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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-10-17
smaxAx Ac. ) .--An
AspubsSoan Vice Presidential Cand
aaas Drawn Dat By Coagress.
Aan De Asnond.

On tie word Of James SckooIcraft
Sherman. Republican vice presidential
candidate. full responsibility for cor
gress' failure 70 enact many needed
laws must Be assumed BY the Repub
lican party.
April 9. 1908, in the house, a. printed
IN the Congressional Record. Repre-
sentative David A. d Almond. Il
Missouri, said:
when the question 10 asked any
where in the coun4zy-and 1t will he
ssked-why was nst this mnsure
considered, why was mot that meas
are passed, why was not the other
measure brought upi there IL one an
swer. and only one: Because the Rs-.
publican majority In this touse wiiled
that It should not be considered. should
not be brought up, should not BE-
passed. We can stand upon that rec
ord. Il 70 well known that there 10
pressure in the country, and very great
pressure, for the consideration and
passage Of q number Of Important
measures. II IL woll known that q
large majority Of the voting strength
Of the country IL insistsot upon the
consideration and the passage Of In
portant measures Do not 70 to them
again, As you have done % often and
20 successfully, and endeavor to de-
lude them into the belief that some
how you could not get consideration
for the measure and somehow yoa
could not pass 1t. You can have con
sideration. because You have the pow
er to enforce II; and, 70 far ~ meritori-
GUS measures are concerned. ~ has
been demonstrated here more than
once and will be demonstrated again.
and abundantly demonstrated. you
have only to express the will, you have
only to give the opportunity. and n
You lack the votes upon that side. a.
you do mot, there will Be an abundant
addition here"
sherman Admits 1t.
The same day. replying, Nj. shef-
man said:
1.-THE gentleman from Missouri IN
Inmates that the Republican side Of ths
house desires to do away with the roll
calls because Of some fear Of making
a record upon some question before
the house. Mr.. Speaker, the Republic.
an party In the house. the Republican
party in this nation. 10 prepared today
to accept full responsibility. mot only
for everything that - done, but for
that which IL not done in the way Of
legislation and administration. ZAP
plause on the Republican ade.1 We
recognise the fact. cir, tat this gov
eminent today 10 Republican in all III
branches. We recognise the fact that
We have 4 Republican Dres!dent brave.
wise, and courageous. We recognise
that We have 4 Republican majority
in the senate. that We have Repuhlie-
an majority in this house that IL ready
to resort to every legal, eveey proper
constitutional right to ensct such leg
islation as It deems for the best In
terest for the greatest number of oul
people, and which 10 willing and ready
to accept full responsibility for all
those measures which are introduced
here and which are enacted into law"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-10-17
NO seAREs THIS YEAR.

mo one fears that Mr.. sryss's
election would provoke an Indus
srlai, commercial and financial
eataeiysm."-NsW York Evening
Post, Aug, 1909.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
Falzer Tells of the Career of
the Australian
Wonder.
BY G. A. FALZER.

,"E~g HE man who fought more ring
battles than any other pugilist,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
lack DUNN'S NICE JOB.

Jack Dunn is said to be well salts
fled with Baltimore and would not at
present consider an offer TO hurdle to
the major leagues. Dunn Is to work
on the bonus system next season, and
as he expects to again win the pen
Inant should get along very well. Should
the Oriole outfit finish in front the
manager of the Birds will receive a
check for $4,000 in addition to his
salary, second place will mean an addi-
ton Of 81, 500, while 81, 900 will be paid
for finishing in third place and $500
for fourth place. Dunn insists that no
games were handed to the Providence
team, and that one of h members
of the Baltimore club had any feeling
against Newark.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11

could have killed a fly with my punches
after the first round.
Kept Away From Jim.
In the eighth round I thought, poo
fellow. I'll keep away from him for 6
round and both his eyes will be closed
Then Til appeal to the referee to stor
the fight. At that time Jeff stood will
his arms stretched out and fairly tot
tering around the ring. He looked like
a piece of liver that was chopped will
an axe. His pose seemed to say, Put
me out Of my misery" and this I de-
termined to do. my right hand still be-
ing good. I let go my right for the
point of the chin, and, as l did so, jeff
ducked and my hand went around his
neck. AS he came up he walloped me
with his left on the solar plexus at the
point of the fifth rib and buckled two
of my ribs up. AS l sank in a heap
thought, clicked with my WI punch
George Dawson, one of my seconds
said, Get up, Bob" but 1 could not
The punch lifted me two feet off the
floor and took my breath away. When
I finally got to my knees I held my hand
out to jeff and Ed Graney, the referee
called him back
I grabbed Jeff's hand and said: "You
won fair and square this time, jeff, but
the first time you beat me I was
drugged. 1t was my intention to tell
you this if I won"
Fight Nc a ke
This is the fight that Big Bill Naugh-
ton, of San Francisco, said was a fake
He said in his newspaper that seventy
five feet away from the ring he heard mt
whisper, "Hit me now, jeff" If any,
one would have made that remark Il
certainly would have been Jeff wher
1 had him helpless. Before the fight ]
was running a physical culture CORE
spondence school, giving instructions by
mail. I had already spent $4,000 a d
vertising in magazines. At the same
time 1 was writing for a newspaper,
giving advice to youths and also tell
ing mothers how to bring up their
children. When this article appeared
it put me out of commission and made
me out as one of the biggest fakirs and
thieves in the fight game.
Ono satisfaction which l q and
which ! am glad of is that every other
paper in the United States came out
and said that if that fight was a fake
than fakes" Up to the eighth round
I had gone to my corner after every
round congratulating myself that
had, as I thought, won back the cham
pionship. But Jeff set a trap and out
generated me as foxy as / am. But
he's still my pal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
Punch on Nose Drove Fitz from Ministry
to prize Ring and Gave World a Champion

But the story of the little incident on
which the fortunes of the great fistic
exponent hinged, is an interesting
narrative.
Fitz, who is now 46 years of 6
having been born June 4, 1852, acknowl-
edged it was really a close shave he
had from getting into the ministry.
He was a regular attendant at church
and Sunday school, during his brief
residence in England and up to the
time he went to Timaru, New Zealand.
Not that he knocked off because of a
change of residence, does Fitz figure
that he missed the clerical garb, for
as a matter of fact he continued to at
tend church there. He was brought up
SO that he had a fancy for the church
and he was ambitious in that direction
until one day his mother sent him to
the drug store for six penny worth of
snuff. Fitz was II years old at the
time. To reach the drug store he was
obliged TO pass q lot where two elevens
were playing a practise game of foot
ball. The ball was kicked out into the
street and Bob just naturally chased it.
He had just kicked it up in the air
when he got q blow on the nose that
fractured the organ and simultaneously
put him to sleep, from 2 o'clock until
$50. The player who struck him was
six feet two inches tall.
you're quite sure about the time you
spent in dreamland, Bob?" he was
asked.
"Sure about it," retorted the actor
fighter" Well 1 should say so. This
happened right in front of the town
hail. 1 looked up just a moment before
I was struck and then the bells were
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
Fought 379 Ring Battles and
Held Three Titles at Same
Time.

van. After that strenuous evening in
which he mad repeated his champion
ship victory, Fltz fingered about for
the gold watch and medal which were
advertised as the prizes. Jim Mace
greeted Fitz cordially, slipped a two
cent photograph without an autograph
into the young mans hand, predicted
that he would be a great fighter some
day and then quietly passed him out
of the building. When Bob reached
the sidewalk after the door had been
closed behind him, he found that II
was no dream. He didn't get the
watch and chain. and had only a pho
tograph to show for his work. Still,
as he says, the photograph and the
kind words of the champion, meant
considerable to a boy of his years at
that time.
Accepting the champs advice, Fitz
went to a boxing school for the next
two years and subsequently started on
his career, winning two championships
which he still holds today. those of
middle-weight and light heavyweight.
did you ever see that s~ix-foot-two
fellow who started you on the road TO
become a famous prize fighter by
breaking your nose?" the actor-fighter
was asked.
"Now, there's the funny part of the
story. After I got SO that l handled
myself and felt able to take revenge, l
went to every football game that was
played within 200 miles of my town
for years. 1 never saw the fellow from
that day to this"
AT any rate, that punch on the nose
gave to the sporting world another
champion. How Fitz won his way up
the ladder of fame, reaching the PIN
nacle of success on that seventeenth
day of March, 1897, when he knocked
out Corbett at Carson City, is told in
other columns, and by the Cornishman
himself.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
CATHOLIC UNION
MAKES CHANGE IN
ATHLETIC RULES
Par0chial and High School Boys
Will Be Affected by New
Law.

A change in the by-lawkof the Cath
Ole Young Mems National Union has
Just been made by the executive COM
mittee, and It's effect will be felt by
young athletes. The change is in the
shape of an amendment which will
permit of the registration of parochial
school boys and boys of Catholic high
schools where no tuition fee is charged.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the union was held at the Hotel
Marlborough, New York, Sunday. B.
J.. Owens, of the T. A. B. Society, of
Newark, presided in the absence of NJ.
j. Slattery, the national president, who
is in Mexico.
The athletic committee of the Catho-
lilo Amateur Athletic League stated
in its first annual report that it had
registered 400 members in the league.
The committee organized for the year
as follows: Chairman, w. s. Sullivan,
Carroll Institute, Washington, d. c.;
secretary, John Walker, Philadelphia.
The other members Of the committee
are: Frank Coghlan, Institute Y. M. c.
A., Newark; Joseph Wagner, Catholic
Institute, Trenton; Lawrence McCros-
son. Auuinal Catholic Club, Philadel-
phia; Joseph Barry, Ascension Lyceum,
Brooklyn, and Lee Smith, Shanahan
Club, Philadelphia.
The delegates to the national conven-
ton of the Amateur Athletic Union, to
be held in New York next Monday,
are: The Rev. e. f. Quirk, treasurer
of sthe School Boys Athletic League;
John Walker, Shanahan Club, Philadel-
phia: William C. Sullivan. Carroll In
stitute, Washington. and Frank Cogh-
Ian, Institute Y. M. c. A., Newark.
The next meeting will be held at the
Catholic Institute, Trenton, on Decem-
Der 20.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11
SPORTING EDITORS SHOULD
PAY FOR RIGHT TO WORK
Bob FitzSimmonS Thinks Job Is Not So Hard.
Athletics for Young Men Is His Advice Tells
Of His Battle With Jim JeffrieS.
BY BOB FITzSIMMONS.

- I coud rel good purses hung u p it woud be sporting editor Job
for mine There is nothing like It, especially for n who has followed
u the game and likes o deal in boxing "reminiscences. 1 notice that Bat
has turned authors IN will sWn have q book out which will tell the
story Of his life and in career Well I do nt know about writing a
hook 1t is too LONG a QUITE. put I dc ike this sporting editor game immensely.
In fact I think that some sporting writer's should be made to pay for the
privilege of working. If there Is anyone got anything IN m III it comes
to startling tn copy boys with m y basso profundo voice then I would like
to know about It, There is III advantage I seem to have as a sporting
editor; the copy boys t as if they want to get under the table, an I usual
ly get good service
The sporting ditto car d o a much good as some peoplpe who imagine
that III world would not 70 rou unless they were spoutng reform. 1t is
the sporting writer h promotes interest n all sorts Oft athletics gives the
movements Of the boxing game the interesting plays of the great
game of baseball the strenuous ongs IF the football field, and in other
WAYS entertains thousands O readers. A good sporting editor like me (par-
don any egotsm) is worth his weight in gold to a newspaper.
There is n o necessity for mentioning that I consider the boxing game
he spest of ALL 1t makes the red blood course through ones veins and in
1t is combined a world of science a n skill Baseball is beneficial to players
and deserves to be the most popular Of outdoor sports Football has
fights beaten to a FRAGILE" Som boys who II afraid to leave the
home after 6 oclock at night take a awful beating in trying to clash
through thu centre or scurry round tn end.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11

striking two when I went to sleep.
When / woke up the first thing / did
was to look at the clock and l noticed 1T
was $50. There couldn't possibly be
any mistake about that"
That fracture, Fitz said, gave him the
only mark he bears today after fight
ing in some 379 battles during a ring
career of thirty years. The worst of
it was that when he got home, his
mother took him across her knee and
larruped him for not bringing the snuff.
From hat day on the ministry gradu-
ally faded from his ambition. His sole
desire then was to become a prize
fighter and some day take satisfaction
out of the giant who had handed him
the sleeping potion at such an early
age.
Bob went down to the blacksmith
shop of his brother, in which he after
ward learned his trade. Finding two
old aprons he got permission to use
item as he saw fit. The embryo cham
pion went home, cut up the aprons, and
stuffing them with shavings made a set
of boxing gloves. At every opportunity
he took on the boys of the n%eighbor'
hood in sparring exhibitions BY the
time he was 10 years old he had taken
part in three ~bare-knuckle fights but
had so used up his opponents that he
refused to fight under such conditions
and stuck to the gloves for the re-
mainder of his career.
Knocked Out Five Men in n Night.
The young blacksmith was II years
old when Jim Mace made his first trip
to Australia. The English heavyweight
offered a gold medal to the winner Of
the amateur heavyweight champion
ship of New Zealand. Fftz weighed
100 pounds then, but was always WILL
ing to give a few to don the gloves.
Five men were knocked out by him in
order that night, and then he awaited
the presentation of the medal.
All that he got vas a glass of lemon
ade. The medal must have been held
up in the mail for postage. he thinks.
However. this didn't sour him on the
game, and two years later when Mace
made another visit the young black
smith was again among the first at the
stage door waiting for a chance.
Fitz entered the contest and won out
over four men. Then no boxed Herbert
Slade and made him quit in three
rounds. Slade six months later came
TO America and fought John l.. Sulh-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11

Harrtgan as Referee.
I always look forward to my visits to
Newark with pleasure. This is a good
city, and, with Harrigan refereeing,
believe that the old town will not suffer.
1t is nice to know that a good man is
appreciated in his home town. It Is SO
often that "a prophet is without honor
In his own country" Newark holds
many memories for me, and most OF
them are more than ordinarily pleasant.
tOf course, myself and wife are top
lined in the vaudeville houses The act
Is considered all right by the managers,
anAI like the business. but I am free
to c6nfess that I would much rather
have On the old tights, bump against
he ROPES and see the other fellow take
the count.
It would require a book larger than
anything that Bat Nelson could pro-
duce to tell all I would like to tell about
this fighting game. I have been there
and gone, in a way, but want to re-
tterate that I am not yet in the pugilis-
tic graveyard. And about Jim Jeffries
I will tell you:
Fight with JEFF.
The day before my second fight with
Jeffries I was In the California Hotel,
In San Francisco, with Mayor Schmitz.
the S~preckels brothers and other mil
lionafres. They all came out to see me
train ] had for a sparring partner
Hank Griffin. a big, husky heavy
weight. We spared for three rounds,
and In the fourth I said to him. Now.
Hank, show them how you al fight"
Al the same time I let go a left hook
1ust as he bent his head away for
ward. The blow caught him on top
Of the head and put my hand out Of
commission. The next night, when !
WINS to fight JEFF, my hand was terribly
swollen. The first punch 1 let go all
I could see was the top of his head
and the upper part of his forehead,
owing to his crouch. I knew that
had put a man put before by hitting
him on top of the head, and I thought
I could do it again. I used my left
hand and hit him in the forehead,
blacking both his eyes and his fore
head. That wallop put my left hand
in even worse condition than it was
previously. The next blow I landed
split one of his eyebrows. and I split
the other a second later. I then broke
his nose in two places with my left,
and busted his lips. I also hit him so
hard in this round that he bled at the
left ear. I did all my fighting in this
round. I'd go up to Jeff and lay my
injured hand on him just as If he were
q punching bag. but my hand was SO
sore that I would have to pull It back
right away. I actually don't believe I
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11

v ~ v 141 tt0 1
battles thar any other pugilist,
379; the man who at one time
held three titles, middleweight, light
heavyweight and heavyweight cham
pion; the man who won more money in
the squared circle than any other
fighter; the man who was fim-lammed
out of more OF his earnings than any
other gladiator of the ring-those are a
few of the distinctions attached to
good. old Bob Fitzsimmons. Z
The man who knocked out James
J. Corbett, the .conqueror of the only
John l.. Sullivan Chat is, Corbett), is
editing the sporting pages of THE
EVENING STAR today. Fitz is the
boss Of the shebang this afternoon and
was supposed to have done all the
writing himself, but Robert declined
to sling q lot of taffy about himself,
and as there are some bouquets COM
ing to him, tina portion fell to the lot
Of yours truly.
1t may be that Fitz Is a trihe too
old to think of wrestling the cham
pionship from that alfalfa farmer out
California way, but if anyone has an
idea that the "old man of the ring
his lost his wallop he is somewhat mis-
taken. I can vouch for that myself,
for Fitz, by way of demonstrating how
he rocked Mr.. So-and SO to sleep, play
fully hit me amidships. 1t was only a
tap, he explained. but I thought that
somebody had hit me with a tenement
house.
How Fitz Became a Fighter.
Most champions can trace their
start in their profession to a little in
cident, which shaped the foundation
of their careers. A blow on the nose
which fractured the olfactory organ
when he was IL years of age, drove
Bob. Fitzsimmons from the ministry
toward which he was headed. and
landed him in the roped arena.
Whether the famous fighter would have
attained the success in a ministerial
office that has been his portion in the
prize ring, is a matter of speculation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-11

Th@ Tiger Club football team, of Wallis
burg would like to hear from all first
class 100 to 40 pound teams. Harry
Smith, manager, I'll Burnett street, East
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29

FOR SALE.

The best residence lot on Fairmont
avenue is offered at sacrifice. Lot
5ox12o in same block on which is sit.
uate the elegant residences OF George
M. and j.. M. Jacobs and others. This
property will be sold within the next
ten days. sis ,5s
Inquire Of Harry, Shaw. court-hous
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29

Tie Coney Island lpitea shoM )
Which com 10 'airsnont und IND
auspise of tie daecabs ii posi
lively one 81 the best Il ions Soi
tie kind III ext tence Ths
shows are ~ great cnmblnat lion al
m,iseraents. iprecisel the sameFas Ell,
!hibited on# Coney Island. New York.
several years ago when the people oi
the great metropo oils were highly
pleased with It. s.:3;s 81
This company is not an ordinary
carnival company OF the class that
has become SO common. but real,
live, rlp.to-date consolidation OF at.
fractions of the class that the meres;
child as we'll as the older people may
enjoy to their hearts content.
The particularly striking feature 5of
the Coney Island United Shows is tho
thorough absence OF anything OF de-
moralizing nature: and the contract OF
the company plainly provides that in
no manner whatever. CAM either the
management of the attraction or the
people under whose auspices 1t plays.
present any thing that will in the least
effect on the character OF the show.
men or the Macca bees. Shows Of this
character are we'll worthy OF the pat
ronage OF the people. 4 Il
= . q q . " r i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29
ROMANCE
WHICH WEST ViRniNiANs!
ssFiouRED- led AFTER q
EoNG SEPARATION IA

CINCINNATI. rho. May 3 A i
q separation 81 Sthirty years. 4: Il. ca
OF California; and Miss Belle ogden,
Of Clarksburg, W. va, who had been
childhood sweethearts, were married
IN this city, the ceremony being per.
formed by Rev. Mr. Boughton at the
parsonage OF Wesley Chapel. Back
Of our meeting each other half way
AR. Carr said, sis romance. !
went west in 1875 from Clarksburg,
w. Va. / did not keep in touch witt.
the home folks until last fall. when
wrote home and learned that Miss
Ogden was still in Clarksburg. we
corresponded. and she promised to
meet me half way. which is Cincin.
natl. I haven't seen Belle since rs.
I am 81 and she Is 81. but know
from her pictures that she suits, Just
as she did the days when I went
west to so into business" Mr.. Carr
says they will go to Clark sburg
where his mother still lives. and
where had been the home of Miss
Ogden's father. the late Judge Ogden
after which they will so to his home
in California. n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29
CHANCELLOR FUNERAL.
Occurs This Afternoon With Inter-
nhent Short Distance From
Senator Camden. 8

PA!.KERsBuRG, w. Va, May oS.-
The obse1uies over the remains OF
EX-aiayor W. N. Chancellor were con.
Quoted Thursday afternoon at three
o'clock. by DR.. scollay s. Moore at the
Trinity Episcopal Church. His re-
mains we're inferred in the Odd Eel
lows cemetery a short distance from
the grave OF ex-senator J. N. Camd en-.
his distinguished friend and business
associate. who preceded him to the
grave but few weeks ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29
To My Friends and Patrons.

To My Friends and Patrons.
am still doing business at the old
stand opposite tho Courthouse where
I will continue to furnish to my Gus.
toners the best in meats. fish AMI
poultry.
CHAs. c. ROBB.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-29
WRIT OF ERROR
Granted Tucker County Surveyor WHIP
Was Removed from Office.

CHARLESTON, WA. May 2s..----
Supreme Court Judge Robinson has
granted writ Of error and super.
sedeas on>A. c. Helmick versus county
court OF Tucker. The county court
removed Helmick as surveyor with.
out notice or preferring charges AMI
the circuit court undertook to revise
and reverse the county. courts action.
when the county court appealed to
the supreme court.