The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1897, Page 3

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1897. 3 PROFESSOR BAIRD BACK IN FRESHO THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ness and professional men, have dropped the Examiner. ‘‘We were long subscribers to the Exam- iner,” said an Arlington Club trustee, “but at last drogpedfii because of its ob- jectionable tone. When the Examiner began to develop the sensational and dis- creditable features that now characterize 1ts columns the house committee of the club began to wonder whether we could not get along withoutit. The paper was retained on sufferance merely, and then came the last straw—the vile caricature of READY T0 |7 STEPINTO N\ N\ N » % N \ W N N\ THE RING Corbett and Fitzsimmons Ease Up in Their Training. THEY WILL FIGHT ON SCHEDULE TIME. No- Danger of Delay Because of Uniavorab e Weather Conditions. KINETOSCCPE FOUND TO WORK ON A CLOUDY DAY, The Battle Could Be Photographed _Though the Sun Were Hidden From View. CARSON, Nev., March 14 —When Car- son awoke this morning she was greeted by & leaden and ominous sky. Groans at once took the place of the expressions of joy that had been aroused by the past|. few days of delightful weather. Dan Stu- urt frowned and looked gloomy enough when he came outof his apartments and noticed the forebodings; but his troubles were nowhere to be compared with tbose of the kinetoscope prop) They fairly roared with rage. And it is no wonder; for these folks have gone to an expense aiready amounting to nearly $30,000, and it has been their plaint all along that un- lees the 17th was a clear day all this would belost. Dan Stuart’s fat share of this kinetoscope privilege would also evap- orate. The latter fact certainly aclounts povular Texan’s frown and gloomy s morning. But there came to-night a happy little turn in affairs, which had the effect of il- luminating the countenances of all con- cerned with happy and confident smiles. The weather did not assume a more pro- pitious aspect—not at all, for those moist and threatening clouds clung to the in- verted bow! all day. Something else hap- peued. The kinetoscope crew, having be- come desperate, determined to ascertain by experiment just where they stood, so to speak. They bundled up their ap- paratus and hied themselves to the arena. Everything was put into position, just as if the battle for the world’s champion- ship was to be fought, and at a given sig- nal several membersof the outfit climbed npon the platform where the ring is to e lo€ated and began to execuie a sort of | imitation of a Piute ghost dance Simul- taneous with their debut came a whirring and buzzing noise from the interior of the stilted box wherein was located the mys- terious device which takes sixty photo- graphs a second. The hovoping around performance on the platform continued for three minutes —the allotted time for one-round of fizht- ing under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. . “Time,” rang out a voice from the interior of the box. The whirring sound ceasad and the dancers stopped for a rest. Then “they had another three-minute round and anotherand another. So far as the machinery worked everything was perfection. The ghost dancers were com- plimented for their endurance and the ex- periment was over, But the most important teature of the entire affair—the item that was to deter- mine the winning or losing of a small fortune—was yet a mystery. The question was, Had clear negatives been received under such a frowning and murky sky? The films were taken away to the syndi- cate’s laboratory and put through the se- vere chemical process. An hour later -the negatives had been developed, and it was found that the amateur Indian dancers had been re- produced as plainly aud distinctly as 1f the sun had been shining its brightest. A shout of joy went up from the Kkinetoscope contingent, for this experi- ment proved something that had never been known before — that kinetoscope négatives could be successfully taken on a cléudy day. Stories have been flying around for some time to the effect that in the event that St. Patrick’s day came in cloudy and threatening the big fizht would be post- poned in order to accommodate the kinetoscope concession, Indeed, I have been informed on the very best of anthor- ity that the programme agreed upon be- tween the tight promoters and the syadi- cate was thag if the 17th was unpropitious the two smaller contests—Smith against Green and Fiaherty against Hawkins— would be substituted ana the chief event would take piace the following day if the sun shone. But to-day’'s happy experi- ment precludes all this, and now tne original programme will be carried through to the letter. Corbett and Fitzsimmons will begin to maul each other at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning and the other two fizhts will take place on the fullowing day. The big pigeon-shooting tournament wiil be inaugurated on the afternoon of March 17, immediately after the world’s cham- pionship battle is finished, and will be continned during the next day and until the championship at this game is settled, too. Thecowboy tournamentis scheduled for Tuesday; so there is the whole Carson carnival programme. The last obstacle which threatened the consummation of the match between Cor- bett and Fitzsimmone was removed to-day, when the Cornishman came into town and announced that he would offer no further objections to the clause incor- porated in Referee Siler’s rules permitting hitting in the clinches and in the break- aways. Bob deciared yesterday that he would not stand by Manager Julian’s ac- ceptance of the rules as they had been published and threatened to make trouble on the day of the fizht, but after sleeping over the matter he has decided to take things as they come and makes the re- mark that he *will lick that big fellow anywsy.” g Those who know Fitzsimmons well still rsist in doubting that he ever seriously intended to raise & row over this rule, be- cause they believe, down in their hearts, that he would rather prefer to punch in the clincnes, but that he wanted to lead » b N Managers of the Big Fighters Agreeing to 7, 74 s » J \ Ty 1 \ 7 7. v 7 / oy the Rules as Announced by Referee Siler. Corbett into believing that he was a povice at this particular game, thus im- proving his opportunities for openings. Fitzsimmons was always superb at close- range work and at in-fichting, and 1t does not stand to reason that he has forgotten any of those clever tricks. Dan Stuart is the happiest man in town in consequence of Fitzsimmons’ decision, and he bas a right to be, for thers is now not another stumbling-block left in the way of the fight of the century. Nothing outside of a volcanic eruption or some- thing equally unusual can stop the car- nival. Neither Corbett nor Fitzsimmons did much work to-day—not because it was the Sabbath, particularly, but because their respective trainers have decreed that they have done enough violent exercise and must indulge in light work only from now until Wednesday. Fitzsimmons really did nothing. In the forenoon he walked in from Cook’s ranch as far as the State penitentiary, took a bath there and then attended the regular Sunday religious ser- vices held at the prison. It is understood that another *‘exclu- sive” scheme was on foot to-day. It was to have Corbett and Fitzsimmons meet at the prison and indulge in another spec- tacular quarrel, such as is alleged to have taken piace last week. For some reason it fell through., The story is that Corbett declined to be cast in the farcs. After Fitzsimmons had waited at the big stome structure for at least a half hour after the services, and no Corbett hove into view, e returned to his training quarters and took things easy. This afternoon he and his wife drove into town for their mail and to do a little shopping, and that ended the day. Corbett was not quite so idle, but still did not extend himself at any time during the day. A great crowd of visitors flocked in and out of the Springs from early morning until late to-night. Big Jim received everybody pleasantly, chatted with the Iady callers and told his visitors over and over again how well he felt and how confident he was of coming out vic- torious in his battle with the Cornishruan. Instead of taking his usual road run this morming, Corbett’s trainers shifted the programme and had him do his bag- punching, boxing and other indoor exer- cise instead, leaving the road work for the afternoon. “We do this to prevent him from feel- ing the monotony of the work,” Trainer Charley White explained to me this after- noon. “Billy Delaney and I agreed that Jim’s long siege of violent exercise was liable to do him harm if it got distasteful to him, and that's why we changed the routine. The big fellow’s hard work is all over now. He had his last real work-out yesterday. We propose to keep him down to the lightest kind of exercise now until the day of the fight. He will onlv get enough to keep his wind good and pre- vent him from going back. He could not be betier than he is now if he should train for a hundred years. He is in magnifi- cent shape. To be more emphatic, I will say right here that I will stake my repu- tation as a trainer that mo man ever stepped into & ring in better condition than Jim Corbett is right now. Tnat is saying a whole, lot, I know, but I mean every word of it. He is fit to fight a bat- tle of fifty or 100 rounds if necessary, or to enter into a short and furious contest. It will make no difference to Jim what sort of a pace Filz cuts out, as he will bs with him. And if Bob sees fit to lay back and let Jim chalk cut the programme, our protege will be all the more pleased. He has the whole thing cut and dried for such an emergency, and Mr. Fitzsimmons will find it out to Lis sorrow.” Corbett will be allowed about an hour on the road to-morrow morning and about tue same amount of time for his afternoon work. On Tuesday he will get even less, probably doing nothing in the afternoon and that will be the last work of any kind, as the fight of his life takes place on the morning of the following day. Stakeholder Al Swith, Billy Madden and William Muldoon all went out to Cook’s ranch to-dsy to see Fitzsimmons, but as the Cornishman did not strip for any work they did not have an oppo: tunity to size up his physical condition as thoroughly as they desired. “Judging from all outwsrd indica- tions,” said Smith to-night, “Bob is in first-class condition. He has a healthy compiexion, his eyes are clear and his movements indicate vitality and agility. Iam sorry 1did not get a chance to see him at his work, for then I could form a better opinion. But then Fitz is nev. out of condition and ii is safe to say t he is fit to fight for fe. This will certainly be the battle of the age and worth going thousands of miles to see.” Muldoon, although on the ‘“exclusive’ list, did permit himself to confide to sev- eral ontlawed vpress representatives that he considered that the Cornishman had trained faithfully. But toa friend Mul- doon afterward whispered that he had ex- pected to see Bob looking bigzer and more brawny than he is. He intimated that, in his opinion, Fitzsimmons had been wor- rying a little. Billy Madden liked Fitzsimmons' ap- pearance. He said to-night that he con- sidered the lanky fellow in excellent trim. “With these two big fellows in the su- perb shape I find them,” he said, “I am satisfied that the greatest fight ever wit- nessed will take place on the 17th. It is very aptto be a hurricane affair. Yon see Jim and Bob don’t like each other and are more than liable to begin heavy hos- tilities the moment they face each other. It would be a pity to have the fight ended in one or two rounds, and yet no one can say that that will not be the result.”” Madden intends to remain on the Pa- cific Coast for several weeks. He will go to San Francisco immediately after the Carson carnival isover. He hopes toget a match for Jos Goddard with the winner of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons contest, but has other tails to his kite, whether he suc- ceeds in this or not. He has Steve 0' Don- nell on his staff, and is anxious to match bhim against J.ffries, Greggains or some other coast heavyweight. His chances to secure Jeffries are rather slim, as Corbert has fallen in love with the big fellow from the southern citrus belt, and, if he whips Fitzsimmons, will take him FEast as his sparring partner. A fight between O'Don- nell and Greggains would be a drawing card anywhere. I understood that Billy Kennedy of the Olympic Club has his eagle eye on this match and wants to talk business with Madden. A great crowd of strangers arrived in Carson on. to-day’s trains, most of them being Eastern sporting men. The influx will go on increasing now until Wednes- day. Among the arrivals from San Kran- cisco were: Jim Nealon, the handball champion; Jim Fiynn of the Olympic Club and Fred Graham, the well-known horseman and atblete. Graham h wad of money to bet on his old friena Corbett. He has just come over from Grass Valley and Nevada City, where there are lots of Cornishmen, who bet even money that Fitzsimmons will win. He gathered in a number of these bets. J. G. MANSFIELD. NEALON IS PLEASED. The Olympic Club Man Says Corbett Was Never in Better Form. CARSON CITY, NEv., March 14— There was an air of decided repose around Cook’s ranch this morning, as Fitzsim- mons contented himseif with a plunge bath and a drive into town with his wife. The Cornishman took an off day and did no road work, as a flurry of snow this morning softened the roads, which were in a very muddy condition. There were plenty of visitors at Shaws Bprings. Several members of the Olympic Clubof San Francisco who have known Jim from childhood called on him and he Was very anxious to hear their opinion as to his condition. Jim Nealon, the veteran handball player, who is probably cioser to Corbett than any man living, edged around behind the champion and took in his every move. “What do you think now, honestly, Jim,"’ asked Corbett, as he_ prepared for his rub-down. “You and I have played marbles together, you know, and I would go more on your judgment than on any- body’s. Speak rightout in meeting, old and let us have your honest opin- 'Well Jim,” replied Nealon, “what I have just seen lifts a load from my mind. You did look kind ¢f jaundiced when you left home, and althouzh I would not have said so for the world, I thought you were a bit foggy. I knew I could pick the win- ner of this fight after I had watched you box a few rounds and had a good look at you when the bout was over. 1f you aint fit to-day to fight for your lite, then Idon’t know you, that's ail. You look bigger, work faster and blow less after exertion this minute than I ever knew youn to do before. You need not think you are able to beat me at handball though. T'll take that conceit out of you to-morrow.”” The other members of the party agreed with Nealon that Corbett was ripo for a championship battle. Captain Hinds, superintendent of the Pinkerton detective agency at San Fran- cisco, who will have charge of the police arrangements at the riLgside, was among the arrivals to-day. With him came Bol- ton Rogers, ex-chief of police of Seattle, Wash.; M. J. Conway oF Oilloygs, anX & number of thief-takers with national rep- utations. Twenty picked men, selected from the larger Pinkerton agencies in the East, are due 1o arrive to-morrow. The gambling-housesare being closeiy watched and all crooks are invited to leave town directly they are recognized. Jimmy Wakeley of New York, who get in this morning, went the rounds to-night looking for Fitzsimmons money, but could not place a bet. e IS EDWAKD> “HEDGING?? Evstwhite Backer of Corbett Now Flac- ing Money ow' Fitzeimmons. NEW YORK, N, Y., March 14.—The talk concerning the big fight is as volumi- nous as ever. All the sports who had aay intention of seeing the mill are now on their way to Carson. Opinions as to who will win are still at variance, but the betting seems to be a shade in favor of Corbett. Fitzsimmons’ stronghold seams to be on the West Side, where Peter Maher is pop- ular. The majoricy of the Irishman’s iriends contend that if Fitzsimmons can whip Maher so easily he ought to do the trick when he faces Corbett. Jim Burns is one of Fitzsimmons' ardent supporters in this section of town. He has over $5000 already wagered on Bob, and if the latter looses he will, he says, go ‘clean broke.” The fact that Billy Edwards is now placing his friends’ money on Fitzsim- mons, is looked upon as a good omen by the Cornishman’s supporters. They figure that this sure sign that the.Corbett people are trying to hedge. Edwards woula not_say, when asked yesterday, if he intended to place any of hisown money on Corbett. “The cash I have Plned on the probable result up to date,”” he said, “is mostly commissions. Ihave a little pile of my own in readiness to go down, and unless something extraordinary happens I will speculate on Corbett.” The sentiment among the members of the *‘finest” seerus to be for Fi zsimmons. Several years ago, when Fitzsimmouns met Dempsey, the *‘cops’ went down the line heavily on Jack, and dropped quite a sum. They think that they will recover most of their losses in the coming fight by picking the elonyated boxer to win. ‘Shrewd sports still assert that the bet- ting will be even monay by to-morrow night, and claim that Fitzsimmons’ sup- THE SHAME OF CARSON. ‘The St. Patrick’s day convention has adopted resolutions condemning the dese- cration of the Irish national festival by the proposed exhibition of brutality at Carson next Wednesday. Nothing less could be expected from that convention, which repre- sents all the Irish socie! imperative, in this City. Decency demanded it. Patriotism made it No one who has studied the tactics of the prize-fighters can doubt that the day was selected to stir up a certain feeling and thus to draw more visitors to the ring and more money from the pockets of fools. The real manipulators kept themseives well in the background and a crowd of sports with so-called Irish names were shoved to the front to give the affair a Hibernian appearance, The resolutions of the united societies tear away this pretense and the fight is now seen in its true light as a money- making speculation by men to whom considerations of honor, of morality, of patriot- ism its d nerat ‘e all subordinated to considerations of peif. Every race, every nationality has . We can no more help their existence than we can help the 8 existence of excretions in living bodies. They are a necessity of nature, the dregs in which the ces of the people run off. But we can see to it that these degenerates shall not pretend to represent the race they befoul. ‘We can see to it that the world will know them for what they are worth, the ragtail aud bobtail of the community. We to it that they sl whos 1 not have the opportunity to further dishonor a people greatest reproach is that they belong lo‘;z oo The Irish societies have made their position clear. The decent Irishmen of this town repudiate with all their hearts with all their minds, with all their wn:;l with all their strength thescandal at Clrlol:.’ ‘The newspapers tell us in great det. how one of the pugilists went to mass and another led in the singing of Methodist hymns. During years and years of their obscurity they never think of darkening a church door; but now that their every movement is chronicled they must, like an ill-mannered dog, rub their dirty hides against the skirts of that institution whose shame, whose only shame the are. Breaking every law she has made, they blacken her before the eyes of the pul by entering ber doors. We will not determine whether they are driven by Pharisaism or by superstition; probably there our dntln’ nor part in modern Got! n admixture of both. However, we have do: ‘We have made it clear that the Irish on the coa: performance. It will be attended irom all over the country by the 5 and Vandals wnose existence is a peril to society. Itis a sovereign State could. so.lower .itself before the world as to beco: have neither hand, a hame that n asylum for those compared to whom the banditti of Romulus and Remus were immaculate and of untarnizhed honor.—The Monitor. porters will do s wise thing to snap at all the wacers in sight at prevailing odds. As a rule the Corbott people are still will- ing to offer 10 to 8. and in some cases com- promise at 10 to 734. Jem Mace notitied Barney Aaron that he would back Corbett to the extent of $500. Mace, who knew Fitzsimmons vetore he came to America, says Fitzsim- mons, while being a great fighter, is not up to Corbett in point of cleverness, and, like Al Smith, he thinks Jim will win handily. Jimmy Hayes, who has been offering even money right along, took s few small wacers on Corbett yesterday at 10 to 9. Referee Frank Abrahams said vesterday that he had received another commission of $3000 to back Fitzsimmons from a few Waii-street friends. He will take 8 to 10 if be cannot do better. “Jack” Smith, Dave Bullivan’'s man- ager, on Saturday night made a wager of $200 to $350 on Fitzsimmons with a Boston friend. Itissaid that Mike Katzenstein of the Palace Hotel, San Fraucisco, who is in this city, has backed Fitzsimmons for over $2000 at 7 to 5, despite the conflict- ing tips he has received from his friends at_Carson. Joe Harris, another_enthusiastic. Fits. Mark Hanna. That was too much for the house committee of the club, and the Ex- aminer was summarily cut off.” F. K. Arnold of the house committee of the Commercial Club said this evening: “The vulgar caricature of Hanna that latcy appeared in the Kxaminer gave rise to no end of condemnatory comment among the members of the Commerci: A closer scruiiny of its columns furthe disclosed 1ts indecency, and it is no longer on file in tne club. We have substituted THE CALL, in which we find all the San Francisco news that interests us, pub- lisned in a conservative and inoffensive ll’l.." LR DEATH OF A SAN JOSEAN. Nelson M. Brownell Passes Away in North Dakota, Whither He Went for a Divorce. SAN JOSE, CAL, March 13,—Word has been received in this city of the death of Nelson M. Brownell, a well-known young man of this place, at Fargo, North Dakota, yesterday, from typhoid pneumonia. _Brownell was born in Michigan in 1869. He came to this city about nine years ago, and uubuv%uamly became a member of the firms of William Brooke & Co. and the San Jose Undertaking Compauny. Later he conducted a hotel at Irvington, Ala- meda County. About seven years azo he married Miss Emily Hansen in thiscity., Their married life was not happy, and in September last he went to North Dakota to avoid pub- licity in getting a divorce. Mrs. Brownell is in Los Angeles. They had a child 6 years old. Brownell was & member of the Odd Fel- lows and Foresters of America. ——— Cha o 10 Ziegler, SAN JOSE, CAL., March. 13.—Floyd A. McFarland has issued another challenge to Otto Ziegler for a match bicycle race, the conditions ana distances to be the same as _in last Wednesday’s race—three one - mile heats, McFarland names Wednesday or Thursday as the day for the race. He proposes that the gate re- ceipts go to some charitable institution of the city. He claims that but for the acci- dent he would have beaten Zieglerin their recent race. MoFarland accuses Ziegler of drawing down the purse after announcing to the audience: at the race meet that owing to the accident he would refuse to take the money. e Bwedish Lutheran Conference. BAN JOSE, OaL., March 14.—A confer- ence of Swedish Lutheran ministers of California will open in this city next Thursday evening. and continue until the following Monday. The mornings and afternoons will be devoted to sessions of the conference, with special services and lectures in the evenings. About thirty pastors are expected tn%a in attendance. High Bchool for Mountain View. SAN JOSE, CAn., March 14.—The citi- zens of Mountain View yesterday, by a vote of 181 to 17, decided in favorof having a high school. ' Five acres of gronnd were recently purchased for a site, and a modern and up-to-date school building will be erected. BSteps will be at once taken to is- sue bonds. A Sudden Death at Tacoma. TACOMA, WasH., March 14.—George Abbott, one ot the oldest pioneers of the Pacific Coast. and a printer by trade, ;‘i)mmsnn- man, invested $200 yesterday at 108, ‘ Major MeLaughlin received another ais- patch from Mose Gunst, the San Francisco sport. The latter states that money is being placed in four numbers on Jim, and he cannot see how Jim can lose. L e HASTENING TO CARSON. Sullivdn and His Fellow-Sports Jour- neying Westward, OMAHA, NEBR.,, March 14.—The Union depot was crowded this morning with prize-fighters, alleged fighters and admir- ers of fighters. The first and only special through the city was that over the Rock Island, which arrived at 7:45, with John L. Sullivan and Tommy Ry; board. It was made up of four cars and left at 8 o'clock. John L. is looking well, and says there is no question but that Corbett will win the fight. Tommy Ryan says the same. The Northwestern-Union Pacific was two hourslate and had three extra sles, ers, A Wagner car was occupied by Mal- achy Hogan, the well-known Chicago sporting man, Jack McAuliffe and about twenty others of more or less prominence in lporting circles. Sandy Griswold of this citv had a special Pullman, and twenty-five men from the surrounding country went out with him., There were only six from Omaha, the others being from Sioux City, Des hotnn, 8t. Joseph and towns thereabouts. Assistant Superintgndent Talcott of the Pullman Company joined the train here and will accompany it to Ogden, to see that the party is well treated. st e Greon and Kyan Matched, CARSON, Ngv,, March 14.—A repre- sentative of the Empire Athletic Club of Syracuse, N. Y., to-day matched George Green (Young Corbett)and Tommy Ryan, the welter-weight eh-msphm. for a twenty- round goon April 17. Should Green lose his fight with Smith he will still go azainst Ryan, and the club will arrange a meeting between Smith and the winner of this battl FIRE IN ROSS VALLEY. Flames Destroy the Bosqui Residence and Its Occupants Barely Escape Alive. BAN RAFAEL, Car, March 14.—The residence of E. Bosqui, the veteran en- graverand printer, in Ross Valley, was to- tally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Sev- eral members of the family were out for a walk, and others, inciuding a baby grand- child of the old folks, were upstairs at the time. The exit of those in the house wa so suddenly barred by the flames tha they were gbliged to escape through a chamber window. They succeeded in clambering down with the baby by aid of vines growing at the side of the house. Not a thing was saved but a bundle of silverware. The house was for a long time the home of Mrs. Ross, #hd was one of the old land. marks of the valley, Mr. Bosqui had owned and ‘occupied it for "several years. The family to-night mnggo a cabin on the grounds, the neighbors generously contribnting to their comfort. The loss on the buildings is about with insurance covering three-quarters of the sum. Among the paintings destroyed was one by Toby Rosenthal, which was highly prized by Mr. Bosqui. L by S g BARRED FRUOM PORTLAND CLUBS. i The Emaminer Refused a Place im Twe Reading-Rooms. PORTLAND, Or., March 14.—8ince the e'imination of the San Francisco Exam- iner from the fijes of the Portland Library, for reasons made clear in a dispatch to TaE CaLL from Portland on the 6th inst., that paper is steadily becoming more and mnrspn%.n erals, Tl{h is prutfuuy ilius- trated by the fact that the Arlington and Commercial clubs—the swell organizations of that character here—whose member- ship includes the most promineat busi- dropped dead on the street to-day while out for & walk. The cause was heart disesse. \ His Hcm:-Coming Recalls a Scandal of Nine Years Ago. y o By Wooing the Wife of Another Man He Wrecked Two Households. Married the Woman Afterward, and Both Became Traveling Evangelis's. FRESNO, Cav., March 14/ —Professor E. A. Baird is in Fresno once more after an absence of nearly nine years in the East. His wife, he says, is acting as orzanist at a revival meeting in Visalia, and will join him as soon as she finishes her engage- ment. Professor and Mrs. Baird, who was then Mrs. J. G. Tuttle, were the principalsof a very salacious scandal immediately befors they left Fresno nine vears ago. Both were married and had families residing in the colonies. Both were music teachers, and their intimacy first began while giv- ing concerts together in different towns of the valley. They also gave entertain- ments at neighboring places in this county, and according to the story brought out during the divorce proceedings of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Tuttle, it was on the even- ing rides to and from these points that the entente cordisle between the two music teachers was established. Mr. Tuttle remained home and looked after his farm and did not accompany ms wife on these occasions. Mrs. Baird stayed at home, not suspecting her faith- less husband. The result was c¢hat the Tuttle family was broken up'and man and wife were separated. Mr. Tuttle made scandalous charges against his wile and Professor Baird, and she replied with grave accusations regarding his doings in the East before they came to California. After the divorce was procured, Mrs. ‘Tuttle assumed her maiden name of Juiiet McCleland and left Fresno. Shortly after that Professor Baird also departed. and later it was loarned that they hod joined each other in Oregon, where they contin- ued giving concerts. 5 After the proiessor’s unceremonious de- parture Mrs. Baird instituted proceedings for divorce, and it was granted. Then Professor Baird and Mrs. Tuttle, or Miss McCleland, were married. They went East, and it is repozted that they toured tue country, he as an evangelist, and she as a vocalist. They spent & number of years in Michigan, where Professor Baird went into business, but he was not very successful. They then cume West again. Mr. Tuttle died in this city a few years ago. Harry Tuttle, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle, is now said to be winning fame in New York as a cornet-plager, in fact he is classcd among the best in the country. Fresno Defeats Morced. FRESNO, CAL., March 13.—The Fresno Morning Republican baseball team de- feated the Merced nine in a hotly con- tested game in_ this city this afternoon. The score was 12 to 3. It was an exciting game from start to finish. NEW TO-DAY— CLOTHING. before. and medium shades. Cheviots and Worsteds. Ulsters. charge $30 to $40 for. for $20 to $25. free of charge. and beware of our imitators. DOLLARS For six days only. 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