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Corbett Knocked Out on the Fourteenth Round. Carson City, Nev , March 17 -Day dawn? ed beautifully clear, and at eleven o'clock ibe sun was high over the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas. Billy Delaney Inst night won the toss up:for positions, which show3 ?hat Fitz will begin the battle with old Sol facing bim. The bettiog has not changed, r-ur it is ex? pected to ewitch when the Cornish miners from Virginia City, where the entire Com? stock Lode bas beeo shut down for the day, arrive on tte early train. The arrival of another batch of eastern and coast sports gave another st-? rt t*> the betting, bot the odds remained unchanged at 10 to 0?. Carson. 10:30 ar rn -The great arena is rapidly 5 ! Ii D g op and the s ti pets adjacent are black with people. All the notable sports of ,this continent are gathered together to see the bat?le of the century. Jobt\ L. Sullivan bas jost appeared resplendent tn a shining silk tile. The noblest Roman of them al! is greeted with tumultuous cheering. Here comes th ? Caesar of the day, 6eorgiu3 Siler?as, upon the taming of whose toamos depends * the fate of the modern gladiators. It is not expected Corbett and Fitz will be in the ring before ll or 11:30. Billy Brady bas jost taken a seat. Corbett is cow in h'S.dress cg room. Jimmy Colville will be timekeeper for Corbett, L. W. Houseman timekeeper for Fitz, Billy Muldoon timekeeper for Dan Stuart. Billy Madden handles the gong. Billy Jord?n, the well koowa old time masher i* i a the ring and announces that he is there in behalf of Frank li. Dann, to chal? lenge ibe winner of the Corbet and Fitz con? test to a fight With John -L.Sal li van for S "(TO and will deposit $1030 with the ^?ew York World. [Loud cheers for Joo. L. Sullivan."1 Reis away down the a:?le and jumping ia the ring said : Gentlemen-There is nothing I can add to Ur Jordan's remark?, I think there is one more fight left in me. and I am here for business, [great applause J Billy Madden an? nounces he bas deposited ?2,900 with Warren Lewis of New York in behalf of Joe God? dard to fight the winner, also says Tom Sharkey bas $2500 in the Journal's hands with the same object in view. There ts absolutely no change in the bet r ting Corbett is still the rating favorite. Johan and Brady are inside the arena,and Corbett aod Fitz are undergoing fi :al prepa > rations. It is estimated that there are 4,000 people seated now and another special train to arrive. ? Billv Madden announced from 'he ting that after Corbett and Fitz go, the arena will be cleared, and at 3 o'clock the double event, Green and Smith and Flaherty and Hawkins, will take place. 11:59 a. m.-Here comes Fitz and the cowd cheers bim. He is bareheaded and attired io a Japanese bath robe, and here comes Pom? padour Jim. Tbe vast multitude greets him . with applause. Behind Corbett are Charlie White, DeLaeey, Jeffries, McVey, Joe Cor? bett, Billy Woods and Al Hampton In Fitz's corner are Martin Julian, Ernest Roe bar, Steetzner and Hickeys Billy Madden is now announcing timekeepers. Fitz walking leisnrely-arouad the ring and chatting pleas? antly with all the people therein and close'to tbe ropes Corbett does little jig sup in his corner. Both men looking in finest kind of shape. Williams greets Fitz asking, ''Hello, Fitz, how are yon?'' Fitz says ''Ob, bloody fine.' adden introduces referee and the men proceed to strip. Fitz Isoks light bot a bunch of m?seles. Corbett looks easily 15 pounds heavier. Fitz refuses to shake banda Time called at 12.07-Sparring for an opening j Fitz forcing Corbett to corner, tries a left swing, which Jim ducks cleverly. f Jim smiling, Fitz very aggressive, and lands light one on Corbett's neck Jim feints and laod3 left hook on stomach, follows with left hook on Fitz's jaw They *- clinch, but no damage done tn the breakaway. Corbett lands right swing on Fitz's ribs. Clioch, no dan; age on break? away. Fitz lands left on Jim's head Jim land? bard right on Fitz's short i i bs. Clioch and Fitz lands heavy right band blow on Jim's head. Jim pays oh ! and laughs. Jim lands bis right on Fitz's ribs as gong sounds Round 2-Corbett advances to corner. Clinch; no damage ia breakaway. Fitz lands a sborj left on Jim's ribs and left swinpr* Jim cautious, look ing for opening, lands two stiff left swings on Fitz's bead. Fitz reserves left #and right The fight is of a rapid character.' Men very lively on their feet. Jim and lands lightly on Corbett's bead, lands bard left band jab on Fi'z's stomach and follows with another in same place.' He is j-tbnicg Fitz bard, right and left on body when bell rings. Round 3-Corbett starts right io with bard hook on the body. Fitz gets savage and tries bis best left and right at Corbett's bead, bot does very bule damige. Corbett lands another left jab on the body and follows with right short oo ribs. Jim clinches Corbett lands hard right under heart. Fitz moves it OD and pu ts the heel of bis glove io Corbett's face. Io the clinch Jim keeps his right working, like a piston rod, on Fitz's body. Tbsy clinch, and Fitz roaghs it in tbe break? away as the gong sounds. Fitz seems anx? ious to-continue, but Corbett laughingly sticks his right glove io Fitz's facs, and they are io corner. Round 4-Corbett rush i ag lands the left again on body-. Fitz is short with his left. Fitz follows it with a st'ff left in Jim's stomach and they clinch. They are fighting at terrific rate and it is a beautiful contest Fitz rushes and Jim meets bim with a stiff right bard in the stomach. Fitz is doi'?g tbe rushing and bi tting and rougbiog it in the breakaway. Corbett is by long odds making /tbe surest fight. He is playing systemat? ically with right and left on Fitz's body An exchange of lefts at bead, and time ts called. Round 5 - Corbett lands his lett oo Fitz's jaw. Again that left goes oo the jaw. Fitz's blows have plenty or steam behind them, but are not as frequent as Corbett's They clinch and exchange compliments with one arm loos?. Corbett leads a very slow left. Fitz lands left on Jim's, neck. Jim throws a stiff balf round with left oo Fitz's nose, drawing first blood. Tbey mix and Corbett has the better of it. Corbett lands another stiff right on the body and left. Round o-Men clinch. Fitz tries to wres? tle Corbett down. Loud cries of oh ! Cor? bett lauds light left jab on tbe face, /itz counters on the jaw. Corbett uppercuts Fitz fiercely with right and has Fitz goiog. Fitz is literally covered with blood, bat is fighting like a demon. Corbett is showing the signs of fast work. Fitz is down on one knee, and takes the time limit. He is full of ft2ot on arising Corbett is slaughtering him with appercots. Corbett's lead* area bit wild and he misses many well intended blows. Time called witb Fitz looking very much the worse for wear and Corbett putting. Round 7-Corbett forcing, misses left swing at bead, and Corbett upper cnt3 Fitz bard again on the face. Fitz is bleeding again, but is fighting like a lion. They are both looking fer knockout blows. Roond'8-L^nds a light l*ft on Fitz's sore mouth. Fitz misses right and left swing. ? which are docked by Corbptt and countered ? wirb heavy right over heart. Corbett is very tired Fitz looks like a stuffed bullock. Fitz is forcing it An exchange, and Fitz j uses left aod i3 lifted off bis feet by straight j left jib from Corbett. Fitz tries right haod j cross, bat Corbett ducks. Fitz lands left on Corbett's face, and Corbett counters with j rig^t oa bod?. Sparring for wind. Fi z j bas best of round. Round 9-L>ng range sparring, both very j ?crire oo their feet Fitz heels below belt and is cautioned by Siler. Corbett lands stiff left on Fitz wind. Fitz rnsbes Corbett but very little damage. Jim jabbing and clinches, uppercutting Fitz with right on breakaway. Fitz lauds hard left swing oo jaw. * Round 10-Fi?z spits the blood out of bis month and tries ? hard left swing at Cor? bett's bend. Fitz comes back with stiff left and right cn Jim's head and body*-, Fitz very much cleverer ard stronger than Corbett ai thtsseiee. Corbett stons a Seft s'Mog with straight on mouth. Fitz bleeding rapidly but forces Corbett Osck, apparently the strong? er man Round 14-Corbett's leads blocked. Cor? bett Nuds ?bat Ifft j-io again on Fitz's bend. Fitz conntrrs with that terrible rigbt swing on Corbett'" ne-k, and he bas Corbet* going back for a few moments. Fi'Z lands a ter? rible left hand j-io on Corbett's stomch, and Corbett voes to his knees with a frightful look of agony on his face The time-keeper calls the seconds, "one, two, three, four, 6ve, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, but Corbett comes to his feet. He rushes to Fitz and endeavors to strike bim. There is a terrible uproar. George Siler decides that Fitz wios. The blow that did the busi? ness was landed over Corbett's heart and be collapsed. The last round lasted jost one minute and forty-five seconds. A Palace of Silver. The Chicago Times-Herald says: * Edward Rosewater, Chief of the Bu? reau of Publicity and Promotion of the Trans mississippi Exposition, to be held io Omaha from ^Junc to November, 1898. aotiog for ftke exposition direc? tors, yesterday approved and accepted the plans of Architect S S Beman, of Chicago, for a silver palace. The pal? ace is to be the most imposing feature of the exposition and the centra'; figure io a portion of the grouuds tobe called El Dorado. The building is to be 400 feet square, surmounted with mammoth ornamental towers, and the entire structure wilt be covered with rolled silver, wbicb will reflect the dazzling glorien of the rising and setting PUL. Toe silver to be used in its exteroal covering will be contributed by the J rojnera of the great we6t. Over 300, 000 square feet of exteroal surface will be covered by the precious metal. It will be arranged ru the form of a square, with open arcades and loggias at each story, similar tn the Venetiao palace. The corners will be adorned with octagonal towers, terminating wi-h spires and pinnacles covered with the shining metal The contributions of silver will be io the nature of a loan, and wheo the exposition is over the building will be bumed and the silver returned to the original owners. Already (he public spirited citizens who are managing the exposition have secured nubscriptione to the amount of $400,000 " - m m - The ealror who penned the fol? lowing truthful lines bad evidently been there in person : <lIt takes wind, gall, sceotilatjng acrobatic imagination, a railroad pass and a couple of white shirts to run a newspaper, but DO roon? ey. Keep that for sordid trades people who oharge for their wares The Lord loves a cheerful giver He'll take care nf the editor He has a charier from the State to act as door mat for the community. He will get the paper out somehow and stand up before the town and whoop it OD for you when you roo for office, and lie about your pigeon toed daughter's tacky, wedding, and your big son when begets a $4 a week job, and weep over your shriveled soul when it is released 'rom your grasping body, and smile at your giddy wife's second marriage. Don't worry about the editor ; he'll get along The Lord only, koows how-but somehow.v ' A big Chicago B & L. association went into the hands of a receiver yesterday. .Wholesale charges of corruption have been made against the members of the Iowa Legislature Speaker Byers resigned and demanded a thor ough investigation. The latest dispatches from Wash? ington state that there has been little change in Gen. Hampton's condi tion. but that he is resting compara? tively easy. The prize fights between Martin Flaherty, cf Lowell, Mass., and Dan Hawkins, of San Francico. and Billy Smith, of Boston, and George Green, of San Francisco, which followed the great fight between Corbett and Fitz simmons resulted in victories for Hawkins and Green. March 20. Jobo D. Smith, a negro preaoher, was lynched at Scottsboro, Ala., yester? day for rape. The German government is urging the reichstag to grant au immense ap? propriation for*new warships. The President to-day sent to the sen? ate the following nomination : Powell Claytoo, of ArkaosiS, to be minister to Mexico. W. M. Osbore, of Massachu? setts, to be consul genera! at London J, K. Gowdy, of indiana, consul gen? eral at Paris. J. H. Brigham, of Ohio, to be assistant secretary of agri culture. P. S Heath, lodiaoa, to he first assistant postmaster general, II L. Mariodio, to be a member of the Mis? sissippi river commission. Congressman John L. McLiurin en? deavored yesterday to have a duty of 2J cents per pound put on ail raw cotton imported. His amendment to the ta riff bill was, of course rejected. A report ba* reached San Francisco thar the heir to the throne of Japan is dead D. M. YOUJNHI ATTORNEY AT LAwfl Prompt attention to all business tm to bim. Office on Court House ?am B Blanding office. 9 Free Pills. Send your address to II. E. Bucklen ? Co Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. 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