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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
The Team at Manila.

One may find in the basketball rules for 1866
q short article describing as ''the first basket
ball teams in the Philippine islands, = the Poten-
ciana team Of Manila, organized in December,
1904, which played with the Yutendencia and
Columbia teams during the season Of 19O4-5.
But that article is wrong in stating that these
were the first basketball games played in Man
lila. In the early fall of 1898, after the capture
of Manila, while the Thirteenth regiment men
We're the provost guards of the city and the
Philippine insurrection was assuming shape, the
boys began to long for something to do and
naturally wondered if they could not play
basketball. So the old basketball that had seen
such warm times the year before. was, sent for
and in the latter part of January, nearly three
months later, arrived. At that time Company
G was in tents under the walls Of Billibid
prison. the noted and notorious detention pen of
the Spaniards, where the political prisoners were
held and tortured. Major Bean was in charge
Of the prison and to him a delegation from Com
pany G went to see If the natives therein con-
fined could not supply the lack Of baskets.
Major Bean obligingly gave his orders and a
couple of days later there were delivered to
Company 6 two wicker baskets OF the required
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
nape, woven to bent rings OF willow and fast-
ned to poles, very ingenious arrangement that
Tas exactly the thing. So.
Played Too Hard.

:fIdy6u IOO Haul.
And the next day. under tho shadow Of that
prison, where thousands had met their fate, in
secrecy and agony, the great American game Of
basketball was played for the first time in the
Philippine islands by the members of the pres
ent Redmen's basketball teamsand other Company
soldiers from Red Wing. These games were
great for exercise The fun was SO furious the
first day that the next morning everybody was
too stiff to get UP, and the fatigue squad was
double its usual size. The fat ones grew thin,
and the thin ones had to stand twice in the
same place to make shadow, for the sun is
double strength over there. r. 20
On Feb. 4, two teams Of the company had an
excellent contest That night the Philippine in
surrection broke out and the next day the
wicker baskets were cut by the flying bullets
that swept Company G's basketball field.
Thus began and ended the first basketball
games in the Philippines, which were played by
Company G in January and February Of 1899,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
Basketball in San Francisco.

In 1898 the spanish-American war claimed all
attention. Basketball was forgotten and every
thing was In preparation for the coming conflict
Company responded to the call, and as part
of the Thirteenth Minnesota was detained for
service in the Philippines, leaving for San Fran
cisco after a month Of the state fair grounds
Every basketball player in Company G as mill
tia, was in Company United States volun-
teers. Their athletic training was valued as
set now. ':'-'
But the wait in San Francisco was wearisome
and soon there was basketball talk again. The
report that there was champion team in the
Minnesota company reached the ears Of the prin-
cipal athletic club of San Francisco, the Central
Y. M. @. A., and the officials of that organiza-
ton sent challenge to Company G's team to
meet a picked team in their hall, at an early
date. 1t proved to be a1l-star team includ-
ing three Of San, Francisco's best players, a
guard of exceptional ability from Oakland and
the best forward Of the Pacific coast, who was
sent for and brought from Los Angeles. The
athletic club kindly offered the use of uniforms
and their hall for the necessary, practice. The
challenge was eagerly accepted and the team
won great victory. ~. Fg54
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
Special to The journal.

Special to The journal. -, -.
Red Wing, Dec. 25-The announcement by the
Red Wing Redmen's basketball team that they
were planning a trip to tho Pacific coast and
return, as their annual tour, has created re-
newed enthusiasm for this fascinating sport. F..
This will be the longest trip this famous or
gan1zatton has yet planned. They expect to play
thirty games on their tour. January and the
early part of February are to be spent en- route.
The booking of the dates has already com.
menced. No difficulty seems to be experienced
in getting the proper guarantee for the games.
Forty days will be required to make the antici.
pated circuit. From Manila to Milwaukee they
have tossed the sphere. Champion teams from
all sections Of the northwest have been met and
vanquished. The intended trip will be to Seat
tie over the northern routes, thence thru San
Francisco to Los Angeles The return will be
one Of the southern transcontinental lines.
The annual tour has come to be settled thing
with this team. In 1901 it three days
trip to Duluth, in 1902 weeks tour to Milwau.
kee, Fond du Lac and vicinity, next ten days
trip over eastern Wisconsin,. Now they intend
to surpasS all records.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-25
Veterans on Team.

The Redmen for the season Of 1865 will in
clude all the old team-the steady seven-with
the single exception Of Charles Fisher who has
married and Is farming in North Dakota
Charles Ahlers will play the "Roman' guard as
usual, with John Fisher. an able assistant,
while Esterly will hold center The redoubtable
Mike Kappel will be one Of the forwards, while
year Is more than excellent, will be his side
partner, together with Ed Kappel The three
will make combination Of forwards that it
will be hard to hold. For the trip Howard Kay
SER beyond doubt the best all-around basket
ball player in Minneapolis, and Sig Harris, the
famous quarterback OF the Minnesota ''U'' foot
ball team, chosen for the ! all-western
team last year, will accompany the Redmen.
Kayser will make excellent jumping center. e.
P. Neill and A. J. Schrnk will manage the bust
ness end Of the proposed tour.
History of Team. J.
the leading sport Of the company from the
first year In 1896. Once year for the first
three years the Minneapolis Y. NJ G. AS
were brought down to Red Wing and the first
two years crushing defeats were the only results
for the locals. But the third year the devotion
Of Company athletes to the game and the ad.
dition of a couple Of new players to the company
hopes Of victory against this team which
meanwhile, had developed into the undisputeG
champions Of Minneapolis and st. Paul as vel
as the surrounding territory. Cook, an ex-pro
fessional baseball player and for those three
years physical instructor at the Y. NJ. c. A
the first coach in the cities to develop the game
Of basketball, when he reached Red Wing witt
thought Of the surprise in store for him.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
PERSONALS.
Subscribe to THE HERALD.

Subscribe to THE HERALD.
J. c. Wreford has returned from
few days visit to San Antonio.
Tonight is the regular time for
election of officers by Frontier
Camp. w. o. W.
Special treasury Agents Parker
and Cummings, of Galveston,
arrived in the city yesterday.
Owing to bad weather the cleo
ton of officers by the Knights of
Pythias vas not held last night.
Louis Fries, of Houston, state
auditor of Waters Pierce oil COM
pany, arrived in Brownsville yes
terday afternoon.
/ Geo. ]. Dreissigacker and Chas.
J. Katerkamp, who have been in
the city the past day or two, left
on this mornings train.
R. A. Walker, of League City,
representing the M. o. Coggins
Produce company of Philadelphia,
was among the arrivals yesterday.
United States District Attorney
mark c. McLemore, of Galveston,
arrived yesterday afternoon and is
in attendance upon federal court.
E. L. Caldwell, the rustling
young hardware salesman, was an
outgoing passenger this. morning,
after spending several days in
the city.
Otto Zinzemeyer, who has been
post plumber at Fort Brown the
past nine months, left for his home
in San Antonio this morning to re-
main permanently.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
How This7

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Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
cure.
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Sold BY al Druggists.
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
Some Postscripts.

The railway scrap heap of the
country last year reached the value
of 81, $50. 900.
Spanish women play with their
dolls even after they are married
and have children.
The highest workmen's wage:
in Berlin are paid to mason-S1. 90
to S2.11 a day for piecework.
A tigress in Burmah that had a
record of having killed more than
800 persons was killed lately by
two English engineers.
The wine cellars of Spain are
filled with alcohol vapor, as much
as half an ounce of absolute alcohol
being found in six cubic feet of
air.
For saying that the KAISER had
an ugly face" Matthias Rohrmann
of Phalsbourg, Alsace-Lorraine,
has been sent to prison, for two
months.
Last summer was a record one
in Paris for tips. The porters in
the museums made more out OF
visitors whose umbrellas and sticks
they took charge of than even
during the worlds fair of 1900.
Attendants at the Pantheon receiv-
ed as much as S6.25 daily in tips
of small amounts.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
Of Interest to Women.

The latest little piece of jewelry
if by that term it may be digni6ed,
is a bracelet made of glass. 1t
comes from Egypt, and is exactly
like the bracelets worn by many OF
the native women there. The
bracelets are made of plain glass
rounded and sufficiently large to
be slipped over the hand, and of
various colors. In Egypt a woman
when she marries is given a brace
let, and each child born is the oc-
casion of another bracelet being
added to tne rest. The colors in
which these glass bracelets are
made are very pretty, particularly
the greens, pinks and blues. that
tone so excellently we'll with the
dyes our dress now display.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
Removal Notice.

have moved my stock of staple
and fancy groceries, ETC., to the
Jagou building, formerly occupied
by the American restaurant, and
would be glad to see all my old
customers and many new ones at
the new location. Prompt attention
given to all orders, either by phone
or otherwise. Free delivery.
12-6-12 ]. A. TILLMAN.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
LOCAL ETEMs.

Vasey has mighty good paper
hanger if you need him. If
Ribbon cane seed for sale in any
quantity. Apply to c. Cara.
11-27-tf
That sign Vasey painted at Nc
Donald's looks pretty good.
1 see he is working on the bank
front. Who? Vasey, of course.
On account of the inclement
weather, the public school is not
in session today.
Twentysik barrels of fish and
fifteen boxes of beans went east
express shipment this morning.
SO buggy tops with side cur
tains, for only S8.75, this week on
". Hy.B. Verhelle, the saddler.
THE HERALD is glad to say that
Mrs. NJ. Besteiro, who has been
under the care of physicians in
San Antonio for several weeks, is
rapidly improving, and will soon
be completely recovered.
Consul Griffith has been notified
that James R. Parsons, consul gen.
eral at the city of Mexico, was kill
ed Tuesday night in a horrible
street car accident, and that his
wife was also seriously injured. No
further particulars are obtainable.
Consul General Parsons was ap-
pointed to the position from New
York. in April, 1904.
The federal grand jury finally
adjourned this morning after being
in session four days. The result
of lis work was the bringing in of
81 indictments. Thirty one were
for smuggling. receiving and
having in possession smugglid
property. The other Indictment
was against four persons indicted
jointly for robbing the post Office
at Run, Hidalgo county, several
months ago. Two of these parties
have been arrested, but the other
two have not yet been apprehend-
ed.
Among the late visitors to this
city is Harvey c. Stiles, horticul-
tural manager for the Gulf Coast
Line, who arrived yesterday. The
gentleman stands ready all times
to give all information at his COM
mand in regard to fruit planting, |
cultivation, pruning, etc, and has
had large experience in dealing
with the scale and diseases which |
may be introduced into the coun-
try, having been an extensive fruit
grower in California. Mr.. Stiles
has also been appointed State hor-
ticultural inspector, and all fruit
and other trees intended tor this |
section, will be unloaded and in
spected at Sinton. Any shipments
showing evidence of scale or disease
will be condemned, and either re-
turned to the consignor Of destroy
ed, in order that the infant fruit
industry may be safe guarded in
every possible way.
THE HERALD is pleased to learn
that Superintendent Barbour, of
the public school, has made ar
engagements with the Schubert Sym
phony Company and Lady Quar-
tette, to give an entertainment on
December IS, for the benefit of the
public school library. This organ
ization is of national reputation,
playing to crowded houses in the
largest cities, and receiving many
encomiums, especially in the west
and south. The company had an
unoccupied night, and very kindly
consented to give a performance for
the benefit above mentioned. We
bespeak for them large patronage
not only from the standpoint of the
worthy object for which the enter
tainment is given, but also a rare
treat will be enjoyed by those who !
attend. The school library needs
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07
TISSUE AND CREPE
PAPERS
HUyLERS
CANDIES
PURE FRUIT
TABLETS

There's end to the fancy things you can make
from tissue and crepe papers. You all have time
to make quite few handsome gifts for Xmas if
you begin " v v " " v
Our stock is complete with al the beautiful tints
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07

il a woman really has small Jeet
she worries all the time for fear
somebody else's are smaller.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-07

To have dumplings in stew per
fectly light, they should be laid on
the meat and not dropped into the
broth. If there should not be meat
enough, make a foundation with
potatoes. In mixing use just -four
enough so that they can be handled
nicely.
Owen Wister, the novelist, was
criticising the work of a literary
beginner.
Now here, said Mr.. Wister
slashing his blue pencil through an
entire manuscript page. here is
arrant s=perhuity and surplusage.
In what way do these 400 words
help your story?
In no way. On the contrary,
they hinder, they impede it. These
written words are mere surplusage,
as so many of our spoken words are
mere surplusage. They resemble
the useless questions that we ask.
A man stood before mirror in
his room, his face lathered, and an
open razor in his hand.
His wife came in. She looked
at him and said:
Are you shaving?'
The man, foe to surplusage,
replied 6ercely:
No; l am backing the kitchen
range. Where are you-out driving
Or at a matiuee?' -
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26
MAGNIFICENT, AWE-INSPIRING TOTAL ECLIPSE OF
THE SUN AS DESCRIBED BY FLAMMARION

forth as at nightfall Then, success
! lively. the Sky turned a leaden gray
| the mountains stood out with surpris
| ing distinctness against the horizon
and seemed to draw nearer: colo
chill shot through the atmosphere. A
profound silence reigned I'm nature:
the light faded more and more. the
Landscape became gray. the sea turn
ed black 1t was then that we made
our observation with the colors of the
spectrum.
When totality had commenced, the
sun had vanished. and the black disk
of the moon showed all round It the
admirable corona of brilliant light.
The corona surrounds the sun com.
pletely. extending beyond it to the dis
tance Of about one-third Of the suns
radius. and it may be considered the
solar atmosphere. Beyond the corona
is an aureole. a vaster but less lumin-
Gus refulgence which hurls out long
plumes principally in the direction of
the suns equatorial zone. and the
zone of activity Of the spots are pro-
tuberances. On the summit Of the
disk It is concal and beneath it is
double, the right extremity ending in
a long point.
The eclipse which 7 have been de-
scribing took far less time to pass
than I have required to write these
lines. The totality lasted only seven
ty-nine seconds, and a dazzling streak
as Of lightning shot out from the sun
as the moon glided on.
Several persons assured me that
moon snot swiftly by. My attention
being monopolized in other directions
| could not notice this. although | had
recommended others to watch for it.
The moons shadow crossed the Span
ish peninsula from Oporto to Alicante
in eleven minutes, flying at the race
of 3,737 feet per second, or faster
than a cannon ball.
And so, suddenly the illusion had
vanished, lil,e all that is beautiful up
on earth. The surprise, the oppres-
sion. the terror of some. the silence
of all had ceased. The sun reappear-
ed in its splendor, and the life of ma
ture resumed its course, for a moment
suspended.
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26

the rest of the world into space, into
time, into the unknown.
The remarkable eclipse of the sur
August 80 will he visible as q partia
eclipse in the whole of Europe. west
ern Asia, northern Africa and the
eastern part of North America The
zone of tOtality starts in Canada
south of Lake Winnipeg. passes over
the southern part of Hudson's bay
then little to the north of Newfound
land, crosses the Atlantic. cuts Spain
In its northern part, passes along the
Mediterranean over two of the Bale
aric isles. reaches Algeria. crosses
Tunisia the Gulf Of Gabes. Tripolitan,
Egypt. the Red sea and finally Arabia.
where the eclipse ends. The coming
total eclipse may be observed at its
best in Spain and in Algeria, where
the United States has sent its repre-
sentatives, and in Tunisia where the
period of totaity. beginning shortly
after noon, will last three minutes and
fifty-one seconds.
The 1905 eclipse is interesting from
the fact that it occurs at a period of
maximum solar activity. whereas the
last total eclipse. May 2S 1900. occur
red at a minimum period, so that the
different effects of the two extremes
Of solar activity can be ascertained.
The present eclipse will take place in
the constellation of Leo. the two pla-
nets Mercury and Venus becaming
visible
Nature Transformed.
During the 1900 eclipse many inter
esting and important observations
were made at Elche. Spain.
The first period of the occultation
was not particularly remarkable in
any respect II was only from the
time when more than half of the So
lar disk was covered by the lunar disk
that the phenomenon became impress
i've. When about three-quarters of
the sun were eclipsed birds rushed
back to their nests and bats came
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26

Paris, Aug. 26.-Overwhelming is
the interest in the total eclipse of the
sun, the most sublime manifestation
of nature, the prenomenon that has
awed the most savage peoples from
the inception of the world and
which has cast its spell over the
most enlightened. A total eclipse is
marvellous. We wonder We feel ig-
norant. We cannot analyze. But this
time we are endeavOring TO grasp the
definite. The eclipse of August 30
will be inspected as never before.
A total eclipse of the sun is one of
the most magnificent and most impos-
ing sights imaginable. At the precise
moment announced by astronomical
calculation, the moon reaches the sun,
cuts gradually into it, and comes full
in front of it. The light of day fades
and changes. sensation of oppres-
sion takes hold of the whole of ma
ture; the birds are silent, the dog
seeks refuge near his master, the
chicks hide under the wing of the
mother hen, the wind holds its breath,
the temperature falls, an awful sill
ence fills the air, as if the world were
flinching beneath pending catastro-
phe.
Weird Spectacle.
Just as. the last line of the solar
cuescent disappears, one Sees, in
stead of the familiar sun, a black disk
surrounded by a superb luminous
glory hurting huge jets of light into
space, while at the base rosy flames
are burning. A strange and CHASTITY
night has fallen, allowing the bright
est stars to show in the heavens. The
sight is fantastic, magnificent, sol
emn and sublime.
Watching the dark shape of the
moon as it glides smoothly before the
glorious sun at the very instant eX.
pected, the observer learns a double
lesson in philosOphy-first. the gran
deur, the omnipotence of the inexora
BILE laws ruling the universe; and sec
ondly, the intellectual worth of man.
that thinking atom lost on another
atom, and which by the work of his
frail mind has attained a knowledge
of these laws which bear him off like
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26
ALLEGED DESERT Err FROM
FORT BLISS KILLED

Bob Rusher, said to be a deserter
from Fort Bliss, was shot to death in
Welch & Titworth's store at Captain,
n. NJ, Thursday night. He is believed
to have entered the store Tor the pur-
pose of bun glary. Rusher escaped from
Jail in Lincoln last Tuesday, where he
was confined awaiting trial on a
charge of arson at Coalora, and Off
GERS had been on his trail ever since.
When the store was opened yesterday
morning Rushers body was found ly-
ing face down behind the counter. Fif-
teen shots were heard during the
night, but no attention was paid to
them and Rusher's slayer is unknown.
A horse and saddle supposed to be
Rusher's were found near the store.
An inquest was held yesterday in the
hope of throwing light on the person
who killed Rusher.
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26
NEW CHAPLAIN ARRIVES
AT FORT BAYARD

The Rev. Dr. Cephas C.. Bateman,
one Of the best known and most sue
cessful chaplains in the United States
army. arrived in Fort BayaTd this
week and win succeed Chaplain Cav
iJt, who is now at his home near Chi
cago. Chaplain Bateman was accom-
panied by his family, consisting of a
wife, two sons and three daughters.
Chaplain Bateman served through the
Santiago and Philippine campaigns
and has but recently returned from
the islands. He is a magnetic orator,
of winning personality, and is a great
favorite with the soldier boys. His
coming to Fort Bayard is hailed with
great delight by the army people, who
have watched his career and are ac-
quainted with his truly remarkable
work in tn army.
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26
Direction of w. c. Cunningham
PRICES; Soc, 75C and SI.OO
Seats on Sale at Matson's Book Store
Tuesday, August 20, at a. m.
A Touching story

Is the saving from death of the baby girl
OF Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md. He
writes: AT the age OF IL months our
little girl was in declining health.
serious throat trouble, and two physi-
clans gave her up. We were almost in
despair when we resolved TO try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. The first bottle gave
relief; after taking four bottles she was
cured and is now In perfect health.
Never fails to relieve and cure a cough
or cold. AT all dealers; soc and 81. Guar
anteed. Trial bottle free.
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-26
ROSWELL LUMBER COMPANY
BUYS YARD AT TEXlCO

The Kemp Lumber company of Ros-
well is expanding as its business
grows, and in keeping with this policy
has just bought the lumber yard of
Dyer & Sons at Texico, having al
ready taken charge. The new manage
ment will greatly increase the stock
Of the TeXico yard and make it a first
class place at which to buy building
materials