St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 1, 1895

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* 2 — „ 9 3 . 34 Pas te? § . Laan * ste ae 75 — 13 * * 1 9 * 1 7 oR 1. 1895,— TWELVE PAGES, g 1 . At Bg » * > are > 5 1 1 w * a * ? > * 18 +s . 2 N. 1 * _ & 5 Sage ee eee ‘ot ae ? : * ae ee pete ee me ee ns , — * - — — 8 . * * m _ * * 10 7 a . > 9 N a +e * U * fe ig — N ‘ ‘a 4 > ae 2 at? ’ a“ aig AY . 7 — 1 —— re : se LISD Ve@rluisers iD ee ‘ , 8 f * N 2 ee La! * 4 7 a | | See —— — — — * —— 3 ‘ons * ox — EF : | * ~~” 3 Af ys aR “ty. de Fes OS : ad cas | 5 N Zé — — ees oe 2 19898 4 +4 ae . i THE AUSTRALIA . oa HE BATTLE OF OF '95. 10 BE HANGED ; ( * The Hot Springs Athletic Association is : 1 2 f F ee RF : ee. composed of the best business men in the Re : a > * 8 N . town. W. L. Babcock ts the President, J. — : (+n : 3 . AS 1 W. : =m . Lonsdale Secretary and C. H. Weaver 7 easurer. This association anteed a * : : 1 purse of $10,000 for the big fight on Gov. : | | . 1 Slarke's promise that he would let the | | mS > 6 | Garland County officials see that no State 2 5 * has changed his mind and the feeling = H ] D i] His Sit ti OE ee laws were violated. Since then Gov. Clarke 33 against him here is intense. — . N 60 Ane ale 1 22 2 7 : ff, 2 f fy, j I Am a Law-Abiding Men and | Snow's Corbett and wits return here ander | Politicians at Kentucky’s Capital aera — | a Card to the Press, Won't Fight in Arkengas.” f to prevont,the e Hlesitate to Predict, ee: am 85 a * Police of Hot Springs insist that they are ' 18 * N eln ane > Hot Springs thinks he will go that far. 1¢ | * ee nay 4 — 5 * 285 * * . - ~ 5 4 . 8 8 4, 4 * . " 8 , = - 29 r Sp ae 2 B 85 . e * * eS e p 1 1 the men fight here while under bonds to 8 R a | j — No Testimeny as to the Murder of the resent Indications Are That he Fight | keep the péace, nothing serious can be Remarkably Close Argument With That \ | . Pitezel Children Will Be Given done to them unless they are indicted by Will Net Come Off Though epa - the Gerla’ eee? ovum ne, cmcue te. of the Sturdy Democrat, Judge ; 5 * at This Trial. promoters say that this will not occur un- : der any circumstances. Mayor Waters, 644 business man Want the fi 0 Ce 25 | . 1 5 and knowing! * ur ; PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 1.—Holm 3 fas lao te the 7/4 4 } has furnished a local paper with the fol- * in response to ingdiries as to what the NO . N Fitzsimmons has Quoked. This Grand-jury win do, At present writing | Statt Correspondence of The Post-Dispatch. WN. | lowing statement over his own signature: interpretation which can be put there seems to be not the slightest doubt FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. .— The politi- 7 * A i Before I am condemned in any man's . but that the fight can be brought off here, | cians here in the State capital sing a very 5 \e%, declaration made this morning providing the men can be brought to- aimerent sedi Hadad that wane Ue. the Lele ma mind, I want that t to remember that I j —— N have confessed to the truly un ee ee ee pee A Vendig and the Florida Athletic Club | Ville politicians. There isn’t that same note é N | sin—pl ing to 3 3 1 “There will be no fight in Arkans have no farther connection with the ‘ght. | of confidence running through the music and an ~ — wy * The original articles of agreement are also . ) ance company. Have confessed myself a has declared that he “will not e void. A new arrangement must be made. chatter heard here as at Louisville. This is n — — mehace to the calm routine of a dividend- ‘orb : and if the fighters are sincere the Hot] true of both Republicans and Democrats. AS ae 7 paying concern, I declare that officials of ring with Corbett in a fight manage & “Se 3 a com jes a Springs Athletic Assoctation will pull off In Louisville the leaders of both sides pro- . sear ae Br gg cay ctbgaeere that’ the Florida 1 Club or by the cit eo Pattie mt Wy Miers . ey: fess to confidently fook for a. big, healthy 8 (to thé public): Oh let me get at him,” 1711 fix him,” “I’ll pull his nose.“ only way to stop raids on their finances by Hot Springs. * tent, under which 12,000 people can be plurality for their respective tickets. The acipals (to their managers): “Hold me back,“ „Hold me back.“ th ge de to make an example by hang- Corbett reached Little Rock on t seated, is said to be on the way here. politicians ‘of both parties in Frankgrt— ms — * y. They have decided to hang At one time yesterday after tnoon it was | men who have lived here all their lives and — — — ‘cho ke — nro Pah ergy as ing train with Brady, his mana .,. arranged to have Maher and O'Donnell have made it their business to keep a close 1 | | , the ect beat fight in the Opera-house last night, but] [watch on the — drift—say that the | other seats will be contegte@in Mr. Reed's | ger is meant to the ticket when scratching thing is more sacred than human life or law, — ee later on this fight was postponed until Mon- | contest next Tuesday is going to be exceed- | Congress soon to ass emo These are the | once begins. Gen. Hardin’s contention for | —the funds of an insurance company. C the afternoon, when the Fitzsim 8 day afternoon at 3 o’clock. The postpone-ingly close. seats of the Ninth and Worin Districts. |silyer has very little to do with his un- — ment was decided upon at the advice of HOLMES’ HEAD. the first time in a general jon in Ken- | but safe Democratic m ever since it | fluential have been against him from the j The secret ballot, which is be tried for | The first named districh Rad had a small popularity. Other causes much more in- jan legal proceedings are also to . se W ht 1 ld be ri 0 | ; those who thought it wou unwise t ty a „Prior to the declaration made b have any fighting here until Corbett and tucky, is the cause of this doubt. And to the | was formed until the v "were given the | first. I am free to say to you that Shows He Has No Faith in Anything : Ye 2s: Fitzsimmons had gotten clear of Little] mind of the man who understands the Ken- | secret ballot last year. latter, the Old |as to the character and records of Hardin y 1 or Trust in Anybody. * mons, noted above, the programme con- Rock. It now looks like Maher an Don- tucky character and has devoted some study | Ashland District, had @ Democratic fand Bradley it is a toss up. do not ö nell will fight Monday, Ryan and Smith | to the political conditions that have pre- stronghold since Clay wag gathered to his [want to go any further into this phase Special to The Post-Dispatch. templated was for Maher and O'Donnell| Tuesday, with the big fight for Wednes- | Vailed in Kentucky for the past thirty years, | fathers. If the old viva voce system had |of the discussion. Suffice it to say that PHILADELPHIA. P Nov. I. John L. ee arten day. Corbett says that if O'Donnell lasts [there is excellent cause for the doubt which | then prevailed, the tho ot Democrats there is a large and powerful element of FA., 0 y ’ van, and four rounds with Maher he will win to a depresses the citizens of this part of the who, last November., ve Againet W. C. | Democrats in Kentucky who are convinced >_> Capen, the phrenologist, has made a phre- Smith Tuesday and Corbett and certainty. Maher is a strong favorite. A | State. Under the old viva-voce system the Owen simply because they the silver- [that a change of rulers. here at Frank- ‘ . nological examination of Holmes, regarding 17 8 $3,000 purse is guaranteed for Maher and [average voter who wanted to maintain a] tongued Breckinridge would either | fort would do the State good, and though Coroner’s Jury Holds Him Guilty whom he says: mons on Wednesday. All the O'Donnell, but Peter is kicking for $4,000, Food standing with his neighbors dared not] have stayed away from polls or would they have no special admiration of Col. That portion of the head commonly called 0 Whitti 2 all to go to the winner. Ryan and Smith | vote against the Democratic ticket. The) have marched up to them sud sung out a Bradley they like Gen. Hardin and his ad- came “moral” does not appear to be deficient and n * meaning 7 weighed in this morning as per articles visers less. , of Criminal Neglect. a tyro might think it impossible that he outside of Hot Springs. Gov. C with the Florida Athletic Club, and Par- Mr. McCreery then gave the correspond- could be guilty of such deeds as he is 2 n me 9 ent this estimate of 1 undoubtedly seek to delay court pro son’ Davies claims $500 forfeit for his man. 2 , — 2 dist sane: the pluralities by Con cha with. But before such an opinion is. Smith is also after the same amount from 7 DEMOCRAT ings as long as possible, so as to ho Joe Vendig’s club. a E OUIS LSS 7 REPUBLICAN. BR AKEM AN ALSO BLAMED. ity of the bral n mazes be noted. He has — 0 | Second . a reliable, the bias of the head and the qual- Vendig | entioned as referee for the pugilists prisoners and get them wo Maher- 1 Aight. Vendig is blamed . wide at the back and upper part, “cautious- by Fitz’ followers for Bob's arrest by the Has gained ness“ being quite prominent, ile th Fourth be * * treme 2 art, at the fat] oug a and disgusted. The other figh 4 0 Governor’s Sheriff. Ernest Rober, one of © ; pretty certain to have to undergo the! same 7 — gl sare nee ween, Bob saw Five Ti nes Sixt 4 8 5 „6.000 Fireman Dornbach Dies at the Missouri This apn ey oo - : - ; : * pa us- — ae . : ** ene * * eerreeee e WA ca 7 inconveniences and legal ann rected t —4 n 8 08 1 6 18 a C — —— ; en eevee By | ; ' en there is ample cor * a . 18 Big uta ae TRONS —— Pacific Hospital, Making the t benevolence,” which is only par Fitz and Corbett are now .¢ ei arrested for tia 2 pwever, declares Fourth Victim, 1 4 % oe case. 20° head is high | 5 > hfulness very ing, so that the chances for th 1 = i 7 own,” and was ® come to — 7 n : ‘ 1 ' 1 aes for fear t he w a7 7 MAE SE RP EM 4s seen vae--- watc = out its programme, even 4f eim. . . 2 8 an ae sad EF oui ys oh ons changes his mind, for next week are men an ‘atPother St. Lo 15 2 a 1 od. of train ; i f ‘He has not the very slender, } im ‘yest a 1 * a 2 ag is he ee Vee a Catron and Harper and Fireman True, —— ability in a t ‘| aise here. intent © train on Dispatch i Loui I oa AI sg me an who were killed in the Missouri Pacific — —— mn FITZ U AS ‘ ‘FLUNKED 5 urs from Texas and injured one of The Post Disp is the only St. is FF 5885 . —— hight, was concluded Fri. | *!(aaaaemaaems ast l 5 . Sullivan is to get 51. 700 and his’ paper that gives both | es usy u day afternoon. . He has a very Busy 2 : * y ph — ‘4 8 > FH. . “ae . n : es 4 er reporting the big Gent for Quantity and Quality of Cir G. r 30 fay that 2 The verdict was that Switchman Charles | 9° ®% * ‘ b 5 „ „ r Nr : * 2 3 $+ . 3 — e * 1 4% 5 . 2 8 1 The inquest on the bodies of Dummeers |". not the . 8 We nald, a Democratic The inques ä of. N : * 1 — well-known New York paper. He gets he extent ¢ Will Not F ight in Arkansas or Under it the battle does not take place. The | 7. 27 White was guilty of criminal n It seems to me to be im ible for such a Florida Olub Auspices. af 8x peng eer ae eon a4 wt his ) affect us It coat — 5 The same finding e eee as — man to en 8 n ' own rom . ou 8, an as een — * * ‘ ad > : State ai un tr n, exce on- ‘ 0 — P Ying it up since he arrived here. The Post-Dispatch is the and I wouldn't be surprised to wi : . n ion P e only way to make it possible LITTLE ROCK; Ark., Nov. 1—N 1 is located at the swalest ho- | eee ern trayed himself into some crime „Ark. Nov. I.—No matter | te) in town and is cutting a wide swath “Do ular and A reciatedꝰ | | r veoh Democrats than | an Ry: not appear to him to be brutal, what the result of the legal proceedings the pugilistic nabobs. He has a p pp ‘ — Dan — 8 * there are thousands the indues self-preservation made further and from Chief Desmond certifying that 2 — 414 „ Ww * r local N 2 3 more awful deeds necessary. are Soe XO Scratch the Scket next | i ‘ “The intensity of his mind and his great may be this afternoon, the chances are now | [8h : is all richt. Fred Watkins, H. C. Town- ther de n n gl 1% to 1 that there will be no fight between | send end: Veiter Woodward have been here Paper of the Mississippi Valley. at’ all. ‘The assured” victory of Joo} there i amatuer victimeot the Mi firmness are such as to exclude every other Corbett and Fitzsimmons. The latter made | days. Blackb h gar eae tay PA a ae fad pt ae crea ts ~ | Consideration after he has involved himself a statement at 11 o’clock to-day to press es z= N ainst the D oe i n. ae 1 man haa not been possessed representatives which virtually ~ oe of “SAYS FITZ IS AFRAID. . THIS EXPLAINS WHY— Louisville press is the real n n I. — 2 ner the matter. H id positively, and in 2 f the co ia | n een e , t f —. — 33 * 7 a on 15 Harry White’s Opinion of the p. R ; : ry : ene S the 2 ai ca Bap" Lp, cea g. | MBuence as he is represented oe r "There wil | GEORGE P. ROWELL, publisher of Printers’ Ink, says: S taemee, ane tee eh 1 @ | Dunbar, uesday m. : — be no fight in . am done with the Australian. free. silver Democrate "toon Sp souri Pacific Mos CLOSING FOR THE ; Florida Athletic Club, and have no use for H SPRINGS, Ark., Nov 1.— Harry 9 : . bug Democrats in Kentucky. ; Dombach was errieg mic the citizens of Hot Springs. I tell you that * 3 er for Fitzsimmons, says he The recent tendency of thoughtful advertisers is all din is my personal and fen friend, Rutger street, He Was tis Holmes May Be the First \~.. there will be no fight in Arkansas.“ K f . . . , , . u realize now that he nas been handi- e . His Own 4 The assertion was made during a gon. fent| at all Rad tht wan und Corbett in the direction of using the daily papers.’ Thev give capped in this race from the start. | He and — Tee ais Laer thé inquest into] Pr rat 1 : rsation in Fit mons’ room in the Capi- | « ” , a . : , 2 gs a nteres | , LADELP ‘ . Nov. tol Hotel, Julian, his manager, had made a ue r 2 span Nerd will not drag quickest returns. Their advertising rates are very much have been so long in politics as to have | the cause of the accident at At © clock. i? | to-day’s trial of the Holmes case \ long statement of the troubles he had en- nto the rin I know this is — aroused a myriad of hostilities which are Was much gratift led himself, on hand dured from Corbett and Brady, of how they nto} ae a Site that T will train with more favorable than those of the monthly or the weekly. | now pursuing him and them—or us, 1 might or White, as he calle S — everybody was looking forward «. : 0 ’ . ‘ . i say. ou sh for me to laim 7 mes : ‘ 3 Soles ty A did “not 10 rn — ‘oa % Advertisers, like other wise buyers, are prompt to per- the particulars of this phase ot the cane, eves Race pw egg pan ant gene „ . The Com favor Corbett. There was nothing new in . er he will never fight him 1 a . N Se et llest t end. you w sve to ee con with the A vest until . Frida . elated e , Ae . ceive where greatest value is given for smallest cost: | bare statement I have made. necessary at the ing : y, and in all probability the prisoner his remarks; they related entirely to things , against Fitz except that I ) g 8 Then Judge McDonald pulled from an ee eat r I — nis —— „ * the only wit- . here is a pretty that have been published and re-published e don’t mean business in this thing.“ ily 2 . en 3 r = 3 thls e 1 J. ee N a vision street, the number he could not re- | general belief that if he goes on the stand Pits he finished Julian sail: “We are going 5A WELL-CONDUCTED few days ago. Its nearness to Mr. ‘Mo- | Peerplaing that tt took nim some time t6 | ree ato. more to hang himself than all Hot Springs when we get through here . K Creery’s estimate is startling. Here it B: nd the place, r nnd At Mes. Croke’s | ne evidence of the Commonwealth. Al- owen wil babe nothing to do with the | The Spe iff Declares He Intended See- 1 T 5 — n oe cee ek peteened te 2 * case is: still the one fight in which the Florida Athletic Club, the ing the Laws Executed. 10 One cent dailies, which nowadays acquire such enor- . W t pa his home qbout 10:40 o-clock. . ‘Then nie wife sidered) terest in it 7 Third citizens of Hot Springs, Brady, Corbett and * 1 a : the rest of thet gank have anything to deli eee vec im mous circulations, are so certain to have the respectful erm , ies ae “Do yo ; — a " . ; : ü be naged by eit ; t ao ' treatment he . ssful of oes from Yardmaster W. T. Foley of the Mis- any deal that may manag y | Cl |! consideration of all the wisest and most succe 28 Se eee n aia so — Foley brought him rons — know 4 those who spend 2 eat fortunes earl for the p C Eighth * aad * ra ** } * C 7 om ; gens ef Hot Springs?’ : e question was put direct to Pitzsime tek to . | mons and the reply came like a flash. f sas were od Wiolated in of newspaper space and thereby build up for themselves 5 Foley was the first witness examined. | He mean juet that. 1 will engage in no fight | and that | have assured the Governor i * * th explained the reason for the west boun managed by the Florida Athietic Club or | every way that I possibly could that I would still greater fortunes. . geek train being on the east. bound track. The by . Hot Springs. There will mot allow. the phe 7 1 * otal 77.000 95 Total — wee 5 42 Dame atu 2 2 r be no fight in Arkansas.“ tha wou 0 F . 5 ; * , the introduction in evid | for M st come from | Spring avenve. One man stationed at ence a Earlier in the interview Fitzsimmons he might require The Post Dispatch is THE ONLY WELL-CONDUCTED had Seon in consulta- | eachAnthony GN at .Bwing avenue pe ae . the ohne eaid that he would not fight in this State if ef my duty when the prop- b ; : " _ bid. t Hot uality and legitimateness of h the of and Charles avenue. White it was against the law. “I am a law-abid The best citizens o one-cent paper, either in the quantity and quality and leg 8 — , = — — 4 e venue since | burned; the ing citizen, I. am," he said, and I will not | Uing to i ri ¥ * 5 nate e : tt to pri its news and reading matter, in this Louisv May, 18%. He had been in the company’s break the law. I don't want to go to prison 00,000, its circulation or the character of g ; te 3 employ 3 . — — if I know myself.“ carry out my agreement. . 3 ou ies ; na esteem wint orough- 4 the Reading Public“ recognize and es as wend strike He said regarding the possibility of le of Arkansas to th section. What it contains ig amt C Himself and Corbett, if d my position, and to judge PF. A. 0 b ve . hich has| the Standard of Excellence. 5 the d. This has brought about the — 2 * * ra 4 yr rder, 4 hold if : * “te * 75 nd had be escorted 0 sudden closing of the commonwealth case. . not my duty to arrest a . ’ iced use Geo, : , . swords: “This was an allusion to the bar-room | son before at spring to commit a mis- 7 hh is I — Why Business ET: ns an — 8 nominated tor Rall-. e knew nothing 8 Fe > * 33 A aye Gane re. columns are carefully read an ng irteen her if any cuffs to the shirts | her h ecrap in the City of Brotherly Love, when | demeanor, but : “I'll give him all the fight he wants, if | the partigs Large and Profitable Returns. Corbett spat in his faée. he starts in on me,” sald Bob, but I in- | whic tend to be a gentleman if he will allow me }-hazards. On t other hand, to do 80.“ has committed a more disgrace a in CORBETT FIT TO FIGHT. ty. ti t of mind, has had idols whom | vote for Owen. ö | 2 Oeste tthe — 22 te worship—leaders like| These instances are N gut only to The Champion in Perfect Condition for yn te gona 1 4 co : the Clays, the Breckinri the Black- give practical illustr 9 4 8 the Contest. I could to do take the sp burns, the Marshalls, the Crittendens, ete.] danger to the Democrale Another danger and come tc in safety, but my | The hierarchies, the organizations or what-/| caused by the secret * Bpecial to The ost- Dispatch. opinion is ever you are pleased to call it, built up by | and one which the p . HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Nov. L—If Bob | 8 ear ee Cote ee p & teqnt aren ri] — ct a ra- las f N Fitzsimmons is willing to fight Jim Corbett ie eee tions of their blood have controlled them. half the County Cours udges of and can produce 310,000 as a side stake, the 7 we . Ol ° fficiais he] Without 2 at — — upon the subject.] counties of the State are now : indications are that the pair will come to- if of it wi it is easy to see how under this system, more | When it is undersioc gether here. Corbett was secreted in}! : ; he done li | or less repressive on the masses in its oper-/ tion machinery © one of the swellest hotels of the city for t him through — 4 — — 23 e ds of these enen two days, and his manager, Billy Brady, 1 2 cole «* t hold the al by bie ~: gave the Post-Dispatch statt representa-| | Saw, and I predict that — Bi — tha tema — Prove ssatisfi tive an audience with him last night. The | he will never Knowingly consent fo meet a 4 aod coon Bene Be ey Kp. champion is looking as fit as it ig possible | Corbett rkansas or anywhere else. a — * n ey have had no 22 get him. His 1 has a healthy glow, 3 * rs A BIRD.” r sate, opportunity to be 5 Oyen SaaEn ie ‘ve Seamondé, and wher | When the subject of adopting the secret | lif 1, thoug | never - seen stripped it seems impossible for one ’ rr fone to imagine an athlete in better physica) | Bditorial C at of a Hot Springs | ballot, which is a modified form of the Aus- given. 12 3 shape. Singe he came in from his trainin en trallan lot, that obtains in Missouri, was nh ate. | 13 has been doling road work Paper | ‘Sentiment There. e ot the 8 manuf act tot eepin ulet. This morn! h R ‘ * . * ma 1 N ere were mo · ‘ be lemer 4 * ng e left for HOT 8 ov. 1.—Whatever y crats in that body outspoken enough. 6 ‘4 0 * and Little ock, end is keel | parties. Rege Fitz e apparently intense, he — he ap ony nr — Thad warn the Democratic majority of the danger : State extensi — Lagaall : K N 5 Lhe had, 1 85 5 is no danger of bim clashing with nan favor of the t and feel- to the longer dominance of the — —ͤ—n * 2 . ' at : 3 | Was due 4 | : 3 ‘ ‘What have you been. the past N o> gl should they happen to meet 0 “Marke very bitter. This lurked in the new system, Ev a- important * * — 4 . * SOR Tae SE RE KN, ee Se cree ee | ) ccc iy Roek. Corbett expects to retu | wot 8 paper is a knowledged the truth of this, bu Ody | cas ee r x | , eon 8 dee 0S eee — ay gat 33h „ eng about the coun : here as soon as he can | tied: 4 " 0 nad the hardihood to o the measure | eign tel r | 7 22 X. — N f * f Ilie r ide authorit! Nei Street rumor in circula- — bones up for Chief J tion. . mechan, 0 | * te weeks azo with the “Was anyone Po eg 2.—4 “sf , Th : Wek yesterday that there ¢, 2 2 n ex-Chief wr ce N * a 5 f K. n — 2 5 r — hag rn tn Hot | coresaw the danger bine chances * "the | Ca: CEC waik-| °** * ö 4 ‘Governor forthwith ah appa e and ned agall chances 7 4 22 te ae es ee = | hant «wer godly A ahi ‘ ‘i The result of last fal march & epnemy. Lat ay e glee on He ö JE JUGES SASUS® . AUS Sis gis ee . 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