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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03

in a few words. He was; a man of marvel
GUS vitality, winning his fights more be-
cause Of his wonderful gameness and
rugged constitution than because of any
skill with the n1itts. He is one of the
last survivors of the school of bare
knuckle fighters Time and again when
his, opponent considered him a beaten
man, the old fighters great reserve
strength would become apparent and
there would be nothing in sight but Cod
dard. "
His Early Career. .,: s,.a
Goddard was born in Pyramul, in the
gold fields of New South Wales. in 1852.
In his prime he was one Of the most
dangerous fighters in Australia. He
worked in the mines from his fourteenth
year until he reached the age Of 10. when
fever weakened him, and he secured work
in connection with the waterworks i11
Sydney. Then developed his rivalry with
Edward Ryan for the love Of the young
woman whom Goddard later married.
Ryan was one of the best fstic artists in
Sydney, and had downed all corners. He
challenged joe, and after five rounds OF
furious bare :knucikle fighting, Goddard
won the bout.
Owen Sullivan, a fighter of note, then
invited Goddard to fight for purse OF
$1,000. Goddard won this money after
eleven rounds of fighting, and shortly. after
ra.ked in $500 by polishing off Charley
Dunn. Bill Mullins, Ed King, Tom Lee
Mike Dooley, were among the men who
succumbed to the new star. and Goddard
was then hailed as Barrier Champion,
having barred all other championship
aspirants from wearing the laurel Al
Melbourne he fought a, draw with Peter
Jackson, and sailed for San Francisco
He defeated Joe NIcAulitfe and Billy
Smith, lost to Denver Ed Smith, anC
downed William Kennedy and Joe Butler
Then he returned to Australia and Wor
and lost several fortunes there. -: z
: Soldier in Matabebeland. !.
He fought with the English forces il
Matabebeland, marching 1000 miles across
the desert with his regiment, sometimes
half dead from starvation and thirst. Afte1
leaving the army he travelled through
India Ceylon, China, japan, Samoa, New
Zealand Tasmania, Hawaii and severa
countries in Europe, returning to tAmericf
for the second time in 1897. Here his
career was marked by ups and downs. He
won from second-ra tiers like Peter Maher
Van Buskirlx and Bob Armstrong, but los
to Tom Sharkey and Jim Jeqr1es, was dis
qualified in a bout with Kid Mccoy, an(
lost a second fight with Maher. His las
fight was with George Cole in New Yorl
last spring, Cole getting the decision, ant
showing how much Goddard had gone
back. Later he took a, hand in six da,
walking races, but did not prove a sue
cess. t#EE za
Goddard was shot in an election rio
| last July, and an absccss formed arount
the bullet, which remained lodged in hi
brain. It is now considered matter o
a few days when death ends the career 0
one Of the most spectacular figures il
modern pugilism. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
Do
1t go

Advertise your sleighs, hobs or cutters
in The Journal classified columns and you
can make a deal. The Journal Want Page
is read by thousands every night II you
can't bring your ad, telephone either line
No. 8 and the Journal will trust you
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
JOHN BARNES IN MANILA
WeII.known Sporting Man Is Maxim!
-,.. Money!,

Money.
John S. Barnes, who will be remembered
in connection with ST. Paul baseball and
with the Birmingham (England) Sport
ing club, is now in Manila. Barnes
writes friends that the boxing
game in our new possessions is tf1rivz
ing, and that the natives and America ii
military men readily pay from So to $40
a head to see scrub fights. He advises
boxers looking for trouble to commune
cate with him. Send on a good light
weight, middleweight, and heavyweight,
and they'll soon make themselves cham
pions of the Philippines writes Barnes,
adding, land they need not be better than
second class boxers, either
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
TO California.

Through Pullman Tourist sleepers to
California via the Sunshine Routes (Chi-
cage. Milwaukee & st. Paul and Santa Fe
lines). every Tuesday. Berth rate, Sc.
Ticket office. 32s Nicollet avenue. or adj
dFsss VI 2. Dixon. y. ". =. Al. st. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
To Hot Springs, Ark,
TO Florida,
To california.

The Minneapolis & st. Louis road sells re-
turn tickets at greatly reduced rates
besides you get the best service, anu that
counts, City ticket Office No. WASH
ington avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
Gets to Chicago RIuht on Time

The famous North Star Limited on the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road is making a
most enviable record by maintaining
schedule time while the older trains are
seriously delayed. Try the North Star
next time. So - ..szsss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
PIaYtnu Cards,

At the Rock Island Office, 1922 Ncoilet
avenue. Is cents pack or two for a quar-
ter. Call and see them ,'-.,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03

Carey Roofing better than metal or
pitch and gravel. W. s. Mott Co. Tel. 376.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03
California Is the Place

- California Is the Place
to go and the way to go is over: the Rock
Island railway. Illustrateds literature and
information at the office, 1922 Nicollet
avenue. :A' = - - - = w.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03

Want Ads Are Little Agents Working All
the Time.
1t don't pay to keep articles you don't
want Now is the time to dispose of such
articles. The best and surest wav is to
insert small adlet in the Classified Col
umns Of The Journal and allow 1t to do
the work. Others have succeeded, so can
you.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-03

.'Flaherty threw away a chance to win
that fight, said Gardner, the other day,
In a reminiscent mood. During mix
up we both went through the ropes. Flah-
erty landing on top of me. His shoulder
was thrown out and my leg was twisted
under me so that could not rise. Flah-
erty got up and walked over to the referee
and told him he could not continue the
fight, and the referee came over to where
lay on the floor to give me the fight.
Get up, said he. All right, 4 said, hold
ing up my hands. / thought he might
help me to my feet and would get the
decision, but he was too wise. Come
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
FEARFUL EXPLOSION
Powder Magazines Bkw Up With Ter.
rible Results
MORE THAN TWENTY LIVES LOST
Fourteen Houses Blown to Atoms by
the Force Of the Explosion-rostiy
Working People.

Lowell. Mass, Special.-Two small
powder magazines situated in the very
midst OF the humble residences OF so
mill operatives, exploded Wednesday
with frightful conclusion and the re-
sultant wave OF death cut OF the lives
Of more than a score OF human beings
and injured nearly 80 others. Hall q
dozen men who were loading kegs OF
power from one OF the magazines were
blown to pieces: four boys 200 yards
away were killed by the force Of the
explosion, and IA frame houses within
a radius OF 400 yards were blown down
as If they had been built OF cards.
Seven OF these houses Immediately
caught fire, probably from the kitchen
stoves, and were completely destroyed.
At least three persons were caught In
the ruins and burned to death. while
seven or eight others, who were res
cued, died subsequently OF their inju-
ries. 1t Is estimated that 70 separate
pieces OF property. including those al
ready mentioned, were destroyed. while
the force OF the explosion wrecked
windows for five or six miles around
and its thunder could be heard dis
tinctly more than so miles away.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
At The North.

Twelve OF the cOnvicts who escaped
at Placerville, Cal, were still at large
Though prices were irregular, there
was a better feeling in the New York
stock market.
After sleeping A days, Endicott C.
Allen, in the Long Branch, N. j., hos
pital, is awake.
Martin Ebelt is said to have con-
fessed the murder of his wife. whose
body was found in a sewer at Mount
Vernon, N. Y.
When he attempted to prevent
Adolph Schloss, soldier, from shoot
ing his sweetheart, Patrolman Corne-
Illus Mulvey, Of New York, was Sc
riOusly wounded.
4 South Dakota divorce was ad-
judged void under English law by the
president of the Divorce Court, in Lon.
don
A terrific explosion of gunpowder al
a Lowell (Mass.) factory killed prob
ably 20 persons and wounded a number
| of others.
The convicts who escaped from th'
| California prison have reached th'
Greenwood Hills, where the officer
| hope to starve them out.
| The stock Of the Evansville an
Terre Haute Railway was transferre'
| to Rock Island interests.
twenty-five union miners were ar
rested at Idaho Springs, Cold, charge
with conspiracy, minehouse havin
been blown up.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Mstters Of Oeneral lnteress IN
Short Paragraphs.
Down On Dixie.

The Council OF Keyser. w. Va, has
fixed the, tax rate at IS cents on the
800
The two factions OF the Populist
party were reunited in a conference al
Denver
A company has been chartered TO
operate a trolley line from Morgan
town to Fairmont, W. Va.
Capt. B. J. Even began his testimony
In the Marcum murder case at Cynth-
lana, KY.
Mrs. Ann A. Davis, widow OF Sena-
tor Davis. OF Minnesota, and Mr. Henry
Doll, of Knoxville. Tenn, were mar
ried in Washington.
The barn Of Mr.. l. H. Freeman, OF
Arcola, Va. was destroyed by fire OF
unknown origin on Monday night A
portion of the contents was saved
The German cruiser Gazelle, which
had been at the Newport News ship
yard for some time, sailed for Hall
fax. Count Won Orcola, in command
of the vessel. says his ship will go tc
Montreal from Halifax.
The Clinton Coal and Coke Com
pany has increased its capital stock
to $1,000,00O and will build four miles
Of railroad at a cost OF 100000 tt
reach its mines in the Clinton district
Monongalla county, West Virginia
Three hundred coke ovens will be in
stalled. The company owns 10,00t
acres.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
An Erudite Senator.

Senator Knute Nelson, Of Minnesota
is Ole of the most accomplished
linguists of the Senate. A Norwegian
by birth. he speaks that language per-
fectly. He also speaks Swedish,
Danish, German and. Of course, Eng
lish. He has a very good understand
ing of French. Senator Nelson from
the age of IL years was brought up in
Minnesota, where a mixed population
Of Norwegians, Swedish, Danish and
German gave him a splendid oppor-
tunity to acquire their languages
and. being at all times studious, he
lost no chance to add to his knowl
edge.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
tJohold Booker Washington.

Tuskegee. Ala, Special-A resolu-
ton was adopted here by the Alabama
State Colored Baptist Convention. in
.ession in this city, severely condemn
ing the attack made upon Principal
Booker T. Washington, Of Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute, du-
ring his address at Boston. The reso-
luton. which was unanimously adopted
ty the 300 delegates of the convention,
uphold Principal Washington and
pledges confidence and endorsement OF
DIR. Washington as conservative
worthy and safe leader, deserving OF
the respect and confidence Of all men.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Hotel Burned.

A special dispatch from Nags Head
brings the news OF the total destruc-
ton OF the summer hotel there by fire.
I. also says that the wife Of the pro-
prietor OF the hotel dropped dead from
fright The hotel was packed with
guests. IL the meagre reports received
are to be trusted and these we're all
thrown out OF lodging. Many found
places to stay in homes nearby the
hostelry and others were forced TO stay
out. 1t was not the day for the boat
that runs there to return TO Elizabeth
City and no back trip was run. Thil
forced the burned ou:Svisitors to stay
there over twenty-four hours The
Gazette Messenger also tells Of the
killing of a negro named Daneiei. al
Grifton. Pitt county. by George Dunn
a policeman Daniels resisted arrest
and stabbed the officer. whererpon hs
was shot. He died instantly. The eoro-
ner's jury exonerated Dunn The same
paper tells Of the completion Of twc
of Millionaire Narvins houses a
Blount's creek. and the PROPOSE
bringing OF seTeral hundred immi
grants to the place for a colony.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Valuable Literary Feature Of q North
Carolina Daily.

The Raleigh News and Observer
grows in interest with every issue.
One feature alone is we'll worth the
price of the paper. Each morning al
the head OF the editorial column 10
what the editor designates a. "A
Morning Tonic" This feature ought tc
be clipped and p,sted by all young peo-
pie in a scrap-book, and these selec-
tions taken from the most prominent
authors during the year would make
volume OF selections that would be
worthy place on the center table o'
any parlor, being genuine gems. The
news features OF the News and OBJ.
server are kept up to their well known
and recognized standard. The Capita
City Of the State. and in fact the whole
State may well feel proud Of their pro-
gressive daily.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Three Killed and a Score Injured.

Lynchburg, Va, Special.-At z
o'clock Thursday afternoon three per-
sons were killed and more than score
injured by lightning at New Hope
church, Appommattox county. the
dead are: Paul Gowen, Charles Aus
tin and Aubrey Wingfield. while
among the more seriously injured are:
Eugene Turner, Nathaniel Morris, Tom
Coleman and Napoleon Patterson. A
meeting of the James River Baptist
Association was in progress and
large number Of men took refuge un-
der an awning near the building when
the storm came up. Lightning struck
a tree in front Of the awning, causing
the disaster and throwing the great
crowd on the ground into a panic.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Another 1erger.

Boston. Mass, Special.-A certificate
OF organization was filed at the State
house by the United States Cotton
Manufacturing Company, with a capl-
tai Of s40,000,00O in $1O0 shares. Henry
C.. Bacon is president, and M. Shumer
Holbrook. treasurer John p. Rogers
Is a director, these three constituting
a majority. The charter of S4O.OOO,0oO
makes it the largest capitalized cor
p0ration in Massachusetts. 1t is under
stood that the company is formed TO
acquire all or majority Of the cot
ton textile plants of the country in
one huge trust with headquarters IN
Boston. but details cannot be learned
at present, President Bacon decliping
TO discuss the plans Of the corporation
other than to say that its headquarters
would be in Boston. The charter en-
Lowers il to build or buy mills and to
carry on a general cotton manufac-
turing business.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
At The National Capital.

The officers of the United States ma
val squadron are being royalty enter
tanned at Lisbon and King Carlos will
visit the warships on Saturday.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
been asked by the Agricultural Depart
ment to hold up cargoes of imported
food products until they can be exam
ined by an expert under the provisions
Of the Pure Food law.
The State Department is advised that
President Castro, Of Venezuela, is pur-
suing a high-handed course toward
foreigners.
1t is said the new Currency bill will
provide for the deposit Of customs, as
well as Of internal revenue, receipts in
national banks.
In a communication Commercial
Agent Langhorne shows how Russia
Is implanting herself to control Chi
nese trade at Dalny.
Alexander Isvolsky is spoken Of as
| the possible successor to Count Cas-
| sini, Russian Ambassador at Wash
| ington.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
From Across The Sea

Cardinal Camerlengo Oregila has
asked the 81 cardinals in Rome to be
ready to enter their cells for the con-
clave by tomorrow.
Count Hedervary, the Premier. was
shouted down in the HugarIan Diet at
Budapest and the sitting broke UP In
a riot, which will result, it was report
ed, in several duels.
A solemn requiem mass for King
Humbert was celebrated in the Pan
theon at Rome on the third anniver-
sary of his assassination.
Cardinal Gibbons had conference
with Cardinal Logue. and many hon
ors are being rendered the distinguish
ed American prelate.
The Cunard Steamship Company ha:
agreed to the British Government
offer of $5,000,0 900 subsidy on the pro-
posed two new vessels for the line.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
CROWDED BRIDGE COLLAPSES.
nore Than One Hundred People
Thrown Into the River.

Portland, Ore, Special.-A section OF
the bridge which spans the William
ette River, at Morrison street, eollaps-
ed Friday afternoon, precipitat
more than 100 people 4. .asiel -ae
water. Three people are p-own to have
been drowned, and 1t Is feared that the
list Of dead will be much larger when
all are accounted for. Many fell on two
small lighthouses moored to pier OF
the bridge Immediately under the spot
where it gave way. The known dead
are: Minnie Raymond. aged 10; Lotie
Cameron, aged 1S; unidentified boy.
aged IS. Thousands OF peoplee had
gathred on the Morrison and Madison
street bridges and along the docks to
watch Clarence Lutz, an armless man,
swim aToss the rivere, which Is about
three-eighths Of a mile wide. AS Lutz
was climbing out of the water the
Gowd rushed to the south edge OF the
bridge in order to get good view. A
section of the walk gave away under
the heavy weight. and the crowding,
struggling mass of people were carried
down a distance of forty feet. Hun
dreds OF the people at the club house
OF the Portland Rowing Club, men In
boats and those on shore, started to
the rescue Immediately. They soon
picked up those struggling in the
water while the injured. who were
clinging to the boat houses, were taken
into the club house and medical aid
summoned. Every ambulance in the
| city, several fire companies and large
| force Of police arrived within a few
| minutes and the victims with broken
| arms and legs were hurried to the
hospitals. News Of the accident quick
| l. spread, and with a few minutes
thousands of people gathered at either
| end Of the bridge, anxiously seeking
| information about relatives or friends
The bridge is an old wooden struc-
| ture. having been built 16 years ago
and has been considerd unsafe FOL
scme time, although it was not con
/ domnpd
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Commufes Woman's Sentence.

Washington, Special. - President
Roosevelt has commuted the sentence
of Lucy Smith, white woman, con-
victed in the western district OF Vir-
ginia, of retailing moonshine whiskey
without license. The woman was con-
victed in May last and was sentenced
to pay a fine of s10O and serve six
months in prison. The United States
attorney recommended communication OF
the sentence on the ground that the
woman was the mother Of five chill
dren, ignorant Of the offense she h d
committed, and that the children were
dependent upon her and were in des-
titute condition. The sentence was
communted to expire August l.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Cotton and Tobacco Conditions.

Washington, Special.-The weather
bureaus weekly summary OF crop con-
ditions affecting cotton and tobacco Is
as follows: While there has been an
Improvement in cotton its advancement
Is apparently less decided than in the
previous. week, especially In the CEN
trail portions Of the western districts
where rain is generally needed. Gooc
growth is reported from nearly all dis
tricts, but the plant continues small
and Is from two to four weeks late.
Boil weevil in Texas are doing little
damage. Much of the crop has received
final cultivation. Tobacco is needing
rain in portions of Virginia. North
Carolina and Kentucky but Is mostly
doing we'll elsewhere"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Postoffice Robbed.

Salisbury, n. c., SpeciaL-The post
Office at Mocksville was burglarized be-
morning by unknown parties, who Sc
cured $500 in stamps and sS5 in cash
from the safe. The door OF the building
ter which the handle of the lock Of the
safe was pried off and nitro-glycerine
poured into the cavity thus made. The
resulting explosion tore away the out
er door, and the inner door was forced
without much difficulty. Three men are
suspected and officers are on theiI
trial.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Contract Awarded.

Washington, Special.-Acting Post
master General Wynne signed the con-
tract of Paul Herman, of Rutherford,
NJ to furnish the money order forms
to the government during the next four
wears. The first forms are to be sup
r,;ed under the new contract on Sep
tember 4. The signature OF the final
napers ends the fight which the old
contractors, the Wynkoop, Hallenoeck
and Crawford Company, OF New IosK'
have been waging ever since the award
was made to Herman, former en-
Move of that company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06

Salisbury. sprcisi-Tar oft-rvvortea
foshl.ng O. The sDSthera Railway
shops At spenccr 10 Do- very near .;
hand. according 10 q s;A;ensat nsas
b General Manager Ackers. While
here. 10 n representative O. Tas
Salisbury sun. Mr.. Ackrrt KaI1 that
the plans we're nos ready ana wouid
Be submitted FOR bids ~ithin the next
20 days II. tecla-rd. In Ern~rzi
way. that the shoEs would bs nors
than Doubled in capacity. This means
that 600 more mca will be employed
and the annual payroll Increased By
500. 90. These arc indced siadsidingz
and IL IS 10 BE- hoped that there ~ili
Be no further delay In this extremely
important matter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-08-06
Miscellaneous rlatters.

A B. Youngson, Grand Chief Engi-
neer of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, is dead at Meadville,
Pa, aged 81 years.
The conclave for the election OF
new Pope will begin in the Vatican
this evening.
1t was reported that man named
Pupo was at the head Of revolution
ary movement in the province OF San
tiaso, Cuba, and the Rural GUARDS
were mobilizing there to Quell any at
tempted rebellion.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
continued their motor-car trip through
the Connemara district and later went
to Galway.
Mr.. Santos Dumont offered his air
ship to the French Government for
| war purposes
Representative A. 6. Dayton, ol
West Virginia, favors fewer but more
| complete navy yards.
f! Marine hospital surgeons who con.
| Quoted an investigation at Vera Cruz
| Mexico, say the germ OF yellow fever
| is a protozoan parasite carried by mos
Quitoes-