The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-16
BATTLE IN
THE STREETS.
Princeton Students and Paw
nee Bill'S Show
Mix Up In the Streets Of the
University Town.
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ATTEMPTED PARADE
By the Wild West Show VigOr.
Ously Resented.
1t Was a Violation of an Old
UnWritten Law.

Princeton, N. J., May 16.-Princeton
students and Pawnee Bills Wild west
employees INDUCED in pitched battle
yesterday, and continuous and serious
rioting was prevented only by the pres
ence of men with cool heads and the
action, of President Patton, of Prince
ton university, later in the day, in call
ing a mass meeting Of all of the stu
dents.
For fifty years it has been an unWr1t-
ten law of Princeton that no circus
parade must pass through the streets
Every show proprietor in making his
dates has always left Princeton from
the list for it had been a matter OF
common knowledge that the stuqents
would enforce the unwritten law. raw
nee Bits Wild West combination, Vlo-
lated traditions and paraded. the re-
suit was the fiercest battle Princeton
has seen in many years.
When posters were hung up a rev
days ago announcing the advent OF
Pawnee Bill it was at first considered
a Joke. Finally, when it became known
that the management of the show was
really in earnest, the town authorities,
fearing trouble, advised the circus men
not to attempt a parade This adVlce
was unheeded. AS a result of the fight
one man is unconscious and may die
and a number of students and employees
of the show are nursing wounds re-
ceived in the fray That the show
would be upset at night seemed a GER
tainty until late in the afternoon when
President Patton called a mass meeting
of all the undergraduates and the facu!-
ty, and the result of the meeting 1ndl-
Gates that the show will leave town I'M
molested. but it will have lost money,
for word was passed through the town
that no one was to enter the tent, and
the tOwnSpeOple who are in sympathy
with the students were a unit in refus-
ing to attend.
Things were proceeding in the usual
in university when the "a
rade started. The procession reached
the college campus without trouble, but
passed down Nassau street at a bad
moment, for just as the band music
was heard the students were in the act
of passing from the first morning lee
lures to the second. The townspeople
were out in force and waiting for the
parade, and the great majority of them
were massed near the campus. Word
passed all along the line and within
few minutes six or seven hundred stu
dents had assembled on Nassau street.
Cannon crackers left over from prev
ious celebrations, eggs purchased at
nearby stores and vegetables bought or
confiscated from the stores We're as
sembled quickly.
The men, unable to obtain these
missiles, armed themselves with clods
of turf hastily torn from the lawns. The
trouble started with the band wagon
Cannon crackers were thrown and these
exploding under the six horses, made
them frantic The musicians were on
top of the wagon. A serious runaway
might have resulted had not one of the
leaders stumbled and fell, dragging
down the other horses with him. The
students meanwhile kept a mercileSS
bombardment with eggs and vegetables
On the return the parade wheeled
into John lane and the students made
a grand rush to head off the process
sion. Again the employees of the circus
were rotten legged. The cowboys and
Indians finally charged the students and
used their whips freely. That was the
%TaF-V 7iVldr Of h.
the whips, and bruised by the riders
running into them, the students became
ugly, and in moment missiles that
were annoying but not dangerous were
replaced by stones, and the fight be-
came furious. ReVOlVerS were drawn,
but fortunately the owners were wise
enough to fire over the heads of the
enemy. Some of the Mexican or South
American cowboys unslung their bolas
and used them with great effect, the
leaden covered ends being exceedingly
effective The cowboys charged the
crowd several times and rode down
| those who would not get out of the
way
In this manner Edward Dillon. a col
ored man, was knocked down and kicked
in the head by a pony and his skull
fractured. student was injured by
pony trampling upon him. Another was
wounded by bola and another was
struck by an Indian with one of the
snake whips. Many students were less
severely hurt The cowboys and In
dams were also bruised and hurt.
A mass meeting of students was called
in the afternoon, attended by the whole
undergraduate body. at which President
! Patton spoke in condemnation of the
attack, and positively forbade any stu
dent to go to the show grounds. AT the
same time the college authorities ar
ranged to have the proctor and a large
| force of assistants on duty there
Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs, colds.
Group, and whoOping cough readily
yield to One Minute Cough Cure. Use
this remedy in time and save doctors
bill-Or the undertaker's. Geo. w
| Stansfield, w. H. Wilson, A. ]. Arnold
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