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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1907)
Get Next To Nature CAMP Better Trout Fishing Cannot Be Found Better Hunting Grounds Are Not Known If you neither fish, nor hunt, you will find much to interest you! Strange fossil fields, beautiful natural sceneryf invigorating atmosphere, cool" pleasant evenings, pure mountain water, and that vastness of Nature, which broadens men's minds and clears the brain of care and worry .' FOUR SPLENDID THROUGH TRAINS DAILY LEAVING OMAHA AT CONVENIENT TIME. FAMOUS AS A STAKEHOLDER Silly Edwards Said to Have Held a Million Dollars in Wagers. HIS HONESTY NEVER QUESTIONED Tactful Boinnr, He Handles John L. Snlltvaa When Loaded-. How ConkJIna- Prevented Scrap. In a reminiscent article on the life of the late "Billy" Edwards, as stakeholder 'and bouncer, the New York Herald says: David B. Hill, Rosco Conkllng, John W. Mackay, Wright Sanford, John A. Cockerlll, Amos Cummlngf, Rteel Macksye, Colonel Thomas P. Ochlltre and a score of others equally welt known In the days of the old Hoffman house recognised "Billy's" unique qualities, and they were his friends, but so also were "Circular Joe" Vendlg, Gu Tut tle, "Jere" Dunn, "Irry". O'Brien and a hundred others who moved in quite differ ent political and socjs! spheres. It Is' conservatively estimated that during the yesrs when "Billy" Edwards was an attache of the Hoffman house, charged with the preservation of the peace In Its famous cafe or art gallery, no less than H.OrO.QOO of trust funds passed through his hands In the form of wagers Intrusted to him as Stakeholder ' by habitues of the place. It Is not: recorded that of that large sum a dollar ever went, wrong or that a better ever had occasion to seriously challenge "Billy's" stewardship.- This In Itself . Is no small tribute to the integrity of the little rigllt, and when It !a considered that at least two-thirds of the mer. who placed money In Edwards' bands In the form of bets were personally stronger to Vim and knew him only by reputation, trie universal confidence folt In Ills honesty and judgment appear the more remarkable. There never were any kinks over the way 5io Old his part. The newspaper writers of the time helped to spread his reputation, and finally tbe casual visitor from Denver. MI!waur-or Oshkosh was as ready to bet hi ro!'.. provided he could Intrust It to, Billy" Edwards, as was the seasoned New Torker who had been frequenting the Hoffman house for years. Edwards' well known abstemiousness prabably helped him to Inspire and retain popular confidence. He was not precisely a total abetaoer from liquors and tobacco, but he Indulged himself so seldom that It ' almost amounted to that. While on duty In the Hoffman house Ed wards never appeared like an employ of the hotel. He always wore his hat while about the corridors or bar sad In dress and demeanor affected the appearance of those who frequented the place for diver sion or conviviality only. Held BlaT Eleotlen Bets. In the days preceding the presidential election of YcM Edwards held about J50.000 In wagers staked upon the result and In tiie Cleveland-Harrison election of 1892 he held nearly H50.000 In political beta. Betting was particularly brisk in 1801 and during the nights of the week Immediately preced ing the election Edwards' services were in demand frequently In half a dosen places at once, Edwards' system of taking- bets was. sim ple aud apparently effective. He always made three memoranda. ' Kaon contained, briefly stated, (lie conditions of the bet, the a-nount wagered and the names of the par'.le ta the bet. One cf th.se cards, signed by tie I we betters, Edwards re Go Where You Will Forget IN G UN: I YELLOW tained. The other two ho signed and gave one each as receipts to the makers of the wager. When election results were close or in dispute It sometimes happened that largo sums of money remained in the stake holder's hands for months. When the question at Issue had been decided Ed wards paid upon surrender of the receipt curd signed by himself, which he had given to the man who had the winning side of the wager. If that man happened to be unknown to him, Edwards always mads him not only produce the receipt card, but also requested him to sign His name. This signature the stakeholder then compared .with the one "written upon ! tho memorandum and given to him when the bet was first recorded. Men sometimes refused to wait for the formality of memoranda or receipt, and they often had no ' voucher whatever, though Edwards always preferred that they should have one. "How did you manage to prevent pick pockets In the crowd from getting your money while you were busy writing T" Ed wards wss once asked. "T. am not positive that I did always prevent It," he replied. "I may have lost some bets In that way, because the chances are that If a pickpocket took anything he took the roll of money with the memorandum card attached to it. All I could do to prevent pocket picking was to lean against a table, counter or chair In such a way as to prevent anybody slipping a hand Into my pocket without my feeling it. Watched for Pickpockets. - "Long experience has also enabled me to do two tbtnga at once In such an emergency. I kept part of my mind on the memoranda I was writing and part of It in the money In my pocket. Dur ing the week preceding election I put the money Into the hands of a trust com pany as soon as I could, on the day fol lowing the making of the beta, but dur ing Saturday, Sunday and Monday ' pre ceding the election in 1891 I was unaole to make any deposit, and had to carry about 150,000 around with me. That Is a good deal of responsibility, and I would not caro to do It as a steady thing. "T hava nevar fallen h t aiMnt nn t Via understanding that my Judgment is finale" Edwards continued. "I make the best decision I can, and once the money is handed over I consider myself through with the bet. So far I have never had any serious trouble on that account." In the Hoffman house for years by the sheer force of his tact, character and repu tation lie preserved the peace aod (held within decent bounds, the eacesses of riot ous college youth and the alcoholic demon strations of persons from tie four corners of the earth who were prone when In their cups to become querulous. Less tactful men might have made an awful mess of It, but "Billy" Edwards never flaunted his prowess In the faces of men Inflamed with spirituous courage. A few soft-spoken words from him usually sufficed, or If thst plan or a gentle escort to a waiting cab failed to avail Edwards sometimes lured the obnoxious personage Into Valkenburgh's saloon, next door, where there Is now a hat store, and unloaded him on the ho.plU.llty of that long-suffering German. But "Billy" generally ac complished an eviction from the "art gal lery", so artfully that the evicted, if he had any rational consciousness whatever, felt himself rather flattered than otherwise by the polite attentions of so famous a personage. Paglllat, He Kstw Jla Jitan. On the rare occasions when physical force actually became necessary, after all other expedients had failed. Edwards quickly proved that be had not permitted himself to go "stale." Somewhere or other N Is the direct ro he had picked up several jlu Jltsu tricks and ha Was alan elavar In nil tha a v. . rt the skilled wrestler. When he really had to lay hands upon an obstreperous bellig erent he soon had him completely cowed, and the offender usually found himself out In Twenty-fourth street without having been actually struck and without quite realising how he had got there. Once It looked as though Edwards' tact and prowess alike were to be put to a crucial test, with no less a personage than the only John L. Sullivan as his antag onist. Sullivan had recently whipped Paddy Ryan and. with his usual train of silk-hatted satellites. John L. had dropped into the Hoffman in process of celebrating his victory. He had already celebrated ex tensively elsewhere, nnd whrn he reached the Hoffman the big fellow' was in one of his ugliest moods. Sullivan and his friends ordered wine lib erally, and the heavy-weight champion be came more boisterous and abusive. Ed wards stepped behind his chair and cau tioned him mildly that rowdyism must cease. ' He appealed to John Ls better In stincts, but the appeal only enraged Sul livan, who arose, glowering oyer the little man and showering him with abusive epi thets. Jacobs, the hotel detective, and the, CHfo waiters were quietly closing In to the support of Edwards, and every customer In the place was on tho alert, wondering Just what would happen if the heavy weight Colossus and the former lightweight champion should really come to blows "Bene no more liquor to this party," said "Billy" Edwards quietly-to the he4 bartender, without taking his watchful eyes off Sullivan. The giant understood the or der and advanced a step toward "Billy," redoubling his wordy abuse. Edwards d'd not flinch, and It looked as though the next moment must precipitate the most serious "rough house" in tho Hoffman's history. .At that moment the Twenty-fourth street door opened and In stalked the majestic form of Boscoe Oonklinv. ti. v.-. v i. ... . .. . iri a senator was proud of his physical prowess. as ne was or his comely person, eloquence and grace. He was especially proud of the fact that he had more than once been permitted to soar with the ro.i.,i,i.M John L. He was aware also that Sullivan liked him and that he possessed more in fluence than did roost men over the erratic champion, drunk or sober. Conkllng took in tbe situation at a glance, strode over to where Sullivan stood, placed his hands on the big fellow's huge should ers, whispered a few words In his ear, and la two minutes John L. Sullivan, quieted and mollified, was on his way to a cab outside, under the guidance of Senator Conkllng. That closed the Incident aud the Hoffman house coterie was destined never to know what would have happened if it cam to a "showdown" between Sullivan and Edwards. JACK JOHNSON'S. LIST IS FULL .,11 Arthnr Tells Champion Burns 1 Walt Ilia Tarn. NEW YORK, Aug. 2t-Jack Johnson says there will be no change In his plan to fight Sailor Burke. Johnson evidently does not think there is much In the offer he re ceived, to f.ght Tommy Burns, for when be was asked what he would do about the fight he said: "I'm going to fight Burke on Labor day. If Burns wants to fight me be will have to wait till some time around Thanksgiving day. I , hafe another fight scheduled for August J7, when I'll meet Jim Barry cf Pennsylvania. .The bout' is scheduled to go ten rounds, but I guess it won't be as bad as that. Barry is no heavyweight. He weighs about Jo7 pounds and is a very f -et UtIiUs but T in.... r.y eight will toll." STON1 PA ute to this Great Camping Ground, or to . A Si POLO PLAYERS FIX MATCHES Four Tournaments Precede Windnp at Yan Cortlandt. CLOSING DAYS OF A BUST SEASON Meadow Brook Mentioned a Chal lenger for the Ilarllnaham Cop . Foxhall Keene Not Named n Tram. NEW YORK, Aug. C4.-Now that the Newport tournament Is over and only two or three matches remain to be played at Saratoga tho polo players will Journey to liuim. aomewnai iar apart for a brief period, but K is hoped that the three east ern centers of the game, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and the Manhattan clubs, will be represented at the closing tourna ment of the season on the Van Cortlandt park field under the auspices of Squadron A September 15 to 22. The trophies to bo played for then will be the squadron cups for teams of four whose aggregate handi cap does not exceed ten goals, and the Van Cortlandt cups, open to all teams under the regular handicaps. Van Cortlandt Is the only field of the tournament circuit that Is "not on the grounds and under the management of a country club. There is a small enclosure back of the timer's stand open only to those who have cards of ' Invitation from the squadron. The dressing ttnt for the players and another tent In which refresh ments may be had are In the enclosure, which Is the Mecca of past and present poloists during each match. The parking places alone the sido lines on either eni of the enclosure are filled with o,n.,m biles containing many women who like the game, ino squadron coach may also be aligned and possibly two dozen of car riages and sporting traps,, but as. with racing the admirers of polo now favor motor cars more than driving. All this savors of the usual country club atmosphere, but alnnr th. line, which is narallclcrV with Pm.iin-.v and the trolley line from Klngshrldge to Yonkers, Is the real spectacle. Rows of park benches and the sloping hillsides are thronged with pleasure seekers, men. women and children, who follow every piny with keen and critical eyes. Who ever reveals fine riding skill and straight hitting Is sure of a united yell of appre ciation from the onlookers, the sort of a cheer that follows the finish of a great race, ' and Is wholly different from the JIacid applause of the country club spec tators. Prior to Van Cortlandt there will be a tournament at the Ruinson Polo club, Sca brislit. fiom August 31 to September 7. The prises will be the RumsKn cup, gift of M. t. C. Bordfn, and the Monmouth cup, presented hy F. M. Warburg and W. S. Jones. Other tournaments will be at tho Buffalo Country club. September 2 to 7, and at the Dedliain, Mass., Polo club. Sep tember 3 to 14. The trophies for the latter tournament are the Perry cup, gift of Mrs. Marsdert J. Perry, with individual priies added by J. R. Gladding, tho Ded liam, Karlsteln and Norfolk cups and the special cups given by tjio Myopia Hunt club. There is also a competition sched uled at the White Marsh, Pa., Polo club, for t fa of four whoae aggregate handi cap does not exceed ten goals, the prize being the present of Charles N. Welsh. It Is a three-season cup, the White Marsh team opening tie series with a win last year. PololBts expect an American team t challenge for t'.ie liiternaliinul cup at Hur Unsham next season. It will be mad up Business C I F I s .1! H Yi A f ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET AT CITY 1324 FARNAM entirely of Meadow Brook players. H. P. Whitney. J. M., Jr.. and U Waterbury and Devereaux Milburn are named as the first choice for the team, with an array of sub stitutes to include Reginald Brooks, J. A. Burden, th two Phlppses and other. Mil burn played at Hurllngham In several tournaments when he was at Oxford, and before donning the sky blue Jacket he was a splendid back for the Myopia team. It Is the first time the sending of a team has been broached without Foxhall P. Keene being named, which la to be ascribed to the fact that he Is a Rockaway and not a Meadow Brook player. Keene played as a boy on the team that lost the cup to the Englishmen at Newport In 18S6 and he has twice captained teams to challenge at Hurllngham. but only to be beaten. ' In 1H00 the challengers were an Inde pendent team, and but one match was played, England winning by 8 goals to 2. The Americans were Keene, the McCreery brothers and P. 'J. Mackey. Two years later Keene, the Waterburya, J. E. Cow- din and R. L. Agassis went over as rep resentatives of tho Polo association. They won the first match, 2 goals to 1, but lost the next two -l and 7-1 Should Keene so desire he could doubtless nHct a Rock away team to go over that would do as well as Meadow Brook, while by including the pick of the Bostonlans and the Phlladel phians he could form the strongest pos sible team to try with at Hurllngham. It Is not beyond probabilities that there will be two Rlchmonds on the Hurllngham field next spring. By going to the Onwentsia club, Chicago, to play for and win the first of tho Polo association championships held In the west the Rockaway team J. A. Rawlins, It La Montague, Jr., Foxhall P. Keene and D. Chauncey, Jr. scored u distinct tri umph. The trip revealed a loyalty to the Polo association and a genuine desire to widen the interest In the game throughout the country, for the previous champion ships had all been on tho Atlantic coaxt. The Bryn Mowr and Buffalo players were also bravo enough to seek the "fresh fields and pastures new" for the tournament, the other teams engaged being from Onwentsia and the army officers of Fort Riley. Meadow Brook, although holders of tho championship, did not send on a team. It Is true that the departure of II. P. Whitney to Scotland for the grouse shoot ing weakened the first team, but with tho many substitutes available a creditable four might have been selected to defend the Astor cup and title at Onwentsia in fact the very same week a Meadow Brook team won the Great Neck Polo club tourna ment. To build up support for polo In the west is a broad and national ob)ect, and. should the suggested plan of holding the championship there every three years be followed out, it is probable that next time more than the Rockaway. Bryn Mawr and Buffalo teams will have the enterprise and public spirit to enter. There is no better way of teaching polo than by Illustration, and If the westerners are fired with enthusiasm by the fine game of the visitors crack teams will soon be as common there as the fine golf links, with the inevitable result that the champion ships will become of national interest. The pioneers from the eaxt this year found the Onwentsia field a delightful one to gullop on and free from cups, while the gallery was equal to one at Newport In enthusiasm and the presence of fashionably attired women. The Ixmdon polo season ended in July, but matches are still In progress in the country' and In Ireland, where a Hurllng ham team made up of M. Ni kails, R. Orenfell, Captain H. Wilson and P. W. Nickalls has departed to play for the Patri otic cup. There was not a single important tournament at London in May nnd only Go To Wyoming Worries C PARK STREET. one club this season that had any first class polo In that month. There Is a move ment tp begin the next season earlier by having the trial matches for the champion cup in May. A new location for polo, whloh seems to follow Englishmen over the globe, has been found In the ancient empire of Abyssinia at Addis Abeba. where the field Is t an altitude of 8,000 feet, so that four periods of eight minutes each are quite enough for the men and ponies. The latter are about fourteen hands and vary so little that an official measurer is not needed. The Euro peans started a club at Addis Abeba last year for sporting and social purposes gen erally, besides polo,- for which there Is a full sized field. The game was first played In the place, which la Emperor Menelik's capital, by Sir J. Harrington and the mem bers of the British legation in 1000, who kept up polo, with the officers of the Indian cavalry until the start of tho new club gave a permanent home to the players. FOOT BALL GAMES FOB ARMY West Point's Schedule Start Com ' neat on It Scope. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Some weeks ago the announcement of the West Point foot bail schedule was commented upon vari ously, it being remarked that the army men had been induced, by the defeat In the navy game last year, to make this year' schedule somewhat easier. That the navy does not agree with the views of the army on this point is made obvious by its sched uie. Harvard Is added to the list of oppo nents and, although this game really takes the place of one with Princeton, efforts for a game with the Tigers have not been a ban doned. Vanderlillt, Lafayette. Pennsyl vanla State and other strong teams are to be met before tho team lines up against the army and the eleven will have been thoroughly tried out when the climax of the season comes. That game should show the wisdom or folly of a hard schedule for the government schools. Yale and Harvard will meet In foot ball this year under a special agreement, the old five-year agreement covering every branch of sport not having been renewed. Whether or not tills fact has any signifi cance floes not as yet appear. There has been less friction under the five-year agree ment than ever before, but the events of this year may be expected to take place as smoothly a heretofore. Instead of the usual plea from Yale of weakness. New Haven sends out this year stories of certain triumph on the aridlron. The Blue, thanks to the rule forbidding FISHING Ji rw J " . . - v ISAWW f . than in Contagious Blood Poison. The least particle of this insidious vim will multiply in the circulation and so thoroughly contaminate tbe blot 4 ' that no part of the body will be exempt frota the ravages of this powerful disease. Usually the first symptom is-a little sore or ulcer, insignificant ii itself, but soon the blood becomes so contaminated that the mouth and thro ? nlcerate, glands in th jjroia swell, hair and eye-brows come out, coppc -' colored spots appear on the body, and frequently sores and ulcers break, o t ' on the flesh to humiliate the sufferer. S. S. S. cures Contagious Blood Poisv. i ' by purifying the circulation. It attacks the disease in the right way by goir g' down into the circulation, neutralizing and forcing out every particle of tit? poison, and making thit fluid pure, fresh and health-sustaining. The im provement commences as soon as the patient gets under the influence" S. S. S., and continues until every trace of the disease is removed from tl e blood, and tbe sufferer completely restored to health. Not one particle c f the poison is left for future out-breaks after S. S. S. has purged and purifitd the blood. Book oa the borne treatment of this disease and any medical advi ' desired free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GJ TICKET OFFICE, 'PHONE DOUGLAS 1826 freshmen to play on 'varsity teams, hal a cub team of unusual strength last y-ai and not unnaturally look to these yot te sters to bolster up the first eleven hlt year. The 'varsity could have made g use of one or two of these freshrnaq aai season and a victory over Princeton mlhf well have taken the place of the scorelrst tied game had some of them been av.'M- ' able. Base Ball Maaro lftOT. "Oh. father!'' quoth a tender maid, "Pray what la this I read About the base ball game they'd playeu . Such language I ne'er seed! "It says that 'Twlstem had great form, 'His speed was lightning-like; . ,' 'He was the goods, and very warm, 'And "had 'em on the hike! " 'A pitchers' battle; fireworks tnrt; 'Strong's weak one Nibbsley nabbou, - , 'A rotten throw buy him a cartl 'Just air big Muggsey grabbed! . .' " 'Bibbs smashed to center for a sack; 'Squlbbs cracked It on the nose; 'SqulKRs hobbled failed to get It back' opuzuaii lurnea on nis iiosel " 'Another marker, annexed two; 'Jones skied, but died, alas! 'Bean beat a bunt and Charley draw 'A plainly framed-up pass! , ".ThSn81u,!"cr tun the pber for one. And Swatem sent him on, ' While Klllltt warped It toward th surv 'It may come down by dawnl , ,' " 'They all romped home; th fan wwat ' mad; '"Oh, what a pud!" they cried: . 'Then Crackem- popped first down-'. . bad; 'Pltnk plumped to Plum and died! ' "' " 'Frelgh got a blngle stole to sec; ," 'Fish foxzled Pounder's drive, 'But Smasher almoe t broke lis neck " ' More honey for our hive!' . "And so It goes some other stuff ' J-eft garden's brilliant catch. "Farm him;" "Look at that bush leai,v muff!" ' "Some uv them fowls may hatch!"' I told you he'd connect with it!" 'Hlim burned the and to rlaht! ' "Just watch us squeeze !' "A dandy hi'."' ' "Aw, bring thut l.'inps a light!" "'Out at the pan; killed right at home! ( ' "Now, wtiat d'ye think of that?" ' ' And thus into the end she roams, ' Thro- phrases rich and fat. ; y "Oh. daddy, daddy!" cried the girl, "My brain Is troubled aore. And swirling, twirling In a whirl wno won. and what the score?" Indianapolis News t If you have anything to trade advert! It In the For Exchange columns of T I Bee Want Ad pages. CURES o BLOOD POISON