davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
ohseauien of an Arm.

Newton Loehr of Milton, near Indian
apolis, Ind, had an arm crushed in a
corn shredder several days ago, and the
member had to be amputated. He in
sisted the limb should have regular
burial, and accordingly the funeral
took place in the Milton cemetery the
other day, says the Chicago Record
Herald. The arm was placed in sat
in lined coffin, and the services at the
grave were the same as though a body
was being buried Loehr's relatives
from Anderson and other points in the
county were present at the interment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A Rret Hnrte story.

Bret Harte was once asked in Lon
don if ne did not eXaggerate some of
his western character creations. He de
clared that he did not and told this
true story, which he had always fear
ed to put into print: y well known des-
perado came into a saloon, and of
course those who knew him had bust
ness elsewhere at once. An English
tenderfoot remained, and the bad man
invited him to drink. The Britisher
innocently said he did not care to do
so, a dangerous remark to make in
those days, whereupon the desperate
YEARLY reached for his gun and said
in a tired sort of way, Cant ever
have a drink without killing a man"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

his victorious slips, ntued with IRWIN
cordage made at Pittsburg, that the
young commodore sent his immortal
dispatch, I'VE have met the enemy,
and they are ours
Perry and his men and his stanch
ships won this notable victory, but the
stout ropes and good cordage made
along Duquesne way in the infant city
of Pittsburg did their share also, for
when they were put to the test they
proved that they were good stuff
Pittsburg Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
The BIRD NIononoIirt.

As is generally known, the cuckoo
lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.
leaving them to be Matched and the
young cuckoOs reared by their foster
parents. The young cuckoo throws the
other birds out OF the nest and gets all
the care itself After numbering it's
foster brothers and sisters in the most
deliberate and callOus way it is thence
forth tended with the greatest devo-
ton. Long after it has left the nest
the great bird. apparently big enough
to get its own living and many times
larger than its foster parents, is fol-
lowed about and fed by them with the
same care as when in the nest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Thinning the Scales.

"Confound it, growled CIoseman. ct
dropped dime in that weighing ma
chine instead of a penny
'Ha, haP' chuckled his buffoon
friend. 81 guess that's when you tip
ped the scales. Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
She settled 1t.

"Sir." began the youth. Il have come
to ask for your daughters hand in
NO. sirv' snorted her father. You
can't have her! What could possibly
have prompted you to ask
'sWhy-er-she did, sir.''
'Oh. that's differentI Also, that set
ties itr'-PhiladeIphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A satisfying Portrait.

Mr.. Roxe-This portrait doesn't look
like my wife at all.
Artist know it doesn't, but it looks
as she thinks she Iooks-Judge.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
CUP FOR STEAM YACHTS.
James Gordon Benefits Gift 10
ENCOURAGE Races.

James Gordon Bennett has given sz'ooo cup
to the New-York Yacht Club, to go TO the VIII
ner Of a race of steam yachts The cup Is inc
first ever presented TO the club for steam yacht
racing and the winner Of the first race VIII GET
in addition to the cup the sum of sZ,ooo IN
gold. also the gift of Mr.. Bennett The cup.
description of which is not yet ready, is to De
called the Lysistrata Cup
Following are the rules governing the con-
tests:
This cup is open 20 the competition Of steam
yachts belonging to the New-York iacnt CIuo anu
10 steam yachts properly enrolled IN any rorelgh
The winning Yacht shall hold the cup as chalc
lenge cup to become the property OF an owner - u
a Winning yacht in two contests to oe neId IN sQe
cessiye years, New-fork, week peioEe O
fhe lime regatta or when the America Cup. Is
sailed for at Newport, r y a. uur LINZ rIIS 'L 9
s1uadron cruise Of ttIe New York facht CiIoI a'
England, during the regatta week. In these com
petitions there shall be 20 handlcap OF IilIe a.
~ 4a entrance is limited to yachts above 15o net
tons IN size American yacht nea sJrernent- Inc
coTee is to be not less than fifty nautical miles IN
length and in water Of depth tnat VII neI ~
Course tn he left with the regatta committee on
the club actually in possession OF lne cup, rs
YACHT holding the cup shall decide the place "iioio
the next competition is to be helq-, .. - -,-rit
shall give SIX months nOIiCc, III
mo To the owner Of the yacht and tne secIeCa.y y
Of the club holding the cup Tne yacnLs ar +,si ~
steam in ordinary cruising d TN f noat- must be
carried except power Launches, WIIch may "e
united at the discretion Of the owners l.. 49,.
The regatta committee shaH nave po"et W pc39 a.
pnio1 Unsuitable and in case Of all protests us
decision shall be final
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
Draft INSTITUTE TOURNAMENT.

The lawn tennis championship tournament or me
.,a++ Jnstitute Association was hnished vesoeroay
- tbe courts on Grand-ave.. near WilioughDy-st-'
Trooklvn Captain Niche of me aSs0Giaieh t5 w0 @g
en9s singles. Both OF tle as,,. nLais o
Mens championship singles rst M,e Sefeatee
defesteo 8@i Spencer defeated Chase 70 ooT
Nanny 80 ~,ii5s I'd e-2: Garlick deteateo
t5lacA eNa. Bosworth defeated No~eii pg "a
Inet, rouriTrowbridge defeated RIs.t de,
Niche defeated Spencer: - eaa1a5 pnsworfh
1I--; CsarJscl ga 81. So Major defeated bo'"'
eS e-3. ,,,o.,o dsfeated Trowbridge, e-3.
e Eiack defeated Major e. e.; s.u...s r,laek
- arS championship round-Mchie oeiea'eo i'
7 4e championship singles Spreinsry Ios Tosn9 Van
" MoiIeH SaTeafed Miss Weeks. g.. - A"iSs 800
MITE va a1,ss McF,nery 6-3. 6-3.
First SJrs Ward defeated Miss Davis On. D..
60 N,ftftug defeated Miss van - - ~
Mise Nstss Osgood e.. 2-6 6-3...a ,t,.s Adams
Mss Ross Miss SnIns ,.. "a Miss
F-iuai ard champic a MP rouno S-
Ross ..itsnpionship doubles preliminary Ga
Men SaIderTnan defeated Bosworth ana 40
lex ana AZ ana Nchie defeated WILCOX anu riA'''
7-5. c.-,,.L and Alderman defeated BLACK ais IA
FIRST a Ioai e-f Cd; ChiIds and TEowbfloso
cnafe sla ers chaTnpionshlp round-snlias haia
I'M mn tsarlica and Alderman. Go ~
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
ROW ING.
Weather Prevents Practice OF Hate
and HdrUdrd Oarsmen.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


Gales Ferry Conn June 13-Messrs. Kunzig and
Kennedy, Yale's coaches, decided that the water
too rough this evening for the varsity ana
freshman eights go out. and consequently the
two crews had another rest. The varsity Tour
went out for about half hour, receiving the
undivided attention of the coaches. This morning
the two eights went over the course on time The
freshman boat holding UP at the two mile stake
The coaches would not give the time. The cohul-
tons were poor A high wind was blowing kick
ing up a choppy sea- The watches at the finish
caught the time at q :4a. The watches caught
the last two miles in 11:34. Not only was this time
which under the conditions. seems fast taken from
the shore but was caught from the Harvard
launch which was following the varsity eight over
the last two miles. The time Of the Yale freshman
crew, given out at Yale quarters. was 1O:55.
Muzzey, the freshman eight coxswan, Is 100
heavy, and he has been ordered to train down. He
is taking daily along the country roads
The course partially tagged to-day under
the direction of Julian Curtiss The work will be
completed on Monday.
The Harvard quarters the Mecca of nuzner-
GUS graduates to-day. members of former crews
Among those here Guy Biddle, Guy Bancroft
ex-Captain Harold Billiard of last years crew,
Jim Lawrence, George S. Mumford Clement B.
Wood. and Mr.. Ferguson, a former English var
sity oarsman. .
The varsity eight went over the last half mile
this morning. doing the distance in 2:35. This time
was done with light favoring wind and slack
tide.
This evening the river was too rough for rowing,
Tomorrow will be another day of rest, II is
probable that either the Yale will visit Rec
EXAMINATIONS were going on in Harvard to-day,
and the work necessarily light.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
LAWN TENNIS.
Ward and Bmchard IN Finals for
Metr0DoIitan Cham pionship.

Holcombe Ward, the Harvard veteran, and the
oldtime Yale player, Ross Burchard. won their
places in the final round OF the metropolitan lawn
tennis championship tournament yesterday. Both
matches were hotly contested, and the prominence
of ths, competitors drew many spectators TO the
courts of the West Side Tennis Club. One-hun-
dred-and- d-seventeenth-s and Amsterdam-ave.
It was generally expected that Ward would have
little difficulty in defeating Paret, and while their
contest was prolonged Ward at all times had 1t
we'll in hand The defeat of the former Canadian
champion Frederick c. Anderson, was distinctly
his skill but Burchard at his best The Yale
has been improving right along: Anders9h i
took the first set III Father easy IaslIh .! r,
ing his backhand passing stroke 4ale 5 Veteran
proved himself a remarkable strategic player III
the second set, for he kept the BAH low ana 70
Andersons forehand. This was the weak spot IN
+he Canadians strokes. The result was that while
Anderson was able to score. and the majority OF
games went to deuce, he was not STEADY, ana
Surcbard eyened matters by taking the set at 80
The last set was close. but the Yale player held 10
~ The inability Of Ward TO make any kind of an
effective attack against a Looping game vas
demonstrated in his match with faTet Inc iatseo t
Wards court with such good effect that the game
drawn out to great length Al no S t"s sas
had reached twenty-four games ward iorced MS
place to the net and won al I4--lz. II, =, ,oa
.ofnorrnWy afternoon with the championship con-
test on Tuesday at 3 p m. The summary:
Mems championship singles sehnal rognd'Gleombs 4s2
Ward Orange Lawn Tennis club deteated J. pas my
Paret NeT ss 2rk side Tennis Club defeated Frederick
Anderson. Kings County ae Ienns Ctd rs rounTDavi
SO and G T. wyeth New-york Lawn Tennis Club.
6eb 6e1sahsa e Ell seconi round5arry Allen and Rob
- Ie Roy Belmont Cricket Club and New-York Lawn Lawn
Ws SIDE Tennis cu ss & & a9G1be a X. Mars n'i and
Ross Burchard Tennis cup ana ns Mes S9s L
Lawn Tennis Club. e-S. -
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
DAY OF ACCIDENTS FOR PENN.
Launch Twice Breaks Down and Two Shells
Damaged-Crews Rowing Well.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Poughkeepse N. Y, June 13.-"Josh' Ward,
brother of Ellis Ward, Pennsylvania coach, was
guest the aInch this morning, and after look
ing the at practice he said to The Trib~
correspondent: Ellis has got some first class
timber in that varsity boat and with few days
practice that crew VIII be pretty nigh perfec-
ton" Ward says nothing himself about his
crew, but repeats fLook cut for Cornell" It is
generally conceded, however, that Ward has one
Of the best varsity crews he has ever brought to
Poughkeepsie Since their arrival here few days
ago, they have shown wonderful Improvement in
blade and inboard work, and their stroke at the
catch is much harder than it
Ward wgs much disappointed by the breaking
down of the launch this morning. He left the
boathouse with five crews two eights and and three
four cared crews. All FIVE went to the starting
point, the three fOurs returning at easy PAGES ne
coach the seniors and freshmen on the line FOR
badly worsted. The varsity was ordered to hnlsh
the four miles mile from finish the launchs
ashore by river tug. There twelve candidates
for the four Dared crew, and the selection tnat
seems best is composed of Crowell. stroke; Lee
No. ); HoIbrook, NO. 2, and heAar DOW IL is pc
lived that this crew viii stand. with the exception
Of CroweI- Hillebrand, of last years four. will
probably be put in Croweus place.
NJ. S. Morgan. assistant manager left for New
will take place at the Columbia University Club,
No. IL West Thirty y-sixth-st., on Monday, at 4SO
p. m.
When the three four Dared crews returned from
the morning practice it was found that there was
stretch in of the shells and the steering gear OF
another broken. This evening. when the crews
were at the starting point coming down the river,
the engine of the launch again broke down. ana the
crews finished the evenings practice coacheo Dy
the coZswa1ns.
Columbia Monday Cornell Wednesday, Georgetown
Friday. and Syracuse one week from to-day.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
BOBTAIL DEFEATS BAGHEERA.
New Herreshoff Boat Wins in Brooklyn
Yacht Club Regatta.

Nineteen boats of all classes started in the forty
sixth annual regatta of the Brooklyn 4acht Clun'
which was sailed yesterday the regular courses
of the Yacht Racing Association of Gravesend Bay.
The winners were Bobtai Bonito, Vagabond. Scala
wag Martha NJ and Singer.
The start was scheduled for u m. succession
of thunder hail and wind storms. however. made
it impossible to send the boats away at the adver-
tised time and not until $40 p. the first
division started.
A feature of the regatta was the struggle between
the 20-footers BobtaiI and Bagheera, in which the
first named craft victorious by only 90 seconds
The BobtaiI is a HerreshOff creation, recently pur-
chased by Edgar F. Luckenhach, which arrived in
Gravesend Bay late Friday night The Bag
beera belongs to Hendon Chubb, and is the craft
which will represent the Atlantic Yacht Club in
the coming for the Manhasset Bay Chai!enge
Cup.
directions and varied from fiat CAIN shortly
after the start to a good ten-kn0t breeze at the
finish The competitors got share Of sailing on
all points of the wind ..,
R0ats above Glass P twice covered a triangular
course of six miles The others sailed twice over
a folIr-rnile journey. The summaries follow:
STnOPS-CI,ASS M-START, 800.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
ATHLETIC FIELD AT GARDEN CITY.
Wealthy Man the Observation-Disclosures
CHAMPIONSHIPS May Be Decided There.

Garden City, Long Island, may be the place for
the future meetings of the Intercollegiate Associa-
ron of Amateur Athletes Of America. after the
,sn,,o1it;on of Berkeley Oval. wealthy patron of
Sf Paul's school Garden City. has ordered plans
made for an exceptionally large ana up 70 GATE
Of Yale and Harry S. Brooks are supervising the
plans. -, 4 4 Tho nrasan+
school building II will be third OF mne frbfk
SarlEed turns On the finish line which VIII Le on
t9e north side OF the track; viii be granassaind i
Ter that can be removed in summer on the 6SIa HaT
t;es for running high jump, running broad Jump
tbrovving the hammer. putting the shot aao polss
I,irg tidI The track itself will have 22O-yard
straightaway. -, s.,- ., ,,ee, HE raue
.s4 FOR the present and when the field is opened
The St PauIs authorities expect TO give II ms s n
tton - ~ hold its annual championship 1eetns on
~ aeId Work is begin almost inneola'eiy'
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
AGAINST FAST AUTOMOBILE DRIVING
Wealthy Port Chester Residents Appeal to
Town Officers for Protection.

Twenty-sx of the wealthy residents OF Ang-st
De-, chester have sent a petition TO the town Of
enara s+at;nr that the lives OF the people In the
neiehborhood are being endangered by the prac-
80 ~ automobists speeding their machines in
that tberoughfare The petition. which is headed
by william II. Catin. president Of the Westehester
County Horse Show and personal friend OF ex
president Cleveland, asks that policemen be sta
TONED along the highway to prevent the law from
being violated.
Mr. CatIin says that the road is only Is feet wide
in places and that IL is serious affair to be pass
ing one of these places and encounter automo-
biIa going at fun speed he said there had been
several runaways and accidents. and that only
= few days ago members OF the family of James
MeClenahan, president OF the Mutual Bank. or this
city had barely escaped death when the horse
drawing the bankers carriage took fright at one
of the machines and ran away. The residents says
that If the village authorities viii not protect them
they Will hire o4cers their expense 10 patrol
the streets.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
TIGERS WIN IN NINTH.
Continued from first page.
formed in lines and marched around the dia-

formed in lines and marched around the dia-
mond.
The game was the third in which the two
teams have met this season. AS Princeton won
yesterday, her two victories. with one defeat,
give her the supremacy between the two 10
The game to have been called at $50
O'Clock. but a few minutes after 3 a small
thunderstorm swept over the ground and rain
fell for more than fifteen minutes When the
storm had passed away the sun shone brightly,
and the grounds were fairly dry at 4 O'Clock,
when Umpire Emslie, of the National League,
called play, with Princeton at the bat.
Cosgraye hit g single over short and came
home on three bagger by Purnell. Purnells
fly should have been caught by Shevlin. Yale
got her first in the first inning by single
by MetcaR, who stole second, and who came
home on BarnwelIs grounder to shortstop
Neither Metcalf's nor Barnweil's grouuders
probably would have been counted hits if Amel,
Prnceton's shortstop, had been able to get
solid footing in the mud. Yale got two runs in
the fourth inning by a series of muffs and
single. O'Brien made a steal in this inning from
first to second. when one of the Princeton play
had the bail within few feet of second
base. The Princeton players did rot wake UP
until O'Brien safe on the base Yale made
two more runs in the seventh inuing as result
of another series of nuffed flies and fumbled
balls, a sacrifice hit and a two bagger by
Winslow. Yale got her last run in the eighth
inning by tumble, wild pitch and single
The score:
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
LARCHMONT REGATTA.
The EeRn Wins IN Big Sloop Class
Tile Isolde Second.

The spring regatta of the Larchmont Yacht Club
was sailed yesterday on the Sound in good whole
sail breeze from the southwest by south Thirty
nine yachts started and made good time over the
triangular courses. The biggest class sailed twice
around a ffteen-mile triangle: all down to the 25-
foot special class sailed twice around an eleven
Anile triangle, and the smaller boats sailed twice
around a five and one-half-mile triangle The first
leg was a broad reach with booms to port. Tney
gybed at the first mark and had a close reach to
the mark in Hampstead Harbor, and then ran
across the Sound with spinnakers While on the
last leg OF the course the wind hauled to south by
east.
In the big class the Eelin led the first time round
but on the second round the Hester took the lead
She did not get far enough ahead to save her
time though, and the Eelin the race, with the
Isolde second.
In the 43-foot class the Canada Cup challenger
Irondequoit sailed with the Effort and the Challen-
ger. The Challenger broke the jaws of her gah and
had to retire, and the Effort succeeded in beating
the cup challenger by about seven minutes. Ihe
IrondeQuoit in the but was only having
a sail stretching spin
the in the other classes:
sLOOPS-CLAsS I-60 TO 90 FEET-COURSE 30
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
RUDDER OF THEIR SHE'LL STOLEN.
University of Wisconsin Freshmen Have to
Ship an Old Boat for Race.
rBY TELEeRApH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Milwaukee, June 13.-The University OF Wisconsin
frshernen oarsmen are in trouble because Of the
theft Of the rudder of their costly shell, which
was given to them by Captain Pabst. of Milwaukee.
The boat was overturned in the water. and in the
excitement one stole the rudder. probably as a
trophy The rudder not replaced, and the
freshmen were forced take old boat when
they left for Poughkeepsie this afternoon The
only craft which they had ever used was the
Camilla, a shell used by the senior class crew.
This had been III service since last spring, but
was hastily rigged and shipped to-day. The fresh
will loss OF their shell greatly, and its
being placed out OF commission may mean the loss
of their race. The varsity shell shipped in
good condition Several offers of other shells were
made to the freshmen but the Camilla the
only one n which they had been trained, and it
sent East. The other shell will be shipped later if
the missing rudder is returned.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

The Darracq touring becoming popular
this season. The American Darracc Company OF
No 652 Hudson-st- and No. 147 West Thirty-eighfh-
at are the sole distributors for the United Statss
having agents in the principal cities Imports tons
cries
The Banker Brothers Company. OF Nos ~ and lks
West Thirty-eighth-st., and also of Pfttsourg and
Philadelphia. agents for Peerless touring and
WayerIey eectrics. report heavy sales at each os
their branches. Immediate deliveries may be had
from the Thirty -eighth-st. wareroomS.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
BASEBALL.
Cincinnati Shut Ont bu the Giants

Score, i to o.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
THE MAYFL0WER CHARTERED
Ernest 3. Dahlgren Obtains Use Of Former
Gun Defender, Now Schooner Rugged

Hollis Burgess has chartered in conjunction wltn
c.ardner & Cox. the former Cup defender May
ao1rer owned by William Amory Gardner OF gro
ton. Mass. to Ernest 3. Dahlgren' OF Ne" U-A' @
-; -, ba-- OF the New-York Yacht Club The
7roaovrer is 100 feet over ALL 50 feet waterline 3
feet inches beam and L feet draught. she IS
buut of wood and is of the best construction She
was designed by Edward Burgess ana oulit Dy Law"
Low She easily defeated the English cutter Ga!atea'
tha cberlaneer for the Cup and defeated the Fur
tan the Atlantic and Priscilla in the race Ior
the c;oelet Cup in 1886. She has since then been
altered into a schooner. and has proved extremely
.e--, -,,,5er that rig The Mayhower Is to
he 6tfed out under the personal supervision OF
Gardner & Cox and Mr.. Burgess
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
,NTERcLuH LEAGUE FORMED.

A., Irterc1ub tennis league has been formed COM
"a =, +be following clubs: The Meadow Brook
S1nb. the Rockaway Hunting Club. the Ardsley
c,,,b the Tuxedo Racquet and Tennis Club, the
Anawanis Golf Club and the Country Ciuo OF
Westchester
=, ,,ep.z s,npIes and mems doubles win be played
for The mems double tournament will be held at
the Country Club of westchester on June 70 be-
The tennis committee, Country Cluo Westchester
n Y, not later than June -. III, - t,s "A
the Rockaway Hunting Club on July u be beginning
a,1nttee a. ry - PoekaWay Hunting Club. cedarhurst.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

The winners were: The Eelfn, the Effort the
I,eda the Tern the Alert, the Hope the snapper.
the Jolly Tar the Adelaide. the Caper. the Lamb
kin, the Gazabo and the Skidoo.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
STATE LEAGUE sHAKEUPs.

Ringha4nton. y. Y. June ia general snake
IN of the T7ingharnton baseball team Of the State
League was made to-day By the management
Quinn manager and captain; sxsnth hrf5 oIse, base
1asr and luau pitcher, were released fophey,
who hae been urlpiring in the league mas Decn
signed 10 play first base. and win prooaoly manage
ND car9fs{n Inc team It announced also that q
new pitcher and another player will be signed next
week
Amsterdam ~ Y. June 13.-Manager HazeIlon OF
the A. J. and G. State League team mas dispense
-. -. --,sces of williams utility man, who
hss been the managers lieutenant, ana OF MIC
DoucaIl pitcher. and Ginley, inheIder-
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
KALooTU WINS IN HEAVY WEATHER.

Manchester Mass, June ia strong breeze from
the southeast and a rough to-day made ideal
, sitiore for a heavy weather trial OF the yachts
contrasting for the honor of challenging for the
seawanhaka international cup. The kalootu. the
Manchester boat proved herself as worthy under
80 conditions as in the light weather which
vailed during earlier trials. When she crossed the
1iSb line this afternoon. after having twice COW
led rhe windward and leeward course TO Bakers
island and return. she had clean lead OF min
,,tee "a seconds over the Frontenac. and minutes
% seconds over the Vampire. while the Dulce and
The Atalanta were far in the rear, hopelessy
paaf