Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04


-chappios; the Theodore Durrant muir /
der case, aud the Observation-Disclosures
fight on Tuesday night. have furnished |
fruitful topics for the gossips the past
week.
Durrant's chances of escaping the gal
lows seem to grow simmer every day
as one after another the technical
legal props are pulled from under
him. Every point Of law In which he
has appealed to the state supreme
court has been returned with an adj
verse decision and now It is doubtful
II he can ever again secure a footing
upon which to perfect another appeal.
The so-called boxing exhibition and
physical culture entertainment, but
more commonly known as prize fight.
in which .Messrs. Choynsk and
Jeffries participated by pounding and
bruising one another In true brute
fashion. came off as scheduled and
was probably one of the best ATTENDED
performances of this kind held in San
Francisco for some months. Old and
young alike took an interest in the
outcome of the contest. perhaps owing
more to Choynskfs popularity than to
anything else Judging from the many
thousands of dollars that passed into
the pool boxes the popularity Of both
men is pretty well established. The
battle lasted for twenty rounds and
was decided a draw, which decision
seems to have given general satisfac-
ton to all parties concerned. 1t was Il
contest of science over brute strength
and as neither had any decided ad-
vantage. the referee could not do other
wise than decide 1t as he did.
A, Sightseers and visitors at the Chutes
last Sunday, and some attended for
no other purpose, witnessed one of the
greatest frauds that was ever offered
to curious public. Exhibition mar
riages at county fairs and such places
are not uncommon occurrences. and
the principals are generally excusablc
for the publicity attached thereto, as
II often means start in life for some
of them; but when couple become
go mercenary as to enter II lions cage
with the Wild beasts as witnesses. to
have the wedding knot tied, and open
ly exhibit themselves to the curious
4 gaze of u pack of hungry curiosity
seekers for few paltry dollars. 1t is
time some one stepped in and put n
stop to the foolish and outrageous ac
ton. This event had been advertised
as a drawing card and great prepara-
l.. a n. 90. ,rtII
scene. The principals, two old broken
down variety performers who had long
since lost their personal dignity and
self-respect, had been rehearsed time
and again. and the minister had been
secured to tie the knot; but at the last
minute the worthy gentleman de-
cided he did not care for the
notoriety accompanying the task
and therefore failed to put in an APP
peanarce. To prevent disappolnt-
ment for the crowd u marriage by
contract was finally arranged and a
prize-fighter selected to read the cere-
mony. which was carried out. The
secretary for the society for the sup
preston of vice attempted TO stop tho
proceedings but was hooted and Missed
at and finally withdrew. The whole
thing was a farce and n humbug, but
1t has been said the American public
likes fakes and humbugs and in thi!
respect 1t was accommodated
Speaking of freaks and dime mu
scum fakes one was recalled to MINI
in the death of Il woman in this city
H. g,
in life as candidate for the fat woman
honors, but to all offers to appear II
public she turned II deaf ear. He
name was Teresa Serdoz; and reali2
ing that her enormous weight was
curse. she kept very much indoors
During the last ten years she has beel
steadily taking ON flesh until at tn
age of 40, when she died, she weighed
$50 pounds. II was necessary to MAX
special coffin in which to bury he
remains and 1t required the comhinet
strength of ten men to act as pal
bearers.
There has been n great deal of un
easinoss among the cigar dealers sine
the nickel-in-slot machines wer
tabood, as the new order suppressin
this gambling device has marked de
cided decrease in the business re
cigar dealers agreed to stand by on
another and refuse to obey the orde
to remove the machines from the
counters. 1t was their intention
allow q couple of arrests to follow s
that n test case could be made, SUI
enough this followed and now the clga
dealers are collecting subscription
toward a fund to fight the cases in III
courts About $4,000 has already bee
collected and bitter fight is promise
before the matter Is finally settled.
Such n thing as n soldier slecpln
on the march ana n horseback ride
sleeping in the saddle while the stce
was going at n rapid pace have bee
established beyond u doubt; but II +,
manned for University Calllornl
football player TO perform fei
equally as hard If not harder ana niue
more improbable, though II Is vouch6
for by tine entire eleven. While PLAY
ing at Reno, Nevada, on Thanksgl'
ing day, Nat Gulgerson of the U.
second eleven received a jar on II
head, from the effects OF which he WEI
into a trance and he aid not avail
until I'VE hours after the game Ia
been won What makes the case
remarkable Is the fact that while NJ
der the influence Of this suell !
played all through the game and mac
some very brilliant plays at critic
moments during its progress. III,
hours after the game was over and
had taken bath and dressed h,msel