The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXI-_NO. 5. WHY EARP WAS' APPOINT Named b;Tong Green Andy Lawrence of the Examiner. THE GRAND JURY MAY STEP N. Sharkey Tells What He Thinks } " About the Abilities of Corbett and Fitzsimmons. THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK ENJOINED YESTERDAY. Needham Sent Hot Tips to His Friends ‘in Seattle to Bet Everything They Had on the Sailor---Earp Was in the Police Court, but His Case Was Continued. called for Gibbs to come and see him. Gibbs went to his office as we had some tickets to deliver there, and he and Law- rence entered into quite a conversation. “Lawrence told Gibbs that he under- The true facts relating to the appoint- mert of Wyatt Barp, the bodyguard. of | Andy M. Lawrence, managing editor of th aminer and otherwise known as | “Long Green” Lawrence, as referee of the | stood the fighters were disagreeing as to fight, have come to light. the selection of a referee. Gibbs stated he He was appointed at the instance of | believed that to be about right, and added Ry | that it made no_difference if the princi- ) 5 | pals did not agree, that it was understood o big pugifistic. cygeuniie has - | {’hnt in thog case of a disagreement | olved itself into a legal mill, and the { {he club would select the referee. _prospects are that the attorneys who are | ‘‘Lawrence said that was right, but the preparing to cross-counter each other with | club must select a man who would be per- & Buperior Judge as a referee will get the | fectly fair and fearless. He then said: larger end of the purse. “ T've got your man. Select Wyatt The probabilities are that the jurist who | LarP. [ know he's as good 8 ok presides over the battle will not have to | agninrst him.’ be relieved of a gun. “Gibbs at the time only had a general its for purses, damages, old claims | knowledge of who Earp was, having met i training expenses are in the air, and A him casually on one occasion, but when of them have already set in motion Lawrence named him as referee he agreed the machinery.of thelaw. | that he wou!d select him for the club if TR ¥, _ the fighters did not settle upon auother Meanwhile the tatk on the referee’s de- | choice. still going on, with Wyatt Earp, “That is u_ true statement of how we the Examiner's gpecial writer, as the tar- | decided upon Wyatt Earp as referee.’’ get of sny’ amiounbiof foroibla citicism, | { LR pioas jSgnuection | betwedn E"D- d Ak R 3 | Lawrence and the referee matter is shown Statements that the fight was fixed and | (20 55003 00 /thut oosurred the day aftor key could not lose under any | iho fight, es are freely made. | _Lawrence, accompanied, as usual, by 2 ose who got even money on Fitzsim- | Earp, called on Fitzsimmons at the Bald- mons just before the fight are wondering | win. Fitz was courteous to his visitors, hy.on earth they did not scent a rodent | 224, in the course of a conversation, asked il e : | Earp to describe the blow which the latter and are recalling the many other Sus-| ) imeq was foul. The referes did so, and picious incidents that should have placed | Bop, atter thinking a moment, said: them on their guard. As the ron-com-| ‘‘Let us illustrate t: is matter.” ittal'report of the doctors who examined He rang up a bellboy, who happened to Sharkey is talked over tie thinking sports | be about Sharkey’s beight, and said: are more and more convinced that the in-| - 5°?‘"-.[:‘“~ S]'j"‘"l“- 1“;; !’i‘;“ l']‘;:ls::Y ot juries to Sharkey were made in his room | '€ Position Sharkey wasin w &o! < beiinitake & i the punch.” er being take irom the pavilion. Earp did so and Bob then said, “Place fartin J atement that one of | La an’s s me as I was at that time.”’ ifiose connected with the club manage- mwent . was concerned 1n a_ conspiracy t6, rob Fitzsimmons of his well-earned victory is also receiving much comment, and the hope is freely expressed that the mattér will be thoroughly sifted in court, and that if & whoiesale job was perpe- | trated the guilty ones to a man wiil be ex- | posed and driven irom the ranks of square | sports. The lovers of boxing cannot get over the | .fact that when Julisn publi charged | rhat Earp was fixed in Sharke; interest | Messrs. Gibbs and Groom, who appointed | Earp and had a perfect right to withdraw | him, seid not a word, and allowed a man | on whom saspicion rested to referee the | match. While not taken as direct evidence that the management was concerned in any job, the matter has created no end of talk, and it will take much to clear these men | from the suspicion that has been cast on | them. | Danny Needham’s telegrams to Seattle friends telling them to bet their last dol- | lar on Sharkey are taken as evidence that the astute lightweight knew that some- thing was sure about the fight—and that was Sharkey’s winning. — NAMED BY LAWRENCE. How Wyatt Earp Came to Referee ; the Big MilL " The closely guarded secret asto howand | why Wyatt Earp, the bodyguard of Long | Green Andy Lawrence, managing editor of the Examiner, was appointed referee is out. J. D. Gibbs, the chief manager of the | National Athletic Club, explained the se- lection in his own way the day after the mill, when the public rose in its indigna- tion against the referee’s unfair decision. But Gibbs did not tell all he knew of the long odds for reasons besi fi‘:::::; ul))yhimsefi! and the people he hoped lo[;:xe::é afternoon after the fight Gibbs was being cross-qnestioned by reporters other pesple innumerable on the sub- ,until, sick at heart, he blurted out to -Examiner reporter in the crowd: ‘What kick have you gotcoming? It as at Andy Lawrence’s suggestion Wyatt p went in as referee.” Last night & CALL reporter sought the munagers of the National Athleiic Club to asceitain thedetails of this «ffair, anu | J. J. Groom, the other executive officer of | the club, told the story. “It wassimply like this,”” he said: “The day belore vhe fight Andy Lawrence | When this had been accomplished to Eury’s satisfaction Bob remarked : ‘Now, Mr. Earp, don’t you see that as we are now placed I could not have struck Sharkey as you describe?”’ Earp studied the situation a moment, looked confused, and finally said: “Well, I guess the positions must have been different.” Bob looked at the referee, whose eyes | were averted, for a moment and then said, “Yes, 1 think so.” The visitors took their departure very soon afterward. il TO THE GRAND JURY. Sharkey, Earp and Others Will Be Charged With Conspiracy. Colonel H. I Kowalsky, the attorney for Fitzsimmons, does not mince words when he spesks of the recent pugilistic robbery. ‘It was a clear and dirty theft,”” he said yesterday. “It was prearranged and the men mixed up in it were Sharkey, Lynch, Earp and some gamblers. But they will | not get away with the money if there is any law in this land. “I bave advised with Dave Freidenrich, | and he agrees with me that there was conspiracy to defraud not only Fitzsim- mons but the public. Thisis a serious ctx?rge, as it is a felony punishable by im- prisonment in the penitentiary. The vfhole matter will be brought to the atten- tion of the Grana Jury and I hope indict- ments wiil be found against the men who carried out this high-handed outrage, “The general story of the steal is al- ready public property, but there are bush- els of olhe:ri things which we have in our possession and which positively that Lynch, Shnrke’;o o gL had tbe whoie thing fixed so that Fitzsim- mons and his faction could not vossibly win. EEtngtn THE BANK ENJOINED. Lynch Could Not Cash the Check and Was Angry. The filing of the suit for the purse by Fitzsimmons was followed yesterday by the serving of an injunction on the Anglo- California Bank preventing it from paying over the money. Manager Lilienthal is mindful of the power and majesty of the law, and he was loaded 1or bear, pugilists or anything else when Lynch, the manager of the sailor pug, calied yesterday morning and de- manded pavment on the certified check that represents the purse in the tight. Lynch was accompanied by J. J. Groom, i The Great California Airship, as Shown\ in an Illustration in the New York “Morning Journal” of Sunday, November 28. The Article Which Accompanies the the Witnesses of the Phenomenon Are All Credible. Illustration Says That one of the owners of the Naticnal Athletic Club. “We want that money and want it now,” said Lynch, flourishing the check and red in the face with excitement. *‘We are here to demand our rights.” “The club has withdrawn its objection to the payment of the check,” interjected Groom, ‘‘and as far as we are concerned you may honor the cheek.” ut the bank is informed.” said Teller Stinson, *‘that steps have been taken to prevent our paying your check.” “Never mind what you understand,” shouted Lynch, ‘give me the money. It is ours and you will have to give it vp.” The teller looked nettled, but merely answered, ‘'See Mr. Lilienthal if you want lufl further information on the subject.” ynch was even more emphatic in his demands when the manager appeared, and received a still more forcible setback. “The bank has been ordered by. the court not to pay the check,” he said, ‘‘and we will not disobey the injunction. I bave referred the matter to my lawyer and he advises me not to pay your demand. Under his instruction I will refuse to pay the money to any one except aponan “of court. o By this time Lynch was wild with anger. “You are unjustly withholding this money,” he said, “and I intend to force you to make payment on my check. If you do not accept this order now I will bring suit against you for damages. The club has agreed that this money should be paid to Sharkey and 1 have the check for the purse, yet in the face of all this you ignore our demand. In law you are liable for withholding our money and we will bring you to time for it.” ‘‘Bring sunit whenever vou get ready,” said Mr. Lilienthal. **We have acted on the advice of our attorney and shail de- fend our position in the courts.” “I’ll sue you for big damages,’’ shouted Lynch as he strode out of the bank with knitted brows. — SHARKEY’S OPPONENTS. He Says Corbett Is Clever, Cannot Hit, Tom Sharkey last night gave his im- pressions as to the relative merits of Fitz- sinmons and Corbett. Sharkey is still in bed, and between puffs at his cigar told what he thinks of the two big fellows. “Fitzsimmons is the harder hitter of the two,” wsaid the sailor, “but Corbett is much the cleverer. He does not take the chances Fitz does. He never goes in and mixes things up, but depends on Janding at long range and getting away without a return. He is quicker on his feet than Fitz, too, but his blows lack steam. “However, Fitz has only two blows that hurt. They are nis right and left swings. His straight leads and short-arm punches that people talk about did ndt do me any damage. “I am willing to fight anybody before the club offering the biggest purse. | bar no man, but will meet Maher, Corbett or any man. I will not, however, enter the ring again before February, as [ want to rest a month before going into training for another contest.” Sharkey, when seen in his room at the Windsor ‘Hotel shortly after 10 o’clock last night, remarked that he is "domg greuy well, slept all right last night.” bere helay in a constrained position, partly covered by the bedclothes and but partly by the same bathrobe in which he entered the ring. Several friends were seated near the bed- side, among them a very counterpart of the gladiator, a little taller man than Sharkey, but with the unmistakable Shar- key features. He smiled grimly as he re- marked : { “I’'m Tom’s brother.” Tom himself dia not smile, though he asserted in a semi hopeful way: “They say I'll be up this day week. 1 can only rest in one position now; it hurts to lie any other way.”” His left upper lip was swollen and cut, his left cheekbone swollen and discolored, his left eyebrow stitched together in a zigzag line throughout its length, and his head en- circled by a large white cloth bandage that he declared was to protect his leit ear, which it haa been necessary to lance that afternoon 1n order to reduce an ab- normal swelling. SRR EARP WENT SECURITY. Agreed to Pay Attorney’s Fees for Bunko Staerers. 1t Reforee Wyatt Earp got any.of the spoils of the Sharkey-Fitzsimmons fight, as is alleged, he will find & writ of execu- tion staring him in the face just aboutas soon as it can be levied upon him. Judge J. G. Bwinnerton of Stockton 1s the man who wants the money, and he has secured such a document by which he will attempt to recover his feesin a bunko steering case tried here a year ago, for which fees Earp went security for the defendants. Stockton’s great *‘gold brick” case was one of the most interésting ever tried in the State. Three professional confidence men, Crooked Mouth Green, Smith and Brown, swindled Farmer Brack of Lodi out of $2000 by the same old game of the tin box and rocks. They were captured by Sheriff Cunningham &nd the case came to trial. 7 Attorney Jimmy Long of this City repre- sented the men at the preliminary exam- ination, by which they were he'd to an- swer with bonds fixed at $30,000 each. Judge 8winnerton, who is known as one of the ablest lawyers in the State, was asked to represent the bunko steerers in the Superior Court and -he’ refused unless | his fees could be secured. Judge Swinnerton defended the men and got them off on an extremely light sentence, butv the fees have never been forthcoming. No one knew who had gone security for the fees, and for the first time it is now generally known that it was Bad Man Earp. Those persons here who dropped their money on Sharkey, while admitting that itis not the safest thing in the world to impugn Ear}p'u honesty when he has a 45-caliber Colt’s revolver a foot long in his jeans, are neverthelessasking what con- nection he could have had’ with ‘three professional crooks, and they are agreed that in the light of circumstances the affair does not reflecs any honor on ‘him in connection with the recent affair which is now exciting the sporting world. et gr L EARP IN COURT. Referee Appears on a Charge of Carrying a Concealed Weapon. Wyatt Earp, the referee of the Sharkey- Fitzsimmons prizefight, answered yester- day in Police Court4 to the charge oi carrying a concealed weapon. - Earp was represented by Frank Kelly, a Southern Pacific lawyer, and apparently treated the whole marter with indifference. The referee was arrested Thursday on complaint of Police Captain Wittman, who took a murderous-looking revolver from him in the prizering 1n Mechanics’ Pa- vilion. There is evidence in the form of the ‘gun,”’ as well as the interesting story that Captain Wittman will tell in court about noticing Earp’s weapon pro- truding under his coat, and then ordering him to give up the Arizona instrument while Earp was officiating in the ring. The examinution yesterday was con- tinued at the request of Attornev Kelly until Tuesday. In the meantime Earpis at liberty on bail of $50, but he does not ‘‘carry a gun.” st ekl NEEDHAM’S TIPS. Wired Seattle Friends to Bet Every- thing on Sharkey. SEATTLE, Wasa., Dec. 3.—A ery of “fake’’ has been going up among those interested in pugilistic mattersin this city since the Sharkey - Fitzsimmons fight. gone to Fitzsimmons and Julian after the battle and given them a piece of his mind for the way they spoke.”” e CARROLL’S WINNINGS. The Lightwelght Who Seldom Bets Is Money In on the Fight. Jimmy Carroll is known as one of the most cautious men in town when it comes to making a wager. In fact, there are few that have ever known him to bet at all. And yet the veteran ringster claims to bave won considerable money on the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey contest, under what appear to be, from his own statements, rather peculiar conditions. “Yes,’’ he said, the evening of the fight, in the company of several, ““I won a bar- rel of money in this fight. I bet that Sharkey would last the ten rounds, al- though I believed then and do now that Fitz is the greatest fighter on earth.’” “How is it,”” he was asked, “that_you came to make tke bet if you thought Fitz- simmons so good a man?’ “Well,” said Jimmy, *“f guess I knew what I was doing.” “Do you think Fitz fouled Sharkey ?’ “From where I was I1did not see it, but I was too far back. I will admit that the referee should not have awarded Sharkey the li,ght till after a surgical examina- tion.” In view of these statements of Carroll and the fact that he seldom bets, it looks very much as if he realized he had a sure thing. X NOW CORBETT AND FITZ. The Olympic Club Takes Active Measures to Match Them. In view of the unsatisfactory outcome of the Fitzsunmons-Sharkey contest, the Olympic Club has reached the conclusion that a star feature of the tragedy would be a match between Bob and Corbett, and the first pull in the wires to match the 1wo men was made last night. The matter was quietly talked over among a few at first, and culminated in Superintendent W. J. Kennedy and How- ard Taylor, the club leader, going down to see the Australian at the Baldwin Ho- tel early in the evening, He was found, however, to have gone with Julian and his wife over to Sausalito. The board of directors of the club met last night and the proposition was put to them by Taylor. It met with such favor that Taylor was empowered to see what can be done in the matter to-day. Superintendent Kennedy, -csz for the club, sent a telegram to Corbett late last night inquiring if he would mest Fitz- simmons uere under the auspices of the Olympic Club in the near fuiure. An an- swer is expected some time to-day. Taylor will go to Sausalito and see Fitz- simmons to-day in regard to meeting Cor- bett. The lanky conqueror of Sharkey 18 said to be, and bas frequently expressed himself in this City, as willing to meet “Pompadour Jim’’ at any time a match can be arranged. Ii Corbett’s reply is favorable there is every prospect that the respective ad- mirers of the two fighters will learn who is the superior. —_—————— Fitz to Be in Court. Superior Judge Sanderson, at the in- stance of a collection agency, has issued a writ of examination for Sob Fitzsimmons, commanding him to appear in court and -of his belongings. -~ The claim is mede with much véhemence |tel: that at least one of the contestants in this much-heralded mill entered intoa well- planned bunko scheme to fleece the pub- ic. Danny Needham, Sharkey’s trainer, has many warm personal friends iz this city. Tothese he sent urgent telegrams yester- day afternoon, in some messages saying: “Bet all you have got on Sharkey to win,” and “Bet Sharkey to win,” and *‘Sharkey will win; bet on him; never quit,” and like expressions. It is significent that the recipients of these messages read them between the lines and as meaning more than Need- ham’s mere assertion that the marine could best the lanky Fitz. They took the tip and pet their money accordingly. Even before the fight commenced there was talk of “fake.” —_— HARVEY DENIES IT. Says He Had No Hand in the Rob- bery of Fitz. Joe Harvey, the bookmaker who has been mentioned by Riley Grannan as being in converoation with Wyatt Earp shortly after the latter’s selection as referee, and who, it1s claimed, furnished the capital on the Sharkey end of the battle after the alleged ‘“fixing,” explained his position last evening to Police Commissioner Guast at the Baldwin. “T bet the sum total of $600 on Sharkey,” he said. “Idid so, to some extent the impression my horse-trainer had Sharkey was a sure winner. “1f there is any one who can show me where more than $40 was bet in my books at the racetrack [ will return the money. And if the losers can show that I put up $5000 or $6000 as the papers have claimed I will donate the money to some charity. “Do you think that I would have bet only $600 if 1 had known the thing was ‘fixed’? I would have either let the whole thing alone or else I'd bet $5000 to $6000 and won enough for a good Chrisimas present. “[ am very sorry I'm drawn into this affair. I will state this, however, I think that Wyatt Earp would have done a great deal better to have stepped down and out when Martin Julian accused him of being ‘fixed’ belore the fight. He could have upon that IN THE NAME OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY. Prqminent Citizens Sendv a Letter to President Cleveland Demand- ing Recognition for the Cubans. . ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 4 —The following letter addressed to the President and signed by the committee appointed at the mass-meeting of Cuba sympathizers held in this city on the 215t ult. was mailed on Wednesday. It bears the signa- tures of Hon. John B. 0'Mara, Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri; Hon. Isaac M. Sturgeon, City Comptroller; Colonel Robert 8. McDonald; I N. Milner, Street Commissioner of St. Louis; Captain Rosser Romer, who holds a commission in the liberating army; and Jobn Cahill, editor of the pan-American paper El Commercio del Valle, who had seven months of severe experience with the Spanish Government in Cuba during the Crespedes rebellion in Cuba from 1866 to 1873: Grover Cleveland, President—SIR: The press reports that have been published for months past and are being daily published from Cuba indicaté that the war being waged by the Cuban people for liberty on the one side and by the forces of the Spanish Govern- ment for their subjugation on the other, has degenerated into a bloody and merciless system of extermination in which women, children, the aged and infirm and other non-combatants are subjected to inhuman, barbarous tréatment by the Spanish soldiery. While we are disposed to discredit the enormity of the crimes reported and make due allowance for the disposition to magnify their importance, the proceedings in Cuba during the ten years, 1868 to 1878, all of which have been unfortunately too well .verified, form valid grounds for the belief that most of the atrocities are actually committed. You cannot be oblivious to the cruel character of the government which condemned, executed and allowed to be horribly mutilated the bodies of the gallant Critterden and his companions in 1851 and similarly treated about 100 of our fellow-citizens under the leadership of Captain Fry in 1878; of the scores of American citizens who have been shot, imprisoned and deported from Cuba to Spanish dungeons in Atrica, their properties confiscated and their families left helpless and deprived of support. v 2 Neither are you unfamiliar with the fact that in the ten years’ war referred to American property aggregating nearly $100,000,000 in value was destroyed, used and sequestered by the Spaniards and with the exception of the Mora claim, none of our citizens thus injured and outraged have had the slightest satisfaction from the government of Spain. 3 In the name of Christien charity we appeal to you, in the name of humanity and American civilization to make effective the repeatedly expressed will of the vast majority of our fellow-citizens by granting to the Cuba betieve will at once mollify the horrors of this war and tend to its speedy termination, n people the rights of belligerents which we Fitz will be in Justice Groezinger's court at 10 o’clock this morning with his- attor- ney to go through the ordeal. The amount involved is $904 40, for which lightweight Jimmy Carroll has a jadgment. The debt was contractea while Fitz was training for his last fight with Maher, and is for personal services. A e O Paying Bets. . The paying-off of the bets on the fight began at Corbett’'s poolrooms yesterday afternoon. There was nearly $29,000 in the box and it was soon 1n_ the hands of those who held Sharkey tickets. e g Corbett Wants to Fight. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 4—James J. Corbett had something to say to-night to the patrons of a local theater concerning the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey mill. Between the acts he came to the front of the stage and said: “Last night Mr. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Sharkey had a contest in San Francisco, and I expected that Mr. Fitz- simmons would win in short order, but, to my surprise, he did not. I don’t wish to express 4ny opinion as to the outcome of the contest or of the decision of the referee. I will say this, however, thatI stand ready to meet either Fitzsimmons or Sharkey—first come, first served—two weeks after papers are signed and atany El.“ on earth, because I want it settied irst and for all time who is the best man in the world.” LAST OF A BAD GANG GONE. Dynamite Dick, the Notorious Desperado of Oklahoma, Slain by a Posse of Officers. GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 4—A man huat that has been in progress since last Sep~ tember, wheu Bill Doolin and Dick Goul- sen, alias Dynamite Dick, escaped from the Guthrie jail, ended in an encounter to-day near Kildare, in which Dynamite Dick was killed and Ben Cravens, another member of the gang of outlaws, was wounded. The pursuing possecame upon the two unexpectedly near Kildare at 8 o’clock this morning and opened fire. Dynamite Dick was shot and mortally wounded, and Cravens surrendered after receiving a shot in the right arm. There are rewards aggregating $1000 for the capture of Dynamite Dick, who is guilty of half a dozen murders, and $300 is offered for the arrest of Cravens. The prisoner and the corpse wjll be taken to Guthrie by Deputy Marshal Cox and his deputies who mads the capture. It is binted that Cravens, being tired of the chase, had given information of his chief’s mov-ments, and was to be dealt with lightly. 'The death of Dynamite Dick re- moves the last of the gang of desperadoes that have terrorized the settlers in the Ter- ritory since its first settlement. LT TS Lost @ Small Fortune. CHICAGO, Iur, Dec. 4.—Mrs. Paul Freese of 4739 Halsted sireet drew $4000 from the First National Bank to-day with which she intended to pay off a mortgage on her home, and then after taking pre- cautions against robbers by concealinz the money in different parts of her clothing, she lost half of the amount on the street. She tied $2000 in her handkerchief, and on reaching the office where she expected to discharge her debt she found that she had lost it., The money has not been re- covered.. Am i The Water Recedes. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec. 4— The danger is now over. Thne water has receded three feet. Many of the mer- chants have commenced to return to their business places. ———————— The Now hampagne Vintage. A truly remarkaple vintage for quality as well as for nlml';l dryness, witbout being Teavy, now being shipped to this market, is G. H. Mumm’s Extra Dry. oy . HEARST AND -~ HIS TWO FACES Editor Hearst Has One Opinion East and An- other Here. The “Journal” Describes ths Invention and Credits the Phenomenon. News of the Aerial Visitor as ths Wires Flash It From Neighboring Localities. The many Jekyll-Hyde feMures of “Lite tle Wilhe's” journalistic character are beautifully exemplified in the two views of the phenomenon that has recently ap- peared in the heavens hereabouts which have from time to time appeared in the Exeminer here and in the New York Journal of New York City—both Mr, Hearst’s newspapers. In spite of the testimony of many rep- utable witnesses that strange moving lights have been seen in the sky the Fx- aminer has continually referred to these phenomena as the result of “‘red eye” and midnight walks near breweries. The following parallel columns concern- ing the airship, taken from Mr. Hearst’s two papers, give a fair idea of how'little one may depend upon anything seen in either paper: AN AIRSHIP SEEN. | (N. Y. Journal, Nov. ‘1!)1 SAN FRANCISCO, | Nov. 27.—The biggesi| probiem of the age has PROBABLY DUE TO LIQUOR. (.F.Examiner, Nov. 28) There are men who see queer things when een solved. Man has|they don’t have & gun, won what seemed tojand others who ene be his hardest. battle counter wonders of an with nature. A suc-|early morn or even at cessful airship has been|dewy eve when it has built. Scientists all been more dewy than over the world are tre-|the law allows. mendously interested by the stories which have been telegraphed from here; nearly everybody on the Pa- cific Coast is widely ex- cited over the matter. The story sounds like one of the romances of Jules Verne, but its. truth is testified to by S0 many reputable citi- zens that there seems, to be no reason what- ever to question its ac- curacy. EVIDENCE FIRST CLASS. THE RESULT OF BEER (N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28) (8.F.Examiner, Nov.23) A WORKING AIRSHIP| AtSacramentoaman ?'l'iflli 0‘1;'0121{': II;Q wandering in the ime A ST—UN-|mediate ity of -a DER FECT CON-|prewery saw a great TROL—IT CARRIES|light and a dark mass FIFTEEN MEN AND|moving up and down A SEARCHLIGHT. |the sky. The Pacific Coast newspapers are full of| stories about an air- ship seen hovering above Sacramento and other towns. Taoe tes- timony concerning it seems to be unim- peachable, but certain detatls are lacking which make Eastern inventors and scien- tists doubt the accu-| racy of tho statements of "alleged eye- wit- nesses. IT WAS A REALITY. (N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28) IT COULD NOT BE. (Examiner, Nov. 28.) What '-E thin; It swiitly drew near| is the city, sailing evenly|nobody knows. That t0 the southyest. it is an airship capa- Then it droppe dble of carrying human nearer the earth, but suddenly shot up into the air again, as if the. freight seems impos- sib e of belief, in view of the record of failure force that whirled it/in the past. If some through space we re|joker has turned loose sensible to the danger|a fire balloon to per- of collision with ob-|plex and mystify that jects ou the earth. |might account for the That much hundreds|airship on an intellig- of prominent residents ible basis. ofSacrameutosaw, and. it caused consterna- tion in all parts of the city, where grounps gathered at the cor- mers until far into the night listening to the tale of those that had seen it. ONLY A DELUSION. 8. F. Examiner, Nov. 24. SRS ) SURELY AN AIRSHIP. N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28. For purposes of self- protection during the pendency of his ap- plication for letters The man who has not an airship in his back yard in these days is poor indeed. The man who has not seen a fleet of airships ma cuvering in the ski. has left California|trivance. Enough,how- ashamed of himsell ever, has been dis- He islike the man who|covered to show that fell ont of the balloon. he has found the true He is not in it. They principle = of aerial come mnot in ‘single navigation. The ex- ships, but in bat-|lcitement here has ns. talions. The county or|sumed the form of a town in the State|tremendous sensation, which cannot produce a machinery bird or two is hiding its head in shame. It is the one topic of conversation in every village, town and city 1n the State. In Calie fornia the prevailing *lquestion to-day st “Have you seen the airship?” That there is reason for that ques- tion the following facts strongly demon- strate: The strange thing about the positions of the two papers is the fact that the de- scriptions that ngpnrzd in the Eastern paper were probably written in the Examiner office. They doubtless repre- sent the San Francisco editor’s real views, while the light vein pursued here has doubtless been because the paper pooh- poobed the real news the first day and was driven to give it later, after the chagrin of being beaten by THE CALL the first day. PR R S AIRSHIP AT LIVERMORE. 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