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The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04

and 1t made him like a bull He rushed,
swinging lefts and rights and landed
nearly all of them, with Jeffries throw
ing himself over the sailor The Califor-
nian pushed his man over the ropes at
every opportunity, and in some of the
rounds rested his great head on Sharkey' s
shoulders so much that he was Kissed and
jeered.
Jeffries landed a terrific uppercut in
the tenth and Sharkey's eyelid was split,
but in the twelfth Sharkey got back with
a half dozen left swings and a straight
right, and it Is wonderful that they did
not end the fight. Jeffries' hugged the
sailor hard and shook his head as he
went to his corner
Every round carried Sharkey across the
ring at the start and he was fighting the
champion all over the canvas. In the
fifteenth Jetfries made a bluff at forcing,
but Sharkey was at him again like a
bulldog and swung high and low and
landed almost every time he swung. The
Californian made little effort to lead He
preferred the defensive and he was wind
ed. Sharkey, too, was firing fast and
they punched and swung and staggered
and clinched all around the ring for the
next few rounds. The crowd shrieked
from the sound of the gong to the close
of each round. Both men were covered
with blood and Jeffries was bleeding bad
ly from the nose, which Sharkey's savage
right had split,
Suddenly, in the twenty-second round.
Jeffries seemed to take on new life. lust
at the close of this round the champion
swung right and left on Sharkey's law
and almost took him off his feet. Sharkey
reeled and the gong saved him. He came
back hard, however, in the next, but
Jeffries had the better of it, putting in
two right uppercuts. Jeffries' friends
howled themselves hoarse, while Shar-
keys urged him with loud cries to 20 In
hard and rough it. He threw down his
terrier-like head and though his strength
was fast leaving him he had Jeffries
guessing until the gong sounded. No one
could say who would get in the knock
out blow and neither seemed able To but
enough force into the blow to drop his
man.
In the midst Of the twenty-fifth round
nearly one minute before the close. Jef-
fries glove few across the ring. and
Siler ran to help him on with it. Sharkev
held back until his friends yelled at him
not to stop, and it was a three-cornered
fight for few minutes The referee got
Jeffries' glove and tried to draw 1t on.
This was difficult to do, and then Sharkey
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
FITZSIMMONS
WANTS TO MEET
JEFFRIES AGAIN

CHICAGO, Nov. Bob Fitzsimmons
was greatly pleased at the result of the
fight, declaring that his contract to fight
the winner brought him once more the
chance to fight Jeffries, who wrested the
championship from him.
'I can't understand, though" said Fitz-
simmons, "why Jeffries did not knock him
out. 1t really looks to me as though he
should have done so, and 1 am mighty
sorry he did not. 1 have not anything
particular against Sharkey, If he did
help to rob me of the decision in San
Francisco; but if Jeffries had knocked
him out it would have been a clean-cut
affair, with no doubts of any kind about
it. AS long as 1 am going to fight Jeffries
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A preliminary event of ten rounds at
12s pounds preceded the big event, and
'Kid" Goulette Of Rochester, who looked
a deal Ike Jeffries on a small scale, was
beaten by Tommy Moran Of Brooklyn
Then, after a half hours delay, Tom
Sharkey could be seen making his way
through the crowds He was well re-
ceived, but Jeffries was cheered to the
echo. Sharkey had on green trunks, with
an American flag for a belt. and the
champion wore black. Jeffries had be-
hind him Billy Delaney. Ernest Roeber,
Tommy Ryan and his brother, Jack JEFF
fries Sharkey was led to the southwest
corner by Tom O'Rourke and was at
tended by George Dixon, Morris Kelly
and Tim McGrath, ORourke superintend-
ing the entire proceedings. George Siler
refe 'eed.
Jeffries weighed PIP pounds and sharkey
twenty-five pounds less but the latter
looked to be in better condition, the Cali
fornian being callow and having staring
eyes and giving other evidences of not
being in the best condition The betting
at the start was 100 to 70 on Jeffries.
They shook hands and shaped UP well.
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LARGEST WAGER
EVER MADE ON
A PRIZEFIGHT

NEW YORK, Nov. 3-Prior to the en-
trance of the men into the ring Jack
Fields, a Wall-street broker and a great
admirer of Sharkey, made the largest
single wager recorded on the battle, and
said to be the largest single wager ever
made on a prizeight He bet SIS, 900
against S21, 800 with a business man pres
ent, who did not want his name men
toned.
After Fields had made his bet quite a
number of shrewd men who respect his
Judgment placed wagers on Sharkey at
similar odds.
The betting was lively at the ringside,
with Jeffries favorite at 100 to 70. The
admirers of both men put up plenty of
money, and the aisles of the clubhouse
were continually blocked with eager bet
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MRS. JEFFRIES
SLEEPS WHILE
jim FIGHTS

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3.-Not since the
last national campaign has this city wit
messed such an outpouring of humanity
and such scenes of enthusiasm as fol-
lowed when the wires flashed the infor
nation that Jim Jeffries had for the sec
ond time this year sustained his claims
to the heavyweight championship of the
world With the words "Jeffries winsv'
a mighty shout went up from the thou
sands that surged about the bulletin
boards. Horns for a brief period added
to the din, that later gave way to march
ing crowds. humanity did not disguise it's
feelings. Many smashed hat tells the
tale of lost bet, the display of enthu-
siasm passing unresented and received in
the spirit intended. The leading evening
and morning papers rushed extra editions
upon the streets.
Although this is the home of the cham
pton opinion as to the result of the bat
tie had been so evenly divided that little
money was wagered on the result. This
amount, according to sporting authorities,
will not exceed $4,000 and the odds have
averaged 10 to 7 with Jeffries the favorite
Many of these bets will not be paid, as
they were based on a knockout.
When The Call correspondent called at
the Jeffries home on the Arroyo Seco to
announce to the family that the big boy
again had brought fistic honors to the
family the frame house was shrouded in
darkness. The mother. with the young
est son. had early sought ner bed When
Mrs. Jeffries appeared at an open window
and was informed that Jim was the vic
tor she asked Are you joshing," and
would not be satisfied until the bulletin
Of the final round was read. AS the
,o,,1I h. lr0
ply a light matches were lighted while
the story of the fight was read to the
apparently unmoved woman.
ST had hoped Jim would win she final
ly said, and this expression seemed to
rennYa the strain that she had Success-
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Jefries led and then landed several times.
but was generally over or under On the
other hand, the sailor was wild, going
into the fight with both hands and swing
ing wildly, but he did not land the first
blow.
Again in the second round Sharkey was
Hopping around, and he came in for a
nasty left that rolled him over. 1t looked
then as though Sharkey was clearly out
classed. O'Rourke, however, gave the
sailor talking to. and, to the amazement
of all, Sharkey swung on Jeffries' ribs
and Jaw almost at will, and there was a
wild audience. AS the fight went along.
round by round, the sailor fought his
way into the hearts Of those who mar
veled at Jeffries' capacity for punishment.
The Californian crouched down low. and.
though his eyes blazed, he smiled. gen
orally over TO O'Rourke, who was coach
ing his man over the ropes.
Sharkeys vicious punches began to tell.
and at the close Of the seventh round It
seemed as though Jeffries could hardly
walk to his corner, and it seemed certain
there would be a new champion.
Sharkeys ear was split in the eighth
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DECLARES
HE w AS ROBBED

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 was robbed out of
justly earned victory. | outpointed Jeffries in a
majority OF the rounds and should have had the
decision. | protested against SiIer as referee,
knowing that he had feeling against me and
would give me the worst of it. 1t was only after
Tom O'Rourke had told that Ser would
give me a fair deal that consented to have him
act as referee: think all fair-minded persons
who saw the fight will say that my fears about
SiIer were we'll founded. fought five rounds
with two broken ribs. | think can beat Jeffries
and want to meet him again.
THOMAS SHARKEY
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
JEFFRIES SAYS HIS
HAND w AS INJURED

NEW YORK, Nov 3.-Sharkey was lucky My
left hand went back on me in the seventh round,
or would have knocked him out.
No more picture machines for me. The in
tense heat from the electric lights bothered
considerably and made very weak at times
Sharkey fought very foul, and it's wonder to
me that Siler did not dsquaify him. He repeat
edly butted me with his head and used his elbows
more frequently than his hands
JAMES j. JEFFRIES.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
CORBETT SAYS HE is
TO FIGHT THE WINNER


think Sharkey could have so efrs will
San JAMES
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04

would seek another match, and the next
time the result would be different.
But | don't think this fellow will want
to tackle Tom again. said O'Rourke I'll
keep after him, though, until he agrees
to another meeting or make him crawl"
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-04
In but Five Rounds Does the
Champion Have the Better
Of Sailor Sharkey.
Terrific Hitting Marks the Fight,
Weight FavOring the Big
Californian.


X NEW YORK. Nov. 3.-Tames J. Jefres retains the
championship OF world Referee George Sier giving
him the decision the end OF the twenty-hh round over
Sailor Tom Sharkey Coney Island Sporting Club to-
night 1t marvellous battles that has taken
place. greatest crowd that gathered in the Coney
Island clubhouse witnessed the desperate struggle for
premaCy.
In five rounds Tefre had the better of the fght-n the
two three During the other twenty Sharkey
forced the issue. and. like bull terrier his with
both hands increasingly In those twenty rounds Jefries
great Weight and Drawn helped him to hold off the sailor and
the tWentySeCOnd round he swung couple Of vicious
per that made Sharkey groggy. Tom back again
the twenfourth and twentyh but he weakened great
ly by Jeies vicious blows One minute before the gong
sounded end the fight ees left glove off, and prac-
tcaly the contest
The referee motoned Jeries corner, American flag
flung the champions shoulders and the crowd that
side and end OF the ceered wildly The crowd the op
pOse side and end in Shakeys yelled for Sharkey
and the men led back their dressng-rooms
The thousands OF spectators banked high
in the building the place being packed from rngside rate
and the aiSeS around the ring lined The tremendous
crowd weated under the glare of 400 lights Fifteen feet
or less from the OF the squared circle the heat in
The fighters almost exhausted and the spectators
shneked themselves hoarse. 1t seemed first though
it would be short fight, for the round ee put the
sailor the ropes with left the began
call off the seconds S1arkey kneeed the floor
from the third round Shaey with his vicious swings the
ribs and the kept the crowd its feet waiting for knock
olOOu
and split back just viciousy in the three
rounds and almost retrieved himself Then unfo1-
nate and unsatisfactory ending ee glove flying off, bring
the fight end, although the crowd urged Sharkey
rush in and end This he tried do, but efres fought him
back and Referee Sler rushed 1t was notice
able that ees used his weight its best advantage throw
ing himself all the sailor but the latter did his the
hugglng, and both warned repeatedly.
Ten thousand spectators gathered around the ngsde AL
though COney Island swept by gale the down
crowded to the guards swiftly moving line and sports
waded to the leading the At $40
there 5000 the building and later boxes to
Overowlng. All manner of there among those
well known James Corbett and John l. Sullivan former
champions Kid Mccoy, Peter Maher Tim Kearns George
Dixon Senator Sullivan Jacob Schaeer George Slosson
Frank Hutchinson ParsQn Davies of Chicago Gus Rubin
Dave Gideon Mike Donovan and Chief of Police OMeara
of Pbug Police Commissioner Sexton; Ed DELANEY of Salt
Lake. and Michael Dvyer and Benny Jacobs Of Detroit
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Recent Cases Prove That This Is Their
Favorite Method Of Murder.

number of leading citizens had died,
and a number of others were suffer
ing from curious symptoms, when 10!
and behold, young slave girl be-
trayed the secret.
The Roman matrons had arranged
cheerful little conspiracy'to rid them
selves of their husbands, and formed a
club for this purpose. Guided by the
little slave girl, the officers of Justice
were led to the poisoners' club, where
they found the ladies of some of the
noblest families busy around a smok-
ing cauldron filled with liquid.
Twenty of these Roman matrons
were seized. Two of them undertook
to speak for the rest, and declared that
the potion was harmless one, Drink
it, then, yourselves, you hags," was
the short reply.
The Roman women consulted to-
gether. Hays as they were, they
proved at least that they were Roman
hays.
They accepted the test. drank and
died. Further investigation led to
the ultimate condemnation of over 10
Roman matrons, each one poisoner.
During the days of the Roman en-
pire poisoning was so frequent that
every great man had a table compan-
ion, who played the part of the dog in
the proverb, every particle of the diet
being tried on him before it was taken
by his master.
The most famous of women poison
ers was Lucretia Borgia. She was
the daughter of Alexander VI, and,
with her father and brother, Caesar,
managed to get rid of most impos-
ing number of family enemies.
The celebrated poisoner, Nine.
Brinvilliers, was one of the most beau
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the forest are a great ornament and a
constant interest. These include not
only the ponies, but the donkeys. the
COWS and the pigs, all very independ-
ent and interesting from their way of
life. Forest ducks and chickens also
roam afe1d.. OF the four staple ami
mails Of the commoner's stock, the POI
MES are the most attractive, the cows
far the tamest, the donkies the hardest
and the pigs the. most independent.
Something has happened to the forest
pigs. They are no longer in evidence.
as they were lot one is to be seen
where formerly there We're hundreds.
Cobbett declares he saw 1000 on his
ride from Lyndhurst to Beaulieu; now
he would not see ten But these are.
the aristocrats and chivalry of the race
Of pigs; clean, active and very select
in their company and behavior. They
live in autumn and winter on acorns,
roots, snails and beech mast. In sum
mer one sees them in the marshes and
by the sides Of the bogs eating grass.
just like cattle, except that the grass
is bitten off sideways in the Jaws.
Types Of forest ponies may be- seen
gathered il the glades or lawns, as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
The start In Poultry.

The best way to start in the poul
try business on a large scale is to start
with only a few, learn all you can
about chickens, and then try to breed
all the good birds you can take care
of without crowding, the first year,
says Pacific Poultryman. If, at the
end Of the year, you are satisfied to go
ahead, and have enough money on
hand to get everything ready for a
larger breeding flock, as we'll as to
carry you through the year for the nee
essaries Of life, then you might quit
your job and start In: but remember,
that this first year is what counts.
You learn whether, you have a taste
for the business, and get pretty good
idea Of raising poultry. The second
year you should be able to produce a
flock large enough to enable you to
90 into it more heavily, and with Or
binary success you should make good
living of of five hundred hens. we
should strongly advise you,when start
ing, to be governed by the following
rules: First start with the best to be
had; second, decide which you de-
sire to breed for-eggs or meat; third,
get one variety, and stay with it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
QUEER HONEYMOONS.
Spent by. Persons Who Wished to Be Unr
conventional.

conventional.
From; the Cincinnati Enquirer: A
few years ago a newly welded couple
living ten miles southwest of Brook
vile, KY. took as honeymoon trip
a wagon ride to witness the hanging
Of Robert Mclaughlin which occurred
at Brookyille A short while since an
adventurous couple spent their first
days Of wedding life on the summit Of
Mount Blanc: The ascent, extremely
hazardous by reason of terrific SHOW
storms, being successfully accomplish
ed, and the summit reached, the, bride
groom, in the presence of the guides,
embraced his young wife, to, whom he
swore eternal fidelity, and received
from her lips an equally ferven. assur-
ance: Then the descent was COM
menoed, and! the. couple after three
days absence, arrived at Champunix,
where they were accorded an enthu-
siastic reception. There ane on. rec
ord four homogeneous known to- have
been spent in Mammoth Cave, Ken
lucky. In the neighborhood Of Dobs-
chau, a small Hungarian town, there
is an extraordinary ice cave. The
roofs,. the walls, the floor ane thickly
covered with ice, which in places as
sumes most fantastic shapes In this
cave, some sixteen years ago, couple
named Kolcsey elected to- pass the
week Immediately following their mar
rage. They took with them a plen-
tiful supply of rugs, blankets and warm
clothing, but Notwithstanding all pre-
cautions their experience was not OF
a sufficiently pleasant nature to tempt
imitat0rs~ - '-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
In the Now Forest.

In the New Forest.
The new forest is one of the places
in England which never: disappoints
the visitor. The widest, richest, and
most varied fora and. fauna are right
at hand, and from red: deer down to
rarest butterflies and moths, there are
few names on the list of English birds,
beasts and insects which some part OF
the forest does not furnish. One may
spend days and nights by Denny bog
and Matley bog and learn something
fresh about nature every hour. The
birds of the marsh and wood issue
forth at dusk, SO tame, vociferous and
active that one hardly knows what to
think until one realizes that these
birds scarcely see a human being from
spring to autumn in the time Of even
ing flight by this great lonely marsh
and it's encircling and untrodden
woods. The snipe, woodcock, plover,
nightjars, wood owls, herons, wild
duck, teal and late-fying moorhens
b1eat, whistle, squeak, croak, quack,
scream and call, and show themselves
in full vigar Of fight for business and
pleasure until the darkness falls over
the bog. The half-wild animals Of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

tiful women in the court of Louis XIV.
She was delicate, refined, of noble
birth and exquisite appearance, yet
she poisoned her father and her two
brothers in order to secure to herself
the family estates, and, finding it an
easy method of getting rid of obstacles,
she proceeded to destroy a number of
other personages to crafty personal
pique. With the aid of her lover, St.
Croix Gaudin, she concocted a COM
pound which she called inheritance. I"
because it so easily removed those who
stood in the way.
Like Cleopatra, she experimental
with poisons, carrying poisoned bis
cults and dainties to the hospitals of
Paris and giving them in apparent
charity to the patients.
A number of these unfortunates
were thus destroyed, but no suspicion
fell upon her, nor was she suspected
until the deaths of many persons
whose lives stood between her and
coveted inheritances aroused inquiry.
The marquise fled to London. where
she remained three years.
Then she returned to France and en-
tered convent, where she believed
herself secure
She was enticed from the convent.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Hest Age for Brood sows.


There is one OF the vexed questions
among swine breeders as we'll as far
mers. Our observation has been that
sto breed only from young and not fully
matured sows is to lose size in the Off
spring, says Michigan Farmer. If the
SOW is a good one, the breeder is wise
in retaining her so long as she gives
him a fair-sized litter of good pigs
each year. We believe tina: many
breeders have lost size, bone, and con-
sequeRtly. stamina, from relying en-
tlrely<upon young stock for breeding
animals. The farmer who raises hogs
for market, however, stands in differ
ent position from the breeder. His
business is to furnish hogs for the
block in the best finished and cheapest
manner possible Hence he must have
large litters: of pigs which will mature
quickly, and when ready for market
will ship we'll and arrive at their des
tination in the best condition to meet
market requirements. If he has a
brood sow that is an extra good breeds
er, gives large filters and raises them
Well, then it is good policy to keep her
several years-or until she begins to
prove less satisfactory, and then mar
ket her. We believe brood SOW is
always more satisfactory after she has
had at least one litter. She takes bet
ter care of the young pigs, and as a
rule is better mother in every re-
spect. To market a brood SOW after
having only one litter, and relying
always upon young ones, is not good
policy. It will be better to have those
a little older, and let the boar be the
youngest of the two. But each indi-
vidual case should be treated by itself.
The best policy is to make a careful
selection: of the sows bred, and then
keep the one or more that proves the
s-EA
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POISONING Is A WOMAN'S CRIME.

arrested, tried and convicted, In her
cell was found diary which showed
that she had not only poisoned her
father and two brothers and many
hospital patients, but her own child
and two servants as well. Marquise
de Brinvilliers believed up to the last
that her beauty and influence would
save her, but she paid the penalty OF
her crimes. - g.# l.. ~$>G~
She was sentenced to walk through
the streets of Paris clad only in a long
white smock and carrying in her hand
a lighted torch to Notre Dame tower,
where she begged the people OF France
to- forgive her and was beheaded.
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century a general MISUNDERSTANDING
conspiracy was discovered in Naples
by the bungling~ efforts Of a noble
mans wife to poison her husband
This high-born prisoner was put to
the torture and confessed her crime,
saying that she had received the drug,
from an old woman named Toffanla.
AS a result of this discovery thou
SduuS VI arrests WCle AlduC, eAAAAoAo w.
number being princesses, duchesses,
countesses and others of noble rank,
besides great numbers of the wives OF
bankers, merchants, tradesmen and
gentlemen:
For three years the courts were busy
with poisoning cases. Two hundred
women of rank and education were be-
headed, 200 were hanged, nearly 100,
in consideration of their rank and fam
lilies, were, as a great privilege, pri-
vately strangled in prison, and nearly
1000 were whipped, imprisoned or
banished. y
Toffania admitted having been par
'ty to over 600 murders that She knew
: of and how many more she could not
tell, for her poison was sent in walls
all over Europe.
1t was believed to be- a. preparation
of arsenic, was colorless, almost taste
less, and from four to- six drops
formed fatal dose:
The barbarity with which the crime
Of poisoning was on this occasion pun
ished by the Naples authorities put