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The Washington times., 1905-11-21
THOUGHTS OF TODAY.


Let us hope the side line privileges at
the game on Saturday between George
town and George Washington VIII be
handled in a more competent manner
than they We're at the George Wash-
ington-Virginia game.
There seem to be as many champions
as elevens in the Maryland Intercol-
legiate Association
Field trials without birds are about
as sarsaparilla compared with the real
thing.
Now that it is proposed to establish
professional bowling league it would
be interesting TO know the definition
Of an amateur bowler IN Washington
II Garry Herman really Is after Rube
Waddell it must be because the Gin
cinnati magnate's physician ordered a
complete change for him 1t is certain
that life viii never be the same for
him while he has Rube on his team.
If the deputy sheriffs and constables
Of Montgomery county keep on getting
arrested the way they have been lately
/ there win soon be no more out there
/ 20 butt IN on q boxing match at Rock
! Springs.
/ GI4ueELGn was DdQtS AANhGN 81 AONNO<1A4g
but we don't hear anything about her
/ fostering a movement 10 abolish the
/ sport.
| The Washington Jockey Club talks
about educating the public up TO pay
the public is evidently fully impressed
with the fact that this Is day OF free
education.
the American League pennant for Wash
ington next year and Doe Hadheld has
not announced that Dan Patch viii posi-
lively appear al the BrightwOOd spring
meeting. Must be something the mat
ter with the promoters IN this town
Tom jenkins seems to be about one
I lap ahead of Jim JefTries in the race TO
actual retirement
/ We suggest that the next meeting Of
/ the Archaeological Society be held at
the ringside when Spike Sullivan and
+ Del Hawkins met.
The stencil from Hell Devils reputation
as a prophet is not Of birthstone
BOXING.
/ The Colma Athletic Club is trying to
/ get Aurelio Herrera, the hard hitting
/ deAicau DOAeIs ana joe GaiiS 70 SOiiie
/ together for twenty rounds In Decem-
/ Der. Sol S Levison, who is looking
/ after Herrera's interest, looks on the
Z match favDrably and puts II up TO Cans
! TO accept the ofer.
Joe jeanette. the cOlored middle
| weight of New York. who is to meet
Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight
champion for six rounds on Saturday
night next before the National Athletic
/ Club. of Philadelphia, Is fast round
ing into form. He is training with DR.
Knipe in New York jeanette holds q
decision over Johnson and Is confident
| that he VIII repeat the trick.
Il am willing TO post q forfeit OF
g 900 20 bind another match with Bat
ting Nelson" said Jimmy Britt IN Gin
! cinnatf today MY brother Bill viii
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Now that it is proposed TO establish
a professional bowling league it would
be interesting TO know the definition
of an amateur bowler in Washington.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

II Garry Herman really Is after Rube
Waddeu il must be because the Gin
cinnati magnate's physician ordered a
complete change for him. It is certain
that life viii never be the same FOR
him while he has Rube on his team.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Field trials without birds are about
as sarsaparilla compared with the real
thing
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Tommy FeltZ. the Brooklyn feather
weight, who Is in Philadelphia, Is after
match with Tommy Murphy OF New
York, for six rounds. Feltz Is back In
his former good shape. and would make
the Harlem boy go some for the short
route. Feltz issued g challenge 10 Muir
ply when the latter beat Rouse O'Brien.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

The Colma Athletic Club is trying to
get Aurelio Herrera, the hard hitting
Mexican boxer, and Joe Cans to come
together for twenty rounds IN Decem-
Der. Sol s Levison, who is looking
after Herrera's 3 interest, looks on the
match favOrably and puts il up to Cans
10 accept the offer.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

If the deputy sheriffs and constables
OF Montgomery county keep on getting
arrested the way they have been lately
there viii soon be no more out there
20 butt IN on q boxing match ar Rock
Springs.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

We suggest that the next meeting Of
the Archaeological Society be held at
the ringside when Spike Sullivan and
DaI Hawkins met.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21
BOXING.

The stencil from Hell Devils reputation
as a prophet is not Of birthstone.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Tom Jenkins seems to be about one
lap ahead of Jim Jeffries in the race TO
actual retirement
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Princeton was badly licked at football,
but we don't hear anything about her
fostering a movement TO abolish the
sport.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

be here on Wednesday with that amount
OF money, which is a dividend Of the
receipts from the fight pictures IN the
East. ! have made up my mind TO take
on some one else IL Nelson viii not
fight me and may engage IN some six
round boGts in Philadelphia
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Jimmy Gardner, the Lowell light
weight. who clashes with Mike eTwin)
Sullivan for twenty rounds on Friday
next IN Frisco. is so confident he will
win that he wired his friends IN New
England to bet their money on him.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

President Tom Noyes has not claimed
the American League pennant for Wash
ington next year and Doe Hadheld has
not announced that Dan Patch viii posi-
lively appear al the BrightwoOd spring
meeting Must be something the mat
ter with the promoters IN this town
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Il am willing TO post a forfeit of
&, 900 20 bind another match with Bat
ting Nelson" said Jimmy Britt IN Gin
cinnati today. MY brother Bill VIII
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

4 brilliant fifteen-round battle De-
tween TWO good featherweights was
cut short IL Buffalo. n. Y, last night
when Kid Buch was awarded the de-
cisiOn over Eddie Kelly, in the seventh
rOunu, DeIOr.. the r.-tt-s a ,tss.e,s. F.. titt,
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

The Washington Jockey Club talks
about educating the public up 10 pay
ing 81 for a grandstand admission. but
the public is evidently fully impressed
with the fact that this is a day Of free
educa ton.
The Washington times., 1905-11-21

Gus Bezenah. of Cincinnati, and Kid
McFadden. of Frisco. are to fight
twenty rounds at catchweigilts before
the Colma Athletic Club on December n
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Injured by Dynamite Explosion.

st. Peter, Mimi, Dec. 13.-J. M. Pc
terSOn, and old resident Of st. Peter
narrowly escaped instant death in a
dynamite explosion here. Unaware OF
the fact that it contained a-auantity Of
the explosive, he heated a length OF
pipe at his forge and the resulting ex-
plOsion shattered his right hand, cut
him about the head and probably de-
stroyed his eyesight. The conclusion
was so great that it nearly wrecked
the building.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
General,


Woodbury. Kane, widely known in
social, yachting and club circles. died
suddenly at his home in New York.
The right of a theater manager to
refuse tickets sold by a sidewalk spec
ulator was upheld by the New York
court OF appeals.
Directors of Swift & Co. have voted
to increase the capital stock Of the
company by $685. 900, 900, which will
bring the total up to $685. O0, 900.
Delegates from all parts Of the
United States were present when the
fourth triennial convention of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women met
in Sinai temple, Chicago.
A. r. Meyer, a widely known capital
list, n Of Kansas City's most PROM
inent business men and the founder of
Leadville, Colo, died at Kansas CITY
Of rheumatism Of the heart.
Minister Griscom, Americas din,o-
matte representative at Toxic, who ar
rived at San Francisco last week on
the Manchuria, confirmed the report
that Admiral Togo proposes to visit
foreign waters.
Miss Elisa Williams, believed to
have been the oldest spinster in Amer
lea, died at the home of her nephew.
O. A. Summers, in Kokomo, Ind. at the
age Of 1O1 years. She was born Nov.
1, 1904, at Connellsville, Pa. She NOV
ed with her parents to Indiana when a
child.
Bones Of a primitive giant have been
unearthed by Alonzo Lewis, a farmer
living near Sulphur Springs, Ind. The
skeleton Is more than seven feet in
length and the skull has horns about
an inch and a half long projecting up-
ward from a point just behind the
ears. Several similar skeletons have
been found here Ia the last few weeks.
All the peculiar bones were found in a
gravel pit on the Lewis farm.
a retriever belonging to George
Adams, the alleged embezzling cashier
of the federal assay ONCE at Seattle.
has led detectives to / 1000 in gold
dust. concealed in his home.
fNEE EMEa 2EE fNttR NMNM M nAN Et-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
WINDFALL TO FARM HAND.
Indiana Laborer Falls Heir to Bavari.
an Estate of Many Millions.

Chicago, Dec. 13.-George Becher. a
young Bavarian living on a farm south
of Hammond, Ind, has been notified by
the American consul at Munich that
he is one of four heirs to an estate in
Bavaria said to amount to $4,000 900.
The estate was left by the brother OF
his grandmother, and there are no
heirs in Europe. Becher is a farm
hand and has been in America three
years. He has papers proving his re.
latiOnship.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
BOY ROBs HOME OF JUDGE.
Result Is Twenty-Four Years in a Pen.
itentiary's Walls.

New York, Dec. 13. - If Wilhelm
Raeker, a youth of nineteen, had the
opportunity to rob the house of a SUI
preme court justice again, he probably
wouldn't "bungle," but he will not
have the chance for a long while, as he
was sentenced by Judge Crane in the
county court, Brooklyn, yesterday, to
spend twenty-four years in Sing Sing
prison. What was particularly humili-
ating to Wilhelm was to see Justice
William D. Dickey Of the supreme
court, his victim, sitting on the bench
while sentence was being pronounced.
Raeker came here from Hanover, Ger
many, only six months ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
REouIslTIoN FOR GROVE.
Council Bluffs Prefers Charge Of Hold
ing Up Street car.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 10. - Gov.
Cummins yesterday issued a requisi-
ton for the return of Pat Grove to
Iowa to answer a charge of holding up
a street car at Council Bluffs, on the
night OF July 2, 1905. A woman be-
trayed Grove, and he will be tried
upon her evidence. Lillian c.. Bolton
OF Council Bluffs, in the hearing for a
requisition, claimed that she over
heard Grove telling others about the
robbery of the car and two passengers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
The News of the Week

Sweet Grass county MONTY au-
thorities are investigating the death Of
Frank Morris, who died of injuries sus-
tanned in a fight with William Rankin
a few days ago at Big Timber.
Harry Eldredge, a leader of the Fol-
som (Cal.) convicts who broke from
the prison on July 81, 1903, and who
was convicted of the murder of Guard
William Cottes. died on the gallows at
the prison.
Henry zimmerman, aged seventeen
years, OF Alhambra, ILL.,, shot both his
father and mother with a shotgun,
%wounding each seriously, as the out
come of his efforts to protect his
mother from the alleged attack of his
father.
Henry Yenson Brichong has been
sent to prison from Sault Ste. Marie
for three years and a half for the theft
Of 800 worth of silver from the local
churches, and jewelry, watches, tools
and clothing from other places. Sew
eral drayloads of goods were found at
his home.
William S. McWilliams has con-
fessed to the murder Of his wife and
five children, whose muti,ated bodies
were found in their home near indie
pendence, Iowa. McWillians says that
he committed the act because he be-
lieved his children better dead than
alive and could no longer live with his
wife. whom he accused of driving him
to desperation with her demands for
money and her jealousy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Foreign.

The Austrian foreign office expects
that the porte will Immediately acqui-
esce in the demands of the powers"
The Vienna correspondent Of the
London Daily Telegraph says: "The
international fleet has occupied the
Island of Lemnos, in European Turkey.
The Nobel prizes committee is I'M
derstood to have decided to award the
prize for literature to Henryk Sien-
kiewisz and the prize for medicine to
Prof. Robert Koch.
Henry Burnett, representative Of
Chief Engineer Stevens Of the Panama
canal zone, arrived at Kingston, ia
maica, to engage several thousand la
borers for work on the canal.
Over a thousand Chinese who are
merchants in a small way at Singapore
attended a meeting at which a consid-
cradle sum was collected for the pur-
pose of continuing the boycott on
American goods.
The Belgian steamer Phillipville,
from Antwerp for the Congo, reports
sinking a steamer, name not given,
southeast Of D~urgeness. The Phillip
vile picked UP seven Of the crew of
the sinking steamer.
Gen. Weyler has taken personal Of
Tense at a speech delivered by Gen.
Luque, the new minister of war, in
which the latter said he proposed to
restore discipline in the army. Mill
tary men foresee the possibility of an
encounter between the two generals.
Nine. Sarah Bernhart and her COM
pany left Quebec recently under police
escort after a mob had made a vicious
attack upon the French players, throw
ing rotten eggs and other missiles.
The attack was the result of uncom-
plimentary remarks made by Sarah
Bernhard about French-Canadians
and the influence of the clergy.
An official memorandum issued by
the British admiralty states that as
the result of recent reforms the text
estimates for the navy will show a re-
duction of $500, 900, beyond the reduc-
ton of ST., SOC, 900 made last spring.
The admiralty considers that the pres
ent strategic requirements will neces-
state the building Of four large ar
mored ships annually.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The telephone now is blamed for
putting corns on the ear. But it has
yet TO encourage corns on the tongue
OF the impatient and irascible sub
scriber.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Woman Killed IN Court

New York. Dec. 12.-Elsie Parker, a
colored woman twenty-f four years old,
was stabbed to death ii the corridor
OF the West side police court. Will
lam Williams, aged nineteen, was ar
rested. charged with the murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Mccoy CHALLENGES corbett.

New. York. Dec. 12.-Kid' Mccoy last
night sent a challenge to James J.
Corbett for a fight, the terms OF
which are to be arranged later, 1t be-,
ing understood that a new club in
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

That celebrated English beauty doc.
tor who Is coming over to cure Ameri-
u women Of LONELINESS should re-
main where she can do most good.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Twelve rules for choosing a hus-
band are formulated by a New York
woman. The first one is, Choose one
with money. The other eleven do not
matter.-Chicago Journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

When q Russian workingman sees
= new manifesto by the government
his first impulse is not to take it home
and try it On the piano.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Alfred Austin, the English poet
laureate. say he never reads what
the newspapers publish about him.
Even in his writings Alfred shows
that he has little taste for humor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Somebody robbed the city OF Buff
fal0 Of $4,000 four years ago, and it
has Just been found out. But that's
nothing. Philadelphia has been robbed
of mill,eas that never will be found
ont.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

A great deal OF inventive talent is
wasted on flying machines that might
be useful to mankind il turned in the
direction OF making the frog in the
railway switch track less deadly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The Russian name for the League
Of Leagues is Obstchestvo Profession
alnfkh Obstchestv. Is it any wonder
that this organization has terrorized
the government?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The queen Of Greece is the only
woman admiral in the world, having
received that distinction from the
car Of Russia. Russian admirals
are q miscellaneous lot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
FORGED POSTAL ORDERS.
Charge Is Made Against Former Post
office Clerk,

Chicago, Dec. 12.-R. Vernon Bris-
coe, twenty-five years old, vas arrest
ed yesterday by p~ostoffice inspectors
on a charge of having forged postal
money orders. Briscoe was formerly
employed at a substation in Philadel-
phia, but has been living in Chicago
for a month. He is said to have Sc
cured number of blank postal money
orders and by filling them out for vari-
GUS amounts to have defrauded the
government to the extent of $500.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

How much extra would you be will.
Ing to pay for that favored pair Of
horses ct the New York show that
was kissed by Mrs. Vanderbilt?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

To Iipton's two regrets. that he
failed to Gift the cup and that he
never. married. he Will probably be
able to add = third. that he ever men
tioned the second. as soon - the re-
turns came IN.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

One q the saddest figures in the
world Is the optimist who believes
that human ingenuity will yet be able
to frame a law that human ingenuity
will not be able to evade.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

A land flowing with milk and honey
wouldn't appeal SO much to some peo-
pie as q land flowing with beer and
p~retzels.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Sir Tommy Upton says he regrets
never having been married. All right,
girls; his address is care of King
Edward. England"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

He is a reckless man who on leav-
Ing st. Petersburg pays out money for
q return ticket in the hope that he
may want to use it some time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The shah of Persia is said to have
an uncOnQuerable aversion to Holsters.
Teheran Is no place for a musical
comedy chorus.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Sir Thomas Lpton's regret Il 40
having been able yet to lift thu
Americas cup is more or less n1kael
ny the satisfaction Of thinking that
10 MiaKy nillions OF his culstomefs
ut the teacup.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
WANTS JAP COLONY.
Pastor Of Baptist Mission at Seattle,
Would Convert Orientaas.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 13.-Rev. Frank
Okazaki, pastor of the Japanese Bap-
fist mission in Seattle, supported by
leading Christian Japanese residents.
is planning a colony OF immigrants
from his country. 1t is planned to es.
tablish the colony somewhere on pI.
get sound. Okazaki desires to estab.
fish the colony in order that he NAV
better spread Christian teachings
among his people
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
PREMIER NAMES
new CABINET
- a.
KING APPROVES CAMP6ElL.BAN.
NERMAN'S CHOICE OF
MINISTER'S.
NO REVIVAL OF. HOME RULE
PRESS COMEDIES STRENGTH OF
CABINET AND COMPLIMENTS
premier.

london, Dec lit Is officially an
nOunced that the new British ministry
is made up as follows:
Prime Minister and First Lord Of
the Treasury - Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman.
Chancellor of the Exchequer-Her.
bert Henry Assuith.
Home Secretary - Herbert John
Gladstone.
Foreign Secretary - Sir Edward
Grey.
Colonial Secretary - The Earl OF
Elgin.
Secretary of War-Richard Burden
Haldans.
Secretary for India-John Morley.
First Lord of the Admiralty - Baron
Tweedmouth.
President Board of Trade-David
Lloyd George.
President Local Government Board
John Burns.
Secretary for Scotland-John Sim
clair.
President Board Of Agriculture
Earl Darlington.
Postmaster General - Sydney Bux-
ton.
Chief Secretary for Ireland-James
Bryce.
President of the Council-The Earl
Of Crewe.
Lord Privy Seal - The Marquis OF
Ripon.
President of Board of Education
Augustine Bitrell.
Chancellor Of the Duchy Of Lancas-
ter-Sir Henry Hartley Fowler.
Lord High Characteristic Robert
Threshie Reid.
The foregoing constitute the cabi-
net.
The following ministers are not in
the cabinet:
Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland - The
Earl of Aberdeen.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland - Rt.
Hon. Samuel Walker.
First Commissioner of Works and
Public Buildings-Lewis Vernon Har-
court.
King Gives His Approval.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
drove to the palace at 6 o'clock last
evening and had an audience of King
Edward of about twenty minutes, and
at which his majesty signified his ap-
prevail of the new government.
The Conservative morning newspa-
pers are compelled to admit that Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman has sue
ceeded in forming a much stronger ad-
ministration than had been thought
possible. The Liberal papers are full
of enthusiasm and OF cordial congratu-
lations to the premier on having not
only ably united all sections Of his
party in the ministry, but on having
displayed great discrimination in CIV
ing its individual members congenial
posts. They express the conviction
that such a cabinet will inspire con-
fidence both at home and abroad.
The names of Herbert Henry Asquith,
Sir Edward Grey and Richard Burden
Haldane alone, it is held, will give
great weight to the ministry and in.
sure that there will be no revival OF
Gladstonian home rule, despite the
fact that the cabinet contains a pre-
ponderance of those favorable to home
rule.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Il 1t Is true that music will cure
crime It 10 on the homeopathic prin-
ciple Of similia similibus curantur,
when rag-time Is employed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The fact that a Philadelphia mar
committed suicide while his daughter
was playing Goodbye, Little Girl,
Goodbye" is significant.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
TWO BLOWN TO PIECES.
Bodies Of Two Oil Drillers Strewn
Over the Ground.

Chanute, Kan, Dec. IL. Herber:
Shannon of Merwin, Mo-, and John
Turner Of Chanute, oil drillers, were
blown to pieces by the explosion OF a
boiler on the Burkhart lease, seven
miles east of here, yesterday. The
bodies of the two men were literally
strewn over the ground. ;
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

King George of Greece buys his
wife 2 new gown every day. Won
der what he has been caught at.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

A monkey broke up a girls party
down in Ohio. This monkey. how
ever, wa not invited.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

High tides have been flooding the
canals of Venice and the Venetian
street department is in sore straits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Prince Louis Of Battenberg gave
proof that he is the possessor Of d
good set OF digestive organs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

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