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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01
ROLLER AND DONEL SON
TO MEET ON THE MAT

nonolaon IL a biE man. feet =
inches In height. aud weighs 2ib
pounds lie L. splrndidlY built and
has every appearance of knowing
the game thoroughly Tho local
np'ssiag dope Ia short On his prev
ious record. but the man says he
has been doing some wrestling
down Ia the south lie Is ~ swed
iah nationality aud Il apparently In
good condition As Roller has been
looking far a match with Heel he
Is IA excellent shape and will be
prepared to give the big visitor the
tuaalp OF his life on Monday night
oNing ia the sudden arrange.
mcnta aud tie fact that nonelson
ls not well known in this oits.
prices sill be reduced Tor the
match 10 81 aud s. instead Of the
old schedule Of 81. s. aud 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01
EXODUS OF MEN
WITH ROD AND REEL

With the firni gray streaks OF
dawn this morning a number Of
the best known citizens were seen
hurriedlf making q run for early
trains aud boats Across their
backs we're strapped baskets and
In one hand daagied q long case 81
leather OF cloth
Mystery seemed 20 surround this
early exodus Of men In duck suits
and hip boots until one man. &C.
ccsted BY q passing patroiman.
proudly exhibited a calendar turned
TO the date Of April I. ON which was
the inscription IN big rcd letters
"rrou, season opens"
This explained why 50 many
alarm clocks were set for O'Clock
this morning. when in the past :
O'Clock a M has been considered
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vator boy Ever since the arrival 81
the squad this youth has made Il
bis business to keep tab ON the
players
Where's Jimmy" be asked one
mofnius after practice. as Jesse
TaaRchlll entered the cage.
Jimmy Whof' Jesse Inquired
Why. Jimmy Mcclure" came the
answer from the stripping
I don't know whnrn Mr.. Ne
Guire IL. Tannehill said. with en-.
phasis upon the prefix.
Well. il'a strange. twenty eight
men went out. and only twenty
seven came back. and Jimmy il
missing said the boz
Tie also to1k fall ont of John
/ Taylor. Think You'll make the
team - he asked. hooking over the
owners six feet Of buik
Yes. ! guess m stick" Taylor
raid. falling into the humor Of the
situation For about week BE-
kiddcd the boy along Returning
from n call upon Judge Cavsuauxt
late one night. he met the hoy II
I the hail
The Ysungster put this one over
Say. Young fellow. you'd hcttal
keep better hours. or Jimmy vii
give You III You won't make Ia,
team " YOU don't 90 to bed cartier
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

sufficiently early. There were no
shoes thrown At the alarm clock
aud n9 request for just five
minutes tnoc bright and early
reels we're hnmminE aud siik lines
swiahing over the water AT favorite
firAt-seaeon spots. where previous
experieaae had shown that the big
geat and beGf trout we're in re.
treat
There are many streams aud
lakes within easy reach OF the
citf which afford elegant fishing
aud according to all local sport
dope. the conditions are favorable
Tor good catches today Many who
could not find time 90 break away
from business during the middle Of
the week will seek out their favorite
trout streams next Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01
Men Will Wrestle in Seattle Theatre Monday Night
u SA Bet Of $500.

Roller came. lie doesn't know
nnnciscn and has absolutely no tine
CA the man. but the visitor put up
get on the mat 90 skidoo" front
that tnrced the doctor TO come Ca
terms Roller was not looking for
the match. AZ he expected a chal,
lenge from Fred Heel and had de
tefmlued % take on Heel bat Donel
sons seeming confidence AVID talk
uetticd the local man The result
was an immediate bet OF $500 a
side
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

90 B Nate pFuriman pitched faF
tn nsaErFa aud did not allo~ a
hit o. a run until the uinth inninE
The iesture ~ the game vas .
hease san BY John Magili aud a
one-handed catch by MARKS Eddie
Msrks also made home run With
three faeu on basrs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

O. q v Roller and a visiting
wtsasstef Who gives his name a.
ole panelss- lave hccn matched
90 vrcsie IA The Seattle theatre
next Mendas night The match
which was arranged yesterday In
record tive. came about when
poneisan hieW into town. flashed
4 roll OF bills as bis as the side
Of house. and told the doctor to
either come to the front OF call
II quits
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

Rsx Frsnk A. Heath. assisted b.
the ladies % the church. will give
social syeminx. 10 the aaiur. Of
= reception 60 the citf Baptist
mialstcru and their wives At the
University baptist church. Friday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01
FARMER BURNS
MEETS DEFEAT

here. The old war horse vas
beaten Ia tao straight fails The
first bout lasted 90 minutes and
the second stts minutes In the
first Heel used the halt Nelson
hold and the toe hold aud cross.
bar In the second bout
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01
RANGERS WIN

The Ranger baseball nine com.
posed OF boys under Is years of
ASe. defeated the Seattle COLLEGE
Juniors yesterday by = score 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

OMAHA. Neb. April Il
Farmer burns met defeat last
night In bis Sf~silinE match with
Fred Beel II Was the flefoest con.
test Of is kind ever witnessed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

Take boats At Pier ?. Ten round .
trips daily Sec round trip. s's
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

amusing incident here In the spring
The team puts mp at the Marion
a famous hostelry. which is blessed
With a eefdant and inquisltlvc Gle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-01

NM FfsnING TACKLE Piper
& Taft. i8xt second ss 80.
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~ GEO. y PULFoRp.
Sta eu@efst Eer.se~

LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. April -
Although Charlie ComiskeY conld do
nothing with him. Eddie Mcfarland
seems - be going well with the
Boston Americans The Cleveland
hoy has one giafinF fault. and Il
stood cut during his career as a
member Of the White Sos II lin
Mcclure can keep him from TIE
flowing bowl. Mcfarland win be- q
great help 70 the reiuvenated BIOS
ton outfit
LITTLE ROCK. Arb. April IL
John ! Taylor. Ir.. II the American
League live wire A Youthful mill
ionalre aud baseball fan. he
bought the peuuant winning Boston
team 10 get closer 10 the game
For one SEASON Taylor enjoyed
the pleasure Of owing a winner. aud
then the team went 10 pieces The
grand aggregation led by Jim Col
Inns crumbled Collins waa removed
from The managers berth. and a
f hO0doo seemed 10 have the club in
its grasp.
+ Last fall Taylor put every man
save "Cy" Young and Lou Crlger
up for sale He cleaned out the old
+ timers and speut S85. 900 for young
blood. lie sc0ured the minor
+ leagues for the best. and now has
under contract 20 classy men from
+ which 20 develop a team.
/ Taylor loves baseball lie FIRE
+ quently dona a uniform and prae
/ ices with the club. This led to an
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boys weighed In Aitell tipped the
beam a. ia pounds aud Nels0B
weighed isl pounds
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

grazed ON our way down, were now actualiy
closer together than the width of the car;
and, when we reached this place on our re- '
turn trip, the car had wedged itself and stop
ped in short order.
We might as well have tried to push the
mountain from above our heads. We pulled
and tugged with the strength OF excited de-
spair; but it never stirred hair sbrcadtb:
We had not tool of any sort, else we would Z
have made short work of breaking through
the car. And safety was so near!
Only a hundred feet farther on the tunnel ,
was as sound as ever. Yet that thin plate
of iron, which imprisoned us beneath that
awful, overhanging fate, was as effectuai
barrier to us as granite wall.
We soon saw 1t was use to try to start
the firmly-wedged car, and we only gave the
last few tugs, because it seemed the only
| thing we could do.
Above our heads, the ominous grinding
grew louder and more threatening. We stood
| for moment and looked at each other, each
expecting the other to suggest some means OF
| When Mike spoke, his voice was SO hoarse
| that it made me shudder..
"Pm afraid" said he, we're shut in here,
and the rock will not stand up an hour more.
| you're a slim lad, and maybe you can crawl
under it. It's your only chancel"
| The cars are built very low, to leave all the
space possible for coal, and that even u boy
could crawl beneath the floor seemed prepos-
| ferrous.
The memory of that struggle will ever stay
with me- "A half-dozen times thought my
self caught SO that | could not possibly 20
| forward or back. But the awful sound of
that grinding rock, and the feeling that al
ready | was being crushed, reused me to new
struggles, and | resolved to tear myself in
pieces rather than die there.
| You can form some idea of the narrow space
through which forced my body, when say
that, with all the terrible incentives to haste
that rung in my ears, was ten minutes in
getting through and when at last / rose to
my feet ON the other side, blood was flowing
| freely. from dozen wounds, though l never
| felt them till afterward.
/ called to Mike that / was through, and
would go for help to save him, and, unhitch-
ing. the mule, 4 threw myself on his back
and galoped up the slope
| Seldom has the sight Of human face look
ed more welcome to me than it did when,
after. five minutes of hard riding found q
halfdozen grimy workmen cutting timber in
side gallery.
They all started off with their axes, and
ran down there as fast as could keep up
with them ON the mule. In twinkling they
hewed the iron plates of that car to pieces.
and dragged Mike out and to place ct
safety.
Half an hour afterward there was dull jar,
and cloud Of dust came slowly creeping. up
| the slope. The great rock-mass had fallen,
and the chamber where we had SO lately been
| was closed up forever.
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rock mass, to imprison us beyond all hope OF
rescue.
The pump where our errand lay was not
far beyond the falling roof, and at once Sc,
about taking the measurements for which l
had been sent.
Although the sound of the grinding rocks
brought my heart to my throat more IMAM
once with the thought that the final TALL had
taken place. | managed to keep my mind
steady enough to- work fast and accurately
But so nervous was l that the perspiration
ran off me in streams, and my mouth ana
throat seemed to burn with dryness
Bad as was the strain on me, IT was, on
some accounts, even worse on Mike, VINO
could only hold the lamp while / worked;
and used he was to the scenes and dan
gers of the mine, he was in such a state OF
| excitement and impatience that had to eel
| him several times not to let his lamp shake
| So
/ was probably not more than fifteen min
utes in taking those measurements. bue IL
seemed to me like two hours.
As, at last, | arose from my knees and ex-
claimed "All DONE Mike!" that worthy gave
long breath of relief, and said
Il thought you would. never be done;. but
it's now we'll be leaving this place in a
hurry"
But / must describe the car to you, 1t was
one of those used for carrying coal in the
NINE They are made with a strong running
gear, set very low, so that large loads may
| be carried The front and sides are made oil
heavy sheet iron, while the back is open.
| The car body is of such a width and height
that it barely clears the roof and sides OF
the tunnel.
As we ratified off, the mule seemed to real
| ize that his neck as well as ours was in dan
ger, and dragged US up the slope at break
neck rate.
We were flying along beneath the bending
roof, and I was just congratulating myself
| that ten seconds more would bring us to the
other side of the dangerous locality, when the
car stopped as suddenly if we had run
| against mountain, and we were pitched vio-
lently against the iron front.
l was expecting almost anything, and vas
rather surprised to find myself still alive and
with no injuries more serious than. bruises,
when we had picked ourselves up from the
heap in which we had been thrown.
| But what had happened did not know, as
| we were in absolute darkness, the shock hay
ing put out our lamps. We had plenty OF
matches, however, and soon Lit up again.
! "a big rock must have fallen on the track
since we went down." said |, to which Mike
gave growl of assent:
"WeM pull the car back where the tunnel
is wide enough, SO we can get by"
But the car wouldn't bulge.
The enormous weight of the rock-mass which
was grinding its way down, was crushing the
sides of the tunnel and bullying them inward.
During the time since we went down with
the car, this action had been going on, until
at this noint the walls. which we had Just
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
Copyright by James Elverson.

TRUTH is stranger than fiction" is an
oft-quoted saying, behind which L
shall take refuge from those who may
think the following sketch an extrav-
agant one; for the incident | have to relate
is no imaginary tale, but an actual occurrence
which betell young man OF my acquaiht
ance while employed as draughtsman by q
mining company in the anthracite region OF
Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1883.
Of the many dangers to which those IN me ~,
mines are exposed, few are more frequently
fatal than the falling of the roof. The jar OF
continual blasting loosens pieces OF rock over,
head in the tunnels slopes, and their tail
is often without warning
At other times, too, great masses OF the
rock strata above tunnel, having their sup
port removed by its excavation, gradually
give way and settle down. till at length, with
/ fearful conclusion, they fall to the floor;
passage, is now one mass of solid rock, wedg-
ID in by the weight of thousands of tons.
At the time of my story, such a tall was
;aking place In one OF the mines about Whlch
my friend was employed.
The roof of one Of the long galleries had
begun to show signs of failure, and as the
part of the mine to which it led was nearly
worked out, the superintendent had coneiud-
Tempt to stop the fall by putting in timber
In the part of the workings which the clos
ing of this slope would shut, up, there was a
The office as the Roberts pump,p which,
however, there was no hope of moving IN
time to save.
All movable tools had been cleared out, the
men had been warned away from that part
Of the mine, and it was left to be closed up
whenever the rock should fall.
And now will tell the story as my friend
told it to me few months after the occur
renee as we sat rehearsing tales Of adven-
ture in the draughting office of Philadel-
mia mandatory.
/ was working that morning on some draw
ings for new breaker. It was a bright,
pleasant June day, and / remember | was just
wishing that I might be sent off on some
outdoor job instead of having to bend over d
desk in the Office, when l saw Mr.. johnson,
the superintendent, coming toward my desk,
and wondered if perhaps l was going to get
He looked over my shoulder for minute
at the drawing I was working on, and then
said in his short, crisp way:
Harry, / wish you'd go down the shaft
and take the measurements of that Roberts
pump.
for a moment; for that was the pump which
was being shut in by the falling roof
/ had had no idea OF any one being sent
down there, where they stood fair chance Of
bene crushed as fiat as a bug under cart
Wheel. or bnried alive: and when fonnd that
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L was expected to go, the cold chills began
to crawl up my spine. looked at MIR. John
son rather hard and said:
"Would you go?"
He turned pretty red, for he knew well
enough it was no easy job he had gwen me-
and slowly said:
swell, 1 would if l were sent But you'd
better be pretty quick about it.
"All right" / replied, 81 shan,,t care TO
stay under that roof any longer than l am
obliged to. VIII you telephone up to Jerry
that was the engineer at the mine ana
tell him to be all ready to let me down 'ha'
And / set about picking up the necessary
The superintendent's horse and buggy were
standing at the door. In two minutes minute l was was
Billy touch of the whip, and let him rattle
| IN The mountain at his best pace.
| As | drove up. ths o66ce boy brought me
out a miners lamp and took the reins. :,
glance at the sunlight, and in second, as
Jerry turned on the steam, l was dropping
down the shaft at rate that made my head
swim, till brought up with jerk three nun
bred feet below the surface.
"HelIo' Mikel" / called, to a burly Irish
man. whom found near the bottom OF the
shaft. 81 want you to carry me down TO the
| Roberts pump. And run that mule OF yours
for all he's worth, too.
| Mike stared at me in amazement.
"Sure,' he exclaimed, land it's not down
there you're going Haven't you heard that
the roof is falling!. -, .,..
Eyes; know it. Mike" | replied, But
must CO. just the same. I'll not ask you tc
| 60 if YOU don't want to-. Let me take your
mule and car, and III go down alone"
mo; I'll not stand back, and let you risi
| it alone" said Mike, stoutly. Jump in here.
And. cracking his whip, we started off down
the slope. with the mule at a gallop.
As we approached the dangerous slope,
confessed to myself that l had need of al
A mine is always a gloomy place; though
when one is among lot of busy miners, each
with his bright little lamp, it is not SO bad
INT Mike and I were all alone, and oul
lamps seemed at first to make only glimmel
Nv the time we had reached the periloui
spot. however, my eyes had gotten more &C
cnstomed to the darkness, and / saw, as We
rode along, that the enormous pressure wat
crushing and splitting the walls and bulginl
them inward, and that the roof was slowly
working down, rough, jagged line of rock
threateningly near our heads.
The portion of the tunnel where the roo!
had begun to fall was only few hundred
feet in length, and we breathed a little easier
as we passed from under it.
But the relief was quickly dispelled by the
thought, which came with each one OF the
laundering crashes, that it might be the last
one announcing the final fall Of the great
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
BLOW
TO JAP MIGRATION

The prohibition of emigration to
Hawaii has dealt serious blow to the
Japanese emigration business. Over
thirty emigration companies in this
country have almost all suspended
business and some of them, says the
Japan Times, have closed their doors
These continuing business are the
Morioka Co., Empire Emigration Co.,
and Meiji Emigration Co. They re-
main in business with no small diff
Guilty by sending emigrants to South
America, chiefly Brazil and Peru. But
the steady growth of national expan
sion, the Toxic paper remarks, does
not allow the Japanese to contine them
selves any longer within the limited
extent of their fatherland, while of late
the national tendency is greatly prone
to oversee development. Some time
ago Messrs. Hase and Otsuki, of the
Sendai Emigration Co., organized the
Canada Farming Co. as joint stock
enterprise. The company is now en-
gagged in farming work in Canada for
furtherance of the object with which
it was started. Quite recently party
of the shareholders of the Empire Emil
grafton Co. started new emigration
company named the Teikoku Shokumin
Kaisha, with capital of 50 ,00O, 900 yen,
to send emigrants to Brazil and other
South American states. Should these
new concerns be successfully fioateG
and aim at the development of their
business under the governments aid
and assistance, the emigration business
will revive.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
ACH| CASE
TAKEN Up

While no action mas yet been taken
towards the disbarment of w. C. Achi
for the manner in which he handled
the King street tract, taking money
from Hawaiians to whom he gave
worthless deeds, it is safe to say that
something will happen before long.
Deputy Attorney General Whitney
started work on the case this morn
ing, talking over matters with Mrs.
Hiram, one of those who lost consid-
erably through the methods employed
by the late candidate for mayor OF
Honolulu.
When she called on Mr.. Whitney
this morning, at the latter's request
acting under instruction from Judge
Hartwell, Mrs. Hiram did not have
the documents which show the trans
action. They will be produced within
a couple of days, however, and then
the action to be taken will be decid-
ed on.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
FEDERAL DEFENSE
WORK ON OAHU

The first of oahu's permanent
troops, following the policy of man
ming this island in keeping with the
Notifications that are being establish
ed here, arrived today in the United
States Army transport Sheridan from
San Francisco.
The headquarters and Company A
of the U. S. Engineers, IA men, dis
embark here to take up their duties.
Major e. E. Winslow is the COM
mander of the force and, also, he re-
lieves Captain Otwell here as Chief
of U. S. Engineers in charge of all
construction and other work in regard
to Notifications for the Army.
His headquarters will probably be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12

should be asked of Congress as soon
as the test of experience shall show
that particular changes will better suit
our conditions and make for the per-
manent up-building of our Territory.
Finally, 1 would recommend that
the next legislature should authorize
me to invite another party of Con-
gressmen to visit Hawaii as the guests
of the Territory during the summer of
1909. 1t is particularly important that
the Naval Committees of the House
and Senate be invited, together with
certain members of other Committees
that are passing on Hawaiian legisla-
ton
'Very rtuly yours,
]. X. KALANIANAOLE,
Delegate to Congress" p"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
ADVISORY LAND
LAW COMMISSION
FULL REPORT CoNCURR1NG REPORT BY A
AND INDEPENDENT REPORT BY CARL sMITH-PRAc-
TICAL SUGGESTIONS MAJORITY WITH REGARD TO
ROADS, PLANT PESTS, ADNINI sTRATIoN, ETC

iSir:-This Commission, appointed
July %, 1908, to report during the sec
ond week of November 1908 primarily
on legislation affecting the present
land laws of the Territory of Hawaii
and incidentally on the question of
the administration thereof, respectful
ly submits the following report:
Owing to the shortness of the time
within which to make Investigations
and the absence from Honolulu, and
in some instances from the Territory,
of a majority of the members of the
Commission, this report should be
considered only in the nature of a
partial report. The Commission finds
it impossible within the limited time
given to consider many of the de-
tails of the present laws and will ac-
cordingly confine it's report to some of
the most important problems present
ed, principally those relating to home
steads.
MEETINGS AND INFORMATION.
Immediately upon it's appointment,
the Commission published notices in
all the papers published in the Ter
ritory in all languages, requesting sug-
gestions as to any needed legislation
or matters of administration, respon-
sive to which notices, sixty-three
communications We're received. Public
hearings upon duly advertised notices,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12

". D. SMITH FOR
SENATE PRESIDENT

w. o. Smith is being put forward
for President of the Senate, and seems
likely to be the choice. Senator
Smiths long experience makes him a
natural choice for presiding officer, and
the only objection made to his being
chosen is that he would be much miss
ed as chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee. 1t is stated, however, that he
would prefer to be President, and that
a majority of the members of the Sc
nate support him for the Office.