TIIE StTXDAT OREGONIAX.-PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1910.
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region ef Southeaetern Russia, : and the
end is not yet. .
The conflicts between the ignorant
peasantry and the authorities over the
attempted enforcement of health regula
tions and the segregation have added
heavily to the casualties caused by the
Coscacka wreaking vengeance on the wild
tribes who wander through these terri
tories without regard to sanitation. To
these nomads tha Cossacks as well aa the
peasantry attribute the cholera outbreak,
with the result that they are being sub
jected to a terroristic crusade, in which
scores have been killed after shocking
tortures. iThe Cossacks are entirely out
of hand, and swear they will make It im
possible for the wandering Tartars to for
get that the Don provinces are unwhole
PUGILISTS SEEM
IN POOR REPUTE
.PORTLAND CRICKETERS LEAVE TONIGHT TOR TOURNEY AT VICTORIA, WHERE PLAY OPENS TOMORROW.
ABOUT JOHNSON
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Boxing Men Expect Fair Play
From California Republi
cans' Nominee.
Since San Francisco Barred
Fighters, Doors Are Now
Closed Everywhere.
some for them to live in.
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HEAVIES CHANGE SCENE
SPORTS
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Kaufman-Lane Go, Prohibited In
n Vork. Take M(rh to Phila
delphia N'o Championship la
Iarohred, . Advertised.
bt w. j. prntAts.
Buffeted about from pillar to post
me to ba the fste of tha prtia fight
ers ever alnca tha Jeffrtoa-Johnaon fight
was banished from Son Frsnclsro, for
tha other dsy tha police of New Tork
'City refused to allow Bill Lang, of Aus
tralia, and Al Kaufman, tha California!!,
to mix it for ten roumla In Gotham.
Rafuatd prm!aaton to light In New
Tork the barker, of tha two big "lem
Ofia". touted ace Mall by tha fletle pro
motera and tha fight dopeMers who fall
for tha easy language stuff. Immediately
transferred the scene of action to Phila
delphia where si round engagements are
permitted penm Vacuously. It Philadelphia
etood for O'Brien so long, there Is no rea
son to doubt that tha Quaker bug can
siaol for a couple of more quinces.
No Champfonahlp Involved.
Tlie Lang-Kaufman proposed mlxnp la
heralded as a championship battle. What
championship Is Involved? None of the
dnpevters or ihe Immediate frlenda of
either man can name the championship,
unless It la to settle which of tha two
la tha worst "mutt". Kaufman fell be
fore tha notorious "f sker". "Philadelphia
Jsck" O'Brien, and Bill Lang succumbed
to Tommy Bums almost as often as
Jack Johnson used to fight Joe Jeanette,
and this Is going some.
If either of these burllea can legiti
mately claim any semblance of champion
ship caliber, their early ring performances
re far from flattering demonstration of
even near prowess.
Kan f man Is No Fighter.
Five years ago Billy Delaney. who wed
to know considerable about the fight
game, pulled Al Kaufman, then 18 years
of age. rot of the amateur ranka and
decided then and there that he was the
new world beater. Kaufman started off
by licking Bam Berger. and any 18 year
old kid In the country who could not do
tha same thing ought to be sent to bed
Immediately after the application of the
sllppr every night for pix months.
Delaney then thought It a great boost
for hla "kid" to ic him on Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien, and thle time Delaney
neglected to flix It so that O'Brien would
lay down", and the result was that the
"coming champion" received an awful
.-oir to his ambftlona not to mention what
. O'Brien did to his physical proportions.
Xhla marked. Kaufman's flnlsh for the
time being, and Delaney dropped the
"phennro" with the reluctant admlMlon
. that ,He needed "seasoning". Kaufman
needs a great deal more than seaaon-
ing. and this will be demonstrated If he
. ever fights Jack Johnson on the level.'
l.ng la Joke, Too.
As for Iving he Is almost as much of a
Joke as was "Boshter Bill" Squires, an
other Australian quince who was trimmed
dedSely by Tommy Burns, the "near"
champion for a time. Burna fought
Lang two or three times and each time
be had no great difficulty In putting the
Australian to the queer. Iang may be
a champion In Australia, but before he
hooks up with Jack Johnson, unk-n he
can frame the negro, he had better go
back to . Australia Intact, so It Is more
than likely that ha would be sent back In
sections were be to collide with John
son, and Johnson happened to be In
clined to fight some.
The heavy weights of today are the huge
Jokce of the light game hiMory. There
Is not one of them, aside from Johnson,
alio would have been able to argue
through one round with John L. Sullivan
when the famous champion waa In his
prime. Kaufman. lng. Burns. 0"Brlen.
Jeannette. Langford. and all of them
have nothing to show that they ever
could tight.
M'CIUW PITCHES GKEAT GAME
Montoano Win From Aberdeen by
Shutout. 10 to 0.
MONTESANO. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) McGraw held Aberdeen to three
hits and Montesano won 10 to 0. Eg
erer. who pitched for Aberdeen, was
wild as a March hare, giving ten bases
on balls and anowlng ten hits.
Aberdeen played a poor fielding;
game, the six errors charged hardly
showing the play. A fast double.
Cleaann- to Arland. was the fielding
feature. This Is the last of the series
of the State League on. the home
grounds. Tha ecore:
RUE R H E
Aberdeen... I l Montesano. 10 10 4
Batteries: Egerer and Hust: Mc
Ciraw and Moore.
SEATTLE'S ERRORS ARE COSTLY
Vancouver Bunches Hits When
Champs Make Boots."
PTCATTLE. Wash.. Aug. . Vancouver
bunched hits with Seattle errors In the
second Inning and won by a score of
to 1.
Gardner kept Seattle's hits scattered,
and given faultless support. Tha
score:
R.H.E.; R.H.E.
Seattle 1 T i Vancouver .... C
Batteries Chtnault ar.d Custer: Gardner
and Sugdrn.
Spokane 14: Taconia S.
SPOKANE.' Aug.' to. Spokane start
ed scoring early in the game, pushing
tr.ree tallica over the pan on Scbmuts
before tha contest was well under way.
Kaae. the Ta.com a southpaw, relieved
Sclunuts In the second round, but waa
treated no more gently. Score:
R H E! R H E
.Spokane... 1 IS IITacoma 2 5 7
Batteries Claflln and Shea: Schmutx.
Kaue and Brnes. '
BARE FEET ADVOCATED
-Glasgow - Medical Director Advises
Discarding of Shoes.
GLASGOW. Aug. 30. (Special. Wealthy
Scotch mothers of sturdy offspring are
discussing the Issue raised by District
Medical Officer William Cullen. who
holds- a brief for bare feet.
"The habit of going with feet bare." ha
sayn "is something of a National custom
In Scotland, and If rm seen now than
several years ago. that is solely because
of the changing custome of the people,
and in no to any adverse Influence
that It aver had on the health.
"If the wealthier sections of the com
munity do not now. In the city, permit
their children to exercise In the naked
feet, they familiarly dress them In san
dala and cotton sock a a custom which
haa little more than the virtue of cleanli
ness to recommend It.
WEIR!) LEGEND IGNORED
OIL MAfJNATE WIIO IWGHT
STANDARD FEARS NOT FATE.
Lord Cow dray Makes Home at Coon
try House Where Disaster Befell
Several Former Owners.
LONDON, Aug. !. (Special.) After
hla atruggle with the Standard Oil
trust. Sir Wetman Pearson, now Lord
Cowdray. haa been taking a holiday
with his wife. The tenanta In Dun
echt. Aberdeenshire, entertained them
at dinner on the occasion of their visit
to thla fine Scottish home, an unex
pected and felicitous piece of hospital
ity which greatly pleased Lord and
Lady Cowdray.
Lord Cowdray's title is taken from
the beautiful estate he purchased from
Lord Egremont. Cowdray originally
belonged to the families of Bohun and
Browne, and. like Dunecht, Cowdray Is
popularly supposed to have a mediaeval
curse resting upon It. Some monkish
prophecy appears to exist about the di
rect line of the Brownea and their
home-coming simultaneously to an end
"by water and by fire."
The uncanny state of affairs hap
pened In this way. Sir Anthony Browne
got Battle Abbey aa a gift from Henry
VII. Tbe new owner destroyed the
church and built himself a lordly dwelling-house
with the material a few
weeka after the abbot had been dispos
sessed; and It Is supposed that tha
abbot curaed the family for this act of
vandalism. Sir Anthony'a son preferred
Cowdray aa a residence. In due course
Battle Abbey was aold and it Is said
that the monkish curse followed the
family.
The Brownes suffered their double
disaster In September. 1793 the eighth
Viscount .Montagu waa drowned In the
Rhine and the splendid Tudor House at
Cowdray was destroyed by fire. The
estate passed to the Points family,
through the marriage of the Ill-fated
Viscount's only sister to W. Stephen
Points. Disaster by water soon over
took the new owners. The heir to the
estate and his brothers were drowned
at .the seaside In sight of their parents.
But the newly created Lord Cowdray,
backed by the moral support of Mexi
can oil-flelda and a huge Bhltlsh busi
ness, baa no use for legends or shonk
Ish spite, and smiles at the old-time
tale.
Fandom at Random
BILL 8TEEN pitched one of the finest
games of his career yesterday, and
deserved to win. but fate ruled otherwise.
Steen worked hard and waa steady
throughout. He walked but two men In
the whole game.
Jack Lively pitched some tine baseball
himself, and a fatal base on balls Issued
by him to the ever-dangerous Olemn In
the ninth !s what prevented him getting
a shotout game.
Fast fielding marked the game through
out, and many a ecnsattonal piece of
work by the players prevented the scor
ing of runs at critical moments In the
matinee.
Happy Bill Hogan had hardly been
nritched Into the third base position when
he made a great catch of a foul fly
against the grandstand, retiring Sheehsn
In the 11th chapter.
Maggsrt waxed exceedingly angry at
the rulings of Brother MeGreevy, and
came within an are of getting chased to
hold solace with Wolverton. "M.iggle" Is
hitting like a fiend and he thinks he
ought to get one every time up.
Tommv Sheehsn played a splendid game
about third base yesterday, for the little
chap speared all kinds of hard grounders
and captured foul flies with .the utmost
abandon. Tommy alxo hit the ball often,
but not safely.
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Buddy Ityan and Billy Speas were quite
active In the outer garden, for the two
fly chasers captured several, hard hit
balls Ishelled for several banes bad they
reached terra flrma in safety.
It la now up to Vean Gregg to win to
day's game for Portland and thereby give
the home guard the advantage of the
odd game of the series. Gregg seems to
have the sign on the Oaks, and they do
not appreciate McCredie'e idea In pitch
ing the southpaw when it la Tom Sea
ton'a turn.
Big Mac knows, his business, however,
and Intends to open the er!es with San
Francisco with Seaton. who has been
mom effective against the Seals this sea
son. Seaton la In line form lately, and
Portland may be fortunate enough to get
the Jump on the Mohlerltea.
FARMERS R0UJ BRIGANDS
Notorious Chieftain Candino Is Slain
Near Palermo.
MILAN. Aug. JO. (Special.) A band
of brigands who had descended the
mountains around Palermo on a big
cattle-raiding expedition waa intercept,
ed near Garonia by a atrong muster
of farmers. After two of the brigrands
had been killed, the rest scampered
away, leaving a trail of blood from a
third member of their party who had
been severely wounded.
Among the dead is tha notorious
chieftain Candino.
Conaul P. FTmeraon Taylor, ef Stavanser,
atstea that an EnaHah avntllrata has pur
chased a aarOlna-eaportlne plant at Haiise
ausd. on of the laraeat in that Norcian
diatrlct. It ts Installing naw machinery for
tha extensile manufacture of fish ball.
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The annual Northwest cricket tournament is to be played this year In Victoria, B. C, starling tomorrow.
As In the past four years, Portland will be well represented, and a team leaves for the Canadian city to
night so as to be on hand for the opening game, in which they are drawn to play against Kootenay.
Pressure of business is preventing Greaves. Neame and Gray, three of the best batsmen, and Bailey from
making the trip, but Captain Fenwick Is taking up with him several seasoned veterans, and some promis
ing younger players, who. It Is expected, will maintain tha honor of playing under the club's colors, and
bring back with them the coveted cup. W. G. Smith, who Is one of the team. Is In his best form thla year,
and heads the club's batting averages. Fenwick and Churchley have also made several respectable scores
In home matches, and from these three men most of the runs scored are expected. Copplnger, who Is also a
member of the team, la showing Improved form over last seaaon, both with the bat and ball, and should be of
material assistance. ' .
The teams taking part In the tournament this year are: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, ' Burrards, Koote
nay. three clubs in Victoria and a team from the garrison stationed there. On the way north a friendly game
will be p'ayed In Seattle. . , -r , t
The following Is the personnel of the team: E. T. Fenwick. captain; W. G. Smith. J. J. Churchley, J. C.
Cummlng, M. Copplnger, P. C. Browne, A. E. MacKenzie, 8. Hooke, A. Berrldge. J. Mallett, George Banham,
G. Shipley.
LAST RAGES OM SATURDAY
RIVERSIDE DRIVING CLUB TO
HOLD FINAL MATINEE.
Programme of ' Five Fnst Events
Promises Exciting Time as Pre
. HarTest Festival Affair.
The Riverside Driving Club will hoJd
Its last matinee race of the year next
Saturday. This race will be a sort of
curtain-raiser for the Harvest Fes
tival to be held a week later, and the
members are expecting, a record crowd.
The programme will open with a
match race between T. W. Murphy's
Sis Merldan and R. L. Evans Schelagh.
the horse winning the best three in
five heats.. Sis Merldan has a good
record, having won every race she has
entered this year. Schelagh is a new
horse on the track.
The second event will be a pacing
race between O. J. Brown's Georgia
Rose. L. W. Watts' Blue Jacket. D. C.
Anderson's C!co and Dr. Treve Jones'
Alexander Queen. Chico and Alexan
der Queen were not in the race at the
last matinee and with their rest this
undoubtedly will be an exciting race.
Event No. S will be a trotting race
between C. W. Flanders'- Guy OT-Jght.
T. R. Howltt's Dottle Dimple, J. P.
Porter's Ora May and C. W. Todd's
Clam Bake. The latter raced the first
time this year at the last matinee and
won a heat. The other horses have
each come under the wire first sev
eral times.
Event No. 4 will also be a trotting
race. Clayton Fallas .says he thinks
that his horse. The Jewell, can beat
C W. Flanders' Cantatrlce. H. M.
Tillman's Padishah. A. O. Hall's Alice
Jones and A. R. Hadley's Lena H.,
but this will be fought out next Sat
urday. Event No. S will be a trotting race
between M. J. Myer's Effa M., G. K.
Howltt's Sargo. C. A. Akisan's Planter
and H. T. Drennen's Lillian M.
The meet will wind up with a boys'
pony race. The boys are allowed to
enter this race free of charge and
prizes will be given.
IL O. Fargo will be the presiding
Judge. Women will be admitted free.
This will be the last race given In the
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NEWPORT Or Aug. 20. (Special.)' Tha above photograph shows Captain Frank Saltus and his little
launch, the Blue Bell, with a catch of deep--sea fish. amounting to 1500 pounds. The fish are rock cod, lynn
cod. kelp, red grouper and squswflsh..
The Blue Bell although a small craft, goes out to sea. In, all kinds of weather. She has made several
trips to Coos Bay and the Columbia River. At present Captain Saltus is engaged in supplying the New
port people with ocean fish, and such catches as the above, which he frequently makes, mark his success.
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city by tha club this year. Summary of
events:
Event No. 1. match race trotting, mile
heats, best three in five T. W. Murphy's
s. m.. Sis Merldan; R. L. Evans' b. m., Eche
laah. Event No. 2. pacing mile heats, beat two
In three O. J. Brown'e br. m.. Georgia
Moan; U W. Watts' g. g.. Blue Jacket;
D. C. Anderson's b. g.. Chlco: Dr. Treve
Jones' ro. m.. Alexander Queen.
Event No. 3. trotting mile heata. beat two
In three C. W. Flandara' b. g.. Guy O'Llght:
T. R. Howltt a b. m.. Dottle Dimple: J. P.
Portera blk. m., Ora May; C. W. Todd's ch.
g.. Clam Bake. .
Event No. 4. trotting mile heats, best two
In three Clayton Fallsa" a. m.. The Jewell;
C. W. Flanders' b. m.. Cantatrlce: . H. M.
Tlltman'a b. g.. I'adlahah: A. O. Hall's b. m.,
Alice Jonea: A. H. Hadley'a a m., Lena H.
Event No. 5. trotting mile heata. beat two
In three M. J. Jlyera' b. f., EfTa M.; O. K.
Howltt's b. g., fiargo: C. A. Akisan's b. g..
Planter; H. T. Drenen's a m.. Lillian M.
Boys' running race ponlea to be 14 handa
hlRh or under. All boys to be 15 years or
under.
AMERICAN MOTORBOAT VICTOR
Dixie II Finishes First In Interna
tional Races English Second.
LARCHMONT, N. T.. Aug. 30. The
champion American motor-boat Dixie II
finished first this afternoon in the inter
national races here. The Duke of West
minster's Pioneer waa disabled when she
seemed a sure winner and finished sec
ond. Both the other entries quit.
The Dixie's time for the three laps of
10 miles was 69 minutes 44 seconds. The
Pioneer's time was 1 hour 13 minutes
21 seoonds. She was out of the race 20
minutes with a blazing carbureter at a
time when she was gaining one minute
on the Dixie in every three miles.
It was a flat and lifeless sea. with only
the faintest of breexes on which the race
was made for the Harms worth trophy.
The British sent two hydroplanes, the
Pioneer and Zlgarella, Into the race. The
winner, owned by Vice-Commodore Fred
erick K. Burnham. present holder of the
trophy, waa the only defender of the cup.
Papke to Fight Four Men. -
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. At a conference
between Promoter Hugh Mcintosh, of
Australia, and Billy Papke, claimant
of the world's middleweight title, yes
terday, an agreement was drawn up
whereby Papke will meet four middle
weights In Australia during a perloj
covering not more than 20 weeks.
The four men are Dave Smith, Arthur
Crlpps, Edward Williams .and Lee
O'Donnell. all of whom are practically
unknown to AmTrlcana.
It was also agreed that none of the
fighters would weigh more than 165
pounds ringside.
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SIX PEAXS ARE SCALED
MAZAMAS TOP MOUNTAINS AD
JOINING THREE SISTERS.
Computations by Party Show Alti
tude of Middle Sister 10,240 and
South Sister 10,590.
ECGENE, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) A
Mazama expedition consisting of H. H.
Prouty, C. W. Whittlesey and Tom D.
Eliot left the main camp on August 13
to attempt the ascent of Broken Top arid
the Bachelor, two peaks belonging to the
same group as the Three Sisters. Broken
Top, lying south of the South Sister, and
with jagged, precipitous cliffs around the
summit, was scaled on August 14. The
next day the party climbed to the top
of the Bachelor. Mazama records were
placed on the summit of each peak.
Thus far the Mazama outing party has
scaled each of the Three Sisters, the Hus
band, Broken Top and the Bachelor, all
mountains containing fields of perpetual
snow. The topmost pinnacle of the
North Sister was made by H- H. Prouty,
the only one to succeed In climbing the
almost perpendicular precipice of rock.
It is believed to be the first time this
pinnacle has ever been climbed.
C. B. Aitchlson, after a series of care
ful computations, haa determined the
height of the Middle Sister to be 10,240
feet and the North Sister to 10.590 feet.
The South Sister has not been computed",
and Is considerably the highest peak of
the group.
Unnumbered thousands of gaudy
winged butterflies were observed about
the summits and on the southern slopes
of the Middle and South Slaters, and a
solitary chipmunk was startled out of a
crevice in the rocks but a few hundred
feet below the top of the Middle Sister.
Prune Dealer Protests Rate.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) H.
S. Gile, a leading prune dealer of Salem,
has filed a conplalnt with the State
Railroad Commission against certain
rates on the Southern Pacific. He de
clares that the rate on fruit and vege
tables for less than carload lots be
tween Portland and Albany is' 2& cents,
while the rate from Salem to Albany
on the same clas- of shipment Is 27
cents. He considers that the difference
Is unreasonable and has requested the
commission to take action.
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On Time Manager of Clever Black
Lightweight Declare He Was
Nearer 40 Years, Than 44,
Age Given In Records.
BY HAURT B. SMITH.
SAJJ FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Tha sporting element of' the
state haa been taking quite an Interest
In tbe political campaign and with Hi
ram Johnson nominated on the Repub
lican ticket, does not know Just where
It stands. Johnson and. In fact. Curry
and Anderson aa well, are on record aa
favoring appropriations for district
fairs. Thla will tend to boom tha har
ness horse game, although It will not
bolster np tha fast fading game of the
runners. Aa regards boxing, Johnson,
it Is believed, will be disposed to play
fair.
This Is what ha told a man who is
Interested In the sport:
"I have Just as much red blood In
my veins as the next man. I have a
son who is a member of the Olympic
Club and a boxer. I am a firm believ
er In boxing, but I think that It should
be regulated. I do not believe In each
matches as the Jeffries-Johnson affair.
That is going altogether too far, but
with reform and regulation, there la no
reason why boxing contests should not
prosper."
If Johnson wag correctly quoted, and
I have reason to believe that he was,
the boxing game in the state will not
altogether fade away.
Fight Suggested for Golden Gate.
When word came from New York
that the acting Mayor had refused to
allow the 10-round bout between Al
Kaufman and Bill Lang, it was sug
gested to Louis Blot, who will hold the
September date, that he might sign up
these two chaps for San Francisco.
"I am afraid that It would not be
good policy," replied Blot. "In the first
place, I think that we will have to
steer clear of the heavyweights for a
time and In addition to that, I do not
think it would look well to take up a
match that has been barred out of New
York. I have in mind a 13-round match
between Abe Attell and Lew Powell
and believe that it will draw well Sat
urday afternoon, September 10."
Which shows that even in California
we are becoming decidedly conserva
tive. Vans Near 40, Says Sellg.
Some Interesting information in re
gard to Joe Gans was given out this
week by Benny Sellg, who for some
time acted as manager of the light
weight champion. First of all, Sellg
says that Gans, Instead of being 24
years old. aa the record books say, was
nearer 40. Benny relates that some
two' years ago, Gans happened to talk
about his age and remarked that he was
32. Sellg anlffed Incredulously.
"I know what I'm talking about." re
plied Gans, "because the book, at home
says I was born in 1870."
Which would make Gans 40 years of
age. Doubtless he was.
Sellg then went on to tell of the
early history of the black.
"Gans never wanted to fake a fight,
said Benny. "He was usually forced
Into allowing a man to stay. For in
stance, he would be all ready for a
fight and when he would get Into the
ring, his manager would say that ao-and-so
was to be allowed to stay so
many rounds. Joe would protest, but
would be told that the money was bet
that way. I don't know whether there
was any arrangement In the fight with
Jimmy Brttt. because I was not man
ager, but I do know that Gans only re
ceived $5000 for his end, where he
should have had 150,000."
In regard to the estate that Gans la
said to have left, Sellg Is authority for
the statement that his property in Bal
timore waa heavily mortgaged and that
when matters are cleaned up, he"does
not believe there will be more than
$5000 left for the family. At the same
time, I notice that Mrs. Joe Gans haa
issued a statement in which she says
that It was the express wish of her
husband that no benefits be arranged
for either himself while he waa alive
or his family. She also says that she
has sufficient to keep her.
Mcintosh Making Har-
Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian pro
moter. Is making hay while the sun
shines. He haa recently arranged for
Billy Papke to go to Australia for four
matches, and this week he wrote to
San Francisco, making a proposition
for Abe Attell to go to Kangaroo land.
He has four matches In sight for At
tell. two of them being with Frank
Thorn, who holds the lightweight title
In Australia and Boer TJnholz. In eacn
instance Attell would have to give
away soma weight.
Considering the present unstable con.
dlflon of the boxing game In the United
States. It Is quite within the range of
possibilities that the California man
will accept.
Fight Pictures Shown.
Moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight were displayed last Sunday
night at a banquet given by the Indoor
Tacht Club, a freak organization, of
which .Jimmy Coffroth is the moving
spirit. Tex Rlckard, when he came
North from Los Angeles, brought a set
of the films with him, and it was
through his courtesy that they were
shown.
Allowing for conditions which made
it impossible to show the pictures to
the best advantage. It can be said that
the films are' only fair, and will not
call forth much enthusiasm. In the
first place," with Johnson, a black man,
boxing a white man so swarthy as
Jeffries, neither t boxer would be
brought Into relief. Secondly, there was
little about the fight which would call
forth enthusiasm. It was a eaae of one
man wearing down the other, so there
was nothing brill Laitt and no punches
that stand out by themselves.
No move has been made as yet to dis
play the pictures in San Francisco. It
has been Intimated that steps might be
taken in the courts to prevent inter
ference by the Mayor, but this has not
been donfe up to the present writing.
CHOLERA BLASTS RUSSIA
Latest Epidemic in Southwestern
Section Results in 4000 Deaths.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. (Special.)
Not les than 4000 cholera deaths have
occurred In the latest epidemic In the Don
LONDON SEASON IS DULL
Mourning for Edward DeprivtJ So
ciety of Much Pleasure.
LONDON. Aug. 20. (Special.).
Cowes regatta has uttered the last
word of the London season and the
general feeling in society is one of
relief. The retrospect is melancholy
with disaster and disappointment. The
depression due to King Edward's death
has been as persistent as the rain,
which marred nearly every outdoor
function.
With Dorchester House closed to
formal entertaining. Americans in Lon
don, who by right of position gravitate
to the Whltelaw Reid set, found them
selves more or less at a loose end.
Storekeepera and hotel-keepers have
recouped themselves somewhat by
means of the record number of Ameri
cans present in the metropolis from
June to August, and feel duly grate
ful to their Transatlantic clients.
The only successful outdoor event
on a big scale waa the Duchess of
Sutherland's garden party. Dull"
weather deprived the meeting of the
Four-in-hand club at Hyde Park of
much of its public interest. The onlj-Angrlo-American
of note present was
Cora, Countess of Strafford. She ac
companied Major-General Sir Ewart,
who drove four powerful chestnuts.
The Duchess of Sutherland's garden
party, combined with the weddings of
Lord Maidstone and Miss Drexel. Lord
Acheson and Miss Mildred Carter, and
Montagu Eliot and Miss Helen Port,
provided the purple social patches of
the season. The Dublin Horse Show
on August 23, to be attended by Lord
and Lady Aberdeen, gives society a
chance for a last rally. But keen
sports are not likely to be drawn away
in any large numbers from the Scot
tish and Yorkshire moors.
WINANS HASBIG CONTRACT
American Objects to Baggage in
Railroad Car Racks. '
LONDON, Aug. . (Special.) Ameri
can holiday-makers in Europe are at
present sharing the spacious time of idle
ness with large numbers of Britishers
with whom August is a favorite vacation
period.
Travelers on the railroads often need
to provide themselves with a specially
sweet temper for their Journeys. Bag
gagemasters are unknown in Britain,
where the checking system is not in
operation. Consequently, It ' is usual to
find overhead racks in railway cars plied
with heavy grips.
This custom Is particularly obnoxious
to Walter Wlnans, of Surrenden Park,
Kent, the famous American horse breeder.
"I absolutely refuse to let anyone put
any object heavier than a railway rug
either above me or opposite me," he says.
As Walter Wlnans Is a cosmopolitan,
equally at home In all European coun
tries, he takes on a big proposition in
the wsy of possible disputes with fellow
travelers. He could argue with advan
tage, too, If need be. for he ts also the
Wlnans of revolver fame, the winner of
an international shooting competition in
Paris, when he lodged 11 bullets in a
"man" target out of a possible 120.
Among Americans who have rubbed
shoulders with crowds of holiday-making
Britons are John R. Sayler. Cincinnati;
Miller Outcalt, Cincinnati: H. C. Hack
ney and wife, Chicago; George Steven-"
son. Philadelphia; Charles Warren, De
troit: J. A. Gregg, St. Paul, Minn.: A. E.
Lawrence, Boston, and B. D. Odell, New
burg, N. J.
BLACKMORE IS BELIEVED
Devonshire ' People Have Faith i.i
Reality of Lorna Doone.
LONDON, Aug. 20. (Special.) Dev
onshire people who believe as an ar
ticle or their creed that once upon a
time Jan Rldd and Lorna Doone really
lived, have become disgruntled. Sir
Edward Fry, at a meeting of the Som
erset Archaeological Society, has tried
to disprove the Doone legend, a species
of blasphemy to admirers of Black
nJore's masterpieces.
The titled sceptic, while admitting
the probability of the story, maintained
that while old writers referred to the
traditions of other bandits, no writer
mentioned any Doone tradition. Sir
Edward Fry specifically gave it aa
his opinion that no piece of historical
evidence has ever been produced to
show that the band existed, though
their long-continued misdeeds were of
a nature to produce a whole library of
cheap books such as formed the read
ing of country people In the 17th and
18th centuries.
Notwithstanding these learned con
tentions, Devonshire people stubbornly
refused to relinquish their belief in
these heroes of popular imagination,
haunting the wilds of Exmoor, who
seem more than real to the minds of
natives and tourists.
ARCTIC DOGS COLLECTED
Fine Assortment Gathered for New
Polar Expedition.
CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 20. (Special.)
With Captain Roald Amundsen, the
leader of the latest Arctic expedition,
have gone the finest assortment of
Arctic dogs ever collected for such a
trip.
A hundred and two were sent from
North Greenland to Norway, and 99 of
them reached Chrlstlansand in fine
form. There they were fed for a month
on horse flesh to fit them for a long
Arctic trip preparatory to boarding the
famous Fram. On the sea trip the diet
will be changed to dried fish and the
dogs will be quartered under a spe
cial awing to protect them from the
sun. These precautions will insure a
better physical condition than would
have been possible had the dogs re
mained in Greenland through the Sum
mer. They were selected by Inspector Dan
gaard, of North Greenland, and Captain
Amundsen declares they are the best
lot he has' ever had at his disposal.
Farmer Takes Trip In Air.
BUFFALO, Aug. 20.(SpecIal.) Hen
ry Schultz, a farmer living on the Nash
road. In Tonawanda, Niagara County,
had an experience in aviation, when a
small tornado struck the load of hay
on which he was seated, driving to
market, and lifted the hay and farmer
from the wagon high into the air and
then deposited Schultz, still on top of
the hay. several hundred feet distant
from the wagon.