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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-18

beginning Corbett'S superiority as a
boxer in his inferiority in strength. Up
to the fourteenth round Corbett deliv-
cred three blows to one received His
upper-cuts were lightning, his ducks
and lodges were marvel of grace and
skill, and his easy avoidance of Fitz'
| tremendous side and overland swinging
| strokes evoked shout after shout of adj
miration.
! During the first few rounds Corbett
was the ideal scientific pugilist. He let
F'itz do most of the leading, and did not
fail to land many clever jolts, jabs and
punches upon such portions of the Aus
tralian's anatomy as remained0or few
seconds unprotected His arms and
legs We're in constant motion. He was
never for a second in the same spot.
Every muscle and fiber seemed to dance
and throb like the bubbling of water.
| Fitz, on his part, exhibited not a little
| science. Continually on the offensive,
/ he got in a number of unavoidable
blows, and tented and rushed viciously
Many of his round, wild swings were
clearly laden with disaster of the direst
sort but fortunately for Corbett never
arrived at port.
| CorDett wore for the first half dozen
rounds an aggravating, smiling, calm,
while the lip and teeth of Fitzsimmons
preserved a determined fixity, relieved
by an occasional saucy grin at the feint-
| ing of Corbett's blows.
Up to the sixth round the advantage
was decidedly Corbett's. Here the
men INDUCED in few moments OF
| wrestling, at the conclusion of which
| Fitz, apparently tired, rested on one
knee until nine was counted. Boxing
was then resumed, and F'itz received
severe blow on the nose which caused
the blood to flow freely.
From this point to the end of the
contest Fitzsimmons' face was at times
more or less bloody. Corbett continued
| to aim at the same wounded feature
with considerable success. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY his intention and the hope of his
| friends that in the event of long-con-
| tinued contest the blood would coagu-
late in the nostrils of F'itzsimmons and
greatly impede respiration. Again and
again he jabbed, and with success, at
Fitzsimmons' face, varying the attacks
| with lunges with his left for the stom-
ach.
II Was the ITeely eApTeSSeu oplllloii VI
many that Corbett's blows lacked the
| tremendous power plainly put into
| those of his opponent. He seemed de-
| ferring attempts at a knockout.
In the tenth and eleventh rounds
FitZsimmons, although bleeding freely
and in a most unsightly condition, was
| apparently as strong as at the begin
ming, and got in half a dozen telling
| blows. Corbett delivered more than
equal number, but with less force, and
at the end of the ELEVENTH was de-
clared to have had a little the worst
| of it,
| When the end came suddenly in the
| fourteenth round it was a surprise TO
all, as just previous to the knockout
both men were strong and fighting
bravely.
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be no punching at such times. l was
correct.
1T looked for the first five rounds as
1t was Corbett's fight. He had FitZ-
monns wobbling in the fourth and fifth
and in the fifth l was forced for the
first time to go between the men to
make FitZsimmons break away. After
that it appeared to me that Corbetts
blows were not SO effective as before
and Fitzsimmons seemed to be getting
stronger all the time. Barring knock
out by FitZsimmons, l considered the
only show Corbett had was to punch
and worry him by degrees-follow him
up until he was dead. But the knock
out blow came. 1t was one of the clean
est lights that ever took place for the
championship
In criticising the fight Muldoon, the
veteran wrestler, said 1T was the
prettiest and best fight that ever oc-
Cured between big men. Corbett had
plenty Of steam in his blows, but could
not reach vulnerable part of Fitzsim-
mons anatomy. He had Bob nearly
out IN the fifth round, and should have
finished his man then, but he was not
quick enough or fresh enough. My for
mer criticism of Corbett's training
methods still hold good He practiced
boxing with slow, poor boxers, while
f1tzslmmons had the cleverest men to
be obtained. Corbett is a beautiful
boxer. but Fitzsmmons is a great
hghter. He is the best man of the
two"
CORBETT ALI, RIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17-Pom-
radour Jim Corbett, vanouished but
hopeful of having another chance al
the Cornishman, arrived in this CITY
al 9:oU O'Clock tonight, after a fyine
Journey from the scene of his defeat
lie left the prizefght city at 2:33 p. M
ana came right through without a
stop. He was met at the ferry by q
large crowd of people. AS he stepped
from the gangplank it was noticed thai
he was detected and seemed moody and
morose. The only outward sign that
he had been in fight however. was
the swollen condition of his left cheek
and temple.
he did not say much of his defeat
except that it was a chance blow which
deprived him Of the championship. and
that ne had FitZ going when the ter
mole dow was struck He wanted il
positively stated that he was conscious
at all times, and that the intense pain
caused by the blow drove everything
else out of his mind. He says that he
VIII force FitZsimmons to fight again
and intimated that he would follow the
champion from town to town to bring
about another battle
jim was very anxious to know how
the news of his defeat was received in
TINS city, and seemed pleased when he
heard that the majority of the people
were sorry for him.
i will get another chance some day
said he, land then l will win"
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OTHER CONTESTS.
Hawkins Whips Flaherty and Green
BeStS Smith.

CARSON, March 1.-THE Flaherty-
Hawkins fight, the first of the two min
or contests, was set for 3 o'clock, but it
was before the men entered the ring.
At that time there were about 800
people present. Both men weighed ex-
actly Us pounds. The fight was soon
over. There was one exchange of blows.
a clinch and a Knockout, Flaherty go
ing down as if he had been shot 1t
was all over in one minute and forty
seconds. The official timekeeper gave
the time as four seconds, but in his
excitement he knocked off a minute.
At the call of time Hawkins lost no
time in going at his man He swung
his left hard on F'laherty's jaw. and
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-18
GREEN SMITH FIGHT.

L
Round 1.-The men clinched imme-
diately and Smith commenced his work
on Green's ribs On the breakaway
Green punched Smith in the stomach
There was another clinch, and both got
in blows on the body
Round 2. Smith swung his right in
effectually and clinched. Green iabbed
him in the mouth with his left, causing
Smiths mouth to bleed.
Round ). Green played alternately
with his left for Smiths nose and stom-
ach, landing nearly every time In a
wrestle Green was thrown and re-
NAMED down three seconds. AS the
round closed Green got in two more
jabs with his left
Round 4. Smith rushed at Green, and
the usual embrace followed. Green got
in a left on the stomach and a right
swing on the ribs. Smith gave Green
a hot one in the ribs.
Round D was like all the rest, a sue
cession of clinches and jabs by Green.
Round q. Smith went to the floor as
the result of left-hand punch in the
face. Smith seemed very tired and
hung onto Green as long as he could in
the clinches. AS the round closed he
landed on Green's jaw, but did no dam
age.
Round Z. Smith rushed matters a bit.
but was Intellectual until the end of
the round, when he sent Green's head
back with a right swing on the mouth
Round Sin a Wrestle Smith was
thrown, and Green upper-cut him on
the nose. Green then tried for a
honckout with his right, but missed.
Round 9-Green played constantly for
the stomach, but Smith managed to
block him every time.
In the tenth round Green had it
nearly all his own way, landing a sue
cessiOn of left-hand blows on the body
that nearly deanoralized Smith, who
appealed frequently to the referee for
protection.
Round 11-Green wanted to end the
affair, and rushed Smith against the
ropes. Smith got in his right twice on
Green's neck, and was in return jabbed
in the stomach. Smith was very tired,
and when the bell rang and he had
gone to his corner his seconds threw up
the sponge, and the fight was given to
Green.
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the latter countered on the body. Then
they clinched, hanging onto each other
for few seconds. After the break
away Hawkins landed a right swing on
Flahertys jaw, and followed the same
instant with left swing an the same
place. Flaherty fell over backwards
his head striking the floor with great
force. He lay perfectly still, and was
counted out. Then his seconds carried
him from the ring
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Chi1dren's Footwear

is hardly necessary for Us at this timeto go into
details of the facilities and merits Of our SHOE
DEPARTMENT. For nearly thirty years we have
occupied the present premises street, near Sixth
street-and as nearly all the ladies and mothers of
Sacramento know, aim was to be the LEAD
Frs in Boys Clothing. After this fact clearly
established we saw the imperative need of a Shoe
Department, where the wants Of the little ones in
particular could receive proper and special attention.
THIS gave birth to our SHOE STORE and we can now
look with pride to steadily growing business and we'll
equipped Footwear Department determined
to efforts Until is conceded that there better
place for RELIABLE SHOES than at the CEIAS. P.
NATHAN COMPANY'S STORES
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
GREEKS WARNED TO GO.
The Powers VIII Resort to Force If
Necessnry to Dust Them.

London, March S.-A dispatch from Ath-
ems says the representatives of the powers
there who last evening presented an Iden-
tical note to the Greek government de-
manding the evacuation of Crete by
Greece, now admit that their instruc-
tions from their respective governments
were to warn Greece in most serious terms
that tha powers are irrevocably deter
mined q resort to most forcible meas
ures CT .ompulsion unless the Greek fleet
and trc Ups are withdrawn within six
days The dispatch also says that the
Greek Commodore Satchtouses has start
ed for Crete on board the torpedo boat
Mikaeli.
A dispatch from Canea says that an
engagement was fought last evening be-
tween Bashi-bazouks of the villages of
Narakoron and Tehikatria and the Greeks
on the nights OF Maaxa The fighting
lasted two hours.
The Post tomorrow will publish a dis
patch from Constantinopie to a news
agency here saying that a collective note
from the powers presented to the porte
yesterday, mentions the gradual withdraw
al of the Turkish troops from the island of
Crete and suggests a military convention
between the powers and the porte for the
settlement of details.
The dispatch also says that negotiations
are proceeding between the representa-
tives of the powers and the porte regarding
the appointment of governor for Crete,
who, it is said, the porte insists shall be
a Turkish subject.
A dispatch from Athens to the Central
News says the Greek Metropolitan has
telegraphed to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury invoking the support of the Anglican
church for the Greek cause.
The Daily Chronicle will tomorrow pub
lish dispatch from Athens saying that
the contents of the joint note addressed by
the powers to Greece have caused a SOL
emn realization of the critical moment,
which has arrived. The Palace square,
the dispatch says, is constantly crowded
with groups discussing the situation. The
people are absolutely unanimous and ev-
erybody appears to have perfect confidence
heard declarations that if the king should
order the withdrawal of the Greek troops
from Crete, Col. Vassos, who commands
the army of occupation, alone would re-
turn and that all the other officers would
join the forces of the insurgents.
great demonstration has been arrang-
ed for March to urge the king to remain
intiexible in the stand he has taken.
The Standard will tomorrow publish a
dispatch from Constantinople saying
that the commission appointed to inquire
into the condition of the Turkish fleet
has reported to the sultan that there are
twenty-five ships in condition for active
! service.
The dispatch adds that the sultan has
directed that the 72O00 troops mobilized,
be increased to 10000.
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SAVANNAH, GA, THURSDAY, MARCH A. 1897.

the ninth and Wolcott was forced to
clinch to save himself.
Joe, put a few hard hooks on Vests
Jaw in the tenth, but Tommy jammed
his man on the mouth, cutting his lips.
West was blowing a bit, and Wolcott
was not any too fresh.
The eleventh was slugging round,
both landing heavily.
West, in the twelfth, punched Wolcott
hard in the face. doe landed several
times on the jaw.
West pounded his man almost to a
standstiil in the thirteenth and the refe-
rec had a hard job to break Wolcott of
clinches.
Wolcott had the best of the early part
of the fourteenth, but West had him very
tired when the gong rang Wolcott was
cautioned for fouling.
West forced the fighting in the next
four rounds.
Woleott cut loose in the nineteenth and
sent several hard ones to the wind. Both
slugged wildly in the wind-up, but could
do no damage. The referee gave the de-
cision to West.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
POWER HOUSE BURNED.
The Fire Started by the Explosion of
Generator.

Generator.
Philadelphia, March 3.-The power
house at One Hundred and Thirtieth and
Mount Vernon streets, from which the
Union Traction Company operated half
dozen of its lines of trolley cars, was de-
stroyed by fire this evening The loss is
about s5OO,OO0 principally on the valuable
machinery in the building. The loss is
covered by insurance The power house
was a large brick structure, covering
third of the block. and contained eight
dynamos and other valuable machinery.
About o'clock this evening some of
the employees were swinging a big crane
around that was in the building and the
iron chain hanging from the arm struck
a generator. The blow smashed
the generator, and a violent ex-
plosion followed. The breaking of
the generator blew out every circuit and
wrecked all the dynamos which were run
ming.
Following the explosion fire broke out
and gutted the building and destroyed
the eight dynamos or rendered them use
less and irretrievably damaged the other
delicate machinery in the building. The
dynamos were the properly of the West
lnghouse Electric Company. the traction
company claimed that they were not
working properly and had, therefore,
never accepted them, and the Westing-
house company were running them at
their own expense, pending some decision
in the matter. Half the loss, therefore,
will fall upon the Westinghouse com
pany.
During the progress of the fire, August
A. Binder and a well-dressed, cookbook
ing young man, were run over by fire
engine and killed. Both men were look
ing at the fire at the time they were run
down. Several other persons were more
or less injured by other accidents.
TIL fire occurred at an hour at which
thousands of people were returning home
from work and as the cars on fifteen
streets were brought to a complete stand
still much inconvenience resulted. The
traction company, as speedily as possible,
looped the wires rendered useless by the
fire to lines operated by other power
houses and made shift TO give as good
service as they could under the circum-
stances. The destruction of the power
house will seriously cripple the surface
transit facilities of the city for some time,
as the traction company win be compelled
to reduce the number Of their cars on most
of the streets until they can supply the
powers lost by the burning OF the house
at Mount Vernon street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
GALE RAGING IN ENGLAND.
A Number of Vessels Wrecked nnd
Several Lives Lost

London, March IA terrific southwest
erly gale is prevailing along the coast and
interior of England. A number Of YES
sells have been wrecked off Yarmouth and
Isolated cases OF drowning are reported.
Heavy seas have swept over the decks
OF the channel packets, all OF which are
greatly overdue in arriving at their des-
tination. The gales have been accom-
panied by heavy rains and immense tracts
OF land in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshlre
are Inundated.
Details Of the damage continue TO come
in, but owing to the general prostration
OF the wires they are still meagre.
A train running between Brecon and
Merthyr-Tydvil, Wales, was overturned
by the force Of the wind, but no loss OF life
Is reported.
Along the coast and in the interior as
well. miles upon miles Of telegraph poles
have been broken Off or literally torn out
of the ground.
weymouth harbor Is filled with wreck
age OF all kinds, and all manner Of craft
In the harbor Is adrift.
The extensive harbor works which were
in course OF construction at Hastings have
been demolished. and great quantity Of
valuable machinery and material carried
away.
Scores of fishing boats have foundered at
and off Lowestoft but In some cases no.
body was on board, and in others the
crews were rescued by hard work on the
part OF the life savers.
The pier at Fremington has been crush
ed to pieces by the tremendous seas and
a large number OF wrecks are reported on
the Devonshire coast
The gale Is stlll raging with no indlca-
tions OF abatement OF It's fury.
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SUICIDE ON THE STREET.
A Man Kills Himself After Trying to
XII His Mistress.


New Orleans, La, March 3.-To-night
shortly after o'clock, w. Il. congdon,
formerly of Homer, La, fred three shots
in an effort to kill a woman who calls her
self Mary Congdon, and believing he had
killed her, the desperate man turned the
pistol to his own head and blew out his
brains The tragedy occurred on Canal
and Kauphin streets, a locality which Is
always crowded with people. The widest
excitement was caused by the shooting.
A passerby, a woman was slightly
wounded by one Of the stray bullets in
tended for Mary Gongdon. The latter was
hit once only. In the side Of the head, but
the bullet failed TO penetrate.
Congdon's body was taken TO the morgue
and Mary Congdon was taken to the hos
pital. She is not dangerously wounded.
Congdon was formerly a clerk at the
custom house. but lost his position and has
been doing nothing for some time. Mean
while the woman, who Is one OF the scar
let slsterhood. has been supporting him,
but at length wearied OF the burden. They
met casually tonight. a quarrel ensued and
congdon shortly after drew his pistol and
began to shoot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04

SCANDAL IN THE NAVY.
Paymaster EIopes with "a Brother
OhicerSs Wife.


Washington, March 3.-Another naval
paymaster has left his post of duty With
out leave. the officer involved In this case
being William p Brawley OF the Yantic,
on the South Atlantic stationed at Mon
tevideo. The cable brings meager de-
tails of his escapade, which is not con-
nected with peculiarly matters, but In
wolves the wife of brother officer.
Brawley is a young South carolinian
son of an ex-congressmaIl, appointed 10
the service May 2S 1895. A week ago he
cabled his resignation TO Secretary Her
bert, urging its Immediate acceptance,
and the following day he disappeared
from Montevideo, either by land for Pata-
gonia or by sea 60 Cape of Good Hope.
The navy department promptly asked
Capt. Yates Sterling about the cause Of
his resignation, and to-day a reply came
telling of Brawley's flight after scandal
Gus conduct affecting a brother officers
honor" and advising the acceptance Of
the resignation, his accounts being all
right, and there being no contingency by
which government loss could result from
getting rid Of him,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
coNcESSION FOR THE CANAL.
WITH NICARA-
GuA SENT TO THE SENATE.

r.o Covernment of Nicaragua of the
oDiniOn That the Company Has
ro.s.ited Its Charter-TEe Gov
rnment. However, VIII Throw No
onstocIes in the Company's Way If
=. VIII I'm Good Faith Try to Raise
4be Money Needed For the Work.
wosbington. March S.-The President to-
aav sent to the Senate in response to a
s.solption of Jar. %, last, copies of the
.orrespondence and official communica-
,iors relating to the Nicaragua canal since
,Q7 with the government of Nicaragua or
~, minister thereof, and between the
royernment of the United States and it's
ministers accredited to the government of
Nicaragua The correspondence is exceed
,rglv volllminous and covers a period from
.up q. 1888. to Jan. p, 1897. the corre-
.0ondence under the last date being Mr..
nneys notice to Minister Rodriguez of
aa greater republics that he had forward
ID to the committee on foreign relations
translation of his protest against the
massage of the Nicaraguan canal bill.
The most important communication, per-
baps, is a note from Minister Baker to
Mr. Oney under date of Feb. 8, 1896, in
which. at a conference held with Presi-
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua, that official is
quoted as saying THE government has
taken the opinion Of a commission of three
Of our ablest lawyers as to whether the
sion by reason of not having done any
work in this country for many years, and
after most careful examination of the
question in all its bearings, the commits
sion came TO the conclusion that the COM
pany had broken it's contract with this
government"
| But" added the President, 1--WE will
not throw any obstacles in the way of
the company if it will in good faith try
10 raise the money to go along with the
work If, however, the company con-
tnues its inactivity 1 hope the United
States government will take up the work
itself and put it through"
When Minister Baker observed that he
understood that under the concession the
United States would not be permitted to
do this, President Zelaya replied: That
can be very easily arranged. Nicaragua,
after six or seven years experience with
the company, has come to the conclusion
that only a great government can and
will do the work. and we will be pleased
to make contract with the United States
TO take control of it."
When asked if Nicaragua had at any
time had an offer from a foreign COM
pany to take hold of the enterprise on
condition that the existing contract be
gotten rid Of, President Zelaya said frank
ly that it had not. Minister Baker said
he made these statements at the request
of the President, so that his position
might correctly be understood at Wash
ington.
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WEST DEFEATS wOLCoTT.
The Victor Had sixteen Pounds the
Hest OF the Weight.

The victor HAD sixteen Pounds the
best OF the Weight.
New York, March 3.-Tommy West of
Chicago defeated Joe Wolcott of Boston,
the hitherto invincible welter-weight, in
their twenty-round bout at the Broadway
Athletic Club tonight. Wolcott was Civ
ing away lot Of weight. and though he
fought gamely his colors were fairly low
cred. Wolcott was badly punished, while
West had not a mark
There we're about $500 spectators pres
ent when the main bout was put on.
Among them was District Attorney Olcott.
The betting was TO / on Wolcott. George
Dixon was the colored mans chief second.
and Dock Dougherty looked after West
Wolcott weighed about 40, and West 1856
Wolcott started off with a half dozen
hard body blows before West got in two
good lefts on the face. Then West landed
"A fearful right in the jaw that nearly set
! tied ne colored boy just as the bell rang.
West sent a hard right just over the ear
and shot his left TO the wind In the sec
ond. Wolcott swung a staggering left on
the other and had the best OF the round.
West had all the best OF the third. A
hard right swing on the jaw came near
flooring Joe, who clinched to save him
self.
The fourth was pretty even, both land
ing hard swings.
Twice in the fifth West sent his mans
head back with right crosses on the Jaw.
and also shot a hard one over the heart
Wolcotts rushes we're we'll stopped.
Honors were easy IN tho sixth.
Wolcott sent a great right swing TO the
Jaw In the next and pounded West hard
on the body.
Wolcott cut out the pace In the eighth
but West shot out his right twice to the
Jaw and drove a smashing left In the col
ored boys face.
West had his opponent nearly out in