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REFEREE RELIEVED
BY DECISIVE FINISH

Referee Eddie Smith said: 'I
stopped the fight when the
twentieth round was nearly
over. 1 saw White did not have
a chance and 1 did not like to
see such game man take
bad beating for nothing. 1t was
the greatest fight 1 ever saw.
If 1t had gone the limit without
that knOclxdown / would have
had a hard job deciding It and
will leave 1t to you to think 1t
out. Both men were fighting
all the time. am glad it ended
decisively. Both men fought
every inch of the way and so
many blows were struck it was
impossible to keep track OF
them.''
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Iroquois Club Holds Meeting.

Judge Frank ]. Murasky spoke be-
fore the Iroquois Club last night, his
subject being The Significance Of
Some New Legislation. He said in
part:
America is the foremost country
in the world, and Washington is the
greatest scientific center in the world,
not even excepting Berlin, Paris and
London. America is a nation of fight
ers, fighting battle for all mankind.
The United States Government is do
ing things for the uplifting of the
whole nation, and much is being ac-
complished by proper legislation" !"
The club passed resolutions favoring
the enactment of a law restricting
Japanese immigration into this coun-
try.
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BOTH BOXERS AT WEIGHT.
Beam Does Not Raise When Men Steu
on the Scales

OlA tllC oNdtGS.
A big crowd gathered at Harry Cor
belts early in the afternoon to see
the men weigh in. Britt was the first
to appear and was cheered as he made
his way to the appointed place.
White was soon on the scene and
no time was lost settling down to the
business In hand. Britt stripped to
the buff and after Referee Eddie
Smith had adjusted the scales the
Californian stepped on. The bar trem-
bled for an instant, but did not rise.
White was ready by this time and he
stepped up for the test. White proved
to be Of almost the identical weight as
Britt, the bar just trembling again.
There was the usual exchange of
compliments. each fighter saying he
was in the best possible condition.
speech was demanded of Mitchell
as he led the way out with his little
party. He said May the best man
win
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snailham Gets the Decision.

SACRAMENTO, May 5.-After the
decision was given in favor Of Snail
ham in his twenty go with Hy-
land, Red Sammy McClintock, Hy-
lands manager, jumped in the ring and
kicked Referee Jack Donnelly in the
stomach. Backers of both fighters
sprang to the middle of the ring and
for moment a riot was imminent. The
police succeeded in maintaining order,
however, and McClintock was placed
under arrest
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Round Twenty.
ESQUIRE and "GentIeman." !"

The words esquire" and gentle
man" are among those which fail from
our lips dailv. and yet most Of US
would be rather puzzled to say in pre-
else language what we mean by them.
In a recent county court case a school,
master was ruled out OF the gentle
man list
Legal distinctions. on the point have
been anomalous The following are not
gentlemen: A buyer OF silks, soli-
citor's clerk out Of regular work. a
commission agent. and an audit office
clerk. On the other hand. the follow
ing have been held gentlemen" viz:
One following country pursuits and a
sleeping partner in some businesses, a
medical student. dismissed coal agent
out OF work and a person living on a
parents allowance.-London Law
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Our Lille First at Six Furlongs.

ST. LOUIS. May 5.-Fair Grounds results:
First race. four and half fuflongs-Secur-
ity won, Pinsficker second. Harry Scott third.
Time. :57 2-5.
Second race, five and half furlongs-Leila
Hunter won. Sly Musette second, Netting
third. Time. 1 :13 2-5
Third race, six furlongs-Our Lille won.
Howling Dervish second, Miss Gomez third.
Time, .18 2-5.
Fourth race, one mile and seventy yards
Jake Sanders won, Broomhandle second. Tar
tan third. Time. 1853.
Fifth race one mile-Lone Wolf won. Brav-
cry second. Borak third. Time, .1:47 20.
Sixth race, one mile and twenty yards
Floyd K won, Amberita second Mamon third.
Time | 45
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silyerslxin Captures a Purse

LEXINGTON, KY, May b.--Resu1ts:
First race Ave and half MISUNDERSTANDING
won Yo San second Merino third Time,
HOY.
Second race, four and half furlongs--vio
won Plebeian second. Tokolaw third. Time.
:56N
Third race six furIongs Lexington Leader
won Neya Wetch second, Devarg third. Time,
1:11E
won. Mile Demague second Running Water
third Time, :51%.
Fifth race, one mile-Marshal Dey won.
Black Cat second Belle Dobson third. Time.
sixth race, one mile-Silverskin won Con-
jurer second, Birchbroom third Time. l:44
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Sports Continued on Page 10.

The restriction that salmon may not
be taken from the waters OF South
eastern Alaska until after July ! Of
each year has been removed, and In
view of this 1t is expected that the
catch will be very much larger this
year than previously
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ARREsrED ON sUsPIc1oN.-p.t.e

ARRESTED ON sUsPICIoN.-Detective
Gorham and Smith Of Captain GIeeson's dis-
trict arrested Joseph Peterson. an ex-conyict
and Victor L. Sutherland at the Chutes on
actions suspicious. When searched Sutherland
who claimed to be a student. had a revolver
in his pocket and wore belt with twenty
fve cartridges in It. Yesterday sufherla nd
was booked at the City Prison on q charge
Of carrying = concealed weapon and Peterson
will probably Be released.
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Belgium is making preparations to
celebrate next year its diamond jubilee,
the seventy fifth anniversary of it's in
dependence from the Netherlands. Lo-
cal committees are being organized
everywhere and the Government is ex-
pected to make an appropriation Of
$780, 900.
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eT~HE ma o met m a Wilt AXE it like a
o h gradual
m in would
have nnue fgh Twas uT referee right do blame him
in
plans h dId 10 nc know what dc n r h rst'
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REGENTS of the Fight.

The receipts of the fight were $9129.
OF this the fighters received so per
cent, or S4564 SO. The winner gets so
per cent of this, or $273S 20, while the
losers end is $1S25 so.
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it looked as though the latter would
not go the route, being in no condition.
But he rallied in hurry and after
putting Attell down for eight in the
third came back and ended the mixup.
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Amateur Champion Is Defeated.

LONDON, May 5.-Joshua Crane
Jr., the American amateur champion,
lost his third tie in the amateur court
tennis championship games at the
Queens Club to-day, being defeated by
H j. Hill, 81.
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Three condensed milk factories are
now in operation in the United States
with an aggregate Of $225.0 invested
capital and a daily capacity Of 206.5o0
pounds of milk.
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Tom reilly knocks Out Croak.

HAVRE, Mont, May 5.--In sched-
uled twenty-round contest here to-
night Tom Reilly of California knocked
out Eddie Croak of Havre in the
eighth round.
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BRITT PRAISES THE CLEVER ENGLISH CHAMPION

m hat o % he a man eve met N ne m JyB
win nu umeu afuc ucvrns snhua eandn made
In In square inc my merits "a him after Mh' d for 1 saw hin
wa w o m il he punch
~ mnd Im TO other hg in 1.-THE ~wld wene
utwfhou urng gandI oodnw when first entered tn
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CANS NAME HOOTED.

A number of challenges were read.
one from Cans being hooted. There
were repeated calls for Battling Nell
son, who was accorded one of the
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Round Give.

The men came together quickly. Britt send
ing In a Furnishing left to the body Britt
then rushed. but straight left TO the face
stopped him. White cleverly took care Of
1t Britt sending in right and left swings
to the head. After some sparring White just
missed fearful right swing for the jaw
and Britt worked his left hard to the chin.
but received the same dose from the shifty
Englishman. Then they clinched and in the
mix Britt swung right and LETT hard 10 the
Jaw forcing White to clinch. They continued
TO mix It, but failed to make connections.
White then shot his right TO the jaw and
the bell closed the round Britt going to his
corner with the lions share of the honors.
White however. got in couple OF stin right
punches in this round which the Californian
did not relish.
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Round Eight.

They each missed right and left swings and
mixing IL Britt's left found Whites stomach
and = right and left hook reached the English
man'a law Britt waded In lighting like q
tiger. but White avoided most Of his des-
perate leads Britt missed right for the body
ana tried to force White to the ropes with
the Euglishnnan again was too clever for the
local favorits. They went to a mix. exchang-
inr vicious right ana left swings TO the body.
Britt was wild with two left swings and .
right for the body was blocked. White then
the bell rang Britt did the aggressive work
in this round. but the Englishman was SO
clever that few of Brftt's blows found lodg-
ment 1t was an even round.
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Round Eleven.

They quickly rushed to q clinch and In
dulred In some innshting. neither landing
Brfft was Wild with left and then q moment
iater hooked twice to whites Jaw with left
There was . mouentary lull In the lighting
and thsn Britt landed his left On the Jaw and
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Britt rushed in but missed several left and
rights for the Jaw. Then followed in
effectual mix both missing vicious swings
White again displayed wonderful FACILITY IN
eludinr Britt's pet blows and the crowd con-
tinued to cheer the Englishman. They again
mixed 1t in the center and Britts attempts
for the head and stomach easily taken
care OF by the clever Briton- Britt kept
pe9ging away. and in mix swung terrifcally
with left and right to the Jaw and followed
Il with left hook to the head. White then
swung right to the head and they went to
clinch Britt forced White against the
zones and landed left and right swing on
the head The bell rang and the men con
tinued fzhting for several seconds. The round
was .liThtly in favor of Britt.
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Round Six.

They at once rushed TO close quarters
White missing right and left swings for tha
Jaw left swing by Britt also went wild
and White shot his left hard to the face.
Britt missed left swing for the jaw, then
planted a hard right on the ear Britt rushed.
but right and left. straight. were smothered
by the Briton. Britt finally uppercut to the
Jaw and they clinched Britt jabbed lightly
on face with left and White neatly blocked
several vicious right and left swings White
then sent Britt's head back with right ehoppy
swing and a moment later worked in another
right Britt in the meantime fighting wildly
White electrified the crowd with his brilliant
blocking and scientific work. at which he was
Britt's equal. II was Whites round and he
was tremendously cheered during the minutes
respite.
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Round -Four.

Britt sent two rights to the jaw and re-
ceived in return straight left TO the face
and a left hook the body. Britt missed
a left hook for the stomach and White
cleverly blocked left and right swings for
the jaw. White boxed very prettily ana after
Britt had missed two left and right swings
he (Britt) sent White against the ropes with
White evened up the score by planting right
and left to Britt's face. They then mixed
1t furiousy Britt sending hard short-arm right
to the body. Britt then drove in vicious
left high on Whites body and some showy
boxing ensued ending in a clinch. The round
Honors were comparatively even IN this round
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Round Ten.

Britt missed left swing for the head AM
left and right for Whites face were ais
blocked White jabbed straight left % tn
face, for which Jimmy countered with lef
hook to the face. They swung themselve
into clinch and Britt sent in raking righ
10 the Jaw and left swing to the head. Whit
got back at him, however, with straight jal
to the face Britt's blows seemed to excel II
power those OF his adversary. Both misses
several leads with straight lefts for the fac
and they fought to clinch. White sent hi
left to the face, bringing the blood from
rasll over Jimmy's eye. Britt then sent In
Tremendous smash TO the Britisher,s Jaw
which forced him to cover quickly, and tn
I,eiI rang There was cut over Britt,s eye
from which the blood trickIed In a tiny strean
as the Californian sought hts corner. The roun
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Round Nine.

They went Immediately to clinch and an
ineffectual mix ensued- White sent Britt .
head back with q right swing and mixing IL
he duplicated the blow Britt hooked with
left and right but the Englishman smothered
Jinmy's efforts. II was a clever exhibition
on the part of both men. Suddenly Britt
swung hard to the body with right and a
moment later hooked his left TO his opponent 5
body and they clnched. Britt then sent
whites head back a foot with a straight right
on the chin and hooked his left hard to the
Briton's stomach Some more pretty hoxins
blocked The round ended with the advant-
age slightly in Britt's favor and with the
crowd cheering both men, Up to this stage
having slight lead.
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Britt 1unged out with left and was blocked
He kept forcing the pace and missed left and
right for the body. similar attempt was
also barren and then Britt rocked White
head with q full right swing to the chin.
Britt missed fearful left swing and a right
swing partly caught the Britisher on the face.
White kept Britt busy leading blocking most
OF the Calffornian's attempts. One left reached
the Englishman's chin lightly then Whtta
his efforts were unavailing- They went tc
the center OF the ring and exchanged right
and left swings as the bell denoted the end
Of the round This round was very tame and
tirezorne with Britt In the lead
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Round sixteen.

They went to elinch- Britt forced the
fighting. lacing out continually with either
left or right straight left found the Brit
isher's head and attempt at retaliation
went a-glimmering. Britt hooked two wicked
lefts to the jaw and quick as a fash drove
straight left to the body and the Englishman
covered. Britt swung his left to the face then
blocked Whites counters Britt shot his left
TO the body, then sent stif left to the Jaw.
They went to clfnch. Britt kept forcing the
pace. White merely acting the defensive.
Britt again hooked his left to the stomach ard
the bell rang with all the honors in the Cali
fornia1s favor At this stage Britt appeared
to hold long lead and had the decision won
easily unless White should make a brace t.
Britt did the leading and landed the cleaner
blows.
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Wanted to Be a Pirate.

He had explained to one of his fell
low officers on the John Adams that
his idea of a career. both pleasant and
profitable, was to run a vessel out
sailing anything afioat with a crew
who would go 10 hell with me- He
seems to have embarked on the Somers
with a view to realizing this ideal She
was the fastest little vessel in Uncle
Sans navy. But unfortunately for
Spencer's plan, while the vessel an
swered his specifications. the crew did
not II had no idea of sailing to he'll
with a boy of his type And he struck
a snag in the third man he approached
after having corrupted Samuel Crona-
Well boatsman's mare, and IA sea
man named Elisha Small. The snag
was a seaman named Wales. who was
serving as purser's steward, and whom
hs invited to come UP in the shrouds
where they could talk" when the ves-
sci stood about two days out from st.
Thomas. on her return voyage after
winter spent off the coast of Liberia.
protecting American merchantmen from
British cruisers that were supposed TO
be suppressing the slave trade there.
Spencer swore Wales 10 secrecy by
the most blood curdling oaths. and then
disclosed his plan for numbering all the
officers and such of the crew as could
not be counted on and Selling the yes
Sci and turning pirate with her. They
were to drop on the rich merchantmen
in those waters, keep as much of the
cargoes as pleased them and burn the
vessels. In short, Spencer proposed to
turn time back to the DAYS Of Kidd and
the buccaneers
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ZAcNN11hncnkO OfEheHl1UwC1 OaHe aZszoAz.
-1aptn1nE En1rom L7nsd ZhemlpAudJ Jhat
IheLe1deEs"

not. There are some terrible tales of
nutiny i'll its annals The record of
them was written q. year or two ago for
Munsey's Magazine by John r Spear
ana is a story as gruesonely interesting
ana much more realistic than any o.
the pirate tales of the Spanish main.
1he first of these II point of time is
the story of the schooner Eliza. which
sailed from Philadelphia for St Thomas
under Captain Wheland, in the LAST year
or the eighteenth century. She carried
oEly seven men all told, three of them
foreigners, who subsequently claimed 10
DC trenchmen, though they shipped as
Jacob Baker, Joseph Brous, and Peter
PETERSON. none of them names of a
prcnouncedly Callic favor But one of
tfem held a commission as captain of a
french prfvateer, and. on the strength
O. II, the three, When brought 10 trial.
tied to escape punishment. pleading
tfat their seizure OF the little vessel
vas not mutiny, but an act of war. For
FIVE years French privateers had been
preying upon American commerce
With practically no retaliation on the
Fart of the Government.
The Eliza was four davs out from the
Delaware capes. when on September u.
l.'9, the mutiny broke out. The three
foreigners found the mate asleep on the
deck; they killed him with an ak. and
threw his body overheard. They went to
the captains cabin, and. finding him in
mis- berth. stabbed and beat him till he
ought to have been dead. But the can
tam was a man with no sense of fit
ness. and ne drove them off with a pair
Of pistols. They killed the supercargo
and the only American sailor on board
before 1t occurred to them that not one
OF them knew enough Of navigation to
sail the vessel. So they offered to spare
the captains life if he would bring them
safe into port.
Captain Wheland agreed knowing full,
well that they would kill him as soon a.
ever they sighted land. And he kept his
word-in his own way. For nine days
he sailed his ship without seeing a
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Hanging Starts Controversy.

controversy which stirred the whole
country ensu2d. Captain Mckenzie was
ultimately justified IN his course Mr.
Spencer resigned from the Cabinet nomi-
nally because he did not believe in the
Mexican war. and retired into private
life. a crushed. broken man. followed by
the sympathy of the entire nation With
in q year he died. Within another year,
on its first cruise after the mutiny. ;"
haunted. so the sailors said, by three
ghosts twisting round and round, as
they swung at the yard arm. the Somers
went down in Vera Cruz harbor And
about . year after that Captain McKen-
zie died at Tar-ytown.
Such Is the story of the incipient
muIiny on the brig Somers. the one
blot of its sort in the history Of Uncle
Sans navy. But that even had it sue
ceeded, would not have been compa ra bic
with what has taken place in Russia
recently. The Somers carried l20 men
all tod. The modern battleship carries
nearly 1G00. She was 226 tons burden and
fitted Cor fourteen guns but only carried
ten of them, and these We're about as
effective as child's toy pistol when
compared with guns carried by the
navies of this day and generation.
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MutinY in COinladen Ship.

Next comes the mutiny of the Platts-
burg, the most remarkable in the his
tory of American commerce. The Platts-
burg was owned by Isaac McKim. of
Baltimore. one cf he foremost Amer
lean merchants of his day. and COM
manded on this memorable cruise by
Capt. William Hackett- The vessel was
bound for Smyrna for cargo of East
ern goods a polite euphemism for
opium. She carried a cargo of coffee
and American dollars-42, 600 of the latter
in coin The crew was not signed until
after she was loaded, and the loading
was done as quietly as possible. for a
cargo of coin was in those days re-
gerded as scarcely less dangerous than
cargo of dynamite today
When Master William Hackett sought
his crew in the sailors resorts along the
water front he fondly ina gined that the
nature OF the cargo was unknown. But
the fact that the vessel was to carry
coin had leaked out. and some des-
peradoes had conspired to ship as sea-
men with the we'll defined purpose of
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what Will Blood Tell ?n

Philip Spencer should have been a
SHINING example for those who believe
that blood viii tell" Instead. he has
been used TO point the moral of the
iconociasts who are wont to repeat
But what Will II ten?'
He was the grandson OF Ambrose
Spencer. one Of the great jurists of the
early days Of the Republic, and of De
Witt Clinton. the inventor. His father
was John Garfield Spencer. of New
FORK, scholar. lawyer, and phiianthro-
pist, and one of the early Iaborers IN
the vineyard Of pubic education. He
had served in Congress, ard became
Secretary of War under Tyler. the most
esteemed member of Tyler's official
family, with the exception of Webster
@ho held over from the Harrison Cabi-
let long enough TO complete the Web,
ster-AshburtcR treaty.
Naturally aptything that Secretary
Spencer 'wanLed" within the mower of
Government e.hciels was his for tho
asking. He wa.; / a berth I'm the naval
service for his 10y Philip. his Benta-
min. the son OF his old age. hoping that
naval discipline would do for him what
parental discipline rad failed.
He was Wild ooS, Philip Spencer. He
had been expelled from Union College
for more than >.uIf;, lent reason. He had
run away Ind sisred on a New England
whaler, and cen saved from that ser
vice only by The use of all his famiIv-s
influence. S Secretary Spencer got him
an appointment midshipman He had
d brief and inglorious career. serving
on the Potomac and the John Adams,
n4- hAin~ DISCHARGED and dAsradAd
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Groups of seamen melted away at the
approach of an officer The crew be-
came surly, and so openly antagonistic
to the usual discipline OF a ships rou-
tine, that he was forced to take action.
so he arrested the three men. Spencer
tried to treat the matter as a joke.
Mckenzie called a council of his off
GERS, and they unanimously agreed, after
a careful taking of testimony from the
crew. that they were in imminent danger
II losing the ship and that the three men
accused were clearly guilty They were
sentenced and the following day exc
cuted- Spencer confessed, and admitted
the justice of the Iinding. He even own
ed up to having planned in the same
way to seize the Potomac and the
Adams, Small also confessed Crom-
wen maintained his innocence, but he
vas deeply implicated in the confessions
of the others that he was hanged with
them That night the three men were
buried at sea, and within week the
Somers was in port and the news had
reached Washington