Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-05
NEW ORLEANS, March 2 2.-Fitzsimmons

red in one club the same night. Frank
 Slavin and Felix Vaequelln, Charley
 Mitchell and Arthur Upham, and Peter | Maher, champion Of Ireland and, Robert
 FitZsimmons middle weight champion
 of the world, were the attractions. Prof.
 John Duffy was selected referee, there
 were fully 5000 people present.
 Fltzsimmons weighed 165 pounds,
 Maher IFS, time was called at 9:l5 and ] the first round was terrible one. FItz-
 simmons began by hitting Maher in the
 eye and following it with left jab on
 the nose and then knocking Maher
 down with right on the jaw. Fitz-
 simmons got in several more left hand
 jabs but was knocked down by Maher
 as time was called. Both men were car
 ried to their corners.
 Maher bleeding badly.
 Second. Fitzsimmous pad no at
 tention to Maher's bloody mouth, but
 poked ID his long left several times.
 Maher got in couple of heavy blows
 and Fitzsimmons avoided more by run
 ming away.
 Third. Fitzsimmons stuck to MaheI s
 nose and mouth and got but one blow
 In return. Maher was staggering as the
 round closed.
 Fourth. FitzsImmons kept aiming for the Irishman's nose and mouth.
 Maher landed heavily with right and left,
 but FItzs mmons had much the best of
 1t. Maher was looking like a badly
 used up man.
 Maher staggered Fitzsimmons with
 left on the jaw. When time was called i FItzsimmons was groggy.
 Sixth. Maher Gppercut Fitzsimmons l couple of times. FItzslmmons put his right heavily on Maher's jaw and
 got one equally as hard on his own jaw. Seventh. FitZsimmons devoted
 little time to Mdher's stomach and put
 ln a heavy punch.
 Eighth. FItzsimmons kept away from Maher's blows aud repeatedly sent
 left into Mahers mouth heavily knock ing him down. Maher was very weak. Ninth. FItzsimmons played with Nah CT and looked like he was sure winner. Tenth. Maher got in couple of punches while Fitzsimmons got in on his sore mouth repeatedly.
 Eleventh. The Australian hit the lrishman champion repeatedly on the jaw and mouth.
 Twelfth. Fitz opens the battle by shooting left into hIs opponents mouth, causing 1t agaln to bleed profusely. F1tzslmmOns now took his time and oc- cassionally sending Maher's head back with heavy left on his sore mouth and avoiding punishment himself by slip- ping away. Maher played groggy to draw FItzsimmons on but later was cautious and only striking vixen he could hit that sore mouth. Maher stag gered and went to the corner and gave up the battle. Fitzslmmons offered flask to hls opponent and took pull at It himself, then shook hands with Maher and congratulated him on hls game fight. FltzSimmOns received deafening cheers and all agreeing it was a good and fair fight; the spectators seemed to think that considering the superior science and generalship of. the ACstra- Han the best thing Maher could do was to give up when he did.
 MINNEAPOLIS, March 3.--A special from Winnipeg says: ''The organ of Manitoba government here published the startling statement that a bargain has been made between the Roman Catholic church and the Conservative government at Ottawa, by which the church pledged itself to give the con- servatives the entire Catholic vote on condition that Abbot, the present do- mlnIon premier, retired in the near fu- ture, and be succeeded by Sir John Thompson, who IS a Roman Catholic; | another that ln the event of the privy | council of England declaring the act re- | gently passed by ths Manitoba govern | ernment abolishing Catholic separate | schools valid, the Dominion government i will promptly pass remedial legislation, annulling the act.
 WASHINGTON, March Publications are that Senator Hills trip to the south l will assume far greater proportions than originally supposed by It's promoters. Invitations from all parts of the south have been coming in thick and fast and the senator IS considerably embarrassed In his desire to respond fayorably to them all. He said to an associated press reporter this evening that he would like to visit all points, but does not see how he can. He is engaged to address the Mississippi legislature on the 18th, and to speak on St. Patrick's day at Savannah, Georgia. Hills south- ern friends in congress believe he will change his program to include stops at all the larger cities and his southern trip be made series of political ova- tions.
 SANTA, FE, N. M., March 3.-The ad- lourned session of the United States court of private land claims was opened d at the federal building at II o'clock Tuesday morning. Chief Justice J. R. Reed and Justice l.. o. Fuller and w. w. Murray, Justice W. F. Stone, from Colorado, and Justice H. c. Sluss, from Kansas, and also United States Attorney M. G. Reynolds, from St. Louis.
 "l have just recovered from a second attack of the grippe this year" says Mir. Jas. O. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia Texas: "In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, only being in bed little over two days, against ten days for the first attack The second attack I am satisfied would nave been equally as pad as the first put for the use of this remedy, as I had 70 go to bed in about six hours after being struck with it, while in the first ,ase l was able to attend to business" lbout two days before getting down." 'O cent bottles for sale by Fred Fleish- nan.
 LINCOLN, Neb., March Ex-Governor { Boyd has removed R. R. Greer, com missioner general and Samuel Brass, ( Worlds Fair commissioners, and ape 'ointed Joseph Gardiner, of Omaha, commissioners general, and MF. Weiss. f Hebron, to succeed Brass. The men I emoved were appointed by Governor rhayer. (