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small percentage of the purse for his
labors. But the good fellows What
about them? BY the time Willie is
ready to talk business to Tommy
Murphy, Leach Cross. Packey Nc
Farland. Jack Brltton and other boys
who have fought their way TO the
front. the fans will be so sick and
tired of the champion that they will
not care to see him at all.
G
Thanks to "Uncle Tom" McCarey,
we are likely to soon be able to talk
| about some formidable welterweights
McCarey, we are informed through
dispatches from Los Angeles is go
| ing to hold a sort of elimination
welterweight tournament and the
first pair to show themselves In the
event will be Phil Cross. brother of
Leach, and Joe Carter, the Mexican.
other matches will follow, but who
the men will be is not known. Hun
dreds of fighters are travelling
around these days claiming they are
WGlIeTWelEulS WHO ICtlii1
weights. With a big tournament to
decide the issue we may be able to
agree on some one man as the cham
pion of the class.
@
If you take Sailor Whites word for
1t, Jim Flynn is not only going to
beat Gunboat Smith, but he is going
> ~ l. nd
limit. White is working out at the
Flynn Camp, and by all appearances
he is a studious fellow. He has had
| the gloves on with Flynn and his face
| bears evidence of some sort Of con-
flict. If Jim can decorate the Gun
ated Sailor. why there may be some
thing to his opinion that "Flynn will
| knock Smiths head off,"
c.
The fight is attracting wide atten-
| ton and the Garden should be we'll
filled on Friday night. Smith, on his
numerous victories in his big battles,
| seems to be the choice among the
talent. but Flynn, gamester and a
fighter doesn't lack for a following.
]. p. NJ:
Please give me brief history Of
the assassination Of President Gar
field. ]. II. S.
On the morning of July Q, 1881,
President Garfield left the Executive
Mansion with Secretary Blaine. for
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
station, where he was to join several
members of his Cabinet for a trip
through New England.
AS the President entered the sta
ton. two shots were fired in rapid
succession from behind and he sank
to the floor unconscious.
The wounded President was taken
to the office of the railroad company
on the second floor of the station,
where it was found that only one
bullet had taken effect, entering the
body near the eleventh rib.
The assassin, Charles Jules Guiteau,
was Immediately arrested and admit
ted firing the shots. Guiteau had been
a persistent and unsuccessful seeker
! for office and said he had done what
he called, "a sad necessity, to unite
the Republican party and save the
/ republic"
The shooting of the President was
considered by many as a direct re-
suit of a political system that en-
couraged unregulated office seeking.
1t was at first thought that Presi-
dent Garfield would recover, but on
July % a serious relapse was noticed
and later the President expressed a
wish to be removed from the White
House where he was confined. IT
was decided at his own request to
remove him to Long Branch.
The cottage of Mr.. c. j. Francklyn
at Elberon Park, now owned and oc-
mer Senator James Smith, jr., was
at once prepared for the PRESIDENT
arrival, special train fitted up and
the trip commenced on September s.
| Accompanied by his physicians
Doctors d. Hayes Agnew, Frank H.
Hamilton, D. w. Bliss, ]. K. Barnes,
]. j. woodward and Robert Reyburn,
the. President was brought to the
| Francklyn cottage at Elberon, by
way of the Baltimore and Potomac,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and will
mington, Pennsylvania, and finally
the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Three thousand five hundred feet
of track was especially laid for the
| train from the regular station to the
Francklyn cottage.
President Garfield bore up well
during the trip and expressed him
self as pleased with the change, but
after a slight improvement had been
hailed as a sure sign of his recov-
cry from the assassin's bullet, he ex-
perienced a severe relapse and, at s
a. M, September 10, expired
The body lay at the Francklyn cot
tage until September 81, when 1t was
removed to Washington. It was ex-
posed to public view on September
% and the following day removed to
Cleveland, o.. where. after thousands
had gazed on the remains of the dead
President, the body was inferred in
Lake View Cemetery.
The assassin Guiteau was hanged
at washington, d. c., June 80, 1882
c.
J. P. NJ;
have been in love with a girl for
quite q while, and we were like one
soul and body until we had quarrel
one day. Then we separated for two
and a half years Three weeks age
we spoke again, and l thought I was
going to win her love once more, but