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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

into trouble during his two-day absence,
but forced to accept their assurance
that they would rest up, read, and not
go out of sight of camp while he was
away. He went and returned to find
an empty cabin, cold stove, the be-
longings Of his charges scattered all
about, but of them neither word nor
token. He searched the woods dill
gently for two days and couldn't find
them; then, thoroly alarmed he jour
neyed to the nearest logging camp, got
dozen of real lumberjacks to join
with him, and for three days more made
every possible effort to find the lost
ones. But neither hide ner ha 'r'' of
them could be found, and the poor
guide gave it up sorrowfully, returned
to the old camp the wanderers had
strayed from, gathered together their
effects, and came to town to report the
loss-only to find both strays comfort
ably ensconced in the hotel and await
ing his advent with their dunnage and
deer. And right here I will let the
spokesman Of the twain take up the
story-the guide had something to say,
and said it manfully and well, but T h e
= ~ u Il a 1 WOuIuu4t pIluC slC--HnQ TELL
how things that happened came to pass,
without further preamble:
,..:Got Restless .
The guide hadn It been out of sight
two hours before Jack and I began to
get unaccountably restless, y he began,
| and it WASH t much longer before ac-
ton Of some sort became a positive
necessity to both of us. T suppose it
was the Internal stiffness Of the woods
that got on our nerves, or being ma
rooned that way, but whatever it was
it put us up against it in short order.
We logged up for walking, stuffed a
lunch apiece into our pockets, saw to it
that we had plenty Of matches and a
compass, and sailed out. We merely
intended to get rid Of the rest Of that
day by tramping about the wods near
camp, and to take no earthly risk Of
getting lost, but very suddenly a. deer
jumped up right in front of1us and of
course we. got busy right away. We
hit him, too, and when we found that
out by the blood sprinkles on the brush,
the stuff was off in minute. We tore
right thru the brush after him, follow
ing wherever he went, and he must have
taken a dozen different directions, put
ting him up twice and hitting him both
times, until we finally drove him into
a big .blowdoWn,0 hunted him thru
and out Of il, and finally got him dead
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

roar, but off they come. He is giver
his money back and shown to the dool
with complete instructions as to avoid
ing that particular rink in the future
This is the way the masher of all stage:
of society gets his quietus.
Individual Kinks have their own rules
and by signals given on a gong direct
the sport. For a time all the skaters
move in one direction. Then the go1f
clangs and they go the other way
There are many other little stunts that
add to the pleasures, especially when
accompanied by the music, but when
there Is anything like a crowd on the
floor they are omitted for the benefit
Of the less expert.
Good Skaters Here.
Two professional skaters who visited
Minneapolis recently, stated that there
are more good skaters here than any
where else. This is especially true O.
the girls and young women, who car
often show the men few tricks. Whel
the floors are not crowded the fancy
skater has his innings, and they are no!
a few. When once the art of main
tanning an erect position is mastered
the spread eagle, the figure eight and
the other pigeon wings are safe. The!
are not for beginners, tho. The experE
ice skater who tries them the first tims
he mounts the rollers is in danger O.
seeing stars, and cuts about as good !
figure as the iceboat man who tries Il
sail boat the first time. He get
ducked the first time he attempts /
fancy jibe.
To show how the sport stands wit
the large manufacturers, it is onl
necessary to say that expert profesI
SIGNALS are employed by the varioul
manufacturers to give exhibitions thru
the country and receive the same higf
salaries that bicycle riders once drew
Good Kinks Here.
Minneapolis has a number of Kinks,
The Nicollet, Lake street and Nicolles
avenue, is the largest in the city, an{
has also bowling and billiards and I
dancing floor for private parties. TIL
Casino, Washington and Eighteenth
avenue N, was the first rink to ope3i
after the revival of the fad The Cers
trail, at Fifth avenue s and Fifth street
is the only downtown rink. There arr
smaller Kinks, one in Monitor hall, OF
Twenty-seventh avenue S, another il
Linden Hills, and a few fitted up il
storerooms, etc.
Many relics of the former craze arr
still standing. The New England OF
cupies the old Casino. There is an
other at Fourth avenue s and Flew
fenth street, and another big rink stib
stands on Washington avenue N and Il
used as livery barn, as are others Of
E Franklin avenue and Nicollet ave-
nue. and Twentyeighth street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
"JEM" BOWKER A PET
OF BRITISH SPORTSMEN
Boxer a Great Favorite With Followers
of Ring Game.

New York, Dec. 9-When England
has boxer of ability the Britons re-
gard him with fondness apt to aston
ish patrons Of pugilism in this country.
Charley Mitchell, Jem Carney, Dick
Burge and Pedlar Palmer have all
basked in the limelight Of British favor
and have been petted and fawned upon
in true British fashion. Now they
have passed out of the limelight and
the center of the stage is occupied by
new idol, Joseph Bowker, who, as
bantam champion of England, did
something that no other British cham
pion has ever accomplished, and that
is to beat the American champion for
the worlds title. Englishmen had a
good opinion Of Bowker previous to
that event, but when he beat frankie
Neil decisively for the championship
Of the world everybody in the little
island simply went mad over Bowker.
He cemented the high opinion Of his
admirers when he easily disposed of
Pinkey Evans, a challenger for the
title.
But Bowker was steadily getting
heavier and soon found it impossible
to make the bantam limit of 116
pounds. Then he was compelled to re-
linquish the title and turn his atten-
tion to the next class. He frankly
confessed that he had outgrown the
bantam class and came out as the
claimant of the featherweight cham
pionship Of England. His first chal-
lenger was Spike Robson, an English
featherweight Of some class, whom
Bowker beat after rather snug bat
tie. Bowker now is resting on his
laurels and his next battle may be with
Attell. Bowker was married recently
and according to the custom of the
successful British pugilist, he has
started public house.
Bowker is much like the typical Brit.
ish boxer. He is shiftier than the av-
erage Englishman and uses his feet to
better purpose, as most Britons stand
on the fiat Of their feet. He is a good
stiff puncher, as was proved by the con
dition Of frankie Neil's face when he
got back to New York two weeks after
the bort. Altho Neil is heavy hitter
and has put many clever fellows down
for the count he was utterly unable
to land on Bowker with effect.
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BY "Bach."
History repeats Twenty years
ago Minneapolis was in the throes of
roller skating fad. The dude Of the
vintage Of 1885 was wont to take his
lady friend to the Kinks, there to run
the risk Of breaking her alabaster neck
as he led her thru the mazes of the
skatefest. It is even so today, and the
public is enjoying it immensely.
The revival of the sport is, to great
extent, due to the Improvement in the
skates. It is no idle joke to say that
the dude of twenty years ago took
chances when he went to skate with
his lady. The rollers of the skates
were of wood, with steel axle, some
times working in light steel sleeve.
The bearings had no devices for hold
ing oil and as result would heat up,
run dry, stick tight and then the dude
Of '85 would be tossed to the clouds
only to land on his shiny celluloid col
lar and slide some rods in that embar-
RAISING position.
Oilcan Useful.
If he wished to be cautious he could
run to the oilcan every few moments,
and if the oil got into the bearings he
was safe. The skate of today is a
very different continuance. The rollers
are Of steel and the bearings are as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
WHEN BOXING GAME
WAS F0STERED HERE
John L. Sullivan Writes of an
Old Time Minneapolis
Boxer. -s,"5 =

Uncle "Jawn" i. Sullivan, follow
ing the example Of some other eminent
has-beens, Is indulging in "reminiscences.
One Of his recent contributions to the
literature of the day in this line will
be Of some interest to Minneapolis peo-
pie who take an interest in affairs
pugilistic. b These will remember Prof.
John Donaldson, dead. Twenty years
ago, during the time when, the city
council was in the habit of adjourn.
ing SO the aldermen could attend the
prize fights that were pulled off at the
Washington rink, donaldson was a
star performer with, the <mittens, and
did more than his share towards keep
ing the. fighting game from going stale.
He generally. had "a saloon which he
made Tsssporting headquarters that
had as q, feature a. roped arena in the
rear where one could see a Knockout
for the price Of a beer almost any night
in the week. He was Patsy Cardiff s
manager and partner, and later had
charge Of the Twin City Athletic club.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
COOLERS for clubso as wei

.sGolfers for clubs as well as
horses for courses j. H. Taylor is
known as the master Of the mashle.
Harry Vardon has shone this year as a
master of the cleek, especially in /" half
shot approaches with that iron. Alex
Herd writes, My favorite club is the
spoon, - club not so much used here as
abroad And every one knows that
with the driver James Braid is king Of
them all. The midiron, by the way, is
the most deadly weapon in the hands Of
both Chandler Egan and w. J. Travis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

King Edward IS private course of nine
holes at Windsor, laid out by Mr.. Mure-
Ferguson, is one of the best of the
many private courses in England, and
with golfng friends and other golfers
Of the royal family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

Chandler Egan has written saying he
has no intention Of trying for the Brit
ish championship next year. He is with
a business house In Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Was a Hard Hitter.

donaldson had great reputation
in the middle west as a hard, fast
fighter, all the battles he had been in
being short and to the point. He had
made chopping block of Dan Carr in
Cleveland in seven rounds; Bluett
Boyd was his meat in the first round
and he did up Jim Taylor in six min
utes at Mount Clemens, Mich.
'Of all my early work the quick job
I did on Donaldson, himself fast work
man, did more than anything to push
me into the first class. When Pat
Murphy, the referee in the second fight
with Donaldson, counted the professor
out he said to me:
!" This means that you are in line
for the best there is, Sullivan.
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Was a Clever Boxer.

He was undoubtedly one of, the clev-
crest boxers of the heavyweight class
that ever put up his hands. No pugil-
hibition of his prowess in which he
had the best Of Donaldson. But when
it came to fighting, that was another
a question Of dispute, but at any rate
he was not inclined to back himself for
money or to indulge in any finish fights
time to time looking for matches. He
used to say he was too old for the
prize ring, but that he could and had
fought he would point as proof his
record that he was the only man who
had " stood before John L.. Sullivan
for six rounds. - He based his reputa-
ton on this and his portraits and the
bills used to advertise him when he
was to appear in public always had
this claim prominently displayed
..Jawn" Got Ugly.
Sullivan used to visit Minneapolis
under Pat Sheedy's management, with
bunch of fighters. When he came,
instead Of looking up his old-time
antagonist, shaking hands with him and
| allowing him to bask in the limelight
with him, he would start out for tour
of the saloons looking for that big
stiff of a John Donaldson, who's MAX
ing living by claiming that he stood
before me for six rounds.
Donaldson somehow managed it that
there was no personal encounters, and
would come back at John T.. in the
newspapers defying the champion to his
| teeth.
| This sort of thing helped to keep
Donaldson in the public eye, and it
did not hurt Sullivan any, but the
latter was undoubtedly in earnest in
his detestation of the Minneapolis
boxer, and Sheedy was at times obliged
to hang on to the big fellow to avert
trouble that might interfere with the
shows at Washington rink. When in
the ring an offer would be made for
anyone who would stand for three
rounds against the mighty Sullivan, and
John would always add, with emphasis,
that the imitation fighter who was
getting money under false pretenses,
to-wit, one John Donaldson, was pre-
ferred and would be given first chance.
Sullivan Recalls Donaldson.
John L., in his "reminiscences of the
ring, now admits that it was his meet
/ ing with Donaldson that first put him
in line for the championship.
s. These fights with Donaldson he
says, put me into general notice more
| than any fights had been in, but they
really didn't cut ice with some en-
counters I'd had in Boston. / first saw
Donaldson at Buffalo, when we were
| on our way to Erie, Pa, to witness the
| intended fight between Paddy Ryan
and Joe Goss for the championship Of
! America I heard that Prof. Donaldson
was ready to fight anybody for purse,
but when. I offered myself he refused.
] to have anyt hing rom me. This was
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Any woman who is heroine in the eyes of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
after he had looked me over in Buff

after he had looked me over in Buff
falo.
"When we did get together in Gin
cinnati the professor pulled off the
gloves after three rounds. I'd foored
him a couple of times and they were
coming too fast for him. Donaldson,
dissatisfied, challenged me to meet him
with hard gloves for $500. Yours
truly says I. This battle lasted
twenty-one minutes, ten rounds, during
a great part Of which the professor
Rugged the floor, and the $500 was mine
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He was undoubtedly one of, the clev-
crest boxers Of the heavyweight class
that ever put up his hands. No pugil-
ist that came along ever gave an ex-
hibition Of his prowess in which he
had the best Of Donaldson. But when
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
THE NEW RAILROAD.
Rights of Way Secured to scape Der
Swamp.

Rights of way for the Sumter and
Northern Railroad have been secured
from this city to Scape O'er Swamp.
Two land owners have not yet
granted rights of way through their
property. bat the right to Cross their
land VII be secured.
~ Mfr. w. a. Ingram. one Of the
board of corporators of the road stated
today that the land owners were al
most without exception displaying a
most liberal and public spirited spirit
toward the new railroad and that
they we're granting rights OF way not
only willingly, but gla dly, for they
fully realize the benefit the road will
be to the county.
isishopyille has not yet granted a
rip hs OF way through the town, nor has
an appropriation been made to assist
the railroad TO secure the proper ter
minal in the own, but there is reason
TO believe that the citizens OF Bishop
vile will do their full share to 4nake
the road certainty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
NEGRO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Farm to Ee Purchased ana Training
So School Essabszshed bby Pittsburs
Ds,;iantslTopiSss.

Rev. II. D. Lindsay. D. D.. pastor
of the North Presbyterian church. Al
leghany, Pa, and Rev. Edward p.
Cowan, ID. D., of Pittsburg. Pa. cor
responding secreta,.' Of the board OF
missions for Freedman and the Pres
byterian church. spent Wednesday IN
the city They will return shortly and
will make an investigation with the
view Of purchasing e farm in this
county for the establishment of
training school and experimental farm
for the training of negroes to become
practical farmers. While in the south
Drs. Lindsay and Cowan will visit Ar
kansas where they will establish an
industrial school similar 70 the one
projected in this county.
The board which these gentlemen
represent has for years contributed
largely toward the education OF ne
groes in the south and the Kendall in
sstit11te IN this city was established by
this board and is almost entirely sup
ported by it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
The after-Di Dinner Orator.

London club. the Eastt olomew,
gave its annual banquet the other day.
The postpraudial orators were con-
,spicuous by theiF silence. Not q
speech was mnds. When the banquet
had reached the oratorical stage little
hooKs were distributed among the
guests and in.s these booklets we're
printed the speeches of she gentlemen
who had accepted Invitations to re-
spond to teasss Lon Jon Truth says
this barauet WAS an epoch ch-making
affair It vas certainly q unique one
.and not anEorthy Of imitation on this
side OF the Atlantic The Bartholo-
snaew club of Loudon has established a
precedent which oughs not to be
ignored IN tho unitsa States because
sof It's English origin. The banqueteE
lis entitled to some consideration and
shonId ne protected when the after
dinner ora9or. like the brook, is in
sciined to go On forever La con-
gress q speaker is given permission
to print, aai really never delivers
his speech. Tia plan might work
we'll ,as banquets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
Mr.. Eugene L. Brown.

The boyhood friends of Mr. Eugene
Z. Brown, a brother Of Mr.. W. A.
Brown, of this city, will be gratltled
to know that he is held in very high
esteem in Eufauia. Ala, his adopted
home, as evidenced by the following
article. which appeared IN the Eu-
fsIula Progress few days ago.
Yesterday morning the Enfaula
ps.ssoffce change hands, Mr.. Will
Russell assuming the duties CT tnae
responsible position.
The fact that the postoffice has
changed hands calls to mind the long
and faithful service rendered in that
capacity by our beloved and honored
townsman. Mr.. E. l.. Brown, who
is stin with Mr.. Russell.
In 1851 he entered the Eufaula post
ofice as an assistant to Judge II. u.
Russell, father of the present postmas-
ter. Several years later under Che ad-
rninistration of President Cleveland
Fdr. Brown succeeded to the post
rnastership, and served two terms IN
that capacity, giving universal satis-
faction.
When Mr. A. J. Locke was appoint
cd postmaster to succeed MI. Brown,
the latter still remained in the ser
vice as assistant postmaster, and after
Mr.. Locke's death a few months ago,
MIR. Brown was again appointed post
master temporarily.
So we might say Mr.. Brown las an
,1nbroKen record in this service OF
about twenty-four years. It is very
high testimonial to Mr.. Browns abil.
ity and integrity. Probably there is
no man in Eufaula today who is more
generally loved and esteemed for his
npriehtness of heart; for the conscien-
tious performance of his duty, than
Mr.. E. l.. Browr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
CONTROL LIGHT PLANTS.
BIG COMPANY TO BE FORMED IN
THE PEE DEE.
All Electric Light Companies to Be
Controlled BY a Philadelphia S,ii-
dicate-Plans Of Company.

According to a letter received here
by gentleman having some capital In
one OF the lighting plants in one OF
the smaller cities in the Pee Dee sec
tion of the state, plans are on foo t
for forming large company, which
shall include all Of the lighting and
power companies in that section or
the States
The announcement has not been
made yet by the represen tatives OF
/ the company, but it was practically
confirmed W hen a Philadelphia CAPT.
talists announced Monday that a COM
pany had been formed to build plant
at Tinmonsville. Tbs same company,
it is understood, owns or is about to
acauire the controlling interest in the
Darlington plant and is negotiating
for tie companies at Florence, Sum-
ter and several other local concerns In
that section.
Nearly all these companies have con-
siderable local capital invested, and the
syndicate, which is backed by Phlla-
delptia capital; will buy all of the
stock possible at or above par and
organize one general company. 1t is
nropOsed to capitalize atSl, 600, COO and
with the exception of the little stock
which cannot be acquired tbs company
will be entirely controlled by the syn
dicate. The company will then de-
velola as much of the water power as
| is oiotainable and finance generally
any industries that promise profitable
Investment.
There is considerable interest taken
here in the success of the company,
Land it is expected that some stock
may be sbscribed bysssome OF the local
capitalists If any can be obtained. Go
lumbia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
THIE coTFoN CONVENTION.
Nr. 10. "a. Bowman interviewed on the.
Cotton Growers Convention at
New Orleans.

W "a Bowman who recently
returned fron The Cotton Growers
Convention which was held In the
scitg eff New Orleans is very sanguine
in his belief IN the good that the.
gathering of Southern farmers viii
accomplish S Never said he, have
Sc ssen q more representative conVen-
tion or one that worked together het-
ter for tbs accompl plishment of COM
mon result 8 reduction OF one fourth
IA acreage and q like decrease In the
amount of commercial fertilizers used
by our fairness. He continued, A
finance committee will meet In At
lauta on the 9TH of this month, to ar
range fors the holding of the surplus
cotton, and TO provide for the dispo-
sitiono of the same We are to have q
township meeting on the l1th as has
been announced in the Item, and
the county meeting is, believe, to
he held on the 15th. The farmers
should attend largely, and should
pledge themselves TO abide by the
decisions Of the convent tion; the
prices then vii regulate themselves
Iii is the only salvation OF the
South.
MI. Bowman expressed himsellf
as being much Impressed with Mr.
Watson he regards him as q man OF
strong personality, and while he does
not agree wish him on all the subjects
chat he discussed, he recognizes bis
ability as 4 leader and an orator. Mr..
Hobsun, he considers, e gifted speak
and he 1ras given 9 very attentive
hearing
altogether. he shinks that the trip
WAS one OF Che most pieasaat and most
rohs table that he has ever taken
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
TAX NOTICE.

THE COUNTY TREASURER'S
Office in Court House building will be
open for the collection of taxes, with
out penalty, from the 18th day OF
October to the 31st day of December,
inclusive, 1904.
The levy is as follows: For State .
mills; for Count 315 mills; Constita, D.
tional School 8 mills; Polls s!.0o
Also, School District No. 1, Special,
2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. s.. 2
mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 5. Mid
dleton) i mill; No. IA, 8 mills; No.
16, 2 mills; No. II, i mill; No. IL, z
mills.
A penalty of per cent. added fcr
mouth .lanunry. 1885 Aod,'ionsi
lena!t, ot per cent. Tor month Fee
ruary. IS 5 Ado tioIa ,eual1y OF 8
ger cert. for ID a.s IN Mare d, 1868.
Oct. ". y LEE,
Co. treasurer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-08
TO Organize Cotton Growers.

Lynchbarg. Feb. 3-By order of the
New Orleans cotton convention a
meeting was called for. every township
In tie state to meet February II. to or-
gan;ze and elect two delegates to meet
In convention at their respective court
houses on February IS These coun.
ty conventions are to organize and
elect not less than FIVE nor more than
iO delegates to meet in State. conven-
tiou. February 81.
3 Pc Richard Singleton,
Vice President for South Carolina.
E, d Smith.
Member Central Ex. Corn.