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THE MAHER-SHARKEY
FIGHT WAS CALLED A DRAW IN
THE SEVENTH ROUND.
Just as the Men HIad Settled Down to
,lighting, the Chief of Police Stopped
ithe Bout-A Large Crowd WVas in Attendance.
'New York, June 10-Peter Maher
and Tom Sharkey fought last night at
the Palace Athletic club for a purse of
$15,000. At the end of the seventh
round the police interfeied and the
contest resulted in a most unsatisfactory
draw.
Never in the hlsto 'y of the ring has
there been such an cnoinous attendance
at a boxing bout in this vicinity
There were about 10,000 persons
squeezed into this big building A
more representative congregation of
well known sporting men has never
witnessed a boxing mill than that
which assembled at the clubhouse last
night The quantity ot money which
would have changed hands had the
bout resulted in iavor of either man
is well up in six figures.
That there would be police inteiference
if the men fought hard was feared
-by the majority o1 those who purchased
tickets, but after the two boys
who took part in the opening bout had
been allowed to pummel each other
without being stopped by the police,
those present had hopes that the big
fellows would have a good chance to
settle tha question of superiority.
Maher was a big favorite, but there
seemed to be plenty of money on
Sharkey.
When they began operations, Maher's
advantage in height and reach
was very marked. Shal key's style of
leaving himself open when stepping
away caused a good deal of comment,
and it was easily seea that Maher was
in no hurry to mix matters, as he evidently
preferred to size his man up
The boxing was very tame for five
rounds, neither man shoeing a mark
In the sixth round Shalikey, with a
well directed straight on'the mouth,
sent Peter spravwlng half way through
the lopes where he stilutggled foi five
seconds before he regaired his feet
As Maher was getting up Sharke-,
rushed toward him, but vras called
back by Choynslki, who vas evidently
afraid the sailor might commit a foul
Ten seconds later the gong ended
the sixth round, and when Maher leturned
to his corner he spat out a lot
of blood. Sharkey's inlends, when they
saw this, yelled, "First blood for Sharkey,"
and there was'a cieat deal of
sheering
TrLhe seventh round was nearly completed
when Maher, after getting in
some good blovws on Sharkey, sent the
latter to the floor neaI the ropes with
a left in the wind and a light swing on
the jaw Tom was up again inside of
W^ve seconds and rushed in to clinch
In this clinch Maher kept working his
right on the body and when the gong
sounded neither heeded the warning
of the time-keeper, but kept on hittng
each other One ot Maher's secands
rushed over and grabbed Maher.
While he was trying to pull the big
?ellow away Shaikey swung his right
on the second's face, dazing him By
this time the housa was in an uproar
ind there were cries of foul from the
partisan,; o! both men
The din was terrific, but increased
tenfold when Inspector MeLaughlin oldered
the police to anrest 1l those concerned
in the fight Policemen in unifoirn
swarmed into the ring and a
number of detectives also climbed
thIough the ropes The principals weie
the filst to be placed under anrest, and
then the seconds and reieiec were told
to accompany the officers While all
this was going on the thousands ol
spect.)tors wero clamoing tOl a deeision
irom the referee, Vlho was busily
sngaged arguing with the officers who
SdI l wounded himFnall~ it was made konwn that
Refeiee Colville had decided the bout a
draw This did not seem to please a
good many, but according to the conditions
agieed upon by both men the
judgment of the referee was right and
pi oper
The relative merits of the men is
just as much ot a puzzle as evei, and
until they meet again and get a definite
decision their adherents will not be
satisfied
It was said that ovei $46,00t was
taken in at the boy office, and judging
from the number o.t People in the house
this was a very conservative estimate
(CansPd ,a Riot
Little Rock, Al k, June 1 0-A riot
which only the determined action of
the police prevented from ending with
serious results took place at the Capital
theateri last night The house was
densely packed to see what had been
advertised as a vitascopic production
,of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight The
production was a pilpabie fraud and
ethe audience became so irotous that the
show was compelled to stop at the end
,of the third round and refund.Situatlon is Serious
London, June 10 -The latest advices
from Constantinople are that the powers
are advocating direct negotiations
between Turkey and Greece In other
respects, however, the aspect of affairs
is rather worse than better. It appears
that at Satuli day's conference the armbassadors
declined to accept other Assim
Bey or Zla Bey as a Turkish peace
commissioner. This, together with
their refusal to discuss the retention of
Thessaly, threw the sultan into such a
rage that he forthwith summoned a
meeting of the special commissioners
appointed to consider the terms of
peace.
All day Sunday he was in telegraphic
communication with most of the European
capitals, and in the evening he
gave a stringent order to the grand
vizier, who immediately resigned. The
special commission sat till the small
hours of the morning, accomplishing
nothing but a split among its members,
the majority of whom express d themselves
as emphatically opposed to
yielding to the powers.
The Tuiks are very angry at the alleged
brusque declaration of Sn Philip
Currie, the British ambassador, that
England will never permit Christians
to eturn to Turkish rule. It is also
stated that the German ambassador is
very much disconcerted to find Count
Nelidof, the Russian ambassador, supporting
Sir Philip Currle in this respect,
and, though it is still alleged that
Germany is advising Turkey to put every
man under arms, it is believed she
has seen the advlsability of falling
into line with the other powers. This
view of the matter seems to be confirmed
in a significant article in Kolinsche
Zeltung Tuesday evening, which
denies that England is encouraging he
Greeks or Germany the Turks, or that
there is any essential difference of
opinion between England and Russia,
and adds
"On the contrary, all the powers are
seeking to moderate the Tuiklis demrands
and to prevent the re-imposition
of the Tuilksh yoke upon Christian
people"
Following upon reports of Bulgarian
restlessness, it is satd on high authority
that the grand viziei officially advised
the sultan last Saturday to levoke
the finman conferring the govei
0o1 ship of eastern Roumelia on
1. nce Ferdinand, and to appoint a
Tat!aish pasha in his place, baling his
advice upon Prince Felidmanad's susplcious
attitude and the friendliness of
Russia toward Bulgaila If Bulgala
should seciously demand autonomy for
Macedonia the situation would become
extremely gliave
Train Dynamited
Havana, via Key West, June 10The
passenger tialn which leaves Havana
tor Matanzas dally at 6 a. m. was
dynamited yesterday moin-ng about
twelve miles from the city by a party
of insuIr gents Accoi dng to the offihclal
account the object was plunder, as
about $6000 was in the express car.
The officials had ordered the passenger
train to go prepared and a pilot train
to follow At a bend in the line a terrible
explosion, completely wrecking
the passenger engine, which fell into
a pit twenty-nine feet below, dragging
three third-class cabs after it At the
same moment another explosion
wrecked the pilot engine, which came
to the rescue, and it fell into the pit
also Both engineers, one fireman, one
conductor and seven soldiers were killed
and three passengers seriously injured,
while thirty-two suffered more,
or less selious bruises
Simultaneously with the explosion
the insurgents opened fire on the train,
seriously vounding a captain
The two trains wele dynamited wnh
electric machines and bombs placed in
a culvert at the cuive. The body of
sn rnsmgent was foa nd lying neat the
-vwe communl'ating with the bombs
It is supposed hie as killed by the
shockl The iailitaiy escort of thle tiin
quickly lecoveied and opened frie on
the insd gents, who had advanced towaid
the cars, and dove them off
Official iepoits flior Pinar del Rio
report the capture of fol ty boxes of
ammunition secieted by the insurgents
at lMosquite river.
Xegro Lynched.
Pilincess Anne, Md , June 10-Wm.,
Andiews, the young negilo accused of
ielonious assault upon Mrs Benj T.
Kelley, was taken trom the sheriff heie
yestel day and beaten into insensl ility,
then hanged to a nee by an lnfumated
mob, immediately atter having been
arraigned in court and sentenced to
death for his crime
Andiews, who was but 20 yeais old,
came here from No0th Caiolina, and on
May 5 ot this year was arrested for assault
upon M'rs Kelley At that time
a mnob endeavored to lynch him, but
he was hurriedly taken to Baltimore
and confined in the jail in that city
until Tuesday night, when he was
brought hero for trial.
The Southern gramn dealers met in
convention at Nashville, Tenn, recently.Fireworks Factory Explosion
Chicago, IiI, June 9.-A match carelessly
dropped by one of the workmen
in the fireworks factory of M. Shure,
at the corner of West Van Buren and
Halstead streets, caused a terrific explosion
a few minutes after six o'clock
last night. It was shortly after the
closing time of the factory, and many
of the workmen had gone home, otherwise
the loss of life must have been
very heavy. As it was a number of
the employes were badly hurt and flying
rockets and candles struck several
people who were passing on the street
cars and on the sidewalks. Following
is the list of the injured:
Mrs. Maggie Kenny, struck by a runaway
'horse, badly bruises and cut.
Miss Minnie Theuey, bruised and cut.
M. Shure, proprietor of the fireworks
factory, badly cut by glass.
Georgie Grant, cut by glass.
Mrs. Kate Granut, cut by glass.
Obln Lemper, cut on head by falling
beam.
Fred A. Stiles, motorman on passing
car, severely bruised and cut by being
thrown from his car.
Andrew Lawson, conductor on same
train, bruised by being thrown from
car.
G. N. Smith, cut by glass while walking
on the street.
Philip Shepard, struck in the back
by sky rocket while on the other side
of the street, unconscious and badly
hurt.
J. P. Harris, cut by glass.
Edward Hayes, passenger on cable
car, head cut by falling glass.
Samuel Brasnlk, tailor, jumped from
balcoy, leg broken.
John Behwaret, neck badly cut.
William Blaha, injured by a runaway
horse.
Max Branik, shin injured by fall.
Patrick Ruzzey, struck by falling
beam and several ribs fractured
Unknowvn boy run over by Fire Chief
Swenle's buggy.
Oscar Behlke, clerk fur Horndorff
Bros, struck by falling walls, not serious.
C. Gordon, hurled through a plate
glass window into a saloon, badly cut.
The following were slightly injuredINDIAN TERRITORY NEWS.
W. L. Greene recently shipped seven
cars of fat cattle from Ardmore to
Kansas City.
Rev. Father Metter, pastor of the
Norman, Ok, parish, was at 4rdmoro
recently for the purpose of making prelimlnary
arrangements for establishing
a Catholic church and convent in the
city in the near future.
The United States court of appeals
for the Territory convened at South
McAlester a few days ago with Chief
Justice Springer and Judges KEilgore
and Clayton on the bench. Quite a
number of Indian citizen cases will be
considered before adjournment.
The Denison and Choctow Telephone
company expects to complete the gap
between South McAlester and Atoka
in a few days and put all towns, south
of South McAlester in communication
with Texas towns. As soon as completed
to South McAlester the line will
be extended to Fort Smith, Ark.
Durant is being improved a great
deal H. L Johnson has about completed
a brick storeroom on Main
street The building is 36x70 feet with
glass front Dr Horton is also building
a brick storeroom on Main street.
Three large two-story brick buildimga
are in process of erection on the east
side of the public square Three other
buildings are being put up on the
southwest corner of the square.
J. H. Gridre, the injured express
messenger, and T. E Sparks, a farmer
of the Territory, who were so severely
injured in the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe wreck of the passenger train
near Marietta some time ago and who
have since been at the hotel in Ardmore
taken care of by the ralhoad
company are so far recovered as to
leave for home. Sparks was paid .7700
by the claim agent ot the ralioad The
other passengers injured were also settled
with by the railroad comp.tny./ I
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY NEWS.
A dispatch recent ed at Guthrie a few
days ago from W'ashington anonunced
the appointment of Judge WV M1 Jnkins
of Newkirk, secretary of the 'Terrltoryby flying pieces of glass Nellie Burke, In the omatorcal contest for the ijcPeter
Bullett, Ludvig Zisow, Frank ulty gold medal At the Tellitorial eorPlicke,
Charles Cardift, Alpha Jones. mal school at Edmond a few days a;o
The force cof the explosion was so there were eight contestants, the medal
great nearly all tho windows on the being awarded to Miss Ruby Pov.ard,
block were demolished and the Shure daughter of Dr J 1V Howavid of Edbuilding,
which is a four-story struct
mond.
ure, was almost completely destroyed Two bands of blanke' Osagos en
by fire. The explosion caused a wildroute home from a visit to the Sac and
pazile in that position of the town. The Fox tribes in eastern Oklahoma
majority of those lnjui ed have received stopped off at Pawnee to visit ths-?awbut
trifling hurts and will be around nees and have a big buffalo daree. rhe
within a day or two. The loss to the dance was closed with a grand dog
building and contents is estimated atfeast
$60,000. Sample stalks of wheat are da.ly
~~ ~~~ being carried into Guthrie measumring
Tariff Bfil Amendment.^ ,
Tariff Bill A~mendment. over six feet in height and it is a comnWashington,
June 9--Senator War-^^^g^^^^ ^g^
B'ashington, June 9 -Senator War
mon thing to see a whole fieid standren
gave notice yesterday of his inten
ng fom four to five feet througlltout.
tlon to offer the following amendment Corn s dong fine and otton s imto
the tariff bill, to be added to par
provn
agraph 380. All wools, hair of camel, m, ,
Charles Shumate, lvlng near Taloga,
goat, alpaca and other likes animals, l a
was struck by lhghtnlng a ,ew days
which shall have been imported into
ago, and is in a critical condition, althe
United States before the passage ,,
,, , , , *, ..*. , , ., most his entire body being paralvyed
of this act and which at the time shall h
This was the second time he had been
not have been manufactured and shall Tst a the secdti helb
,, ,. ,, , ~~~~struck by the electric current within
then be in actual process of manufac...
T 1. L -i
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two weeks
ture, shall bear two-thirds of the du
two w
ties to be charged upon similar arti
W. H Shrive, two miles south of Hencles
imported after the passage of this essey cuttln hls M nat a
few days ago. It is excellent quahlty.
act, but wool which has been or is being
scoured shall not be consideredThe acreagee of hard wheat is large and
the general conalton is splendid Ft is
as manufactured or in process of man-te enerl condition s spend t S
ufacture. such duties are hereby made believed the wheat yield will be the
a lien on such articles so imported be
largest in the istory of the county.
fore the passage of this act, wherever The Kimowa and Comanch. Indians
and in whomsoever hands found, and ale holding a council to se-id a dslegnthe
same shall be collected under such tlon and employ attolney
to go TO
iules and regulations as the secretaryWashington and secure an extension of
of the htieasury may prescribe the Medicine Lodge treaty made thirty
years ago, whereby they wouli ,ive up
A4n1 FXctinglt scmsion tribal life and settle on allotments.
Little Rock, Ark , June 9-The ses
he conveyed Kiowa Indians u-nler
sion of the lower house of the legis
the leadership of a oung lad Slature
yesterday was the most disor
0 a
sicarey trom 'he east w'dl hold a %-alnd
dei ly that has been witnessed in yearscamp-meeting and love fest at SadThe
question under consideration was dle Mountain in the near stuirp A
what is known as the Smith bill, a arge bootl is being elected for the
measure providing for the granting o eetngs and unled of iXiowas ,are
unredeemed lands to a proposed rail-alieady camping in the vicintroad
at the rate of 1000 acres for ev
Southwest of Manchester, +o roany
cry mile ot road built The galleries les the ente country is koveed
and lobbies wele densely crowded with rth a thick ciop of wild pea One
friends of the measure The opposl
peculiarity about this native crop is
tlon on the floor sought to dealer a finalthat the prairie may be entirelv free
vote and excitement was Intense Atfiom them for ayear or two, an, tnen
times the scene was almost riotousall at once they sping up b
t e i1land
the services of the sergeant-at
lions and almost choke out eeaon.
arms were frequently necessary to Secietary Lowe has giantet a char
maintain decorum and at one time the ter to the Progressive Publishin cmspeaker
was forced to suspend the ses-pany of Oklahoma City which will do
slon a book and printing business "he capThe
Smith bill finally went over un
ital stock is $50,00G tan the lucorpoiatil
Friday. tois are John Wand, R E. St-ifoird,
J WV Camp and C V Egglo2--ron of Ok~Junction
Citry";,Ark, J ,3.-A lahoma county and 51 E_ i1unt et LoJunction
Clty, Ark, Jnes 9.--A
bloody tra , edy *-,Tas enactesdan county .
bloody tragedy was enacted here yestel
day in a justice court ro-%m in which The county o--ssiouers at Ciiardone
man was muidered and whichtl have bee defted I thoir
may result in the lynching of the mur-to ovlst M1ss ove Svibblefield, the
tn 1101holeover ounty", supeyrrten,leni,: f~on.
derer before intoning. The murdered
Lh.,,~ otffice
by ~x decism~n flora Juntano
rnan was W. B. Coffee ot Eldorado, Ibe tfhau ~',4. scecsso h ain been
-,-1/1+1^ w,,./i < T cii
'y11 't~a~ 0 successor liavti-ug 'een
and the murderer Is J J. Sheppard of e w h o a h wo u ld
the _ sam plcs 13t menlected wvho could qualiuy, ^iii would
the same place. ~3oth men were promsa hold eer until tohe next regular oem e
nent lawvyersuonTURKS AND GREEKS.
WAR NOT BELIEVED TO BE AT
AN END YET.
The Peace Negotiations Do Not Seem
to Make Much Progress and There is
Considerable Disquietude In Athens'
Killed Himself.
London, June 9.-A dispatch from
Constantinople says it is rumored
stormy scenes have taken place during
the sessions of the peace conference
and that German obstruction has
provoked lively indignation among the
majority of the ambassadors.
The peace negotiations do not seem
to make much progress and there was
considerable dlsquietude in Athens
Monday evening, caused by the apparently
reliable statement that the negotiations
were in danger of collapsing,
altogether.
The ministers who were questioned
on the subject, however, had no definite
news of an official character and
expressed the opinion that the report
was without authority.
It is said now with good authority
that the powers are now trying to inquce
Turkey to slgn general peace
conditions defining broad limits within
which Turkey and Greece should
afterwards settle details by direct negotiation.
This news is regarded in
Athens with dismay as a breach of
faith on the part of the powers and
leaving Greece to the tender mercy of
the sultan.
It is believed by many good judges
in Athens that Greece may yet have to
fight for her very existence. Already
there are reports that the Turks have
advanced in the Agrapha dist let, occupied
several villages and are still
advancing toward the town of Agrapha
Greece has protested to the powers
against this violation of the armistice,
and Col T'osamodos, the minister
of war, has gone to Lamia Premier
Ralli, who has conveyed the
thanks of the government to the
Greeks of New York city for five cannon,
said
"The government does not forget
that the armistice is not peace, and
that it is its duty to be prepared for
every eventuality "
The Greek newspapers all publish
the statement by Gen MIles that the
positions at Thermopylae aie npregnable
Advices from Constantinople aie
equally pessimistic It is alleged that
Tewfik Pasha at Saturday's meeting of
the council of ministers, announced
that Shiek-U-Islam has issued a fetra
declaring that territory once acquired
by the sacrifice of Ottoman blood can
not under the Ottoman law be surrendered.
If this be true, it wfil require
a good deal of persuasion to induce
the sultan to retire from Thesaly. In
addition to this report comes the rumor
that Bulgaria has made an informal
demand that Macedonia, with the
exception of the province of Adrianople,
shall be formed into an auonomous
administration.
Killed Iustantly
Memphis, Tenn , June 9 -A special
from Clarksdale, Miss., saysA
deplorable tragedy was enacted
upon the streets of the little village of
Jonestown, in this county, yesterday,
as the result of which the mayor of the
town is now in custody and the exmayor
lies dead at his home. The
shooting is the result of hard feelings
growing out of a small law suit a few
weeks ago tried betrole the mayor, G
WV Wise, in which G B Mosley, the
ex-mayor and local banker oi the
town, was one of the parties It seems
that Mr Mosley felt aggrieved at the
decision of the justice and indulged in
a good many remarks derogatory to
the honor and honesty of0 Mtayor WTise
who troled the case
It is said that as days passed Mr
Mosley felt more and more incensedand angered at Mr. Wise and continued
to indulge in threats and abusive
talk about Wise, which, of coum se,
cached Mr Wise and put him on
his guard Yesterday the two men
met on the street Mosley drew his
pistol, whereupon Wise raised a shotgun
and fired, killing MIcsley instantly
Wise immediately sui rendered to the
sheriff
A Di[g Suit
Little Rock, Ark, June 9 -A suit
was filed yesterday in the United
States court which promises to become
quite interesting It is the suit of D
A Carpenter and J WV Connor, co-ieceiveis
of the Southern Building and
Loan association, appointed in Tennessee,
and they seek to foreclose a
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