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The Washington times., 1903-04-17
YOUNG CORBETT NAY
SOON MEET H'GOYERH
Philadelphia Boxing Club Offers
a Purse.

NEW YORK, April IA Philadelphia
boxing club is trying TO arrange a six
round contest for June between Youns
CoTbett and ferry MtGovern. Yesterday
Sam Harris. manager Of McGovorn, re-
ceiyed a telegram from Bert Crowhurst
offering good-sized purse for a bout
between the champion and ex-champion.
and Harris Immediately accepted. Cor
bett was also notified.
George Considine. one Of the cham
pions closest friends and one OF his
hackers. when asked about the proposed
match, said:
Young Corbett is on the Coast with
his vaudeville show. and I don't look FOR
him in New York for about a month. /
don't think he Wis make any matches
until he comes here. The Philadelphia
offer is a liberal one, bat Young Cor
bert makes his own engagements, and it
is all with him.
sam Harris says his offer to bet S1e.-
GOO on McGovern does not apply 10 a
six-round contest. However. he says. he
is confident Terry can beat Corbett in q
six-round engagement. IN answer from
Corbett is expected today.
PHILADELPHIA. april Hilary
Tuthiu, Young Corbett-s trainer, who ar
rived in Philadelphia yesterday. said
thar the worlds featherweight champion
would arrive from the West in about a
week, and that Corbett was willing 30
meet any man in his class.
Talking Of his little champion, TuthiI1
said
~Corbett viii box NcGovern again if
The inducements are large enough. for
he is more confident than ever that he
can beat Terry any time they meet.
The champion viii not bar any man IN
the world in his class, and they can't
come any too fast 10 please him. He is
out to get all the money in sight. and
If he can see any good prospects in an
other go with Terry he viii give the
Brooklyn boy third and last chance to
regain his Iaurels Corbett made a
big pot of money out OF the recent
Frisco fight, but he realizes he must
make hay while the sun shines, hence
his willingness To box again
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
VIRGINIA HORSES ARE
NOW IN GREAT DEMAND
Hackney Blue Ribboners Bring Good
Prices in New York Market.

LEESBURG, Va. April I7.-John G.
White, of this place, has sold, through
" D. Grand, OF the American Horse
Show Exchange, Of New York, eight
high-bred horses. half hackney. Among
them were the Virginia horse show
prize winner. Lord Fairfax; a prize team.
Threads and Patches; Gray Eagle, and
several others.
These animals were sired at the Selma
Stables, near Leesburg. Charles Mott
overseer OF the MayfeId Stud farm. near
Leesburg. owned by J. S Curtis. of Eng
land. has Just sold four handsome two
year-olds for large sum 10 Pierre
Lorillard. Of New York. They are Blue
buck, Pianola. Mignon, and RissoIe.
These colts show wonderful speed. They
were displayed at Bennings and were
shipped from that point by Mr.. Ilorillard
10 his stables in New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
BONNER IS CLAIMED BY
THE LOUISVILLE CLUB
Tebeau Says Boston Second Base
man Jumped Contract,

Frank Bonner. the Boston second
baseman, is in trouble again He is
claimed to have signed two contracts
last year, enc with Louisville and the
other with Boston Bonner is the man
Who after rocky time Of it in CIeve-
land last spring. went 10 the Athletics
10 take Lajoie:s place He lasted only
a few days and after Mack released him
he signed with Louisville. Manager
George Tebeau claims Bonner signed a
contract for 1903 on July of last year,
and that ne belongs to the Louisville
club. When the Bostons arrived in
Louisville last Saturday to play an exhi-
bition game with the CoIoneIs. Bonner
did not show up with the Beaneaters.
deciding TO keep out Of the Jurisdiction
of Tebeau. The following from the
Louisville Courier Journal tells the
rest, and it viii be seen that Bonner ap-
pears 10 have the worst Of the deal.
An interesting discussion took place
in the Office of the Louisville baseball
club at Eclipse Park yesterday after
noon shortly before the game began.
Frank Bonner, the man who played sec
ond base for the Louisville team last
season and who broke his contract ana
jumped to the Boston club Of the Ma
tionaI League, failed to show up. anG
has not been seen in Louisville since the
Boston team arrived here.
The Boston team is managed by A.
c. Buckenberger. President Tebeau
caught Manager Buckenberger as he was
entering the grounds yesterday after
noon and showed him the contract which
Bonner signed with the Louisville club
Tor this season. Bonner signed this con
tract on july of last year, and It was
promulgated by President Hickey Sep
TENDER Is, 1902 This shows conclusive
y that Bonner belongs to the Louisville
club, and that he should play under Te-
beau II there is any right or justice II
baseball
President Tebeau made Manager
Buckenberger admit that Bonner. on the
evidence, belongs TO Louisville and The
Boston manager promised that on his
return 10 the Hub he would take the
matter uD with Soden Conant. and Bill
ings. the owners of the Boston National
League organization.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
MODES ANNOUNCE
FALL FOOTBALL DATES
No Game Is Scheduled With Penn
Princeton, or West Point Teams.

ANNAPOLIS. April I7.-Midshipman
Arthur G. Chanee. manager OF the Naval
Academy football team Of 1893. an
nounced the following schedule for next
fall:
October 10, University of Virginia:
October Il, Gailaudet not entirely ar
ranged; October Il, Dickinson; October
y. Baltimore Medical College, October
p, Lafayette; October Is. Georgetown
October 81. Pennsylvania State COLLEGE.
November J. New York Militia
November Z. Washington and Jefferson;
November II. Bucknen: November p.
( Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Pennsylvania declined 10 make a date
and the game with Princeton was can
celed upon advice of Coach Gould. who
does not desire the middieg to meet
the strong Tiger team so early in the
season.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
COACH COURTNEY NOT
TO LEAVE CORNELL

ITHACA, y Y, April 1.-THE under
graduates were relieved when Prof. Du-
rand stated that there was not tde
slightest fear that Coach Courtney was
TO leave Cornell and 90 TO Harvard 20
coach the Crimson.
IN view of the fact thai Mr. Courtney
spent several weeks there last winter
and that his three years contract wiea
Cornell expired this year the ~umoTs 10
the effect that Harvard was TO obtain
the coach caused some apprehension.
However. the Cornell navy manage
ment as well as the students and every
alumnus are too aDDreeiative of the
services Of Courtney TO permit him 10
leave Cornell. however attractive the Of
fer might be
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
VIM. HAHN & CO.'S BASEBALL
TEAM IS ORGANIZED

William Hahn & Co, 5 baseball team
has been organized for the coming sea
son. and would like TO arrange games
with commercial teams. TO be played on
Sundays. All challenges should be ad-
dressed TO Manager b. D. areyfuss. care
Of main store, Seventh and K Streets
northwest.
Team lineup: G. VogeIsberger. c.: c.
Dante, p, C. Handy. IS and p-. b. Drey-
fuss ] b. tcaptaiE}. = kaufman. 2b. J.
GeieT, 3b.i c. Langley, If, z. Eslin. cf ..
j. Walter. If SUbs-Aul, Ehrmau. Hess,
and Mullen
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
FORBES AND LOVE ARE
MATCHED FOR SIX ROUNDS

Harry Forbes, the bantamweighr
champion boxer Of the world. and
Tommy Love. Of Philadelphia. were
finally matched yesterday TO box six
rounds before the Washington Sporting
Club, Of Philadelphia. next Monday
night al catch weights. There was a
little difference between the weights Of
the two bantamweishts, which vas final
y adjusted TO The satisfaction Of both.
FORBES considers Love one OF the
sturdiest boxers ne has ever met. and
was not particularly anxious 10 cIiach
The match. unless he should weigh at
reasonable figure As the latter has ia
ken an extra week 10 train for the con
test. lac viii tip the scales at about the
same weight as the champion.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
M'GRAW DECIDES NOT
TO PLAY GEORGE DAVIS
Latter on Advice Of Counsel Ward, Re
ports for Practice, However.

NEW YORK, April 17.-George Davis,
acting on the advice of his counsel. John
VI. Ward. yesterday appeared at the
Polo Grounds and reported 10 Manager
John MeGraw, OF the New York Club.
Davis announced that he considered
himself under contract TO the New York
Club for 1903, and was ready and ii
condition 10 play
McGraw declined the shortstop's ser
vices, and informed him that under the
terms Of the Cincinnati peace agree
ment he did not belong 10 the New York
Club Davis did not say what his next
step will be
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
SUTTON STILL LEADS IN
TIE BILLIARD MATCH

NEW YORK, April I7.-George Sutton.
the handles wonder stili leads in his
2.o60 point billiard match with Frank 4.
Reeney at the Knicllerbocker Academy.
brooklyn. He has scored !, SEQ points 10
keeuey+s I 5CS
Two blocks were played yesterday In
the afternoon Sutton played 10 Ene form
and finished his string o. zoo points while
his opponent was making I35
Keeney played the better game at
eight. and counted 80 TO Sutton's zoe.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
GEORGETOWN PLAYS
HARVARD TOMORROW
Crimson Team Now CHARTERED at
the ShOreham.

After lapse of two years. the Har-
ward baseball team will he seen in
Washington tomorrow afternoon.
Georgetown's sturdy sons are scheduled
TO cross bats with the Cambridge lads.
at 4:l5 O'Clock. and a battle royal is
anticipated by ali those who have seen
the previous encounters between the
wearers Of the blue and gray and the
crimson team.
Rain has prevented the majority Of
.Ceorgetown's best games. The local col
Iegians were unable to play LAFAYETTE.
Syracuse, Cornell. Yale one game and
princeton one game But the skies are
now brighter and Graduate Manager
thompson says he has information from
the weather bureau that there VIII be a
iet-u2 in the deluge until after the Har-
ward game. The Georgetown ball tos-
sers are woefulIy in need of practice.
Drill, Georgetown's star pitcher. has
had long rest while the rain was fall
ing fast, and will be in prime condition
TO pitch his game tomorrow.
Crimson at Practice.
The Harvard team arrived in Washing
ton about noon today, and went to the
ShoFeham Hotel. This afternoon the en-
tire squad went over to Georgetown
field TO do few preliminary stunts be-
fore the contest tomorrow Harvard
stopped her visits to Washington two
years ago, because her loyal sons did
not relish the idea Of getting licked
every time they came. This year. how
ever. Manager Josiah Miller made ar
engagements with the manager early in the
season and the game was arranged.
The Harvard pitching staff is strong
this season, and the star man Will doubt
less go in to do the box stunt for them
The Washington times., 1903-04-17
PRINCETON TIGERS
RETURN 10 TRFIR LIP

PRINCETON, y. J. april 1.-THE
university baseball team returned from
It's Southern trip yesterday afternoon.
Only one game Of six innings was played
that against Georgetown last Saturday.
which was called on account Of darkness
with the score against the Tigers The
four other games were Cancelled on ac-
count OF weJ weather
The Washington times., 1903-04-17

Pittsburg writer's are IamentIng the
fact that the Pirates are not showing
world beating form thus far. and claim
that they must brace up, Or they VIII
not be IL the first fight.
The Washington times., 1903-04-17

Connie Mack seems to have slipped his
trolley in letting Mitchell 20. That
young man has beaten the Athletics
twice and he helped Philadelphia down
the champions 2 10 ! in ten innings
The Washington times., 1903-04-17

Beer of the standard Of Heurich'S Beers
considered q food product. Millions of peopI
find in beer a heaIfhfuI sfin7uLanf while engage
in physical labor witch, besides its n0urishiH
effect, possesses iuvigorafing and sfrengfh-prc
duciHg qualities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Felt No Need of 1t.

An aeronaut at a county fair had
made rather an unlucky ascension. His
balloon had gone high enough, but the
wind had carried him a mile or two
farther away than he anticipated, and
the car, in descending, had become en-
tangled in the top of a tree in a village
street and spilled him out. He struck
the ground with some violence.
A crowd quickly gathered about his
PROSTATE form.
Stand back and give him air!' eX-
claimed three or four at once.
The aeronaut was not seriously hurt.
He raised himself feebly to a sitting
posture.
'Air?' he echoed, in a tone Of deep
disgust. Don't you think I've had air
enough in the last ten minutes?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
A Remarkable Woman.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov. 23.-NIrs. Anna
M. Willis, Of this place, charming old
lady Of "a years, has given for publica-
ton a very interesting letter.
Mrs. Willis is widely known and
highly respected, and the recommends.
ton she gives is we'll worth the con-
sideration Of any one who may be In
terested. Mrs. Willis address is r. r.
No. 6, Kokomo. Her letter reads as
follows:
II have been troubled with Kidney
trouble for 20 years. 1t was so bad
that it affected my heart and my back.
It hurt so that l could not get up
when down, and began to think that
I would be past doing anything. l
was recommended to get Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and purchased some at the
drug store of Mr.. G.. q. Meek. After
using several boxes, was completely
restored. l feel twenty years younger,
and I am able to do all the usual
work in the house and garden which .
person who lives on the farm has 90
do, although 1 am IA years Of age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
QUEER STORIES
~o0o0oA

Strange to relate, more people live
to be centenarians in warm countries
than in cold ones.
The notion that wet season in Eng
land is followed by one in Australia
has been disproven by III. G. Russell
The belief prevails in China that
women who wear short hair will in
the next world be transferred into
men.
In Wales there are 100000 people
who cannot speak English; in Ireland
there are 10000 who speak only Irish,
and in Scotland there are 10000 who
speak only Gaelic.
Fish kept in filtered water will die.
This is because the nutriment in the
fluid has been filtered out of it. What
is nutriment to the fish, however,
proves injurious to mankind when it
is taken in a beverage.
The last Congress created 1876
new offices and employments, at an an
nual compensation Of 1927, 629 AS
lIO OOhSAC0O OISO dOOA1SOCu 1,CIO VI
fees, the net increase is 9,5O1, with an
aggregate Of $6,9S6,15S in salaries and
wages
There is great grief at Rouen,
France, where the famous bell known
as "Rouvel," which for an uninter-
rupted period of 600 years has rung
the curfew, has just exhibited a Sc
rious crack. 1t is feared that repairs
are impossible and that the bell will
never ring again.
Concrete strengthened with steel
OF ferro concrete-is being used for
water mains in Belgium. For moder-
ate pressures-that is, heads below
sixty-siX feet-a skeleton of steel bars
of doubleT section is prepared, some
of the bars running lengthwise of the
pipe, while these are wrapped with a
spiral of similar bars spaced according
to the pressure to be borne. The skel-
eton, in lengths Of ten feet, is placed
in a vertical mold, which is then filled
with quick-setting cement. For great
er heads, up to the maximum Of 1873
feet, the basis of the pipe is a steel
tube one-tWenty fifth inch thick, with
a steel skeleton both inside and out
GideN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
In His Own Time.

An old Scotchman, named Robert
Gordon, was seriously i'll. He had,
says the New York Times, been wheed-
led into making will by a crowd of
greedy relatives.
The paper had been drawn up, and
lacked only the signature. The sick
man was propped up in bed, and a pen
was put into his hand. He managed
to write Robert Cor" and then fell
back, exhausted.
A nephew seized the pen and offered
it to him again.
I'D, Uncle Robert, dr. he urged, re-
ferring to the next letter of the sigma
ture.
The old mans eyes snapped.
"Deev he gr0wled. "I'll dee when
I'm ready, We avaricious wretchw
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

During the short war with Spain the
management Of the army Of the United
States was severely criticised, and the
officers supposed to be responsible
therefor were condemned by popular
opinion. Yet the complications which
hampered the efficiency of the army
were a result rather Of the defects of
a system Of long standing than Of bad
administration by those in charge. This
became evident to Congress, and after
the war ended in August, 1885, a cam
paign for army reorganization was be-
gun. 1t was not until February, 1901,
two years and a half later, that the
army reorganization bill became a law,
and in February of this year only was
the final step in the reform taken, by
the creation Of the army staff. What
makes army reform In the United
States particularly notable is that in
terest in the question survived in Con-
gress for four years and half after
the imperative need for a more eff
cient army had passed. When the
Boer war began in 1899, the British
found their system Of army admins
trntion suffering from the same defects
of divided responsibility and from the
same delays Of circumlocution that
caused the scandals in the United
States in the spring Of 1898. No i'm
portant reform was attempted during
the progress of the struggle. Not long
after the war ended, in May, 1902, a
commission was appointed to inquire
into the management>o of the war office
and to recommend reforms. The pub
LEGATION of the commissions report
caused an almost universal outburst of
Indignation, for the report not only
proved the accusation that the British
army had and has mo thinking depart
ment," but 1t showed conclusively that
the government is as unready for war
now as it was before. A plan for
changing the organization Of the regi-
ments and brigades has been proposed,
but the central administrative author
ity is as divided as ever. If the Brit
ish succeed in thoroughly reorganizing
their war Office by 1906, they will have
done as we'll as Congress did.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
BOER COLONY IN ARGENTINA.
Former Subjects of Dom Paul Thriving
in south America.

Former Subjects of Dom Paul Thriving
in South America.
It is known that after the TranSvaal
war many Beers emigrated from South
Africa and established several colo
MES in different countries Of Europe
and America, whose authorities were
glad to offer inducements to such we'll
known agriculturists. Little informa-
ton has been received yet from those
colonies, says the New York Tribune,
except from that of Escalante, found
ed in the Chubeat district Of the Ar
Escalante which recently reached the
government office of lands and colonies
at Buenos Ayres were accompanied by
photographs which gave an idea Of the
actual situation and off, what may be
expected from the tenacious and intel
ligent work Of the Beers. They have
already begun to erect brick houses,
the material coming from the brick
ovens and plants built on the spot.
There are large farms in flourishing
condition, with plenty Of cattle, the
main source of wealth in the Argen-
tine Republic. On the banks of the
streams trees, especially eucalyptus,
have been planted in numbers. There
are everywhere gardens and orchards,
the plantations being generally sur
Of earth and stones.
The Beers are seldom inactive. When
they have nothing to do on the farms
they go fishing or hunting, to procure
variety Of food. They preserve relig-
iously the remembrances Of the moth
er country for whose independence
they fought. The names which they
have given to their plantations are a
proof of this. Two of the farms are
called Dewet and Delarey; others are
named Bloemfontein and Magersfon-
tein.
The relations which the Beers en-
terrain with the natives cannot be
more cordial. From the beginning the
natives have given the colonistS every
assistance possible, and the Beers are
SIOdlly pl0dS0u WIFI Tie Eec0pllOu ISu-
dered to them by the Argentines, who
informed them regarding the land to
be cultivated. On Sundays the Beers
at Escalante meet for religious serv-
ices at the Dewet farm, the use Of
which is given them by the proprietor,
their countryman, Herr Bauman. AS
stated by the Buenos Ayres paper, La
Prensa: ''These religious sentiments,
this faith, which united old and young
which transformed their generals into
priests and made a people of heroes
are those which they carried along in
their emigration, which make them
strong and tenacious for the work.
which will leave a good seed in the
Argentine soil, welcome in these times
of skepticism and egotism, is that new
blood which will be transfused into
the veins Of our people, bringing new
elements Of vigor, purity and health
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

The Gar of Russia has written the
words to a weird, melancholy song,
which, it is said, betray his unhap-
piness. If he will now learn to preach,
to write plays, compose dirges, paint
pictures, model statues, design his
wife's dresses, furnish plans for war
ships, command armies, build Noah's
arks for the children, write history
and do a few other little things that
an emperor is supposed to know all
about he will be right in Williams
class
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Chilly for Mr.. Frost.

At the Salmagundi Club, A. B. Frost,
the artist, was recently bemoaning
the delinquencies of a certain artist
friend of his. We're sad lot, I'm
afraid, we artists he said, in con-
clusion.
You can't tell me anything about
artists in general" remarked the lady
who was with him, a little sadly.
"And what did he do? inquired
Frost, "to turn you against the entire
fraternity"
"Ee married me!' said she.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

1t is the general disposition to exalt
material achievement to the disparage-
ment Of political leadership. This is
doubtless due to the activity Of politics
in degrading itself. But consider what
1t means if we are to assert that any
material structure, whether bridge,
steamship or railroad, is greater than
the social or national structure. 1t is
a mathematical impossibility that the
whole should be less than any Of its
parts. Yet is not that what it means
If we are to hold that the creator of
the structure which serves the material
life Of the nation is greater than the
leader who directs or creates its ma
tional growth, progress or enlighten-
ment? No sane man will dispute the
greatness of a Roebling, Lindenthal,
Edison or Stephenson. But it is not
Understanding them to hold that their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02


historical work His first publication
was "The Leaders of Public Opinion
in Ireland" in which he slletched the
lives of Swift, Flood, Grattan and
O'Connell.
'The History of Rationalism in Eu-
rope and his History of European
Morals, from Augustus to Charlie
magne," published in 1865 and 1869 re-
spectively, established his reputation,
but the History Of England During
the Eighteenth Century," which occu-
pied him for nearly twenty years, be
ing completed in 1890, gained him his
chief distinction, especially for it's lucid
style and impartiality. The chapters
dealing with Ireland have been pub
lished separately in five volumes. His
other writings partook mainly Of the
character Of essays, chiefly on modern
subjects.
By his discussion of contemporary
politics in the work entitled "DemOc-
racy and Liberty published in 1896,
his doubts as to the outcome of GER
tain tendencies Of modern democra-
cies aroused considerable criticism in
America as well as in Great Britain,
and in republishing the work his depre-
catory estimate of Gladstone directed
attention to many points in that states
mans career open to attack He en-
tered Parliament in 1895, representing
the University of Dublin. Many of his
works have been translated into for
eign languages.