sgattffKS -v-? ?vara STJW ?nf,-rflgw ONE CENT A WORD' Spent in THE DISPATCn adletsJ aeenres yon a servant, finds yon m situation or brings a tenauir for your rooms. ONE CENT A WORD Spent in THE DISPATCH adlots secures yon a servant, finds you a situation, or brings a tenant lor your rooms. f pttwi$ EiB?.gJS7B!yg!3r FORTY SEYENTH TEAR. BtELA'S COMET ' ISJURNEO UP And the Becent Bright Mete oric Displays Came From the Fragments SCATTEBED IN THE SKY. The Theory of Garrett P. 'Seiriss, the Illustrious Astronomer. A Peep at the New Comet Shows It Is Disappearing Rapidly It Is Still a Mystery, but No Longer a Cause of Fear Among Astronomers It Is an Undoubted Feature in a Spectacular Way To-Morrow and Sunday Night Have Beautiful Displays Promised The Meteors Now Seen Are Termed Bielads, From the Burnt-Up Comet The Whole Thing Intensely Interest ing to Astronomers. rerrciAi. telegram to tiie nisrATcn.1 New Yonn, .Nov. 24. There were no celestial fireworks to-night Hardly ercr did a meteoric firefly flit across the firma ment to reward the eager watchers who froze to housetops beguiled by the display of the night previous, and by the various interesting probabilities thus indicated into the belief that the heavens would rain fire and the Columbian bridge fireworks fade from memory by comparison. A carefnl and iaithful ontlook during the whole evening and up to midnight was un rewarded by aught save two or three in significant points of light that dropped through space and disappeared almost be fore they could be perceived. All this was verj discouraging and dis appointing to ordinary folks only eager for tbe spectacular, but it was mighty inter esting to the astronomers. The brilliant shower of meteorites of yesterday means a good deal in relation to the mysterious comet that has been puzzling astronomers. The fireflies, fireworks and diamond-drops that the poets saw last night were Bieliads, that is, bits ot the Biela comet. Very Latest About the Comet. Garrett P. Serviss, the astronomer, ex plained all about the meteorites to a Dis patch reporter to-night, and something of the latest news about the comet. "The shower of meteors seen last night," Mr. Serviss said, "were undoubtedly Bielads, meaning the scattered particles, may he re mains, of the famous Biela comet This comet, it will be remembered, after coming around regularly every six and three-quarter years for some time, suddenly split in two ik 1S46, aud these parts separated some 200,000 miles. In 1852 the pieces had spread 2,000,000 miles apart, and in 187? the comet had apparently gone to pieces en tirely. It has not been seen at all since that year. k Now the earth crosses the orbit of Biela's comet on November 27, and jt is on that date that these meteoric showers were looked for. But Bieliads were seen incon siderable numbers last Saturday. They were seen in fewer numbers again Sunday night, and the following nights until Wednesday, when an especially brilliant shower occurred. The Meteors All Come Too Early. The tact of these meteorites which are positively identified as being particles from Biela's comet, by the direction from which they come, and all proceeding from the proper radiant poiut appearing eight days before the earth is due to cross the orbit of Biela's comet indicates that these swarms of meteors are scattered over a space ot at least 25,000,000 miles in diameter. The meteors may be rushing along the comet's orbit in a cylin drical stream, and this means that the cyl inder of meteors is 25,000,000 miles thick, but the fact ot the meteors falling in large numbers on Saturday, then bnt a few on the succeeding nights until Wednesday, and after the brilliant shower last uight again, a lull to-night is good evidence that they are scattered irregularly over that space, in bunches or shoals, so to speak. Again, it may be that there has been a displacement of Jhe comet's orbit, and that we really passed through the real swarm, the center ot the orbit, on Wednesday night If this was so there will be no meteorio shower on Sunday, the 27th, the time it is actually due. Displays for To-Morrow and Sunday, But Mr. Serviss thinks the meteors should continue to fall through the skies in show ers until Sunday night, when the biggest displays should be seen. Then there may showers for eight days after that If so, it would be exact evidence that the comet ary particles had actually scattered over enormous space of 25,000,000 miles, and were sweeping along the orbit of Biela's old comet in that stupendous stream, Biela's comet has been most erratic, and all these probabilities may fail, but the whole thing is exceedingly interesting to the astronomers. One thing the meteors have proved that will greatly interest most people aud perhaps relieve a few, is that they clearly indicate that the mysterious comet now visible in the constellation or Andromeda is not Biela's, and that it is not rapidly approaching the earth. The comet is moving oil to the south so rapidly that its orbit cannot now be made to coincide with Biela's. At one time it occupied precisely the place in the heavens where Biela's comet should have been, but it is now beyond question that it is not traveling in tne orDit ot liiela's comet The New Comet Still a Mystery. The comet Is stilLa mystery and a matter of speculation, and no one can tell Just what it is. All calculations have been bated on certain theories and the mistake was in supposing it to be much nearer the earth than it really is. Of course the fact that it was exactly where the Biela comet should have been gave rise to the mistake. The comet is evidently a stranger, but it is a comet that very greatly resembles Biela's in its condition. Its mass is prob ably not treat, but is of great rarity and scattered oyer a wide space. .It shows some tendency to dissipation. The head has been knocked all to pieces, and while it still may be coming this-way, it is, if anything, fainter now than it has been at any time since its discovery. Mr. Serviss showed the comet to The Dispatch reporter through a good glass, and it was distinctly disappearing. It would be very difficult to locate it with or dinary opera glasses, and if the unpracticed observer did stumble across it he would be more likely to wipe the glass, thinking it blurred a little, than to believe he had spotted the comet The nebula in Andro meda is much brighter, and the two are but a short distance apart A Failure In a Spectacular 'Way. Apparently the comet Is a failure from a spectacular point of view and is fast losing prestige, and folks will soon speak of it slightingly if not with contempt But Mr. Serviss says it may really be a body of enormous size. It is still barely possible that it is coming this way. It may be an immense distance off-vet and might loom up interestingly before long.and then again it may be but a cloud of meteorio dust At the best the comet it still a mystery, and it will take long and careful observa tions to acquire any positive knowledge of what it is and where it is bound. But it will have to do something startling pretty soon if it expects to hold any plaee in public attention, to say uothing of re spect Meanwhile, it will be worth while to keep an eye aloft, especially on Satur day and Sunday nights, when the real swarm of Bielads is actually due. Meteors as Large as Jupiter. A special from Galesburg, II L, says: Prof. E. L. Larkin, of the Knox College observatory, made careful observations on the remarkable meteoric shower that prevailed here last night He says the shower was three or four days ahead of time, and that it result! d trom the earth passing through the Andro meda radiant space. He also says that the meteors proceeded from a point not far from where the comet is. From 9 until 9:15 o'clock: he counted more than 1,000 mete ors, and in the following two hours counted 200. He states that at least 100 more escaped his vision. Some of these meteors he describes as being as large as Jupiter and as having brilliant trains. The motion of the meteors was slow. The sky was very clear and the conditions were favorable. MRS. CLEVELAND ESCAPES. With a Close Call From Death In a Buna way Accident Lakewood, N. J., Nor. 21 Special Mrs. Grover Cleveland had a narrow escape from being seriously hurt in a runaway ac cident, this forenoon. She went out for her morning ride, accompanied by Francis P. Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, Jr. Mr. Freeman, Sr., took the reins, his son, who had just arrived from Bellmar, oc cupying the front seat with him. The party had been out for about an hour when the horses' heads were turned homeward. In turning, the off horse shied at a passing carriage, and before Mr. Freeman could pull them up they were off. There was a brisk wind blowing, and as the loose leaves new up tne horse became more frightened, and down the road they dashed. Mr. Freeman, who is a powerful man, braced himself against the dashboard of the carriage and kept the frightened animals In the road, turning safely tor every carriage in the road. During the mad run one" of .he horses kicked up a good-sized utone, which just grazed the window from which Mrs. Cleveland was breathlessly" watciilng the horses. When within a half mile ot town Mr. Freeraap, with almost super human strength, pulled the horses up and conducted the party safely back to the cottage, well frightened but without harm. F. M. B. A. DECLINING, Bat Its Champions Profess Confidence In a Speedy Revival. Ciiamfaign-, III., Nov. 24. At the second day's meeting of the Central Assem bly of the F. M. B. A. was devoted to the hearing ot reports. While it was shown that there had been a large decrease in the mem bership, all of the speakers seemed sanguine that the association would more than regain its former strength before the next annual meeting. One amendment to the constitu tion is a proposition to admit women and youths as members. C A. R,pbipson, pf Fountainton. Ind., was elected President The Assembly closed its labors bv adoDt- ing resolutions ot faith in the future great ness of the order, aud'calling upon members to assist in reviving the work; demanding tree and unlimited coinage of silver, and an increased circulation medium and recom mending the establishing ot postal saving banks in lieu ot the preseut method ot perpetuating national banks; that Congress should prohibit dealings in futures of agri cultural anda mechanical productions nd the adulteration of foods and medicines; demanding an equitable system ot gradu ated tax of incomes, and favoring the elect ion fo United States Senators by the people. FIGHTING IN SAMOA. Rival Tribes Fight Bloody Battles for the Empty Title of Manga. SAX" FbanciscO, Nov. 24. Ever since the death of Manga there has been trouble over the name or title of "Manga," which is a royal prerogative. It was given by one lot of villagers to the chief of Quogetage aud another party to the chief who has been residing it Fogoleau, on TJpolh. Chief of Fagaitua, Leiate, who had a good deal to do with the giving of the name to the Pago Pago chief, attacked Aoa, who, with Fogot age, had been supporting a rival Manga. Four natives were killed and one wounded. On October 19 Aoa went to Pago Pago ana enaeavoreu id seme tne matter peace fully, but on the boats approaching the beach they were fired at by the Fogassi people, who belong to the town on the bay of that name, and who had joined with Pago Pago. They killed two men and wounded three. Fogotage and Aoa were driven out of the bay and both their villages were de stroyed. The damage so far has been done chiefly to the white men's property. It is rumored that some of the towns near Leona may join in the quarrel In that case the whole of Tutuala would become involved. OHE FILLED A BAG WITH JEWJ3LHY Wlille the Other Held the Attention of a Repairer With a Clock. Omaha, Nov. 24. Sneak thieves entered the jewelry store of S. Jonasen & Co. this morning and got away with 510,000 worth of diamonds and $5,000 worth of gold watches. Jonasen had stepped out ot the store, lear ing only a watch, repairer in charge. A man came in with a clock which he wanted renaired at once. While the jeweler was at work the stranger stood in front of him, hiding from view his confederate, who entered and filled a bag with watches and diamond rings. After the clock had been repaired the stranger lett LOT 1 X EIPPEB. The Gruesome Placard on a Bag Containing Pieces of a Corpse. Melboubjte, Nov. 24. A bag contain ing two human legs was found in Haw thorne, a suburb of this city, to-day. The members had evidently been recently sev ered from a loan's body. The leg was marked "Lot one J. fiipper." PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, J892-TWELVE PAGES. 1 M'CBEA. 2-BEABD. 3 AALI.IS. 4-GrtEENWAT. NOT AN ISLE OF REST. Cleyeland Fails to Find the Seclu sion for Which He TaYeled FAR FROM THE OFFIGESEEKERS. Fire Hundred People Greet Him on His Arrival at the Island WHERE THERE ARE 0XLT 13 HOUSES Exmore, Va., Nov. 24. President-elect Cleveland is enjoying himself quietly on Broadwater Island, the beautiful but iso lated resort which is owned by the Broad water Club. It is 19 miles from Exmoor Landing, which is two miles from Exmore station, on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk "Railroad. The private steam launch Sunshine plies between the lauding and the Island over a course which follows Machephongo ereek for 5 miles. The island is pine miles long and.three miles wide, and contains a population of 21 families. At the late election 31 votes were polled, and they were all for Cleve land. The President-elect and his friends, Charles B. Jeflcrson and L. Starke Davis, are the guests of Joseph L. Ferrell, Presi- dent of the. club, at his cottage, which is a short distance from the club house, the lat ter standing in a grove of pine trees a half mile inland, Mr. Davis is a member of the club. Cleveland's Arrival at the Island. Mr. Cleveland-arrived at Exmore station shortly a,ftcr 5 a'clppck yesterday-morning, but the party remained in the private car of General Superintendent Kenny, of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore "Railroad, in which the trip was made, until 7 o'clock. Although the hamlet contains but 13 houses, and five of them are stores, nearly 600 people welcomed the distinguished guest aud gave him a cordial reception, both'at the station and landing. Mr. Cleve land acknowledged this welcome by un covering his head and shaking hand's with the gathering. At 8:30 the Sunshine conveyed the trio to isroaawaier isiana, Aimougn tne object ot Mr. Cleveland's visit is tp secure abso lute quiet and much-needed rest, he ex pects to spend some time in ddck shooting. A heavy northwester continued steadily both yesterday and to-day, and the party has remained indoors. Mr. Cleveland is in excellent health. A Reporter Seeks Him Out. A reporter went to the island to-day and presented his card to the President-elecf. He was received courteously, but Mr. Cleveland begged to be excu-ed from sub mitting to an interview, life, however, ex pressed himself as being delighted with his surroundings, and said it was his intention to remain on the island five or six days. Then he will join Mrs. Cleyeland at Lake wood, N. J. It is probable, however, that if the President-elect's stay is not inter rupted hy callers he will stay several davs longer. It does not seem possible that a more iso lated spot could have been selected where Mr. Cleveland CQuId be free from the vari ous annoyances to which he was subjected in New York, Since Mr. Cleveland's arrival it has been remarkably cold for this localitv. It is expected that the wind will fall suf ficiently by to-morrow to allow the party to go duck shooting. Mr. Cleveland ate his Thanksgiving din ner at 5 P. 1L, the only persons present be ing bis companions, Messrs. Davis, Jeffer son and the host, Mr. Ferrell. PHELPS PRAISES HARRISON. America the Only Country Where a Thanks giving Day Is Possible. Berlin, Nov. 24. The Society or Amer. icau Physicians gave a dinner at the Kaiser- hof in oelebration of Thanksgiving Day. Two hundred guests were present Among them was Minister Phelps, who responded to the toast, "The President of the United States." Mr. Phelps said: President Harrison has given the country the cleanest and most successful adminis tration In American annals. When history makes up its record on every page will be written the name of Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Phelps gave a tout to "The Bepnb ltcan Party," which, he said, "is temporar ily withdrawing for repairs because it has given some ofusoffine." "America," Mr. Phelps added, "is the only laud in which God has poured forth such a river ot good things that it takes a Thanksgiving Day to dispose of them.. America is the only na tion that could have a national thanksgiv ing. Other nations try it, and the day, in stead of becoming a day of thanks, becomes a day of prayer. When other natiens prav, they nrav for just what the United ,Slates has -rot." THE DAY AT-WASHINGTON. Harrison's Household Feast on a 31-Pound Fowl, With One Chair Vacant "Washington, Nov. 24. Thanksgiving was quietly observed at the White House by a reunion of the President's family. There was a vacant seat at the dinner table, which gave an unusual sadness to the occa sion. There were present the President, Mrs, McKee, Mr, and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs. Dimmict, Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker, Bev. Dr. Scott and the President's three grandchildren. Tbe prin clpaJ.dUh.was the Si-pound Rhode Island 1 TALE'S WINNING TEAM;' 6-MESSLER. O-HINCKET.- O WINTER. 10 ADEE. T-BOTTEBWOKTH. ll-STILLMAU. 8-HICKOK. 13-M'CORMICK turkey. The President, accompanied by Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Dimmlck, attended divine services at the Church of the Coven ant in the morning. Vice President Morton spent the day quietly at his beautiful home, surrounded by him immediate family, while members of the Cabinet attended church or ate dinner in a quite, home-like way. DANIEL'S PLUM PUDDING. The Weight of tho Democratic Sweetmeat Cat at Richmond Is 271 Pounds. Bichmoj-d, Nov. 24. Thanksgiving weather was clear and cold. The feature of the evening eelebratien was the cutting of the mammoth Cleveland and Stevenson Democratic plum pudding by Senator John w. u.iniei. The revised weight of the pudding was 271 pounds, that beingthe latest estimate of the number of electroral votes received by Cleveland. A 12-pound slice was sent each of the successful candidates, 12 being the electoral vote of Virginia. ' FRESH VERSUS SOPH. Even Girl Students Tako Part In a Class War In an Iowa College All Started hy Mortar-Board Hats Halr-PnUinsr and Eye-Gouging. Mount Veenon, Ia., Nov, 24. The Cornell College, of this place, is greatly excited over the big class row between sophomores and freshmen. The trouble began when the sophomores appeared wear ing mortar-board hats. A ho. -fling moh of freshmen attacked them, and a general class fight ensued. Torn garments crushed bats, bloody noses aud scratched faces were the result, and the melee was onlr stopped when the fa(rultJigto'fered.'T' " Tuesday evening too sophomores met in a.body and proceeded to the homes, of the freshmen. Being admitted, the occupants of the rooms were overpowered and search was made for the soph hats, six of which were lost in Monday's fight. Several fresh men, while resisting, were roughly handled. Later in the evening the sophs met a large crowd of freshmen who had been looking for them, and after a desperate struggle the sophs were routed. Yesterday the young ladies of the two classes caught the spirit, and a general hair pulling and eye-gouging party occurred in the hall, the faculty being obliged to inter fere. A big light ' is expected, and fresh men are waiting for a favorable opportunity, armed to the teeth, to atttack the sophs. The annual sophomore oratorical contest occurs in two weeks, but it is generally be lieved that treshmen will not allow it to go on. The faculty are doing all in their power to quell the disturbance, but so far with little or no success. DON'T LIES Jill CBOW CABS. The Colored People, of Georgia Meet and Formulate Their Grievances. Atlanta, Nov. 24. Leading colored men of this State who have been In session here several days have finally prepared and submitted to the Legislature a memorial, setting forth certain grievances. The memo rial protests against separate accommoda tions on railroad trains for races, "which the railroads assume the privilege of running because of existing prejudices. To give to one portion of the citizens every faoility ol accommodation while that provided for an other is inferior, is declared unjust and not in keeping with the spirit, intent and pur pose of the law." The present law is declared to be espe cially humiliating in regard to street cars, where the discrimination engenders distrust between the races. "We look upon the separate car ' system as unjust, repulsive and humiliating to that part et tbe citizens who are subjected to its indignities." The repeal of the dis criminating legislation is urged, or the in stitution of second and first class fares after the manner of North and South Carolina, MORE MATHER SCANDALS. The Actress' Father Arrested for Non Support of His Second Wife. Detroit, Nov. 24. Special' John Flnlayson, father of Margaret Mather Pabst, was before a police judge to-day to answer to a charge of non-support, pre ferred by his second wife, whom he married a year ago, after mourning for Margaret's mother but a lew weeks. , The case was dismissed, as the entire matter will come up in the Circuit Court in a few weeks, at the hearing of the di vorce case. His new wife says be is a drunkard and a brute, while he declares she is a drunkard and totally unfit to be his wife. A SALVATION FU5EEAL MOBBED. Tho Processionists Stoned hy 200 Pupils of a Catholic School in Canada. Kingston, Ont.,Nov. 24. While ft Sal vation Army funeral was passing the Christian Brothers' school, a Roman Catho lic institution, yesterday, its 200 pupils hooted and howled so loudly as almost to drown the solemn music ot the band, while they increased the din as much as possible by kicking and rattling the fences. They also pelted the processionists with sticks and stones. ' During the occurrence one of the Christian Brothers looted on and did not interfere. There is talk of the aflair being ventilated in court. Snow 13 Indies Deep In Montana. Heena, Mont., Nov. 24. Late vesler- day a light snofr began falling here, which turned.l&to a regular storm, and to-dey the snow u 13 Inches deep on a level. "... .- '. .i- -t - ,- -. .. . (Capt.) 13-GBAVES. 14 T BLISS. 15-DVEB. 16-C. BLISS. DIED FOR HIS DEBT. Kentucky Hotelkeeper Kills a Col ored Man Who Owed Him HONEY BORROWED ON HIS LIFE. The Debtor Couldn't Pay as ne Promised, on IhauksKivinj, and niS CREDITOR CLAIMED THE FORFEIT tSFECIAL TXLXOAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Louisville, Kt., Nov. 24. Henry Boberts, colored, was shot and killed at Sparta to-day by Jerry Constantine, a hotelkeeper. The murder was the result of an extraordinary agreement into which the two men had entered. Several weeks ago Boberts was hard up for money, and went to Constantine for re lief. Constantine, who was always re garded as an eccentric man and a very de termined character, demurred at first be cause the negro could offer no security. Boberts swore that if he did not pay the money by Thanksgiving Day Constantine might kill him. The hotel keeper agreed to the compact, and let him have the money. The negro had not paid the money to-day, and Constantine took his revolver and went out to look for his debtor. He searched the town over, but could not find him. After dinner he went out again in another search for the colored man, and at last found him near the railroad depot He ap proached and demanded his money. Boberts said he did not have it "Do youremembcr our agreement?""de manded the lender threateningly. "Yes,. sir, I do," answered Mr. Roberts. "Well, I am going to carry it out," said Constantine. Drawinghis pistol he leveled at the negro and deliberately fired before anyone could interfere. Boberts was shot in the head and died al most immediately. His murderer walked anay before anyone thought of stopping him, and up to a late hour had not been captured. His friends, though, believe he will surrender. Constantine has never been in trouble, but is known as a very determined man, He has made a boast that he never failed to keep bis word, and has never been known to break it His character, however, is good. Nothing much is known of Boberts, but he was sup posed to be a well-disposed negro ot or dinary good character. NEARLY BET HIS LIFE. The Huntingdon Fire Chief Nearly Drowns In Paying an Election Wager. Huntingdon, Nov. 34. Gilbert Green burg, Chief of the Huntingdon Fire D partment and ex-President of the State Firemen's Association, undertook this morning to fulfill the requirements of ap election bet by wading across the Juniata river at its widest point here. The recent rains bad raised the stream, and the Chief, when only a little way out from the shore, was carried oil his feet and swept down the river. The river banks were lined with people on both sides, and a brass band was waiting to receive the venturesome swimmer. Ow ing to his heavy clothes, Chief Greenburg was drawn under the water several times, and when he bad finally given up Thomas Long, who bad gone to his rescue in a boat, drew him in and brought him to shore in an unconscious condition. He was finally resuscitated. MINERS SUFFERING. Short Working Time Bringing Starvation and Debt in Its Train. Wilkesbarre, Nov. 24. For the past month the miners and laborers employed by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company, near here, have been complaining bitterly. They claim they are wqiking, but little over quarter time and many of them are suffering for the necessaries of life, while those who have credit are running in debt. Yesterday the Grievance Committee waited on the bosses to learn if something could not be done for them. BLAINE VERY SICK, Though He Whs Reported ns Slightly Im proved Yesterday Ei eiitng. Washington, Nov. 24. Although no worse, ex-Secretary Blaine was not so well this morning as he had hoped he would be. Ho is reported to be somewhat better this evening. Mr. Blaine Is still-very sick, and his con dition causes his family some anxiety. It will probably be some time before-he "re gains his usual health. PEEMIEE BB3IT EESlGNS. By.Hls Doctor's Advice Ho Will Spend the Winter In Ejypt. Montreal, Que., Nov. 24. A Con servative Senator of this district says he has information direct from the Govern ment that Sir John Abbott has resigned the Premiership. An Intimate friend of Sir John's, prac tically confirms ihis statement by saying that a cablegram has been received from the Premier, savins he had decided to spend the winter' in Eiyp't. This was in, apedlenoo to his doctor's orders. -X3. IMSmii HUT GMI Ss' Me Affile Bats ii ft M PRINCETON TIGERS MAKE A GAME FIGHT. Graphic Pictures of the Scenes on the Ribbed Manhattan Field. HOW THE BLUESTOCKINGS GAINED THE VICTORY. New York Turns Out En Masse at the Combat Between the Giants Youth, Beauty and Fashion Applaud the Winners, While Strong Voiced Enthusiasts Sing Songs of Joy on the Greensward The Orange and Black Mourn Over Their Defeat Charges That Favor itism Was Shown by the Umpire Pittsburg Sends a Big Delega tion to the Scene of the Scrimmage The List of the Wounded Kept Down Incidents of the Day. rFFICIAt TKLIORAJI TO THE DIRrATCTH.l New York, Nov. 24. The doctors of the city and surroundingcountry willnever regret that the biggest football match of the year was played on Manhattan field yesterday, unless some of them bad rela tives among the spectators. Instead ot 30,000 onlookers, as all the papers an nounced there would be, the number was above 50,000, the excesi being spread all over the damp ground and wind ravaged rocks and trestle works of the peculiar country around the field. Fifty thousand men andwomen, sitting or standing still from two to four hours, in such wind and weather as there was yester day afternoon will lend a lively impetus to the death rate of this and adjoining States. It was a more reckless and devil-may-care performance than that which the 22 college boys gave in the field, which is classing it very high in its line. But who cares how many are butchered to make a New York holiday? Yale won again. They and Their Lovers Were There. Princeton died game with all the luck against her. We were all there, with our ladv loves and our colors. "Bah' Eah' P-ah'-Yale.' " It was a typical Thanks giving Day. It had jnst the proper cold, pale sky, with clouds enough to screen the sun, and the trees in the suburbs naked and their bare limbs silhouetted above a mono tone of brown earth and grass. Only a little beyond the town the clerks were1 out' with their guns beating the bushes and usually, thongh not always, well aware which end of 'the'weapon to shoot with if the nnoxpected happened and something bigger than a sparrow-flew "De fore them. Little boys nnd girls saw a fringing of diaphanous ice on the edge of the water in the sunken lots, and at once ran home for their skates. Many men of New England origin tied turkeys by a hind leg behind the suburban taverns and shot them as full of lead as Mark Twain's famous Calaveras frog, and the retired gentlemen who have drank hot whisky spiced on Thanksgiving Day fer 40 years drank it again and found it as suitable to the season as before. In the thick of the city the tire some ragamufiias frolicked, but not as of old. They have grown rickety and sparse, and now they shiver along the streets in shrunken bands of twos and threes where once they larded the town like imitation Falstaffs, fat and impudent. Now the Fashion Has Changed. We looked on. them yesterday as men look on very old photographs of aotrcsses who ought to be dead, and we marveled how it came that we ever let them set the fashion so clumsy and childish as they mnst have been even at their best. Ihe new fashion is of a vastly different complexion, a product oft this era, when college-bred men are so numerous in every day life that they can close the churches and send the people after so strange a god as football. But the new favorites, the football teams and the college boys, were guod to look at. They were of the pattern that made foot ball conspicuous 16 years ago; the self-same fellows, one might sny, for college boys of one year and another are as alike as the products of a pin faotory. But the game has grown if the playera have not, and yesterday the Yale-Prince-ton match was the grand absorbing event of the town. No apish mountebanks were these new idols, but stalwart, bright faced young bucks, dressed lite tbe molds of fashion and beribboned like bull fighters. As they paraded' the streets with each others' sisters on their arms, tbey freighted the holiday crowds with youth aud beauty, charged the air with joy, and sprinkled the dull scenery of the old town with the gold dust of laughing eyes. The Prlncetonlans Out In Force. The Princeton contingent came over on the Pennsylvania ferrv boat Chicago, which it took possession of and owned, as college boys have a way of doing with whatever part of the earth tbey may be in. The orange and black of their college was re inforced by a big yellow chrysanthemum on every left lapel, and the big darkey, "Zack," who goes about with the boys on condition that he may regard their frolics with paternal gravity, was led up and down and across the middle of the Tiger's colors. Every walking stick carried a cravat of black and oranger and certain boys wore ridiculous toy tigers on 'top af their Derby hats. These were the young boys, too young to care for conventionality as much as the little the rest of the boys care for it. Four abreast and arm in arm the boys marched into and through the upper cabin ol the boat, sending the men and women scampering before them as if an invoice of Texas cattle had been aboard. When the boys came to a halt on the outer.deck and sang and yelled, the people followed and closed around them to enjoy their fun. Their best song was about orange and black driving Yale back and about shoving something through iu '92. It wa interrupted by manya siss-boom-a, and re peated inquiries after Zack, the colored man, who was invariably reported to be"all rijhl" by the same voices that expressed an apparent solicitude about him. No Wonder They Listened. ' 'Ii wis 'no' wonder that the people crowded THEEE CENTS. to about the boys and stared and listened, for what is there in North America to compare with the college boys now that we have re duced the red Indians to the condition of beggars? Other boys have to work or to stay at home and pretend to have a whole lot of affections and virtues that they lack. Other boys are by themselves, or, if thert are two, one is apt to be an elder brothel ane so full of the dignity of that office as td spoil the pair. Girls of the same age as college boys hav cares, or like to pretend they have some, where college boys have neither cares nor pratensions. They flock together, think together, shout and sing together. They are jnst at that age when vitality is at its flood, and hope makes us think-its song will be eternal. They are like the wind that blows where it lists and tbe young goat that light on mountains. In a word, they are ca pable of playing football. No other kind of men or things could do it It was a sight to see the New York police men who were sent uptown to keep order, and who looked on at the game yesterday. For once they seemed tame in their own eyes, "Captain," said one who stood behind the reporter, "do ye mane to (say that no salary goes wid that? Sure, there's money in prize fighting, and this is 20 prize fights rolled into one." The Town Was Captured. In front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel wa the place to see the boys of both colleges. All crowds of out ot town folk center there for some reason' and during the whole of yesterday the Bine and the Tiger stripes passed and repassed one another- on that block. Their 'wearers cheered, themselves and guyed their rivals and idlers and strangers lined the payement to see the fun. Tbe furnishing stores had been half strip ped of their flags, streamers and badges, and tbe people who were not wearing those they had bought the day before were buy ing others from the gutter merchants. In (he forenoon football seemed inci dental to the day, but by noon the day and the town became accessory to it Football captured the place and monopolized pretty nearly everything in it that was public. The north-bound elevated trains were made useless to all except those who insisted ou seeing the game. The Harlem horse cars on both sides of town were as crowded as a piece of meat becomes in fly time, and the main avenues were clustered with all the public vehicles and a good share of tho private ones, all bound for Manhattan field. The swells who thought to eut a dash with their tallyho coaches doubt less did so to their own satisfaction, bnt there was such a rush and a raze for tally hos that every sort of a wagon with a roof, with the single exception of the Povans, was turned into a tallyho by the simple process of piling passengers on the roof and equipping a seat tor the men in front with a tin horn and a fiendish persistence in blow ing. A Grand Crush ot Carriages. The elevated trains were so crowded that it took them an hour and a half to go to One Hundred, and imy-ntth street from Park Place, and an hour "from Thirty-third street. The once great boon of rapid transit has in its turn become old fashioned, and something better is demanded. Tbe thou sands who made the trip in wagons found the whole neighborhood around the field a storeyard for the vehicles of those who had gone earlier, so that by 2 o'clock, when tha game was called, the last carriages that did not enter tbe grounds stood a quarter of a, mile away in the side street The scene in and around the grounds was? such as no American city bnt'New York can produce, except when a President is in" angurated or a World's Fair is dedicated. The sides of the great amphitheater were packed so densely that they looked liks long stairs of human faces and there were staircases in double flights where the stands were two-storied. ;To the southward was tha unfinished structure of the new Macombe dam bridge, and that was covered with, spectators, bnt the wonderful overflow was up the heights to the westward of tha grounds. The whole lace of this great hog back of rock and earth was crowded with, men and women, and where buildings crowned the incline their roofs bore tha tailings of the crowd. Colors Shown Everywhere. One stand was yellow with tbe chrysan themums that the wearers had not expected to bring as funeral flowers to deck the corpse of Princeton's ambition. Another great black mass of folks, at the western end under the bill, was blue with the vic torious color of Yale. But these were not the only patches of color. There must have been 10,000 bits of orauge and blue, and they littered the scene wherever the eye fell. Down the edge of the squire of shivering humanity and far up as the) higher stands and the tops of the tallyhoa was a flutter of flags of the rival college's. The play ground is so big that lrom on side it was not possible to distinguish in dividual faces on the other side, or even to . be sure of telling the women from the men; And yet the game is one that can only b enjoved at close hand by those who under?) stand it and wish to see the detail of thq playing. The more clearly this fact wast; perceived and the colder it got and tho': longer the game lasted, the more strangev it seemed' that so many thousands should, assemble at such a disadvantage as to shiver in the cold and not be able to distinguish any but the broader general movement off the players. The explanation of the pheV nonienon must be that this annual event ia tbe last of the out-of-door gatherings at each autumn's end, and also that football isv a protege of fashion. When the game was called 22 figures in brown canvas were on the green sward, and a more remarkable collection of bumca I ' '' . -...' .--:.
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