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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
CHAMPION WAS IN
A VERY SAD LIGHT

81 think the story is the brightest feather
in FftZsimmons's wing. 1t has had the ef-
feet OF making me a warm supporter of a
man whom l never liked, and I venture to
say II will have the same effect on thou
sands of others Even the spectators did
not know what a bad fix Jeffries was in.
His cheek bone was laid open and he had a
bleeding. broken nose. the blood from which
ran down his throat. preventing his breath
ing.
These were not the things We feared
most. One OF his eyes was cut between the
eyebrow and the eye lash. and We were
afraid that the fiap OF fis eye would Ill
and blind him. His other eye was also
blown out for a moment. I think Je1res
demonstrated he could take as much as he
could give People who were at the ring
will agree with me in this.
81 eagerly watched for some sign Of weak
ening In II came IN the NTH
round. I then told Jeftries to keep close to
him and not let him recover. Jefrfes FOL-
lowed instructions and landed the punch IN
the eighth.
IN conclusion. I win say that Il was the
gzmest fight between the gamest men the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
90
MAYOR sCHhITZ BELIEVES
ErnUaH ru-g

L.
FIGHT WAS 4 "FAkE.- 4
San Francisco. July &-Mayor
. schEntz has given out the following 4
. statement FOR publication: 4
From the information have re- 4
. eeived I an forced to believe that I
. this exhibition IL no better than the I
= previous ones We have had. namely I
= the Jenries-Ruhlin and Cans cFRd- Z
. den and others. and St Will do much 4
o toward discOuragIHg the sport in this Z
= city. In fact. unless some indubitable Z
. evidence is produced 10 disprove the 4
. Information furnished me by the ex- 4
. aminer. I shall hereafter have 10 pro- Z
. hfb:t all such professional fake ex- 9
. hb!tions. q
= Signed "E. K. sCHMITZ. .
9 Mayor Of san Francisco" .
q Later Mayor Schmitz made the fol- Q
lowing supplemental statement in re- .
g gard TO the fight: .
. II saw the exhibition. and up to the .
o time the blow that settled the fight 9
. was struck IL seemed 20 be a fair =
g. ana creditabie performance. but at =
= the time the blow was deIivered by =
. jefries Fitzsimmo1s appeared TO be .
g entirely of his guard 9
q Perhaps as much stress would not =
. be placed upon this fact were Il not .
o for the Information given TO me on =
o the night before the exhibition. that =
D the contest would end. and in favor =
o of Jefiries. in the eighth round. =
. 1 am 10th to believe that the pro =
. moter5 OF this exhibition were in a .
. conspiracy 10 dsfraUd the public. and q
. believe that they knew nothing at all .
Of a prearrauged affair"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

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ride HLNocKg tPks in front but was pulled Up Il Gn do better Teny Belle hssg neo on
Thme-EI4 2fs sea 80 l2 l%E q
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Start good: won driving: second
Medusa Gales broke snartiy. but
the stretch. sweryed a. the end and
race. finished Ezmely and Was only
q much improved horse to-day. had
EoOd hnisher OF him Bengal was
was pulled up At hrst turn Can do
Tim-aSz. IN 80. :IsA. ID
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CALLS ON AMERICAN
PUBLIC TO JUDGE.

A moment later he SaidI
And they say / was taking. I call on the
American public judge he cried again
as he said this
why" he said with childish f~rankness.
II prayed to win this light. 1t was the first
time l ever prayed TO win. I lay N that
room there"-he pointed to the adjoining
apartment-'and prayed: God. give me
strength to win this battle. and l win be
thankful Amen Do you think I was fax
ing after that?
IF want to fake l can do It better than
any one in the world. because 1 am not
afraid Of a punch. l would have gone up
and taken one that would have Stretched
me out i have been offered hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars to throw fights; but 1
always. fought on the square. did my
best. 1 could do no more. Now I'm going
to retire. I'm done for good"
JEFFRIES USES HIS FACE
As AN ARGUMENT.
When Jenries was seen his face was a
sight. His eyes were pulled out and discol-
ored and his cheeks cut and bruised.
d l look like a faker?' ne facetiously
remarked. as he looked at himself In a
glass. II l was going TO be a party TO a
fake / would net have stopped all these
blows with this face OF mine. Anybody who
and they can break me If they can bring
T. bit of evidence. II there had been a fake
for / was on the long end Of the betting"
JEFF,S TRAINER, DELANEY,
ISSUES A STATEMENT.
Trainer William Delaney this afternoon
issued the following statement in behalf OF
Jenr!es:
The fight Is over. Jefrries won, but not
without q struggle. I am free TO admit that
Fitzsimmons gave Us q surprise. 1 never
did like F1tzsimmons. but his actions last
night won me over. j admire him as a
fighter and sympathize with him that he
should have been subjected TO the mean ac-
cuEation OF taking Taking his age and
weight into consideration. he made a mar
Velous ShowinE. II he IS q faker we are
willing TO admit ourselves to be in his class,
for II is the kind OF taking that wins glory
and championships. II that fight was a
fake we are a party TO IL.
Il have been before the public for one
quarter OF a century, and have never been
accused OF participating in z dishonest ring
contest. and / am perfectly willing to let
the people judge for themselves relative TO
last nights fight. | like a courageous man
or animal. and when / see a man who
fought as Fitzsimmons fought last night ac-
cused OF THROWN his friends. 7 am COM
PEELED to do something / have never done
before-rush into print in defense OF the
honesty OF a fight / was connected with.
To defend F1tZsimmons from the accusa-
ton is TO defend a principal In the greatest
pusilistic encounter that the world has ever
seen.
CHAMPION WAS IN
A VERY sAD
81 think the story is the brightest feather
in FftZsimmons's wing. 1t has had the ef-
feet OF making me a warm supporter Of a
man whom I never like, and I venture to
say II viii have the same effect on thou
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

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Bart Howe had speed but .ioDpei'
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hHnnks was uh- restrain to the stretch turn then anne away Eil give her head Bunsk
YES tItsdo or his stride in early part and ridden with bad ud=mnL He wId have dome bet
Tn-I3 @&r =E 80 1G lb&.
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start S@d: won easily: second and third driving Wnner Frye & COS b "a by wsd-
snd the ad and Won sahy. adds n his rae So aid DnaEm- 'RRch was ut OF al
second turn. LINE nnkci the crowtng and Dhd him up He closed ground fast IN the
Thn-a& ia. 81. 20 =Hi1 L 1auk LA 1s 1H.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

Pierre sinking May 16 thirty thirty-five
Among the victims were seventy-one Sisters of
CharlIy lhlrteeh secular priests ana large num-
Seven priests were out Of the city and escaped,
people died, The Vicar General and the Mayor Of
Professor Iandes who sought 10 aay the peoples
fears by visiting the volcano and all the commits
sioners who reported that there was no danger
Chaplain MaeGEail Of the Dixe T ~ recovered cove, the the
cathedral bearing bass-relfef representation OF
communion service OF the cathedral carried
away by the captain of the British warshp Inde
head of the Catholic church in France.
seco6d ernpoR behed the ghastesj Of sights
Among them were United States Consul Haven, at
in the streets and houses just they fell In the
chief market Pae the bodies we're ped sG thiGky
them. The shopping district streets were covered
eroIns showing that they were engaged in ordi-
nary household duties and had suceumbed without
Consul Haven in one house f, found woman MAJ and and
had been terribly burned bit but the woman and an , two
out a struggle The bowl of Cruel and spoon from
beside their bodies The light clothing they wore
was not even scorched or stained. except by the
coating OF ashes which covered everything. The
reclined cot beside the children. and
With the Stem ony an inch or so from her lips
There was distortion OF the features All ap-
peared as calm and peaceful as II dea{h had not
come to them on the wings Of a TORNADO 3 Of flame
and in the vortex of an explosion Whlch scarcely
left stone above another in a city more than a
mile long
DR. Haven said he told by gendarme that
a man had been found on the road over the hills
back OF the town in the attitude of prayer. and
that another had been found with one leg thrown
donkey If in the act of mounting. A
gendarme who had visited the fort section of the
city before 1t deeply buried in mud and ashes
said he had seen corpse sitting bolt upright in
cart, TO which the donkey was attached, both be-
ing rigid stone. Many other grewsome stories
were told. but there doubtless much OF exag-
geration mixed with the truth and they were not
easily separated
As far as The Tribune correspondents inVestiga-
tions extended, he could find well authenticated
case Of instantaneous rigor mortis which deserved
consideration as evidence that the which killed
possessed any new or unknown element OF deadli-
The stories inconsistent with the AeoLg OF
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

craters are said to have boiled and sputtered
threateningIy.
The big volcano in Guadaoupe and that in Mont
serrat are said be intimately associated that
there is earthquake in of these Islands
that is not also felt in the other. although 1t may
be impercepuble in other islands nearer to the
apparent source of the disturbance. In the earth
quake which damaged Pointe-a-Pitre, Guada-
loupe. a few wears ago. Montserrat suffered more
than any other island in the Windward chain
This year the volcanoes in these two Islands nave
been remarkably quiet The lake in the crater
of the Guadaloupe mountain is always hot and
has apparently been disturbed in any way by
the outbreaks at Martinique and St. Vincent The
amiability of these treacherous peaks is however.
regarded as ominous by many of the natives
Mount Nevis and Mount Misery, the latter in the
island of ST. Kits, intima tely related each
to the other The sulphur spring at the base of
Nevis where the old baths situated. always
hot before is said TO have cold since the erup-
tions in st. Vincent and Martinique. but the sui
phur lake in the crater. always cold before. has
been hot enough to boil eggs. Mount Misery is
and always has been of uneasiness to St.
kits. very high, and the sulphur lake in its
crater is always not. There mas been greater heat
since the eruptions further south. The volcano
in st. Eustatius is believed to be also connected
with those of St kits and Nevis.
Saba the northernmost volcano of the chain. is
entitled. perhaps. to be called extinct than
any of its brothers. On this island there are no
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
WHAT THE SCIENTISTS SAID.

The scientists who accompanied the Dixie were
very cautious in their statements. With one or
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

two exceptions, they were commissioned write
their opinions for publication in various news
papers and magazines and naturally avoided inter
viewers Professor Jaggers of Harvard Jniver-
stty, said that from the superficial examination of
Pelee possible during his two brief visits before
the Dixie proceeded to st. Vincent, he could say
only that the energy of the volcano and the wide
spread destruction it had caused were at least the
equal of any previous similar disturbance in the
history of volcanic eruptions
From what I have seen thus far said he 81
should not be surprised If Pelse went on exploding
and tearing out it's substance until like Krakatoa.
it coIlapses and entirely disappears. I cannot. of
course. than say this is of the possibili-
ties. There other ends probable, but that
is the worst that may be expected. 1t is equally
probable that the volcano may in the course of
few months years again become quiescent, and
so remain for an indefinite time If the present
eruption does not destroy the mountain. it may in
future be overthrown in violent explosion
than that which destroyed St Pierre
''The cloud which destroyed the life of every
thing in St Pierre probably consisted of carbonc
acid gas steam and volcanic dust. AS the heavy
gas expanded and mixed with the air 1t con-
verted into carbon dioxide a highly explosive gas
and its explosion the force which demolished
the buildings destroyed the shipping uprooted the
trees the sides of the hills about the
city. This, of course, is Inference from the
little l have at this time MAY 22. and may
after more thorough Investigations alter my opin-
ion.
There is no lava at this time. but should not
be surprised II subsequent explosions throw out
streams of genuine lava. The quantity of rock
mud and dust already thrown up is very strong
Indication of yet possible lava flow.
"Carbonlc acid gas is the firedamp OF deep wells
and caverns, and renders man and other mammals
unconscious almost instantly. 1t IS heavier than
air, and this would account for its rapid descent
of the mountain side 1t overfowed the crater
and issued from the deep assures doubtless caused
by the explosion. I shall in my formal report |
hope after more thorough Investigations. be able
TO speak positively OF matters concerning which
my present opinions scarcely more than tenta-
tive"
C e. Borchgrevink. the antarctic explorer. who
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

In g. great crash The hot ashes which fell after
TSe engineers heard cries for water in other parts
H the ship and added their hoarse voices TO the
iaken of The wreck BY the French cruiser suchet.
I BENJAMIN Benson the Roraima's carpenter. came
tc New-fork on the Quebec steamship Company s
liner Madlana; a sister ship OF the Roraima He
ashes On her deck when she anchored in the road
stead at St Pierre Soon after the ship had been
anchored Captain Muggah appeared on the deck
Sen the Cloud reached the north sn6 of the citH
The captain at once ordered the Scott. slip
the anchor and put TO sea. and then went the
and they were trying to free the ship from her
r1oor.ngs when the sound Of heavy explosion was
and covered his head with a blanket The next
sour gas. which he could hardly breathe.
Choking and gasping he crawled out after the
but Bensor's hands were burned He heard cries
or ssT and rd he and SGott sought t fresh & water
slIh.r empty OF the pipes We're so bent and
q little was found in the forward tank and was
given 70 those still alive: OF whom there proba
T St Pierre was burning aercely: and not a living
began constructing raft OF lumber on the forWa rd
1eck The after part OF the ship was ahre, and il
aft was ready.
Benson's burned hands could be used only with
asf finished and what liffla provisions IND 9s go q
could be secured placed board IL was
then well into the afternoon. and the Suchet came
and took off the TWO assistant engineers five sea
men all badly burned except Scott and Benson
tnd little Margaret Hamilton Stokes nine years
bld and her nurse. Clara King. colored Of Barba-
toes Three Of the nine persons thus rescued died
,hortly after being taken te the hospital at Fort
se France
Jean Louis Prudent colored and Louise his wife.
we're On one OF the ships mOOred I'm the roadstead
Prudent ST. Pierre machinist, and was at
york IN the ship. As Ascension Day was holiday,
Prudent had secured permission TO have his wife
syend the day with him. and they breakfasted to-
rether, They were on deck when the fiery cloud
covered the city. and were thrown fiat by the ex-
slcsson. The wife fell the body of Prudent, and
severely burned than he. She has since
lied All Others aboard the ship were lost; The
couple rescued by the Suchet. and Prudent Is
he only person who dWelt in ST Pierre and was a
Witness OF its destruction VINO still lives. 4 woman
found alive in cellar by gendarmes several
lays after the atastrophe. but died without speak
ng before reaching the hospital in Fort de France
= Gnnofa1 inquiry failed TO elicit the slightest
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

foundation for the earlier report that murderer
the dungeon of the Jail in St Pierre had escaped
The story was doubtless due to the release OF a
prisoner for drunkenness in one of the mountain
villages several days before the disaster Ihe resi-
dents of the village had fed, and mercIfuIly set
the drunkard free He went to Fort de France,
where he was rearrested and confined in the jail
He was then set free. and disappeared.
AS nearly as can be estimated the loss of life in
st. Pierre and neghboring villages SO,Gto. OF
had fled Fort de France and to other islands.
This number considerably than COM
pensated for BY the number Of refugees from
Precheur and other villages who had gone to the
city, by the mariners in the roadstead and by
strangers come from other parts to view the erup-
ton. Among the dead Governor NJ. l. Mout-
tet and his wife who had gone to St. Pierre the
day before the calamity to reassure the panic
stricken popuace. The Governors residence
would have been out of danger. The American
consul. Mr.. Prentis and all the members Of his
family and his servants were killed. The Potomac,
of the United States Navy. recovered the body Of
the consul. which was identified by Consul Ayme,
at Guadalupe. The exciting incidents attending
the removal of the body after ii was abandoned on
the beach account of the third eruption of
Pelee have already been reported in The Tribune.
There appears to be a conflict OF testimony to
son. the carpenter. says the captain horribly
burned and thrown into the by the explosion.
A negro who had jumped overheard pulled the cap
tain the deckhouse of another ship. and it
hoated ashore. the captain dying the beach
about hour before the Suchet rescued the sur
vivors from the burning ship. The Rorama
afoat eight days after the destruction Of St.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

hot that it became molten mass on being re
lieved of pressure He said the theory o. Noi-
canic eruptionS that mountain masses S-pptu
and by friction caused enormous heat The move
ment also caused cracks and assures through WnlSh
water reached the heated interior and acted i1Ae
water suddenly admitted to a red-hot boiler II
conceivaby heavy explosions resulted from -
contact. and earthquakes, showers OF stones sIlo
mud streams of lava and clouds of dust and cinders
were the consequence
After his visit TO St Pierre. Professor RlsseiL
reticent saying his observa tonS had not oes"
sufficiently extensive 10 justify any definite con-
clusiOn.
Professor Hovey. who represented the American
Museum of Natural History Of this city. sald hS
writing his views for publication. and preIefIeN
the time not to talk for publication
Mr.. Hill. representing the United states GeoI9s..
ical Survey said he was writing for magazine
and declined be quoted. -.
Captain BOrchgrevink said shortly before W W
Madana reached New-YOrk that ne had secure"
valuable data from the commander OF the Suchet
who had made scientific observations and soun9-
fngs before the arrival OF the Dixie az Fort Hs
France He said that great changes had ocSurss+ ocSuL+
in the bed of the ocean near the volcano and "a
the bottom OF the sea off ST Pierre had SIoside1
to an enormous depth He declined TO make puoLHS
before reporting 20 the society he represents ths
details OF this subsidence. but said II was startS
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
FFV-EYEWITNESSES ALIVE
sronftnued from second page.

thesae story Of the destruction Of the city. Both
srere badly burned but rapidly improving, and
the surgeon said they would recover They said
che Rorairna had run out Of her course during the
night in approaching St Pierre. as ashes were fall
ing thickIy the deck and the summit OF PeIee
eTss shrouded in thick smoke. A heavy cloud
rseerued TO hang low the city at o'clock when
sne ship made fast TO one Of the harbor buoys
1bout two hundred yards off shore. Hardly had
khs chip been brought to anchor when thick white
sloud settled slowly down the slope Of the volcano
and then spread with indescribable rapfdity over
Ehs city from north TO south. II seemed TO boil
Uowu over the bluff back of the town. and roared
hike q tornado. In an instant the city hidden
krom view.
/ The sorder to slip the Roraimas anchor had been
ki-en. but before Il could be complied with darts
of flame or lightning shot athwa1 the cloud in
eyery direction and there a tremendous
kiosion. The two engineers below, and the
Eaext instant the ship was enveloped in burst Of
flame that seemed TO reach TO the remotest parts
snf Is interior. The fumes were sufocating and
she air the men breathed seemed TO burn their
1hroais and lungs. The ship keeled over on her
beam ends and everything loose was carried away
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

carbonic acid gas asphyxiation and subsequent
carbon doxide explosion were extremely rare, and.s
it may be added. extremely doubtful The case or
the and children by DR.: Haven
showed instantaneous rgor of the bodies The
reclining easily and in posture OF re-
taxation; her pipe had slipped from her relaxed
lips and the children lying the floor, where
they had been sitting. No hand firmly grasped
what it had held anI no limb poised in action
The gendarmes said the bodies. when they
first visited the scene nearly all lay face down
ward. and the hands in large number of in
stances the mouths. That death came
quickly could not be doubted. for bodies lay where
the people had fallen in the midst If their ordinary
vocationS. 1t is said that post-mOrtem eXamina-
tons of some of the victims who died in the hos
pitals at Fort de France showed that flame had
been inhaled. The Roraima survivors complained
that their threats
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
rnr rn0 HOT TO 81 On.

army which fought through the Indian Nutny than
General Sir William Olpberts. V. G. and the dea'h
of Hell Fire Jack he was popular1y KNOWN
will be n sad blow to many old Mutiny veteran.
saws M A p" Was IL Lord Napier OF
MagdaIa who declared that Olpherts earned tns
Victoria Cross every time he into action
And did Colonel Malleson. the grave historian
OF the Mutiny assert that Olpherts ought 20 nave
been recommended for the Cross at least thiI'S
occasions? He was the beau ideal OF daSIt,ss
soldier and a great contrast 10 the sober 80,
College trained officers of later day oh - ~
occasion critical point in battle, his az, aiI,-
lerymen declared that they could not serve . -
because the metal with repeated discharges ;$s nSs
grown too hot touch. OlphertS leaped asttIeg
the gun. Serve il now. ye devils. he Sho''S~'
and the gun served