The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-30
TOWN WENT BROKE.
Citizens of Astoria
Bet on Swede
Anderson.
But SULLIVAN DID HIM UP.
Then There Was No Money
Left in Oregon
Town.
BUT SULLIVAN DID HIM UP.


1t Is matter Oh minor Importance
When an individual goes broke; most of
us have had FREQUENT depressing eX-
narierco of +bo+ cont ,,,i+,,o,,+ o++roo+ipe,
y
ihuch dllehlloh or sympathy, put Wheh
the pOpulaCe Of whole town goes fat
STAYING. whooninr broke down to the
a., -. 10. Al. ,
i''''i S"" -I'l"i que anu s'lNeI' WIN INC
personal belongings of nearly all hands
thrown in to make the cOlIaDse COM
pIoto and +bo iob 90 ,,,i...,i. ,,,+ =,
WV ~" VI winning '"' ."
cIdSsy pfoposltloh' 1t S dlitereht mat
ter" said an Oregon man who was in
town tha otber de,, ct opoa COW that
81
."iiiS haPPeH' Inc TOWN. thal went
broke was Astoria ore. 1t was back in
the latter sos. Astoria, you know, is the
leading salmon-catching and salmon
canning town of the world Its popula-
tlon IS chlefly made up of scandinavian
hshefmen, and for town that is built
on plles over the Columbia river 1t IS
pretty IlVely prosperous burg.
Al the time L m speaking of John l..
SuIllNan was touring the northwest
hn0chihg out a couple of giants every
nlsht IN a punch. His manager was Or
Ierlhg reward OF $4,000 to any man
VINO STOOD up against the great and only
Jonh Tor Iouf ROUNDS, ana all the black
ShIlths' polIernhaKefs, WoodsaWyefs,
tedHlsleI9 Oh great stature ana I'M
l'ieH9e 81 eHStil' etc'' III lne northwest
aGeIiIeu 70 want mack at the DIG puglI-
Isl' 9ulllNdh puhclufed them all as Iast
S as tHey came up against nm put they
| east wasn't <eaning biTneoIf in a,,nn
fairly GOOD Trim, isitIo,, 0fta,, ha ,,.ont
on to do his nuncbing-o,,+ act 1ftor ba,,N
| ing spant the better mart Of tbe after-
noon dining an biob baue e,iuyash ,,,I,,,
swoggies etc. but he never GOT 50 r1n,.h
as a case of the puffs at the hands Of
any of the men who went IN against
| him with tba datnrroi,a+inn ~ |7,Iiir,,,
down thar S1OOGs IJa co,,arad pdrtIand
for three nights and then ha wont On
| the night boat to Astoria to I'm q date
! Nov. the cocl, Of tba frhtine v5III[
| in Astoria at tbat tin,o u,-,g a rie,.,,,
| tic Swede named Hans Anderson q
| fisherman. He was actually onIv a few
| inches short of seven feet in bei@h5
and he was built pronortionataIV y9itb
| huge iron muscles tran9enIoue' sbo,tI-
ders and an aIroost ha,,ciiIaon dao,.,'o
of strength He had n,Ip1rneIod e,,er,,-
| tbing maj stood on t,,,o ioa,s T., As-
| tn,.ia to n ,,,.o,,o,. sto,ds,tII - had ha
| come ,,,t+ IL ~ L,,ii l,,'y ~ -
mon Of bic avn ,,ntia,aii liz ,Thn g.
| dinayiany ~ tgtorin tSo,,f,il+ -
Eans A,'dorso, ,,.,- t,,et ahn,,+ tt,o
,ybnio t5i,e, ',,ho,, 10 - go
and y.ha, ,7,c,.I ,,to5 ~ t,
ToLr c,,iii,,a,, t,,i,'r ~
I'm, - s7ooo %i "a9 Gums ",ui,s
MI ii,3 GipJo W. iloat ~ tlelii %
~ r. ~ tiie'l 80 MY
,,a,Ild -, ,l,,., "
I TUulu ru,lIe qoH" 10 Astoria WIN c SUI
na,,tI, "iiu ti3' ti'e mot IIts i'U.
I,' 4l lidnu "0uiu' VI coui 1cl ou 'iic
tII9iI!ildli' 80 my Put ah'-ei 80" ~
. u'@il!i"s' 9l.u st .II py Ioi ~ DI5
Ilibn'' anderson toIa lIeln ,uat ne was
sure TO IhaceEale SuillNah Ieat uiCS
into pup put ne ulah Ieeu 10 teII
lheIn that' Ihey IeIt confident OF IL,
SULLIVAN got INTO Astoria on the
HloiIllI6 p''tt- ne was p'LtS tpiulol 80