Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Unable to Suppress Hooligans. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Unable to Suppress Hooligans.

London is facing a difficult problem in the shape of gangs of young ruffians who frequent certain sections of the city and waylay passersby, levy blackmail and even commit murder in the populous sections of the city with apparent immunity from punishment owing to the difficulty the police have in finding persons who will prosecute or give evidence against them. These gangs are known to the general public as Hooligans and reports of the recent demonstration on the return of the City of London Imperial Volunteers from South Africa mentioned the Hooligans as being responsible for much of the disgraceful disorder which markecfr that occasion. TJie latest feature of of Hooliganism is the formation of gangs of boys in their teens who emu-

late their elders in crime. The London authorities admit that they have found no method of suppressing the Holligans. Many a man praises virtue who never thinks oftgiracticing it. —Chicago News.

CROWN DRINCESS VICTORIA who will soon, be Queen of Norway and Sweden