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Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

Portland wanted the training
squadron, but failed to get it. How
ever, Portland people are going to have
a naval spectacle later in the season
which will eclipse even the magnificent
showing which would have been made
by the Minneapolis and Columbia of the
training squadron. In September, i'm
mediately on her return from the
Mediterranean. the battleship Maine
will be ordered there and will spend
some days in the harbor. She will be
given her outfit of colors by the d. A.
r., and her officers will be entertained
in proper style. She is the finest ship
of the highest class in the service, and
one of the noteworthy fighting craft of
the world. She is not so fast as the
speedy cruisers Of the training
squadron now off this coast, but could
meet a dozen of them in a fight and
sink them single-handed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

A crash of glass called Ex-Governor
Perhams family to the parlor of their
home at Paris Hill. one day last week.
where an examination showed that a
bullet had entered the room through a
window. The direction of the bullet
gave a clew to its starting point and
further investigation established the
fact that a few small boys had been
making very careless use of rifle, in
fact firing at random with no thought
nor intention Of doing injury. The
result might have been more serious, as
only little while before. guest of the
family had been sitting in front of the
window where the bullet entered.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

The Biddeford Journal gently pokes a
little fun at the Waterville Sentinel for
its story of Knox county man who
has been Il Democrat since his birth,
IS years ago" But, after all, why
isn't that the most charitable way of
looking at the poor old fellows misfor-
tune? 1t may be that he was really
born that way, as some men are born
cross-eyed or with an irresistible i'm
pulse to steal chickens, and so couldn't
help being Il Democrat when he grew
up. But doubtless his declining years
are cheered by the hope that there are
brighter things in store for him in the
next world.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10
Boston Stock Market.


Trouucs Market'
New York, Aug. g..
sales. 300: Slow but very firm; MINI.
patent 5.5OG $50; Minn bakers 3.9Olg4 80 (:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

For County Commissioner
IRVING r. BRADLEY, of Vienna.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10
For Judge Of Probate

GREENLIEF T. STEVENS. OF Au-
gusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

The mikado of Japan has, or rather
had. just one fad. He longed to create,
by means of a more carnivorous diet,
a taller race Of soldiers. Small boys IN
government schools were fed for six or
seven years in the European way.
They never became reconciled to it, and
1t disagreed with them. Nor did they
grow any taller than vegetarian chill
dren. The doctors charged to look
after the experimental diet sent in
their report last year. They could
think of no better way of securing tall
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10
Father John of Kronstadt. who has

Father John of Kronstadt. who has
prophesied that the war against Japan
will continue for twenty-five years. is
really the Rev. John Sergieff. one Of
the priests of St. Andrews cathedral in
the famous fortress city," relates
Leslie's Weekly. After the czar, he
is and has been for years the greatest
man in Russia. by virtue of his piety
and reputed power of healing People
of the highest rank, as well as the
poorest peasants, go to him for help
He was summoned to the deathbed of
the Emperor Alexander, and when the
present czar was stricken with typhoid
in Livadia, public opinion necessitated
that the imperial doctors should be re-
inforced by Father Johns healing
touch. Despite all barriers strong
personality will make itself felt"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

For County Treasurer
JAMES f. BLANCHARD, OF Chelsea
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

A writer who knows Russia thus hits
off Russian peasantry. They have.
he says, 1.-The heavy plodding walk and
the patience of oxen, and sad fatal
ism that might render them inert were
it not for the Cossacks ready to prod
them on with their lances." Unlike
the Jap, who can do with four hours
sleep in the twenty-fOur, the moujik
would like to hibernate for five or six
months, sleeping on his cottage stove"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10
KENNEBEC COUNTY NOMINATIONS

For County Attorney
THOMAS LEIGH, of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-10

japanese doctors and druggists are
said TO have reached a higher standard
than the world has given them credit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
NEW TURKISH WRESTLER
Ahmed Madralh Seeks Fame and Clio
n. nv in the Occident.


Out Of the sultan's, domain, always
wrestler who, in, the opinion of many
experts, bids fair to become the great
est mat artist the world has ever seen.
Ahmed Madral1 is his name.
Unlike most of the, Turkish Wres-
tiers who have visited this country,
he is not giant. Tho of large pro-
portions and remarkably strong, Ma
dralli is not. a freak either in size or
strength.
The Turks first appearance outside
his native country was in England re-
Gently. His fame had preceded him,
and upon his arrival he was matched
to Tom Cannon, Britain's representa-
tive wrestler. The bout took place in
London. The match was at mixed
styles, best two in three falls prevail
ing. Cannon was allowed to name
the style in which each bout should
be contested. Madralli won the first
two falls, the first in II minutes 10
seconds and the second in minute
88 seconds.
When the match was over Cannon
said:
'In all my twenty-five years expe-
rience in Europe, America and Austria
lia,. I have never met the equal OF
| Madralli. He bids fair to prove the
premier grappler of the world"
Besides possessing remarkable
strength, Madralli is quick and clever
He is ready for an opponents ever.
move, and sooner or later lures hi
opponent into a position which give
him a chance to obtain a deadly hold
| Madralli wrestles with his head a
twell as with his arms and legs.
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one. MY old friend, the boy who
couldn't take a dare, was along. and
he and his father fired at the cubs be-
fore I could stop them, bringing both
to the ground. The old man grabbed
my arm. and chuckled: Jest like a
boy. Killed the cub. I knowed bet
ter. I jest wounded mine, m it'll lay
m cry, m the old lady IL be here in a
jiffy, m we'll git her.
.:'His Internal scheme worked. The
dying cub cried. most pitifully, the
mother bear came to the aid of her
baby, picked it up and held it to her
bosom Just as a human mother would,
trying to sootle it's pain, and while
she held it there those two brutes shot
and killed her. And there the spot in
my gizzard mutinied, and lit onto
both of 'em.
when the dust cleared away the
old william had another broken leg,
had my face ripped open with hunt.
ing knife, and the other young mar
was fairly knocked out. beat the
sheriff out of the&county, and haven
been back since. But the coloners
right. The spot is there. ="
G. c. Kelly. !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
THINKS WE'LL OF BRITT
Terry McGovern Says California 30

Is Great Fighter.
Terry McGovern, the former boss of
the featherweight division, has had
the gloves on with both Young Cor
bett, and Jimmy Britt, who meet in
Frisco March 27 to determine which
is the best 13O-pound boy in the world.
In sizing up the two boxers McGov-
ern says:
'In Britt I think we have one Of
the greatest fighters of his weight that
has ever put on gloves.
t'He is one of those fellows who is
always improving, and, with addi-
tional weight, always finds himself
able to take care of his opponents.
Besides being a clever boxer, Britt
Is a real fighter.
"He can mix it with any of the box
ers at his weight, and at long range
is a, fine judge of distance.
coast he has been steadily improving.
Ills battle with Corbett, however,
think, is the most important of his
career.
.Corbett, it must be said, is a tricky
fighter. He uses his head just as eff
fectively as he does his hands.
Zone of his favorite tricks is to get
q fellow ratified by saying things dur
ing the battle. His idea is to get his
opponent to go up in the air.
Unless Britt is a very good boxer
under fire, Corbett will have a slight
advantage I don't think there Is a
cooler boxer in the ring than Corbett.
He has great head and is. Away:
trying to work some trick as well az
punch
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
MANY ARTIFICIAL FLIES
No Less Than $500 Varieties Are on
Sale in America.
Field and Stream.

SE1elQ ana SLEeSlIf. 1920
It has been estimated that not less
than twenty-fi hundred patterns Of
artificial flies are now on sale at the
fishing tackle stores in this country,
each one OF which carries with it a
different name and varied dressing.
From this mass of celebrations and
forms, the tyro will naturally be
adrift in making a judicious selec-
ton; happy it is for him to be told
or to learn from experience that not
more than a dozen or two Of the
standard makes are necessary for use
to ensure .creeI well filled, if the
fish are hungry and rising freely. And
still less the number if the salmon is
the objective, for old salmon anglers,
altho many Of them have peculiar
theories as to colors and forms Of
flies, will admit, after hard pressure
indeed, that II the fish, will not take
one or more flies Of certain dressings,
they are not, on that occasion at least,
ION the rise" These standard flies are
known as the Jock Scott, Silver Doc
tor, Durham Ranger, Popham, Butch
er, Dusty Miller and the Fairies. Some
Of them are most successful on dark
or light waters, others in clear and
in low water, and all OF them: can be
bought at the tackle stores.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

Invitations have been sent to rifle
men in the United States and in va
rious foreign countries requesting the
of teams to participate in
the match for the Palma trophy,
which represents the military team
championship of the world.
Tom Jenkins, worlds champion
wrestler, defeated John Peining, the
Butcher Boy" in a match of mixed
style wrestling at New York last night.
The first fall, catch-as- cat ch-can, was
won by Jenkins in 3S minutes 10 sec
'ohds. The next bout, Graeco-Roman,
went the time limit of one hour,
neither being able to secure a fall
Nine: Du Cast is indignant at the
decision of the committee of the Paris
Automobile club refusing permission
to women drivers, to compete in the
trials for the nettainternational
cup:sfpShe says the decree is aimed di-;
'rectly at her because she is the only
woman who has competed in such an
important race.
Irving J. Bush Of Milwaukee has
been elected captain of the wisconsin
football team, vice e. j. Vanderboom,
who is no longer at the university.
Arrangements have been perfected
by which Wilson p. Foss will visit
Paris to play a match game for the
worlds amateur championship at 49,
inch balk-lineH billiards with Rerolle,
the French amateur champion, on
March 28.7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
BASKETBALL

The Minnesota university basket
ball team will meet the West Side Y.
M. c. A. of Chicago this evening at the
university armory in the last game of
the season. The Y. M. 9. A. team de-
feated Minnesota on its eastern trip,
and the gophers are looking for re-
Minnesota. Position. W. Side Y.M.C.A
Leach .......... right guard. ....... sIousseau
Pierce ........ right forward ...:.....: Moot
The university girls team defeated
Stanley hall last night at the arnory
Is to 4. Stanley hall secured but one
field goal. The lineup:
Cox-Van Bergen. 80. forwards. Sauer-Bender
Dunn ...... center. ....:...::: Laird
Goas rom
Johnston 2. Frank, Bender. Goals from Foul
Cox. Washburn 2.
G. N. Ostvig has been elected cap
tain of the Minnesota gymnastic team.
Minnesota will take part in the ma
tional intercollegiate meet in New
York if funds to defray the expenses
of the trip can be secured.
The university basketball team has
been invited to- take part in the in
tercollegiate contest at the worlds fair
early in July. The invitation may be
accepted.
Pennsylvania and Princeton wound
up their basketball season at Phila-
| delphia last night in a fast game, won
| by the tigers, SO to rs.
Aitkin high school claims the bas-
ket-ball championship Of that section
for both boys and girls teams. The
record for the season follows:
a1 BOYS.
Staples, 6; Aitkin, SO.
| Little Falls, II; Aitkin, 3d.
| Brainerd, g.; Aitkin, II.
| Staples, 10; Aitkin,- IS: ~
| GIRLS
Perham, o., Aitkin, 10.
| Staples, e; Aitkin, 80,
A1tkin, o; Perham, g. ~
| Little Falls, 0; Aitkin ID. 81
| Staples, Z; Aitkin, 80. st
The Foresters at Red Wing defeated
the Sigma Gamma basketball team Of
Minneapolis "a to. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
IN THE PRIZE RING

The six-round bout between 'Kid"
Mccoy and Placke, the heavyweight
champion of Holland, slated to take
place at Philadelphia, on April 1, will
come off on the night of March 20 in
stead.
Hughey McGovern thru Sam Harris,
his manager, has challenged frankie
Neil of San Francisco, the bantam
weight champion, to fight for the
championship.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
CANT RUN WINTER BOOKS CLOSE FOR FIRST PLACE
POSTAL DEPARTMENT WARNS
LAYERS OF ODDS THAT THEY
CANNOT USE THE MAILS.
New York Sun Special Service.

Chicago, March 12.-Local book
makers are said to have received
warning from the federal government
that winter books will not be toler-
ated when the mails are used in any
way to forward their schemes.
Acting on this warming, the book
makers desiring toaopen winter books
are said to have turned to a local
racing sheet about to be issued, and
to have advertised extensively in it.
A ruling has now been received for
bidding the mailing Of the paper or
the payment Of postal money orders
on the Daper .ssss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
st. Cloud, waseca, Litchfeld and
others.

philadelphia has turned up a curl
osity in the person of Pitcner LUSH;
When that Williamsport twirler signed
lire of the Philadelphia Nationals Sent
him check for $5O-a neat NUS
chunk Of advance. The youngster
promptly returned it with the mes.
sage: Thanks, awfully; but want
nothing until I earn 1t.
President Bryce has offered $500 gold n nugget
as a prize for the champion team OF the Column
bus Saturday league ). ,,,,,+od ny,
Jim Hackett the ex -cardinal. Is wanted py
Toledo Herman Long Is hot on his tran ana
T The Columbus club has purchased Catcher
Arthur Weaver, the P1ttsburg cluD outpAuuAhs
The Boston club has set so low figure for
tie w hs
order. to Join the Louisville team as manager
In order to get Lee Tannehill, should the
big leagues not require his services next sea
son. which is hardly probable, Manager Iebeat
1t has developed that Herman schaefer drew
$50 month from the st. Paul club last seasoi
apart from his regular $500 monthly stipend aape
No wonder he kicked at "a straight $2oo
month contract for 1904
\ Milwaukee doctor is suing Bob Ungiaub fol
glaub says, consisted wholly in rubbing hi:
| shoulder one day when he fell running to secont
base. For this he refused to pay $S, hence tht
suit for 5000.
Fielder Jones, OF the Chicago American League
team who Is now located at Bolivar, said thu
other day: mo, 1 will not go with the Chi
csgo American team. ] intend to go with tn
New York Nationals. don't expect to play
but l intend to make them live up to thei
contract. l will report at Washington OF
March g.
, pitcher Rhoades is a telegraph operator b!
occupation in the winter time, and used hi
| deadhend frank privilege to notify the Cleyelan.
club officials that he was perfectly satisfied Wit
| the terms and had signed the contract
Henry Anson, father Of ex-Captain A. =. An
| shalltown. Iowa, by Offering to donate fine sit
for baseball park, providing the street ra1lwa
company vii leXtend it's tracks from the unlo
| depot to Arson street. on the south side, abou
| four blocks. This will give that city a ball par
! near the business part Of town.. Major Arson
| who is about 80 years old, organized tn
! first baseball team Marshalltown ever had, an
1t this famous team upon which Adrian be
| 1an his ball career. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
WARD LEAGUE.
HOCKEY

In an exciting game of hockey at
the Harriet rink, the Harriets defeated
the Lake Shores to 2. Tomorrow
the Harriets will play the Mohocs in
probably the last game Of the season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
HOPE FOR HIM.
DlsJu Ho1~hso TnInnr

~
.'Never mind" said Woody Ritter. ESome
day I'll see my verses in print"
'tOf course, that's quite possible" replied
Crittick.
s'Ah you admit that?'
Certainly. If you save up your money you
may be able to buy yourself font Of type and a
small hand press
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
GRAIN AND FLOUR BOWLING
LEAGUE SCHEDULE CLOSES
TONIGHT WITH THE McCAULL-
BSTER-POEHLER GAME.

In the Grain and Flour league the
Pillsbury team took the odd from the
Consolidated. This leaves the Con-
solidated team punched with the Nc
Caull-Websters for first place. The
latter team meets the Poehlers to-
night in the final game of the league
schedule, and the McCaull-Websters
must take three straight to land the
pennant. The scores:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
JAPANESE AND CHINESE.

Sir Edwin Arnold in London Telegraph.
1t will be well when continental statesmen
learn that score Of natural facts discriminate
the Japanese people from the Chinese and the
Tartars. There is more Malay blood. there is
even more Of Kanaka and of Polynesian blood in
that fearless self reliant yisage Of the famous
Marquis Ito than Of Gengis Kubla Khan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
Totals ................ 800 7s5
GRAIN AND FLOUR STANDINGS.

j. l.. Garland rolled his fourth 500
score Of the season yesterday on the
Cooperative alleys. The performance
was made on alley IL. which was
;planed q few weeks ago and has no
groove. Previous to making this
score Garland rolled 289, 299 and POT,
and average of 1854 for.s the four
games. a 53z
The Chris team of the City league
sprung a surprise on the Turner'S Of
the Minneapolis organization last
night. taking three straight games IN
an exhibition match at Chris alleys.
The scores:
First. Second. Third
T G11s ......:...: s s5s s sis s s11s
In an exhibition match between a
team from the Cooperative alleys and
the Twentieth avenue city league
quint, the Co-operatives, Hansen, Par
ker, Bonesteel, Nichols and Hughes,
won three straight. The scores:
- First. Second. Third.
f TGeDfis4h avena: So 1899 sa5
EIGHTH WARD LEAGUE.
First. Second. Third.
Stevens Stew stfa Hvesas 7o7 ss3 Is
FLOUR CITY LEAGUE.
First. Second. Third
Franklin ................ 1853 795 70.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
NEW PITCHER SIGNED
Captain Fox Thinks He Has a Find In
Young LOckerSteen. v.-

President Watkins of the Mime
apolis baseball club, has signed Har-
old w. Lockersteen of Lafayette, Ind,
to play with the millers this season.
Lockersteen is an amateur whom Cap
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12

It is recorded that one Monday
an off day for the team-Lynch, with
Perry Werden, Ernie Hemstock, and
one or two other kindred spirits,
stopped at White Bear for a days fish
ing. The sport was fine, and in two
or three hours they had a fine string
Of bass, with one or two pickerel.
The last ''pick'' was the Waterloo of
the party. It was a corking IA
FOUNDER, and when it was strung on a
small rope with the other fish,: it
gradually chewed the rope until it
hung by just one strand. Lynch
pulled up the string to put on an
other bass, when the rope parted, and
rope, fish and all sank into the water.
Lynch saw the rope break, and
made a frantic grasp for the gil1s of
the big pickerel, lost his balance and
went head foremost overheard. The
water was thirty feet deep. A minute
later only Lynch's broad straw hat
floating upon the surface and few
bubbles rising from the depths were
left to mark the spot where he sunk.
Hemstock flung off his coat and pre-
pared to dive, while Perry sadly re-
| marked, "Poor Mike, I'm afraid he's
gone, He can't swim asstroke.'
| Then out of the water slowly rose
an arm, mystic, wonderful grasping
by the gills a, monster. pickerel. They
seized the arm, and Lynch, still hold
| ing like grim death to the big fish,
was hauled into the boat.
Say" he remarked, after wringing
the water from his face, this is the
only one I could find down there.
Some of you fellows go down after the
| others
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
NEW TREATMENT
| FOR TICKETS
MIKE LYNCH NEARLY CAUSED
DISAPPOINTMENT OF GAME.
Veteran Minneapolis Baseball Player
and Groundkeeper in Town-Tells
Amusing Anecdotes of Old Days
The Case Of Beer Which Proved to E
Be a Whited sepulchre.

Mike Lynch, the veteran ball play
er, VINO was member of the Minne-
apolis team in SO and sc, has been
in the city this week on business and
incidentally has been renewing old
acquaintances. Lynch was ground
keeper for the Minneapolis team in
1898 and 1894 under the John S.
Murphy regime. After
leaving here, he played third base for
George Tebeau's Fort Wayne team,
the farm, Of Pat Tebeau's Cleveland
spiders. He Is now In business In
Fort Wayne, with a well-known
manufacturing firm.
Foregathering with Perry Werden,
Frank Figgemeier and other old tim
ers, Lynch recalled many anecdotes Of
happenings decade or more ago. In
those days Sunday games were played
game was scheduled between Mime
apolis and Kansas City. Lynch ws
sent over to get the grounds in shape
in smoothness and levelness, by the
way, those Sunday grounds were
about six degrees worse than the
ordinary ploughed field.
"a lot Of stuff came over from Min
neapolis Sunday morning says
Lynch, in telling the story, ''bats,
gloves, ticket boxes, ETC., and when
the truck was dumped on the platform
I saw a case Of beer in the lot. Aha
said I to myself, here is where the
boys have something to drink after
the game. So I, Mr.. Johnny-Wise,
got a couple Of hundred pounds Of
ice, chopped it up, and put the case
in under the grandstand, with the ice
| surrounding it. Then [ went down to
the beach to have a swim.
There were half a dozen of us
down there enjoying ourselves, when
John Barnes came down to the beach
| yelling for me. What did you do
with the tickets?' he said. We can't
| find them anywhere. L didn't see any
| tickets I replied. I supposed they
were in the ticket boxes. Somebody
sent down q nice case of beer, tho,
and I've got it on ice now under the
grandstand. Let's go up and tap q
/ bottle Why, you adverb, adjective
substantive idiot he yelled, the tick
cts were in that case
$50 they were, sure enough, Wher
we came to look, but they didn't re-
semble" baseball tickets much wher
we. dug them out. Every one was
swelleda up four times its natura
thickness and all the different colors
had run together till you couldn't tel
to save your, soul which were grand
stand and which bleachers. Barnes
was pretty mad about the tickets, bu
the real sore people were the player:
when they found what was really ii
that case Of beer they had been count
II ing on. - $780, 20 ---z.----
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"Of course went, and we hadn't
got two miles from his house when we
came to q grove OF beech trees, and
saw two bear cubs near the top OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-12
MINING MAN TELLS HOW HE GOT
HIS BEAUTY MARK.
Only a Dog, an Indian, or q Kid Can
Enjoy All There Is in Hunting This
Man Couldn't Stand for Decoying
Mother Bear by Wounding Her Cub.

To enjoy all there is in huntin takes q
dog, m Injun, en- kid. Mos mems got
a soft spot in Their gizzards s gags al
some of it-Philosophy Of Colonel Whea:
ton.