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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
BASEBALL

AS evidence of their faith IN President Ban
johnson, the magnates of the American league. at
their annual meeting in Chicago yesterday, voted
to raise his salary $500 year, the increase to
last for six years, or long the present
agreement Of the clubs composing the league
exists. @s5
In addition to this liberal gift, the magnates
endeavored to persuade President Johnson to ac-
cept present of $4,000 which they voted to
give him in recognition of his efficient work.
but Mr.. Johnson objected so strenuously to the
proposition that the magnates were finally pre-
vailed upon to withdraw the offer The increase
voted yesterday makes President Johnson's salary
$40. 600 year -.
The principal topic under discussion was the
Washington club and its affairs. President John
stated that. everything had been practically
arranged for the transfer of the Washington
club to new syndicate, headed by w. y. Lam
bert. 10
Tim Hurst, the originator of ali baseball
humor-s' Scrappy Tim the most pugnacious
umpire that ever called strike-is dreaming
again He has caught the ''unionfzing spirit''
that is rife, and asks that umpires of all base
ball leagues band together and form castiron
union
Dec. % has been decided upon as the date
for the baseball meeting at Ottumwa, Iowa.
when twenty-e cities of Iowa and Illinois
will send representatives to help form western
league. But eight cities will be selected.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

The two soon struck into a runway,
and were walking along, evidently
Well agreed and at peace, and the
tracks We're getting so fresh that we
couldn't be more than quarter of a
mile behind, and we began almost TO
regard tho chase as certain to end in
success, as it probably would have
ended if another hunter hadn't "butted
in We We're just winding around
the s,Ge. of a hill that bordered wide
expanse of frozen swamp, when we
heard the long, wild howl of wolf
with game in sight-and 'the stuff
was off, SO far as we were concerned.
forty rods away we came on the full
history of the interruption that turned
our cake to dough, as plain as print in
the snow.
The two deer, intent on their own
affairs, and where they would have
remained in plain sight and easy shot
of us, once we had rounded the hill,
had walked right on. to an enormous
old timber wolf, who was, of course
questing about for something to eat,
as his tribe always are. OF course, he
put right after them, and they sped
away over the swamp, running for
life. I've read somewhere that the
buck is2a chivalrous animal, and will
shield and defend the doe, if he can.
Chivalrous nothing! There was only
one wolf and the buck could have
stood him off if he had tried, at least
till the doe could have made her es-z
cape, but he G1dn't try it. He outran
| the doe from the first jump, and left
| her with the wolf hard at her heels,
| putting off by himself just as soon as
| he could. as the tracks plainly showed
| OF course, there could be but one
| end to the chase, but it was bound to
be too long one for us to follow with
l. =, -~f @s~.-~
and we started home with our hearts
| in our boots. But, taking short cut
cross country, we ran on the fresh
tracks of two moose, and our spirits
rose with bound. We followed
| those moose tracks the rest of the
afternoon, gaining on them rapidly all
the time, as they were o continually
stopping to browse among the bushes,
and just about dark ran them down.
And where do you suppose? Why
right in the barnyardt of a settler The
double-b blanked moose were two
young, half-wild oxen of his, and in
the habit of ranging the woods at
every opportunity. BY our bad luck
the settler had seen us a long way Off
and was on We hired him to haul
us to our camp, and finding Tony
4 there, gave it UP, and came down with
i him the next day. Where did we get
! the deer? OF the settler, of course
i But we had a good time, all the same.''
/ For all of which I can vouch, know
| ing all parties to the transaction.
&C. G.. Kelly.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

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IN THE PRIZE RING

Charley Neary of Milwaukee goth the decision
over Kid Broad of Cleveland in fast six-round
bout before the sIilwaukee Boxing ing & club last last
night. Neary had the better OF the bout from
first to last He had his groggy in the
second round. and IN the fifth the Cleveland boy
was knocked to the canvas for eight of the count,
being saved from knockout by the gong.
Only in the first and fourth rounds did Broad
make any kind of a showing.
Ed Santry won from Kid Sayers In the second
round on foul.
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia given the de-
cision over Dick Fitzpatrick, Chicago heavy
weight at the end of six-round fight in Chicago
last night. O. OBrien led all the way and landed
almost when and where he pleased.
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'tNext day there was nice little
snowfall on the ground, and we start
ed out tracking. Tracking is very
simple-in theory. All you have to do
is to pick up a likely track follow it
till you Jump the deer which made
it, and shoot him. Like everything
else worth doing, it is a little differ
ent in practice. I believe fresh deer
track can be 700 miles long and never
half try at that. We tracked all fore
noon, and did find one bed still warm.
But the deer had gone out of it at
about the rate of twenty feet to the
jump, and we concluded to let him go.
After making a nice little fire. eat
Ing a good lunch and having smoke,
we felt better and tried it over Be-
fore long we got the fresh track of
what we took to be a big deer by the
size of the hoof prints, and had not
followed it long before it was joined
by a monster track, evidently that Of
a giant buck. From the way the
tracks waltzed all around shortly after
they joined, it was evident that there
was an ardent courtship going on,
and we pushed ahead as rapidly as we
could with regard to making as little
noise as possible, fully convinced that
the big buck would be somewhat off
guard under the circumstances, and
that we stood a good chance of getting
within shot, and maybe, of getting
both.
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for some years, but Hunter finally
aroused some enthusiasm among the
students and got together team
which defeated st. Louis university
and several other good elevens. The
st. Louis Globe-Democrat has the fol-
lowing to say of Hunters work:
In a broken field Hunter is one of the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
De1ay has cost many = man his

Delay has cost MANY a man his best
chance.
Bring in your want ads for The
Journal Monday and let stand till you
get your want.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Ion De TOO ShOre you're gOln to git
nothin' tell you git it. F'yare it makes it a
durn sight harder Wen you don't git it
Philosophy of Colonel Wheaton.
1--WE just got back from up Prairie
river, Jack and I. What kind of luck
did we have? Fine! Finest ever!
Greatest time I ever had since I first
pulled trigger. Tony Dwyer took us
up, located us, and brought us back,
and wouldn't hear of us disbursing
cent. Prince of good fellows, Tony is,
and in fact all the lumbermen are
tarred with the same stick that way.
I'VE were strangers and he took us
into camp. That is, took us to one he
used last winter where there was an
office building with a good stove in
it, had the hunks filled with new
blankets, sent a man over to cut us
some wood, which husky piled up
enough to last a month, then sent
over sled load of cooked grub told
us he would have the bull cook look
US up every day or SO, and a cruiser
keep an eye out that we didn't get lost
and find us if we did-and left us to
work destruction on the deer at our
own sweet will and pleasure.
did we work it? Well, we've got
SIX deer to show for it anyway. At
first we got far more hunting than
game, however. T tell you deer are
foxy. At first we took turns driving.
One selected likely points of exit from
swamps and thickets, where tracks
showed deer had gone in, and the
other went in to drive 'em out, while
the first party stood ready to shoot
'em as they came. But they always
went out some other way, and left us
with our pains to reward our labor.
Then they wouldn't come out at all,
but. just dodge around the man try
ing to drive 'em out, and stay in the
swamp laughing in their sleeves
played hoss with u.s. as the natives
put1it.
'Why, one day I chased three of
EN- round and round a big thicket for
three or four hours; could see the
brush moving and hear them trotting
about, and could never get a glimpse
of them, or get them to move in any
direction but a circle. Then / went
out and got Jack, who had nearly
frozen to death waiting, and he
warmed up good and plenty trying to
drive 'em out to me. Finally Jack
got mad clear thru and let go at the
noise, sending his bullet about two
inches over my head, as I judged by
the moan ofssit as it passed. Then ]
| 'hollered' Jack out and we called it
half a day and went back$to camp.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
DEER HUNTING
IS A FINE ART
TWO YOUNG HUNTERS TELL OF
VAIN QUEST FOR GAME.
Would Have Bagged Two Deer, but a
Timber Wolf Cuts In and Spoils
Everything - Lively Chase After
Two Moose Ends in Securing Six
Deer.

Don't be too shore you're goin' to git
nothin' tell you git it. F'yare it makes it a
durn sight harder Wen you don't git it.
Philosophy of Colonel Wheaton.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
New Cure for Weak Imnes

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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
DRAMA TIC DESCRIPTION
OF THE FLOOD HORRORS
BY Alan S. Rogers.

utmost to save those who chung to the
roofs of houses and. floating timbers.
HORRIBLE DEATH MET
BY TWO LITTLE ONES
Early in the morning two children
apparently around twelve years of
age, appeared directly in mid stream.
In their terrible voyage they cried
out most piteously. Tt was impossi-
BILE to get to their rescue, and both
children were seen to go over the
Pacolet dam in each others arms.
1t was 2 o'clock in the morning when
the rain began to fall. SO rapidly did the
river rise that houses containing sleeping
inmates were carried from their founda-
lions without the least warning and the
first information Of tho occupants was
learned by finding themselves anoat
While many of these We're rescued they
suffered terribly from exposure in their
terrible trip. Almost all were clad only
in their night clothes. Many of these
have contracted colds and other comDli-
cations that may prove fatal in sons
cases and serious in all. Physicians from
the surrounding country hurried to the re-
lief of the suffering ana all are being
cared for as well as the limited facilities
will permit
TWO THRILLING RESCUES
BY THE REV. MR. SNYDER
Another sad case was that OF Mrs
Landrum Williams, who was awakened
while yet in her bed by the noise OF
rushing waters She at first attempted
to escape from the house with her two
youngest children. She returned TO q
room in the second story to get her two
other children and by the time she had
awakened these the house was afioat
Grabbing her youngest an infant, in her
arms and the next Of age, q little girl
of some four years, she succeeded by
only the greatest effort in reaching this
roof. The two other children were drown
ed before she was able to drag them
from the second story.
The little girl of years or age was
caught in terrific current as Mrs. VIII
liams reached for her while hanging
over the edge of the roof, and to save
the infant, which she held in her other
arm. the agonized mother was compel
ed to her little girl go down before
here eyes and listen to her last cries
of piteous agony.
The panic-stricken woman, half crazed
with terror. hoated on down the river
and was finally able to moor her fright
full craft by grasping the branches of an
overhanging tree For only a moment
was she able to change the drift of the
floating house. but it was sufficient 10
grasp with one arm a limb while with
the other she pressed her tiny babe
against her breast, finally rescued.
Hickman V. Stribbling made his es
cape in a similar way and lodged in
the same tree and here they stayed for
eight hours until they were finally res
cued through the heroic efforts of Rev.
Mr.. Snyder and one other man, who,
with the aid of a rude craft made Of
two common bales which were hoated
bling, on which they placed themselves
and were safely pulled in shore.
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pAco1Er MILL NO. g. DESTROYED BY c1oUDBURsr.

was practically unpurchasable. Pacolet
was quoted at 253 per share. while that
of the Clifton Manufacturing Company
was quoted at about 200 Ter share.
1t was from the accrued dividends Of
Pacolet mills Nos /, and that the i'll
fated mill at New Holland Springs was
erected and operated Until this mill
was built Pacolet stock was quoted over
500. which had the record of being the
highest dividend paying mill in the south,
with no stock purchasable on the mar
ket.
S. NJ. Milliken, a well-known capitalist
of New York city. IS a heavy share holder
in the Pacolet mills, owning about half
of the stock The Montgomerys, sons Of
the late John H Montgomery, were next
heaviest losers. The stock in the PacOlct
mills today is by reason Of both the food
and the disaster at Gainesville valued ut
par. 1t is significant fact. however. that
not one share of this stock is now on
the market.
A large semi-annuaI dividend exceed
ing 10 per cent was to have been declared
on July / by the Pacolet mills.
The heaviest loser in the Clifton mills
are President A. II. TWitchel, Mrs ID. f..
Converse and w. S. Manning. This stock,
while its book value is less than par, is
not on the market. All of which facts
point conclusively to the rebuilding and
probable charging of each and every
mill
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DESOLATION AT PRESENT
CANNOT BE EXAGGERATED

While all of these facts point TO the
future prosperity of Spartanburg county
the present destruction among the thou
sands of homeless, unprotected, can hard
" be exaggerated Officials of all the
mills have given out the information
that employees will be used so far as
practicable in the repairing and rebuild
ing dams and mills.
Notices have also been posted by both
the Southern Railway Company and the
Charleston and Western Carolina com
pany for laborers in the matter of con-
struction of temporary repairs
Notwithstanding this, but comparative
ly few of the great army OF unemploy-
ed will be available for these purposes.
1t is semi officially reported that the
Arkwright mills and Spartan mills will
Immediately adopt a plan by which some
relief can be given to the unemployed.
either by running three mills half time
as TO their present employees. or double
time SO as to utilize the efforts of the
afflicted
This plan has been warmly and gener-
ously sanctioned not only by the opera
tors but by the opera tives of the Ark
wright mills and the Spartan mills.
Added to the fact that the afflicted
district is entirely shut off from the out
side world. is the certainty but just es-
tabished fact that several of the mill
stores have been severely damaged. both
as to stock and building, while others
have been entirely swept away.
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in number, Mr. Elders and his wife and
Robert Finley, with five others, whom !
believe boarded at his house
In a walk along the banks OF Pacolet
river from Clifton No. to Clifton No. l,
Superintendent Shea, of the Clifton Man
ufacturing Company mills said that
about . o'clock in the morning of Sat
day last a night Waterman came to
him. as required by the rules of the COM
rising rapidly. At 4 o'clock he again re-
turned and reported the condition az
dangerous superintendent Shea imme-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-08
OSCILLATION
|. AND DEATH
HOLD SWAY
BY C. R. Henry.

partanburg, S. c, June 1.-(Speclal)-
collation.. death and ruin are holding
/ sway along the banks of the Pacolet
er from Clifton to Pacolet. a distance
ll0 miles. as the result of the awful
Id of Saturday morning.
from the scene of the destruction of
big 5o.0Oo-spintile mill known as Cliff
| No. 3. down the river a quarter Of
r9ile where Clifton No. l is wrecked
on around the bend another quarter
h mile TO Clifton mill No. ,, which
slso half gone, nothing but debris and
erksee can be seen today when only
tew hours ago the hum Of over 100000
hdles and the musical ripple of the
tr was heard.
he transformation is one that smites
spectator dumb. and words are alto
her inadequate to describe the scenes
ruin which line the banks of the river
miles down In some places where
4 village stood with it's dozens Of
.ses today is seen only long hat
ID bank. the river having changed
hpletely the aspect of the country In
ne places the road bed of the electric
WAY is completely annihilated and the
ire bed is washed away, water cover
The ground. 1t Will probably be nee
Hrv for the line to take q detour OF a
!, from the old location in order to
ch Clifton.
: Ia
4 about the scene of destruction
liking down the river gorge is very
tcult. and it is only by the greatest
,rt that the trip from mill No To
:. and is made. The survivors all
today stood upon the spots occupied
nrday by the homes of their dead
mds. Not d trace of half hundred
mes is today visible. In some places
sites occupied by the houses are
led beneath great sand banks and only
occasional piece of plank projecting
cugh the sand would indicate that a
,se stood in that place. The destruc-
is awful and complete. The force Of
food has 50 completely changed the
nls Of the river and fat borders on
ah numerous houses stood that it
/ not be possible 10 rebuild on the
ner sites.
Forty to Fifty Dead.
he loss of life today is conservatively
ced at from forty to fifty. Only a
. bodies. perhaps half a dozen. have
h secured from the floods. y young
Is body was found buried SO deep in
. / sand that only her knee projected.
man was taken out Of the river in
Unconscious condition miles below
/ scene of his being overtaNen by the
81 One woman chung to tree for
hrs while the surging flood splashed its
nv waters against her feet, and as
! rescuers failed again and again to
th her she began shouting in her re
bus zeal thinking her end had come.
, was later rescued.
Clifton mill No. 3. just above the
stnern railway trestle. ten people were
mned and only a small part of the
nense mill. about one-fourth. now re-
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Spartanburg. S. c., June 7.~(Staff Core
spondent awful beyond description
was the terrible misery and untold suffer-
ing. together with great loss of life that
followed and still follows in the flood
swept district along Pacolet river and
Lawsons Fork, in Spartanburg county.
While it is impossible at this time to
give the list of the loss of life or esti-
mate accurately the resulting damage.
remarkable steps have been taken by the
officials in charge and many reports au-
thentic and reliable have been received.
The angel of death has passed over one
Of the most prosperous and largely pop
ulated districts of Spartanburg county,
leaving in its wake hundreds on hun
dreds who mourn the loss of loved ones,
while thousands of their generous South
Carolina neighb0rs are sending practical
requiem by extending every possible aid
to the afflicted.
Never in the history of these illustrious
Spartans has a calamity SO great befallen
its people.
Where but two days ago there was
noise and rattle of shuttle and loom,
there is the wall Of those whose loss
leaves them absolutely unable to be
comforted. The placid streams that
fed motive power to some of the best
and most enterprising mills in all OF
the south have become rushing, raw
enous torrents, which having swal-
lowed many victims, cruelty refuses
to give up many of it's unknows
dead.
Where but short time ago great
dams held in peaceful confinement
the waters of Lawson's Fork, yester-
day found a seething, turbulent mass
of pillows that formed a spectacle so
awful as to defy all possibility of ex-
aggeration.
WAILING WOMEN STAND
WAITING FOR LOVED BODIES
Most grewsome Is the unknown inven-
tory of these angry waters. Enough de-
tails, however, are now known to perma-
nenetly establish in history the Spartan
burg county disaster as the Johnstown
food of the south
Along the banks of the Pacolet
river and Lawson's Fork weeping
women stand gazing in anxious sus-
pense for fear their most horrible an
ticipations may be realized.
1t Is a pathetic fact that, although
these wives. many Of whom have. in the
last two days, become widows, refuse
to acknowledge the advice of kind friends
who point out again and again the i'm
possibility of any bodies still remaining
in the vicinity OF the floods first cruel
outrages
Some of the actual scenes along the
banks of the river were sad beyond
portrayal. While the flood was at its
height, scores of persons ioated down the
channel of the stream Many of these
were picked up by rescuers, who did their
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diately ordered the Waterman to 60 to
the houses located on the banks of the
river, wake up the occupants and notify
them to Immediately leave their homes,
as the rapid rising Of the water made
these houses unsafe. He learned later
many of those warned had refused to
vacate, saying that they had seen plenty
of foods before and Were not afraid.
Shortly after this warning was given
many Of those who had laughed a the
notification We're clinging to the tops OF
the roofs Of their houses and floating
down the streams to certain deaths.
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utmost to save those who clung to tn
roofs Of houses and. floating timbers.