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was the victor When matched to fight
Corbett In 1892 Sullivan was favorite by
4 and to /, sullivan weighed 2l2 aud
Corbett IFS pounds. The fight was with
since heen used in championship fights
The tight took place at New Orleans, Sep
TENDER T. 1892 and Sullivan with his bulk
and fast failing strength was no match for
because he worried Sullivan into exhaus-
tion. Sullivan gave II mp In the twenty
first round
Having once secured the championship
and his next appearance In championship
bout did not take place until February.
1894 when he fought Charley Mitchell at
Jacksonville Fla. Mitchell had outgrown
his fighting ability and was not the man
he was when he fought sullivan to long
draw at Chantilly. France, In 1888. Cor
bett defeated Mitchell in three rounds. Cor
bett was then matched to fight Fitzslm-
mons in 1895 at Dallas, Texas, hut the bout
was prevented by the authorities. The
same year Corhett announced his retire
ment and presented the championship TO
Peter Maher. He repcnted, however, and
on II, 1897, engaged in a fight with Fitz
simmons at Carson cit. where Dan Stuart
had cleared away nor"1 o, nc sage brush
70 permit en- n1'o'>MD N2tue
In the battlo ~ carson Corhntt weighed
is podndS and ~ wHH1r 1Gh pounds,
The purse w 1880" 'ifz simmons sD'uNg
the Tol0r r'cy0- blow .Hi Ceshett lost the
champ onst.p rI. f.irI snh ro1nd.
F.t2,.mm H- .or'. rs Corh"tt n
ma KING n...H. .f..r .n and landed ~ the
IIop potd n pHa.it,''G adler, IL fol-
lowed tho nH'mg'a ~ sullivan and Corhett
money l- Joss "...r r. were good
t.'s .2lWans iIU nat hIV. .-Ht 9I,ar Ids
.rIotc c.ar ,wu'U Nrl' hs was mg5rhel
with jim Jea-..y 10 1898 t'auos Na. '1eD
cti1'.- 'i g'i'a COOL w1a Hs VIZ
Slaliil'a7 .H i"L-h. It En"F
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WITCH KILLER TO HANG.
Solomon iiOtema, ChOctaw Indian,
Still Contends He Was Right.
MURDERS WERE DONE IN COLD BLOOD
The Man Who Committed Them Had
Become a Presbyterian Preacher, but
Still Believed in Witches.

Paris, Texas, December 4.-In a few
weeks. unless the supreme court Of the
United States or the president interferes.
hev. Soloman Hotema, the full blooded
Choctaw Indian. convicted of murder In
the Federal court here last week will be
hanged. Hotema was the central figure in
celebrated witch hunt, in which several
innocent persons-men, women and child.
ren-were shot down In cold blood
Hotema, who is As years old, lived al
Grant, |. T., and had been Judge, a
member of the nations council and reg.
uiarly ordained Presbyterian minister. a
graduate of tho Presbyterian college al
Roanoke, Va. He had Just returned from
a meeting Of the Presbyterian general as
semhly In New Orleans. when he killed
the socaled witches.
Hotema's wltch-kllllug feat was a great
Shock TO his white friends. Ii Il a stirling
lH55t9nce or the force Of hered.ty. In early
S ,,,tt1-,n, ne was imbued With belief IN
witches by hearing his father, Captain John
5Iotelna speak OF them. The latter was Tor
3uI9. hNe years ruling elder In the Pres
pyLeIlah church. and was a captain Of light
horsemen, but firm believer In witch.
craft HIS son, Solomnn being asked why
IL was white persons und haifbreeds yer
uot troubled with Witches IL thcre were
such Things, replied that witches cam
shoot halls into them because they emf so
muen SAT-, and the bullets won't penetrate
h ht.u s aVS nave any enect' History shows
ne says, that when the white people nrst
came 10 America hey discovered witches
among the Indians, and that they have
Desn among them ever since.
pTlng the Imprisonment Hotema has
"@'''en biography and sketches in which
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amlned the patient he declared that the
white doctor didn't know what was the
matter with him and was treating him
wrong, that he had been shot with a witch
ball, and that the girl who was nursing
him was the witch who had placed him
under the evil spell. Blind Isom declared
that the only way that Bevin could re-
cover was with his own hand to kill the
witch. He must take a knife and hack
her to pieces.
After an earnest consultation with his
friends Bevin consented to carry out the
suggestion. He was provided with long
bladed knife. which he concealed under the
bed cover. While the girl was administer
ing his medicine and was leaning over the
bed, Blind Isom seized and pressed her
down until the patient who had supposed
ly been bewitchcd could stab her to death.
She was literally hacked to pieces No
legal punishment was ever inflicted for the
crime
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An Opportunity Worthy
of Your Notice.

we make this offer especially for those
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the proprietors recognize how far SO many
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for while we lose the box we give to you,
we make friend that assists us In the sale
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CHRISTMAS IN TEXAS.
Knights Templars Observe the Day at
Bryan.

DTYdTls
Bryan. Texas, December ga delega-
tlen Of Iyauhoe commandery, Knights Tenn
plars, composed Of Most Eminent Grand
Commander II. B. stoddard. Representative
j. l.. Fountain. Hon c. A. Adams, Cap.
tain S. NJ, Derdcn. Hon. Sam r. uender-
son and n. G. Tabor. went TO Calvert to.
day to observe the sentimcnt sent ont BY
the committee on Christmas observance.
They met at the home Of Colonel Thomas
J, Garrett. out OF respect to him, he being
the past commander Of Ivanhoe command.
cry. General stoddard placed the Jewel
upon Mr.. Garrett, making him for the
time the grand commander. Speeches were
made by General Stoddard, Mr.. Garrett
and others and a poem was read by Hon.
Sam X. Henderson. The exercises were
very pretty.
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Al Austin.

Austin, Texas, December 25.-This being
holiday, all of the banks and state de.
psrtments were closed.
Tho Colorado commandery. knights TEN.
plars. drank a toast to the grand command
er at 1880 o'clock this morning, and every
Sir Knight enjoyed tho occasion. Beautl.
full services were held at St. Mary'S church
at O'Clock. and holy communion was OBJ.
served at st. Davids Episcopal church al
1880 n. M.
Pupils at the Deaf -apd Dumb Institute
had big time last night The Christmas
tree was loaded 10 the guards With pres
ents, and every pupil was the happy re-.
clplent OF gift OF some kind. There were
fully three wagon loads OF presents on the
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TEXAS MARRIAGES.

Observation-Disclosures Texas.
december 24.-Mr. William Qualtrough and
the residence of the brides parents.
SMITH HAVNES-Gonzales Tn1ss no
cember 25.-Sidney A. Smith and Miss Rer.
tina Haynes were married this morning at
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Barn and Horses at San Antonio.

san Antonio" Texas, December 25.A4 7
O'Clock this morning Gre. believed to have
been OF incendlary origin, DESTROYED the
barn OF Dr. r. e. Moss on Avenue G. Two
hne carriage horses, phaeton ana buggy
is $500. 4ue total loss
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EleHTY SOLDIERS POISONED.
For a Time Halt Of Them Were
Dancer OF Death.

Cheyenne, Wyo, December 25.-ElghiY
members OF company f, Eighteenth inian..
try, were poisoned while eating breakfast
today, and for a time fully half OF them
were In danger of death One man =
still critically III. The post surgeon is q
the opinion that the POISON was IN 'n'
beef.
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Testimonials nom Aaoygr,1ss's
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' ~olls,s Aromatic schisdan Y s.so.. {
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Grain House at eroesh..oL.

Groesbeeck, Texas. December 25-s. S.
Watkins grain house on east side Of rail
road was partially destroyed by FIRE last
night The ire is supposed TO have caught
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MOVEMENT OF OCEAN VESSELS.
Especial to The Postl

especial 10 The PoSt.l
Port Eads.-AWved: Steamers Remedia,
Pascual tSpanl from Buenos Ayers; Mo-
nanti QSr) from Savannah; CoEaO' lNorl
from Ruefeds
Sailed; Steamers Utstein (Norl for Blue
fields Bswick Lodge tBr) for Manchester;
Glenmorveu (Br) for London via Norfolk
Comus tAm) for New York.
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Cotton al GranhIru

Granbury. Texas, December "a Fire wac
discovered In the cotton yard and ON tho
cars standing by yesterday evening and the
result is between sevcnty-fivc and 100 bales
OF cotton were burned before tba dTo yvo ?
eXtingnshed ~ Ivy Was
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Residence at lufkin.

Lufkln, Texas, December 25.-The resi-
dence OF It. j, Bonner was burned last
night, caused by a defective fue. Loss
$500, insurance $500.
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s0Z0DONT F F2e TEETH Csc,

in the warehouse Of Eshanove Brothers ana
spreading 10 the warehouses Of Gabriel
Escalante and the consignment department
Of the Merida railway. Some 10000 halls
Of henequin were exposed to the flames and
II IL believed much of it has been a..
stroyed. The loss is estimated at 4
$1,000,0O0.
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Store at Cumby,

Cumby. Texas, December 24-The store
of r.. w. Harris & Co., general merchan
disc. was destroyed ny FIRE at loss of
$1,000, with insurance of $3.50
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Groesbeeck Texas December CSC. II.
loaand's store at Prairie Grove. village
90 eight miles east Of Groesbocck.
bA 30 list night. 1t was insured, but the
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Cotton at Grand sallne.

Grand Saline, Texas, December 24-Be
tween ninety and 100 bales Of cotton
stored In p. p, Lvbrnnd's yard here wcra
burned this morning. Loss approximately
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Boxed Ten Rounds.

Karsas City, Mo, December 25.--Jack
Beauschaite OF Chicago and lack Graham
Of Indianapolis boxed leu rounds tonight.
the contest rssas<1ng IN = drRH.
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JEFFRIES' RECORD.
80

the residence Of the brides father, NJ T,
Haynes Rev Mr.. English officiating. Mr.,
Smith is foreman of the Gonzales Inquirer
printing ofhce.
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DIsastrous Fire in YlInatan

DISASTROUS Fire in Yucatan.
mexico City December 25.-word reacbe.
mere from Merida. Yucatan. that great
hre has been raging at Progresso. startIns
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FULL BOXES

Of Doan's Kidney Pills viii be given away
Tree TO every person suffering with kidney
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box, but regular Size box OF Doan's Kid.
ney pills, which retails at 80 cents.
Rannamhar
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Barn at Athens.

bdTn at NINen5.
Athens, Texas, December 24-The barn
belonging to J. O. Denton was burned this
evening. Loss $3.50, no insurance
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Vessels in Port.
STEAMSHIPS.
Vessels Destined tor Galveston.

Almerlan CBrl ......,.... Llye.u.o.
Rrayhcad tBr0 ,............ .I.Hts f2 20
Consols tBr) ......,....... 81. rsaH H. 10
Drachenfels (Gcrl .....,... Ca.lfut l28y
Hanover tGcrl ..........,-...
.,........ Bremen, via BataoTe - q
Hemisphere tBrJ .......... Liverpool u
ldar tBrl ......... Liverpool i4ll
lmaum iBrD .l4verpoal l..
Lampasas ...........,... New York l23l
Lord lvengh lBr). Newport News 1920
MatteawGn tHr) .....,... Suud ~ ma ~ -
Midllehnm Castle CBr) .......Balrv L.
Orion (Brl ........,...........
...... Llyl rpool viz West indies 1g-lN
Queen Olga OErJ ....... passed Suez H. 90
Sierra tSpanl ..-... san Domingo l2I
Teodoro dc Larrinaga uir.l. ....,...
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CLEARED.
None

SAILED.
SIS Nueces (AmJ, New York.
SIS Eldia (Am). New York.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF GALVESTON. December rs.
ARRIVED.
SIS ComaI (Am), New York.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13

freest city so far as Individual Il ton
is concerned. People live as they please
and 20 as they please, SO long Is they
do not come under the open condamna-
ton OF the law. The population sleep
at home and live elsewhere in the
streets, in the brilliant cafes. amid raw
iShing song, the wine drinking. the
dance ana merry shows. More than halt
the night they are out. There is Il gla-
mOur over the life that takes away the
sober senses of more experienced per
sons than 4 young girl left all to herself
in the gay capital She is caught in the
swim of this wild free life; she goes
sometimes. God pity hcr-shc gees to
the bad. The great Babylon swallows
her up. She is seen no more in the lit
tie home over the sea.
There is Il fallacy among students
that it is necessary to "scc life" in or
der tc become n complete artist. Ply
seeing life they invariably mean seeing
that which is vilest and malodorOuS. II
is not strange that girl students some
times share the notion. only the girl al
ways gets the worst Of this sort of see
ing life. Perhaps one may walk through
mirc upon footplank without ncceSsa-
rily slipping and being drowned in it.
Nevertheless. girls, if you are sure
you have artistic talent and would rath-
or live on bread and water and make
the most of it than To stay ut home and
live comfortably and bury it; if you
are prepared to work and be disap-
pointed and be disappointed and work
again; if you can keep your head level
and be guided by the instincts Of a true,
pure woman from start to finish. go to
Paris by all means and learn. Paris is
the most glorious art school in the
world. Beauty Of form, Of color. Of
sound and Of action lies all about and
above you. Here of all spots beneath
the sun you can get the tools. the
knowledge and the experience which
you will bring home for use in cult!vat-
ing the splendid young art Of the fu-
tlre in America. Keep to the training
your mother gave you. and you can live
happily and Independently in Paris.
TO. aud good luck attend you,
BEATRICE CuURCuILL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13
THE STYLISH WINTER GIRL,
Her Fancy Runs to Chinchilla, and
Her Waists Are NumberlesS.

Her Fancy Runs to Chinchilla, and
Her Waists Are NumberlesS.
If there was anything on the earth or
in the ocean or air that would tend to
make femininity more attractive than
it is now, it would somehow be discoy-
cred, and in a little while it would be
seen wherever women cOngregate. In
summer we look at the dear creatures
In their filmy garments and think they
could not be half so pretty in any other
dress, and yet when winter comes we
are accustomed to think that the win
ter girl Is far lOvelier The rosy faces
snuggle down into the soft furs with
the most charming effect. ChinchilIa
has been the favOrite fur for nearly all
sorts of trimmings, and one sees it so
often that though so pretty fur it be
gins to grow wcarisome. Still It is
very becoming and has its natural
place as revcrs and short capes and
mufrs. The small cape in the illustra-
ton is all that one could desire. The
dainty mufT to match is small and has
lace OrnamcntatiOn at one end. This is
but one style of muff, but there are
many prcttier ones and many much
larger. A few are made to remind us
of the Oldcn monstrosities in vogue
some three or four generations ago.
They are large and iabby and are cx-
pccted TO hang down to the knees.
They have no OrnamentatiOn save the
quality of the flIr of which tbpV arc
made. Some of the handsome muffS
are made with double ruflle ut the
ends, and OH the back of the muff a
pOrtemonnaie is fastened. while in the
front there is a vicious looking little
animals head, with place in which to
tuck dainty handkerchief. This is a
general utility muff. and yet it Is the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13
AMERICAN
GIRL
STUDENTS
IN PARIS.

OF the thousands Of young women
who for the past % years have sailed
across the sea to become students in
Paris how many have been heard
from? \ dozen. perhaps 20, in music,
vocal and instrumental Where are the
renowned actresses, the gifted lady
sculptors. painters and draftswOmen
whom their friends expected to return
hither and plant the seed of artistic de-
velopment in this crude young country
and watt US into the prestige of a high
art nation? In painting and sculpture
there are not six women of ali those
studying in Paris whose names are
generally known throughout the Unit
ed States. Even of successful women
drawing teachers, of whom fortunately
we have many. only the fewest number
have taken u course of instruction in
Paris.
The majority of these alleged stu
dents who went to Paris were poor
young women. Their families skimped
and saved to pay their expenses, their
brothers and fathers toiled. their sis
tiers taught school. their mothers did
without clothes and dentists teeth and
economical ON the housekeeping to
send these supposed genuses money
for living and tuition. If they ever had
any return for their labor it was in
| most cases only that which arises in
ones own breast from the conscious
ness that he has sacrificed himself for
another. That is a poor sort of pay,
particularly since 90 times out of 100
the one for whom the sacrifice is made
| is not worth IL.
Whose fault is 1t that the girl stu
dents for whom so much self denial
was practiced never gave account Of
themselves? 1t was not the fault OF
Paris, certainly-Paris, the worlds Gen.
| ter Of art instruction.
The fault lies with the girls them
selves. The same conditions that have
existed among the young women art
students in Paris for generation pre-
vail today, only more so, by reason Of
greater numbers. OF those who troop
to the French capital certainly half
have no particular gift or calling for
the art they pretend to take up. Rest
lessneSs, a wish for change, a desire to
see Paris, comprise the sum total Of the
artistic aspiration of 80 per cent of the
American girl art students in Paris.
These are simply rather dull. ordinary
girls who want to get away from home.
The 90 per cent remaining probably
have some talent for the branch of art
in which they have chosen to exploit
themselves. but most of them are with
out one spark Of that splendid aspira-
ton. that tremendous arnestnesS. which
makes a Rachel. a Sarah Bernhardt. a
Rosa Bonheur. They have no cOncep-
ton of the pluck. the heroic toll and
perseverance which will make even
moderate talent give good account of
itself 1t is the rule that no pictures
shall be accepted in the great art gal
lery of the Louvre till the artist who
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13

painted them has been dead ten years.
When the required decade following
the death of Rosa Bonkeur shall have
passed the French government will
buy at fabulous prices every picture of
hers it can lay hands on. They will be
worth almost their weight in gold, for
this woman was the greatest animal
painter of her own or of any age. Yet
to three-quarters of the American girl
art students in Paris Rosa Bonheur,
the little peasant woman. with her
short white hair and boys rough cloth
ing. would have been only a scarecrow.
So she would have been to dull. feeble
mediocrity everywhere.
OF the young American women art
students whom met in Paris there
were just two who Seemed to me to
give promise of rendering a reasonable
account of themselves. Both these
were western girls. one studying mu-
sic. the other painting. noticed both
these had very quick. alert eyes that
took In all about Ntbem and mouths
which shut with snap. They lived
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t...i.-..'i...'i'..-.i'.~.i.--.i'.-.i.....'a
=.
80
Their Ambitions
0R0 Mode Of Life. -
What Eventually Be-
comes Of Them.
Observation-Disclosures.

...'::..:..
~. -. -. -. -. -. -. -. So
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quietly, worked hard and took care Of
their health.
The students in vocal music are per
haps the greatest disappointment to
their friends, and perhaps these young
women are not altogether to blame.
Paris numbers among its pretended
voice trainers some of the most con-
uscienCeless scalnpS that breathe. They
understand their businessmen. under
stand 1t too well. More than half the
girls who study singing in Paris have
the ambition to be high sopranos,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13

handsomest of the lot. One can have
any kind of muff one wants this season
and be right in the swim.
In the Illustration may be seen one
Of the newest of the hats for right cold
weather. This is Of velvet in the Eng
Iish walking shape. with a crushed bow
In front and rich metal buckle.
ArQtlnd the brim is n band of fur to
match that in the cape, and at the left
side is a large panaehe of gray shaded
ostrich plumes. The velvet in the hat
should always match the color of the
dress and jacket or blouse. whichever
is worn. In this special instance the
costume is a light blush gray cloth.
and the bodice is tailor waist. with a
sash belt and some braiding to match
that on the skirt
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13
Especial Co-respondeuoe.l

VALPARAISO. Dec. 2O.-It cannot
truthfully be said that Chile is seri-
ousiy alarmed By the report that Bo-
livia has asked the United States to
take her side in the dispute between
the Citizens and the Bolivians
The hot headed Inhabitants Of this
elongated country have shown before
this that they are rot afraid Of Uncle
Sam, though, Of course, the standing
of the Yankees is much stronger down
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-13
UNCLE SANS HELP.
BOLIVIA SEEKS AID IN HER DISPUTE
WITH CHILE.

Three Corrcrc'. Scrap in south Amer
len, With Interesting Possibilities.
The yankees oT south America
Are Eager to Expand.