The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1897, Page 4

4 GAGE WA READY T0 RESIGN Did Not Wish to Balk the Administra- tion’s Policy. Desired to Step Out if His Attitude Antagonized the President’s. That He Remains Is Proof Posi- tive of His Good Standing With McKinley. WILL KEEP HIS PLACE. Evidence That His Financial Views Are in Accord With Those of the Executive. | ~ Epecial Dispatch to The Call. i Call Office, Riggs House, | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29. { The discussion of the “resignation” | of Secretary Gage is regarded by men in Congress as important, whether the resignation was actually tendered and declined or merely suggested tenta- tively. The important question in- volved in the suggestion of a resigna- tlon on the part of Secretary Gage is not whether Mr. Gage is to remain at the head of the Treasury Department. The question is whether Mr. Gage's position as to the financial policy is satisfactory to the administration. Anything that answers that question is regarded as of great consequence. Whatever occurred between the Pres- ident and Secretary Gage with relation to the latter’s tenurefof office referred entirely to this question, and the fact that Mr. Gage is to remain in the Cab- inet is regarded as fixing the attitude of the administration as to the finan- cial policy. It is 2 matter of the cholce of terms whether it may be said that Mr. Gage tendered his resignation. The com- mon construction of Mr. Gage's course would be that it was a “tender,” | though it may be regarded by the President as only a *“suggestion” of resignation. What is known to be a fact is that Mr. Gage told the Presi- dent that if his (Mr. Gage’s) attitude and utterances on the financial ques- tion caused the President any embar- sment, and this could be relieved | v Mr. Gage's resignation, he would | gn. The occasion for this course on the part of Mr. Gage was the criticism that has been provoked from certain Republicans by Mr. Gage's statement that his object was to commit the country more thoroughly to the gold standard. Upon the President’s reply depended whether Mr. Gage would re- main in the Cabinet. Had the President intimated that he disapproved the financial views of the Secretary, the latter would have pre- sented in a formal way his resignation and have retired from the Cabinet. But the President gave nc such inti- | mation, and the resignation, tendered | in a spirit of friendliness and self-gac- | rifice, was not and is not expected to be formally presented. As well as can be learned, Mr. Gage | had no reason to believe that he was in accord with the President, and a feeling of delicacy prompted him in view of the public criticism to which he had been subjected to give the President an opportunity to relieve himself from all embarrassment, if any were felt. It was simply one method, and the appropriate one, of inquiring of the President whether the course of the Secretary met with his approval. If it did there was no oc- | casion for a resignation. The Presi- dent’s reply confirmed the belief on the part of the Secretary that he was not misrepresenting the administra- tion. The incident furnishes an answer to the question whether it is Mr. Gagel or Senator Wolcott, Senator Chandler and others of like trend of thought ! who understands the President. It also demonstrates that Mr. Gage, if he found himself in a disagreement | with the President, would not change | his own views, but would retire and permit the President to select some | one else in his place. His remaining is, therefore, sufficient proof that there re is no substantial disagreement be- tween them. When Secretary Carlisle disagreed with President Cleveland, he followed a different course. Becoming con- | vinced that Mr. Cleveland was right, he conformed his policy to the Presi- dent’s views. In the present instance there apvears to be no reason for either the Secretary or the President to make any change of position in order to agree. el e LARGE INCREASE IN | GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS. the | 1 | Additional Revenues Derived Under Workings of the Dingley Tariff Law. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The loflh-{ coming monthly statement of the Gov-.| ernment receipts and expenditures will | show a material increase in the re- | ceipts for both custom and internal | revenue. To-day’s increase from cus- toms alone was $735,567, the highest | figure reached since the new tariff laty | went into effect. Several times during the last few weeks the customs reve- nues have exceeded $800,000, and, ac- cording to the expectations of the treasury officials, these figures will be | fuléy maintained for an idefinite pe- | riod. The Increase from customs this| month will _probably exceed that of | November by $2,500,000 or $3,000,000, | which leaves a surplus for the month. Altogether the situation, so far as| revenues are concerned, is very grati- | fying to the treasury officials, who confidently predict that, with the ex- ception of January, when heavy inter- est payments are due, there will be a surplus for each remaining month of the present fiscal year. CHRISTIAN ENDEAYOR BANQUET. Trip to San Francisco Supplies the Texts for Toasts. BOSTON, Dec. 29.—A reunfon and banquet of the Christian Endeavor California excursionists was held to- day at Hotel Brunswick. About 175 meambers were present. Rev. E. L. | marshal, as follows: | Benson, tyler. | families of Masons, and a large number House presided and Introduced Toast- master John Willils Baer. The toasts were: “Endeavorers on Wheels,” Pro- fessor H. R. Groses; “Endeavorers in Meditation,” Professor F. Clark, D. D.; “Some Sights on the Way,” Rev. G. W, Andrews and others; “Too Late for the Train,” William Sha ‘The Joys of an Excursion Manager,” G. N. Lathrop; “Inspiration Points Seen Here and There,” Rev. Alan Hudson and others. Then followed “Illustrated Has Beens,” under the direction of the Camera Club, of which Sidney R. Porter is president. SESaEL PASADENA PREPARING FOR HER ROSE TOURNAMENT. Many Novelties to Be Included in the Annual Festival, and Much Interest Is Being Shown. PASADENA, Dec. 29.—An undercur- rent of excitement permeates all Pasa- dena incidental to the preparations for the annual rose tournament which will be held Saturday. Bunting and ban- ners decorate the business houses, blue | and yellow being the colors of the | tournament. Citizens are decorated | with blue and yellow satin rosettes and | badges, and everything looks favorable for a grand gala day. The fete in- cludes a decorated parade of floats, | coaches, six and four-in-hands, double | and single teams, pony carts, tandem bicycles, equestrians, public officers, | civic orders, fire department, military | company, Americus Club, clubs, public | schools, private carriages, etc. Hand- | some awards are provided and now on display. After the parade there will be athletic sports at Athletic Park, con- | certs, etc., for the entertainment of visitors, some thousands of whom are expected from all over Southern Cali- fornia. From 15,000 to 20,000 are anti- cipated. Many handsome entries will be made from Los Angeles and near- by towns. e OF GENERAL INTEREST TO " THE PACIFIC COAST. Vancouver Soldier to Be Discharged From | the Sevvice—Pensions for West- | ern Veterans. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—By direc- tion of the Acting Secretary of War, Sergeant James MecAllen, Company C, Fourteenth Infantry, now at Van- couver Barracks, Washington, will be discharged from the service of the United States on report of this order by the commanding officer of his sta- tion. The following pensions have been | granted: California—Original, James A. Garland, Berdan, $6; Willlam W. Dorward, Los Angeles, $6; Daniel F. Dirreen, Soldiers’ Home, Berrien, $8 to $12; Willlam Woods, Woodland, $6 to 8; _reissue, Aug. Rumpf, San Diego, 8; Widows Indian Wars, Parmelia B. Baley, Fresno, $8. Oregon—Original, John Cooper, Bea- verton, $6; original widow, etc., Loisa Johnson, $17. ‘Washington—Original, Brown, Ellensburg, $6; Puyallup, $8. GETTING SEAMEN INTO THE INTERNATIONAL UNION. Joseph L. George Dye, English Organizer Visits New York fo Organize a Branch Among Amer- ‘ ican Sailors. | NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—J. Havelock ‘Wilson, M. P., and president of the In- ternational Seamen's and Fireman's Union, addressed a meeting of about 200 seafaring men in this city to-day for the purpose of organizing the American seamen into a branch of the Interna- | tional Union. Andrew Furseth of San Francisco, general secretary of the Pa- cific Coast Seamen's Union, also ad- dressed the meeting. Organizations have already been perfected in Holland, | Spain, France, Germany, Norway and | Denmark. | T STANDARD OIL COMPANY | T0 AROUSE THIS COAST. | To Develop Is Property in Alaska and Oper- | ate Extensively West ot the Rocky Mountains. PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), Dec. 23.—A member of the -Standard Ofl Company writes from New York to a | friend here that the coming season will see that big corporation operat- ing extensively on the Pacific Coast. Its ofl mines in Alaska will be devel- oped and the output brought not only | to the Pacific Slope for distribution west of the Rocky Mountains, but also | for shipment to South America, Asia | and Australia. = ST (0 Masonic Installations at Salinas. | | SALINAS, Dec. 29.—The officers-elect ! and appointed of Salinas Chapter No. | 59, R. A. M., were last evening installed | by William Vanderhurst, P. G. H. P, | as follows: F. W. Smechel, H. P.; V. D. | Black, K.; J. C. Menor, S.; F. S. Ma- | bel, treasurer; J. B. Bennett, secre- | tary; J. Jepsen, C. of H.; A. Patter- son, P. 8.; W. M. Vanderhurst, R. A. | C.; J. G. Joy, M. of Third V.; T. Renl- | son, M. of second V.; William Cupples, | M. of first V.; E. Z. Brokaw, G. The new officers of Salinas Lodge No. 204, F. and A. M., were also in- | stalled by Past Master Willlam Van- derhurst, assisted by Alex Patierson as T. C. Edwards, W. M.; J. A. Webster, 8. W.; G. F. Faulkner, J. W.; T. 8. Mabel, treas- urer; F. A. Abbott, secretary; G. W. | Faw, C.; G. Lacey, 8. D.; W. Norris, J. D.; F. B. Day and F. H. Kellogg, stewards; J. T. Enos, marshal; W. H. | The installations were open to the were present. L gl Bicycle Road Records Approved. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The commit- tee on road records for the Century Road Club of America has approved the following records: 8an Francisco to San Jose—Time, 2| hours 27 minutes; made by E. O. Krag- ness of San Francisco, November 14, 887, Chicago to Milwaukee—Tandem rec- ord, 6 hours 20 minutes; Chicago to Milwaukee and return, tandem record, | 14 hours, 42 minutes, made by Frank G. | Clark and John D. Andrews of Chicago, September 18, 1897. ———— Lightship 50 Again Ready for Duty. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 20.—Lightship No. 50, which for several years was stationed off the river and which for | two months has been under repairs, | was successfully launched yesterday | afternoon at the Smith Point ship yards of the Astoria Iron Works. She will be fitted out and placed in com- | mission again at an early date. It is understood that No. 67, now on duty at the mouth of the river, will then be placedl at a station on Puget Sound. pvEieS i uin Changes for Naval Officers. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The gun- boat Petrel sailed from Hongkong this morning for Canton. Commander B. S. Richards has been granted three months’ sick leave when discl from the Mare Island Hospital. Cap- | tain A. H. McCormick has been de- | tached from the armor factory board, Navy Department, and ordered to command the battleship Oregon. Cap- tain A. S. Barker has been detached from the Oregon and granted two months’ leave. l THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1897. i FOLEY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Charged With Hav- ing Slain Mother and Sister. Strong Network of Evi- dence Around the Mis- souri Suspect. Unable to Account for His ‘Whereabouts on the Night of the Tragedy. CALM WHILE IN COURT. Witnesses Swear That the Young Man Often Cursed the Two Unfortunates. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LIBERTY, Mo., Dec. 29.—The taking of testimony in the second trial of Wil- liam Foley, charged with the murder of his mother and sister in November, 1896, was actively begun here this morning. The courtroom was crowded with spectaters, many women belng among them. The morning was taken up with the testimony of persons lving in neighborhood of the Foley farm, sev- eral of whom heard the shéts and the screams of the two women. It was proved that the shooting occurred a very few minutes after 9 o'clock. It was shown that young Foley lefy the house of Leonard Ligon at aboud 8:30 o'clock and that Foley had falled to account for about fifty minutes’ time intervening between that hour and his %Fpe_arnnce at the house of Charies Villiams, another neighbor, to whom Foley brought the news of the murder | of his mother and sister. Charles Willlams and his sister, Liz- | zle Williams, who returned with young Foley to the Foley farm, testified as to his actions upon returning to the house where his mother and sister lay dead. Foley went to his room and sat on the bed in a fainting condition and called upon them to come and fan 'm. Later Foley showed them that his own gun had been used and ex- pressed the suspicion thrat an ex-con- | vict named Hoover, wh> had worked for the Foleys, had crime. Mrs. E. V. Adkins testifled to having previously heard Foley curse his sister. Three men who had been employed by the Foleys as farmers testified to hav- ing often heard Foley quarrel with his mother and curse her. Foley's desire for a division of the estate had been opposed by his mother and sister. Other witnesses testified as to the condition of the premises after the murder and the finding of the money purses of Mrs. Foley and Fanny Foley in a pond near the house after the murder. The purses had been kept by the women in the bed in which they were murdered. It was also shown that a cocklebur found in the bed had upon it horsehairs, which match the committed the mane of the horse ridden by Foley | from the house of Leonard Ligon. During the day’s proceedings Foley's demeanor was calm. He showed no signs of agitation when the blood- stained night-ciothes of his mother and sister were exhibited before the jury. Mrs. James Morrow and Amella Foley, the prisoner’s sisters, sat bes{de him throughout the day. The prosecution will show that Emil Hoover, the man whom Foley sought to implicate, was working for A. J. Bickel on a farm near Princeton, Mo., on the night of the murder. TWO HIGHWAYMEN STOP AN IDAHO STAGE COACH. Rob the Passengers but Get No Money From the Mails—A Vigilance Commit- tee Organizes. LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 29.—The Lewiston-Mount Idaho stage was held up at 9 o’clock last night by two high- waymen one mile from Grangeville, Two passengers were relleved of about $60 and the robbers secured the contents of two mail sacks, but missed the one containing the registered money packages. After the robbery the driver was instructed to turn the stage back toward Cottonwood, the robbers following at a short distance. When the robbers disappeared the d’filver resumed the journey to Grange- ville. At Grangeville there Is great excite- ment, and a vigilance committee has been organized. Last night's robbery is supposed to be the work of the same element which has made two at- tempts within the past week to de- stroy the town by fire and the citi- zens of that place are determined to use very means for protection. A o SAILS INTO ASTORIA AFTER A ROUGH TRIP. Four-Masted British Bark Dundes Has a Stormy Passage All the Way From ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 29.—Tired of waiting for the rough weather to abate, so that a tug could tow her into harbor, the four-masted British bark | Dundee, Captain W. McC. Greig Jarvis, twenty-three days from Hiogo, Japan, and seven days off the mouth of the river, sailed into port this afternoon. The Dundee is a fine vessel, with a carrying capacity of 3000 tons. She 1s in ballast and wiil leave for Portland in the morning to load wheat. Cap- tain Jarvis, in conversation with a press representative this evening, said: “We had a rough passage all the way, but lost neither safls nor gears and spoke no one on the voyage.” ———— COLORED MURDERER LYNCHED. Killed a Deputy Sheriff Who Attempted to Arrest Him. COLUMBUS, 8. C., Dec. 20.—A lynch- ing occurred last night at Kings Tree, ‘Williamsburg County. Deputy Sherift Philip Poston on Christmas eve went to Georgetown County to arrest Sam Turner, colored. Turner resisted. Poston shot Turner through the abdo- men, inflicting a mortal wound, and in turn was shot dead. Turner lingered between life and death until last night, | when he was conveyed to Kings Tree. A crowd of men came to the wagon, put pistols against the man's head and shot him to death. the | JUSTIFIES THE KILLING OF RUIZ Colonel Aranguren Is- sues an Address to Americans. | Denies That the Spaniard Was Slain Under a Flag of Truce. Had Entered the Camp With Two Insurgent Deserters for His Guides. | TALKED TO THE TROOPS. Offered Pardon and Amnesty if They | Would Surrender to the Oppressor. | Copyright, 1597, by James Gordon Bennett. | HAVANA, Dec. E—The following | lotter from Colonel Nestor Aranguren | | was received this morning: To the Rdltor of the Herald: Thero has come to my hands a copy of your paper printed in New York, and I am | morry to £oe how has been judged an act which is of such transcendent importe ance to the ceuse of Cuban independence, | and as in the mald paper facts are com- mented on in an unfavorable manner for | the Cubans who strugsle for thelr sacred ideal, perheps owing to lack of knowl. | odgo of the true faocts, I address you th lotter, which I hops you will be kind| enough to publish. This is not the timo | for mo to defend my feilow countrymen by means of the press. History will| judge the facts and the world shall pass | judgment. I wieh, however, to refute | the calumny which has been exposed to | clviiization that *“‘the bearer of a flag of | truce was exocuted” when he entered our | ranks under a white flag. It is false, & | thousand times false! Lieuterant-Colorel Rutz wished to have | an interviow with me, and I daid not | grant it because I knew He wanted to | talk about my accepting sutonomy. I| know that word was scnt to him to glive | it up and his friends in Havana, who al=so know me, advizod him also to give it up. He, however, persisted, and his temerity lost him his fe. I cannot be unfaithful to my oath to die or to obtain Independence from the Spenish yoke, which but four days prev- jously I had signed, together with my companions in arms in this province, in | the protest issued. As a soldier it was | my duty to order a verbal court-martial which tried Lieutenant-Colonel Ruiz and | had him executed. The said Lieutenant-Colonel entered our camp guided by two Spanish f\nflel,‘ who were deserters from our forces, and without any flag of truce or documents | of any kind other than what has already been said, and as soon as he came to | my presence he commenced before my officers and troops to make us promises of pardon and amnesty, and to offer us autonomy. I leave it to the people of the great American nation to say which was the duty of a scidier. The details of this event are expressed | | with accuracy in the newspaper, El Yara, | published on the 33d inst. “Country and liberty.” | In the field, December 25, 1897. Yours respectfully, NESTOR ARANGUREN, | Brigadter-General R. de C. Army of Lib- eration, Fifth Corps Division. | T s | GOMEZ HAD DECREED THE DEATH OF SCOVEL. | Retracted When He Learned That the Cor- | respondent Represented This Government. | HAVANA, Dec. 29.—Many friends of | | Senor Canalejas and Mr. Sylvester Scovel, correspondent of the New York World, went to the railroad station to- day to meet them and were disappoint- | | ed at their non-arrival. They are con- | fidently expected to-morrow. News has arrived here ahead of them this even- ing that Scovel is back from the field after having presemted President Mc- Kinley's letter to General Maximo Gomez. The rumor that Scovel had been sen- tenced to death appears to have been well founded. The insurgents sent word to General Gomez's camp that two| Americans—Senor Madrigel and Mr. | Scovei—were on their way to headquar- | ters to induce General Gomez to sur- render. General Gomez, enraged, di- rected that both be court-martialed on | the spot, but on learning that they were special envoys from Secretary Sherman, acting under orders of Presi- | dent McKinley, he instricted that they | be released and agreed to meet them. | Senor Madrigal, United States Con- | sul at Sancti Spiritus, explained to | General Gomez that President McKin- | ley, in accordance with a promise to | Spain to use his friendly influence with | the insurgents to bring the war to an | end, had selected him (Senor Madrigal) | and Mr. Scovel to carry out the mis- sion. He then presented Secretary Sherman’s letter to General Gomez. | | The latter had the letter translated for | him and gave orders that the commis- | sioners should be treated with all con- | sideration. He fixed an appointment | for the following day, promising dur- | ing the interval, tc confer with the Cu- | | ban Government with reference to the | action to be taken. { The following morning Gomez as- sured Senor Madrigal and Mr. Scovel that he was much pleased with the in- terest shown by the American Govern- ment in the island of Cuba, and that he would reply to President McKinley through the representaiive of the Cu- ban Government at Washington, as he (General Gomez) was not allowed to correspond directly with foreign pow- ers. It is understood that Senor Canale- Jas is returning to Havana for good, having given up his proposed visit to | Eastern Cuba. GENERAL BLANCO TO = BE CUBA’S GOVERNOA. Wish to Put Into Effect at Once. HAVANA, via Key West, Dec. 20— The Gazette (official) prints the au- tonomic legislation for Cuba. General Blanco, in his edict, assumes supreme command of all branches of the Gov- ernment as the delegate of the crown Ministers of State, War, Navy and Foreign Affairs,” who reside in Madrid and will continue to dictate to General Blanco what he shall do in carrying | partment of Posts and Telegraphs will 1a vear. | spies of the Uber lynching party | force and effect to stand. | ker of the Mascarel Hotel, prosecuting | destroyer Virago left for Esquimault out his functions. General Blance, or any other Captain-General who might be appointed in his place, will be sim- ply a viceroy governing the island, assisted by six secretaries, assembled with their chalrman in =& council of government. The government will go into effect on Saturday next and will be formed of five secretaries, with their chair- man (six all told). The list of Govern- ment secretaries is already forecast by cable, with the exception that the De- | be under Senor Laureano Rodriguez, instead of Senor Fernandez de Castro. The correspondent of the Madrid Imparcial, who has ridden over a | greater part of the island, writes to his paper that he saw at San Jose Lajas, this province, 4500 reconcentrados thrown into the streets or dying in wretched huts, mere living skeletons. He stated that 10,000 have died within Most of the reconcentrados, he said, did not care to work when they left their homes. They carrled with them all their belongings and have gradually sold these. Their physical strength was wasted and they needed a helping hand to lift them even from the gutter. et FRENCH’S BODY WILL BE BURIED IN CALIFORNIA. Remains of the Oregon Cattle King to Be Shipped to Red Bluff—His Slayer in Custody. | BAKER CITY, Or.,, Dec. 20.—The re- | mains of Peter French, the millionaire | cattleman who was killed by Edward L. Oliver last Sunday in Diamond Val- ley, Harney County, will be brought | here to-morrow. After being embalm- ed they will be shipped to Red Bluft, Cal, the home of the mother of the deceased. It is understood that Oliver | is in custody at Burns, the county seat | of Harney Count | UBER'S LYNCIERS WARN BILL JONES Outspoken Resident of Douglas County Who Does Not. Seem to Scare. Disregards a Notice to Leave the Valley—Alarm Among Sus- pected Parties. Specla! Dispatch to The Call. CARSON, Nev.,, Dec. 23.—For the| first time in weeks to-day and the day before found more of the lobbyists and in Genoa. It develops that last week ‘Willlam Jones, who had indulged 1in some criticisms at the expense of the | lynchers, received the following letter: | GARDNERVILLE, Nev., Dec. 15.—Blill | Jones: To uphold the dignity of a law- abiding community and protect law-abid- ing citizens from the dangers of lawless | and disreputable characters it has de- | | | volved upon us to rid this valley of all such characters. You are therefore warned and notifled hereby to leave this | valley and county, never to return again, before the end of this week or you will be treated in the same manner as Adam Uber. This is your only warning and you had better heed it. LAW PROMOTERS. Jones got the letter last week, but | treated it with contempt, and no move has been made to molest him. He works for John McCue, who is one of | the new Grand Jury. The old Grand | Jury in their report recommended better security for the jail, and no at- tention was paid to their recommenda- | tions by the Sheriff. The feeling| against the Sheriff, Commissioners and District Attorney is growing, and it is | quite likely that their removal from office will be recommended by the/ Grand Jury. The relatives of Uber| have been in correspondence with their | attorney in Carson, and are expected | to take a hand in the fight agalnst the suspected parties, who are now thoroughly cowed and wondering what | will turn up next. — The Third Train-Wrecker Captured. STOCKTON, Dec. 20.—The third man | implicated in the attempted train | wreck in the robbery on the Southern | Pacific near Ripon, in this county, sev- | eral months ago, has been caught in | Napa and Sheriff Cunningham will go | after him to-morrow. The fellow's name is said to be Loupe. The other | two train wreckers, George Williams | and George Schlagel, were sentenced | to life imprisonment and are now in | the penitentiary. Willlams was con- victed here and Schlagel pleaded guilty in the hope of being pardoned in a few years, as he was a tool in the hands of Williams. The train wreck- ers hoped to rob the train, but officers were on it, and in the shooting that followed a tramp riding on top of a car was shot in the leg, but not seriously hurt. il e Hotel-Kespers Will Make a Fight. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 20.—The Hotel-Keepers' Assoclation of South- ern California does not Intend, without a fight, to permit Judge Day’s decision | declaring the Innkeepers’ act of no E. H. Bar-| witness in the case of the People vs. Baker, will appeal to the Supreme Court and he will be aided financially by the Hotel-Keepers' Association. Eminent practitioners have been re- tained by the appellant. British Warships Sail for Esquimault. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 29.—The British cruiser Leander and the torpedo boat | this afternoon. | cal [SSUES A DEFI T0 LANKY B0B Corbett Writes a Challenge and Brady Posts a Forfeit. Stuart Confident of Bringing the Two Men Together in Nevada. Joe Choynski Named as the One ‘Whom “Kid" McCoy Must Whip for a Record. Special Dispatch to The Cali. CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.—James J. Corbett, who is spending the hollday week here, 13 to-night writing a chal- lenge to Fitzsimmons. Corbett says| that when Fitzsimmons announced his | retirement he did not feel at liberty to challenge him. Now that Fitzstm- | mons has announced that he is still in the ring, the challenge will be prepar- ed within a day or two. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—W. A. Brady | will to-day post $2500 with Al Smith to bind a match between Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Dan Stuart, who managed the Fitz- stmmons-Maher end Corbett-Fitzsim- mons bouts successtully, said to-day that he would leave for the West next week and hoped that he would secure the signatures of both Fitzsimmons and Corbett to articles of agreement for a ring contest, which he proposes to bring off next summer, pl-otun:nyi in the State of Nevada. He sald that as matters stood now he did not an- | ticipate any trouble in getting.Corbett to sign, and he was equally hopetul; of gaining the consent of Fitzsimmons to meet the big Californian in the ring Just once more. Just what the amount | of the purse which he would offer would be Stuart refused to say. | Stuart would like to have the con- test take place not earlier than next July, and said that he would like to| arrange a meeting between Kid Mec- | Coy and Choynski or some other good middle-weight to take place in the same week. | If he could succeed in making ar- rangements for both contests, Stuart sald, he would offer excellent induce- | ments for the winners of boih these | | bouts to meet six months later, so that | in the event of McCoy and Fitzsim- mons winning they could settle their differences as to their respective prow- ess within the year 1898. Stuart ex-| pects to be in Chicago by the latter| part of next week and sald it would | be no fault of his if the big fellows did | not come to an agreement. | “Parson” Davies, for ‘‘Joe” Choynski, | sent word to-day to New York from Chicago that he had forwarded by mail to Al. Smith, who held the stakes | for the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, a check for $1000 to cover the money Mc- | Coy posted with Sam Austin on Tues- day, as told in The Call. McCoy posted $1000 to be covered by the man Fitz- simmons selected for him to defeat as a preliminary step to the battle with the champion for middle-weight hon- ors. Fitzsimmons named Choynski, but | the McCoy people may not accept him | because they think he is out of the middle-weight class. Davies’ telegram to Al Smith to-day was as follows: ““See that Fitzsimmons names Choyn- | ski to meet McCoy. Have to-day mail- | ed you a check for $1000 on behalf of | “Joe' to bind match.” | In his challenge McCoy expressed his | willingness to meet anyone at the mid- | dle-weight limit—158 pounds. Davies in his message says nothing about weight. If McCoy stands by his declaration | there will, however, probably be no fight. | for the reason that Choynski, being a | light heavy-weight, cannot possibly | get to 158 pounds. Sporting men say that outside of Fitzsimmons there is no | middle-weight worthy of McCoy's prowess, for which reason, like George | Dixon and Kid Lavigne, he will have to get out of his class if he wants to | meet any one else other than Fitzsim- | mons. They say that Choynski, being nearest to his weight, {8 his next logi- opponent, provided Fitzsimmons will not face him at present, inasmuch as Fitzsimmons, while the middle- ‘weight champlon, met Choynski. They also point out that if McCoy gave away weight to Creedon he should do so to| Choynski. William A. Brady, manager of Cor- bett, to-night sent to the Associated Press the following challenge to Rob- ert Fitzsimmons, champion pugilist of the world: James J. Corbett, dissatisfied with the result of his late contest with you at Car- son City, and not believing that you are his superior, either as a boxer or a fighter, and being of the opinion that the mafority of the American people share his belief that he can defeat you if you are man enough to grant him a return battle on equal conditions, has deposited to-day as a first deposit to bind a match for $10,000 a side, the persons offer- ing the largest inducements to have the management of the contest. As you have said to-day that your wife has “withdrawn her objections to your again entering the ring, there is no rea- son why the arrangement should not be speedily consummated, for you, {n my presence at Carson City, gave Corbett | your word of honor that if you ever en- tered the ring again you would give him the first chance. 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