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left and right, but was unable to place
them right. He closed with q strong
right upper cut, but that, too, was
blocked. The seventh might be said to
have been Fitzsimmons', but he did no
particular damage with his punches.
Vhe eighth saw
The Beginning Of the End,
Tor Fitzsimmons never regained his bal
ance after that round. Jeffries began
the round with straight left on the
face that again brought the blood out
Ut his opponents mouth. The Cornish
man staggered against the ropes but
came lack for another facer. There
was fear in Fitzsimmons' corner and
Julian yelled to him to be careful. Fitz.
simmons planted one of his lefts on
Jeffries' jaw and staggered him against
the ropes. The ninth round was all
Jeffries'. He sent the Australians head
back with series Of lefts, put his right
On the body and avoided any serious
punishment. Fitzsimmons kept press
ing forward all the time, however, but
was unable to find his opponent.
The 10th was in reality where the
fight ended. Jeffries rushed his oppo-
nent and downed him with left swing.
Fitzsimmons seemed out and there was
q moment of the widest excitement.
Julian ran along the side of the ring
and sprinkled water on his fallen idol.
At the end of seven seconds Fitzsim.
monds staggered to his feet only to go
down again. He was up again and
Je6ries
Poised Himself for the Finish.
He shot his left to the body and tried
for the head with his right. He was
calm and collected, but the time was
too short. Again did the gong come to
the aid of the man who was then going,
staggering and dazed, to certain defeat.
There was frantic effort to revive the
champion, but he was clearly gone and
his seconds could not restore him. The
gong clangedp,gain and the old fighter
wobbled out to meet the sturdy young
Hercules, who awaited him. 1t was as
courageous and gritty a dash as up to
the firing line in battle, but it was hope.
less. 1t was splendid moment and
full of melodramatic intensity tha,
characterizes a tragedy. Jeffries was
as fresh as at the start. There was q
moment of sparring and the giant arm:
of the Californian shot out through the
air. 1t was left and right and all over
Fitzsimmons, limp and unconscious
dropped to the floor. Jeffries stepped
back, for he knew the force that hal
been put behind his terrible blows. Th'
! timers called off the seconds that
! Counted Out an Old Ring Hero
/ and heralded another, but nobody hear.
them. The crowd was on its feet howl
ing. There was a rush for the ring, bu
scores Of bluecoats barred the way
Ton socon6S ara sh ort and when tn,
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THE CONTEST IN DETAIL.
Fit xsim mons Made Hard Fight Against
the Inevitable.

ritxsimmons Made Hard Fight Against
the Inevitable.
Fitzsimmons' entry into the ring at
1905 o'clock was made the occasion for
a theatrical demonstration. Jeffrles
was next into the arena and like his
opponent got demonstrative reception.
Fitzsimmons looked lanky and thin, but
his skin was clear, his eye bright and
his step elastic. Jeffries looked sturdy
and massive and seemed little ner-
vous. He got the worst OF the assign
ment of corners, for the great light
shone in his face and he blinked at them
in nervous sort Of way. There was
no long delay at the ring and the big
gong sounded almost as soon as the
men had been presented and gloved.
When they squared off Jeffries looked 90
hounds to the good. The opening was
q tryout pure and simple and not q
single blow of an effective nature was
landed, First one was the pacemaker
and then the other essayed the pressing.
They were. however, almost equally
active and their work recompensed the
crowd for the lack Of excitement. Inc
second round began in a businesslike
fashion with Jeffries getting in his left.
F;tzsimmons then took turn, but was
abort. Just as the round closed
Jeories Downed Fitssimmons
with hard straight left on the jaw
The champion came up slowly in
dazed sort Of way and reeled towards
h;s man. The crowd cheered Jeftries
but tho gong ended the round F.tz
simmons rallied in the rest and was
aggressive again in the third. He was
bleeding, but fighting viciously' ht
made the pace, but it was the Califor
MANS round. The fourth was fast, but
not decisive: - ;.,
Fitzsiinmicons made his best shown!
IN the fifth. He began the round will
a punch that opened Jesfries' lett ey'
and sent little torrent of blood cours
inc down his cheek. He forced Jeffrie
against m the ropes. but the California;
.i;nned away from him. He made
:Teffries hug around, but when TN
round ended Jeffries was back an'
fghtinc.. Fitzsimmons was the aggres
eor in the sixth. too, and that was M
ronnd. He tried all of his tricks wit'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
RIG TORPEDO BOAT.
r,r.t Of the New Pattern. the stringns"'
II Launched.

r,-.t ~ the New Pattern, the strinshsm'
Ia Launched.
WILMINGTON, June la.-The torpedo
boat Stringham. which the Harlan q
Hollingsworth company is building 'or
the government. has been launched .,,a
The Stringham Is the ,arees' aau N.
most costly torpedo boat designed TOT
o .,,o aovernment and upon completion
w;1, .H Z be the pioneer Of the ocean going
w. WI 80 her class. Her guaranteed
.nsed Uossd is 80 knots an hour: Her length
a drausht usI feet 8 inches and displacs- ace
,nsnt 84o tons. She will have two YER
MsJ' t;cal triple piu expansion engines Of com, com.
h;nsd tIs". !. 200 horse power, which, is create,
than than that Of the cruisers Detroit and
Mon Montgomery. s.ooo.ton ships; and nearly near
twice as great as that OF the A'l"n'''
and Boston.
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THEY HAD no LICENSE.

''esalc Arrest Of ltallans For selling
\, Liquor.
.LwAuKEE, June l2.-A Journal
val from Calumet. Mich. says
'ea States Deputy Revenue Col.
wi Sunstrom and Special Agent
w have arrested the heads Of 20
"ah families in this county for VIC.
tnus government revenue laws. The
ahs have been importing wine by
= .'aa lots and selling It to their neigh.
o. conducting both wholesale and
(sa a." business without any kind OF Q
ase. a They will probably settle with
Ra aeo'ernment. Three retail dealers
=. nave been selling at Wholesale
W also been arrested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
No Yukon Road This Year.

OTTAWA, Ont, June l2.-The govern
ment will not charter any transporta-
ton companies in the Yukon country
this season. Before the railways COM
mittee adjourned the minister of rail-
ways announced that the government
has decided for reasons that would
readily occur to most, that for this sea-
son at least, it would not be advisable
to charter railways going into the Yu.
kon. This decision will kill the follow.
ing bills: The Alaska Yukon Railway
company, Alaska and Northwestern
Railway company, Canadian Railway
company and the Yukon Pacific Rail
way company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
Mining Strike In Prospect.

P1rrsBURa, June IA strike Of
q. 900 coal miners in the Central dis
trict of Pennsylvania is threatened.
6ecret meetings have been held at Rob
ertsdale and Clearfield, at which the
national and district officers Of the
United Mine Workers association were
authorized to prepare the machine min
ers of the whole district for strike
within month cs e: @=e=-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
That if President Kruger
oss Not Back Down There
Will Be War.
rs From the Transvaal Says
Matters Are Approaching
a Crisis.
lh.ssador Choate Knows Moth.
hg of a Move For American
Mediation.

cypox. June lo.-It 10 not improb-
,ha, the crisis In the Transvaal
' be fastened by some untoward in.
~, at johannesburg. j. b. Robin.
the south African millionaire and
owner, received . telegram from
agen, a, Johannesburg saying the
a,ion there is most serious.
BE- agent added that q mass meeting
cNlani-rs will be held in order to
firm and support the proposals. Of
British high commissioner, Sir AL.
Mlner. AS open air meetings are
allowed without permission it is not
lsobable, if the necessary permission
D. obtained. that the police will en-.
vor 10 stop the meeting.
he concensus Of opinion among
ninent Uitlanders and South Afri.
capitalists in London is that the
fish government is in q tight fix.
II cannot retreat from its position,
,ha, il President Kruger does not
Nie war Is inevitable.
esardlng the suggestion that the
lied States be asked to mediate be-
en the Transvaal and Great Britain,
fph II. Choate, the United States
oassador. says:
While every good American would
come the possibility Of helping o
Paon of the present situation, we
not been approached IN the matter
u, personally, know nothing Of this
losed mediation by America
" official Of the foreign Office. in con-
fation with q representative Of the
.siated Press, says:
We have not approached America.
has America approached US in this
F'er, and it Is very unlikely that
ferca will be asked to do anything
We KIND much as we value the good
f'hs existing between the two coun.
approved Krugsr's Suggestion.
PRETORIA, Transvsal Republic, June
CAi'er deliberation in secret all
ta'ns the Volksraad approved Pres
y! hrnger's franchise propositions
Instructed the government to draw
\, ~ up IN the form of q law, which
De submitted to the Volksraad.
tAe olksraad also adopted q resolu'
OF regret that the British high
.missloner had not accepted Presi'
n. i, hrnger's proposals.. which the
Asfaad considers reasonable in the
Plest degree"
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10th had come there was new roar Of
excitement to welcome the victor. Ju-
liam, Yank Kenny and Everhart gath.
cred up the PROSTATE man. He was
still in a trance. They carried him to
his corner and a little blood oozed from
his mouth as his head fell forward on
his chest. The new hero crossed the
ring and shook the hand of his rival
after which he was surrounded by his
friends who hustled him from the ring
and into his dressing room.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12

""nk Of EaglanA Buys Gold.
) sInsDoN. June l2.-It is understood
/, s'nk 80 OF England has bought $780,
rsW wW'.ooo,OOO) in American eagles, to
os, ,s,hen its reserve, to which end
IN N VI the gold now on It's way hither
i % ) devoted. The report that hne-
ya,S oayer Of gold in New York 10
.oea here @ being significant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
CLEANING HAVANA HARBOR.
Twelve Hundr~d Foot Channel Gut an"
Much Filth Removed.

HAVANA, June 12.-Captain Weber.
in dredging the upper end of the harbor,
has cut a ,2OO-foot channel through the
artificial shore and 100 years accumula'
tion of dumpa ge from the old Spanish
dumps has been removed from the
santa Catalina branch Of the harDor.
The former yellow fever breeder has
been thoroughly cleaned, the shore
scraped and the deposit taken out to
sea. Some 10000 barrels OF lime were
used in the vicinity. :.
The American civilians have peti'
toned the grand master Of Masons 10
allow the formation of lodge for Eng
lish speakers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-12
City residence lote For sale. sl5 TO $500.
ELMER SHERIDAN,

j. A. Schear of Sedalia, Mo-, saved his
child from death by Group by using One
Minute Cough Cure 1t cures coughs.
colos, pneumonia, la grippe and all
throat and lung troubles.
Cook l. ODEE.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-04-06
ALLAp OF A spENcERIAN EGO.

A nondescript am /,
A thing of shreds and patches,
OF odds and ends and snatches,
Combined, know not why.
My pedigree is long,
Through every passion ranging,
In combinations changing,
Solutions weak or strong.
NY traits are handed down
Entailed, through endless ages;
They come from fools and sages,
Philosopher and clown;
They come from men of might,
From men of meanest nature,
or evil nomenclature,
From men who loved the right.
A nondescript am /;
These traits combine and take me
And what l am, they make me,
I know not how nor why.
Nor can understand
How circumstance enfolds me,
And all my life long moulds me
The product of it's hand.
But most of all | ask
Through every changing season,
With neither rhyme nor reason,
And endless, hopeless task;
rOh, why, oh, tell me why,
Should /, with false pTetences,
This bunch of appetences,
Continue to call, I?'
Margaret Cooper McGiffert.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-04-06

A story concerning the American
troops in Manila is told by an English
naval officer who was an eyewitness
to the occurrence. "rhe city was quite
crowded." he says, with both Ameri-
can and Spanish soldiers, and they
seemed to be on the friendliest terms.
AS I was crossing one OF the numer-
Gus bridges across the Pasig river l
saw a native Filipino spit in the face
of a Spanish officer and then run to
the American sentinel who was guard
ing the bridge, demanding his protec-
ton. 1t was some time before the
Filipino could make himself under
stood, and the sentry took some time
to grasp what had been done, but
you can imagine my surprise when he
handed his gun to the Spanish onA-
Ger and caught the native by the nape
OF the neck and the seat OF his trous-
ers and pitched him of the bridge into
the Pasig river. Then he calmly took
his gun from the Spanish officer and
began pacing the beat as il nothing
had happened. The American soldier
may not be so military as his brother
of Europe, but he is made of the right
stuff.--Pall Mall Gazette
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-04-06

At this' splendid triumph over self
and her sweet, unlocked for gener-
osity, the quick tears rose in Flor
ence's eyes. AS she turned to hide
them she caught sight of the slender
coiled bronze snakes-the stand where
on, till now, had always rested the
crystal ball.
why, what has happened" she eX-
claimed. THE crystal ball"
rs shattered into thousand frag-
ments, said Della with an involuntary
shiver. Eyes, l know. But, Florence,
there was something positively I'M
canny about it. Don't let us speak of
it. l am glad that it is gone!'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-04-06

New York and Buffalo men have or
ganized a company for the purpose of
developing the great power of the
whirlpool rapids by means of canal
which shall be built inside or beneath
the tracks of the gorge road. This
canal will be $50 feet long and 100
feet wide. 1t will be capable of fur
nishing $4,000 horsepower at the
whirlpool under As feet head. 1t Is
thought that the cost will be about
$4,000, 900.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-04-06

In a newly designed curry comb the
frame is formed of metal and the teeth
are made of wires bent into zig-zag
shape and attached to the frame at
.either end, the advantage being go
Hhe rounded teeth will remove the DIRT
without scratching the skin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
The VOLUNTEERS
Will Begin To Leave For Home
About June1.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Gen. Cor
bin this morning received the follow
ing from Gen. Otis in reply to his tele-
gram asking about the return of vol
unteers from the Philippines:
MANILA, May 1.-THE volunteer
organizations which will be the first to
return are now at Negros and 45 miles
from Manila at the front. Expect
that the transports now arriving will
take the returning volunteers. The
volunteers understand that they will
begin to leave for the United States
the latter part of the month; they
know the importance of their presence
here at this time and accept the sacri-
fee which United States interests
make imperative.
The Hancock is now entering the
harbor. The transports returning
this week will carry sick and wounded
men.
MANILA, May 1.-The health con-
dition of the troops who arrived on the
Hancock is excellent. There were two
deaths enroute, ,privstes Jones and Che
vaIine of the 21st infantry.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
PROMINENT WITNESSES
Will Be Required to Testify
As to Their Connection
With the Great Com
bines.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Thfs Is the
opening day of the Investigation into
trusts instituted by the national lnous-
trial commission. A lively public In
terest is already manifested in the In
uuiry as it is understood that Gil CLASS
es of combin and all phases OF the
question are to be thoroughly 1nvestl-
gated.
John D. Rockefeller of the Standard
Oil company, S. M. Rice.of New York,
president of the whisky combine. and
other trust magnates of equal promi-
nence have been summoned as.witnesses
and should any OF them fail to appear
or prove recalcitrant while on the
stand the power of the commission to
subpoena and to call for papers will be
promptly exercised.
Owing to the mass of correspondence
which has been received and all OF
which will be regularly admitted as
evidence and also the large number OF
witnesses to be orally examined it is
doubtful if the commission will be able
to conclude this part of its work before
the middle of next month.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11

1t is announced today on high author
ity that when the Olympia, Dewey's
flagship, enters the Atlantic Ocean
from the Mediterranean on her return
from Manila, she will be met by the en-
Rear Admiral Sampson, and escorted
to New York.
The North Atlantic squadron now at
New York consists of the cruisers New
York and Brooklyn and the battleships
Massachusetts, Indiana, and Texas.
1t is likely other vessels will be added.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
A BALTIMOREAN
Dies In This City-Came Here For His
Health.

T. l.. Hooper who came to Ell PasO
for his health a number of months ago
died at 1909 Myrtle avenue last night
of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Mr.. Hooper is the only son of
Theodore Hooper of Baltimore, the
senior memb Der OF the firm of William
E. Hooper and Co., manufacturers of
cotton duck, with large factories at
Baltimore and New York.
His family have considerable means
and are favorably known in society cir
cles in his native city. Mr.. Hooper had
been ailing for about three years. He
went to Colorado Springs when first ia
ken sick and came to Ell Paso about five
months ago. His two sisters we're
ty-eight years of age and unmarried.
The body will be sent east tomorrow.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
CHEAPER LIGHTS
Will be Offered to the City Tonight
by the Citizens Company

The citizens committee met again this
morning at.the Office of Hon. Leigh
Clark and took final action on the es-
tablishment of the new electric light
plant.
The stock company is now fully or
ganized and ready to deal with the
council for furnishing street lights.
which under the old company have
cost the taxpayers small fortune
each month to burn according to the
moonlight schedule.
The new company has drafted an or
dinance to the council tonight which
embodies a contract to supply lights to
the city at q far less price than ever
heretofore by any company.
The business men who organized and
furth cred the movement are in dead
earnest and there is no way by which
the mayor and council can dodge the
issue. The meeting of the council pro-
mises to be in Ceresting and q warm dis
cussion will doubtless take place.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Will Discuss the Notorious Whitsett
Matter.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-the city
is rapidly filling up with delegates ana
visitors to the annual session OF the
Southern Baptist convention, which
opens here tomorrow. The delegates
represent churches throughout the
entire southern and southwestern Sec
tions of the country.
The session promises to be an ex-
tremely notable one owing to the num-
Der of important matters to come be-
fore it. Great questions affecting the
future of the church will be consid-
cred. Foremost among these will be
the question of the basis of representa-
tion in the convention, and the final
settlement of the connection the church
is to have over the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary, growing out OF
the now famous Whitsett controversy.
The seminary question is of several
years standing, but since the last ses-
sion of the convention it has been
brought to the acute stage by the re-
sigration of Rev. DR.. Whitsett, presi-
dent of the seminary, as a result OF the
two charges brought against him-one
of publishing editorially in an inde-
pendent paper articles written from an
updenominational standpoint, and that
he asserted that English Anabaptists
restored believers immersion in 164l,
and thereby became Baptists.
The trustees of the seminary are in
conference this afternoon to consider
the matter of DIR. Whitsett's resigna-
ton. It is almost foregone conclu-
sion that the resignation will be reject
ed and the result will be the precipita-
tion of the whole controversy into the
convention which opens tomorrow.
The fight for and against the famous
educator and theologian will be q bit
ter one, and the pescemakers and
neutrals are busily engaged in ad-
vocating a policy whereby the whole
unpleasant affair may be brought to an
end by severing the connection be-
tween the convention and the semina-
ry, which, ss it is, is OF the remotest
character
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
DEVIL KILLER
Used Rather Unpleasant Methods.

Used Rather Unpleasant Methods.
NEW ORLEANS. La, May 4.-To
cure Mrs. Grant Nicoloce, a bride of
two weeks, Doctor DeCarlo, a self
styled healer, cut open her throat with
a pair of pruning shears, that the
devil which he said possessed her
might find an avenue of escape.
He then beat her numerically with
his fists, saying that he wanted to make
it too hot for the devil to remain.
The woman is dying at her home
across the river and DeCarlo was ar
rested for assault to murder.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
SENSATIONAL CASE
Vim. A. Stratton Sued For Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

DENVER, May ia suit WAS begun
in the United States court today
against VIM. a Stratton, of Indepen-
dence mine fame, for one hundred thou
sand dollars which he is said to retain
from the Patent Title company of Chi
cago.
The story is that Stratton was invei-
gled into an ore separating machine
company, and gave up fifty thousand
dollars. He suddenly thought he was
being buncoed. He got himself elect
ed treasurer of the company.
A hundred thousand dollars came into
his possession. He won't give it up
until he is personally reimbursed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11
BURNED TO DEATH
In a Storehouse Fire.

BALTIMORE, May 1.-The cotton
store house of the Mt. Vernon mills
$50, 900, A railroad roustabout, Clar-
ence Kemper, and boy named Alder
were asleep in an empty freight car
near the warehouse. Kemper was
burned to death. Alder, who escaped,
says that two men tried to get into the
car. Kemper refused to admit them,
whereupon they fastened the doors on
the outside and set the car on fire,