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COSTS 100000
TO BUILD BRIDGE

Copper river is deIta-lke at its mouth
as it flows into Prince William sound
IL cuts a rather broad. low gap through
the coast range, and il is through this
gap on the opposite SIDES OF the river
that two roads, the ore from COrdOVa.
the other from katella. about forty
miles south on Prince William sound
are ascending The valley.
Near the latter place has been found
a rich coal deposit. but the town has
an impossible haTb0r; therefore. the Ea-
tella road is being constructed To Join
the COTdOVa roaG, so that the shelters
may be enabled 20 use this coal. The
COTdOva road viii be compelled to cross
the tUrtuOus river at three points in
the nefghborhOod Of Abercombie rapids
and Baird canyon. At one point the
abutment of a bridge is against a shift
ing glacier, and the engineers have had
10 dig down 100 feet through ice to get
permanent foundation.
One Of the consulting engineers estf-
mates that the cost of This bridge VIII
exceed S2.u00.p 90 IT viii, when com
pleted, be the most expensive railroad
bridge of its length and character in the
world. In BaiTds canyon, through
which the railroad must pass, the wind
blows gale of fifty miles an hour for
DAYS al a time Iu the EOrges here the
snow slides in from the mountain sides
filling the canyon and packing as hard
AS iCc.-ErOm the American Review of
Reviews.
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New Chicago Organization
Nominally Peaceful, But
Really Hostile.
SULLIVAN AT ONCE
MIXES WAR PAINT
Declares If Story Is True They
viii All Get the
Hook.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1A-There viii be-
an upheaval in the A. A. y. within a
few days that viii shake things clear
down TO the bottom. is the prediction
here today. If the expected material
ICES. the Central Association viii be re-
organized, the present president thrown
out Of amateur athletics, and two other
high officials along with him.
The trouble will come to crisis when
President James r Sullivan is Official
by informed OF the organization OF the
Amateur Athletic Federation OF Cook
County, and goes over it's constitution
and bylaws Ostensibly the new assoc
citation Is not antagOnistic TO the A. A
q. In reality it is the result OF a con
spiracy to overthrow the ruling body
and place the control Of amateur ath-
Ietics TO the hands Of the Y NJ. c. A,
A. J.. \. A., Public Fairgrounds Asso-
citation, and intersettlement leagues. 1t
claims affiliations with the A A IT,,
but its very organization precIudes any
thing but a light TO the finish between
the two.
Prominent Men In It.
The organizers Of the federation have
been at work for more than year
Many Of The most prominent men in
Cook county athletics are mixed up in
it, including DR.. George X. Herman,
president Of the Central Association Of
the A. A. IT,; Henry i. Pearson. chair
man Of the registration committee OF
the same association, and r. b. De
Groot who is on both the registration
and record committees.
The Federation can never become at
fliated with the A. A. 4. for the same
reasons that keep the Protective Bias
ketbaIl Association Outs.d de the barriers.
tt claims Jurisdiction in Cook county,
over the same branches Of sports as the
A. A. T., controls and. unlike the In
tercollegiate Association. it's member
ship IS open to all athletes, regardless
Of their connections. The only stipula-
ton is that they must be amateurs
Sullvanu Get En-
This information. conveyed in a letter
from a man high ND in Chicago ath-
letics. was laid before James Z. SulIi-
van. He promptly threatened all kinds
OF trouble for everybody mixed up in
IT,.
'If there is any truth iu thIs' he
said. .'lf must be taken mp and dis
cussed by the a. A T. II it is then
found that such Q condition exists there
is nothing. for us 90 do, but 10 throw
the outlaws out Of the union and set
IN a new organization iH tho section
governed by the Central association.
Recognition Of and aflIiHtion with the
federation is impossible If DR. Herman
IS on the executive committee, of the
Federation, and r. b. De Groot and
II. T.. Pearson are vice presidents, tLey
must get out OF the A. A. r."
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Fielder Jones Salary Said to
Have Been Boosted to
$4,000.
FANS DELIGHTED
WITH COMISKEY
His Disregard of Expense Shows
His Strong Desire TO
Win.

CHICAGO. Jan. IA-Fielder Allison
Jones viii manage the Chicago White
Stockings next season.
For doing so ne viii draw down the
largest salary paid 10 a1y commander
in the big leagues-Sl5, 900. The contract
has not yet been signed that brings the
Timber King back TO the White SOx,
but Jones has written 10 Charley Com
iskey he viii come TO Chicago from
Oregon next month TO sign the docu-
ment. Jones was apparently sincere in
his determination 10 quit the national
game, but the offer OF $1,000 was too
goOd to be turned down, and so he has
deserted the Retired Brigade and will
put In one more season as leader Of
the SOx.
Jones drew $500 from Comiskey last
season, so he gets an increase or just
100 per cent Fielder thinks heE IS en-
titled 10 a big stipend. figuring that his
absence from MS business interests in
Oregon costs him money. MOreover,
argues Jones, COmiskey has q center
helder besides a manager.
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His Match With Champion
in London May "A
PleaseS Sports.
KETCHEL'S OFFER
TURNED DOWN COLD
Englishmen Won't Consider Him
Until He Whips LangfOrd, Whom
They Know.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1A-Jack Johnson
and sam Laugford, the two negro box
ers, Will night for the championship OF
the world before the National Sporting
Club, of London, on May "a the Queens
birthday
A. II. Bettis0u. manager OF the club,
cabled that he had signed Johnson, who
is now i'm Australia, and ne sent direC-
lions 20 the American representative Of
the club 20 get Laugford at once. ii
wiz be the first battle for the champion
ship Of the world ever held between col
Ored men.
IHasmuch as there is no question that
Langford will jump at this chance &c
fight for the championship Of the world
it is considered that the match is as
good as made. There IL only one thing 20
interfere, and that is the possibility that
American promoters viii Oner a ruTse
so much larger than the National Club
can afford. that the two men may DC
weaned away from it,
Langford Viii Accept.
G.. j.. Mathison, the American match
maker Of the London Club sent a Iis-
patah 10 Joseph A. Woodmau, manager
of Laugf0rd, now iu san Francisco. no
y
an immediate answer WOodman had
wired some days ago that while Stan
ley Ketchel claimant Of the middle
weight championship. was his first
choice he would be glad 10 get a match
with the big negro OF Texas.
1t is expected in New York by Wood
mans friends that he will start with
his protege for the East Just as soon as
ne can get ready. His efforts to get a
contest with Ketchel FOR the middle
weight championship have driven that
boxer from California 90 his home in
Michigan, ana right now there is NOT
much chance OF a battle between them.
In fact an Of the middlewelEhts and
heaFyW eights Of the country have run
20 cover since LanBf0rd knocked out
Jim tlFnn ln single round At san
francisco Charles Lecari, one Of the
promoters. recently tried 20 get two
men 10 fight him and he failed
No Interest IN Ketchel.
The National club has not shown in
terest in the offer of KetcheI 10 fight
Johnson. Manager Bettisou 1T is uu-
derstood, would not consider him till
he had beaten Iangford For Ianeford
is almost as much a fav0ritc in London
as Johnson. His quick defeat OF two
men before the National Club two years
ago proved TO the lords ana million
aires Wha make up the club what he
could do They would not think or let
ting Gunner MOir, then the British
champion. box him. Nevertheless thew
bet on their champion against Burns.
whom they were convinced was no
match for the Gunner
The battle between Johnson and Lang
ford viii in the opinion Of experts. be
Uurh more like a worlds championship
contest than was the recent night ia
Australia. While Johnson defeated
Burns with ease. hc had the utmost
difficulty lu oUlpointinE IangfOrd at
CHELSEA, Mass two years ago Lang
ford now weighs 100 pounds. and is bet
ter than me ever was before.
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BLACKBURN SHOOTS
THREE IN A BRAWL
Two Of Famous Negro PugiLst's Victims in Dangerous
Condition, and One Is Expected to Die-Knocked
Out by Cop and Jailed.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan I4--JaCk
Blackburn. the negro pugilisl, went ON
the rampage carly this morning and
shot man and two women. one of
them is his own wife
His victims are i'm Jefferson Hospital
i'm a more or less critical condition, and
Jack is ina jail, committed without bail
by Magistrate Rooney. on the charge
of aggravated assault and battery with
intent 20 kin.
The injured are Alfonso Polk. twenty
seven years old. and his wife, Matte,
twenty-five years old. of 2l6 South Jesup
street, and Maud PuUou. twenty-four
years old. Blackbmn's White wife or
parsmour.
Polk Expected to Die.
Alouzo Polk is though. to be mortauy
wounded. He is shot twice through the
neck, bullet entering from each side.
while another struck him in the lower
right side of his abdomen and pene-
trated his ViJals
Matte Polk is shot i'm the back, be-
tween the shoulder blades Though The
ngAt occurred at about O'Clock this
morning the physicians at Jefferson
Hospital have been unable TO locate
any Of the bullets.
AdLu EuAON caught a outlet on the
left side OF her forehead. The bullet
was shattered into "a thousand traS-
Ueuts.
Women Began Fighting.
It appears that all four were out on
a jamboree last night ana returned
home in a cab, driving first to Folks
house, I5 South Jessup street. Polk
runs a pool room az the corner of Jes-
sup and Locust streets, and is consid-
cred a very game sort OF person.
Getting out OF the cab, the two wom-
en- got into a quarrel and. according TO
Jack testimony the PilOn woman
tried TO cut Matte Polk. She had
young saber more than seven inches
long. over all.
Polk resented the attempt to cat his
wife and when he got into the srEu-
ment Jack also took a hand. and In
about a minute there was a free-for-aU
dglt going on
Every Bullet Landed
There was no referee and no rules so
Jack did not condne himself to the
Queeusbury code, but numbered a can
non and began shooting. Every bullet
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Herford Trying TO Pick Best
Baltimore Lightweight
Boxer for Loughrey.
.BURNS-SCROGGS
SCRAP is NEXT
Then, If Anybody Else Bobs Up,
He Will Also Get a
Chance.

BALTIMORE. Nd. jan BIN
matching Kid Sullivan and Harry Kid
Seager for tOnights star bout of tie
Eureka Athletic Club at the GermanIs
Maennerchor Hall. Manager Herford
made his first step to single out the
best OF the local lightweights
Sullivan is a native Of Washing
ton, but ne is regarded as a local boxer.
as he mas fought nearly all OF his mills
ia this city. The winner Of tonights
match viii be pitted against the winner
OF next weeks bout between Soldier
Burns and Harry Seroggs. both OF this
city, and the winner in this event is 90
meet Young Loughrey, Of Philadelphia.
Jack Hanlon, the manager Of LougH-
Tey, wired Manager HEREFORD this morn
ing that he was ready to make a match
for I1Oughrey here. Loughrey stuck six
rounds with Pdckey Mcfarland IN
Philadelphia making most creditable
showing.
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Small Items, All Fuu of Meat,
CulLed From Our Contemporaries

Andrew j. Lynch. of Wilkesbarre. the
principal owner of the Trenton Tri-State
club, insists that there Will be no At
lantic League this season.
Jack Hayden. the Bryu Mawr athlete,
who formerly played in the Tri-State
League. and was with the Chicago VA
tI0uals the latter part OF last season,
may be returned TO Indianapolis
The fans ar Newark, y. j., are will
ing TO wager that Harry Wolverton. the
former WfIiamsport Tri-State leader
viii eiye them a frst-class club this
season.
Some one i'm Pttsburg was cruel
enough to say that Mike D0Huu is a
better ball PLAYER than actor
stony AIcGIvuu, the former Tri-Stste
pitcher who has been with the 81. Louis
Nationals for the last two years is
keeping iu condition Bog running a skat-
ing rink at West FairFiew. Pa
Hugh shat non. formerly with ue ST.
Paul, Baltimore. and Lowell clubs. win
manage the Ottumwa. Iowa. team.
George Winter. the old Boston pitcher,
is 30 be instructed how To- Ind Indian
ap0Iis hr the Detroit club.
The Wheeling club. ~ tHe Peuusyl-
vauia and West Virginia League. would
like 20 have kid Gleason. of the Fhillles,
90 manage the team next season
Ted Sullivan says that wv Cobb ifs the
greatest bah player iu the world to-
day They are alI great today. as the
season doesn't begin until April
The lady patrons of the Minneapolis
club win he at the opening game
a-peuty If Nick AItrocS joins the Mil
1eTs They Will be anxious % see 81
o~IcEaFluJ is as handsome as he IS
t0uted
Fight fans are now crying FOR "a
GIJeeu-rouII 90 between Young Erue
and Mickey Cannon. AT EssiuEtOu II
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FEAR MISSING WOMAN
HAS BEEN HYPNOTIZED
Her Whereabouts Since Last November Mystery
Always Believed She Would Lose Savings Through
the Power of a Mesmerist

PHILADELPHIA. Jan 14.-Fearing
that she has been hypnotized, friends OF
Annie Won Ormer, q servant missing
from the home of Mrs y. A. AIacgregor,
Of Lansdowne. have asked the police 10
search today all the quarters of palm
lists. clalrvoyants. and professional hyp-
notisfs in the city
Misc Won Ormer left the MacgregOrs
on November s. taking with her $50 and
the key 10 the kitchen door. Since that
time she has not been heard from. The
hypnotism theory, advanced by Mrs
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should prove successful from any old
angie.
Ralph Grant. a bantam from Chicago.
is ON his way TO Philadelphia Jimmy
o Brien, the lads manager. is ready to
meet ali corners. he states. Grant has
won over every boy he met except
Johnny Coulon.
Packy Mcfarland is TO ] choice
over Fighting Dick HyIaud iu their ten
round bout IN Los Angeles Friday night.
Suzette Baron. 2.164. by Baron Wilkes,
trained and raced through the Big fair
circuit for several seasons past ia
Charles Ondycke's Bethlehem stable.
will be missed from the contests this
wear. as size has been sold 10 a New
york gentleman for road use.
Ed Casey. the Vmanova coIIegiau. is
confident he cam best Al kubiak. the
Michigan heavyweight. Saturday night
ar the National Casey has the nerve
for me played football Tf he has fHa
punch and the clover tactics he should
oHtpoint kubiak-
Dick Nelson, OF New York. derea ted
Arthur Cote of BIddef0rd. Me, ga a six
round 90 al Albany, ON Tuesday night.
.te."' 80 t.taa'a. hft hEfAttEfIila th-.
are HTiuE Io arrange fight between
sam LauEIoT3 and Young Peter Jack
SOM who have boxed six times already.
T1mmy Murphy hurt his hands IN his
recent teu-Iouu@ bout with frankie
Madden. ana He won't Doe ready 10 box
For several weeks
Jimmy CIabby. the Milwaukee welter-
weight who defeated Ralph Erne on
Tuesday night at tho Douglas Ath-
.etic CLUB. Is a very classy boxer, and
Dee b. sure TO make "a host Df friends
when he returns To Philadelphia
Jim Flynn. the Pueblo heavyweight.
is anxious 90 meet Al kaufman for
twenty-five rounds. oH the Pacific coast.
and to- make Dr. Interesting for Kaufman,
Jim oilers 10 bet $1,000 ou me side.
Young I.oughrev wants a return bout
with Tommy Quill. who beat him al
Boston Tuesday night. and viii prob
ably meet the Boston lad "a one ot the
Philadelphia clubs
A four days walking match. with sew
guteen contestants, started al Auburn,
~. s.. last night
A UEe-bird aud bIue-ra.K shoot will
be- held al CHaifgut. Pa. o1 Saturday
for 4oJ-ppInd hog and sWecpstlkes
The event fJr the hog Will bee shot at
twenty-five targets. sLZ5 entrance
John A. King, the weIl-knoWu Svra-
cusa Horsomau. VIII again zoe tine p-esid-
ug Judge at the Central Canada ice rae
ms m-eliug To be held at Ottawa Fred
w. Upton. of Rochester. viii 0f;tcIatc
iu that position at OTTAWA.
Reduction iu the teams of the vii
mlnEl0u CItv Bowling League from six
60 four. That play may b0 continued.
was The plan formulated NJ the meet
ms OF the league. The Good Times and
Pierce teams viii De dropped out of
the league, those continuing being War
rem, Delaware AIi-WilmingtuU. ana
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MacgregOr, is supported by circumSlan-
tial evidence. The missing woman ieff
behind her a bank account OF 3. 100 and
two bonds Of the Pennsylvania COMPANY
for life insurance policies
She was i'm constant fear Of beiBg
hypnOtiZed. She had read n great deal
on the subject. Mrs. MacgTeEor says.
and had become firmly imbued with T1-
idea that if she ever was hypnOtized she
would be compelled TO give UP the
money she had saved.
She is f0rty-eiRht years old and was
for several years school teacher ia
this city.
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Doesn't See Why Committee
of Players Should De
mand That Coin.
WILL HELP HIM
MAKE THE GIFT
Ban Thinks Philanthropist Should
Have Some Exception Made
for Him.

CHICAGO. JAM IL-Presldeut arlr-
phys plan of having committee or
Cub players wait upon the national
commission with a formal petition re-
questIng that the owner OF the world $
champs be allowed 10 present them with
$4,000 as a bonus does not meet with
The approval Of b. 3. johnson. John
szou, who is a member of the commits
sion, in addition TO being the president
Of the American League, is OF the opiu-
aon that the petition should so direct
1rom the Cub leader 10 the executive
body.
The commission does not want to
deal win a committee OF ball players
IN rlis matter said Johnson. Notice
that Mr. Murphy is credited with this
intention. 1t seems 20 me as If The petit
ZION should be sent 10 us direct. without
any players being mixed iu.
viii Help Philanthropist
eff Mr., Murphy wants 10 make this
gift 90 his players the regular meehod
of procedure should be employed. i. for
1uy part viii endeav0r to make ID 3ossi-
bile for him TO make the presentation
IL IS true that il would be against the
Rational agreement for him 10 make
any award, but some exception should
be made in this case. The matter viii
be thoroughly treated when the petition
IS presented 10 the commission
Little else was discussed I'm baseball
headquarters yesterday outside of the
Facts that President Murphy would petit
sion the commission for permission TO
Give bonus TO his champs and that
President Johnson would lend him his
assistance on the supreme body.
Murphy was emphatic I'm his denial
OF the statement that ne intended TO
make the gift because the players had
lost anything on the ticket sale during
the world series.
Murphy Real Eager
Ell en- anxious 10 present tile men
with the bonus because OF the grand
hattie they put up toward the latter
part Of the season, not because they
lost anything IN the sale Of any tick
cts. he said. What reserved tickets
were not sold here I'm Chicago I made
good with my personal check. So they
were not out any money I'm that re-
Hpect.
It was iu the bIeachers that the
empty spaces were 90 be found But
that was on account Of no fault of
ours. lf any other team than the Tigers
mad been playing with us, the case
would have been different But, having
so deCtsiveIy beaten Detroit the season
before, the attraction was not as great
&s n the SoE. The Maps, or any other
of the American League teams had been
2ying with as. IL was just matter
of fate.
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NO REST FOR HIM.

Cassidy Hello, Casey, hows Things
Wid ye these days.
Casey-Oh busy, very busy, indads-
Cassidy-Ie don't tell me-
Casey-Aye. Sure iVry time I'm a
laysure [ hoy sOmethin TO do.-Cathoilc
STANDARD and Times.
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struck a body and before the revolver
was emptied. three forms We're lying
on the pavement
Policeman Dicks. OF the Fifteenth and
Locust street station heard the shoot
ing. and when he arrived on the scene,
Jack was standing over the bodies, APP
parently bewiIdered.
When he saw Dicks he realized that
the locality was unhealthy and started
to run but Dicks kept after him and
grappled with him, Jack put no fight
at first, but Dicks Whaled him over the
head with his black jack and once more
Jack Blackburn took the count. Dicks
then called patrol and rushed the
three wounded by Jack TO Jefferson Hos
piJal- where iJ was seen that the man
Polk at least, was very hard hit All
three of them Identified Jack Blackburn
as the man who had fired the snols.
and after Sergeant Burton had ObJalheu
their statements. Jack was taken 10
Fifteenth and Locust station, and lock-
ed up
Held Without Bail
Magistrate Rooney gave him hear
ing after a visit to the hospital where
he obtained ante mortem statements
from AlonzO and Matte polk, and com
mitted him without bail
The two bullets that struck AlOnZO
Polk I'm the neck did not sever any
large blood vessels. ana, though they
have not been located, are not c0nsid-
cred Of su much mon ent as the bullet
iu las abdomen.
The same applies 10 Matte Polk, for
though only one bullet struck her, it
entered her back between the shoulder
blades and penetrated the lungs Both
AlOuZO and Matte Polk may die. In
fact the chances appear TO be strongly
against their recovery, though the hos
pital authorities VIII net make declar-
alton uutH the bullets are located
Woman's Deadly Knife
An x-ray examination viii be made
this afternoon and If located, an effort
win probably be made to remove the
bullets Maud PHuon - not badly
hurt. the bullet striking Yer forehead
glancing blow. tt was not intended
for her anyway
The knife which she is declared to
have tiled TO WELD ON Matte Polk Is
one Of the most muTder0us looking
veal Ous ever brought into the Fifth
street station. About two weeks ago
Blackburn was slashed and badly cut
mp by his brother with a razor in an
alteration
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The Times duebpin team took thee
straight games from Kings Palace. or
the Commercial League last night on
the RatHskclIer alleys.
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IN THE STREET CAR.

Conductor (t0 tired pzsseugers)-Did
/ get your farce
81 Passenger-You must have got It, for
the register did not ring when i h1nd-
ed YOU the Hickel.-Judae
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DR.. FISK ELGIN.

Expert treatment or private diseases. acute
and chronic both sexes all c1usulia Ions con
hoeurlal5 medicine furnished, prices m0der-
ate. hours 81. SIS 1893 Pa. ave Phone NJ 1879
jsT-tt
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Reduction iu the teams of the vii
mInElOu CItv Bowling League from six
90 four tnat play may be continued.
was The plan formulated m tho meet
ms of the league. The Good Times and
Pierce teams viii De dropped out of
the league, those C0utiEuiuE being War
rem, Delaware, AH-Wilmingtou. and
Franklin College.
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John A. Nug the well-knowu svra-
cgsa HorsCmau. viii again Dc the pzesid-
Hug Judge at the Central Canada ice rae
ms meeting 10 be held ar Ottawa Fred
w Upton. of Rochester. viii OfSiCIate
200 that position at Ottawa.