The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-13
SPORTING.

At London Wednesday Chesterfield
Goode, the middleweight, quarreled with Charley
NJ hell, while drinking. ut the house of well
known sporting man named Baird. During a
clinch, both men fell down fight Of stairs
Mitchell, sezing poker. smashed Goode on the
head twice. inflicting serious injuries. Goode is
in the hospit H. Mitchell has been arrested
In the race on Lake Eloa, Fla,
Wednes 'ay, between Gaudaur, Hamnl, Ten Eyck
and IIOsner, Gaudaur won in two straight heats
Time sos and 7:@2 In quarter mile dash for
the St Johns purse, Hamm defeated Gaudaur
Time 1:19. About 5000 people witnessed the
races.
The league convention at Cleveland
Thursday unable to induce indianapolis to
withdraw A ten-club schedule was adopted and
the convention adjourned. The season opens on
April 26.
John 5. Barnes, ex-manager of the St.
Paul team and Senator" Morgan, the bicyclis.,
left st. Paul Thursday evening for Olympia,
Wash, to organize the Pacific coast league, which
is to be composed of clubs from Portland, Ia
coma Seattle, Yakima, Olympia and Spokane
Falls. Barnes will manage a team in one of the
cities.
Detroit proposes to introduce the in
ternational baseball league If not admitted to the
brotherhood.
Tom Cannon, of Cincinnati, defeated
Sebastian Miller Saturday in O mixed wrestling
match at Columbus, Ohio, for s OO a side.
Jim Duryea, the "Cyclone," pitcher.
deserted the brotherhood Saturday and signed
with the Cincinnati club at a salary Of $1,000 per
year for three years.
The next North Dakota Firemen's
tournament will be held in Fargo instead of
Devils Lake.
Monday the Mississippi supreme court
did not render a decision in the case of John l.,
Sullivan for prize fighting in Mississippi, as was
expected A decision will be given next week.
The pool tournament at Syracuse, N.
Y, closed Tuesday, the championship of the
United States being won Ivy D'Oro, who defeated
Powers in the deciding game.
The Brotherhood delegates were in
session Monday and Tuesday. A schedule was
adopted. The season opens April 81.
FOREIGN.
Leagues have been formed among
merchants in Brazil with the object Of boycotting
British go Ids in favor Of American products
Information Wednesday states that
the Chinese government is massing troops on
the frontier Of Sib' ria and the Russian author
tiles are appi extensive that Chinese attack upon
the Russian forces on the border at an early
cate.
The Brazilian government has resolved
to promulgate new constitution without await
ing the election, assembling and action of con-
stituent parliament.
French troops had another engage
ment with the troops Of the king of Dahomey
Some French prisoners were taken by the ma
tives About 40 of the Dahomians were slain or
taken prisoners, many Of them being female
warriors.
Advices Thursday state that Mai.
Wssman stormed and carried Bwanaheris' forti.
fed position at Mlembale on Jan. T. The German
force consisted Of 800 Soudanese and ~ officers,
while Bwanaheris' force numbered 1, 500 men.
The belief is prevalent at Berlin that
Italy, England and Austria will soon formally
acknowledge the legitimacy Of Prince Ferdi-
nand's rulers!ip of Bulgaria.
The funeral of Abraham Lincoln, Jr.,
Minister Lincoln's son, occurred Friday at Lon.
DON
News was received Friday of severe
shocks OF earthquake in the government of
Kutas, Asiatic Russia, by which three villages
were destroyed.
The village of Liberty, Casey county,
Kentucky, was consum ID by fire Thursday night.
Loss, $4,000; no insurance. The village had
population Of 3s5.
News by steamer Saturday says that
$50 buildings were destroyed by fire, at Hoiagay,
JaIan, Feb. 8. The influenza is raging in Japan.
Indications point to Her Won Boetti-
cher as the successor Of Bismarck.
1t was officially announced Saturday
that the war between the French troops and
those Of the king Of Dahomey has been brought
to a close.
Herr Won Tisza, Hungarian premier,
resigned Tuesday. Count Won Szaparry was ap-
VENTED his successor.
A terrible encounter between Turkish
troops and band Of brigands has taken place at
Elassona. The troops succeeded in dispensing
the brigan's, but lost twenty killed in the fs
while the brigands lost only six.