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. TBICE' FIVE CENTS.
YO. I. NO. 208.
NEW- CITY CHARTER TO BE PUT IN FORCE BY
THE .ONLY POSSIBLE RELIEF FROM ROTTEN BRIDGE SITUATION
Proposals vThat (jormci of . the City
Guarantee Funds for Iim
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SPECIAL
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The Crying Need! of thetoty Immensely ' Increases
a Special Session Harry Has a New ,Plan-Soutlf Portland to
Be Isolated-Hanylnterviews From Prominent People
SPECIAL SESSION. ONLY CHANCE FOR RELIEF
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The proposal that th commercial organization V Portland guarantee tha fundi necessary to repair the rotten
brldgea of the elty, Is, In the opinion of many prominent cltliens. Impracticable. The only hope for the apeedy .
betterment of the Intolerable conditions which now prevail Is In the calling of a special session of the Legislature
to put in force the new charter of the City of Portland by which meana alone the people can, be saved from the
danger which dally threaten them from this cause.'
The danger of fire, too, ie causing much uneasiness. Under' order from the chief of the Fire Department, the
drivers of East Side fire team will In future not attempt to cross any of the tottering bridges - of that' populous
section faster than a walk. What thle delay might mean In the event of a serious fire requires no explanation! If
such a case should arise ae arise It may at any time the lost time from this reason might mean the destruction
of as much property as would suffice to rebuild half the bridges In the whole city. j
- These matters are dally being pressed home on the minds of the citizens of Portland and dally the sentiment
Is growing that RELIEF MUST BE HAD, AND IF A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE IS NECES
SARY TO GRANT THAT RELIEF, A SPECIAL SESSION MUST BE CALLED AND THAT RIGHT SOON.
Unless a special session of the Legis
lature is called, the people of Portland
will have to get along with the present
system, of tottering. decayed, and.. .4o4fAlJS1,a VhM -rvw&Ai.
ArSiHdm untlT nf Thr.
is no other relief In sight. The city -has
so money to repair them with.
None of the cqnimercial bodies of the
city, such as the Chamber of Commerce,
the Manufacturers' Association or the
Taxpayers' Leagus, will advance the
necessary funds, because, for one rea
sob, they cannot get any guarantee that
. the money would ever. bf, repaid.
The city cannot pledge Itself to return
any funds raised In this manner, and
can procure no funds of its own until
the new charter Is passed.
In yesterday's Journal, Q. Y. Harry,
president of th Federated Trades, sug
gested that one or, all of the semi-public
commercial bodies of the city raise the
money necessary to repair the bridges by
voluntary imliscrJiititui- .t-r-uuiiji'. tyj.itia
city to repay them after it should be In
a legal position to procure the' funds. A
similar idea was broached later by Sen
ator Corbett.
"NOT PRACTICABLE. ,
-Investigation proves that the iragges
tions are impracticable, the main ob
stacle being, that no citizen could be
found whose seal for the public welfare
carried him to the point where he would
loan the city .money without some satis
factory security
Regarding the' matter, a prominent
member of the Taxpayers' League said
this morning:
"There is an easy way out of the diffl-'
cdlty and the League has already done
all that it can In furtherance of It. The
special session for which we have peti
tioned would enable the new city charter
to be passed and Portland could then ob
tain money to repair the bridges, which
are in a startlmgly dangerous condition.
Barring the special session, I can see
no practical method of securing the
funds. It is quite certain that no indi
vidual taxpayers nor commercial organ
izations will advance the money. Why
should they?" t
SEES NO LIGHT.
Mr. A. L. Mill, of the Security Sav
ings &. Trust Company, could see little
hope of relief, and none except A hat af
forded by a special session.
"Itwould pay the City of Portland to
defray the entire expense of a special
session," said Mr. Mills. "The reason
that,th.e terjdres Mt in such ja d4Iapl-
dated condition is that under the present
charter the city has not had more than
$5,000
to $S,000 annually available for i
HER
STORY OF THE ALLEGED
JILTING IS ONLY HALF
Miss Devereaux Claims to Have in Her Possession Letters
From Her Erstwhile Admirer.
muming xo say.
This Is the brief aftermath of a local
story, the sequel of which will be told in
the courts.
Defendant and complainant rest upon
their legal right and refuse ..to discuss
the suit that has brought Miss Lois El
dora Devereaux and Thomas J. B. Nlchol
Bon Into the public eye. It is' the very
best stand to take under the circum
stances, nearly, everybody says."" Those
"Who -know "Mr; Nicholson- feel sure ""thai
ne nas a gooa and direct answer to make.
They are sure that there must be some
mistake about It all, for he is a manly
man and one who stands well In the
community. Miss .Devereau on the
other hand,, is determined. She says that
she had been promised the gentleman's
hand In marriage and that the pledge was
broken-'-hence the suit that was filed yes
terday afternoon In the state circuit
court for $10,000 against Mr. Nicholson by
the young lady. f . v "
Mr. Nicholson Is the secretary of the
Pacific Coast Elevator Company. The
complaint alleges that in August, 1894,
the gentleman agreed to marry Miss
Devereaux, but- in June, -1900, his ardent
admiration for ills first love cooled and
he broke off the engagement. Last June
Mr. Nicholson was married, to a lady who
he declared was the real person of his
choice, and Mis Devereaux was forgotten
until the filing of the suit. -
A STORT OF COURTSHIP.
"According to the story, that Is 'told, .by
. itai (who profess to know all about it.
street repair, work, which Includes the
bridges. , This sum 1 ridiculously Inade
quate, and merely goes to show the lm-
. .1 a m . i. . l . mi. -
TP'" " raising money by public sub-
acriptlon la all right, providing that
enough subscriptions can be procured,
but this la doubtful. The idea Is that
the city should later assess the abutting
property for the sum expended, and then
return It to the original subscribers. It
sounds well enough, but the abutting
property owners might protest I don't
believe the banks would care to loan any
money on this security."
MAYOR WILLIAMS.
He Say "Our Hands Are Tied."
We have no money at the present time
to make. repairs on bridges and under
the charter there is no way to borrow
any for bridge or for any .other pur
poses. The people will simply have to
w wtlrthe-htrtf 'charref-is' adopted and
goes into effect. Had there. been;a spe
cial session' of the Legislature and the
proposed new charter adopted with an
emersencv clause, we could havi bnr-
I rowed the money and repaired all of them
have to wait
"The Council is powerless to act. All
this talk about repairing bridges at the
present time is useless. I am bored nigh
unto death about this bridge proposition.
and ,1 wWh you would make It plain in
H'D ?oual y 01411 nothln cfLn
done in the matter at present. The situa
tlon is deplorable and no one regrets It
more than I do, but our hands are tiedJ,
The Mayor took down the city charter
and read section No. 217, which says that
the city cannot Incur any debts for which
the money is not available, nor can it bor
row money, and to do so shall bevdeemed
malfeasance in office and the officers shall
be removed from office and punished.
"You see the charter is very sweeping
and conclusive," continued the Mayor. "If
the people want the bridges repaired they
will have to subscribe the money, for
there Is no other "way; If there had been
a special session but I have said that
so often."
AUDITOR DEVLIN.
Wishes Every Bridge Was Closed.
''I'wtsh "every bridge in the city was
closed," said Auditor Devlin this morn
ing, "and then the people would more
fully appreciate how necessary is a spe
cial session of the Legislature to adopt the
new charter and give it Immediate effect.
There is no money to speak of for bridge
wwk and all this talk about repairing
Mia Devereaux and Mr. Nicholson were
the best of-friends and sweethearts 'until
,a widow lady from Buffalo, N. Y., ap
peared In Portland. The widpw, who was
a Mrs. Strahn, was more to Nicholson's
liking than Miss Devereaux. Gradually
the attention paid Miss "Devereaux by
Nicholson ceased and the young woman
commenced to discern that all was not
as it should be between herself and the
gentleman. Nicholson ended by .marry
ing Mrs. Strahn and Mi Devereaux was
left In the lurch. '
THE COMPLAINT IS FILED.
Attorney J. II. Woodward, who repre
sents Miss Devereaux,, mad the "com
plaint brief and to the point. In full if
reads:
In the Circuit Court or the State of Ore
gon, County of Multnomah.
Lois Eldora Devereaux, plaintiff, ' vs.
. Thomas J. B. Nicholson, defendant.
. Plaintiff above named, complaining of
defendant Thomas J. B. Nicholson, for
cause of action against said defendant al
leges: That at tha solicitation 'of said defend
ant. . plain tULojn.or. . ihouLthe jnpnthot
August i 1894, engaged herself to marry
said defendant, and it wu then and there
agreed by and between said defendant
and plaintiff that they would marry each
other
That such engagement and" agreement
to nn.rp- a? aforesaid has continued if 1
wn ana eneci uniu on or iwui uie
month of June. 1900. " i '
That on or about th date last afore
Sentiment in Favor of
bridges at the present time is simply
tommy rot." f
President' Manufacturers' Association.
"I think the best plan for us-to follow
to have the bridges rebuilt is for a special
session of the Legislature to be called for
the purpose of passing the new charter,
in which shall be incorporated an article
providing for the rebuilding of bridges In
the City of Portland.'.'
, C. H. M'ISAAC,
Secretary Manufacturers' Association.
"It is not" the business of this associ
ation to rebuild bridges; the city should
do that. I know that there is no money
for that purpose in ' the treasury, hut It
should be forthcoming somehow. There
Is one thing, though, find that is
that the business men should not be ex
pected to furnish a fund for that purpose.
They are called. upon, every live, minutes
during business hours to contribute money ,
-for some- nfrpoe--and -they- are-- about
drained all the time. I do not see why
the commercial organizations should be
called upon to rebuild these bridges. It
1h olpHrlv th dutv nf thA oltv tn nrovlrlA
"A good Idea would be to call a special
session of the Legislature to pass the new
charter and incorporated in that should be
a provision for the rebuilding of the.
bridges of this city. While I am speaking
about a special session I wish to say that
I am. in favor of a special session anyway
for the following purposes: To provide
for an appropriation of $500,000 for the
Lewis and Clark Fair, to elect a United
States Senator, besides for the new char
ter, as I stated before, so that when the
regular session comes on only regular
business will be attended to."
S. H. MEARS,
President Chamber of Commerce.
"It is not the business of the Chamber
of Commerce to rebuild bridges; this is a
commercial organization and we keep
strictly within commercial bounds.
JAMES M. MOORE,
Secretary Board of Trade.
"The Board of Trade cannot look after
the bringing of business, the attraction of
immigration and capital and also the im
provement of streets. The" Civic Improve
ment Association Is probably the proper
body to look after the Improvement of
streets. It seems to me that the prop
erty owners near where the brldgea are
situated should be taxed to rebuild the
bridges, in the same way that they are
taxed to provide for a sidewalk or the
TOLD
said said defendant refused and still re
fuses, to cany out said agreement by
marrying said plaintiff, and on or about
the 14th day of June, '1902. said defendant
married another woman, and .has put It
beyond his power to carry out and -Perform
said agreement tc marrj
That such agreement and engagement
to marry, as aforesaid, was continued and
held in abeyance at .the request of said
defendant from said year -1&94 to tfe said
yeart,400 ... ; :: :;:. -
That by reason of such agreement and
engagemenf and the violation thereof by
said defendant, as aforesaid, said plain
tiff has been damaged in health, in peace
of mind and In worldly prospects In the
full sum of ten thousand dollars.
, Wherefore plaintiff demands Judgment
against defendant for ten thousand dol
lars and for costs and disbursement
herein. J. H. WOODWARD,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
"I think the young lady has ample evi
dence that the engagement between her
and Mr. Nicholson existed," said the at
torney. "We will go Into court with let
ters and Miss Devereaux will also give
her personal, narrative jpj; her acauainui
ance with and engagement to him. I am I
sure that we, have a good case."
IIs8 iOevereaux. Who Is at present em
ployed at the office of James Lindney, the
mining engineer, as a stenographer, has
no reply to make to questions concerhiiur
the caseiShe only . repeats the word : of
her lawyer that she has 1 proof that she
waa Jiltedy and she expect t our
Judgment. . ' . .
pi A V U Q HILL J i AjfiKA 1 1 VT1 J I
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The results of the recent gubernaiorlal election In New Tork are eminently
pleasing to, David B. Hill. That famous Democratic leader, who Is known
to have an eye on the Democratic Presidential nomination of 1904, was
- more anxious to have his party make a good showing and thus place New
York within the doubtful states than he was to see his candidate, Coler,
successful.
Two Candidates from New York State
Would Insure Victory Over
Roosevelt Is Claimed
.' NEW TORfiC ov 'T Davfi B.' HlH,
perhaps the most prominent Democratic
politician of the day, has conceded the
election of Odell, but considers that the
Democratic gains have been remarkable
In this state. A majority of less than
12,000 for the Republican candidate for
governor leaves but aelight margin to
overcome, and it is fully believed that
New York can safely be pounted In the
Democratic anks for 1904.
In the event a New York candidate
should be chosen for the presidential
race It Is believed the state, could be
carried by the Democrats, more espe
cially should as popular a man as Mr.
Hill be made the choice. The personal
popularity of Roosevelt and the fact that
he Is a New Yorker might be sufficient
to put the state In the Republican col
umn in 1904 if the Democratic nominee
should come from any other state. This
is considered es a strong card In favor
of Hill for the nomination. Two candi
date from New Yrk woyld leave ths.
voters of the state unbiased to choose
for themselves and to vote according to
party convictions which. Democratic lead
er believe, have been proven to trend
in their direction.
Mr. Hill remains reticent on this sub
ject" He Is an active campaigner, while
there is a campaign to be waged, but re
tire from the fight after the ballots have
been counted.
.1 .TTTfRNER WILL IGHT.
SEATTLE Nov. 7l Political friends
of 8enator George Turner deify the claim
that he will not make the race for Sena
tor, It is declared he will go before the
Legislature at Its next session and make
the best fight possible with the support
MURDER CHARGED,
OKLAHOMA, Nov. 7. Another murder
has been added to the long- list of crimes
growing out of the cattlemen and home
steader war that has been going on here
for years. John Jay has been arrested
for murdering O. W. Lane, a home
steader, who watf'-catled to hi door In
the night and shot dead.
RATES TOO'LQW.
CHICAGO, Nov- 7.-Befor the Inter
state Commerce Commission 'yesterday.
Ji. C. Bird, third vice-president of the
St Paul Railroad, . declared that nxaa
were too low. '.,
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'af hi command. While tt Is .realized
that there Is little hope for election.
Senator Turner cannot be classed as a
quitter, and he will do all that his sup
porter claimed for him when Instruc
tions were given in his. favor at Demo
cratic convention earlier In the year.
There is always ' a possibility that the
factional fight In the Republican party
in this state may so distort the vote that
Turner may win out.
A the matter stands It would appear
that Levi Ankeny controls the situation
and will go Into the convention with let
ter than 60 vote In his tialn. Sixty
nine will elect, and it is claimed that
many 'of the Preston adherents will
switch after giving a complimentary
vote to the man for whom they are
pledged.
However, the opposition of the McBride
Preston forces will be sharp and strong.
If the Preston strength went to the
Democrats, who will have in the neigh
borhood of to votes, they would be In
control, and If the Wilson weight of 8
or 10 were secured it would help Turner
along. Combinations are always pos
sible, but there appears to be little chance
Of Democratic victory.
It looks like Ankeny.
WANT TO BE SPEAKER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Candidates
for Speaker of the House are coming
rapidly Into prominence. This morning
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, announced his
candidacy" to succeed Henderson. 'There
are those who claim that J. Q. Cannon,
of Illinois, will be the Republican oholce,
but Dalzell has the support of Quay
-and is certain to make a hard tight
for the position. '
TO RELEASE PRISONERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Report has
been received here from the English au
thorities that the prisoners of war de
tained in Ceylon as a result of the South
African War, and claiming to be Amer
iean citizens, will" be" sent to the United
States within a short time. '
1
A GOOD EfaSlPl
Close.figurers carry their- Insurance-trr
the Equitable Life in preference to any
other company. Because they figure close
enougb to know that It pay to hav th
best and non but the best.
Clever Little Boxer Who Is . Also a
Careful Clerk and Business :
Manager : " V
Something About the Approaching Fistic .Event
, : That Wm Be One of the Biggest Ring v
- Contests of the Yean
(journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. Jimmy Britt, the California whirlwind, 1 now pre
paring htmsi-lf for his battle with Frank Erne, the ex-lightwelght champion of th
world, whir-h takes place In this city before the Yoeemlte Club on th evening of
November 26. Britt' left today for Holllater, where he will spend a week In ab
xolutf rest. He realise that In Erne he will meet the premier lightweight Of th
world., and he intends to Condition himself properly for the contest. Unlike the
t ordinary run of lighters In the ring today Britt Is dally employed a a bookkeeper
In hi f.ith'-r'i big plumbing establishment. He often claim that hi daily work at
.rWvtf..St.n .fSJSi0 .har;S!,S,!,!lB.... -,-..--.:-.,. -
WILL TRAIN BOMB.
After his short rest Britt Will go to
('lull's flunleiiB, AJameda. where he wlU
k his i ruining for the contest. The local
liivi-is of Ixixlug seem to regard the com-
lug coiitt-Ht us the best event of the year.
1 ne lost-mite Llub, whl-h has been for
tunatc i':iough to secure the attraction,
is making preparations to seat a targe
out-of-town crowd and it is expected that
i he bout will iliaw people from Portland,
Sxattle, and all of the principal cities of
the ("oast.
Krne Is well thought of here owing to
his handy defeat of Dal Hawkins and
other good men lie has beaten in this city.
The betting, however, will be slightly in
favor of Britt. as local' judges pronounce
him to be by far the best lightweight that
hax been produced In years. He is a
rlean two-haijded fighter who has the re
spect of everybody In the community be
cause they know that he always enters a
GUMet tp win and $lveM a splendid "fo."
"MAY M EET" YOUNO COR9 TT. "
Willie Britt, brother and manager of
the local champion, has been trying hard
to get on a match with Young Corbett at
130 pounds, which, U a very low weight
for Britt to make. , aii - that weight is
nearer Cortietr nature. fighting weight
than most people Imagine. Willie Britt is
willing to wager that his brother can stop
Corbett in teir rounds or forfeit 12,000.
Fifteen hundred dollars of this amount
was posted yesterday at Harry Corbett's
sporting resort by Willie Britt to guaran
tee theincerlty of the offer. If Britt de
feats Krne in the coming contest, Cor
bett will in all probability aocept the
offer. Corbett was recently offered a
J15.000 purse to meet Britt by the Yose
mlte Athletic Club, of which Harry Cor
bett In president, and negotiations were
AN AMENDMENT .
IS SUGGESTED
There has been more lea, discussion respecting tj Advisability 61
amending the act passed by the last session of th Legislature to provid a
more efficient method for. .the assessment of all collection of taxes. Th.'tcus-
slon thus fur has been confined largely to the amount that should be allowed
as rebate for the prompt payment of taxes and to th amount of penalty which ,
should be charged for non-payment. .Under the act a amended, on half of .
the taxes can be paid on or before the first Monday in April and on half . . .
.on or before the first Monday of October If all of the taxes are paid by any
party on or before the lBthday of March, a rebate Is allowed of 8 per cent,
and if. the taxes are not paid on or before the first Monday of October ther , .
is collected on the amount delinquent Interest from the time tha, tax becomes du
at the rate of 12 per cent per annum and In addition thereto a penalty of 10
per cent. Fortunately we are able to ascertain Just how this portion of th law
has operated, and It must be apparent from i-i examination of the statement set
out below that it is working satisfactoi ily and there is no occasion for an amend- ,
tnent of this feature at this. time. The rneinoersi of the Legislature and taxpayer
should carefully study the following table, showing the collection of taxo thj -
year for Multnomah County: ?
Total tax roll S1..18.101.64 - -
Sheriffs' assessments 794.69 ....
Total roll '. LS1,I95.75 ' ,
Collected and paid to Treasurer, from real and personal i .'; ".'
roll $1,258,245.25 : ;
Rebates for payments, to March 15 30,688.8f .
Krrors and double assessments 1,350.484 1 . .
Delinquent - ...... 26,6U.33tt-11.81.m
Penalties collected 6,980.38
. Interest . 1,574.02 7,554.49 ,
Personal roll .$ 252,718.14
Sheriff's assessments . ." 469.71 253.187.85"
Delinquent on personal roll 5,59.1 1-20
An examination of the. foregoing figures showa-that more, than one million .
dollars of taxes were paid on or before March 15, and while the rebate on h
face looks somewhat large It must be borne In mind that If a rebate la to b ..-; .-,
allowed It must be sufficient to Induce payment of the taxes. On the other
hand, it l a matter of common knowledge that in former years, owing to the
fact that there wasi no penalty or Interest charged, that many of the largest , . -taxpayer
allowed their , taxes to go dellnQUent and not pay them until just ' .
before the time for advertising sale Of property, thereby casting upon th .
county the payment of a very large amount or interest on warrants, wrteress
under the present method not only are tne taxes promptly paid, but an im
mense saving in interest is effected. In former years the delinquencies wer al
ways figured at never less than 5 per cent an(j qUite often at 10 per cent where- -as
under- tlie present law the dellnqueney. at the present time is about S per
cent, and It Is altogether probable that before saje jg made it 'Will be lew than
1 per cent
Last year the delinquent tax advertPi amounted to $185,176.6. Thi year ' '
it will be under $20,000. An Investigation 0f the collection of the taxes on the :;
personal roll shows that the sheriff has Den very dMgent in collecting this tax
and after deducting the -taxes levied against those who are out of buslnss
and who have left the city, the dellnquency on the personal roll wiaprobably .
not exceed 33.500.-which is a splendid Showing,. In this connection a slight
amendment In the law regarding the e,ii)Mim) of the, t glim persnnaljBrptt-
- e-rtr ti-ff Tns-yrTnaKrnr the tax a uen OB the property, by Which th
delinquency could be still further reduc Moreover, th law now In efftet : .,
provides that certificates of sale are issued by th Sheriff to purchasers, gua
anteeing the purchaser against lots by reaaoo of any act or omission e ny offl
'cer The effect of thla will be to practl-cally leave' no delinquent tax on real
estate so far as the county; is concerned, -..- - -..iv-. ? . '
. If -would -seen from a study of the above; figures that the. law respecting
- the amount of re-bate allewl andpenaltiea and Interest charged should be al
lowed to stand for et least a further- trial of two years. An amendment should
be made .fixing a definite time for. closing the roll. This, with the one sin'? '
ed'of making the tax a lieu OA pwi. property, wouU ptau Ui luw u t -silent
shape. ;. jj,..-.:. -
ended by Corbett' refusal to agree tl
the stipulated weight of ISO pounds.
MANAGER BRITT'8 TERMS.
Willie Britt announced today that ha
would match his brother against th
featherweight champion, winner to taka
all. . if Corbett would consent to tha -match.
"I will let Corbett make his own
terms, select his own referee and ie. hiw'"
designate how the purs shall be divided
if he will meet Jimmy at 130 pound,'
said he when seen today.
"Corbett cannot do better than 12S o ,
129 pounds if he tries, and he know 10
better than anybody else. I Will brine
Jimmy down to 130 pounds to fight hlnv
winner to take all, and agree to forfeit
$5,000 If Jim don't knock him out in ten
rounds If Corbett will make the match.
Now . that is a gilt-edg offer and my
money is up In Harry Corbett's band' ta
guarantee It. McGovern 1 open to tha
same offer."
McGovern say ha can mak 122 pounds
but everybody, who. know anything about.,
boxers knows that he can not com any
where near making that weight. Ha,
agreed to forfeit. 15,000 the other day In
Chicago If he could not make that weight,,
and the same day at th Gllsey House in
New York his manager. Bam Harris, ra
fused to meet Pedlar Palmer, tn Eng
llsh champion, at that weight Jimmy!
boxed with McGovern and Terry knowa.
that Jimmy will beat him if ever thej;
get into the ring. I '
A MATTER OP WEIGHT. i-
Brltt Is considered by many here to ba the
lightweight champion of tho world
Joe Gans. the Baltimore boxer who hold
the title, can not anak less than 13
pounds while Britt ean enter th ring
strong at 130. He la the only lightweight
In the world, it Is said, today of any,
prominence who can fight at 130 pound.
Vi' .
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