St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-23

than fifteen minutes made his promise
COED. Anne Livingstone, as the stage
still knows her, entered the hotel par
lor still attired as she had left
the train, she having arrived but few
moments before from Milwaukee, with
the company. One glance was sufficient
to convince the visitor that, despite her
varied experiences of the past five
years, she was the same handsome.
charming Anne Living stone who at the
age of fifteen created furore by her
graceful dancing and clever burlesque
work at the Boston Athen8um. Her
eyes are just as blue and fully as mis-
chievouS as they were then, her form
more fully matured but no less graceful
than on the day when John L. Sullivan
threw his plug hat on the ground,
jumped ON it a couple of times, and
swore by the arena that he would win
that woman or never fight another fight.
''I'm glad you came to see me-" she
said, removing her hat and cloak.
There is one favor | particularly want
will say nothing but what l tell you.
The Eastern papers have printed
perfectly awful stories about John and
myself, and there has not been the
slightest foundation for 80 per cent of
them. l like this part of the country
very much, and if | could afford to re-
main idle. L believe [ should try and in
duce my husband to move out here.''
"How long ago is it since you saw
John?"
"Oh, about two weeks. He is playing
with the True Hearts and Willing
Hands company. The part he has
suits him. The plot of the play is, you
know, that an old farmer has lavished
al fin ,nnpau ba oOnld ,nal-a o,,t IF tho
homestead to educate one of his sons to
be a barrister. The other son, that's
John, stays OIL the farm and works hard
The educated one goes to the bad, and
it is in thwarting his villiany and that
OF his gang of frierds that John shines.
He's making a great hit, and there's
more money in it than there is in fight
ing"
''Do you think Sullivan will ever meet
Jackson, the Australian"
Never in the world. He said when
he first went into the prize ring that he
would never fight a colored man, and |
don't think he ever will. All the sto-
ries printed IN which he has been said
to have agreed to terms are lies, to my
certain knowledge"
John hasn't many more years to
fight in, has he?" queried the visitor.
Not many. For five years to come
though, he will be just as good man
as he ever he was, and able to fight the
battle of lifetime.
What do you think Jackson's
chances would be in an encounter with
Suliivanw
Think? Well, 1 may be prejudiced,
of course, but L think he wouldn't be
in it."
''Were you present at the fight at
Chantilly between John and Mitchell?'
No. went as far as Dover with Mr..
and Mrs. Magnus and stayed there with
the latter until the fight was over''
What did John say about his failure
to knock Mitchell out?'
'Oh, he didn't say much, but know
he felt awfully cut up about it. 1t was
an iInpossibility to knock out a Tricky
fighter like Mitchell in twenty-four-
foot ring with the floor ankle deep in
| mire. Mitchell is coward. He de-
serted his friend Jake Kilrain when he
| saw Jake was whipped, and sportSmen in
| England know him for just what he is
worth. l met him often while | was over
there in England. Bat Mullins, Prof.
Donnelly and number of English pugil-
lists were presented to me. | met the
| Prince of Wales and a number of gen.
tlemen lovers of square sport of the
! higher circles of English society, and
they were very kind to us. In fact [
may say that if the president of the
states and his wife had been there
i'll our places they could not have been
more magnifcently treated. The En-
| glish pugilist, though, has no such eX-
ternal evidences of pride in his profess
sion as has he Of America. Here the
professional fighter looks like gentle
man, and often is one. There he looks
| a tOuph and is a tOu0h III the mam
berS of the 'perfeSh' whom / met
| checkered shirts and viSOred caps, and
big thick boots with nails in them. Now,
you take Jack Ashton, Jack Dempsey,
Jack McAuliffe and all the best-known
American fighters why, they look the
least OF anything in the world like
prize fighters. Mr.. Dempsey is one of
the most thorough gentlemen I ever
met, and was terribly sorry about his
accident in the fight with La Blanche.
While 1 was in England I got to be
great friends with Lady Dunlo. She
was playing at the Oxford, Pavilion
and Alhambra. Belle is a splendid
woman and clever actress. She
offered me good position when she
was at the Gaiety, but couldn't stay in
England"
"What is Mr.. Sullivan's financial
condition just nOw?'
"Why, don't inquire very closely
into the matter, but he must have good
deal of money. You know Johns
father died two weeks ago, and was
buried week ago last Wednesday. He
was splendid old man, intensely re-
ligiouS and a thorough lrishman. He