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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Learlin 2. Isookinnker Eetires.

David johnson, one OF the hest:
known figures on the turf. has QUIT
the arena for good. He has lost $50,
900 and says his retirement is perma-
nent. Mr.. johnson was once Lucien
ApplcSy's partner in boollmaking. dte
was an excellent judge of wnat q
horses odds should be, but ruined his
business because he was a reckless
plunger. MIR. Appleby once said OF his
partner: Dave is the best bookmaNer
in the. business. but as a plunger: he
would break the Bank of England y
Two or three years ago he quit. the
turf big loser in money: and thou
sands ioi dollars in markers tcredit
betsi. = He opeued a club. proved
fortunate in his speculations and re-
turned to the track last year with all
mis- obligations settled.
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E,..lie Connolly Goes, Abros q.

Eddie Connolly, who was not so
ong ago one o. the best-kno"n light
weights in the country. but who. has
been taking on weight until he is now
catalosued among the welters. has
beesl taken to England by his mana
ger, Abe Pollock. and will appear on
ti.e other side in the boxing carnival
during coronation week. Connolly s
main object in going across is to rue It
Pat Daily: the american fighter who
rules the roost in England. Connolly.
who held the wel:erweight champion
slip for time. fadrnot been light
ing up to his .o,d-Iime form for some
months. but mas recently shown fash
es OF his former ability in the Dugilis-
tic line and should give a good ac-
count Of himself on the other slds. he
has been in England before, and is
We'll known in boxing circles there.
connolly who halls from st. John. y.
b. is now % years old
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kid" Mccoy says Ne made up his
nina TO Guit the ring. that his recent
asht with Kid Carter in PhilaI siphia
IS his last, and that nothing will id
luce ini:l to show in the roped arena
s:sai.- Mccoy is carrying his right
arIn around in a sling. He says that
35ter the second round in the fight
, i'm Garter his right hand was prac-
ic1lly useless. lla TANKS he hurt it
" landing u heavy swing on Carriers
aaai. Mccoy sraahs Mghly Of Carter's
C H2ss rs 4 Eshter, but says that he
%as t.4 from being whipped. He is
- cl5,yer.i haEa-hitting young fellow"
.. : ,lcCcy, and he save me much
saC~a than | expected. But had the
III T.. .sted lc:ger ! would certainly
ave bon returned the victor; : for |
:..2s. .n2- rounding into form by the
,anG Ct the sixth rGu2a. ! am through
with the game forever. | don't like 1t
any more. Training is "a. constant wear
OF a man and too irkso.ns. .--.s,s,.,.,
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He Meant Well.

q was laid up~in the cabin of a
North Carolina mountaineer with a
sprained ankle says traveller, land
though he would willingly have pro-
vided me with the best, the fare con-
sisted OF pones, fried squirrel and corn
coffee every meal on the fifth day
/ must have let slip some sign that
things. were growing monotonous, for
he looked. over at me and. said:
Stranger, l reckonedr.to make a
change in this yere fodder. but it
didn't come. about" 49,. -
"Oh. the fodder is all right re.
piled.
But don't skassly think it is, and
I was gwine to make change. Sorry
'toskAy Ec6uldn't do it, but$h drafted
woodchuck got clean away!"
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co,ored Man Go. Eve. d.

A man who witnessed the fight be-
tween Joe Cans and Frank Erne at FIT.
Erie. tells of a funny incident that
came off during the progress of the
mill. In one part of the hall a bunch
Of colored men from Buffalo. Were
perched up on the top tier OF the cir
'us seats roofing for the Baltimore
iarky. Every time Cans would strike
blow the whole crowd would let out
4 howl. One fellow was so excited
hat he could not restrain himself.
md he followed up Cans maneuvers
)y making similar movements with
lis own body. When Cans ducked,
lown would so the fellows head and
4 right or left hand. blow by Cans
would bring the same movement from
the admirer OF Herford's champion on
he circus seats. Finally Cans made
wild swing at Erne and the saddle
''i,ored rooter on the seats attempted
he same move. Ee uncunsciously let
20 his right and and hit another col.
,"ad man alongside of him, causing
he whole section OF seats to fall. Tle
aarkrown contingent went down in
/ heap and aliSilted on their heads,
AID of course no damage was done.
but before the Gar!Iies could get back
o their seats Cars aad Knocked out
l3rpe ana the spectators We're igEtina
heir way TO the exits.
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Where Wealth Is Stored
stupendou Blonares for the Care OF
Their Securities.


Many persons who have been amaz-
ed during the past few days at the
holdings of stock certificates that rep
resent millions of dollars by some OF
the magnates of Wall street have
more than once wondered where on
earth the stacks of certificates are
slowed away over night. Some Of. the
certificates are passed day after day
in their business deals from. owners
to owners who have not strong under
ground vaults Nor do all firms on
the street" have vaults above the av-
erage kind.
(; Be that as 1t may. from this time
out the millions in bonds and certifi-
Gates and other street" valuables, as
we'll as valuables owned elsewhere.
in this city and other cities, are to
be slowed away in a. safe in a deposit
conn pany in Broad street. which has
just been put in commission. 1t is
the biggest safe in the world. In this
safe are already deposited more Sc
curities than in any other one place
in the world. Wealth untold is repre-
sented there by stocks and bonds,
jewelry and silver plate. Here also
repose. the .wills. Of many Of the big
gest millionaires- iH. America. So..yast
are the financial interests concerned
in this safe that the boardApf direct
ors in charge of it is made to ,lrepre-
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Edgar Cox, a miner, has reached
Redding. Cal, after hard trip across
the country from Lassen Buttes. forty
miles east of that place, bringing a
story of strange discoveries OF even
deeper interest than the great crater
and the springs and caves of the lava
fields. The discoveries are of zones
and implements denoting "a people
and a state of civilization existing
there many centuries ago. 1t is be-
lieved a second Pompeii may be hid
den beneath the lava and lsneous
rock which was belched in far re-
mote period from the mouth OF the
grim old crater.
A party OF timber surveyors lnvest!'
eating their way over the rough coun-
try south of Nooles pass found within
four feet of the surface human bones
half petri4ied.:- They evidently had
lain at much greater depth. but ero-
sion had thinned the crust of earth
above them. The skeletons Were in
various postures, as thougha,death had
come suddenly upon the ancients,
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Erx.Ad: :Anstraiian f1chtxrS.

The fact that old Fitz comes from
Australia nrings to hp.iee+ a striking
teathr~ a!.out; the fighters from the
antipodes. Comparison o.. proves that
with few exceptions the Australian
boxers aFe>-far more rugged than the
Americans and last longer in the ring.
At least such are the conc!usionss that
must be drawn when we stop to con
slider that nearly al the oldstimers
III the ring to-day are from the land of
the Kangaroo. Bob FitZsimmons. Dan
Creedon, Joe Goddard. Frank Slavn,
Billy Murpny and several others, in
Guiding george Dawson and Young
GriSn can be taken as examples. Daw
son. who is not much younger than
fitz. may train him for his coming
fight. Griffo was Until a few months
ago fighting every week, but is now
down and out
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Gins Nov ts.dtsputcd Champion.

+. soc Cans deteatea Frank Erne sc
uuicklX in the battle for the light
weight championship as to cause,
Erna's friends to make the cry OF
:nuke." The quick result was indeed
surprising, but. as the majority OF
fight followers thought before the bout
that Cans would win, the claim Of
"huke" will not get much, of a. hear
ing (.
Cans now has a tight GRIP on the
championship, and under the crafty
management of al Herford is likely to
hold thatitle for a long time to.come.
Cans is the first .coored fighter who
ever WOO the title. As a fighter he, is.
entitled to the honor. but the. resret,
goes with it that Cans has 'reputa
ton for dishonesty that not even his
position as champion will wipe out.
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SOCIETY'S. NEW FAD
Ghost Diversion Of Fashonabe
New York.


story-teller with generous cloak OF
semi-darkness, gives, welcome oppor-
tunities for the tender touching Of
hands, and rests the eyes, while tho
novelty of it all refreshes the pleas
ure-sated.
The young man or young woman
who can tell a good ghost story be-
comes the hero or heroine of the even
ing, and this new diversion is quite
as effective as the country literary cir
Gle in sending the young folk-and
older folk, too-.-,to their books, Ii
braries are ransacked for queer and
fantastic tales. The Arabian Nights
tales are retold and. Poe is revamped
by the Pickering candle light, while
the, German folk lore is drawn upon.
and Eugene Fields clever bits OF
imagination always bring delight.
The young man may be poor dam
! Ger, but if he can offer new ghost
story or some uncanny tale he rises in
popularity as the lights are lowered.
and, taking'his place on the floor by
the taper, old folk and young listen
With eagerness to his story The
ghost-party fad threatens to establish'
a new criterion of desirability in the
circles in which it has taken hold,
says the New York Times, for in max
ing up invitation lists cleverness in
telling good candle-light story
counts more than aptness at the tame
old amusements- of which folk are
HEARTILY tired, ~
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GRIM RIVALRY SPLITS A VILLAGE
Order Graves In Advance Out OF Sym
pathetic Partisanship.

This village is shaken by an eXcit-
Ing: rivalry between its gravedlSsers.
For years David Hasbrook has oeeh
the caretaker and gravedigSer, but re
Gently a new man, Willard Pinckney,
was appointed to the place, to the
great displeasure of Mr.. Hasorook ana
his friends Since then the village mas
been divided into two factions, and
fierce ;enmity has developed. on either
side.
The deposed sexton has been charged
with. visiting sick people, prospective
patrons, and making bargains with
them for their burial, but Mr.. Has
brook denies it, saying that his visits
to the sick have been prompted by
aeighoorly sympathy only.
The Hasbrook, faction say''that "a
surial permit, which they think was
devised by,the rinckney, people, has
been circulated. permitting the buria1
of Hasbrook and. giving las the cause
of death statements which are said to
he slanderous.
Hasbrooks sympathizers are giving
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A new fad has invaded upper-ten-
dom. Ping pong must look to its lau-
rels. The ghost party is the latest di.
version of those weary Of, the conven-
tional amusements of the drawing
room, weary even of bridge and OF
ping-pong, are seeking new sensa-
tions. ~, ne -
1t is not the ghost party of the nur.
series, with lowered lights and the
sheets wound, fantastic figures that
thrill the children with the excitement
no! Society has found sedate and
dignified substitute for the romp of
the nursery. -, -,
The drawing room lights are ex-
tinguished and candle is brought in
and placed on the floor in front of
what modernity has left us as. sub
stitute for the hearth.
The company gather about the
flickering light. sitting on rugs and
stools. and tell ghost stories. vying
with each other in relating weird and
uncanny tales. The sensation, so un-
like that produced by any of the com
monplace diversions of the drawing
room, is q new one, and the ill-re-
pressed yawn is banished from the
drawing room, for society is enter.
tanned
The unsteady light of the solitary
candle provides a congenial atmos-
| phere for the weird tale. 1t wraps
the company in shadows, covers the
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sent every faction of the financial
world. John D. Rockefeller, J.~
Morgan, the Vanderbilts, the Rotns-
childs, the Harrimans, the Goulds.
and other large interests have per-
sonal representatives on the board.
The door leading into the safe Is
tremendous piece Of mechanism. 1t
is circular eight feet in diameter, and
twenty-four inches thick. 1t weighs
twenty-one tons. The hinge of this
big door weighs 1000 pounds. The
door and vestibule weigh fifty tons.
and yet so nicely is the door balanced
on ball bearings that a. baby might
close it with the gentle pressure OF its
tiny finger. The safe is fifty three feet
long, thirty-eight feet wide, and nine
feet in height. The walls are four
feet thick. ~'-'The interior is fitted up
with 1000 boxes, but 5000 more will
be added as they are needed. For.
midable as the mechanical appliances
for safety are, they are not depended
on altogether. Day and night men
guard the big door. They pace back
and forth like soldiers on guard.
Three times in the night third
watchfnan walks through the corrt-
dor to see that the sentinels 'aEe at
tending to their duty. If ever burg
lar gets anything out of the safe Wan,
street will go out Of business.
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May Be Another Pompeii Z
of Under Bed in California
ement Found Under Lava Bed in California.

striking them down as they were en-
gagged in the daily routine of life Next
the searchers came upon rude spoons
and bowls. They were apparently OF
stone, but they bore no resemblance
to the Indian relics which the traveller
sees often in that region. lnstru-
ments which perhaps were used as
hammers and chisels were found.
They, too. were totally unlike the
known implements of the, Indians.
Some of the stone articles were OF
such design that they could not be
classified at all. The surveyors be-
came convinced that they had chanc-
ed upon relics of race that antedat.
ed the known Indians so fam as to
have little in common with them.
1t was the conviction of the party
that the ruins of settlement or city.
possibly engulfed with its Inhabitants
by an eruption OF the long extinct vol
cano. lie beneath the lava and can
be reached sWiths comparative ease
from cerraiR points where little lava
"emains.,: ~ Ht'.es. ~
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CHILDREN At THE CORONATION
Space to Be Set Aside in Wsstminstet
Abbey for Them.

Abbey for Them.
Ell the earl marshal carries out his
present intention one of the most in'
.teresting places.If' westminster alb
hey On the DAY Of thescuronation: Will
be the <'children's corner" space
which it is proposed to set aside for
the youthful little peers and peeresses
in their own right. who, though still
boys and girls. have a legal right OF
which they intend to avail them
selves-of being present when Ed.
ward VII. is enthroned on the stone
of destiny.
There are several boys in the peer.
agefwi1o, owing to the death of theft
father or some other relative, became
hereditary legislators before they
gave up the nursing bottle, or soon
after, and several little peeresses who
succeeded to their. titles at an imma-
ture age. These little peers and peer
esses, IN their coronation robes and
coronets. it is proposed to corral in
.ope group. which would make pref
ty picture; but think of the possibili'
ties, says the New York Mail and Ex-
press, lut 1llIic loihS 6Se ~
sauabbling among themselves! Tbs
earl marshal would better provide a
"lord high wielder of the birch rod"
to keep the children's corner in order
during the ag::eeEemonies...
AS the ages Of the boy peers range
all the way from 9 to 19, the older
ones may be set as monitors over
4em, the way they used to do at
<sehpol. A vast amount of property
wifi be represented by these children.
There is the Viscount. CQmbermere.
Is years old, and possessed of 14,eO0
acres, with three great; country
houseS, one Of them being the cele-
brated Combermere abbey; the Baron
Carbery. 10 years old. with an estate
of value in Ireland, and Lord Holm
patrick with about 1000 acres to his
estate. Among the big boys is the
earl of Caledon, II years, old. an
immensely rich youth, with 10000
acres to his fortune. Lord Camoys, a
year older, has an estate of $500
acres. t.t.-As.
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Kramer Easily the eesA

Frank Kramer should have. little
trouble in winning the bicycle cham,
pionsnip again this season. He is one
OF the best performers on the wheel
that this country has produced since
the days of the mighty Zimmerman.
He has shown bursts of speed in his
recent matches that have fairly as
tCnished the onlookers. None Of the
circuit riders at the present time
seems to be able to hold Kramer.
George Collett of New Haven, who
was the champions most formidable
opponent IN his amateur days. is also
doing some good work on the wheel
and is winning good second. to Kra'
mer.
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one above, cropping her. way. up the
'smoke-laden steps. Up. up she went,
flaming and reached the top step. She
plunged into the burning room, crying
for her pet. and cropping for him till
she felt him in the corner. He licked
her hand feebly, then holding him fast,
felt her way to the window. her hair
on fire. her dress burning, but she did
not feel the pain. Up, UP to the win
dow, quilted in by fire. and then roar
after roar Of horror went up from the
crowd below as they saw her reach it.
holding the dead dog tightly to her.
The FIRE embraced the whole house
now. and it was shaking ominously.
What. a bright light that was! She
could see long lane Of gold reaching
far out in the sky and she was taken
up to. it, holding her Fleddie closely
to her The fire hurt no more now.
How good she felt. The house leaned;
then toppled. falling amidst shower
of sparks. A long fame shot up in the
sky, left its parent stem reluctantly.
and flew into the night. Fleddie and
Fleddis were dead.
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white figure struggled through them
and plunged into the fire lines. On
she ran, her head filed with one idea:
she must save Fleddie. A burly fire.
man loomed up before her and
stretched out OBTAINING hand. but
she lodged and passed him. and slip
ping on the ice-covered street he lost
his balance and fell. Another plunged
at her and held her foot, but she left
the shoe in his hand and hobbled on.
She had reached the door and jumped
through the flame. A burst of flame
sprang to meet her, but she did not
feel it. A step broke through, licked
up by the fire, but she scrambled to the
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time is a puzzle the coaches can not
solve. Baseball is we'll known to every
trainer. as great stiffener of muscles.
occasioned by the necessity OF quick
stops and sudden violence of exercise.
Yet. in face of all this, Herman can
clear over six feet almost any day. and
is the best high jumper Harvard owns.
He represented the crimson In this
event in the international games last
year. Besides these things he is a
good WINNER, golf player. and tennis
player.
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4 few weeks ago. has surprised New
Workers by the excellence of his play.
and has rather effaeed the impression
prevailing that Europe has no good
balS-line billiard players outside of
France. Adorgan defeated Edward
McLaushlin. the Philadelphia profess
s;onal. in a five-nisht match at eight
een-inch balk line. His grand average
for the. tiye nights play was II 1884,
a1d his high''rui1 11S. McLaughlin's
grand average was 16 1850 and his
best run 100.
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name for himself in the intercollegiate
sporting world. Kernan's ability eN-
tends over a greater fed, probably
than. that OF any other man who has
evar been hi Harvard, unless it"Was
Rad Wre,ln. He is a good runner,
a,,high jumper who sas' % more than
six feet. .basebalLapiayer, a fine
hockey player, and will captain Har-
wards. football team upon. the .Sridirron
naXs fall There seems to be nothing
in the way of at!Itatfcs that the big
fellow canndt do.
How Kernap'ct,ir jump the way lle
dce= and Play baseball az the SAN
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him orders for their graves in advance.
and the Pinckney followers are stand
ing ;bE him loyalty, saying that Has
brook shall never dig their graves
they will lie on the top Of the ground
tirst.-Fleming On. " Correspondence
New York Press.
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:Budd Kius 100 Straight

In the shooting match at Omaha, c.
w. Budd OF Des Moines not only de-
Tended his 'claifn to. the HazFrd,trophy
cup, but also made tthe remarkable
score OF 100 straight. kills. at live
pigeons. His opponent was; c. w,
Phellis of Cincinnati, WHO scored .S.7.
out of 100.
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Toronto Lacrosse yTes smsyictorious. :

ln the .fnal match, of its tour the:
Tqronto lacrosse team defeated the
United Kingdom team at Belfast, Ire
ignf by IL to g, thus winning every
match played on the tour.
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The kaisers Marvellous Memory.

The kaiser OF Germany is a great
reader of newspapers and magazines.
He lets other people do the work OF
research for him. He gets his learn
ing at second hand, but he lets moth
ing escape. He is in the closest touch
with modern science, art, literature,
politics and personality. 1t is said
that his ready memory. diligently fur.
nished by, years of newspapers and
magazine reading in four languages
enables him to pour out streams of
talk for hours without ewer-,being de-
'tactfd in sia,sr ofAfaet though touch.
irg On nearly every phase of human
activity in the past hundred years.
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She stopped at a friendly bakers.

She stopped at friendly bakers.
held below, but the dog would not
lump. A cry of sympathy went up
from below, and then-oh! his mis-
tress caught her breath as he gave
long howl of pain and terror, looking
at her. l'he howl arose above the deep
undertone of sound, and seemed to
pierce her through and through. AS
he dropped there was a little rush
about her. and Mhen from the specta-
tors arose a cry Of horror as httte
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Haryard's All Around Athlete.

In Bob" Herman. Haivard's big base
ball catcher. the crimson has one eqof
+ho host athletes that ev, made a
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= Late hours are apt to tell on a man,
but if he js.married he doesn't seem to
care. just SO they refrain from telling
his wife.
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Crack Hungarian B,l,iard,sA

julius Adorgan, the Hungarian bill.
lard player who came to this country
The Nome nugget., 1902-06-07

Alaska has a coast line of l9 2CO miles.
 The area of Alaska is 53l 400 square miles.
 The Indian word "Yu-K Kon-ah means great water.
 Alaska was purchased from Russia by the United States in 1SG7 for S7, POO, : GOO.
 h iSS2 the first miners came over the Dyea pass and mined on the Stewart river.
 The Yukon river opened May T. in 1900; closed November l. In 1900 the river closed November l2.
 The number of passengers to and from St. Michael for the year 1901 wa, l,534. Number arriving and departing via Whitehorse, To-, s2S.
 Gold VIZ, first discovered on the Yu- kon at Birch creek by Archdoacon Me Donald in 1863 Gold was first found on KIondiile creeks in lS9G by Hender- son, iuuker, Carmack, Swanson and Munoun.
 Custom house returns for the year 1900 were as follows: By upper river rou'e, 2o,4l1 tons. By the lower river route, ll.621 tons. Total, 32,044. The
The Nome nugget., 1902-06-07

former Governor A. B. Cornell, of New York. is vice-president. F.. McGettigan is general manager.
 Another company organized last win ter by Col. McGettiEan is called the Greater American Mining Company, This corporation will eXpend %5o0O0 this summer in the development of it's properties, which are located in all the mining districts, with the exception of Candle creek. A. McGettigan is the local manager.
The Nome nugget., 1902-06-07

to the fullest, and on reaching town three cheers were given for MT. Wes- son, Captain McNichols and the Saw tooth.
 Among the party were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.. Crane, Nlr. and Mrs. w. ". Rinehart Mir. and Mrs. Hoggatt, Misses Codding, Houston, Day, Messrs. Call, Steele. Stevens, Reber, Parkinson, Landers Kappelman and Bates.