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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10

was empaneled and the reg
ular machinery of Justice was set go-
ing the first day of the term. The
presence Of men of prominence from
northern part Of the central judicial
district afforded the committee pecu-
liar advantages for gaining informa-
ton about the resources of the coun-
try, the condition Of the people, the
EFFICIENCY Of the administrative ma
as to what action on the part Of con-
gress is desired by the people and
what would best promote the inter-
ests of the district. Il
4 n COUPLE of young men on board
"A steamship sailing between Sc
attic and SkagWay developed
the idea that 1nasmuch as they We're
going far from home and into coun-
try where every man is supposed ito
look out for himself, circumstances
might arise where it would be a good
thing to have friends, and that prob
ably the best way to provide for such
emergencies was to organize a fra
ternal and mutual benefit society.
That was four years ago, or more.
The result of this thought is a secret
society known as the Arctic Broth
erhood, of which there are camps in
all the settlements and towns of any
consequence in Alaska. There was a
camp Of the Arctic Brotherhood at
Rampant. This fraternity has a
building of it's own there containing
a good sized hall in which it holds
serves as a public hall for the town
and a sort of social center. A feature
of the hospitality extended to the
senatorial party was a smoker"
the night before we left, at the A. B.
hall. This social session was pre-
sided over by Judge Claypool, United
States commissioner at Circle, who
was in Rampant attending court.
Claypool belongs to the prominent
Indiana family of that name, and
sustains the reputation of the family
for intellectual cleverness and capac-
ity. The impromptu program devel-
oped the existence of considerable
talent for entertaining on the part of
the citizens of Rampant. At this
evening entertainment it occurred to
some member of the Arctic Brother
hood that it would be a capital idea
| to invite the members of the senator
| ial party to become honorary mem
bers Of the fraternity. The senator's
expressed their appreciation of the
compliment, and a meeting for the
purposes of initiating by special dis
pensation was called for II o'clock
the next day. Initiation into the
Arctic Brotherhood, it can be stated
without revealing any Of the secrets
tended at times with experiences
| which the initiates are not likely
soon to forget. While it was pro
posed to have a special dispensation
for the senatorial party, applying the
forms of regular initiation to some
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10

kon to st. Michael. OF course a mat
ter Of great interest to us was the dis
coyery of some way to continue our
journey down the river. BY means of
this telegraph line we were able to ar
range for the use of the army trans
port stationed at Fort Gibbon to carry
us down to Nulato where the Healy, a
boat belonging to the North American
Transportation and Trading company,
had orders to await our arrival. And
SO on the 23d+ of August we left our
hospitable friends at Rampant. on the
transport Van 9Vliet, with a parting
salute from the members of the Arc
tic Brotherhood who lined up on shore
and, as our boat swung out into the
stream, gave with such striking fidel-
ity Of imitation the t.malamute'' yell
that the Malamute dogs themselves
presently joined in the lugubrious
wall. And so we were af1oat again on
the Yukon with a reasonable assur-
ance this time that our progress to the
sea would not meet with serious in
terruption.
CHORTLY. before midnight we ar
rived at the mouth Of the Tanana
~ river, seventy-five miles below
| Rampant where to one end of the
settlement occupied by one trading
| company is given the name of Weare
while to the other, occupied by the
| other, commercial company, is given
the name of Tanana; and between
them lies a military post known as
Fort Gibbon. Here is stationed a
company Of the Eighth regiment, I'M
der Captain Gerhardt. A halt was
made long enough to afford Colonel
Wilcox an opportunity to make his
official inspection, long enough to in
spect the buildings at the post and
the garden of the commercial agent
and to enjoy lunch set out by Mr.
4 Windes, agent of the North American
Trading & Transp ortation company
which would have done credit to any
club or hotel in Minneapolis
| At Fort Gibbon stands a tall tower
Of structural iron which is to be
equipped with Marconi te1egraphie
1 apparatus as a part of a system under
/ construction to connect the line from
Valdez to Eagle, from the point where
Lit crosses the Tanana river, with the
! line down the river to st. Michael
from which point the Marconi sys.
tenn will be employed again to con.
lyey the messages across Norton sounc
Ito Nome. "A cable was laid across the
1 sound a year or two ago, but the Ice
4 ground it into small pieces in thu
4 spring, showing that a cable is I'M
4 practicable there.
1T was 10 O'clock the next night
1 July "a, when we oyerhauled the
4 Healy, Captain Holscher, at the In,
i dian village of Nulato. The lower
4 Yukon possesses less Of interest
\ scenically, than the upper stretches o.
/ that great river, and yet the rol
Of Its mighty flood onward towards
Il the sea carries the traveller thru many
lmiles OF interesting and pictur'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
Some Observations on Life as It Is in the Heart
of Alaska.

People Representation in Congress and Suggestion
for the Observation-Disclosures Of the LawThe
tic Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt Made Member-No
for the Daily Paper Without Daily Mai-Holy
Misson-ngng vestiges Of the Russian Occupation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
ISOLATED ATHENS.
Chicago News. /,

Athens, Greece. the only capital in Europe
which cannot be reached by rail, is separated by
several hundred miles from the Euro2ean main
railway system of which Brindisi, sai9nlki IAN, ana
southern termini. projected line from Athena
to SoIoniki will bridge the last gap in the chain.
run thru carriages from Calais to Athens. and
the Greek capital will be brought within three
DAYS of London AT present the quickest transit
Ia five days. Via Brindisi and Patras, which in.
wolves sea voyage almost as long as that be-
tween Brinisi and Egypt.
An Italian authority finds that when hens are
fed on food containing large percentage OF iron
very digestibIe form Of the illuminate. Such
eggs exert tonic effect on persons who eat them.
The case illustrates the fact that all eggs not
alike by any means, and that, according to tina
food fed they may vary greatly In dtetic value
and effect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
DAPTATION to his

'APTATION to his
surroundings ! S
one of the hu-
m a n a n i m ais
strong points. He
can make him.
self at home, as
he phrases it, al
most anyw h e r Q
and under al
most any condi-
tons. I found an
i'll u s t ration Of
this peculiar and
serviceable fac
ulty in the heart
of Alaska. It was
at Rampant, so I
am told, that a
philosopher, who
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

lenger. Mr George Watson had again with Shamrock II. d fuller bodied boat than the craft selected by the Ameri cans for the defense of the cup; but iii the recent series of contests this state of affairs was reversed, the Re- liance being much more fuller bodied boat than the challenger, besides being a great deal flatter on the floor.
 How much we have progressed since Puritan, the first cutter built for the defense of the cup. was launched, will be seen from a comparison of the .di- mensions of the boat with those of Re lance, which is probably the most ex- heme craft ever built in the history of the racing for the cup. Puritan meas ured 811 feet on the water line, as against s9.66 feet of Reliance. The spinraker boom of the one was @ feet, as compared with the modern boats s3.75 feet. The main gaff, too, shows what has been done in the way of in-. creased sail area; Puritan had 3 spar AT feet in length to contrast with the Reliance's 71s0 feet. It is, however, in the huge spread of canvas which can be carried with safety that one notes the great advance of modern fdeas- Reliance spreads over 16,o0O square feet as against Puritan's 1882 square feet. .Fs s94s4
 GE0RGE ET,GfN
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

of Sthe rope They were manly, clean in morals and we'll bred. Pi Yuk's man1iers were especially cifarfnifig. {. He was great lover of nature, and liked to take walks in the moonlight. He used to say that he would marry an American girl and spend the rest of his days in this country, which hS loved deeply:
 The greatest proof of Pi Yuk.s Amer] icanism was ttie enthusiastn With which he adopted the great national game. He pitched baseball With great skill, and although he delighted in all out-of- door sports, baseball waS his favorite. He was a regular pitchek on the Anduver team. and one of th8' most cool and steady players ih thS pitchers box
 Pi Yuk and his ,countrymen were not allowed to graduate from Andover.; During the summer after their second! year an emissary from China discover ed With horror that the boys were be- coming, too good Americans, and soon after they. were Sent home to the Celestial Kingdom. ...,.... .s3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
THE ART OF FALLING.
Acquired by ssymsns;ia sss ;it sts ana Is often the Means of Saving < Their
 Bones.

.aTte story that a man fell 200 feet the other day and didnN hurt himself is amusing, 2 said the director of a New York gymnasium. reports the Sun, but, cutting all foolishness out, there was more than a grain Of truth in it. What I mean IS that d man who knows how to fall cad fall a consider able distance without getting anything more than a bruise or two.
 ssThe trouble is that the average man doesn't know anything about fall ing easily. Now. one of the first things that gynnast or one who per. forms anywhere 2 about the ground must learn is just how to avoid seri- ous injury in falls.
 Nearly every gymnast ttimbles sooner or later, but. if you will think 1t over. the number of professional and amateur performers hurt in a year Is comparatively small. The req son for that is that they have learned not cr1ly how to avoid falling, but how to protect themselves when the fall does come
 .tJust as an example, had fall from a height of about ! 20 feet the other day, and got right up from the floor practically unhurt, although I confess that it shook me up a good deal more than liked. Tn falling, however, relaxed my muscles and, as the athletes say, folded my head into my chest | struck on the uppermost part of my back, just below the neck. When anybody is falling that is the part of the body or which to fall.
 T am not particularly heavy man but am fairly well protected by my muscles Those on the back of my neck were sufacient cushion With that to help me the fall wasn't So ter. rifyirig.
 Now, the reason why the ordinary man IS So easily hurt in fall is that he thinks he must steel himself to the ordeal, as it weree He comes down, sprawling out. with his arms and legs rigid. Nine times out of ten he either breaks a limb or severely sprains 3 muscle. That is the wrong way to fall
 'tIf you want to see the right way take 8 few lessons from your cat. If she Is a good, healthy cat With a good training she never jumps Dr falls as ii she was trying to break a leg.
 Let me sum all of this up by say ing that to be really good athlete one must know how to relax his mus. cles as well as distend them Try a fall and see if I'm not right"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
CHANGES IN. YACHTS
Notable Differences Between Racing
 Boats To-Day and of the Past.
rhe winner of the ssAmerica,s'. Cap and the Recent Defsnder Are in Entirely DiffeEenf C1asses-
 s6Iae Yachting Figures.

The present generation which has taken such lively interest Tn the recent series of international yacht races for the America's cup do not realize what a complete revolution in naval archi
 lecture has taken place since British yachtsmen commenced 50 years ago their long struggle to regain possession of the trophy won at CoWes in 1851 by the world-famous schooner America, Wood has given place to metals of the most expensive character in the hull of the boats; Oregon pine nasts have been discarded in favor of the carefully built-up hollow spars of steel; the shape of the underwater body has been changed out of all recognition, and in every little detail which goes to con- vert what was once q pleasure vessel to 9 mere racing machine, all the re,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

F s5 SH x l-4 : 4 &s sources of modern methods and inge- nuity have been called in to assist
 The first change of any great conse- quence was made in 1885, when the schooner rig was abandoned in favor of that of a cutter by both the challenger, Genesta, and the defender, Puritan. The chief difference between the two boats was that the British craft was a straight stemned cutter, while the American was fitted with q center board. The Vigilant was the last American boat to carry a center board and she also had the distinction of be- ing the first metal boat which took part in the cup races. At this time a hot discussion took place on both sides of the Atlantic as to the merits of the center board, and great interest cen tered in the contest with the Valkyrie H.. Lord Dunraven' ssyacht.
 With Lord Dunraven's second chal- jenge in 1895 British and American ideas came more into line, and there was a good deal in common between Valkyrie III and the Defender, which was the first absolutely keel boat to defend the cup. Sir Thomas Lipton's first challenge brought forward the first British boat built of metal The British boat was fuller bodied and not nearly So fine in her lines as the De- fender. The experience gained by MT. William Fife in this series of matches has, however, proved invaluable to him in the designing of the recent cifal-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
CHINESE ScHoOLBOYS
One of Them That Attended Andover Twenty-Five Years Ago Is Now
 aPIen1potentiary.

A A
 Sir. Chentung Liang-C -Cheng, the pres ent Chinese minister to the United States, was a.schoolboy 25 years ago at Phillips academy, in Andover, Mas- sachusetts. Pi Yuk Liang, as he was then called, was a faSorite with his schoolfeilows, who, says +ne Kansas City Star, lost the feeling with regard to him that there is something queer about d Chinaman.
 An old schooifelIow of Pi Yuk says that the young Chinese aristocrat came to Andover in 1879. and entered the third year, thus becoming a member Of the class of 1882. He was large boy about. IT years old, robust. handsome. full of fun and spirits. There was sev- eral Chinese boys at the academy then, including Pi Yuk's roommate, Lieu Lin Lieu.
 The Chinese boys were just like oth- CT boys They wore clothes like ours, and put their pigtails down the backs of their necks inside Of their coats, So that one could see only a small part
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
sszes ss4a GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.


 Mrs Granniss won the championship among the ladies of the Waterbury Golf club on Saturday by dgfeating Miss Williams, six up and five to play. Mrs Grannisss deserved a victory, as she. played a brilliant. game. By cap turing the match She won a gold medal presented by the club and temporary custody Of the cup ofrered .by R. A, Smith. This cup must be won three times by the same person before it be. comes the permanent possession of that person. Miss Williams received a pretty bon bon dish offered by George E. White.
 Tn. the consolation Miss Brown de feated Mrs Woodward and won a handsome silver cup offered by the club.
 The mems team will play the New Britain golf clubs. team next Saturday on the local grounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
THE DIAMOND.
Nack and Nsck cons the Arna-
 teur Teams to the Tape

xng St Josspng Sow Lead the League By one Hang-Thres Teafns are Tfsa fos ths second PiaceA Couple MoFe canes viii settle tt-Ths Na- Siona reagus ssasSh Is over-R Re an,fs # Games iii All Leagues.
 TIA %sa4tEhsr 4~as not very pfopi- 4sdl,a vasteEday and only a small crowd Was present at tae Driving park to 4vitnesa the twoaball games The four Saasns who contested were the St .Jo- ssayhs and She Pasti1nes in the first ssn,s and ttia Brooklyns and the Nter- TTffaacs an the second game. The race ts growing more Inter ssting and e2cit- Ang, for as nne rest1li of yesterday's rarnes three teams ara tied for second x,lace, with the St iJosphs leading by ;Khe small margin of one game less lost. The Pastin1es received another iolt yesterday from me St Josephs snd the Merrinacs vfre knocked out of a chance for the pslitaart by getting woSrsted ihy the BrooASns. The lat fer team has come ,llhhe line with 2 q r,,sh aIld the battle ktl1 Wage more Slosely for the pennaE It will be 4syar3;it f5 pick a wt1ter. for each of Sbe inf 4gamg bulncSd for the final Hui, fas some hard wtk cut out with fhe possible exceptionf the Washing ton Hills. I < .sss. 4.s ,5s.. !, @
 Tie tgatns have st the following gaaaes to play The Josephs have Three games to play, one with the North Ends. one withthe Merrlnacs and one win the Broqyns;; the Hills have two games to Dit one with the Merrimacs and one wi the Pastimes; 9he- North Ends ihavdWo games to niay, one with the St isephs and one with the Pastimes; thsrooklyns have two games to play, onwith the Mer- TiI11acs and one with te St Josephs; the Merrirf1acs have tree games to play, one with the Hi one with the North Ends and one tth the Brook ivrls: the Pastimes he two games, one With the North Ell and one with the Hills. .s4I :. s....s..ass9 s.s
 me flfst game :yest4ay resulted in a waikover for the SJosephs team. The Pastifaes were niicapped by having no regular pher. and as q conseuuehce bases Onalfs and Lard 4 hitting by the Tabs w}the game cas- tay The score:
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
CITY AMATEUR NOTES.

. .37 33s , 4 . .'-gg.
 The league managers will meet to- morrow evening.
 Tnre is no closer race in any league fri this country than the one in thts league.
 Br1pife Bill Keiley was rot or1 nand yesterday probably not thinking there would be a game. Maloney in the hfst, game and DewVs if1 ths second game, two of the players iii other teams, gave good satisfaction as unn- pires.
 Two more days playing viii settle the pennant. although 1t IS possible two or perhaps three of the teams in the lsague may be tisd tor the final game One a1nlucky inning may turn the tide and decide the champ pionship Bach team IS on itg tnettae and it will go hard with the player who makes the error which drops his team out of the race.
 What a change few weeks has made ih the looks. Of things in this league; Some weeks ago the St Jo- sephs were considered out Of the race ahd to-day they. stand at the head. The Hills looked like easy winners about the same time, but suddenly took a drop. The North Ends also dropped down from what looked like the pennant position. The Brook lyns were not considered in the race at all, but id a few weeks. they have come up with the leaders and have given rise. to the talk that they may win the pennai1t again this year. It is a great race.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

woman devotee has ever recorded. Tn the short space of one golnng season she has won the cham pionship of Cali fornia, which in itself would do credit to any woman golfer in the country. There are number of excellent woman players in Californi probably as many as in any other state in the union. Tn addition to this is her work at Chicago, where, with one weeks practice, she went under the existing Women's rec ords by big margain in her play in the championship totrn lament, id which she turned in the third best score of the qualifying round, and her decisive de- feat of her opponent in the first match play round.
 Miss Higgins lays claim to her reptta- ton as a golfer on her long game, not on her short game, for she is weak when it comes to iron work. She uses d full St. Andrews swing and the distance She gains thereby has been i1naqualed iii ths tournarnent- There is hardly woman golfer that can compete with her on the long game at least none that has com peted in the Exmoor tourney. She uses her brassie also to good advantage. When playing on holes when she is able to get iii 2 brassie She generally gains a stroke Oh her opponent. Her short game especially the putting, is the only bad feature Of her work. she IS perhaps Exceptionally poor at this de- partnieht of the game, but as she has been playing the game only one year there is an excuse for this.
 Miss Rhona Adair. the Champion wo-
 man golfer Of England, who is about to visit Philadelphia, is the finest woman golfer in the United Kingdom. Since the year 1900, when She won the irish woman's Championship. she has never been beaten. She won the ladies, open championship in both the following years. Many critics of the game say that she is the most brilliant woman player ifi the world.
 Sam ]. Mgrtes, better krown a,,ione AN A N
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

eral years Sam <. Sandow Mertes served his apprenticeship at the car penter's bench. From early dawn till late at night he, with his two brothers. planed, lathed and hammered. The day that Sam was 21 years old he looked Papa Mertes in the eye and handed him his tool Kit.
 .sI've plugged long enough" said he, *sNow I'll play awhile.'' Unbeknown to papa the husky carpenter had made a reputation as a catcher, without mask. gloves or protector, and when Buck Albright saw him perform he took sssandow" aside and offered him $50 3 month to sign with a semi professio team called the Aliens. Thirty dollars was a fortune then to Sam" and he went along to Lincoln, Neb., belonging to the western association. Mertes played there long enough, as he puts it. ssto get a asandwicf, for his ambitions were already aroused and when he re- turned to Frisco and knocked a liner over the old Haight street fence, the longest hit ever registered on the Frisco grounds, managers came looking for him.
 After playing in half a dozen western league clubs. during 1894 and 1895 he went to St. Paul as outfelder, where he worked iii 1896, breaking into the Ma tional league in Philadelphia at the end of that season.
 The year 1897 found him in Columbus. O., but the five succeeding years he spent in Chicago. three with the Nationals and two with Comigkey's White sox. He worked out his contract there and last August John McGraw signed him for the Giants, this being his fist year Tn their company.
 The late Pierre Loril1ard is attributed the following epigram, which certainly has more than nodiculn of truth in it.: ssIn this world if you live long enough you will grow tired of everything, of men and women, of yachts and dinners, ,of politics and money making, but when the fascination of the racehorse gets into the blood it never leaves. It is the greatest sport and the poorest business ever devised by man.
 Roger Connor, who holds the record for the longest hit ever made on the FOlO SIOuAuS. nduS WuSAsAC WAS uISI baseman of the old New York Giants, has announced his retirement from the game and the sale of the Springfield t {Conr1) league baseball team, of which he has been owner and manager. He has played ball % consecutive seasons.
 Martin Duffy, Of Chicago, had little trouble in disposing of Philadelphia" Tommy Ryan in eight rounds at Kansas City. the other night. Duffy. had all the batter Of the bout while it lasted, hitting Ryan whenever he pleased.
 Wing Shot Record Broken.
 SAN ANTONIO, Tex Sept. 2s. = Adolph Toepherwein of this city, cham pton wing shot of the world, broke his former record Of 9s6 targets thrown in- to the air by breaking 989 targets, using an automatic rifle of % caliber. He used only one gun during the shoot, loading t himself and not cleaning it, willie wi1ela he made his foruaer recorh ne gisea severAi gflna, v lifeh Were loadi