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Show QGDENITE MAY i GO OVER FULLS Bumblebee Davis. Local Pugilist, Pu-gilist, Sa0s He Is Going to Drop Over Niagara Walter E. "Bumblebee' Da Is. for-' p i ogden pugilist. In i b tter to P. D. White. 209 Twenty -fifth street, has ur.nouncod his intention of going ovcri Niagara Falls In a specially constructed construct-ed steel barrel He will make the1 trip August 15 or 17, according to his letter. In his letter. Davis enclosed a letter from M. M. Thompson, mayor of Niagara Ni-agara Falls city. The mayor- apparently appar-ently was not in favor of the plan und aid that the superintendent of police v. ould stop any persons from going OVei the falls from a point within their Jurisdiction Davis asked that in event he is i.uieu in i no iiiieiiipi, wiai vir vynilO 1 deliver the letter from tho mayor to his mother, who resides at 2233 Jcf-i Jcf-i fei son avenue. Davis stated that he had quit his Job so that he could assist ill the con-Structlon con-Structlon of the barrel. The barrel is Seven and a half feet long and is made of heavy iron plate. Kims, projecting project-ing four Inches, will encircle the barrel bar-rel every half foot Two sixty-pound weights, for the purpose of ballasting; ballast-ing; the barrel in Its fall, will be attached at-tached to the bottom of the tank, and I springs hav e been arranged on the bottom of the barrel, which are SX-i SX-i peeled to act as shock absorbers. Inside the barrel 'i hammock will' I be stretched and the ends of the ham-, ham-, mock will be attached to springs. The ends and iiles will be carefullv padded. pad-ded. Davis expresses confidence that he will come through the ordeal successfully. |