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The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
ENGINEER DEAD; TRAIN
IN A WILD DASH

CHICAGO. May 27.-The overland
limited. fastest train of the Chicago.
Milwaukee K St. Paul railroad sys-
tenn ran Monday night at full speed
OF near 60 miles an hour over inter
locking switches and past signals near
Byron, H.. with Engineer Albert Gau-
wins lying dead on the cab floor. TIE
train. with hundred passengers
aboard. narrowly missed smashup
Officials of the railroad heard the
story as told by Fireman Michael
Nash.
The train left Chicago on the jour
ney to San Francisco at $3.50 Monday
night. with Gauyins at the throttle. in
apparent good health Fireman Nash
noticed that the train was flying
across switches and tracks at top
speed, unmindful OF adverse set sig.
nails
Just as the limited cleared the
tracks OF the other road q heavy train
Numbered across in the srear Nash
leaped back into the engine cab and
discovered Gauvins body lying on the
floor. The train was stopped and hslp
called examination showed the
engineer was stone dead as the result
OF hemorrhage OF the brain.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
WOMAN OF 90 NEVER
RODE ON RAILWAY TRAIN

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. May 81
Mrs. Lydia Hayzer Dunn, aged 96
years. and the Oldest white resident
of Tama county. Ia, died at her homo
near Montour, la. she had lived in
the county for SO years. and although
the farm on which she and her hus-
band resided was within stones
throw OF the Northwestern right OF
way. Mrs Dunn had never been on
a railroad train
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
PRODUCE.

The market ass a whole. was a steady
one this morning. about the only price
change being in old potatoes. which
are a good deal OF drug on the mar
ket and which are shrinking In value
rapfdly! Strawberries are coming m
AT the rate Of three to five cars a day
now. but the capacity OF the market is
about four cars, and as rule. there
are but few TO carry over from day TO
ia ,;-l,ke- apple- market Is q hard on.
TO quote good many apples OF n
kind are still IN the market. but any
thing like a fancy package is less a
mater OF price than OF finding the
stock. Butter and eggs are steady and
both are easy In tone but there Is a
fair inquiry for poultry.
was a lot OF soft stun. and while Sc
Iccted berries were steady to firm a
good deal OF stock went TO peddlers at
cut prices
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
Markets and Finance

bu OF corn. Se.44l bu OF oats. and s,sls
bu OF rye.
M Wheat In Liverpool closed 4. aAd
higher. and corn unchanged.
Northwestern wheat receipts we'd
nesday. ia cars; year ago 2l2.
Exports or wheat and hour Wednes-
day. $4,000 blu.
Wheat receipts at primary points
"Wednesday, $4,000 bu; year ago Sso'-
900 bu.
worlds visible supply OF wheat. %
s0s.000 BY. DECREASE.
/, CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO May 27.--Failure OF Liver
pool To respond to our advance ana
favorable weather. caused an easier
opening In wheat. prices declining aser
There was fairly good selling at the
start, The market was steady at the
decline.
Opening prices: wheat--July, s2h q
s2hc c. Corn-July, 6sts U6sc oats
July. 45bsc. Pork--July. t3:Ib. Lard
September ss.12. Ribs-July. $'4Og
May corn was up lac. deferred
months were unchanged TO &c lower;
oats. y q ~ higher: provisions. "a q DC
Close: wheat-May. sl.o6h: July,
e2hc. Corn-July. 6SA u 6s asc. Oats
July. 47ssc. Pork-July, $lS. 20; sept,
si4'02ig ql405 Lard-July ss55 Ribs
July. s. 42h.
Quotations by Cameron currie 4 Co:
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
BOSTON WOOL.

BOSTON. May 27--A slight Improve
ment IL noted In the local wool mar
clip has reached over half million
pounds The secured basis OF good fine
territory clothing wool is Soc with &C
for oregon staple. Sales during the
some months. half a million pounds OF
Ohio and Michigan quarter blood neeces
going at 81 42ec. The leading domes-
tic quotations range as follows: ohio
and Pennsylvania fceces-X<, 30a31c,
X 27n2sc; No. l washed. 81 a 32c; No.
washed, 30Q3lc; fine unwashed. 2sq
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
BoIlermakers Enjoy Outinq.

A business meeting, at which papers
OF technical interest were read, took
up-the- Wednesday morning session
of the International Master Boiler
makers association. Wednesday aft
ernoon is given up TO ride TO the
St. Clair Flats on the steamer Pleas-
ure, the trip being given by the De
troit Seamless Steel Tubes Co.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
sI0,0Q9,000MINING
CORPORATION HAS
GONE TO WALL
euuLreLEs WHO INVESTED $3.50.
600 IN STOCK OF AMADOR CON.
Germ OF MONTANA HAVE ONLY
THEIR CERTIFICATES.

CHICAGO. May 27.-Another min.
ing bubble burst when II became
known that the Amador Mining and
Development Co., OF Montana. a slO,'
100000 corporation with headquarters
in Chicago, had come 10 an end. Let
tiers will inform l 400 stockholders, the
majority Chicagoans, that the copper
gold mine In which they have sunk
$3.50 600 is worthless.
With the crash OF the concern,
which had done thriving business In
selling stock for six years. interest In
creases in the whereabouts OF the sec
rotary and general manager, ID. +.
Maokinnon, who appears 10 be the
only interested person who ever profit-
ed from the enterprise. Mr.. Mackin-
non organized the company and
doomed the stock sales for five years.
A year ago he departed TO Boston.
where he opened branch office, and
since that time he has spent only one
day in Chicago.
Inquiries made by the stockholders
committee since the hasco became APP
parent resulted in information that
Mr. Mackinnon had left Boston for
some place in Maine, the exact loca-
ton OF which all efforts have failed 10
establish.
Awakening Of Stockholders.
The stockholders were considering
proposal TO purchase Mackinnon's
half interest In the mine for $4,000
when they woke up. They already
had paid him $4,000 for an option on
the property.
The president OF the company is
William Surman. GO Carlinville. H.
George ILL., the Chicago coal dealer, Is
vice-president, Robert VI. Mailer is
treasurer, and T. ID, Fuller assistant
secretary. Herman Goettsch Is a d.
rector. The investigation OF the mine,
which resulted in the revelation of It's
worthlessness. was conducted by a
committee headed by Mr.. Lii
In the six years life OF the company
a total OF only five cars OF ore was
taken from the mine. The stockhold-
ers' money was sunk In eYtravagant
equipment on the surface. In glowing
literature. expensive Offices, and jun
kets OF prospective investors
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
App,e-r,ncy. ,aSaso. common. 81


nuttsr-offcial prices; Ext,e cream
cries. 23c; hrsts. 2lc; crooks, lsc pack
IN CnbSareENew, ,i,75 per crate.
CnuIInower-Caliior N.75g2 per
Chee.e--Michigan full cream. new.
l2c; Limburger. new. 15c: old, lie:
brick, 15c; Schweitzer. 1sc per Id.
Cone-.-Package coffee. sl4.750i6sS
Dressed CaIves-Fancy. s1Shc; COM
mon. sac per III.
Eggs-Michigan current receipts
.s.se: second patent; ;isS; straight
eosr.s c6fn meal Gt s sGan and i'
chop. s2s coarse middlings. 500: fine
middlinss; $40 per ton, .,o -.
per doz; cucumbers: 5Oq75c, per doz;
lettuce. sQl0c per ID: spinach. asa soc
per box paTs ley age 2Se per 12z ysc
doz: asparagus. 5oQeOc per box green
peas ALSO sack; wax beans, Sl.I542
per box; green beans 81 SO per hamper.
G.Ss% msDD1G no, ps :atS: base
painted parbed wire. s2.6o; galvanized
Darbed wire. Sc. so: No. aanenled wire.
Cloth. s. 40 per 100 feet; lap and slip.
so and S per cent on: poultry netting.
after weaving. 81 per cent on: wire
on: round and corrugated conductor
pipe. :5 and per cent on
Moncy-Fancy white; i;9isc; amber.
IsQ15c; extracted. sw9c per 10.
Hickory NutS-S2 per bu-
Msy-Dstro,t shippers are paving the
following. prices for now baIed hay in
s No q. 1850. clover. mixed.
jis5o: rye straw. 81: wheat and cat
stray; ssgsS0 ton; = in car i Su onr.a
cured cure; ! Ne green T. se1e; no. fS
s saif su NS !! no. Sgs fc No no St csf
so ofsn HIDES NO No lOf So No. {. ST. Sheep:
'k i,m. as e S y02 3 a ssF gtsc.
Iemoas--Callfovnia, 3sm3.5o per box.
Maple sugnr-Ncw. pure. loo per ID.
Mushroo,ns--60c per 10.
ai Dsa"p per su Spanish SS nsf Was crate.
oii.ERaw iinsecd. 4ic: boiled lin
seed ss y gal d sss per Ssn TOR
sene Silc: turpentlne. iE barrel lots.
20 orso Sa navelr. $3.50
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 81: cubans 81 is
ner cecn-1 -. ~ @ss per 10
So q soc per bu. new Bermudas. $3.50
per bu. $, per bbl. FiS,idasf N,sSa i, 10 .
Foultr,--Hens. i1QliAc: chickens,
iimllhc. brCilers, Csc. geese. . a &c;
ducks. ia sIsc. turkeys. l3g lac 10.
PROV i-ion~--A.css pork. $3.50. family
pork sl7QI750: light. clear. fl5 30,
heavy, s16, smoked hams lOf q lie. dry
sailed briskeis. y @sc: shoulders. sac
picnic hams. Sc: bacon. u q 4 hc; lnru.
IN tferces. 9Ac: kettle rendered. 10A c
per III
s,rawbcrrie.-e4.qt cases, s3qs.s5i
32-qt caseS, yIz5 n . so.
sweet rctato~s-,fnIhois. s21e.25 per
b.. 81 peg Dbl
Sugsr--crystai dominoes. $3.50: eagle
tables. s7.25; cut loaf. s725; cubes
$3.50; xxx powdered s6l5: granu-
lated. extra coarse, sS.s5: granulated, in
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

soc: fine unmerchantable. 20 22c; half
blood combing, 23Q 24c. three-eigh
combing, 81 q 22c delaine washed, 81 q
32c: delaine unwashed, 2id 25c. Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and New York heeces
Fine unwashed, lSQ &c; delaine un-
washed, 23024c: half blood unwashed,
22@ 23c; three eighth blood unwashed.
% a 23c: quarter blood unwashed, 20
m0ir
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
COPPER MARKET-CLosE.

Apex 4s All. l6. Adv, 2ha Bos.
Cons, l1is Butte Gin, 2h Cop. Con,
20. Cons Mer. 40. C. 4 H.. Sos; G. 81
A.. lO7 y DAILY w. 10. Davis p. 8; Ely.
8, Cir, ga Globe, s. @. Can, 80; Kew
Cop. T. La Sale, Il. Lake. s+ Mob.
Roy. 10: New Utah. 3Ns New Dom,
~ " Butte. So u. do Elk. l l1-i6 Old
Dom. 33h Csc. 81; Par 20; quincy.
s2h Raven. !; shan. l3S Sup Pitts,
il& Santa Fe. az Trim Cop 1915 /:
Troy, so: Utah Cons. i0A It'd Cop.
com. = L. S. oil. 2sA L $. &. & s..
37is, do ptd. 4liz. Wet. 5s Wolv..
1a2s Pos Corb IL
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
BOSTON COPPER.
COPPER LETTER.

Cameron Currie & Co.'S copper letter;
Opening copper cable: Spot f56 l5s,
down Is Cd. futures f5I rs ID. down IS
The copper market opened weak this
morning In sympathy with lower
New York market Amalgamated
showed the most pronounced weakness.
opening Il full point lower than yes
terday's closing price Calumet K Ari-
IONA fell of u during the forenoon
session. North Butte 1. Atlantic ! a,
and Anaconda "a. Copper Range was
fractionally lower Amalgamated
showed some slight Improvement to-
wards the noon hour. but the general
list remaincr~at the lower level with
business on a rather light scale.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
NEW YORK METAL.

NEW YORK, May 27.--At the Metal
exchange today. business continued eN-
tremeIy dun. y further sharp decline
was shown in tin. in sympathy with
the break I'm the foreign market for
this commodity Lake. 122. ans cleo
i2h: spelter. s455g460, lead $3.50
4.31h tin, 2sM2Si9.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
BOSTON COPPER SALES.

BOSTON. Mass, Nay 2I.-SaTes, fUr-
nished by Cameron Currie q Co. Anal,
STA; AZ GO; Anc.. 100. Ariz. Com. 20
Att. 80. h. c.. l.47l. Il. x G.. 955. Blu,
$50; c. & A.. as, c. & II. !: Cent. SO;
Mer.. 400. Range LOO; ID. w. 40: FRI
1856: Mex. $50. Mich. 90 Mon. so. New
2l5: " b.. 1885. o. D.. $50: Csc. so;
Par. $50: Qy.. 8; K. /, IS: shan. s35,
pf Sin sa 49, ! TIE g. iao: Utah Cons. .sS o
Utah Cop. 5; Wet. 2.956. Wyan.. 10.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

bags. $3.50: Michigan granulated. s565;
eoafeetioSers, a 500; No. s ss. no Ns.
81 So; No. q. s5.55: No. Z, $3.50; No. S.
s545, No. 9. $3.50; No. 10. $685.; No. II.
$3.50; No. IL. s525i No. ID. ;s.2S: NO.
Taunfoea--S35 so per crate.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
"FATHER" eoYNToN eALks.

, MUSKEGON. Mich, May 27.-tSpee
cial) Father Boynton, of Port Hu-
ron, the head Of the Maccabees and
candidate for reelection. declined to
meet Geo. S. Loyelace, the opposing
candidate, on the same rostrum here,
last night.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
Brief Telegraph
Items of Interest

Los ANGELES, Cal, May 27.-In
an effort TO secure a $4,000. 900 estate
declared to be awaiting claimants at
Wilmington. Del. Charles N Tufford,
OF this city, is organizing the heirs OF
Christopher Springer. who died in
1880.
NEW YORK, May 27.--Columbia
university will celebrate its one hun
dred and ffty-fourth commencement
this morning. DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president. will confer the de-
grees. Ninety-three students will re.
ceive the degree OF bachelor OF arts,
while 1.144 degrees in all will be con-
ferred on graduates in the various
branches
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
suppressed Divorce suits.

Suppressed suits for divorce were
fled Wednesday by Hiram Z. VS.. Ger
t-ude A. Ford; Mary A. va. John Dill
ION: Mabel VS.. william p. Hudson,
and Anna w. George Main
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS

Bond quotations furnished by cam
GiOa: do, coup. fOs a @lO4h new 3s
reg. 1908. Gi0l ~ do. coup 1908. n
l0i Il new as reg. 1000 l2i; do, coup,
i22 bid
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

NEW YORK. May 27-The stock
market opened irregular. Declines
were: Brooklyn Rapid Transit q,
and In all l y. then rally OF Y:
American Locomotive and Atchison.
y Northwest and st. Paul, a.; Erie
common and Steel common. "a, and
Southern Pacific II Union Pacific
opened ex-dividend 212 per cent at
l40As. an advance OF IS. National
Lead started rs higher. American
Ice was up " Smelling. Is. and Sugar
gained IL. Copper gained and lost
Is. Reading opened 81 higher and re-
acted Y. At the end OF 10 minutes
trading. copper stocks displayed firm
ness.
Early characteristics Of the stock
market were about the same as In the
last hour yesterday. The market was
flooded with all kinds OF disQuieting
stories. including politics, finance and
crops. at the opening and vigorous
drives were made at many issues,
some OF the weakest features being
offered and sold down over three
points. and losses OF two points or
more were sustained In the first hour
In a number OF issues that have not
until now shared in the sharp down
ward movement. Brooklyn Rapid
Transit was prominent In this move
ment. falling ga, while other local
fractions were held firm at close TO
the highest prices reached In some
time. American Smelling was strong.
For time the leading railroad issues
held steady but toward the end of the
hour there was increased selling pres
sure in these stocks. causing low
prices. The Hill stocks were well
supported. London was not a factor.
selling a few stocks at the start when
prices showed some slight gains. Gov
eminent bonds unchanged; other
bonds lower.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. May 27.--Under the in
huence Of stronger cables and bullish
crop reports, the cotton market opened
Arm at an advance OF s to IL points,
but Immediately after the call the list
weakened and was . points under the
previous close on July, and only few
points net higher on other positions
r..x. ..tc.. f,r,t.Lad 10 "a
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
BUGAB00s STIR
STOCK MARKET
SOME OF WEAKEST FEATURES
SELL DOWN OVER THREE
POINTS.
\. Y. STOCK MARKET-CLosE.

Am. c. 81 r. SO; Am. Loco. IS "a Am.
sugar. i2s y; Am: Too.. 80; Am. smeit..
"a. Anal Cop. 6Sls; Ana. Cop, t0A
At. & 3 Re, son Am. Wool. 2ois ;
p Bag O. ss .; ob r. TIss4 "a en-, f paS
iSsA pis,il, ssN; d. 1 H, Can. lSa;
Den. q RIO Or. 2tis Erie. 2l%; do ists
1914; DO 2nds. %, Gen. Flee, 1874 Ill.
2s., do ptd. 50 =; CT. North. las,
Newh.. :. Mo. Pac. 90; Nat. Bis. s5is
Nickel PL, IS u Nat. Lead, sc North
Am. 6l, North w. l5l; North. Pac..
lSln n Y c. s H.. lo2t4: Ont. *
w. 30; Penn. lisb PEG. Gas. 81; Pm
4 Read. 10, p, ST; car. az Rep. ST.
TN: do pfd. CIV: Rock Isl. l6As do
pfd. s4ls 81. Paul 1901: Sehloss ST..
1915 South Pac. sSts South. Ry..- lsx
DO ptd. AN Tex. b pae.. 2s' Union
bonds Bono e % 8 i. a p g R lis" 24s & s
steel. ssh do ptd. 1905 Wabash. IAN
Go pfd "a: W. L. Tele.. 6s' Utah. 81.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27


CHICAGO. May 27.-That about 200
seats In the national Republican con-
vention will be contested before the
national committee next week was ap-
parent today after Secretary Dover
had compiled list OF the contests
already on file. All contests must
have been put in the mails by mid.
night last night, but many will not
reach the committee for several days.
NEW YORK. May 27.-Maj. Gen.
Grant will head the procession OF
escort from the Battery to the city
hall. tomorrow morning. for the body
OF Brig. Gen. Clinton. first governor OF
this state. II will arrive from Jersey
City on a revenue cutter and be placed
on a caisson fanked by non-commis-
stoned officers Members OF the Or
der Of the Cincinnati will act as pail
bearers.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Paul ].
Rainey. a millionaire member OF the
Meadowbrook Hunt club. notified
Sheriff Foster. at Mineola, l.. l.. today,
that eight OF his best cross-country
hunters, worth at least $4,000, had
been stolen while out TO pasture on his
estate at Westbury.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Daisy Fair
the former chorus girl, whose million
aire husband, young Percival Fritz. OF
Berwind, Pa, was supposed TO have
been drowned in the wreck OF the sail
ing vessel Arthur Sewell, In the Pa
cific ocean, says she Is so firmly con-
WINGED that he is still alive that she Is
about to bring suit for divorce
against him.
RALEIGH, n. c.. May 27-The ma.
jority for prohibition in North Caro-
lima Is upward OF 10000. and II Is pos
sible II may reach $4,000. This Is on
figures and estimates furnished the
state prohibition headquarters.
ERIE. Pa. May 27.-The ffty-flfth
annual grand conclave OF the Knights
Templar OF Pennsylvania. will come
10 successful close this evening.
Many OF the knights and their ladies
left this afternoon for Niagara Falls
AT the business session this morning.
Philadelphia was selected the place
OF holding the next conclave.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, May 27.-The
Tennessee Bankers association, in an,
nual convention here. yesterday adopt.
ed resolutions vigorously opposing the
Aldrich currency bill; fayoring the
issuance OF emergency currency based
on commercial paper and approved Sc
curities and favoring the appointment
OF a currency commission Of which at
least one-third OF the members shall
be business men and not members Of
congress.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. May 2I.-Hogs-KeceIpts
g Gee market strong to 90 higher,
bulk, s63O45.40. light. s5l0W5.4
mixed. s5l545.50: heavies. $5.05 a "a !;
roughs s505l5.20. pigs. s4d 40: york
ers s535G5.i5. good TO choice heavy,
s52OI545 Cattle-Receipts 1900.
market steady. beeves. s4.75 n l. so; Tex
as sters. s4.e00 SOS. western steers,
s450m575; stockers and feeders 81 40
l535: cows and heifers. s230M6l0:
calves s5d6.50 Sheep-Receipts 10
coo. market steady: natives. $1,000 5 20:
westerns. s3.60n SIS; yearlings. s5.50@
6.25: lambs, native and western. $3.50 q
go
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
LIVE STOCK.
EAST BUFFALO.
Report of Market Opening BY Sadler
Rertck & Co.. Com mission Merchants

BUFFALO May Especial Cat
tle-Receipts light and steady. Hogs
Receipts 2.0oo; medium and heavy. IS. :. Q
ISIS workers.. s6.75Q5.s0; pigs. s..
Sheep-Receipts 5000: top lambs. 1926
G6.35 Calves-Top. $67547.
MARKET CLOSE
EAST BUFFALO. May 2I.--Cattle--
Receipts % head trade quiet at steady
values Veals-Receipts 500 head ac-
tive and firm at s525a6.,5 Sheep and
Lambs-Receipts 1900 head. active.
lambs loo higher: sheep steady, lambs.
s525T6.35: yearlings. 1926 $50: sheep
s275r525. Hogs-Receipts $3.50. slow.
56l5c lower; pigs. csc lower. workers.
s5s0a575; pigs SIS; mixed. SIS q 5 SO
heavy. 1915 n $50: roughs, $50 q 4.'5;
stays $4,000
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

Job Printing done right. Times Priat-
ng Co, Is John r st. Phone 1898.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27
POLICE COURT DOCKET.

I-rrrr~ tseyneids. drunk sentence
suspended
Robert Kahn. drunk. sentence sus-
pended.
John Gardner drunk. So orii0 daya.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

sursr--crystai dominoes. $3.50; eagle
tables. SIPS: cut loaf. s725; cubes,
lated. extra coarse, 1856: granulated, in
bulk. 1913: graduated. IN 25-lb cotton
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

Cotton prices. furnished by Cameron
Currle q Co. Opening
The Detroit times., 1908-05-27

RALEIGH. n. c.. May 27-The ma
jority for prohibition in North Caro-
lima is upward OF 10000. and 1t Is pos.
sible II may reach $4,000. This Is on
figures and estimates furnished the
state prohibition headquarters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25
CANADIAN HOCKEY TEAM
READY TO MEET HARVARD

Boston. Jan. "4.-The McGill Uni
versity hockey team. which is to meet
Harvard Saturday in the Stadium
rink. arrived in Boston tonight and
put up at the Copley Square hotel
McGill has one of the strongest col
lege teams in Canada. and last year
won from Harvard in Il closely con-
tested game This year they have met
only one defeat, that at the hands of
Queens College. McGll was the
champion Of Canada in 1907 and has Z
fair chance of winning the title for r
second time this year. Harvard, hav-
ing SO far a clean slate of victories, is
the probable intercollegiate champion
on this side Of the border line The
game. therefore. will be ip the nature
of an American Canadian college
championship contest. McGill is said
to be much stronger than the Bishop
College team, which Harvard defeated
to O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25
SPORTING NOTES.

announcement was made frluay
night that William Lush. coach Of the
Yale University baseball team. had re-
signed The resignation, it is said, Is
in line with the movement for all-grad-
unte coaches for college teams.
Yale defeated Columbia at the st.
Nicholas rink in an Intercollegiate
Hockey League championship game
Friday night at New York. The score
was 10 20 l. The contest was rather
slow and the New Haven men won cas-
lily.
The annual indoor track meet Of Co.
!, LIST Regiment, Pennsylvania Nation
al Guard. held at Philadelphia Friday
night ended in a small sized riot that
was rrecipitated by an attack made by
Melvin Sheppard of the Irish American
Athletic Club. New York. upon Guy
Haskins Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania in the course Of lW~-yards
match race, which was the feature of
the meet. George Orten. the old I'M
versity of Pennsylvania runner, who
was referee. disqualified Sheppard and
awarded the race to Haskins. Shep-
pard said that his act was not Of I
tired and irritated man and that he
regretted his conduct.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25
" VIII maintained. The steam roads
i'll New Jersey suffered more.

" VIII maintained. The steam roads
i'll New Jersey suffered more.
Along the coast the storm whipped
the waters into a dangerous fury.
Sound steamers tok refuge in harbors,
to avoid the illluck of the John II.
Starin, which went ashore during the
snow storm, and shipping has been Sc
riously interferred with. The schedules
Of liners have been disarranged. Along
the Jersey coast much damage is re-
ported. The strip of land separating
Shrewsbury river from the ocean was
swept over by huge waves and several
towns. particularly Seabright were
more or less under water.
Thousands Of dollars worth Of prop
erty was damaged along the New Jer-
sey coast from Long Branch north to
the Highlands by the storm which is
tic worst experienced in many years.
1t is estimated that the damage to
buildings and roadways in Seabright
and vicinity will reach nearly $780,
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