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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
Sullivan Will Quit
After Next Season.

Portland, Ore, Nov 23.-Billy Sulli-
van, the crack catcher and eX-mana-
ger of the Chicago American League
Baseball Club. is to quit baseball at
the end of next season to devote all
of his attention to his fruit raising in
terests in this state. 1t was with this
distinct understanding that Sullivan
was elected vice president of a large
fruit and land company in active OPP
GRAFTON and in which Sullivan has a
large interest.
Sullivans holdings in Oregon are
widely scattered, but he is more espe-
Gladly interested in fruit lands in the
Chchalem valley and in the vicinity
OF NewbcrC, Ore.
Sullivan stated that he would quit
baseball imm' diately were 1t not for
the fact that the public would thereby
gain the impression that he was sore
over the appointment of Hugh Duffy
to his former position of Chicago club
manager He vigorously denies that
he chcrisheS any i'll feeling because
Hugh Duffy succeeds him, for lie says
he did not want the job in the first
place and was delighted when Comis
key shifted the burden OF manage
ment to other shoulders next season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
GRIDIRoH GOSSIP.

Cornell expects to be so per cent.
stronger against Penn than against
Harvard and feels surer Of beating the
Quakers than for several seasons.
O'Flaherty received a kick in the
head carly in the Yale game and, ac~
cording to The players, never was him.
self after that
The abandonment of the Army Navy
game mas decreased the interest in the
Penn-Cornell game. Twenty thousand
will be a big attendance for this last
match of the season.
Lafayette, the victor over Princeton
by to and which held Penn to g.
to-e tie. peat Lehigh Il to 0. Lafayette
Will rank among the five leading teams
this fall.
Capt. Coy, whose wonderful kicking
was the chief factor in the Yale victory
this year is q most popular man with
ladies whom he has never seen. All
during the season he has received Of
fers of marriage from admirng maid
ems III every part of the country. Coy
never told his team mates of his popu.
larity, but it leaked out through
friends of his family. who were at the
game Saturday. A Texas woman ask
ed: Wont you marry me, please; or
But the Yale captain is truly coy, and
has not answered any of the letters,
turning them over to his mother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
BOWDO!N FENCERS CALLED
PHYSICAL TRAINING WORK.

Brunswick Me, Nov (SpeciaD.
Captain j.. Ralph Bridge has issued
a call for candidates for the Bowdoin
fencing team. Practice is being held
in the Sargent gymnasium from until
6 o'clock every day. This early prac-
tiCc is to get tho old men into form
after the summer and to get the new
men familiar with the rudiments of the
art before Coach Charles White of the
I'ianclli Fencing Club of Augusta takes
charge of the squad in January. The
practice is under the direction of Cap
tain Bridge, assisted by Winston b.
stephens, 10. and Phillip r. Morss 10,
members of last years fencing team.
The outlook 81 the team seems excep-
tionaiiy favorable this year, with all
the members of last years team in col
lege and ready for work and with an
unusually large number of last years
second string men and new candidates
out. Among the men who have turned
out thus far are Warren r. Robinson,
10. Henry O. HawcS, 10, Charles B.
Halves, II, LinW0od +. Clark, II,
Ernest q. Iificld, II. Alton Pope, II.
Ge"rg" G. Cummings, 10, and Nerd r.
Lcavitt. Is
Besides these mon it is expected that
several moro candidates will appear as
soon as tn" regular gymnasium work
begins after the Thanksgiving recess
stephens 10 Of the team will so to
Augusta T" be present at the meeting
t"l the tIanelli Fencing Club in Au-
I"uSta. Wednesday and incidentally to
get some points on early training from
AIr, White.
The regular required work in physi-
cal training for all students will COM
mence on the Monday following the
Thanksgiving recess and will continue
until the last Of March. when the in
door meet viii be held
As is the custom in addition to the
work for al classes in the gymnasium
there viii be baseball and track squads
for athletes in these lines in prepara-
ton for the spring ont of door work.
Those permitted to take these courses
will not be required to do the regular
gymnasium work.
The SENIOR gymnasium work consists
of learning how to fence and the regu-
lation fencing drili; the Juniors have
breads word work leading IN to actual
WORN Will tAtt us DN Jtle use of
single sticks; the Sophomores have
dumb bell work and boxing; and the
Freshmen have Indian club swinging
land work on the gymnasium apparatus
Each class takes up drill in it's spe-
cial work and at the end of the gym.
nasium term squad of Il men is pick
ed from each class to represent their
class at the indoor meet. As each man
making the squad gets his class num-
erals and the winning of the SQUAD
drills counts more than any other in
dividual event in the meet the men Of
each class are always anxious to make
the squad and To do the best work pos
sibIe to secure the decision Of the
judges.
Each class meets three times a week
from December to March and each man
in college is required to attend at all
class exercises unless excused by vote
of the faculty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
Boston Curb Market.
New York Produce Market.

New York, Nov. 23.
FLOUR-Receipts 61,509: exports SlS6;
slow with prices unchanged
WHEAT-Receipts 306,9oO; spot steady
No. . red III asked domestic elevator; No
3 red 1861 nominal b af1oat; No. ,
northern Duluth 1l72 nominal o b atloat;
No hard winter 119 nominal o b afloat
CORN-Receipts 15,750; spot steady; No.
.. II elevator domestic and 72h delivered
nominal; No. 2, 6S; No. yellow nominal
f b afloat.
OATS-Receipts 329.325; exports 1900:
spot steady: mixed 26M32 lbs. nominal;
natural white 25m32 lbs. 44iM46; clipped
white 3ifIi2 lbs. 45am4Si.
BEEF-Steady.
LARD-Steady; middle west 1355Ml365.
PORK-Steady; short clear 245ONi2GO.
SUGAR-Raw. quiet; fair refining 3S5
m392: centrifugal sc test 436 m442; molasses
sugar 361M367, refined steady.
BUTTER-Firm; receipts 7ll5 packages;
creamery specials 32a; do extras 31A.
EGGS-Firm on fresh; weak on storage:
receipts 1054S cases; refrigerator special
marks, fancy 24aM25; do firsts 22kM2i
POTATOES-Dull, Long Island 250m275;
other kinds 125@300; southern sweets per
Dbl 75M125.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
Chelsea GRANGE No. 215.

The last regular meeting of Chelsea
Grange was largely attended and WIS.,
ltors were present from Augusta.
Windsor, Cooner's Mills and Pittston
Oranges. The Third and Fourth de-
grees were conferred upon a class of
five and feast of good things to sat
lsfy the inner man, was enjoyed at
the close of the work. The worth lee
turer presented an interesting program
which included Current Events" by
SISTER Hemenway; MY Best Paying
crop OF the Year." by Brother George
Caldwell; Benefits of Uniting with the
Grange, was discussed by Brother
p. Hayes. and Sister Angie Fowler Re-
marks by visiting members and a So
cial period was enjoyed. An interesting
program is planned for the next meet
ing, the subject being Thanksgiving"
Inc Grange voted to give up the chap
ell on the evening of Dec. for the
church entertainment, therefore no
meeting will be held that week. A
large number of the members will.
however, attend the all-day union
meeting with Pittston Grange satur-
day, Dec. 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
Mike DOnlin Now
Says lie Is Out
OF Game for Good.

Chicago. Nov. 23.--Mike Donlin, for
mer right fielder of the New York
Giants who remained out of the game
last year following the refusal of
"Muggsy" McGraw to meet his salary
demands. has declared that he was
out Of the game for good. The former
Giant declared that he had signed a
theatrical contract for three years.
and followed This IN with the declara
ton that he had refused the highest
salary ever offered to q baseball man
aGer
Il could ana can manage the Phiiiies
at a salary OF $4,000 year" he said
but / am through with baseball. The
only way my theatrical contract can
be broken is for Mrs. Donlin to secure
a divorce. The agreement provides That
if we separate the contract can be
broken said Donlin. Felix Isman has
control of the Philadelphia baseball
club, all right. He will be elected a
director at the New York meeting next
month and then he will take active
charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24

Packey Mcfarland is talking of max
ing a trip to England because lie can
not got match with Nelson.
Stanley ketchcl is anxious to appear
before the footliehts and he will prob
ally ACCEPT some of the theatrical Of
rcrs made to MIN.
The National Sporting Club of Lon
don refused t. stage the bout between
Freddie Welsh and Dick Burge, as
there is too much disparity in the ages
of the men.
Rude Unholtz is still getting the coin
in Australia. The other night in sgd
npy he defeated George Johns in 20
rounds. Johns was a to l favorite
over Rudic.
Promoter Ccffrcth of California says
that Papl.o win have Il hard time maxi
ing the niddlcwei%ht limit again and
tina; is probably the reason Papke says
he viii meet Ert"hcl 1T 165 pounds.
Joa N-alcott is determined to make
boxers oG all his brothers. He says
that b"si3c3 ca ster, his Youngest
brother Lorimcr is about ready to en-
ter the game.
Boston Glol,c: AS tho ideas of Bill
Papkc and the Arnory A. A. do not
agree regarding bout between him
and Jack Twin sullivan it locks as if
they }.iil no; meet hero.
Abe Alton has accepted ihe challenge
Of Al Wolsaal 81 hos II IL pounds
rinGside and At $2o'o side wager. Woi-
CAST Mi have his tiuub!,.5 dIaNing
that ,.rtliit Iylill a is a Ciacit THAI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
SULLIVAN HAS PROBABLY
RUN HIS LAST RACE,

New York, Nov. 23.-James p. Sui
lvan, one of the fastest milers and
distance runners in the country, has
probably run his last race. He was
taken to Bellevue hospital Monday to
undergo an operation in an effort to
save his right foot, which was hurt in
q race two months ago.
He received his injury in a three
mile race at the Canadian champion
ships in Montreal last September. Sui
livan struck stone in the first mile
of the race turned on his ankle and
pulled a tendon.
Sullivan was ranked with the best
in the country. He won seven cham
pionship titles, captured hundreds of
races and was a member of both
Olympic teams. He is a member of the
Irish American Athletic Club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
bONINC C.,
THIS WEEKS BOUTS.

Wedncsday-Tomy Furey VS.. Tom
my Foley, Dutch Carr vs.. Billy Dinlllc,
Charley Osborne VS.. YOUNG Sullivan.
Apollo A. e., Salem: Joe Sieger VS..
Jack Hanlon, York, Pa.
Thursday -I6en Douglas Us. Charley
Sieger, Lymansvillc; Young Loughrey
VS.. Billy Donovan. Eddie Curtis CYAN
kee SwartZ) VS.. Willie Houck, Phila-
delphia; Billy St Clair VS.. Jack
Ahearn. Bangor: Danny Dunno VS..
Henry Meyers, CohocS. n. y; Arthur
Cote VS.. Frank Perron, Pawtucket; r.
II. Phillips vs. Joseph GlaVin. Nor
folk Navy Yard middleWeight cham
pionship Of navy.
Friday-Max Landy VS.. Pat Har-
rington. George Pritchard VS.. John
Lane, All Mitchell vs., Joe Kane and
open amateur tourney, Armorv a. A.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24

of the toughest men in his class in the
East.
Shadow Mccormick, the popular pre-
limnary boy from Lewiston. will take
part in the semi-final and will be pitted
against a fast boy from Portland.
The preliminaries will be of the usual
entertaining nature and the entertain
ment as a Whole should prove one of
the best
Reserved tickets will be on sale at
Perrys restaurant today and till 6
o'clock p. NJ. tomorrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
THURSDAY NIGHTS BOUTS
At City Hall. Augusta, Friday Night
Promises to Be Hammers.

The srcr'iu@ fraternity viii have a
veritable feast served up to them at
City hail Thanksgiving night, when
Tommy Bergen of Lewiston meets Kid
Shea of Hauowen in two of the main
bouts.
Berger is without doubt the most
aggressive boxer in New England if
not the whole country and no audience
has yet had occasion TO complain for
want If action when Fighting Tom
my" is a part OF the show
In conserving TO meet Kid Shea he
has undertaken the task of his fistic
career, for Shea is conceded to be one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
SPORTING NOTES,

Harry l.. Hillman, Jr, of Brooklyn, a
member of American Olympic teams as
middle distance runner, has been APP
pointed coach of the Dartmouth track
team to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of w. G. Dole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, NOV q.
Fears of wet harvest in Argentina in
spired considerable bullish sentiment in
the wheat market during early trading
today but late in the session the market
weakened owing to more reassuring news
from that country At the close prices
We're 1msm4 below final figures of the
previous day. Corn and oats closed
steady, and provisions firm.
WHF,AT-Dec 10S70is; May 106 July 81.
CORN-Dec. 60: May 61s; July 81.
OATS-Dec. 80; May 4l3Mz; July 39Ama.
MESS PORK-Jan. 209O; May 20l5.
LARD-Jan. 1885; May 1850.
SHORT RIBS-Jan. 1915; May 1855.
FLOUR-Firm; No. , rye rs; feed or
mixing barley 5lm53: fair to choice malt
ing 596iG6; flax seed No. l southwestern
III; No. / northwestern ISL; timothy
seed seed 25Ofb340.
CLOVER-950M1400
MESS PORK-2375n24OO.
LARD 3;,Gfll325
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
BARTLEY CONNELLY KNOCKS
OUT MAHER AT NEWCASTLE.

Newcastle On-Tync, Eng. Nov. "a
BARLEY Connolly, the Portland, Ne.
middlcwcight knocked out Jim Maher
OF Philadelphia Monday night in II
rounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24

Boston
Saturday-HTarry Lewis VS.. Frank
Klaus. Philadelphia: Phil Brock VS..
Leonard Lauder, New Orleans; bouts
ut Pastme y. C.: Portland, and at
IIaVerhilI.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-24
New York Money Market.

New YORK, Nov. y.
Prime mercantile paper 5M5a per cent.
Sterling exchange strong at 4S3 75Gt4S3. so
for GO day bills and at 4S7.55 for demand.
Commercial bills 4S3ma.
Bar silver 503.
Mexican dollars as.
Government bonds. steady.
Railroad bonds, easy.
Money on call. firm 4aN5 Dor cent. last
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02
RAPID WORK ON The
NEW FEDERAL
BUILDING
Inside Walls Completed to First
Floor and With Arrival of
Stone and Steel Structure
viii Rise Fast,

The work on the new federal build
ng at the corne of Gold avenue and
Fourth street is progressing with sur
prising rapidly and the interior walls
have been completed. practically. to
the level of the first floor which Will
be above a high basement which is
to extend six feet or more above the
ground. The foundation and base
ment work Is finished. Operations
at present are delayed somewhat by
the lack of materials. a carload of
steel and stone being expected at any
time, including a number of heavy
steel columns and ioists. With the ar
rival of these materials the force of
men will be increased and at the pres
ent rate of progress Contractor Arson
viii have the handsome new structure
wen into the air in the course of the
two months. A
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02
THE pENITENTIARy.

There is n fair prospect that q
measure of some sort VIII be adopted
by the preaent legislature to RADICAL,
improve, If not 10 completely rovolu-
tionlze, the present system of gov
"rning The territorial prison. and our
law makers, when considering this
proposition. VIII find a pointer in the
following remarks upon subjects In
this line, which they may be able to
turn to good recount
Why the wives and husbands Of
~loafers and %drunkards sentenced to
terms IN correctional institutions
should suffer Tor the sins of their
lords and masters" Is a question that
has often been discussed at pcnologl-
cal n reform conferences. Occa-
sionaliy II IS suggested Tint when tho
state sentences i man 10 hard labor
o. 20 labor Of any profitable kind part
- his supposed earnings should be
paid % those dependent on him FOR
support.
In the District Of Columbia, under q
now statute against family dcsertion
hnd non-support. the payment of
wages to families of prisoners has
been very successfully tried. The
amount is liked by the statute at so
cents a day, and the prisoners are
supposed 10 carn It and more by talk
inR care OF Rock creek Park and rem
d'ring other service TO the district.
II Is the testimony OF the judge
who has been administering the law
tho provision in question has
admirably as a preventive Of
unmeritcd misery. a form of discip-
line and Il deterrent Of vice and shift
lesfnesa, Offenders are punished
promptly, whereas under the ordinary
plan courts are greatly tempted to
chances and give prisoners OPP
.poftunities which they neglect or
abuse.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02
IN CUBA.

Colonel Henry Watterson. of the
Couricr-Journai, who Is spending the
winter in cuba, thus writes 10 his
paper regarding what he thinks of the
outlook for a stable government IN
that country. since the rcins have
been turned over to tho Cuban people
Hc says;
These are fateful ana fcvcrish days
for cuba n for the Cuhans The
Cuhans are freed from tho gentle dcs-
potism which has nung rouud their
political cradlo the sven OF "A
ing but TO them an oppressive minis
tration. In other words. Magoon has
furnished b%enevolence galore without
finding the least assimilation.
The Cubans "a a man want the re-
puhlic-thcir wi repuhlie-hut co.
they must BE- governed by a foreign
power they would prefer Spain. which.
for an the ugly hygoncs. speaks their
~ Language. has their own modes
of thinking and doing. and though at
times h%ideousiy misusing them did not
onend their s%elf-Iovo 10y any such
of superiority as they have en-
.eonnterca Ia the Yankees. This may.
upon tho surface. seem %paradoNical.
Yet IL IS wholly true. II We should
take the ease 90 ourselves We might
better understand H. As between tho
English. the Germans or the French.
in tho event that We had TO submit
io am alien yoke. We should choose
English IN tho teeth OF benefits
so great and So obvious. OF every Kim
ana en every hand. one might fancy
"a different state Of public opinion and
ireina Magoon the Magician is the
proper name for him His work hcrc
mas Been all-emhraeing lie has
caused tWo blades Of grass to grow
where but ms had grown before rh,
story Is replete with both interest ami
instruction.
when Magoon came here. mos,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02
THE CIVIC FEDERATION BILL.

The telegraph Informed us briefly
port had been made by the Senate
judiciary committee on the ~socallcd
civic Federation bin TO amen the
sherman Antitrust law In such Il
way aa to allow the president and the
Interstate Commerce commission 70
pass upon the 'rcasonablcncss" or
'unrcasonablcness'' of combinations in
restraint OF trndc. The report, writ
ten by senator Knute Nelson, of Min
ncsota, has now been made public.
This Is the measure the adoption Of
which has been repeatedly urged by
President II ooscvclt in m cssages to
congress. Among those who have APP
pcarod before the Senate Judiciary
committee to urge its passage are
Samuel Gompors. president of the
American Federation Of Labor, and
Seth Low, OF New York, of the civic
Federation. 1t has been construed
to permit the president 20 place labor
unions outside of the ban OF the Sher-
man Antitrust law and for thai rea.
son was favored by the union men.
IN his report Mr.. Nelson gives the
opinion that to make the enforcement
OF u criminal statute dependent upon
whether the alleged violation Of law
saw reasonable or unreasonable, and
especially to nut the power Of deciding
this important question IN the hands
one man. is to render the entire
law invalid. No two courts would
be likely 20 decide the same way in
such a proposition was advanced
them declares Mr.. Nelson.
Furthermore ho relates tho oxper-
Of the English people in their
ong ana successful fight to take from
King this sort OF Discretionary
'owcr in the applying of criminal
avs. in substantiation OF his argu-
neht n a TO pass such a measure
would be taking a step back toward
he middle ages.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02

and progressive educational system
are literally provided for. we do OBJ
iect, and object most strennously, to
the policy which makes a single cx-
ceptSon OF the grand institution which
stands at the head Of the system. and
cuts ii down To nifty per ccnt on less,
Of the measur of support given TO
each Of the other factors. This f. not
only a serious mistake as a matter Of
policy, hut an act that Is grossly n
Just, and, as we have said above. the
people Of Albuquerque should lose no
time IN entering 4 positive and most
protest.
A public meeting should be held at
the Commercial club, or the Armory.
not later than tomorrow evening. to
give the people q chance 10 be heard
on the subject. and 70 put their OBJ
to this unjust Determination
IN a form that members Of congress
viii understand
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-02

unwillinRiy be II said, chaos reigned
supreme. The land resounded with
the clash Of arms. II was clouded by
smoke of burning property and mill
tary camp fires. lie leaves IL echoing
with the hum Of Industrial activity and
o~verspread by the aroma of nearly
one hundred mills grinding day and
night In their effort TO take care Of an
enormous GRO Of sugar cane. lie
found the government discredited and
the pillars Of the Iiepubllc lettering
because Of a general belief that the
elections Of tho previous year had been
fraudulent. He quits Cuba with sub
.stantially every elective office filled by
officials elected at two popular cleo
lions, participated in by a surprising
" large percentage Of the population.
at which the ballots were cast without
police surveillance or any kind Of cs-
pionagc; elections that were as fair
as were ever he'd in any country.
win the republic last? Can Gomez
play Diaz? I don't know CQuicn
The iron hand seems the only
for the Latins. Magoon has car
ried it swathcd in velvet. His own
figure of speech tells of an oil can
and a feather brush. NotWithstand-
ing, and none the less, the mailed
grip WAS thorc. backed by unlimitcd
power, and the discipline has been
good for the Cubans.
1T may last them e long time. BE-
ore another revolution ripcns They'll
nay be educated to the point Of sct-
ling their political battles other than
~ q resort to arms, calling down up
N them the final Intervention Of the
lnitcd states. Most Of them, perhaps +
II Of them, understand this. They
thcir country" u