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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15
Want JACK U.'''B|RIEN
IN GOPHER COUNTRY
Would Have Philadelphia Battle
an Unknown in the
Palestra.
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to The Journal
Calumet, Mich, July 14.-Dusty Mill
er of Chicago will meet Ole Nelson in
Calumet the night of July 20 in ten
round bout. The weight is to be 11S
pounds at 8 o'clock in the afternoon
Of the same day. The mill was ar
ranged by the Red Jacket Athletic as
ISOLATION, incorporated. Teddy Murphy,
the boy manager, will accompany Miller
to the copper country and while here he
probably will match one Of his men for
mill two weeks later.
Allard, the Lake Linden fighter, has
been matched to meet an unknown in
a bout at Houghton in short time.
The exact date has not yet been fixed.
The Red Jacket Athletic association,
Incorporated, plans to pull off an i'm
portant match next September with
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien as. one of
the principals. It will be pulled off in
the Palestra, which has seating ca
pacity Of nearly 5000.
The Manistique Rod and Gun club
has arranged for shooting tournament
at it's club grounds in August, which
will last two days. It will be open to
members of any gun club, and invita-
tions have been extended to the 500,
Marquette, Menominee and the other
clubs in the peninsula.
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JOHNSTON AND PARKER
WERE The HIGH GUNS
Trap Shots Worked in a Down.
Pour at Inter City
Traps. 80

The weekly shoot of the Minneap-
considering that several of its regular
contestants were in Duluth to parti-
cipate in the zenith city tournament.
Several new shooters faced the traps
for the first time today and did very
well for beginners. The weather was
unfavorable. A drilling rain fell dur
ing the latter part of the day, making
the targets hard to see
Johnston and Parker shared the high
gun honors of the day with ninety.
two kills to their credit. Shepard
won the class c trophy, Mrs Johnston
won the Rentz cup and Parker won the
Jacobs cup with perfect score CAL
lander won the Dupont cup in a shoot
off with L. F. Kennedy. Callander
killed twenty-five straight and had an
allowance of four. Kennedy broke
twenty three with two extra birds to
his credit, which made them on equal
terms. The final scores Of the event
were, with the added birds, twenty
three and twenty-five. Famechon won
the senior, Mrs. Johnston the junior
and Shepard the amateur club medals
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BIC Ed GREM|NCER !
NOW IN 800 LIST
Millers' Heavyweight Gets Well
Over the Mark-Yaeger's
Great Pickup.

Minneapolis now has three batters
in the 300 class, Ed Greminger clos
ing Friday night s ledger with an aver
age of .3o9, which is pretty fair for
Frisk Of st.. Paul leads the associa-
ton in, batting, having passed Danny
Green by getting five hits in the To;
ledo series. Denny Sullivan is third
and Lefty Davis is eleventh..
Dunleayy, Burke Abbott, Waldron,
Piatt and Thielman have dropped out
Of the 300 class, and Greminger, Be-
ville,. Putnam and Goodwin are
now in. .
It has been a hard week for batters
generally and there is big slump all
down the line.
Mailman and Woodruff fell off badly
during the week. The best batting of
the week was done by Greminger,
Yaeger, Coulter, Hickering, Wheeler,
Denny Sullivan and Larry Quinlan.
George Yaeger's average ten, days ago
was 1877, six days ago it was .220. To-
day it is .244. Cy Coulter came up
from .212 to PAT in a week.
These figures include all Of fridays
games,
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WASHINGTON 8, a, CLEVELAND 2, 8.
Duh1 oh

Washington, July 14.-The double-header to-
day between Washington and Cleveland ran into
extra innings in both games, the locals win
ming the first by q score Of 8 to 2, while the sec
ond went to the visitors 6 to 4. The playing
were 30 close that the excitement was very
high. Buelow was injured In the first game
and had to retire. Patten outpitched Joss in
the opening contest, while Rhoades was better
than smith in the second. Score: ~
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Notes.

That man Shepard shoots in the spots that
count.
Famechon has found his lost eye now.
Mitchell saw crooked targets in the first and
last events only.
Sam Campbell is one Of the most faithful,
always hand rain shine.
Callander got In a continuous Of 81.
French was not quite up to form owing to q
single barrel repeater.
Schultz broke the spring in his gun in the first
event after killing ten straight and that was
about the extent of his breaks.
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Totals III II II 2
1.-TWO out when winning run scored.

n -
Stated for Newton In ninth
Chicago ..........31 90 1 o o. o 8-s
New York .:......0 O. o @ s o 20
Walsh: two-base hits. Keller. Sullivan; sacri-
fee hit. Keller: stolen bases, Hoffman. Dele
hanty; hrst base on errors, New York 2. Chicago
OF Newton q; struck out, by Ghesbro a. by Ait.
rock 1, by Newton 1: hit BY pitched ball Ches-
bro 4 double plays. Davis and Donohue, Conroy.
Williams and Chase. Time, LAO. Attendance;
10000. sss9.sg4 AZ 3 So .SKsssg8s !
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A Protest Against Price Cutting

Hygeno Company takes this advising the drug Of
Minneapolis and the Northwest in
responsible the cut the Hygno
and Scalp Treatment advertised Of the
AS matter of principle the policy announced advertising
Gut Prces based the fact that the
making these preparations would
way for less than $1oo q package
Every druggist will know
selling price low price would be evidence that
would thus
Hygeno Combination would
Look the $4,000
alcohol costing $3.50 gallon
40 gallon,
the awful
We know that Hygeno will be steady seller
do the
We believe preparation like entitled
and fair profit Hygenol be sold retail
package and a reasonable profit for handling.
In further explanation wish that
offending
delivery Of order them because they refused sell
named They bought through jobber without
in n carrying out this policy.
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NORTHERN LEAGUE
BROKE EVEN ON TWO.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Winnipeg, Man.. July 14.-The Winnipeg ma
rooms and Duluth whitesox worked in two games
between showers today and each a game. In
the afternoon Krick and Bond were the opposing
pitchers. and except in one inning apiece each
was very effective. In the evening game Brenna
was wild and when he did get them over the
sox hit him hard. Cummings effective in
every inning but one. The regular umpire did
not turn up and two players called the turns,
with the result that there much squabbltng
over decisions. Score:
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Totals 10 27:17
*Batted for TaddeIl in third " .,

"Batted Tor WaddeH IN third. q -
Detroit ..........o o 0 0 90 o "a
Philadelphia 20 o S O O o. s-5
Umpires, Connolly and Conner. Twobase hit
balls, off Mullin T. off Waddeli 2, of Ooakley
/; sacrifice hits, Schaefer, siever; stolen bases.
Mcintyre, Gross, Crawford, Murphy; struck out,
by Mullin 4, by Waddell 2, by Coakley /, by
siever 2; hit by pitched ball, Davis. Attend
ance, $4,000. Time, 2:O5.
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CHICAGO 8, NEW YORK 3.
BY Publishers Press.

BY EUbIIHnefB Ff6SS. = = . J.
New York, July II In a free hitting and at
times somewhat loosely played game this at
ternoon the New York won from the Chicago
whitesox. The game was marked by number
Of sensational plays and the result was IN
doubt until the winning run was scored by the
locals with two men out in the last half OF
the ninth inning. Score:
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SECOND GAME.

Umpires Dmslie and O'Day. Three-base hit,
Mathewson, W. Marshall; double plays Mathew
son, Dahlen and McCann, Mcbride, Noonan, Ben
nett, Dahlen, Gilbert, McGann 2; passed ball,
W. Marshall; stolen bases, Shannon, Devlin;
bases on balls, off Mathewson 2 off Brown o.
struck out by Mathewson 4, by Brown g. Time
1:4S. Attendance, 16, 600. - Ia
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Boston ...........0 o 0. 0 D O 0 0 90
st. Louis .........1 o, 0 0 0 / 0 0 ID
EMPIRES, O'Loughlin and Evans; three-base
hits, Stone 2; first base balls, off Howell 1;
first base on errors, St. Louis /, Boston l. left
on bases. st. Louis 4, Boston A. sacrifice hits,
Jones, Goodwin; stolen bases, Hemphil 2,
O'Brien; struck out by Howell T. by Young 4;
double play, Wallace to O'Brien to Jones; passed
ball, Hickey. Attendance, S,S17. Time, 1:41.
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IOWA STATE LEAGUE

At Keokuk- Fl z
Burlington. ...... % 90 ooo-l /
Keokuk. .......... o O 90 o O 90 0
Batteries-For Burlington, Killian and krebs;
for keokuk, Witt and Ryan.
At Waterloo
Marshalltown. o u o %
Batteries-For Waterloo, Kelley and futile;
for Marshalltown, Giffen and Thomas.
At Oskaloosa- R e
Oskaloosa. ..... $4,000 oOo-3 10 l
Ottumwa. o o o l / o % s 3
Batteries-For Oskaloosa, Shaw and Mite; for
Ottumwa, Converse and Bruggeman.
At Fort Dodge "
Fort Dodge. 49,. 0 90 oO0o2 % s
Clinton. ......... O l O 0 o F 6 o
Batteries-For Fort Dodge, Cennett and Smith;
for Clinton, Crangle and Jamison.
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s Tro-base hit, Padden; home run. Putnam;
stolen bases, Woodruff; double plays. Rocken-
field to Wheeler, sugden to Padden: Brashear to
ouinan to Sullivan hits Of , Sagls IN 2 o3
balls Of Slagle 4, off Moore e OFF Putnam s.;
hit by pitcher, by Slagle, Shaw and keTWini
struck out, by slagle l, by Moore z, by Putt-
mann s. Time, 2:0b. Umpire, Owens.
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PITTsBURa 2, BOSTON /.

BY Pub1isherS' Press. : y
Pittsburg, July 14.-Lei6eld had the best of
pitchers battle against Dorner here today
and Pittsburg won the second game of the
series from the Boston Nationals by the score of
to 0. Pittsburgs runs were made on two
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Hits, off Curtis 6 in % innings, Off Hines
3 in 81 innings, Off Goodwin in 4 innings;
two-hase hits, Fateman: three-base hit, McChes-
ney, Ryan, Pickering, kim; home runs; Hinch-
Hulswitt bases on balls, off Goodwin 2. Of
Hines 1. off Berger 2; struck out, by Berger TO-
BY Goodwin g. Ump1res. Egan and Sullivan.
ET1me
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY.
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
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Totals III 80 1s I Totals III 80 25 !
Slated for Smith IN fhirteenth go = h

Washington .......0 o3 i o o 0 o o o o o o.
Cleveland ...:.....2 90 o 001s01 900 20
Umpire, Hurst. Earned runs, Washington /,
Cross NIL, Wakefield; three-base hit, schafy;
sacrifice hits, Altizer, Cross. Wakefield, Rhoades;
stolen bases, Stanley. Cross, Anderson; double
plays, NIL and Stahl; left on bases washing
ton 8, Cleveland 81 first base ON balls, or
Rhoades s: first base errors, Washington 1,
Cleveland /; struck out, by Smith g. by Rhoades
e: Time. v2:80. Attendance, 1854. Fit ny
pttched ball. by Smith l. o.. I'll. 81
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Two-base hits, Tucker Dolan, Dickie, Leighty;
three-base hits, Tucker Dickie; binder on balls,
of Hanson 8, off Bushelman 4; struck out by
Finnegan i, by Hanson 6, by Bushelman 1; wild
pitches, by Hanson l. sacrifice hits, by Hart,
Dickie; stolen bases, Dolan Mehl; passed balls,
Hart; left on bases, Fargo g. Grand Forks 8;
double plays, Bushelman to Leighty to Ludures,
Wilson to Leighty to Ludures, Rose to Grogan to
Hanson to Dolan. Umpire, Rudderhan. Time,
1885.
The Calumet Hancock and Houghton-Lake Lin
den games were postponed account Of rain.
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LOUISVILLE 4, ST. PAUL 8.

St. Paul. July 14.--Wlth one man sweating on
FIRST base, Putnam today smote q home run
and still further smeared himself with glory
hy walloping out line drive single, scoring
anothe. run. Rain fell internationally during the
entire game and the players We're soaked and
peeyish slagle was as Wild as broncho. and
In the sixth inning was INVITED to sit ON the
bench and see Moore finish the game. Score:
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Totals -. "a Is 8 Totals 90. Z 27 IA OIL
Summary by innincS:


Duluth ........0 90 0 % 20 o.
Winnipeg ........O 8 0 0 0 0 0 %
Three-base hit, Mccormick; two-base hit, lei
der, Livingstone: sacrifice hit, Anderson; stolen
bases. Lovett, Piper. Meneice, voss Somerlot;
struck out, by Krck 5, by Bond 5; bases on
balls off Bond 4: hit by pitched ball. by Krick
i; wild pitch. Krick; double play, Somerlot to
varco to Meniece: left on bases. Winnipeg 6,
Duluth 7. Time, Las. Umpire, Sam Leee. At
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15
;, INDIANAPOLIS 5, KANSAS CITY 2.

Kansas City, July 14.-Up to the fifth inning
TODAY Frantz was inyincible. Not a man was
able to get within hailng distance of the first
bag. In the fifth and sixth, however, he loos-
ened up and passed three men, Three timely
hits were also raped out, giving the game to
HThe boosters. Score:
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.
No games scheduled.

NEW YORK g. 4, ST. LOUIS /, 0.
BY Publishers Press. H.,
st. Louis, July lathe first game today be-
tween the giants and cardinals was loosely
played, the former winning easily to /. In
the second Mathewson was invincible and retired
the cardinals in one two three ORDER winning his
game to 0. Scores:
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ST. LOUIS 8, BOSTON 0.

Boston. July 14,-The two Boston castofs,
Stone and Hemphill, turned the trick for st.
Louis this afternoon, defeating their former
teammates this afternoon. They made four
hits, Hemphill driving in all the runs, Stone
scoring two Of the three Score:
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X. I. #. LEAGUE

Mattoon 6, Danvtlle 4.
Jacksonville d, vincennes 2.
Paducah- Cairo, rain.
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FIRST GAME.

: Totals -. 0 81 10 o Totals %. II IT 8
New York ........1 0 8 Q o Q 0 -0-5
st. Louis .........O 0 0 o O OIL
Umpires, Bmslie and o'Day. Sacrifice hits,
Seymour q Gilbert; passed ball, W. Marshall;
bases on balls, off McGinnity 8. off Karager 8;
bases, New York g. st. Louis 2. Time 1850.
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WESTERN LEAGUE

Sioux City-Des Moines, rain.
Pueblo 10, Lincoln Z.
Denver 4, Omaha Z.
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cor,IrMRus 8. MILWAUKEE, 4

Milwaukee, Wis. July 14.-The brewers We're
shockingly mishandled by Columbus in the first
upon Curtis for two home runs and two triples
netting six runs-too great lead to be over
come. Hines succeeded Curtis and was In turn
succeeded by Goodwin, but the merry slaughter
went Each team used I'D two catchers in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15
AL LOOKING ALIKE
TO The M|LLERs NOW
Continued From First Page.

stplen bases, Yaeger, Clingman; sacrifice hits,
balls. Hart Yaeger, Nance; struck out, Cling
man, J. Clarke, W.. Clarke, Abbott, Camnitg;
left on bases, Minneapolis g. Toledo Q; wild
pitch, Camnitz. Time 1:45. Umpire, Longley.
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PHILADELPHIA s. DETROIT 4.
By Publishers Press.
Philadelphia, July 14.-After Waddell had
mexploded in the third inning and Detroit scored
four runs, Mullin also went up in the air and
the locals won out in their half. Score:
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The Gerbers win play at st. Paul this after
noon against the Hamlen s. Sullivan club. A
good game is expected Is both teams are, Of
the same average. ss,ys & 4 aN. xss, ssss 4.
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The Hygenol Co.
Manufacturing Chemists, Minneapolis.

THE PU5Lc-iygeno Treat
q
leading institution
tine the ndruna
DRUGGISTS
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GRAND FORKS 9, FARGO Q,

Fargo, N. D., July 14.-Grand Forks had the
greatest batting bee yesterday afternoon seen s,.
were made. Finnegan was On the firing line
for Fargo at first. He retired after the first
two men hit safely in the third with nine hits
registered against him. Hanson was better, but
couldn't stop the terrific swatting. Busheman
was unhittable. Hanrahan and Finnegan' s
catches in outheld were the only fielding fea-
lures. Score:
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EVENING GAME
Duluth ......0.... 0 % % DO
Winnipeg .......1 0 o 0 8 o 0 Is
Two-base hits. Mccormick. Bond, Krfck; sacr1-
fee hits, Livingstone, Barto 8, Lovett, Gum
mings, Anderson; stolen bases, Halding, Varco
struck out, by Brenna 5, by Cummings Z; bases
on balls, off Brenna 8. O.: Cummings l. hit by
pitched ball, by Brenna 3. by Cummings i;
double play Anderson to Zeider; left on bases,
Duluth s, Winnipeg I. Time, 2 hours Attend
ance, 200. Umpires, Treadway and Sporer.
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Totals ~ so IS 8 1850
.."- ~s~' Totals -. B+2s IL 0
washington % O 2 o @ q q a a IA

Washington 80 o. o o o, O o O. Ia
Cleveland 30 0. Q 0 o Q o o %
Umpire Hurst. Earned runs. Washington 8,
Cleveland 2; two-base hits, Stahl, Anderson;
sacrifice hits, schafy, Bay, Jackson; stolen
bases. Atizer, Bems; double plays. Flick and
Rossman; left on bases. Washington Z, Cleve-
land g.; bases balls, of Patten q; first base
on errors. Cleveland g.; struck out, by Patten q
by Joss 5. Time, 1:4o Attendance, $3.50.
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CENTRAL LEAGUE

Wheeling 1, South Bend 5.
Canton 4. Grand Rapids l.
Dayton 4-3, Evansville 20.
Springfield 1, Terre Haute ! (ten inninga
rain). T9E
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OHIO-PENN. LEAGUE

Newark s. Mansfield IL.
GAINESVILLE 10, Lancaster ~.
Youngstown II, Sharon 3.
Akron 7, New Castle 5.
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WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE

WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE
Oshkosh 8. Wausau 1.
Green Bay o, Freeport 2.
Eau Claire 8, La Crosse !.
In a recent interview given out by William
Bradley, the third baseman Of the Cleveland
Americans, be stated that beside having ability
to play ball one must have brains. He claims
that third base is the hardest position to play.
Second Baseman Kelley, obtained by Indian
apolis from the Oakland (Cal.) team In ex-
change for Pitcher Reidy, is playing good ball
for John Cancels Grand Rapids team. He is
still held by the boosters.
Manager Camel of the Grand Rapids team
Is out of the game with a bad case Of charley
horse Derham, the Michigan catcher is
playing first base in the absence Of Camel.
The South Bend club has signed Pitcher Tom
Thomas, late Of Youngstown, and has released
Pitchers Tslinde and Mailman.
Dan Hoffman is still bothered with a weak
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Score by innings
Indianapolis ......o Q Q Q 2 ! %
Kansas City ;:o 10 %
hits, Perrine Carr; bases balls. off Hickey
Is, off Frantz 3; struck out by Frantz 8, by
Hickey 2: double plays, Marcan to Williams to
Carr, Dunleavy to Kahoe; hit by pitcher, Wal
,dron; stolen bases, Burke, Marcan, Williams,
Hines, Atherton 2. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Kane.
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THREE-I LEAGUE

Bloomington 4. Peoria 5.
Decatur 8, Springfield 2.
Rock Island 0, Cedar Rapids 8.
Dubuque 3, Davenport 8.
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Dan Hoffman is still bothered with a weak
knee.
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SOUTHERN MICH. LEAGUE

Mount Clemens 8, Jackson o.
Kalamazoo 6, Tecumseh 2.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-02-01
OFFICERS CHASE OUTLAWS.
safe at Forsyth BurgIarized-Niqht
watchman Overpowered.

@NCt pIWGIC0s
Forsyth, Ca, Jan 31.-Sheriff Hol
land and Chief of Police Williams are
In pursuit of three outlaws. who, at /
o'clock Wednesday morning, burglar.
lied the safe of the Trio Manufacture
Ing company at this place. The men,
who were masked, overpowered the
night watchman, bound, gagged and
confined him to an adjacent ware
house, and then attempted to blow
open the safe of the manufacturing
company.
The outer vault yielded to nitro,
glycerine, and they had similar sue
cess with the safe on the interior of
the vault, securing $40 or $50.
The supply of explosive was ex-
hausted when they encountred third
burglar-proof vault, and they return
ed to the warehouse in which they had
imprisoned McMichael, threatening his
life unless he informed them of some
place In town where they could secure
more dynamite or nitro-glycerine. The
nightwatchman refused to give them
any assistance whatever
The burglars were frightened off,
and leaving the watchman still bound
and gagged, he was found unconscious
in the morning.
The town has offered $500 and the
Trio Manufacturing company $50 re-
ward for their apprehension.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-02-01
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH.
Avalanche of Dirt and Rock Crashed
on Pennsylvania Train.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 31.-The Steu-
benville express on the Panhandle di-
vision OF the Pennsylvania lines mar
rowly escaped a disastrous accident
Wednesday when tons of earth and
rock, loosened by rain, came crashing
down the side of Duquesne heights
on the souh side of the city, covering
the railroad tracks with 5 feet of
debris.
The avalanche of earth and rock
struck the front part of the express
train, demolishing portion of the bag.
gage car and breaking many windows
in the coaches.
The train was quickly stopped and
the passengers were brought into the
city on street cars. No one was in
Jured. Had the train been few sec
Onds late the force of the landslide
would have struck it, causing, per-
haps, serious accident.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-02-01
Manufactured Maaic Boots.

New York, Jan. 31.-Professor Mat
thew Hillgert, who advertises as a
maker of magic mechanico-physiol
ical boots," and caters to the wealthy
has been arrested by agents of the
county medical society. DR.. Abbott
Nhitehouse, as osteopatn, who is pro
fessor Hillgert's chief assistant, was
also arrested. The officers found Hill
gerts house a workshop where SO men
We're employed in the manufacture OF
the magic boots. The complaint
against the prisoners is that they prac-
iced medicine without license and
that the magic boots, the soles OF
which were some times soaked wit.
dSugs, often caused torture to the
Wearer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-02-01
Blind Academy Contract Let.

Macon, Ca. Jan. 31-The contract
has been let, material purchased and
work is to start within a few days
upon the Georgia academy for the
blind, to be erected on the Vineyille
car line, near Crump's park. Nc.
Kenzie & Co, of Augusta, are the con.
tractors. They are to complete the
work by September / this year. Spe-
cifications were changed slightly so
that a price of $51,S0O will be paid
The board of trustees have complet.
ed all arrangements for the beginning
of the work and within a brief period
it will be well under way.