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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
COMING SPORT EVENTS

Valley Fair kennels Of %Simsbury,
Conn, will enter a dog team of RUS
Eian wolfhounds in the Alaska $4,000
trophy race next spring.
Ora Morningstar. who won the 49,
balk line billiard emblem last season.
may meet Willie Hoppe in a match at
the 1872 style for 1900 points after
Jan. l.
The national junior individual aid
team cross country championship will
take place at Celtic park. New York.
Nov. 13. and the following Saturday
the national senior championships will
be held on the same track.
liver Lawson and Walter De Mara OF
Salt Lake City have signed to ride as
a team during the New York six day
bicycle race which will be held in Mad
ison Square Garden early In December.
De Mara won the recent Kansas City
race.
Norfolk. Va. plans a rendezvous OF
yachtsmen from Nov. II to 20. 1t will
be a convention to further the scheme
of more and deeper waterways. the
plan being to have a continuous shel'
tered inland course from Boston to
Key West.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Freshman Fun at Yale.
From "Nigger Heaven" Bosterous Boys Drop White Mice and
Hens on Juniors Fa" Guests In Hyperion Pit
and Break Up Gee Club Concert.

Though they did not succeed actual
" in stopping the performance until
all except the last two numbers of the
programme had been sung, the Yale
Freshmen fairly turned the annual Glee
club concert upside down. White mice
snugly tucked away in bonbon boxes
were lowered from the freshmen's gal
lery into the pit and orchestra of the
Hyperion theater, and women, willing
~ accepting what they believed to be
graceful offerings from admirers, turn
ed the little pests loose on themselves
with results that can be imagined much
better than they can be described.
Hens tethered to long lines We're
dropped squawking on to the heads of
the singers on the stage, and bottles
of whisky and wine were dangled en-
ticingly before their eyes. but just out
of reach of the performers. Paper
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Lived ON Raw Mollyhawks.
But Fifteen Castaways on Disappointment Island Were Not MOI
lycoddes-Back to Nature In Earnest.

The steamer Miowera recently arriv-
ed at Victoria, B. c., from Australia
bringing details regarding the finding
of the castaways from the wrecked
barkentine Dundonald. who for eight
months struggled to exist on Disap.
pointment island, 200 miles south of
New Zealand.
The Dundonald, with a crew of TWEEN
%ty-seyen, was smashed Oh the rocks of
the island OH March Z last, twelve be-
ing drowned and fifteen survivors
found at Auckland island, which they
reached in a rudely fashioned boat
eight months afterward by the New
Zealand steamer Hineoma.
The castaways lived on raw molly.
hawks and seals and built q fire and
kept 1t going for seven months until
May. Canvas from the ship was used
for covering.
Cold weather came upon them then
with snow and hail. and with their
hands only they dug holes in the
ground. above which huts were built
Of sods and sticks. In these they lived
on mollyha wks and seals. At first they
cooked food on the fire. but later built
a mud over and cooked their food on
. spit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

a waving veil Of thin strips of colored
paper floating between the platform
and the audience, but it was not until
the second half of the programme was
reached that the real fun of the even
ing began.
The bonbon boxes, daintily tied with
red and blue ribbons. proved irresistf-
bile bats to the maids and young ma
irons to whom they were lowered so
respectfully from above. They seemed
such charming compliments from un-
seen admirers that first one trinity
| gloved hand and then another stretch
ed out and. satisfied that the prize was
not to be rudely jerked away. seized it
and loosened it from the string with
deft fingers.
BY common consent, however, the
fair recipients waited for a lead when
it came to opening their presents, each
being unwilling to show undue eager
ness to get at the good things within.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
LUNGHI, SPEED MARVEL.
italian Says He Will Not Run on In,
door Tracks.

italian Says He Will Not Run on In
door Tracks.
The great Italian runner Emilio
Lunghi says be is through running ON
the boards. The swarthy young giant
has run but one real indoor race. 100.
but Emilio says. "Once is enough for
me-" Lunghi ran his first indoor race
in the 1000 yard championship in Mad
ison Square Garden recently. He fin
ished in the ruck, and here is how it
happened:
The Italian got away to his usual
slow start. but started after the quick
er ones. striding as only be can. The
field came to the first turn. The lead
ers all swung to it beautifully and
rounded with scarcely a %perceptiDle
letup in their mad pace. but Lunghi,
poor Lunghi-he nearly hit the out
side rail. so far out did his big strides
carry him. With the Italian champion
the race soon became a struggle to de-
termine not whether be should beat
the others, but whether he should keep
his feet or go s%prawling on the boards.
To make a long story short. Lunghi
lost from five to ten yards at every
curve and finished away back-not
ever placed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

MAYOR E GAYNOR OF NEW YORK.
1.-THE of the interest inspired by some
Of the municipal fights. Altogether it
was 4 great day for local political man
ifeStationS.
In New York city the Tammany can
diGate, William j .Gaynor. was elected
by Il satisfactory majority, but the re-
mainder of the ticket was defeated. In
Cleveland the redoubtable Tom john
son lost his political grip and went
down to defeat at the hands Of his Re
publican opponent. Herman c. Baehr,
Brand Whitlock proved himself still
to be the choice of Toledo. Indianapo-
lis elected Samuel Lewis Shank, Re-
publican. Cincinnati elected Dr.. Louis
Schwab, Republican. New Jersey went
largely Republican as far as its new
legislature is concerned, but Jersey
City elected II. Otto Wittpenn, Demo-
crat. for its mayor.
Louis p. Fuhrmann. Democrat. is
the new mayor of Buffalo. but the ma
jority of his political associates on the
ticket We're defeated.
Eben S. Draper succeeds himself as
governor of Massachusetts. lAram J.
Pothier does likewise in Rhode Island.
and William Hodges Mann. Democrat.
is the new governor of Virginia.
McCarthy's Campaign Slogan.
In San Francisco the political reform
movement received a temporary check
by the triumph of the Union Labor
candidate. p. II. Mccarthy. whose
campaign slogan was, IF I'm elected
I'll make San Francisco the Paris Of
America"
A few days before the election Mr..
Mccarthy stated as follows what he
and the members of his party would
do for San Francisco if he were elect
ed mayor:
when l am elected mayor l propose
to give San Francisco q decent, clean.
honest government for the people. by
the people and of the people. in
tend to stand by the platform of the
Union Labor party. which guarantees
improvements in every district. includ-
Ing the outlying sections; the building
OF sewers and s~choolhouses. for which
the money has already been secured,
but which has not been expended as
arranged for; the bringing Of pure wa.
ter from the Hetch-Hetchy in the leas,
possible time. in the best possible man.
ner, at the minimum cost compatible
with good work. and the erection OF
a city hall, where all the municipal
Offices will be located. | will STOP
these d%issensions which have divided
our citizens and stop the waste OF
money on automobile joy rides and
trips to Europe. using it instead in
Improvements for the people,"
Friend of the People.
William j. Gaynor, the mayor elect
OF the city of New York. has always
been an anti-Tammany man and an in.
dependent Democrat. True, he was
nominated by Tammany this year, bu,
not until he had been named by vari
GUS Independent organizations. He
first came into prominence by his pros
ecution of the notorious boss John Y
McKane. whom he sent to the peniten
tiary. He afterWard was elected SUI
preme court justice as an Independent
Democrat with a Republican indorse
ment. On the bench he was noted fol
his radical views and for the manner
In which he occasionally stood the law
yers on their heads. He has generally
been regarded as a friend of the PEG
pie and a foe Of bosses and corpora
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

and the result was that six or eight OF
the boxes were opened within a space
of q few seconds.
The result exceeded the widest
hopes of the perpetrators Of the joke
and caused a complete suspension Of
the concert for several minutes. There
arose the most amazing chorus Of
shrieks that eve drowned the efforts
Of the Glee club in all the history of
| Yale.
Many m leaped on chairs, with
their skirts gathered closely about
them. and screamed as if there were a
special prize for her who screamed
loudest and longest.
Here one of the pink eyed pets
Of monsters of horror and terror
jumped lightly ON to a corsage and
sent cold chills through a hundred
feminine hearts as it was seer 10
scamper lightly over white shoulder
and arm in search Of some sure haven
of refuge.
There was Il wild grab at ankle, or
frenZied clutching Of petticoats told
where another had sought shelter in
the dark. and even after the last
mouse had beer accounted for and
every bonbon box had been emptied
or carried away there was an air OF
tensest apprehension among the sis
ters and cousins and aunts who had
come to pay the tribute OF their pres
ence to the singers Of Yale.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
WOMEN LEAPED ON CHAIRS AND SCREAMED.

streamers We're sent floating in every
direction. and when the fimsy cascade
was SO thick in front of the platform
that it was hidden entirely from the
view Of those in the real of the house
Fire Marshal Gladwin ordered the cur
tain rung down.
The Glee club refused to acknowl-
edge itself altogether defeated. how
ever, and. advancing in front of the
lowered curtain, went through the last
two numbers on the programme with
a magnificent disregard for the trou-
bles that beset them.
The fire marshal had given full warn
ing that he would stop the perform
ance II the throwing Of streamers be-
gan. for he made no secret Of his fear
that the light paper might start a ter
rible fire If once caught by the acct
dental dropping Of a match. but he was
tation of his WI threats and gave the
freshmen wide license in their enjoy
ment before he finally took a repressive
hand.
The Glee club men struggled bravely
and on the whole not unsuccessfully,
for far more experienced performers
we'll might have been ratified hopeless
ly by the ordeal to which they were
subjected.
The use of immense streamers came
into play early. and long before the
first half Of the programme there was
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

They Knew a government food depot
was placed on Auckland island, five
miles away. and finally decided to
build a boat. In July a strange looking
boat was fashioned of crooked sticks
and canvas, clothing and blankets saw
ed from the ship also being used. A
small bone saved from a bird with q
hole pierced in it was used as a nee
die. and some wire from the ship an
swered for thread. The boat started
July 81: but. failing to find the depot,
the men came back Aug. 8. They used
four Of six Of the valuable matches
they possessed.
A second boat was built In Septem-
Der and a third in October, but these
We're smashed. They then SEM the
first boat ahead and finally reached the
island.
After walking through the brush
and scrub for fifteen miles the food de-
pot was found. There was a good boat
there. and, making sails from their
clothing. the boats crew went back to
Disappointment island and brought the
others to Auckland island. The Hineo-
ma. passing with a scientific party,
saw their signals. and a month after
they reached Auckland island rescued
them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
A Word About the Candidates
Who Have Been Elected to
Serve as Mayors and
Governors.
HE November elections this
year were remarkable chiefly
for the interest which prevail

m HE November elections this
year We're remarkable chiefly
for the interest which prevail
ed all over the country in To-
cal contests. The struggle over the
election of mayor and board of esti-
mate and apportionment in New York
city wholly overshadowed the consti-
tutional amendments submitted in the
state. California had no gubernatorial
election. but if there had been a state
contest this year it would have meant
little compared with the intense impor-
lance attached to the mayoralty ques-
ton. In Ohio there was no state cleo
ton. but the political excitement over
the fifth candidacy of Tom L. johnson
ran above the usual high water mark.
In Toledo the candidacy of Brand
Whitlock WAS almost equally engross-
Ing. In Louisville the contest over
city and county tickets aroused greater
activity than has been attached to a
state campaign for many a day. Mas
sachusetts. Rhode Island and Virginia
elected governors. but the day in nei-
ther commonwealth was marked by q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
LANGF0RD AFTER KETCHEL.
CoIored Heavyweight Hotfoot on Trait
of Middleweiqht Champion.

CoIored Heavyweight Hotfoot on Trait
of MiddIeweisht Champion.
In spite Of his defeat at the hands of
Jack johnson. Stanley Ketchel is still
recognized as the middleweight cham
pion of the world. When Ketchel be-
gan training for the recent Langford
iasco he refused to fight at the mid.
dleweight limit. giving as II reason
that he could not reduce and remain
strong. Sam Langford agreed to meet
him at catch weights. therefore. and
trained accordingly. only to have the
bout called off by the Fairmont Ath.
letic club of New York.
AS there is no chance to secure IL
match with johnson at present. Lang
ford declares that he stands ready to
sign articles for Il forty-tive round
bout with Ketchel at catch weights or
at 1853 pounds, to be decided at CoIma.
CAL, at any time agreeable to the
Michigan pugilist; also that he will
agree to a Sc. 900 side bet and any fair
division of the purse.
Langford says that he can stop
Ketchel in quicker fashion than did
Johnson, and by so doing he will con-
vince the sporting public that. barring
Jeffries. he is the only man in the ring
capable of making the heavyweight
champion bite the dust.
Langford argues that if Ketchel was
ready to meet him in a ten round bout
at the Fairmont Athletic club some
time ago there Is no reason why he
shouldn't agree to another match with
a longer route to so and better tinan-
cial inducements. He says that he
must whip Ketchel first before he can
expect to secure recognition from
johnson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Wilson Tigers Now Track Coach.

Charles II. Wilson Of Chicago mas
been selected by the Princeton Ath-
letic association as track coach to sue
coed A. l.. Copeland. who has acted III
this capacity for the last four years
He goes to Princeton highly
mended by Coach Stage OF Chicago
and Bert Williams. captain of Prince
tons track team in 1905. He nas had
a great deal OF experience in all forms
of track athletics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Victory of Fusionists.

Outside of mayor the fusionists con
troll all important offices in New York.
The real government of the city is
invested in the board of estimate and
apportiOnment. On this board the
mayor has three votes. the comptroller
three votes, the president of the board
of aldermen three votes. the presi-
dent of the borough of Manhattan two
votes, the president of the borough of
Brooklyn two votes, borough president
Of the Bronx one vote. borough presi-
dent of Queens IL vote. borough
president Of Richmond one vote; total,
sixteen votes. All these. with the eX-
ception OF Gaynor. are f%uSiOniSts or
Independents. The comptroller. w. a.
Prendergast. is a fusion Republican.
The president Of the board of alder
men. John Purroy Mitchell. is a flu
sion Democrat. which is also the case
with George McAneny, borough presi-
dent of Manhattan. the a who In
vestigated the deposed Tammany Dor
ough president Ahearn. The borough
president Of Brooklyn. A. E. Steers.
Borough President of the Bronx G. &.
Miller and Borough President of Rich
mond G. Cromwell are all %fusionists,
while the borough president OF Queens.
L. Gresser. is a Hearst independent.
This gives the anti-Tammany forces
fifteen votes to Gaynor's three.
An amusing part Of all this is that
Gaynor repeatedly said that he would
not serve unless his Tammany asso-
ciates could be elected with him.
President Mitchell of the board of al
dermen, who would become mayor in
case Gaynor resigned, is now calling
on that gentleman to make good his
threats.
Tybalt Wallace. the steward of the
Cayuga club in New York city. show
ed his confidence in Judge Gaynor as
the winner of the mayoralty election
in New York when he said recently:
well. I've just bet my years salary
in advance on the outcome of the elec-
ton, and every cent of it on Gaynor at
odds of . to l.
II always make a little on the county
ticket every year. but seldom take a
chance on the state ticket. 1t is too
uncertain. This year there is nothing
but Gaynor. Poor Barnard hasn't a
look in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
NEW ICE HOCKEY CENTER.
Boston Promoters Erecting Large Rink
Where Game Will Be Played.

Where Game Will Be Played.
1t is now a certainty that before the
end of the ice hockey season OF 1903
Boston will take its place as one OF
the leading centers for the great Cana
dian winter sport in the eastern sec
ton of this country. Actual work on
the Boston Arena. which is to De de-
voted chiefly to ice skating. has been
started. and. according to the present
plans OF the promoters. it is intended
to conduct the work on the three shift
basis. 80 that workmen will be busy
on the building during the entire TWEEN
ty-four hours ot each day. AT this
rate it Is expected that b work will
be completed by Christmas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Neither Dictator Nor Boss.

Mr.. Baehr. mayor elect of Cleveland.
says he makes no pretensions to being
a public speaker, and he states that he
is neither a dictator nor a boss.
He has been elected three times to
the Office of county recorder. His serv-
ice in that office has beer businesslike
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
Mccormick May Quit Diamond.

Mccormick May Quit Diamond.
Harry Mccormick. the New York
Nationals heavy hitting outtelder. re-
Gently announced that be is going to-
enter the employ of the Pennsylvania
Steel company In Chicago. that he il
through with baseball and that he will
not be with the Giants next season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
WCT0RS IN THE RECENT ELECTION
Years Salary Bet on Judge
Gaynor, New york's Mayor
Elect What Some
Promise to Do.

lions. He twice declined to u for
mayor and once refused to become a
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton for governor.
In the recent campaign Judge Gay
nor occupied an anomalous position.
In the spring and early summer before
the nominations he was generally re-
garded as the most promising indie
pendent and anti-Tammany candidate.
Then appeared his famous letter in
which he said that he would accept the
Tammany nomination, after which the
committee of one hundred. the Repub-
licans and other kindred organizations
refused further to consider him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

and a decided improvement over that
Of any Of his predecessors. His per-
sonal record indicates that he is q
mar Of integrity, business capacity and
of considerable executive ability.
He promised II elected to surround
himself officially with men who by
reason of their experience. honesty and
general fitness would be throughly
qualified to perform the duties of the
respective offices to the best interest of
the city. He also pledged himself to
secure to the city of Cleveland n bust
nesslike administration which will at
all times keep in touch with and make
every effort to bring about the things
which will make Cleveland a greater
city and a better one in which to live.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

Hot Air.
what is the motive power Of
Swift's afrship-gasoliney'
mo. Mostly lung."-Puck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
THE SENATE BATHS.
More Luxurious Than Those Provided
 for Roman Senators.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The Senate baths at Washington will be more luxurious than any at Rome in the days when Romans were the most cleanly and the least godly of all peo- ples. We may not follow the parallel further, for no matter how much more elegant and luxurious may be made the baths at Washington than those once in use at Rome, 1t will be impossible for our senators to have less dirt and less grace than the senators of ancient days. Un- doubtedly the ef1uvia of the body escapes Through the pores of the skin, and the pores are kept open and are stimulated to perform their excretory function by bathing. The cold bath, particularly, performs this excellent service in an ad-
 nirable way, If taken once a day. The luxurious bath Is rarely, however, cold bath. It is usually superheated to point expanding the pores to that exag- gerated extent that not only the weak ness but the strength escapes through the apertures. It was so in decaying Rome. May 1t be not so in Washington?
 Already there is a growing discussion as to the necessity of sumptuous bath ing, and the fact Is being brought out and passed around that King Edward " of England was shaved only once week and had his feet washed at the same time If so be it was necessary That particular Edward was an exem- plary monarch, but he was a monarch, and can be no model for our democratic and republican representatives. Besides, such lax shaving might carry us back to populism, and in these days when all of our official representatives In the law making branch are kept standing on platforms of one sort or another Cor at least when we are demanding that they shalD, daily laying of the pedestals Is almost a vital necessity. The historians are also bringing out the fact that four shirts were considered a large annual allowance for Lord Howard, We are not told which Lord Howard, or what he was lord of. but as the house of Howard was stainless through many generations and in more than one English manor, any one of them will do to point the moral that a man may keep clean on four shirts a year. "Then fell that spotless banner white the Towards lion fell" says Scott, in poetic description of that brief time in which the Scottish men seemed to turn the tide at Flodden field. That banner rose again, as spotless as before. though grimed with dirt and blood. The cold plunge bath every morn ing is what the senators should take. 1t Ia excellent for circulation, and 1t keeps the heart moving the blood so well that no senator will ever go white at the threat of any minion of a degenerate plutocracy which is famed on marble e1ah he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
Mems Shirts at 79c,
 Worth SIPS and $1.5O

This Shirt sale will be continued over Monday and II YOU haven't bought supply of them, you have missed
 the best buying chance you ever had. But as we said, another chance Monday, so don't let it go by These Shirts are just like the you've been paying SIPS and $1 50 for Just good patterns, materials etc.
 They fit just as good In fact, they've been sell 7Qc ing for those prices Remodeling sale price. l0U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
In Extremes.

From the Harvard Lampoon.
 Irate Father-I will give you one mora chance to redeem yourself. sir.
 Worthless Son-Im too flat broke even to do that. governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

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