New York
the the' edict sae Of life suspension from Fred J:
and cabanne 10 q Mr.
made an earnest pea for Titus; and an
TSee was
and the convention finally decided to ask
the racing board to reduce the sentence in
both cases to suspension for one year.
After some further and unmportant bus
mess had been attended to, President Will
son made a brief address and handed oyer
the gavel to s. Elliott. his successor. after
which the convention adjourned sine die.
Waiting for Dunrnvcn's Letter.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-1t was generally
understood that at meeting of the New
York Yacht club. which took place to-
night, the Dunraven- Defender ,s ease t,un would
however. was, again deferred for three
Gfss keaGyd5d Tsd had
charged that foul play was practiced by
those in charge of Defender, and l., had sI.g,f Of
nation as an honorary member of the
club.
nla pG pqom oH saying
,FSEwardsG pES1y. fnGav letters. Rives Saturday
AS soon as this cablegram had been
read: j. Pierpont Morgan said: in view
of the dispatch read by the secretary 1t
seems unwise that the club take any ac-
tion tonight on the resolutions offered by
Captain L.edyard."
He moved an adjournment for two weeks,
which was carried.
Freshmen Have Made No Rnces.
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 13.-The Yale News
says: Most of the rumors which have re-
Gently been going the rounds of the press
in regard to the plans or the Yale fresh
men crew, are utterly without foundation.
The fact Is that no definite arrangements
have yet been made. although there has
been some informal correspondence with
the University of Wisconsin. 1t Is quite
possible that Wisconsin will send her crew
here for race, but no plan for the fresh
men crew has as yet been decided on"
Famous Pacing Stallion Dcnd.
WATERLOO, Ia, Feb. 13.-Fidol the fa-
nous pacing stallion. died at Cedar Falls
today of gastritis. Fidol was years o,d.
and had a record of 2:OiA. He was owned
by Rivenburg & Son of Cedar Falls, and
was valued at $4,000
For Arnnsns Pass.
SIOUX FALLS, S. d., Feb. 13.-Special
Correspondence Of The Bee: The agents of
a large colony Of Germans and Scandinavians
have Just closed a deal for forty -eght thou
sand acres of land somewhere In the vicinity
of Arkansas Pass. to which colony they will
move in the spring. That place is much