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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
FOOTBALL RULES CHANGED.
The Intercollegiate Committee Decides
That the Team Shall Change Sides After
Z Each Touchdown Is Made.

The Intercollegiate Committee Decides
That the Team Shall Change Sides After
Each Touch down is Made.
by means of mail vote the inter-
collegiate football rule committee has
decided upon radical change in the
regulations governing this sport for the
coming season. At meeting of this
committee in New York City, July
l4th, several rules were modified, but
two changes OF such radical difference
We're proposed that it was decided that
each member should talk over the new
rules with the football authorities at
his particular college or university, and
the decision there reached concerning
them be sent to the chairman, Walter
Camp.
These two great changes were sug-
gestad: The opposing teams shall
change sides after each touch down
scored or field goal kicked, instead of
between halves, as heretofore, and after
a ch-down the try at goal shall be
made by swapping the ball either for a
place kick or drop kick behind the
line of scrimmage.
The former of these two changes was
adopted by the vote and the latter
thrown out.
This change does away with the great
advantage very often due to strong
wind, and besides will, in those games
where one side is decidedly better than
the other, distribute the play SO that
all the spectators will he able to see
the game to a better advantage.
This rule was the only change OF any
great Importance but the three following
alterations were made: For all general
fouls, such as offside play, tripping
an opponent and throwing or batting
the ball penalty of from five to 10
yards shall be given, instead of the loss
of the ball; the limit of run when q
foul is made which did not interfere
with the play was extended from Is
yards to % yards, and side line coach
ing was censured as harmful to the
game and as most unsportsmanlike
conduct.
The following men compose the inter
collegiate committee: Walter Camp Of
Yale, chairman; John G. Bell, Penn
sylvania; Alexander Moffatt, Prince
ton Robert ID. Wrenn, Harvard; Paul
J. Dashiell, United States Naval
Academy, and L. M. Dennis, Cornell.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
FIERCE FIRE AT ALBANY.

The Flames Broke Out In the Public Mar
ker Bniiding, and Spread 20 the Column
hia Hotel, the Eiks Clubhouse and Other
straciuresrThe Men Who Suffered In
jury Were struck by Failing Wall.
Albany, N. Y, July %. --One fire.
man dead, another believed to be dying
and number seriously injured, in ad-
dition to a monetary loss estimated at
from $500, GOO to 300, 600, is the result
of a fire which broke out in the heart
OF the business district of Albany
shortly before 3 o'clock this morning.
The dead fireman is ID. X. Bishop,
an auxiliary member of the Insurance
Patrol and prominent in the city's
social and financial circles James j.
Shelly, fellow member of the patrol,
was dug out of mass Of greckage,
terribly burned and with both hips dis
located, both legs broken, ono arm
shattered and severe internal injuries.
He will probably die. Another fireman
who Is seriously injured is Frank II.
Wetherwax, superintendent OF the In
surance Patrol, who 10 suffering from
concussion of tho spine and internal
injuries.
The fro started on the top floor of
the Public Market Building, on Beaver
street, and spread rapidly to the
Columbia Hotel and the Elks Club
house, which adjoin it on the west and
east, espectively. While the firemen
were at work, the front wall Of the
market building buckled and almost
immediately fell, carrying with it the
upper story Of the Columbia Hotel. 1t
was in the latter building that the
firenen mot their fate. They were
spreading tarpaulins on the upper floor,
and were caught under the mass of
wreckage. The fire communicated to
the Unconditional Republican Club
house and the building occupied by the
Evening Times Union. Neither Of these
establishments suffered to any great
extent.
Among the heaviest losers are the
Lang Rubber stamp works, the Cruoi-
BILE Steel Co., the Lester Parker Fur
niture Co, the Albany Rubber Tire
Wheel 90, tae Huth 4 Fisher shirt
factory, the United Shirt and Collar
Co.. the Cadby Paper Box Co.,
Wertheiin Bros. clothing mahufac.
tuners, tie Columbia Hotel Co. and
the Albany lodge OF Elks.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
THE RECORD OF THE ARMY.

Major james Parker of the Adjutant-
Generals office, has compiled some in
teresting statistics regarding the in
surreotion in the Philippines. There
were 2,56l engagements with the
enemy, more or less serious, between
February 4th, 1899, the date Of the
battle of Manila, and April Both, 1902,
fixed as the virtual downfall of the
jnsurrection The larger proportion of
these fights were attacks from ambush
on the American troops, or skirmishes
in which only small detachments took
part. In almost no case in these on
gagements, !" says Major Parker, "did
American troops surrender or have to
retreat, or have to leave their dead and
wounded in the possession of the
enemy, Notwithstanding that in many
cases the percentage of loss was high. !"
The number of troops that have been
transported to the Philippines and have
arrived there up to July 10th last was
4, 135 officers and 1923, S03 men. The
average strength, taken from monthly
returns for the period of the insurrec-
tion, was approximately LOCO.
Major Parker summarizes the casual
ties of the American army as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, go officers
and 936 enlisted men; deaths from
disease, AT officers and 1856 enlisted
men deaths from accidents, officers
and 1875 enlisted men; drowned, 6
officers and 257 enlisted men; suicide,
10 officers and 72 enlisted men
murdered, officer and 80 enlisted
men; total deaths, 13g officers and
4,0l6 enlisted men. Wounded. 100
officers and 2;707 enlisted men, total
of 1891 Killed and wounded and
deaths other than by disease, 282
officers and 4,lss enlisted men; total,
4, 470.
A large proportion Of the deaths by
drowning occurred in action or in
active operations against the enemy.
Major Parker makes the percentage Of
killed and wounded to the strength of
the army 81.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
SURRENDER OF ALLEGED MURDERER.

Atoka, |. t., July "a. james Reeves
has surrendered to the police here, ex-
planning that it was he who killed his
wife here several days ago; also, her
mother, Mrs. Grant, and John Knuckles.
Reeves said he had lived happy life
with his wife until the appearance Of
knuckles on the scene, two months
ago. Since that time his wife had
treated him with indifference.
On the day of the tragedy Reeves be-
came intoxicated, and en- route for
home he encountered Knuckles, Mrs.
Grant and Mrs Reeves going to O. -ch.
Hastily securing rife, Reeve com.
PEELED knuckles to get out Il the
wagon, and then shot him. The team
'hecame frightened, and ran away.
Reeves shot at his wife and killed her,
and then shot and killed Mrs. Grant,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
LOST FROM A TRAIN.
A Philadeiphia Passenger Drowned a
Salisbury.

N fhtiAneiphin Passenger Drowned at
Salisbury.
Salisbury, Md, July 24.-The body Of
Alexander Campbell Of No. 1920 South
Broad street, Philadelphia was found yester.
day floating in Lake Humphrey, near the
south side of the railroad bridge, near Sails
bury. He was passenger on the southbound
express over the New York. philadelphia
4 Norfolk railroad, which left Salisbury at
3.D O'Clock, a. m. He was observed by
several passengers to leave his seat and walk
TO the platform of one o. the coaches, just
as the train got on the bridge. This was
the last seen Of him, but his hat was found
by the conductor on the platform of the
ear The train was stopped in South Sails
bury and ran back to the bridge, where a
search of 20 minutes was made, without
finding the man. The train then proceeded
south. -
woman passenger, II is said, told the
conductor that the nun had been acting
strangely all the way down the road /; that
at every stopping place he would walk out
on tho platform Of the car. His manner
indicated that he was drinking, and he
might have fallen from the train into the
lake.
He was feet 10 inches tall, apparently
65 years old, ind weighed i75 pounds. His
right arm was of below the elbow. He was
dressed IN dark suit. white shirt, white
collar and black bow. On the lapel of his
cont was red badge with the letters II. T..
I. s.. In his coat pocket was an empty half
pint flask, on which was the name OF firm
of liquor dealers in Philadelphia. An ex,
animation of the effects In his pockets
disclosed an old silver watch, which had
stopred at 3.H O'Clock 81 in paper money,
four nickels, ticket from Philadelphia Ia
| Old Point Comfort and furlough issued tc
Alexander Campbeh. Co. d, Ninety-fifti
Pennsylvania Infantry, dated April 2Sth
liO2, and TO expire October 18th, 1902. Tbii
| $30.''
From these papers II is inferred he wal
an inmate of the Soldiers Home at Hamp
ton, Va, and was returning from visit IL
Philadelphia. A coroner's jury viewed III,
remains and postponed the verdict till th,
| crew of the train could be examined.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
NO COLOR LINE IN ST. THOMAS.

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, writing from st. Thomas,
Danish West Indies, states that there
is no color line in the society of that
island. There is no sentiment whatever
against the admixture of blacks and
whites One Of the most intelligent
Englishmen on the island has wife of
mixed blood. Some of tine most intelli-
gent and progressive of the men are
but half white.
No attempt to discriminate is made
by official society, says the CORE
spondent. The majority of the Colonial
Council is black, and they could not
be barred, for instance, from Govern
ment House levees and dinners and
DANCES Intelligence, manners, and
money are the personal possessions
which fix PERSONS place in st.
Thomas society. Even the census takes
no account of black or white, but only
of male and female, in making it's
classitications.
In view of the probable purchase Of
the Danish West Indies by the United
States, this mixed state of society be-
comes matter of interest in this coun-
try. lis it not probable that the color
line will appear after the islands be-
come United States territory, and be
as sharply drawn as 1t is here?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
PRINCE KOMATs o.
The Mikado's Cousin, Who is to Visit This
Country.

Fl
Washington Star
Prince Komatsu, cousin of the
Mikado, who has accepted an in
vitStion to visit the grounds Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition this
summer, arriving in August, has had
Q remarkable career. Born in 1886,
when,younger sons of reigning families
were sent to Buddhist monasteries as
their only possible career, the boy
entered the Temple Mimi il in Kyoto,
The seclusion of a monastery failed to
repress, the brilliant, inquiring mind
of the. young man, and he became an
advocate of the abolition of the
shogunate and the restoration of power
TO the throne, which had been cur
tailed Of many of its privileges. He
advocated the adoption of the best
features OF Western civilization, a
remarkable breadth of view for a Bull
dhist abbot He wanted to 90 to
Europe to study at time when the
Western nations we're abhorred in
japan and the expression of such a
revolutionary desire might have in
CURED odium. He left the priesthood
at the age of % and was placed in chief
command of forces sent against a re-
bellion in the North. He asked to
4 resign as war minister to go to
| Europe. Twice more did he have to
ask before his request was granted,
but in 1871 be left Yokohama for
England. He met Queen Victoria
who for the first time met a prince OF
the blood of Japan. He was abroad for
a year, when the death of his father
compelled his return.
In that time Japan had reorganized
her army, and this young man of 26.
who had commanded a corps in the
field and had been minister of war,
begged permission to enter the army
in the lowest rank and work his way
up, in the European fashion, as an
example to Japanese young men of
rank.
He was. soon major general, and the
charge OF the army was kept in his
hands until he surrendered il yolun
tarily q few years ago. He was made
held marshal of the three divisions OF
the Japanese forces in 1895, when all
the prestige of his great rank was
needed to hold in check the Japanese
soldiers, infiamed with their victories.
and IL was felt that Komatsu alone
could restrain them. He resigned his
martial position and honors to give
his time to civil interests, such as the
| Nea Cross hospital and the agricul-
tnrists' association. In 1887 he was
Japan's ambassador to the Queens
Jubilee, taking the grand star Of the
chrysanthemum to the Prince of Wales
tnow Edward viz.
One of the truly great men OF the
times, with character not unlike that
Of our own Washington, Komatsu is
honored for his patriotic movements
and beloved of all japan for his great
generosity and benevolence He is,
however, a true soldier. taciturn and
reserved; and although he speaks
French and English as huently as
Japanese, he keeps able silence in all
three.
Prince Komatsu will make his home.
ward journey from England over the
now Siberian railway, for he has a
soldiers desire for acquaintance with
the geography of country of such
vital interest to Japan.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

Hadst thou ship in whose vast hold lay
stored
The priceless riches of all chimes and lands,
Say, wouldst thou let 1t float upon the seas,
Unpiloted. Of tickle winds the sport
And of wild waves and hidden rocks the
prey2
Thine is that ship; and in its depth con-
cealed
Lies all the wealth OF this vast universe
Yea, lies some part of Gods omnipotence,
the legacy divine of every soul.
Thy will, o man, thy will is that great ship
And yet behold ii driven here and there
One moment lying motionless in port,
Then on high seas by sudden impulse flung;
Then driving on the sands; and yet again
Sent forth on idle quests to No-Man's Land,
To carry nothing and to nothing bring;
Till. worn and fretted by the aiInless strife,
Ard butfeted by yacillating winds.
IL founders on a rock. or springs used treas
ures in aleak.
With all its unused treasures in the hold.
Go, save thy ship, thou sluggard take the
wheel
And steer to knowledge, glory and success.
Great mariners have made the pathway
plain
For thee 10 follow; holdtthou to the course
of Concentration Channel and all things
Shall come in answer to thysweryeless wish
As comes the needle TO the magnets call,
Or sunlight to the prisonci blade Of grass
That yearns all winter for the kiss OF spring.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
DISASTER N oHIo.
Destruction OF the Pennsylvania Limited
From ST. Louis TO New york-Four Per-
sons Killed and Many Injured.

Destruction OF the Pennsylvania Limited
From ST. Louis TO New york-Four Per-
sons Killed and Many Injured.
Xenia, O., July 20. "a wreck oc-
CURED at Trebein Station, three miles
from here, at 1890 o'clock last night,
when train No. 2, the Pennsylvania
Limited from st. Louis to New York,
was met by wild coal car at the foot
of a heavy grade.
Dead: William Clark, engineer,
Columbus; Patrick Dryer, fireman,
Cincinnati; Nj. NJ. Peters, mail clerk,
Cincinnati Il. F. M. McKeown, mail
clerk, Greenfield, Ind.
Injured: Joseph Converse, Elmira
Bessie Ii4hovan, Irwin; William @.
Forsythe, Indianapolis; ", A.. Clifford,
Woodstock; james MeFadden, Indian
apolis; Mollie Collins, Louisville.
Ten or twelve people who are moi
included in the above list we're slightly
injured.
Besides the postal and express cars,
the train consisted Of day coach and
several sleepers. sg
In some manner the coal car had
become unloosened from its couplings,
and started down, a three. mile grade,
gaining velocity as it went. At the
bottom Of the grade it crashed into
engine OF the passenger engine train. The
coal car was smashed into splinters,
and the passenger smashed, while the
postal and express cars were piled on
top of 1t in a promiscnous heap.
Almost simultaneous with the first
crash the gas tanks under the cars ex-
ploded, and set fire to the ruins.
The uninjured passengers rendered
all possible assistance and rescued
many from the debris before the fire
broke out and drove them back to be
helpless witnesses Of those who were
pinioned beneath the wreck. Conduc-
tor Hughes, who was on the Inflated
train, reported that there were at least
three or four passengers who. could not
he gotten out and whose bodies are
still in the ruins.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
MISSING HEIR CUT OFF.

II Pierson +. Wildman, who disappeared
four years ago, should return to Elkton,
says dispatch from that place, he will get
none OF the fortune lett by his fatLeF, who
died recently. The other heirs have con-
vinced the Orphans Court that the missing
heirs share had boon spent by his father in
searching for him.
Young Wildman left his home, in Cecil
county, In 1s9S, TO visit relatives in Will
nington. He arrived here and spent several
days with his sister. When he left he seemed
to he cheerful and said he was going home.
That w'is the Inst time he was seen by any
OF his relatives or friends. Before the death
Of Joseph Wildman he had search made for
his son III almost every State In the Union
also, the klondike region. but without sue.
cnRg
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
:
WHEN GRANDPA VAS A BOZ.



When Grandpa was boy-oh, geo !-say,
want the fellers good
They never did thing but jest exactly as
they should.
They never worried Bridget and they never
sassed their Ma;
They never used ter tease and beg fer stories
from their Pa;
They never kicked the table leg, ner asked
two times fer pie
They never whined ter have ice cream, and
candy made 'em cry;
They d good deal ruther bring in wood than
play with any toy,
And doin chores was their delight, when
Grandpa was boy.
When Grandpa was boy they had no holt
days at all,
And school kept goin' right along through
summer time till fall;
And all the felers loved it and they used ter
tease ter go,
And II they stayed ter home day it broke
their hearts, yer know.
They never thought of "hookin' jack and
never once was late,
And never threw spit-ball ner made
pictures on slate,
But studied jest ter beat the band, cause
lessons was their Joy,
And no one ever missed word, when
Grandpa was boy.
When Grandpa was boy he loved ter wear
his Sunday clothes,
And used ter black his shoes all round, and
not jest crost the toes;
He used ter be SO careful that his suits
looked new fer years,
And always when he washed his face he
scrubbed behind his ears.
He loved tract. but never cared fer books
bout Deadwood Dick.
And dotted on sermon, but circus made
him sick;
And all his chums would die fore they'd
their teacher kind annoy
oh, say! but saints was awful thick when
Grandpa was boy.
When Grandpa was boy he did Jest right
in everything.
And was. a regular angel, 'cept he never
raised q wing;
And Billys Grandpa was the same, ac-
cordin' ter his tell,
And so was sainmie Myers, and whole lots
more as we'll,
And we've been told about 'em till we all
jest wish that we
Was Twin in them good old times, instead
OF now, yer see.
Oh, crickyl If we only was! Jest think with
what joy
W'd lick that sap-head crowd that lived
when Grandpa was boy
Puck.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

A young woman who has been living
in Paris for year says that no French
manicure who treated her hands used
cuticle knife about her nails or a
steel nail-cleaner. The little orange
wood sticks sharpened to broad point
we're used to push back the encroach-
ing cuticle, and to clean the nails after
each washing of the hands. In this way
the delicate enamel of the nail is not
injured, and the under surface of the
nail point is kept smooth. The French
manicures, too, polish more often with
"a bit OF chamois rather than regular
polisher, and cut the nails with clip
per instead of curved scissors. These
clippers come in pairs, one for cutting
the nails of each hand. Emery boards
or a velvet file is recommended for the
little filing needed to shape the nails.
Never cut the cuticle around the nail,
but press back lightly with the orange
wood stick. Daily brief care when the
nail is soft from the use of soap and
water is all that is needed to keep the
hands in good condition with a weekly
manicuring. Use lemon juice instead
of any other acid to remove stains.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
A man talks about ownin, II. -, !.

Z A man talks about owning his bust
ness But,as matter of fact his bust
ness owns him. His whole life is repu-
lated by the demands of the business
The time at which he rises, his break
fast hour, the time given to meals.
are all determined by business obliRa.
lions. He PUSHES through lunch be-
cause he cant spare the time from
business" to eat leisurely. He wont
take rest because he is needed at the
store or office. He is in fact an absolute
slave to business. Tho results which
follow this slavery are to be seen on
every hand. Men dyspeptic, irritable,
nervous, with drawn faces, and hollow
ayes; sit at the desk or stand behind
the counter until they collapse in a
lit OF sickness, or are taken away by
heart failure. Those who cannot es
cape the exactions of business will
find a friend in DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t strengthens the
ptomach, increases the action of the
blood making glands, increasing the
Fitality and physical vigor. 1t makes
linen strong and prevents those bust
mess break downs which SO often termi-
nate fatally.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
WILMINGTON HABOR.

Washington, July 2a.-Col. Jared A. Smitb.
the engineer stationed at Wilmington, Del,
in charge Of the improvement Of rivers in
that State and New Jersey, yesterday sub.
mitted his annual report TO the chief Of en-
Eineers. On most Of the pro jects under Col.
Smiths supervision no work of any conse-
quence was done nor recommendation
ing about the harbor at Wilmington the re-
port states:
ut Is evident that deep channel cannot
be maintained by dredging only. II is pro-
posed to make careful study of the condi-
tions and devise system of contraction
come promise Of attaining the result by
occurring action on currents
Col. Smith estimates that 1t will take
10000 TO maintain the hhrbor at Whining
ton, $4,000 of which shall be withheld until
proper Sewerage Is provided for.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

Patrick O'Toole. aged 43 years, Of
No. 624 East Seventh street, who had
been employed at tho p, W. q B. car
shops, died Thursday aboutH9 p. IN. /,
from injuries received about two weeks
ago while at work, by being hit with a
piece OF iron in the stomach. Mr..
O'Toole leaves wife and six children.
The funeral took place Monday morn
ing, interment being made at Cathed-
raj cemetery
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Dover, July %. Gov Hum has ap-
pointed the following election officers
William 9. Ward, registrar, Third
Election district of the Seventh Repre-
sentative district Of New Castle county
Levi s. Lattomus, registrar, First
Election district of the Fourth Repre-.
sentative district Of New Castle county
of the Tenth Representative district Of
New Castle county, aid James b.
King, assistant registrar, First Eleo-
tion district of the Sixth Representa-.
tive district of Sussex county.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

Henry q. Morse, president OF the
New York Shipbuilding Co, Thursday
purchased 40 acres of land In the
Eighth ward of Camden, N. J. He
will divide the tract into lots, which
will be devoted to erecting homes for
the company's employees The price
paid for the tract, known as the Brewer
farm, was S3S, O00. At least GOO dwell
ings can be built on the tract,