The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-30
ILL AND PENNlLEss.
|PATHETrg SEQUEL IN ca.
REEROF. AN OLD KING
OF THE RING.

John L. Sullivan Lives On the Char
ity of His Sister. and May New
er Leave Her House
News from Philomath.
J. E. Henkle is in Portland buy
ing his spring stock of goods.
Mr.. Hawkins is preparing to
| move his family to Portland.
Mrs Geo Bethers of Toledo is
visiting at the home of her parents.
Mrs. Trask of Yaquina was visit
ing her brothers, S. and ]. Moses
last week.
Ed Allen killed large wild cat
or lynx south of Philomath last
Thursday. 1t was as large as a
shepherd dog.
Mayor Burnap bought the butch
er shop last week of Rodgers &
McLane.
Mr.. Brack the Philomath black
smith for nearly two years. moved
with his family to Portland last
week.
MosessBros. have fine pair Of
shoes ins their show window, offer
ed as prize for the best shooting
at the gun club tournament.
The Philomath Cornet Band gave
an entertainment at the I. O. o. F.
hall which showed the superior
| quality of the material of which the
band is composed.
Over three hundredssat down to a
bountiful dinner at the school house
last Friday on the occasion of the
closing exercises of the public
school.
Mrs. Wallas returned from a visit
in Marion county, last Thursday,
bringing with. her little boy whose
father was killed by falling from q
building in Salem. His mother
was already dead. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallas intend adopting the orphan
boy.
There was, considerable excite
on our streets last Saturday over q
test of strength between a powerful
horse, and three men, who br {
| themselves and successfully hele
their ground against the horse
Several men bet on one or the otht,
side, but the wise ones held tbei,
own opinions and helped smoke th,
cigars.
i Boston, March 22.-John L. Sui
livan is seriously i'll at the home o
his sister in Rox bury. The great
, est of all prizs-fghters is sufferin,
from wasting disease which ha
) gradually undermined his hercule
an frame, and it is not believed tha
J be ran live long.
Ths famous king of the ring i
ais suffering with his eyes, so tha
his light has becone impaired, ant
} th- indications are that befa.e loni
be must 60 blind. The trouble will
his yes gives him great pain.
In addition to his physical ills
4 Sui van is without money, depend
ent Entirely upon his relatives 70
SUP port. He has earned In his ca
| reer upward of..$1. 100000, but al
OF this he has given away in charit
4 or wasted in prodigal living. H
has not penny of it left.
! The news of the "big fellows
plight has just become known il
sporting and theatrical circles, an,
, his old-time friends. are preparin
to make good the declaration G
!, long ago that he should never van,
Arrangements are now under wa
, for monster benefit performance
> at the Boston Theatre.
} 1t has been contended that whe
3 Sullivan met his Waterloo at III
: hands of Corbett at New Orleans i
September, 1892, his normal vigo
was then so much impaired tbs
I Corbett's triumph was only ho
O. low one; that if the champion ha
9 been himself the leadership OF th
: ring would not have passed. 1t
> certain that from the moment {
! his defeat he began to give signs
failing vitality. Drink and othe
: dissipations, so long his only enc
r my, had full sway for years, an
|. he grew heavy, soft and bloated.
D For time Sullivan essayed th
= stage in melodramas and mad
: much money, all of which he squar
Q dered. When he found himse
without money he discovered thu
he still had friends. A monster be,
eft in Madison Square Garden
New York netted him a bandsom
sum. Knowing his utter irrespon:
e