The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1896. WILL EET Of MEXMN SOIL. « Such Is the Programme of the Fistic Carnival Managers. SECRECY OF THE SCENE. Troops of Two Nations Patrol the Borders and Watch the Pugilists, WITHIN FIVE MILES OF EL PASO. | That Is the Quiet Tip Stuart Gives as to Where the Contests Will Be Held. EL PASO,'Tex., Feb. 10.—Late to-night Dan Stuart gave out the information that the big fight will positively occur on the morning of Friday, February 14, on Mexi- can soil, and within five miles of El Paso. The same air of tranquillity and confidence | pervades the headquarters of the big, | good-natured fight manager, and not even | the increasing activity of the militia ofy - the State and Territory disturbs his equa- nimity. The information as to time and place been telegraphed to numerous personal ilroad friends, and it is taken asan ance that the pugilistic prom S are becoming desperate, and have decided to 1l off the prize-fights and take all of penalty. If this proves true, between Fitzsimmons and Maher on February 14, in the early , on Mexican soil, and the action the athorities will determine the course to be pursued in regard to the minor | | dent, W presence of 1500 people, Charles Strong of New Jersey defeated Nick Burley of Califorma in one. round. He was careless when the bout opened and Strong got in a lefthand u\vinfi on the shoulder which floored Burley, but not- withstanding he was soon on his feet again. Referee Daley would not allow the Eout to continue and gave the decision to trong. Both men were matched again, however, for another contest before the same club. e ALL AREE FOR GOOD ROADS. Opening of the Meeting of the American Wheelmen. BALTIMORE, Mp., Feb. 10.—The fif- teenth annual assembly of the League of American Wheelmen was opened witha good-roads meeting in the Young Men’s Christian Hall at 10 o’clock this morzing. To-day’s meeting was the first of its kn_ul ever held by the L. A. W. When Chief | Consul Potter of New York, chairman of the highway improvement committee, called the assembly to order the hall was fairly well filled with delegates and others interested in the assembly from every sec- tion of the United States. Reports of .committees, papers and sug- gestions on the question of highway im- provements and short addresses were then listeded to, after which Chief Consul Pot- ter of New York delivered an interesting discourse on the subject of good roads, and illustrated his remarks with a stere- opticon, showing good and bad roads in this and foreign countries. He also ex- plained the great financial saving to the agricultural communities as well as gain leasure-drivers. ml‘i\ is an admitted fact that Mr. Potter's amendment that the L. A. W. drop con- trol of racing will be snowed under, and another proposed amendment that is viewed with disdain by a majority of delegates is that presented by Mr. Jac- quish_of Illinois to again bring in the color-line and to make professional racers members of the league. The morning ses- sion was brief. z i3 Sterling Elliott’s boom for presidential honors received quite an impetus this morning, when the New York delegates arrived. A. G. Batchelder, the handi- oper of the division, who is looked upon a future chairman of the racing board, announced his resignation as one of the New York delegation. As a New York delegate he was pledged to support Elliott, whereas his judgment indicated Willison, so that, as he could not vote the way he thougiit, he resigned.. This gives the GGothamites one less vote, or twenty-six. Mr. Elliott is sanguine of the election of | his whole ticket. which is as follows: For president, Sterling Elliott, chief consul, Massachusetts; first vice-president, C. F. Cossum, of New York; second vice-presi- V. A. Connelly, of Danviile, Ill.; treasure; 8. Hartwell, of Denver, Colo. The Willison advocates claim every- fights. During the afternoon the gendarmis, so | led the ‘‘custom guards,” was ordered | vith instructions to closely patrol the | xican!frontier, acting under orders | of the s its members have | iling the frontier to | of the prize-fighting | e has this scrutiny been the local interested pugilists cross to Mexican soil. he militia has been so great ap- that only Dan Stuart has ven: i across the Rio Grande River since | lay. Early this morning the United ve met Peter Mabher, Peter Burns at their arters at Las Cruces. Maher er felt better in his life, but | was afraid to go to El Paso to pre- | the fizht because he dreaded a | 1 in a Mexican jail. The other | ists were indifferent and were willing to come to El Paso and place themselves | in the hands of their backers. Fitzsim- | mons said this afternoon that he had tem- | porar relinquished his training quarters and would await word from Stuart for fuskher action. | United States Consul Buford of Paso del | Nothe, Mexico, stated this afternoon that | the prize-fights would not be permitted to | take place on any soil, either on disputed | or undisputed territory, within the juris- diction of the United States Government. If this be true it will only leave the fight- ers recourse to Mexico. To counteract this | Senor Manuel Bauche, customs collector | of the Mexican Government, has decided | to take extreme measures and has re- | quested the local commandant to have a | force of mounted troops patrol the Mexi- | can frontier. These men are well mounted, l armed with modern equipments and are | determined to prevent the advent of any body of men intent upon prize-fighting, United States Consul Buford is in tele- graphic communication with the military authorities and has instructions to send | the regular troops wherever there is an ele- | ment of danger. | Martin Julian was satisfied to-day that | the original purse of $10.000 for the fight | between Maher and Fitzsimmons would be | posted with Stakeholder Lawler. The | mo! did not come from tiie pockets of | the citizens, as had been planned, but | from the people who will receive greater | pecuniary benefit from the big battle. The money of the merchants of El Paso is posted with a long string back of it that unless the fight is pulled off on the scheduled day it will be drawn down. That is why the big fighters, who are al- | most certain to meet within seventy-two hours, wanted a purse in sight. It is needless to say who posted the $10,000. But Julian is not satisfied that it is up, and as Maher is of the same opinion, the two great fighters are trimming down for the ringside. fc e AUSTIN HAS THE MONET. | There Is a Delay in Turning It Over to the Final Stakeholder. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 10.—Sam Austin of New York, who has held the stake of $10,000 put up by the contestants in the ! Maher-Fitzsimmons fight, was expected to | arrive here yesterday to turn over.the money to Captain James Lawler, the final stakeholder, but has not yet put in an ap- | pearance. ~According to agreement the | cash should have been in Lawler’s hands | by this time, and sports seem to think | that its non-appearance means that the | fight will not take place. Lawlor was seen by a representative of the United Press to-day, and stated that he did not know when the money would be forthcoming, and had heard nothing from Austin. L.‘ J. Parks, passenger agent of the Southern | Pacific Railroad. which will carry mqst of the business to El Paso, says positively that the meet will occur at & point less than fifty males from there. » i AL MUST END IN A FIASCO. | Federal Authorities Determined to Sup- press the Fights. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 10.—The projected Fitzsimmons-Maher prizejfight seems almost certain to end in a fiasco. This Government is'determined to prevent any ccntest on its territory, as is evident from the words of Attorney-General Hm:- | mon, that if the pugilists fight on our soil | they will be prosecated to the ends of the earth, while Minister Romero declares that it will not occur in Mexico. The way to a prize-fight in Texas would seem to be ciosed by steps organized by Governor |, Culberson, and these obstacles certainly lead to a very solid presumption that the pugilists and their backers will be forced to retire from their present business. L ans Strong Defeats Burley. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 10.—At the West Newton-street armory to-night in the thing and say they don’t see how the northern ticket can possibly be elected. Willison’s ticket contains the names of the old board of officers. He bases the claim to re-election of all of them on the fact that he league was pulled out of a financial rut t year in the midst of a widespread Na- tional depression. Secretary Bassett of Boston is not elected. He holds his office for life and can only be ousted by a three- fourths vote. He isthe only salaried offi- cial and gets $3000 a year. Both Louisville and Toledo seem confi- dent of winning the annual meet, Louis- ille claiming a clear majority already pledged, and saying it has ninety-five votes promised. Toledo gives no figures, but is claiming victory just as stoutly. Mhe first annual “zood roads’ banquet held to-night at the handsome Mount Royal Terrace Home of the Maryland Cycle Club. It was an elaborate affair, nearly 300 enthusiastic wheelmen and good roads apostles sitting at the tables. At the conclusion of the twenty-three course re- past President Archie Willison greeted the guests. He was followed by Mayor Hooper. who responded to the toast, *My Cveling Constituents,” and Hon. Jokn K. Cowen, resident of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company, who delivered an eloquent address on ‘“Wheels.” Impromptu ad- dresses on good roads were delivered by a number of well-known advocates of im- provéd highways. The racing board assembled at a late hovr to-night for the further investigation of the Murphy-Titus-Cabanne suspension case. Titus came over from New York, | 2nd will probably be given a hearing by the board. At midnight the board was se- cretly locked in aroom at the Hotel Ren- nert, while Murphy and Titus were pa- tiently awaiting the result of their de- liberations in the lobby of the hotel. POST ROUTES OF CAMADA The State Department Has No Information of Any Inva- sion on the Border. Rather Meager. Details Submitted by the President in a Message to the Senate, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—In re- sponse to a resolution of the Senate con- cerning the reported establishment or at- tempts to establish post routes by Great Britain or Canada over or upon United States territory in Alaska, and also re- specting any occupation or attempted oc- cupation of any portion of the territory by British or Canadian military or civil authorjties, or any other attempt by the imperial or Dominion Government to as- sert any claim- to territory of the United States in Alaska, the President sent to the Senate to-day a report on the subject from the Secretary of State, accompanied by correspondence dealing with the matter. ‘I'he. report and accompanying letters show that the State Department is not officially possessed of any diplomatic cor- respondence concerning the establishment of post routes by Great Britain or Canada, and the only information bearing on the subject is contained in a letter from Post- master-General Wilson, in which he says that cne round trip by carrier was con- temyplated by the Canadian postal author- ities from Victoria, B. C., to Fort Cudahy, also in Canadian territory, via Juneau, Alaska, in United States territory. Secretary Olney also says that the de- partment is not officia!ly possessed of any authentic correspondence or other inform- ation respecting any occupation or at- tempted occupation by other means than the establishment of post routes on auy portion of United States territory in Alaska by the civil or military authorities of Great Britain or the Dominion of Can- ado, and the only instance having a remote relation to the subject was the request made to the United States authorities, and which was granted, that twenty Canadian mounted police be ailowed to pass through Seattle, Wash., and St. Michaels, Alaska, on their way to Canadian territory in Alaska. Secretary Olney says in conclu- siol “The Department of State is not offi- cially possessed of any diplomatic corre- spondence or other information respecting any attempt of Great Britain or the Do- minion of Canada to assert any claims to territory of the United States in Alaska, either by occupation or attempt to occupy such territory or otherwise.” —— e Thvs Nomination Confirmed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Edwin F. Uhl of Michigan to be Em- bassador to Germany. William Rockhill of Maryland, at pres- ent Third Assistant Secretary of State, has been selected to succeed Uhl as First As- sistant Secretary. : ROMANTIC SUIT AT LOS ANGELES Forty-One Years of Wedded Bliss Ends in Divorce. Proceedings. MRS. BALLERINO’S WOES. Charges Her Venerable Lord With Conduct Unbecoming a Husband. GAY IN HIS DECLINING YEARS, A Neighboring Woman Is Accused of Causing Trouble in the Family. LOS ANGELES, Car., Feb. 10.—After forty-one years of married life there is trouble in the Ballerino household, as was shown this morning by the filing of a divorce suit 1 which Mrs. Maria Amparo Ballerino asks for a legal separation from Bartolo Ballerino. There is no family patronymic better known among the older residents of Los Angeles than that of Ballerino. It has become famous in recent years through the extensive litigation that has been con- tinually coming up in the courts, brought eituer by B. Ballerino or against that litigious gentleman. Mr. Ballerino and his wife were married in this county in 1855, and bave since resided here. During the vears that have passed they have accumulated both prop- erty and children. Ten smaller editions of the original Ballerinos have come to bless their union, and now, living in the evening of their conjugal experiences, certain events have caused Mrs. Ballerino to say that in spite of the forty years of more or less happy married life she will no longer receive with patience news of her venerable lord’s escapades. According to her statements Ballerino is as frisky as a lamb of tender years, and it is upon allegations of infidelity that she bases her request for a divorce and her share of the property. Living in the vicinity of Alameda street is a Belgian woman who goes by the name of Anne, and this woman is accused by Mrs. Ballerino of destroying her domestic peace. claims that for several months past her rebreant spouse has been living in almost open defiance of her rights. Some of the children are still not of age, and Mrs. Ballerino wants to be appoinied their guardian. She also wants a receiver appointed for the property and any further relief that the court thinks will fit the case. e Wright Act Involved. LOS ANGELES, Car. Feb. 10.—In the Circuit Court to-day a complaint was filed by the Escondido Land and Town Company vs. the Escondido Irrigation district. It is an application for an in- junction to restrain the defendant from selling the property of the plaintiff. The case is another one involving the constitu- tionality of the Wright act. STA BARBARASUITS, Actions Against Citizens Who Subscribed Toward a Right of Way. Attempt to Collect Funds Guaranteed to the Southern Pacific Company. SANTA BARBARA, Car, Feb. 10.— There was a little ripple of consternation in Santa Barbara to-day when the rumor flew about that suits had been filed in Justice Crane’s court against certain citi- zens who in 1889 gave notes to secure to the Southern Pacific Railroad a free right of way through this county for the com- pletion of the through coast line. These sums are for the most part small, but ag- gregate a consideraole amount. The notes given for the subscriptions stated that the sums donated were in con- sideration of benefits to be derived from the completion of the coast line, 50 yer cent being payable on the first call for funds and the balance payable upon the demand of the committee having the mat- ter in charge. Most of the heavier subscribers willingly renewed these notes when it was found that unless this was done the statute of limitation would bar their collection, and the present suits are directed against the recalcitrant gemain(ler‘ numbering some forty-two in dll. The first wiil be made a test suit, and a demurrer has already been filed by the citizens against whom it was directed. who claim that the statute of limitati already operative; that the complaint is insufficient, inasmuch as it does not state whether that portion of the railroad toward whose right of way the subscriptions were made has been com- pleted, and that it does not stuste whether the sum demanded is really required at present. The impression prevails that it is the Southern Pacific road itself that is press- ing these suits, but, as a matter of fact, it is the local committee, consisting of Wil- liam H. Eddy and J. W. Calkins, bankers, and the Hon. James Barker, Assemblyman from this district, to whom tie notes were made payable, and who in their turn merely represent a local committee of twenty-eight responsible citizens, who at the time pave a bond to the railroad making themselves personally responsible for the payment of these motes. Should they fail of collectidn the burden of pay- ing them would come out of the pockets of these gentlemen, many of whom are ill able to meet the liabilities. e Libel Suit Dismissed. SANTA BARBARA, CAn, Feb. 10.— The suit for criminal libel preferred by William Lavies, editor of the Daily Inde- pendent, against G. P. Tebbetts, business manager of the Daily News and late pro- prietor of the first-named paper, bas been dismissed in the Superior Court. Sixteen witnesses were examined for the prosecu- tion and none for the defense. B Ll L0 Pure Water Struck. SANTA BARBARA, CarL, Feb. 10.—The city of Santa Barbora, boring into the mountains in Cold Spring Canyon for a public water supply, to-day struck three miners’ inches between walls of solid irock, the tunnel being in a depth of eighty-one feet only. This is regarded as a most promising find. LAST SEEN NEAR ASTORIA. Revenue Cutter Corwin Ordered to Search for the Missing . British Bark Cadzow Forest. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 10.—The British bark Cadzow Forest, in ballast, from Cal- lao for this port to load flour, arrived off the mouth of the Columbia on the after- noon of January 4, and took on Pilot John Grasman. That night a terrific gale from the south came up, which was recorded at the Fort Canby station as high as seventy- five miles an hour. From that night the Cudzow Forest has neither been sighted nor heard from. While the bark has been given up for Jost by all those interested, the personal panlarit.Y of Pilot Grasman caused local feeling to run so high that the Chamber of Commerce telegraphed the Federal Government at Washington the circumstances, and requested that a Gov- errment vessel be sentin search of the Cadzow Forest. 0 A telegram was this afternoon received from W. E. Curtis, Assistant Secretary, by the Chamber of Commerce, stating that the steamer Corwin, now in Seattle being repaired, would be completed to-day, and that it had been ordered to go in search of the Cadzow Forest. During the past thirty-eight days every channel of information liable to bring news of the bark has been carefully scrutinized, but not a clew to its where- abouts could be found. The Corwin, hav- ing no better information, can only make a systematic search of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island and the coast to the north, o BAKERSFIELD ACQUITTAL. The Man Accused of Murdering Am- brose Plant Is Discharged. BAKERSFIELD, CAL., Feb. 10.—Robert Gillespie of Tulare, apprehended a few daysago on a charge of murdering Am- brose Plant at Poso on the night of Jan- uary 25, was discharged this morning at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing, the examination having begun Saturday morning. There were some circumstances brought out that appeared to connect Gil- lespie with ‘the crime, but they were not sufficient to hold him. Plant was a tramp beating his way on the railroad, and it was alleged that Gil- lespie killed him by striking him over the head with a pistol in his efforts to eject him from a freight train on which he was riding. Gillespie is an employe of the Southern Pacitic. SINTOGNS. FITAL FiAT Antone Perez Dies From Wounds Inflicted by a Fellow- Laboror. Hacked With an Ax After Having | Pushed His Companion Into Boiling Soup. SAN JOSE, Cav., Feb. 10.—Antone Perez died at the County Infirmary this morning from wounds received in a fight about ten days ago with G. Lorenzo, with whom he was working on the McGraw ranch, above Saratoga. The men were enzaged in chopping i wood, and occupied the same cabin. They 4 fought over the quality of some cheese Lorenzo had purchased in Saratoga. At the time the quarrel reached its height, | Lorenzo was stirring a pot of boiling soup, | and Perez shoved bim into it, badly scald- ing his head and neck. | As soon as Lorenzo could extricate him- self from the soup pot, he picked up a pick- ax and attacked Perez, striking him over the heart and making a frightful wound. The cavity of the heart was penetrated, but the organ was missed. Lorenzo left his partner for dead and went to Saratoga for treatment. A party at once ‘went to the scene of the conflict, and Perez was removed to the infirmary. This afternoon Eheriff Lyndon went to Saratoga and arresied Lorenzo. He was brought to the county jail and locked up to await the action of the Coroner’s jury. He maintains that he acted in self-defense. Coroner Secord will hold an inquest on Wednesday morning. A DYING IN POVERTY. Pitiable Plight of .a Once Wealthy Santa Clara County Pioneer. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 10.— William Parker, a pioneer of this county, and at one time possessed of considerable weaith, was' taken to the' County Infirmary this afternoon. Parker’s health is broken, and he can last but a short time, being so feeble he can hardly walk. Parker is a native of England, 64 years old. He came to California in 1850, and at once went to the mines. He was lucky, and three years later he came to this citv with $20,000 in gold dust. For a few years Parker prospered and his investments proved fortunate, but his luck finally changed and he lost all he had and was obliged to go to work as alaborer. Of late he has been unable to suu&aon himself and had to depend upon friends. g DEMANDS HER ALIMONY. Buit to Compel the Payment of Money to a Divorced Wife. SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 10. — Cynthia M. Kamp to-day began sult against Remilius Kamp for $1920, alleged to be due for ali- mony. The couple. were married in 1867 and bave three children. On February 12, 1888, Mrs. Kamp secured a divorce from her hus- band and was awarded the custody of the children and $20 per gmonth alimony. Kamp has paid only $150, and there is now due plaintiff $1920. < TAUQUITZ NOT IN ERUPTION. The Ascewding Smoks Arises From a Lime Formation. SAN BERNAEDINO, CaL, Feb. 10— From & party of miners who arrived in the city to-day who have been in and about Mount Tauquitz on prospecting tours Tur CALL correspondent learned the probable cause of all the volcano scare. The miners laugh at the report of Tauquitz being in voleanic action and that smoke issues from its interior. “What all this smoke is,”” says Dan Hays, *is nothing more than that arising from a lime formation caused by the ac- tion of water from springs or meiting snow. The portion of the mountain from which the smoke 1s seen is almost eatirely of a lime formation, as is lots of other country. That is all there is to the vol- cano.” s —ipi ANGELS CAMP ACCIDENT. Frank Dunn Disobeys the Rules and ZLoses His Nose Temporarily. ANGELS CAMP, CAL., Feb. 10.—Frank Dunn, while ascending a lcaded skip at the Jones mine yesterday with two other men, suffered the temporary loss of his nose. The member was cut off and his face otherwise mutilated by striking against the timber. Dunn’s nose was hastily fastened on again, and bids fair to stay. "He was disobeying the rules in stepping upon a skip already containing a full load of men. LSy Two Deaths at Vallejo. VALLEJO, Car., Feb. 10.—J. E. Ken- nedy and William Cremore, old residents of Vallejo, died this morning. Cremore was a veteran of the late war, and Ken- nedy had for many years been prominent in city affairs, NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. A PACKED HOUSE GREETED PADEREWSKI At the California last evening. It was an enthusi- astic ovation that this musical master received. The same enthusiastic ovation that the won- derful Paderewski received in the evening was tendered us by the buying public of San Francisco during the day. It was an ovation that £9 challenge offer that we received through our no house in the United States ever received at the hands of the buying wpublic. We are proud of it, and we know you have no occasion to regret turning out in such large numbers as you did yesterday, at the opening of the third week of this Great Challenge Sale. This is positively the last week of this challenge. We placed before the public three weeks ago a line of Suits, Overcoats, Ulsters and Driving Coats, a high character of goods, cleverly tailored, and said to the buying public of San Francisco, we challenge our competitors or those handling as high charac- ter of goods as we, to equal ’em, equal the assortment, equal the fabrics, equal the way our goods are tailored, equal the price, at -—$9.00—- Thus far they have kept their silence ; have not said a word, shut up completely ; have re- mained as quiet as a clam. They have neither put up, but they have shut up. This is the last week of our $9 offer and the way the people turned out yesterday to take ad- vantage of the offer was sim- ply an ovation tendered a house that is sincere in all its trans- actions with you. You have ratified by yonur P esence yesterd oy o fee of ¢ievrdeuce for which we thauk 5 Suits made fro: imported fabrics, cleverly . .- lored. 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