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WAS FITZ ROBBED?§AX FRANCISCO AT ODDS OVER
THE DECISION GIVEN BYEARP,
PURSE PAYMENT STOPPED.
JPHARKEY CAX OBTAIN HIS MONEYOXLY BY A JUDICIAL
ORDER.
Make a charge .of conspiracy.
|TitzftliHinona and Julian Point Out
I'u.ets That Give the Whole Af-fair a Had Look.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 3.—TheCity is divided as to the result of theFitzsimmons-Sharkey fight, which con-tinues to be the topic of the hour. Noone questions that Fitzsimmons hadthe fight practically won in the eighthround, and many assert that he wasunjustly deprived of the decision. Shar-key's friends vehemently assert that hewas knocked out by a foul blow, andwas, consequently, under the rules, en-titled to the honors of victory, includ-ing the purse of $10,000. A third classbases its opinions solely upon the re-ports of the physicians in attendanceupon Sharkey. The doctors point tothe swollen and discolored condition ofthe sailor's skin in the region of thegroin as evidence of a foul blow, andsome ardent Fitzsimmons advocates re-ply that this condition was purposelycaused by an injection of a drug im-mediately after the fight.
A number of physicians and newspa-per men were present in Sharkey's
room this afternoon when an examina-tion of his injuries was made. All wereconvinced that Sharkey's condition wasthe result of a foul blow. Many prom-inent men, however, condemn the de-cision, and refuse to believe that therewas any fouling. Such men as PoliceCommissioner Gunst, Riley Grannan,Maj. Frank McLaughlin, who waschairman of the Republican state cen-tral committee, and others believe thatFitzsimmons should have received thedecision.Itis pointed out that the whole affair
ha<l a disagreeable look. The facts arecit f il that Lynch, Sharkey's backer, re-fused to consider the name of any oneas referee; declined every name sug-gested by Julian and refused to sug-gest any man himself, leaving the se-lection with the few individuals com-posing the National club. As soon asthe club announced its choice of WyattEarp, famous as a horseman and abad man from Arizona, but not a ringexpert, the odds, which had been 10 to4 against Sharkey, unaccountably roseto 10 to 6, with more Sharkey money
offered than could be well handled. ItIs recounted that there were whispersyesterday afternoon that Sharkeywould be favored in the decision, andthese rumors reaching Fitzsimmons'ears, he requested the club to substi-tute any one else as referee. Even attho ring side, when both Julian andFitzsimmons stated in Earp's presencethat they had been told he intended to'referee "unfairly, Earp stood quietly byand Insisted on acting as referee de-spite the protests.
It is pointed out that Fitzsimmonsfought a clean, skillful, scientific andwinning battle, while Sharkey's fightwas rough and unfair. For his un-fairness, it is charged that Sharkeywas not even reproved by the referee.It is claimed that the upper-cut onSharkey's chin in the eighth roundwas really
A KNOCKOUT BLOWand that no foul blow was deliveredby Fitzsimmons, but that Sharkey.when knocked out, alleged the foulblow as an excuse. All this consti-tute?, the case of Fitzsimmons bywhich his attorneys expect to provethe existence of a conspiracy to de-prive Fitzsimmons of the purse of?!0,000.
An injunction ha* been applied forto restrain the Anglo-Californianbonk from cashing the National club'schock until Fitzsimmons has an op-portunity to prove the conspiracy.When Lynch and Referee Earp wentto the bank this morning with the
check, payment was refused by theteller, who referred Lynch to ManagerLlllenthal. The latter stated that hehad been advised by his attorney thatthe bank was in the position of aninnocent custodian of the money whichwould be involved in the promisedlegal controversy and that for theprotection of the bank he would re-fuse to pay it.
Lynch supposed that the bank hadbeen formally enjoined from cashingthe check, but it afterwards developedthat the bank was acting on an orderfrom the officials of the National club,who requested that payment of thecheck should be temporarily deferred.As the check had been certified, theright of the bank to refuse paymentla questioned and will form the basisof an attack by Sharkey, should he beworsted in the injunction suit.
(Meantime, Sharkey is in bed withthree doctors in constant attendanceand he is likely to remain where he 'is for several days; the $10,000 is in thebank and is also likely to remainwhere it is for same time, and BobFitzsimmons, without mark or bruiseand followed by an admiring andcheering crowd, Is walking the streets,receiving continued ovations as thereal winner of last night's encounter.
Tom Sharkey was a somewhatdilapidated looking pugilist as he layon his bed today. The only visiblebruises were two on the left side ofhis face, one a cut which had ratherneatly divided the left eyebrow length*wise. "He gave me that cut with hiselbow, when he fouled me early Inthe fight," said Sharkey.
The doctors made no difficulties atall about showing not only the condi-tion of Sharkey's face, but also of hisbody. In doing so, they called atten-tion to the fact that there was noth-ing to indicate that he had receivedany particular punishment previous tothe striking of the blow which endedthe fight. This seemed to be the fact,for there were no discoloratlons orbruises at all upon Sharkey's body ex-cept at the point below the belt, wherethe
ALLEGED FOUL BLOWis said to have landed. Here there wasa decided swellingand other evidencesof injury which it was easy to conceivewould have prevented a man from con-tinuing a boxing match or any otherform of exertion. "Iwas all right upto the time Igot that foul lick," Shar-key said in answer to a question. "Ihad not been hurt at all." The threephysicians all concurred in the state-ment, made very positively, that Shar-key had been fouled, the physical evi-dences, they considered, being indis-putable. "He was hit there and hithard," said Dr. Ragan.
Bob Fitzsimmons was about towntoday. "I fell in among a gang ofthieves," was Fitzsimmons' opening re-mark when spoken to about the decis-ion. "Icame out here to San Franciscoexpecting to get a square deal," hecontinued, "but Ifind Imade a mis-take, as Iwas made the victim of oneof the meanest jobs ever put throughon earth. The referee was selected togive a decision against me, and he car-ried out his part of the programme.So far as Iam concerned, Ican saythat Inever fought fairer in all mylife, while Sharkey fouled me deliber-ately at least twenty times. Iappealedto the referee, but he t'ok no notice ofmy protests, and told me to go on andfight. Once, in a clinch, Earp tried toseparate us by pressing his handagainst my face. His finger nails pen-etrated my eye and cut the flesh onthe inside of the lid.
"Sharkey is a hard nut. He don'tknow much about fighting, however,but relies on brute strength and foultactics and a crooked referee to winIfIdon't get this fight and purse, I'llnever enter the ring again. As it is,itbegins to look to me as if the peopledo not want me for a champion. Theyseem to prefer hoodlums and toughs togentlemen.
"Sharkey knows, If he will only tellthe truth, that Idid not hit foul" Hewas leaning over when Istruck thebolow of which he complains. It wasa left handed uppercut and took effectin the pitof the stomach. He straight-ened up a bit, after receiving thepunch, and Ifinished him with a lefton the jaw. Payment of the check of$10,000 has been stopped and Sharkeywill have to make a legal battle forit, as Ido not intend to be robbed ifIcan help it."
Fitzsimmons gave a bag punchingexhibition tonight at the Bush streettheater. He also showed how he hadknocked Sharkey out, making a littlespeech as he illustrated the blow.
EARP'S ARREST.When Wyatt Earp appeared in the ring last
night to act ac referee, he was disarmed byPolice Captain Wittman. who took from thsArizona man a largo sized pistol. TonigitEarp was arrested on a charge of carryingconcealed weapons. He was released on $40bail.
A delegation of she reputable physiciansexamined Kharkey tonight and made thefollowing report:
We find an oedema or swelling of the leftside of the groin extending partially to tholeft. Also two small ecchymotic spots or dls-ooiorations about half way down on the rightside.
Dr. Lee, the man called in to attend Shar-koy last night, in spite of the fact that otJier
physicians offered their services, Is net recog-nized by the regular medical fraternity ofthl« city. Itia stated by a prominent physi-cian that the injuries exhibited by Sharkeycould have been -caused by a blow on thenavel.
Martin Julian, Fitzsimmons' manager, hasmade a statement in which he says:
About 6:80 o'clock last night Iwas toldby three prominent men that Wyatt Earp,the man selected to referee, was crooked, andwith him in the ring Fitzsimmons wouldstand no show. These men were Riley Gran-nan, the race track plunger; Moses Gunat,San Francisco police commissioner, and Tom.James, formerly purser of an Australiansteamer, and the men who brought Fitzsim-mons to America. They said the change inthe betting showed that something was wrong.As soon as Itbecame known that Earp wasto be the referee Sharkey money appearedin unlimited quantities. When the big fightwas called Imade the announcement fromthe ring charging that the referee had beenfixed. The big crowd was impatient of de-lay and hissed and hooted me. Isaw thatit would not do to take Bob from the ring.If1had, the crowd would have mobbed us.
Late this afternoon Bob Fitzsimmons,through his attorney, commenced suit in thesuperior court to restrain the Anglo-Califor-nia bank from paying Sharkey the $10,000purse awarded the sailor by Referee Earp.Fitzsimmons charges conspiracy betweenSharkey. Uie National Athletic club andothers, whose names are not given, to awardSharkey the purse under any circumstances.Fitzsimmons alleges that before Earp wasselected as referee, thiß agreement was made,and that had he known of it he would haverefused to enter the ring. He therefore praysthat as he "discomfited" Sharkey so that thelatter was unable to proceed, and on accountof the alleged conspiracy, that the Anglo-California bank, Thomas Sharkey, DanielLynch, John Doe and Richard Roe be en-joined from collecting the money on thecertificate of deposite, and that the courtaward said certificate to Fitzsimmons. JudgeSanderson granted the Injunction prayed for,and the case willsoon be tried in court.
T.he National club is composed of J. G.Groom and John Gibbs, local men.
"GENTLEMAN JIM" GLOATS.
Corbett Han \o Tears to Shed OverFits'* Loss.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Pugilist Cor-bett shed no tears of regret today overthe defeat of Fitzsimmons by Sharkey.One result of the San Francisco fight,Corbett said, to a reporter, would beto put Sharkey in the first rank amongfighters. While Corbett had thoughtat the conclusion of the first roundthat the sailor could not last, his judg-ment was that as the fight progressedSharkey improved, both in hittingpower and in enduring1 punishment.Corbett added that Referee Earp wasnot the man to make an unfair deci-sion.
As confirmation of this, Corbett said:"Fitzsimmons was boasting before the.fight that if he only landed on Shar-key's jaw it would settle him. He didland twice in the first round and didnot settle Sharkey. And its hardlyreasonable to suppose that Fitzsim-mons could hit any harder in theeighth round than earlier m the fight."
Between the acts tonight Corbett came be-fore the curtain and addressed the audienceas follows:
Last night Fitzsimmons and Sharkey had acontest in San Francisco and Iexpected thatMr. Fitzsimmons would win In short order;but, to my surprise, he did not. Idon't wishto express any opinion as to the outcome ofthe contest or of the decision of the referee.Iwill say thia, however, that Istand readyto meet either Fitzslmmona or Sharkey, firstcome first served, two weeks after papers aresigned, and at any place on earth, becauseIwant it settled, first and for all time, whois the best man in the world.
RKFEREB WAS WRONG.
Expert Opinion on the DecisionMade by Earp.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—George Siler, the well-known soprting man, who was the referee atthe Maher-Fitzsimmons fight in Mexico lastFebruary, and who is admitted to be one ofthe best posted men in the country on ringmatters, said tonight: "Fitzsimmons mayor may not have committed a foul, but, grant-ing that he did, no referee has a right togive a decision en a foul unless a foul hadbeen claimed by the man or by the secondsof the man upon whom the foul is alleged tohave been committed. Ifno claim of a foulis made, the fight cannot be decided on afoul. A fighter is entitled to nothing that isnot claimed for him when fouls are in ques-tion."
DECISION FOR DICK.
Abe IIlinun Beaten by Moore, of St.Paul.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 3.—Dick Moore, of St.Paul, was awarded the decision over AbeUllman, of Baltimore, in a well contestedtwenty-round bout before the Eureka Athleticclub. Both men lasted the fulltwenty rounds,but Moore's very fast work in the last twocaused the referee to give him tße decisionon points.
DECISION FOR JOHIVSON.PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 3.
—Jerome
Quigley, of this city, and Charley Johnson, ofMinneapolis, boxed six lively rounds at theTuxedo Athletic club tonight and iohnson gotthe decision. During the first two roundsQuigley seemed to have everything his ownway, in spite of the fact that Johnson hadthe advantage of a few pounds ln~ weight.After that, however, Johnson went for thelocal man's stomach, and by repeated jab-bing won as he pleased.
CURLING CLUB ANNUAL.
Knights of the Stones Elect Offi-cers.
The St. Paul Curling cklb held its annualmeeting last night at the club house onRaspberry island. The attendance was large.The first and most important business dis-posed of was the election of officers for theensuing year, which resulted as follows:
President, D. C. Murray; vice presidentHerchmer Johnston; secretary, Dr. S OArnold; treasurer, M. A. Beckman; executivecommittee, D. McMillan, Dr. C. A. VanSlyke, P. H. Mead, Thomas Cameron andJ. P. Adamson.
The club decided, after some discussion, toreduce the annual dues for all new members ito $5. Later in the evening the executive jcommittee elected twelve new membera, asfollows: E. B. Kirke, A. B. Van BirgenHugh Grant, John Jaggard, J. D. Grant r'G. Grant, L. M. Fisher, A. Mueler, E. HCurry, C. G. Whiddeh, T. W. Griggs, CharlesBarlow.
A memorial to the late William Rodgerwas spread on the records, and a copy willbe sent to the bereaved family.It was decided to appoint a committee offive, Dr. William D. Kelly to act as chair-man, to confer with the Carnival association
at the Commercial club as to the desirabil-ity of the adoption of a uniform by the Curl-ing club, which will admit the members ofthe club to the ice palace.
Ttu> executive committee was authorized toappoint a committee on arrangements for thecoming bonspiel. The executive committeeat its subsequent meeting elected the fol-lowingmembers to serve on the committee:Daniel McMillan, George Cunningham. JohnRiehldaffer, Alex. McCulloch and W. D.Stewart.
The report of Secretary McCulloch showedan improvement in the financial condition ofthe club and an increase in its membership,the number of members exceeding 100.
New Tnrnverein to Move.Tonight the new Turnvereln of St. Paul
will meet at their rooms in the Portlandblock on Broadway and will proceed in abody, headed by a band, to their new quar-ters in the K. P. hall on Cedar street, nearFourth. President Albrecht desires that allmembers assemble at the Portland promptlyat 8 p. m., as the parade will start promptlyat 8:15 p. m, C. J. Herrmann, who was theinstructor of the old turnverein, will be theinstructor for the new association, which nownumbers 175 members. Mr. Herrmann willalso be marshal of tonight's parade and willbe assisted by Val. Stoesser as assistantmarshal. After the arrival of the club attheir new quarters on Cedar street, a formalprogramme will be commenced, over whichPresident Albrecht will preside. The newturnverein promises to eclipse any and allof the former efforts and work of the old as-sociation. The regular course of work for thewinter series willbe determined at tonight'smeeting.
Kent Badly Beaten.After an absence of a week in the snowdrifts, Kent resumed play in the amateurhandicap series at Foley's last night. He
had for his opponent Poland, and they were atie for second place. Last night's coatestwould indicate that Kent had not ye beenthawed out from the effects of the blizzardas he fell an easy victim to Poland's cue'The latter played a strong, steady game fromthe start and beat Kent 46 points over thehandicap allowance. He made six doublefigures, 19, 18, 17 being the best. Kent hadbut three, 14 for high. This evening thetwo scratch men, Torrance and Cochranewill do battle on the green cloth.
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Two New Records.DENVER, Colorado, Dec. B.—Arthur Gardi-ner, of Chicago, established two new profes-
sional bicycle records on the Denver WheelClub's track today, ridinga quarter of a milennpaced, flying start, in 26 1-5 seconds, anda half mile la one minut* fl*t_
FEARS ARE ALLAYEDREPORTS OF ARMY ENGINEERS
REASSURE* CITIZENS OPCHIPPBWA FALLS.
PERIL FROM G&RGE IS PAST.
FLOOD WORKIk'A CHANNEL UN-DER THE' IjtaflEXSE JAM
OF ICE.
LITTLE DANGER" OB* A BREAK.
Gorge Likely tit Stay Until Spring—Situation Better at Ean
Claire.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec. 3.—"The river is falling at the rate of afoot per day, and there ig no reasonwhatever for apprehension," said Col.W. A. Jones, U. S. A., to the AssociatedPress representative this afternoon,after he had put in a busy day investi-gating the situation along the Chip-pewa river. Col.
*Jones, who is In
charge of the government engineeringworks in the Northwest, had beencalled here by the local authorities,who sought expert advice in whatseemed like an extremity, and a crit-icai situation. He continued: "The sit-uation of the river at Eau Claire andat Chlppewa Falls is practically thesame, and the stage of water at EauClaire is really the stage of the river,as the flood here is simply caused bythe back water. Most of the water isable to get away under the ice, andthe back water represents the amountof water that is unable to- get away.As the stage of the river goes downmore of this water will flow away un-der the ice, and the flood here will besoon over. The gorge extends abouteighteen miles, and is made up largelyof anchor ice, which is a sort of slushpacked closely, but not so hard as or-dinary ice. Under .'this the river isrunning in somewhat cramped quai*-ters, and as the water falls more theice will drop down into the river bed,where it is likely to stay until spring.The water still running along underthe mass of ice. We seem to be start
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ing a regular oW-fashioned winter, sothere is every reason to expect the con-tinuance of the ice tijlspring, but thereseems no^ reason to apprehend anydanger. The course lof the river maybe changed slightly,Hbut as far as thatgoes it is constantly .^hanging any way.
Itis a very peculiar, circumstance thatthere should be suoh a frost in con-junction with a flood, but there wouldhave been a flood here any way,for youknow we had a vei*y heavy series ofrainfalls about. Thanksgiving time,
and the flood was sure to come. Icansee no cause for further fear of dam-age here."
CcflT Jones will visit Eau Claire, andlook into the situation further tomor-row, but this expresses his idea of thesituation here, and along the river.The people of the Chippewa river val-ley willundoubtedly feel much relievedover such an opinion from so well-known an authority and they certain-ly need to be relieved, for a sort ofdemoralization has slezed on manybusiness men in Chippewa Falls, whichdoes not seem warranted by the act-ual facts of the case. Traveling menhave tried to talk business with manymerchants who are nowhere near,and in no way affected by the floodeddistrict, but have been unable to doany business, being told that the floodwould ruin everything, and all kindsof business for the present. This wasthe experience in several cases today,and seems certainly an unnecessaryalarm, for, aside from loss of businessof those in the flooded district andproperty loss in the same location, theloss in the city will not be great. Thebig mill of the Chippewa Dogging andBoom company is in a serious position,and any sudden break of the ice wouldseriously endanger the wagon bridgebetween Chippewa Falls and SouthChippewa Falls. Other loss here willbe from the flood. The town is in noapparent danger, even though therewere a break in the gorge formed sev-eral miles above, being protected byhaving the current running directlyaway from the town, toward the bluffson the other side of the river. Look-ing up or down the river from thewagon bridge an unbroken mass ofjagged white ice can be seen, withhere and there a dark clump of logsfrozen in the gorge. At the lowerend of the gorge near Eau Claire isbanked a mass of logs containingtwenty milion feet oi lumber, and thislarge amount of lumber it is desired tosave by holding It right where it nowIs. The ice and flood have not encroach-ed on the banks of the river so muchas feared, and the dupiage is much lessin the country than was at first feared.
The water has been just above 25feet all the afternoon, but since theriver in general is falling, less fearis felt in regard to slight changes inthe stage of water here. Ithas beensnowing tonight, the ground beingccvered, but the cold weather contin-ues with little change.
DRIVEN OUT BY FLOOD.
List of Sufferers From Hifcrh Waterat Chippewa Falls.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec. 3.—The following concerns have been
THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1893T.
drowned out and compelled to movefrom the flooded district: Poetofflce,Goddard & Watson, drugs; Good LuckDrug company, drugs; C. B, Morse,jewelry; Clark &Taylor, general store;Lange Bros., bakery and general store;L.F. Martin, hardware and furniture;Eli Hodge, saloon; Jack Murray, sa-loon; E. Poznonski, dry goods andclothing; Heller & Jacobs, dry goods;Plegos livery stable; P. Crowell, bootsand shoes; Weyenberg Bros., boots andshoes; Robert Gadley, furniture; BarneyMcHugh, saloon; A. Adams, barbershop; P. Bergevin, clothing; BergenPederson. saloon; Boston Clothingcompany; Mrs. G. M.Link,restaurant;P. Morey, saloon; James Bowler, bar-ber shop; American House, and all sa-loons and boarding houses on Riverstreet; P. Morris, grocer; George S. Ray-mond, barber shop; A. Mcßonaid, bak-ery and restaurant; A. Ballard, musicstore; J. A. Mitchell, restaurant; IHamltn, blacksmith shop; McNeils car-riage factory; Caesars harness shop;R. Congsman, saloon; JenKlns Bros.,dry goods; Webb & Fletcher, hard-ware; public library, Herald office In-dependent office.
KAU CLAIRE OFFERS HELP.
Mayor and Prominent Citizens VisitChippew* Falls.
Special to the (ilobe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Dec. 3.—MayorHenry Day, of this city, accompaniedby city officials and about thirty-fivemembers of the business men's asso-ciation, went to Chippewa Falls in aspecial over the tracks of the muchabused Wisconsin Central road, yester-day. The mayor and his escort wentto confer with Mayor Lindley, of Chip-pewa. Fails, and to offer any assistancethat might be needed. A very cordialreception was tendered Eau Claire'srepresentatives by the mayor and busi-ness men of Chippewa Falls. MayorDay told Mayor Lindley that in anypossible conting-ency not to hesitatecalling on Eau Claire for help. Evenafter the subsidence of the flood, if itwas necessary, or if it would in anyway help, the city's fire engines wouldbe sent up to help pump out floodedbasements. Mayor Lindley replied,thanking Mayor Day and the people ofEau Claire for their offer of assistanceand said he did not think the conditionswere such as to require assistance.Unless matters should grow worse theauthorities, he said, would be able tocope with the situation. Ifnecessary,though, he would not hesittate to callon Eau Claire for assistance. AmongMayor Day's escort were Hon. B. A.Buffinglon, T. F. Frawley, A. A. Cut-ter, William Carson, D. D. Douglas, H.C. Putnam, W. K. Coffin, W. C. Lock-wood, W. K. Atkinson, W. J. Starr, ES. Culver, Capt. Kelly, William Rowe,C. L. Tolles, R. J. Kepler, Thomas Mc-Dermott, Hon. H. C. Graham, R. E.Parkinson, Aid. M. S. Beecher, Aid. J.E. Farr, George Witherby, Dr. G. W.
Case, G. W. Robertson, E. Keith, J. M.Ballard, W. Teall, F. W. Woodward,W. W Lilley and others. Maliciousrumors have been freely circulated byirresponsible persons both in this cityand Chippewa Falls.
Correspondents for some of the out-side papers have sent out the rumorsas facts. Perhaps the most maliciouswas to the effect that Eau Claireauthorities would enjoin further at-tempts to blast out the ice gorge.Mayor Day's action of today is suf-ficient denial of the rumor. Then thetime worn hoax regarding the "dan-gerous condition" of the Little Fallsdam and its liability to go out wassprung. This has been a standingjoke since the flood of 1884 with resi-dents in this city and Chippewa Falls.Every time a heavy rain storm occursit is sprung. Rivermen and lumbermenpronounce it one of the most substan-tial dams in the s>tate, ifnot in the en-tire country. Itis in a very safe con-dition at present and has at no timesince the high water occurred been indanger. The people of Eau Claire havehad all their fears allayed and appre-hend no further danger froom the icegorge, at this point at least. Riverexperts and loggers have made athorough investigation of the situa-tion. They have examined carefullythe entire length of the gorge,the quality of ice and materialof which it is composed. They saythat while there is an immense quan-tityit is in the main slush ice and thatthe water will work its way throughas it would through a sponge. Theyprophesy that before warm weatheisets in the gorge will be practicallyworn away. Today is the mildest oneof the past twelve, yet the ther-mometer registers about 20 degrees be-low freezing. Two inches of snow fellthis afternoon and it is still snowing.Little credit is given to the proposi-tion that the river will find a newchannel if the gorge remains all win-ter. The most inconvenienced con-cern here on account of the highwater and gorge is the water workscompany. Their reservoir at theWheaton springs remains under aboutnine or ten feet of water. Their waterpower and that of the street car, lightand power company, Dells Pulp andPaper company, all situated at theDells dam, are much hampered by thehigh water and slush ice. They arestill running, however. Owing to thecondition of the Wheaton reservoirthe people are compelled to drink riverwater.
GORGE IS THERE TO STAY.
Snpt. Collins Say* It Will RemainUntil Spring:.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 3.—S. J.Collins, general superintendent of theWisconsin Central railroad returned to-day from the flooded district in theChippewa valley. He says the bed ofthe Chippewa river from Eau Claire toChippewa Falls, a distance of fifteenmiles, is a frozen mass of logs, ice anddriftwood, and that it willremain untilspring. The water flows on either sideof the old channel. The flood, Mr. Col-lins says, has caused merchants andothers considerable inconvenience, butthere is absolutely no damage to prop-erty. Business men moved their goods,and neither merchandise nor buildingshave been damaged. He thinks the is
no possibility of damage. The wateris not as high within three feet as in1894.
VALLEY IA\E IS FLOODED.
Milwaukee's Ghippewa Branch Isin Bad Shape.
Capt. H. R. Williams of the Chicago, Mil-waukee & St. Paul, went to Chiippowa Fallsand Eau Claire yesterday to Investigate thestatus of the floods and ice jams whichthreaten the security of the railroads andthe entire section of the country. The whole
THE ICE GORGE AT CHIPPEWA FALLS,Scene from the Wagon Bridge, Looking Toward the Chippewa Falls Lumber Company's Mill.
Chippewa Valley division of the Milwaukee,covering some seventy miles of road, is cutoff, and not a wheel Is turning. Much of thetrack is several feet under water and thedebris is accumulating fast. It will bebe some time before traffic is resumed.
The operators at Eau Claire and ChippewaFalls wired St. Paul yesterday that the mainline of the Wisconsin Central waa, open andthat trains were moving, and this Is all theInformation which could be obtained fromthe local officials of that road. Telegraphicreports to the Globe from the inundateddistricts don't give such a hopeful view of thematter.
GORGE IK THE MISSISSIPPI.
Ice Dam «i Mile Wide Formed BelowWlnona.
Special to the Globe.WINONA, Minn., Dec. S.—News reaches
here today of two immense gorges whichhave formed but a short distance below thiscity. The smallest ono is at Trempealeau,while the large one is situated nearly in aline with Dresbach. It will be rememberedthat several days ago a number of millionfeet of logs floated down the channel pastthis city, having come from a broken boomin the Chippewa river, when twenty millionfeet of logs got loose. These logs, with largefields of floating ice cakes, are what haveformed the two gorges In question. Theriver by Dresbach is about a mile wide,with an Island in the center. The gorge ex-tends from the island to the shore on eitherside. The ice and logs are piled up In im-mense rough masses and frozen solidly. Noattempt is being made to break the gorge, asno damage of much importance has resultedor is threatened. The gorge is said to be avery pretty sight.
At Trempealeau the gorge is but a smallone, though, there are a large number oflogs, perhaps amounting to a million feet.Reports say the gorge at Dresbach containsnearly five million feet of logs. This esti-mate, however, is probably exaggerated.
STJLLWAfER NEWS.
Council Reduce* the Tax Rate-Street Railway Receiver Resigns.
The city council met Wednesday eveningand fixed the tax rate for the coming yearat 23% mills, this being a slight reductionfrom last year's rate. An effort was madeon the part of some of the members to adoptlast year's rate so that the surplus could beused in needed improvements, but the planfailed to carry.In the district court the Jury in the case
of T. H. Pendergast & Son vs. the Minne-sota Thresher Manufacturing company, re-turned a verdict for the defendants. The ac-tion of Mary A. Harper vs. the estate cf MaryA. Jones was on trial yesterday.
The temperature moderated considerableyesterday, and a snow storm set in at noon.By evening several inches of the beautifulhad fallen, and there willbe good sleighingtoday.
The local lodge of Elks willhold memorialexercises in Elks' hall next Sunday. Ad-dresses will be made by J. C. Nethaway andH. H. Gillen.
Walker Whiteside presented Hamlet to asmall audience at the Grand opera house las*evening.
Receiver W. M. Hewlss, of the Stillwaterstreet railway, resigned yesterday.
mMysterious Murders.
NEW SOUTH WALES. Dec. B.—Two per-sons who mysteri6usly disappeared recently,are believed to have been decoyed into thebush under the pretense of prospecting forgold, and it Is feared they have been mur-dered, and that others have met the samefate. Ono body has been unearthed at Lin-den. Suspicion has fallen upon a man whois now on his way to San Francisco. Detect-ives are following him, and h& will be ar-rested on his arrival there.
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DIREGT FW fy)]REDEAIAL BY THE PAPAL SKCRDk
TARY OF THE RECENTRUMORS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—For somitime there have been periodically pub-lished dispatches pretending to comifrom Rome, and from other points, In-dicating- proposed action on the partof the holy see in regard to archbishop*and especially touching the faculty odthe Catholic university at Washington,All sorts of reprimands, removals andeven degredations were promised, andthe names of the recipients of such fa-vors were given. These reports havenaturally annoyed those who hold thehighest places in the Catholic hierarchyin America, and could not fail to creat«displeasure in the mind even of thepope himself. Their effect on the pop«is manifested in the following cable-gram received from the papal secretaryof state by the apostolic delegate,which needs no explanation and nocomment:
Rome, Dee. 3.—Monsignor Martinelli Dele-gate Apostolic, Washington: The holyfather has learned with great sorrow of theagitation created in the United States by pre-tended correspondence and telegrams fromRame announcing measures soon to be takenagainst eminent American prelates and dis-tinguished professors of the Catholic uni-versity.
Your excellency will authoritatively denyall such falsehoods, which are the productof reprehensible maneuverings.—
M. Cardinal Rampolll,
DARING DESPERADOES.St. Louis Office Looted inBroad Day.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 3.—Three high-waymen with drawn revolvers, enteredthe- office of the Home Brewing com-pany at 3 o'clock this afternoon andheld up the caahier, Robert Haver-kamp; forced him to hand over $400and then not being satisfied with theamount, went behind the counter, loot-ed the money drawers and securedprobably $500 additional. The robberywas the most daring that has occurredin St. I^ouis for years. When the hold-up occurred, there were present in theoffice the cashier, a half dozen clerksand several customers. The leadersordered all within to hold up theirhands. The ord*er was hastily com-plied with. The leader then orderedthem to line up. This was also done.Cashier Haverkamp was asked to handover the money In his possession. Hehad $300 or $400 on the desk and itwas given to the leader of the trio.The fellows then went behind the coun-ter, two of them holding the occupantsof the office in line while the otherwent through the safe and moneydrawers and secured between $500 and$SOO more.
The robbers mounted a North Broad-way car and went south when theyleft the car and went towards thariver. The police were notified fiveminutes after the robbery occurred.A half dozen officers hurried to thebrewing office, but when they arrivedthere was no trace of the fellows.
The brewery employes were unableto give good descriptions of two of themen.
The leader of the gang is describedas being 5 feet 8 inches in height, anda small black moustache, was abouttwenty-eight years of age, wore darkclothes, a derby hat and an overcoat.
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