Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-10
Returned to His Bowl
Champion Sullivan Celebrates
His Victory.
AND LOSES NO TIME ABOUT 1T.

Els Contempt for Fox's og-Coilar''-A
Doctors Grave Judgment on kiirain's
Condition-Sensational Rumors About
Him-A Report That He Was n Sick
Man Before the Fight-Lowery sthi
Singing Ink-Jem Smith Wants Trial.
New ORLEANS, July 10.-Sullivan, Null
doom and Cleary are still at their old quar-
ters ON Rampprt street Sullivan and Cleary
drove TO the Spanish fort late yesterday
| a ternoon, and while returning stopped at
friends on Esplanade street, and Sullivan
drank quite freely At $50 in the evening
Sullivan was presented at the Gymnastic
c,nb with n horse shoe of flowers, and made
a very brief speech of thanks. He reached
his rooms at 9:45, very much under the infiu-
ence of liquor. Four policemen stood out
side to see that he did not do any damage.
Sullivan says he will not accept Fox's belt,
either for his bulldog or himself, feeling
that it is not necessary in establishing the
fact that he is the champion pugilist.
Conspiracy at the Ring.
Ii is learned on absolute authority that
Sulhvan's gentle treatment of Kilrain was
due To an intimation conveyed to his (Sulli-
vah's) hackers that in the event of his killing
kihain there was a portion of the crowd de-
termined that he should not leave the ring
alive. These men were not particularly adj
herents of Jake, but were determined that il
| one man was killed the other shonld be, and
Sullivan was advised To beat kilraln by
wearing him out, rather than knocking him
| out, and To throw up the sponge if he couldn't
beat him except by killing him. His hackers
say that he could have settled him in twenty
rounds had be been so disposed.
Jake l. Badly Used Up.
1t will be Il long time before kilrain is the
same man physically that he was at sunrise
| Monday morning The muscles of his breast
as we'll as of his heart are badly hurt, and q
| prominent physician here says he will have
| stitches in his side whenever he takes an un
usually full breath for years TO come. Xii
rains left ear is swollen to nearly three times
its natural size, the right eye is badly
swollen, and there is nasty cut on the up
per lip that gives to that member an un-
| pleasant protruding appearance.
Queer Rumors About Jake.
There are queer rumors about kilrain
| After arriving at the club house Monday
nj ght he vomited a greenish substance, sons
| of which has been kept for analysis. 1t i
| learned that for some time previous to thu
fight he had been taking medicine for som,
ailment DIR. Dougherty, of Philadelphia
was treating him. The doctor says it wa
| for a "boil.r Some of the members of tn
| club say that if they had known this the
would never have invited kilrain to be thei
guest
Mitchell Said to Have Known.
Mike Donovan says he knew nothing
| about it previous to the fight. There seem
no doubt that Mitchell knew it. Professo
| Robinson. trainer at the Southern Athleti
club, who saw the fight alleges that it was
hippodrome He says Sullivan could hav
ended the fight at any time. The men SCENE
TO have an understanding While all agre
that Kilrain was in no condition to fight, fey
agree with Professor Robinson's view. hi
rain was treated rather coolly at the clu
yesterday morning.
| Nothing the Matter with John.
| Outside Of a little redness of the skin Sull
vans cast iron chest shows not the slightes
trace of Kilrain's blows, and his only mark
| of punishment are a confused and swolle
ear and cut over the eye
Lowery ProcIamates Again.
1t is not known when the men will leay
here, but they will probably go soon, 9
Governor Lowery, of Mississippi yesterda
morning issued a proclamation, and state
that he will extradite all the participants il
the fight, and especially Sullivan and kilrai
and their seconds
They Want Some More Fight
New ORLEANS, July l0.-Mitchell says
will challenge Sullivan to a fight, and Ri
rain also states that he would within
month challenge Sullivan to another fight
Jem Smith Challenges Sullivan.
LONDON, June 10-Jem Smith has cha
lensed Sullivan to fight i'll Europe for 81 OK