davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
GOVERNOR
IHOLCOMB SAYS
CHANGE THE RULES,

; Gov. Holcomb Of Nebraska, In reply
} to a query from The journal, writes:
II believe in outdoor games and
; health-producing sports for the Ameri-
; can people. and. instead of prohibiting
; the game by law. 1t seems to me that
; the objections raised might better be
; Obviated by a revision of the rules so
; as t eliminate the rougher part Of the
! play and make it more n game of
; scientific kicking and running. I
, understand that some progress in this
; direction has been already made. and
; hope it may be continued until the
; danger of accidents has been all but
: entirely eliminated. Yours very truly,
, "SILAS A. HOLCOMB."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

No use trying to reason with these peo-
pie. They will not listen to it. They have
practically stopped boxing contests here
aboutS. H.
Now they are after football.
In comparing football with the form of
sport with which l have become more or
less prominently identified, I wish to- say
that, as a mere exhibition of brute force.
boxing contests cannot even start with
football. They are not in the same class.
/ have met the best men hat have come
into the prize ring within the last ten
years, and / am not afraid to meet them
again. but all the kings horses and all
the kings men could not draw me into
a football game. 1 have too much regard
for my limbs. I could not afford to take
the chances.
prefer to call it. for I never engaged in a
prize fight In the literal definition of the
word-a man has only one opponent I'd
face. If he is knocked down and remains
down ten seconds without getting up he
is declared beaten. Ten seconds pass very
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

swiftly, yet a man who knows his business
is knocked down a great many times before
he remains down ten seconds. That of
hurt. 1t is impossible, as boxing contests
are now conducted. for a man to be hurt
severely.
have seen some of the fairest contests
played in this country in which players
afterward had to be carried of the
field. Bear In mind I m not arguing
against football or any other rough sport
that calls out all the manly qualities. I am
SIMPLY trying to demonstrate that people
,Sho favor football and object to boxing
contests know as little of what they are
talking about as do people with feeble
bodies who measure the capabilities of a
trained athlete with their \ limited pow
ers OF endurance.
In football a man has to face not one
but a dozen opponents. When he goes
down he is likely to find fifteen men on top
Of him. He can cry enough and get
to his feet. There is no referee to stand
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

Robert Fitzsimmons. in a letter to The
journal, says:
Football is n splendid game for young
men. but It must be modernized. because
public opinion has become aroused by the
frequent recurrence of accidents to play
ers. The mass plays houtd be eliminated.
Another thing. SO long rs one player can
give another the knee the sport will be
distasteful to many persons. As the game
IS now played. I am very much against it.
The rules should be changed so as to pro-
'eect the players from possible death, or
having their arms or legs broken. OF
course the don't allow this to be done,
but 1t is done just the same. I believe in
more running and kicking the ball rather
than these w~edge-like, tandem plays that
hurl one body OF men with terrific mo-
mentum into another body of men. I
played football before my meeting with
&aher In Mexico: it 10 n Of The best
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

they are called upon to endure. People who
haven't a sporting spirit bow croquet
sane men and able men. and quite Old
enough to determine what is good for them.
and they should not be interfered with by
a lot Of old women.
They calculate every chance of injury
very carefully. They train their sturdy
bodies to meet resistance at every point
where they know from experience that it
pink of physical condition. They know
their superior strength. and 1t gives them
pleasure to exert it, They glory in their
without any idea Of brutality-using the
word In its literal sense-ever entering
their minds. No weakling Is allowed in
a college football contest.
These men don't want the sympathy that
Satisfactorily wasted on them. The chances
OF injury are very small. and II a man
IS wounded in a contest OF that kind he
giories In his scars. Our college students
cannot fight duel as they do at Heidelberg,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

but they are equally proud Of honor scars
| received on the football fields.
/ That reminds me, / never yet saw a
| man who had been in two or three holly
contested games Of football who did not
come out with some scar or other that he
| would carry all his life. On the other
hand. I have been in q good many boxing
bouts, and / defy any one to find q mark
anywhere OF M body to show 1t. I have
been hit pretty hard. too.
I hope that not only our c~ollegtans but
our schoolboys will continue TO play foot
ball. The toughest boys at SCHOOL, mean
those that take an interest in rough. man
" ~sports-always make the best men. I
do not think anybody will dispute that.
1t Is your milksop that cannot protect his
sister II she Is insulted on the street. I
am not saying anything about delicate
boys. They should keep away from foot
ball. I refer to boys who expect to grow
up and take chances in the rough and
tumble Of life. Let them play football ali
they want to, and they Will be the better
for II. 6ANE0 J. CORBETys
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
Bill Against Football at st. Louis.

Bill Against Football at st. Louis.
Az ordinance prohibiting Rugby foot
h2li vas introduced in the house of dee
gates, St. Louis. by Hiram G. Lloyd. The
increase in the number of accidents and
the four fatalities resulting from the game
this season are responsible for the bill.
The ordinance is as follows:
Be it ordained by the municipal assem-
bly, of the city of St. Louis:
Section Lit shall hereafter be unlawful
for any person or persons to assemble
for the purpose of playing. taking part or
s snG;pn in the game 1H known as Rugby
limits of the city of st. Louis.
Section Amy person or persons who
shall violate any of the propositions of Sec
tor 1 of this act shall be punished by Il
fine of not less than S. or more than $50
fer each offence.
Section 3.-This ordinance shall go into
LEGATION.
Plotke Ordinance at Chicago.
A similar ordinance was also introduced
by Alderman Plotke in the Chicago city
council, but 1t was lost by a vote OF e.
to 5.
Prohibited BY Denver School Board.
AS a result of the football game between
the teams representing the East and the
prohibited in the west Denver high schooi.
The game might have continued without
the interruption of the faculty of the school
haC II not been Tor the trouble which re-
suited over the game of last Saturday, but
that was the straw that broke the cam
els back. and Professor Hermann, who Is
opposed to the game for many reasons, de-
the tudents of the West Denver high
sofcol until the rules of the game were
SO modified that such occurrences would
be impossible.
Ir speaking Of the subject. Professor
Hermann said: II know the game has
some good qualities. but its bad qualities
art frxl hytrN TO r0n1 oonr AI- 10
killed in other sports. and I do not deny
that there are more men killed in other
sports than there are in football. but with
the man that is killed in football it is diff
ferert. He is killed by his opponents. his
arm is broken by his opponents. he is
Knocked senseless by his opponents. In
other sports IT is the man himSei1 VINO Is
receive them at the hands Of his oppon-
ents.
1.-THE game as it is being played and
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

nas been played has a demoralizing ef-
aee5 upon the youns people and the ole.
applaud and howl with delight when they
saw an opposing player carried off the
neia IN an unconscious condition or with
q uone broken. No game should be ale
loMeC 70 exist under those conditions"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

sports in the world to strengthen ones
wind. / like the game and l believe the
public likes 1t, but SO long as the present
style of playing is tolerated I believe the
public Is against 1t. and I am certain that
yours truly Is very much opposed to it.
FITZSIMMONS."
James ]. Corbett in a letter to the New
York World says:
All games that require courage, strength
and endurance must be rough to a certain
extent. You cannot show your lowers Of
endurance unless those powers are pushed.
You cannot show your strength unless you
have n strong man against you.
There are a lot Of people in this world
who are always sore about anything that
seems to be popular.
Sport that attracts attention because it
develops and exhibits all the rugged uuali-
ties that are in a man appears to excite
their special luminosity.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

Continued on Seventeenth Page.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05
Southern Pacific Excursions.

Commercial Agent Hunt, of the
Southern Pacific, has received tele-
graphic notice of a reduction in excur-
sion rates to California points, i. e.,
Santa Monica, Long Beach, San Pedro,
San Buena Ventura and Santa Barba-
"a. The first excursion to be run
Thursday June End, and each succeed
ing alternate Thursday during the
summer. Limit for return ninety days
from date of sale with privilege of
stop overs west of Cotton. Rate from
Ell PaSo $40.
The Southern Pacific announce the
TO lowing excursions, round trip rates:
The Southern Pacific train leaves Ell
Paso at l:5O p. m. daily, reaching New
Orleans Q195 miles, at 500 a. m. Sec
ond morning and by taking the close
connecting fast trains east and north
ward at that point passengers reach
Chicago, Cincinnati and Nashville the
following morning and New York early
the second morning.
AL year round trip six months limit
tickets on sale to Los Angeles and San
Francisco for $50 and $50 respectively.
The Southern Pacific is the direct
line-to California, no change Of cars
| being necessary. Train leaves Ell Paso
at 1895 p. m. daily, reaches Los Angeles
at 9:20 the following evening and San
Francisco at 6:15 p. 10. the following
| day .-
> The tickets will allow stop overs in
, California both going and coming.
For further particulars, folders, etc.,
call on:
T. E. HUNT, Conf. Agent. -
HARRY TURNER, Ticket. Agent.
Offices corner San Antonio and Oregon
| streets and passenger depot, Ell Pa.
! 80, Texas.
G. w. BEIN, Traf. Mgr, Houston, Tex.
L. j. PARKS, Asst. Gen. Psgr. & Tkt
1 Agt., Houston, Tex,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05

Alaska cost about 81 100000 The Yu-
kOn river, which is navigable for 1900
miles, is alone worth that much as an
asset.
The Gladiator is one of the most in
accessible properties in Arizona. The
mine is on the side of very steep
mountain, one of the top most peaks of
the Bradshaws The mill is in the bot:
tom of the gulch. There is no room
there for anything else. The boarding
house aid camps are crowded into the
side hills The gulch is closed up on
the south by mountain ridge which
separates it from the gulch which con.
tains Crowned King. --.
The Duquesne mine at Washington
Camp is now at q depth'of 300 feet, with q
systematic development Of drifts, cross
cuts and wines, showing up fine body
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05
ARMY Promotions.

Col. Louis H. Carpenter, promoted
from lieutenant colonel of the 7th Cav,
is ASST gned to the 9TH Cav, and will
join his regiment.
from captain of the 9th Cav, is assign
ed the 9th Cav, and will report by
telegraph to the commanding general
of the department of the Platte for as
signment 10 station.
Major Jacob A. Augur, promoted
from captain of the 9th Cav, Is assign
ed to the 4th Cav. He will remain
at Fort Bliss until further orders.
Capt. Henry j. Goldman, promoted
from first lieutenant of the 9TH Cav,
is assigned to Troop Z, 9th Cav.
Capt. Augustus McComb, p. omoted
from first lieutenant of the 9TH Cav, i;
assigned to Troop A, 5th Cav, at For,
Bliss. Capt McComb graduated from
West Point in 1879 ana was appointe Z
to the academy FROM ennsilv ania.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05

Tom O'Shanter's ride through the
midnight wind with the horrible hob
COLLINS pursuing him was onlyi. a bad
dream, or nightmare, which any ody
is Liable TO experience as the result of
over eating or an attack of biliousness
or indigestion. 70 avoid such dis
agreeable experiences one of Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
taken after d too hearty meal and the
action of the stomach will thereby be
guickened and the meal promptly di-
gested,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05

New Jersey is sending a great deal of
money to Arizona to be Invested in
mining. 1t is sa d there is plenty: of
money idle there and as times improve
it will come west. The success Of q
few New Jersey investments in Arizo.
ma will bring thousands of dollars The
hard times gave capital better fields
for investment than mining. Twelve
per cent with gilt edge securities was
more preferable than the uncertainties
OF mining Investment
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05

"Lives of poor mea oft remind us
honest toll don't stand a chance: the
more we work there grow behind us
bigger patches CD our pants-on our
pants once new and glossy, are many
stripes of different hue, all because
subscribers linger, and don't pay US
what is due. Let US all be up and do
ing, send your mite, however small, or
W hen the sow of winter strike us, we
shall have no pants at all. '-Ex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05
FOR SALE

HOUSE PA, South Campbell street,
five rooms, 81, 500; part cash.
CORNER OF CAMPBELL and Tex
ing east. Price low.
EIGHTY-SIX feet fronting North
Kansas street for 5000.
HOUSE NO. GA San Antonio street.
LARGE LOT on ST. Louis street
near Campbell st.
HOUSE No. 218 Myrtle street with
lot extending through to San Antonio.
WARE HOUSE PROPERTY on Ell
Paso street below Ketelseh & Dege-
tau's. Very cheap. Reached by three
railroad tracks.
LARGE BRICK WAREHOUSE at
| a bargain.
CULTIVATED and uncultivated
lands in the valley above and below Ell
Paso.
CORNER LOTS on San Antonio
street near residence of Waters Davis.
SIXTY FEET on West Overland
street near City Hall
TWO STORY HOUSE No. 311 Tex
as street; for 81, 100. $500 cash-balAnce
in quarterly payments.
SATTERTHWAITE ADDITION
Corner of Oregon and Rio Grande
streets, seven lots cheap.
NORTH EAST corner, Block Alex
anders addition.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26
DOG ASSISTS HIGHWAYMEN.

The Robbers Set the Brute on a Man
and Then Go Through the Mans
Pockets.
Chicago, June 25.-With the assist
ance of a dog which they set upon their
victim, two men robbed Albert Engman
Of Sc Edgewood avenue last night.
Engman was walking on Fullerton
avenue, and when near Powell street
he saw two men sitting on the sidewalk
with large dog between them.
AS Engman walked by them they
set the dog on him, and the beast
sprang for his throat. Throwing up his
arm, he caught the brutes teeth in
the sleeve of is coat. but they soon
penetrated to the flesh.
Engman struggled to free himself
from the brute, and While trying to
shake off his hold the men went
through his pockets and took his sill
yer watch and a small amount of
change. They then started to walk
away, and the dog released his hold of
Engman and followed them. One rob-
Der was arrested. The other robber es-
capped
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26
INTERESTING EXERCISES.

At Shelton Avenue School Yesterday.
This years graduating class of the
Shelton avenue school celebrated its
admission to High school by appro-
pirate exercises in room II yesterday
afternoon. The exercises consisted of
songs, Rotations and distribution of
the class and a brief address by their
supervising principle, Mr.. George B.
Hurd. The exercises were arranged
with excellent taste by their teachers,
Miss N. E. Chapman principal of the
school, and Miss Daisy Norton, her as
sistant. The list of pupils sent with
out examination from Shelton avenue
and Dixwell avenue, Mr.. H. w. Loom
is principal, as given below, added to
the thirty before reported in these col
umns, make up the total of fifty-one
pupils from Winchester sub district
admitted to High school without ex-
animation this year. Principal Hurd
and his associate helpers are to be con-
graduated on such a showing Of effec-
tive school work.
The class motto is mot for Self
Alone"
Pupils graduated at Shelton avenue
school-An1y Miles, Mamie Cassidy,
Emma Champagne, Helen Pratt, Lizzie
Middletown Bessie Manns, Katie But
Ter, Eddie Visel, Minott Parker Will
liam Mcdonald, Harvey Lockyer, Frank
Koehler, Edward Farren.
Dixweli avenue schoo1-Louis F.
Toocker, James Dudley, Charles An
dreWs.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
Frederick Bonhan Died at the Hospital
Yesterday


Frederick H. Bonhan died at the hos
pital at 1915 yesterday of wounds on
his head. He had a severe bruise on
the left side of his forehead and death
was due to the rupture of blood ves-
sci of the brain. There were other
bruises on his body, and it is suspected
that he was the victim of foul play.
Coroner Mix said last night that he had
not yet concluded his investigation.
Benham was found in an unconscious
condition in house IN Wooster street
yesterday afternoon and taken to the
hospital. He remained unconscious
until death. The people at the house in
which he was found said that ne enter
ed the house Tuesday night and went
direct to a sleeping room. He did not
belong in the house, but when they
sought to eject him found him asleep
and could not arouse him. He never
awoke. A physician was called and he
ordered him sent to the hospital.
Benham was about forty years old
and had worked for William ]. O'Keefe,
a grocer, at the corner of East and Col
lis streets.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26

jury In the Rock Bond Case Disagreed-
George Mackenzie Appointed Trustee ON
Estate Ofthe w. Hirshell King Co.-City
Court Notes.
The jury which heard the trespass
suit of Michael Rock and wife against
DR.. Elijah Bond in the common pleas
court Thursday came in after q half
hours elaboration yesterday morning
and asked that the charge of Judge
Noyes be read to them. They went out
Thursday evening and after short
time were excused until yesterday
morning.
After the stenographer read the
charge the jurymen retired again. They
later returned and, reporting that they
were unable to agree, were discharged.
The suit was for $500, DR.. Bond
bought a piece of property in the rear
of Greenwich avenue from the Rocks,
and as the property is inaccessible eX-
cept through the premises belonging to
the former owners, Bond entered his
property that way. He alleged that
there wSs an agreement in regard to
the rig& of way. Attorneys Fox and
Hamilton appeared for the plaintiffs,
and e, P. Arvine and C. M. Hayden for
the defendant.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26
DECEMBER AND MAY.
A Southington Couple Treated to a
Calathumpian Serenade.


Southingtop, June 25.-J. Russell
Shepard, the aged groom and Mrs.
Jennie Coe Shepard, his youthful bride,
arrived in town Wednesday evening af-
ter two weeks wedding journey in
New York state. The couple left town
by team, which was their method of
travelling on their tour.
The parents of the bride are very
much displeased at the action of their
daughter in selecting so elderly a hus-
band, and while welcome is extended
to her at the homestead. such is de-
MED her better half. They went di-
rectly to the groom's home on Main
street, and at a late hour the couples
return was well advertised About 200
young men and boys surrounded the
house at II o'clock and such a reception
as they were given was never before
given a bridal couple in the borough
All kinds of implements from a bass
drum to a bicycle bell Joined in. The
groom was persistent and refused to
come out. He received polite invita-
lions and invitations that were not po-
lite TO show himself, but he treated
them all with silent contempt Shortly
before II o'clock the gang gave up the
task.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-26
BOUNCED FOR CRIBBING.
PIE RSONiE JOTTINGS.

Miss Nellie Peabody and Master Wit
ter Peabody are stopping with Mr.
Jesse D. Welch for a week. Master
Peabody is a wonderful soprano boy
mences a five weeks engagement for
$1,000 in Boston.
The Hon. Lucius II. Fuller of Put
nam, past grand master of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, will deliver the
address at the memorial exercises of
the six lodges of the order at Spring
Grove cemetery, Hartford, next Sun
day.
Otis Skinner and his wife, who are
well known in this city, will spend
few weeks in vaudeville this summer.
1t is not Mr.. SINNERS intention to re-
main in the continuous, as his plans
call for an opening in ST. Louis early
in September in a new play. He will
probably make his vaudeville debut at
Proctor's, New York
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Sanford will be
chapter of tine East Pearl street M. E.
church to the international meeting of
the EpwOrth League at Toronto, July
1918. Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Shaver, Mr..
and Mrs. c. o. Francis, Miss Jennie
Messer, Miss Lillian Gladwin and e. C.
Hill also will attend.
Professor and Mrs, E. G. Phelps will
pass the summer at Burlington. VT
Miss Marion Whitney and Miss Whit
tlesey, the elder daughter of Mr.. Joseph
Whittlesey, sailed on Thursday for
Europe on the Bremen. They will
spend the summer in Southern Ger
many.
DR.. and Mrs. Timothy Bishop are Wis
iting friends in Guilford.
Miss Belle Manville will go, the Sec
ond week Of July to Paterson, N. J.,
where she will spend the remainder of
July and part of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackett of Crown
street sail the third week in July for
Europe. Mr.. Hackett, who is q native
Londoner, is the buyer for the lace de-
partment of Malley Nicely & Co.
Mrs. Robert Smith has been enter
tanning Miss Edith Eggleston of Sims
bury. Miss Eggleston is the daughter
of the Rev. Mr. Eggleston, who was
formerly pastor of Methodist church
in this city. At present he is in charge
of the principal Methodist church in
Simsbury.
Mrs. MaXcy Hitler of the Jocelyn is
entertaining her sisters, Mrs. Cutler
and her niece, Miss Helen Cutler of
Great harrington, Mass Mr.. Cutler
who is principal of the high school in
Great Darlington, will come to New
Haven on his wheel, to-day, remaining
over Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. John N. Champion will
go to the Pequot house, the third of
July, for the summer
Town Agent Hugo said yesterday
that more people apply for work at this
time than last January He said he
could not account for it. Yesterday
morning thirty-six persons applied at
the town agents Office for aid
Mr.. S. Caplan of 25 George street was
yesterday presented with a bouncing
baby boy of ten pounds Both mother
and son are doing we'll
Professor w. A. Granville of 4S7
Orange street was surprised Thursday
by the arrival of his father, Hon. T.
P. Granville, and sister Miss Esther,
on visit from Red Wing. MINI. They
came in time to attend the commence
ment exercises at Yale and intend to
make prolonged visit.