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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 65.
SAVAGE '
THE SORTIE.
Made by Turkish Troops—Thev
Terrorize and Pillage
a Town.
THOSE CONTUMACIOUS CRETANS
They Will Reject the Proposed Autonomy
and Resist the Occupation of the
Island.
Rome, March 17. —A dispatch from
Canea says the Cretan insurgents have
declared they will reject autonomy and
offer all possible resistance to the oc
cupation of the island by the powers.
The dispatch also says that Col. Vas
sos, commanding the Greek army of
occupation, is about to move his camp
to the mountains of Sphakia.
SAVAGE SORTIE.
London, March 17.—A dispatch says
the Greeks in Crete assert that the
Turks, holding the fortifications at
Retimo, have made a sortie into the
town and pillaged the houses of the in
habitants without the slightest oppo
sition on the part of the marines from
the warships of the powers.
Vienna, March 17.—1 tis asserted
here that Greece will declare war
against Turkey.
THE PORTE AND THE POWERS.
Constantinople, March 17.—The re
ply ot the porte to the note which
was presented the Turkish govern
ment by the powers admits the prin
ciple of autonomy for Crete, but re
serves a discussion of forms and de
tails of such administration with dip
lomatic representatives of the powers
CEsPEDES RELEASED.
Another American Citizen is Set Free
in Cuba.
Washington, March 17.—Secretary
Sherman has received a cablegram
from Consul General Lee, dated yes
terday, saying:
“Oscar Ceepedes, a native ot Key
West, is released from Cabanas on
condition that he leaves the island.”
Oscar Cespedes is No. 40 on the state
depaittnent list of Americans in pris
on and the following information re
garding him is on that list:
“Twenty years; a native of Key
West; captured without arms in an
insurgent hospital near Zapata, about
September 5, 1896; imprisoned at San
Severino fort, Matanzas; question of
competency between military and
civil jurisdiction decided in favor of
military; case pending.
SUDDENLY DISCHARGED.
A Popu'ar Railroad Employe Goes
Out—Shippers Protest.
Augusta, March 17.—The announce
ment, that William Waters, long con
nected with the Central railway here
as clerk in the freight department, had
been notified that his services will not
be not be needed after April 1 has
created quite a surprise. Mr. Waters
is regarded as one of the most accu
rate and reliable clerks engaged in
railroad work here. It is understood
that a number of shippers have peti
tioned Vice-President Egan to retain
him.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Rut the Defendant is Released on
Bond.
Jacksonville, March 17. —Capt. A.
W. Brown, charged with an attempt to
commit a serious crime on the person
of Miss Eva Dempsey, of New Berlin,
was oalled in Judge Baker’s court this
m ’rning. The defendant pleaded not
guilty to the charge and was released
on bond.
The Weather.
Atlanta, March 17.—Generally
cloudy weather with local showers
Thursday. Warmer.
We are headquarters for Lenten
delicacies, ect. Keany & Bailey.
HAPPY HIBERNIANS.
The Day in Savannah—ihe Banquet
Last Night.
Savannah. March 17.—Although St
Patrick’s day was threatening and
cloudy here, there was a very credit
able celebration in honor of Ireland’s
patron saint.
The 85th annual meeting of the Hi
bernian Society was held at noon at
the DeSoto. P. W. Meldrim was re
elected president for bis fifteenth term
R. L. Berner, W. C. Glenn and Chas.
J. Bayne sent letters of regret.
The four divisions of the ancient or
der of Hiberniaus, 257 men in line,
with bands and police escort, paraded
the streets this morning. The Irish
Jasper Greens paraded this afternoon.
Governor Atkinson, Capt. Oscar J.
Brown, James H. O’Neill, Frank Cal
loway and Prof. H. C. White, of the
State University, arrived at 6 p. tn.
and were escorted to the DeSoto.
The annual banquet of the Hiber
nian Society was given at the DeSoto
this evening and was attended by a
distinguished company of representa
tive men.
A Mother’s Appeal.
Louisville, March 17. —This morning
at the Alexandria jail Mrs. Walling
suddenly walked over to Scott Jack
son and cried : “Ssve my son ; you can
do it by telling the truth/’ Jackson
denied that he had concealed any
thing. M,rs. Walling persisted he had
not told the truth and that he was
dragging her son to the scaffold. The
guards interfered and quieted her.
The Dauntless Under Suspicion.
Jacksonville, March 17. —The tug
Dauntless has beeu refused permission
to clear for Cuba with munitions ot
war by the auihorities at Washington
on the ground that the steamer is un
der suspicion.
CAME NOT AGAIN.
Excited Young Man, Veiled Lady,
Landau and Boarding House.
A landau drove up to the Pennick
House last night at 10:20, in w hich sat
a young man of about 23 years and a
lady, who, though heavily veiled, ap
peared to be quite young. The young
man was considerably excited and
asked for the best room in the house.
He was shown one, which appeared to
give satisfaction, as he promptly en
gaged it. Stating that they would re
turn as soon as they could “find a min
ister,” the young man got into the lan
dau, the driver whipped up the horses
and the team disappeared down the
street.
The couple had not returned up to
The Times’ press hour, and nothing
could be learned of their whereabouts.
The young man was a stranger to
Mr. E. M. Dart, who showed him the
room.
ALONG THE BAY.
Items of Shipping and General Har
bor News.
The schooner Melissa A. Willey ar
rived yesterday from New York. She
will load from Charles S. Hirsch & Cos.
The British steamship St. Regulus,
having given bond in the salvage libel
case against her, sailed yesterday for
Liverpool. The St. Regulus had a
cargo of 6,100 bales cotton and 2,080
tons phosphate, valued at $234,300’
from the Brunswick Terminal Cos.
The schooner Alice J. Crabtree
sailed yesterday with 261,000 feet lum
ber and 3,000 feet tunbpr, ‘ valued at
$3,693.
Th“ Mutual Life.
Attention is oalled to the statement
in this issue of the Mutual Life Insur
ance company of New York. Thereis
nothing like the Mutual Life, the
company has assets of $234,744,148 42,
with a surplus fund of over $29,000,-
000, and has paid benefits of $437,005,
195.29. Everyone will be benefited by
reading this statement.
Grand“ Opening
Of spring millinery and pattern hats
selected by the best artists of New
Y’ork. For beauty and cheapness they
cannot be excelled; will be found at
Mrs. Earle’s. Ladies are respectfully
invited to see for themselves.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18 1897.
CORBETT WAS CONQUERED
*.
Pompadour Jim is Knocked Out
at Carson City After Four
teen Rounds.
FOXlf FITZSIMMONS’ FIERCEST FIGHT,
His Terrible Left Wins the Battle—Corbett Secures the Ad
vantage at the Start Only to Collapse at the Fin
ish —Incidents of the Great Battle.
Carson City, March 17. —The b ! g|
fight is over, and so is Corbett’s su
premacy. The pompadour prince of
pugilism has been knocked out and
Fitzsimmons now wears the belt.
The day broke bright, clear and cold.
The crowd was up betimes, and at 8
sharp the gates of the arena were
thrown open, and about 1,000 people
who bad taken $5 tickets filed off for
the colisseum. The sports who pos
sessed tickets calling for numbered
seats occupied the interval as best
suited themselves. They were confi
dent of the perfection of the arrange
ments and were content to wait.
The first precautions against any
possible disturbances were taken as
the spectators passed inside the outer
gate. Each man was carefully
“tapped” to locate concealed arms
and when these were found the pos
sessor was turned back and requested
to return without the munitions of
war.
PHYSICIANS EXAMINE PUGILISTS.
Doctors Guinan and Hoffeker, the
official physicians, handed in their
certificates to Dan Stuart and County
Clerk Tyrell this morning. The doc
uments set forth that both men are
sound of wind and limb and perfectly
capable of sustaining a severe physi
cal strain without danger.
8:55 a. m. —Stuart says the fighters
will be in the ring at 10 o’clock or as
soon thereafter as possible.
BIG BETS FEW.
The early morning betting was not
brisk aDd no big wagers were record
ed. The pencilers of odds, therefore,
underwent no change since last night,
and $6.50 to $lO was still obtainable,
with Corbett at the Jong end. .Paris
mutuals sold a little faster, 414 tickets
being disposed of on the following
combinations: Corhett, Green and
Flaherty, 110; Corbett, Green and
Hawkins, 85; Corbett, Smith and Fla
herty, 63; Fitzsimmons, Green and
Flaherty. 48; Fitzsimmons, Smith and
Flaherty, 32; Fitzsimmons, Green and
Hawkins, 28; Corbett, Smith and Haw
kins, 26; Fitzsimmons, Smith and
Hawkins, 23.
AT THE RINGSIDE.
10:30 a. m.—The great arena is rap
idly filling up. All the notable sports
of the continent are gathered to see
the battle of the century. Jimmy
Colville was timekeeper for Corbett,
Lou Houseman timekeeper for Fitz
simmons and. Billy Muldoon time
keeper for Stuart.
CORBETT WINS THE TOSS Ul>.
Billy Delaney last night won the
toss up for positions, which means
that Fitzsimmons will begin the bat
tle facing the sun.
Billy Jordan, the well known old
Mrae master of ceremonies of San
Francisco, entered the ring and an-,
nounced that he will, on behalf of
Frank B. Dunn, of Boston, challenge
the winner to fight John L. Sullivan.
FITZSIMMONS ON THE FIELD.
Fitzsimmons, driven by Mrs. Fitz
sornmons, arrived at 10:46. Referees
Siler and Brady were at the ring side.
Muldoon has just entered the arena.
Corbett’ left his training quarters
about 10:05 in a close carrihgp, with
Charley White Billy Delaney.
Bob entered his dressmgroom at
10:40. He said:
“This is the day I have waited three
years for. If I lose you won't hear me
whimper. I weigh 150 pounds and feel
like a fighting cock.”
THIS, GOVERNOR ARRIVES.
Gov. Sadler, the “fighting governor
of Nevada,” entered bis box amid loud
applause.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons has just taken a
seat in one of the boxes and is greeted
with hearty applause. There are quite
a number of ladies present.
11:59 a. m. —Fitzsimmons enters and
the crowd cheer him lustily. He is
bareheaded and attired in a Japanese
bath robe.
11 a. m.—l’ompsdour Jim ap
pears amid a burst of applause.
NO HANDSHAKING.
Madden introduced the referee and
the men proceed to strip. Fitzsim
mons looks light, but is a bunch of
muscle. Corbett looks easily fifteen
pounds heavier. Fitzsimmons refuses
to shake hands.
THE BATTLE BEGINS.
Round I.—Sparring for an opening,
Fitzsimmons forcing Corbett to the
corner; tries the left swing, which
Jim ducks cleverly. They clinch; in
the breakaway Corbett lands the right
swing on Fitz’s ribs, and Fitz lands a
left on Jim’s head; Jim lards hard on
Fitz’s short ribs; clinch and Fitz lands
a heavy right on Jim’s head. Jim
lands right on Fitz’s ribs as the gong
sounds.
Round 2.—Corbett advances to the
center; clinch and breakaway. Jim
is cautious and looking for the slight
est opening; lands two stiff left
swings on Fitz’s head. Fitz swings
left and lands lightly on Corbett’s
head. Jim landed hard half round jab
on Fitz's stomach and follows with
another. He is jabbing Fitz hard
right and left when the bell rings.
Round 3.—Corbett starts right in
with that hard left hook on the body.
Fitz gets savage. Corbett lands a
right one over the heart. Fitz mixed
it up and puts the heel of his glove in
Corbett’s face. In the clinch Jim
keeps his riglit working like a piston
rod on Fitz’s ribs. They clinch and
Fitz roughs it in breakaway. As the
gong sounds Fitz seems unable to con
tinue.
Round 4.—Corbett, rushing, lands
bis left again on Fitz’s body, Fitz
is short with his left. Fitz follows it
with a stiff left on Jim’s stomach and
they clinch. Fitz rushes and Jim
meets him with a stiff right hand jolt
on the stomach. Fitz is doing the
rushing and hitting and roughing it
in the breakaway. Corbett is by long
odds making the cleverest fight. He
is playing it systematically with his
right and left on the body.
Round s.—Corbett lands his left on
Fitz’s jaw. Fitz’s blows have plenty
of steam behind them, but are not so
frequent. Corbett leads a very slow
left; Fitz lands the left on Jim’s neck;
Jim throws a stiff half-round with the
left on Fitz’s nose, drawing first blood ;
they mix and Corbett has the better of
it. The round was in favor of Corbett.
Round 6. They clinch and
Fitz tries to wrestle Corbett down.
Loud cries of “Oh, oh.” Corhett up
percuts freely with the right and has
Fitz going. Fitz is literally covered
with blood, but he is fighting like a
demon. Corbett is showing signs of
fast work. Fitz is down on one knee
ami takes the time limit. Corbett’s
leads are wild, and lie misses many a
well-intended blow. Time called
with Fitz looking very much wors
for wear and Corbett puffing.
Round 7.—Fitz, forcing, misses the
left swing at the head and Corbett
uppercuts Fitz hard on the face. Fitz
is fighting like a lion. Jim lands a
light left on Fitz’s sore mouth. Fitz
tries the left swing, which is ducked
by Corbett and countered with a
heavy right over the heart. Fitz
looks like a stuck bullock, but is as
strong as the other man.
THE TIDE TURNS.
In the next round Fitz does all the
forcing, and both spar for wind. Af
ter some fast fighting, Corbett coun
ters on Fitz’s jaw with his left. Fitz
had the worst of Ihe bout. The ninth
round is opened by some long
range sparring. Fitz lands below the
belt and is oalled down by Siler. Cor
hett shows signs of weakening and
Fitz lands more freely. In the tenth
round Fitz spits blood, but is much
cooler and stronger than Corbett.
Fitz forces him back, catches him
around neck, and as the gong sounds
drags him to the ropes. Fitz seems
gaining strength in the’ eleventh
round and lands heavily with his left
on Corbett’s face. They mix it, with
the advantage on Fitz’s side. Corbett
is fought into his corner. In the
tweltfh round he revives and lands
on Fitz’s sore nose, forces him to the
ropes and smashes hard on the short
ribs. Corbett then lands right and
left on Bob’s face, and after several
passes, tries a knockout upper cut
with his right, hut fails. This was
Corbett’s round. In the thirteenth
rouud Fitz lands on ribs and jaw right
and left. Jim gets in a left hander.
Fitz rushes things, but Corbett’s skill
ful sparring saves him.
THE FOURTEENTH ROUND.
That Deadly Knock-Out Blow—Hit
Over the Heart, Corbett Collapses.
Corbett’s leads are blocked. He
lands that jab again on Fitz’s head.
Fitz counters with that terrible right
swing on Corbett’s neck and has him
going back. Fitz lands a terrible left
hand on Corbett’s stomach and Cor
bett goes to his knees with a frightful
look of agony on his face. The time
keepers call seconds —one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten —
but Corbett comes to his feet. He
rushes at Fitz and endeavors to strike
him. There is a terrible uproar. The
-decision is for a moment delayed, and
then Referee George Siler decides that
Fitz wins.
The blow that did the business
landed over Corbett’s heart and he
collapsed. The round lasted just one
minute and 45 seconds.
SHOT IN THE BACK.
John Lee Ruts Birdshot Into John
Taylor At Holwy’.
News came to the city yesterday
morning of a shooting scrape at Hof
wyl, Mr. James T. Deni’s place, near
the city, which may result fatally.
Jake Lee, colored, fired a load of
birdshot, at close range, into the hack
of John Taylor, also colored. The
trouble originated over a trivial dis
pute.
Dennis Ponder, the colored bailiff
at Justice Lamhright’s court, was dis
patched to Hofwyl yesterday after
uoon to arrest Lee.
Taylor’s wounds are said to he seri
ous.
Look at Your Ticket.
Who holds the lucky numbers? 1,875
wins china service, 2,734 wins lamp
and 282 wins onyx table. Parties
holding above numbers will please
present tickets to J. P. Davenport and
receive articles drawn. Second con
test now on. With every one dollar
purchase you receive one ticket. See
our list of gifts.
Notice.
A meeting of the stockholderi of
the St. Simon Transit company is
hereby called for Wednesday, March
24, at 10:30 a. rn., at the office of W. M.
Tupper & Go. A full attendance is
desired. 11. H. Raymond,
W. F. Parker, President.
Secretary.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
THE TDRkni
TERRIBLY TORN.
Disastrous Explosion Wrecks
a Russian Ship
of War.
MANY MUSCOVITES MANGLED,
A-d Fifteen Killed Outright by the Flying
Fragments of the Shattered
Sh'p.
Canea, March 16, —A terrible acci
dent occurred today on board the Rus
sian warship Cizoi Veliky. The ves
sel was practicing outside Suda bay,
near Canea, when one of her turret
guns exploded, owing to the breech
not having been properly closed. The
noise of the explosion was terrific
and its results were most disastrous.
The turret was blown to pieces and
every one of its occupants were killed.
The killed number fifteen; thirteen
were so badly injured that they will
die, while a number of others received
less serious injuries. The turret that
was wrecked weighed 20,000 pounds.
FIGHT IN THE CITY.
There Was Much Hilarity Over the
Downfall of Pompadour Jim.
Brunswick yesterday afternoon was
pugilistically inclined. The centre of
interest was the Naval Reserves’ ar
mory, where the detailed story of the
great fistic oontest was received by
special wire from the ringside.
The crowd in the armory was not a
very large one, but it was enthusias
tic, and its interest in the event was
keyed up to the very highest pitch.
There was considerable betting before
the returns began to come in at odds
ef 10 to 6 in favor of Corbett.
Messrs. James O’Connor and A. H.
Kemp took the bulletins and Gus
Montgomery read them to the listen
ers. Up to the ninth round there
wasn’t a man in the house who be
lieved that the Cornishman bad any
chance of winuing, so terrible was the
punishment, which, the wires told,
was being indicted upon him by Cor
bett. There was a sudden surprise
when the operator skipped from the
ninth to the finish round, and the mes
sage came that : :
After giving the ..jult, i. . jr
venlng rounds were detailed, but
failed to arouse interest, as the au
dience knew what to expect in the
end.
Brunswick was a Fitzsimmons town
from start to finish, and last night
there were joyous cliques of anti-Oor
bett men on the street corners who
gloried in the effective quietus which
the lanky Australian had given the
proud and boastful expectations of
Pompadour Jim u
ANOTHER RACE.
The Two Companies of Naval Re
serves to Compete in April.
The First Division of Naval Re
serves, at their meeting last night, re
ceived a challenge from the Fourth
Division, for a boat race, to take place
between April 5 and 15,
The First Division accepted the
challenge. Crews of twelve men from
each division will be picked for the
contest.
The Reserves decided to abandon
the trip to Albany unless a rate of $2
is made.
The Riflemen.
A committee of three from the Ri
flemen will meet today at noon and
award the contract for the company’s
new uniforms. Three firms presented
bids for the job at last night’s meet
ing. In regard to the Albany trip, a
canvass will bb made to find how
many members of the company will
agree to go on the $3.40 rate, and the
matter will be finally decided at a
special meetiog on Friday night.