Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-24
NO NEARER SOLUTION.
The Prime. .als Are All Cropping Around in
 the Dark

the Dark.
 Hot Springs Ark, Oct. 23.-Fake fol- lows fake in the fight controversy in such rapid succession that there is scarcely time for breathing spells between devel- opments. As told in the dispatches of last night and early this morning, John Dalton of Chicago, who has been mas querading at the Arlington for the first ten days as Julian Davenport, drove out to Corbett's headquarters at 10 o'clock accompanied by Martin Julian, FitZsim- mons manager, and claiming to repre- sent the Hot Springs club, submitted to Brady proposition to fight on November l, for purse of $10000 and a side stake of $10,000. The party returned at o'clock with the report that Brady had taken the proposition under advlsement and would consult with the management. At 10 o'clock this morning Brady drove into the Springs to Mayor Waters office and was informed by that official that Dalton had not been authorzedsto make any prepar- ations, that the club did not know him and did not want to have anything in the way of dealings with him. w. L. Bab- cock of the club, who arrived while the conversation was in progress, took the same stand as the mayor and so did sev- eral members of the organization who dropped in during the next fifteen min utes. Color had been given last night to Dalton's representation from the fact that he had been seen in conversation with Mayor Waters at the Arlington ho- tel for half an hour before the start was made for Springlake. The mayor ex- plained this by saying that Dalton &C., costed him and kept him talking for long time, precisely as scores of other strangers have done since the scene of the fight operations was transferred to this city.
 Naturally, Brady was mad through and through and his feelings were shared by the club officials, who gathered at the Arlington and expressed their opinion of Dalton in blunt language. That indi- vidual, however, was not within hearing, having arisen at an early hour and dis appeared from the hotel. Brady said that if even the offer had been made bona fide Corbett would not have ac- cepted 1t. "Our final proposition" he said, was made yesterday. We are will ing to fight within four days for the side1 bets or for nothing if these people con tinue to insist that Corbett is not in con dition, or we will go into the ring on NoI vember II for the purse of $41 ,000. Why should either man want to fight for $1O,- 900 when by waiting for two weeks he can have purse four times the siZe?"
 So sure were Dalton and Julian that Corbetts party would snap at the offer, with the assistance of a score of news paper men and local night owls they were occupied until nearly o'clock this morn ing in drawing up articles of agreement, so that Julian could attach his signature before leaving today to visit Fitzsimmons at Corpus Christi to bring him here next week. The articles provide for a boxing match to a finish with five-ounce gloves on Friday, November l. under the aus pices of the Hot Springs Athletic club. for purse of S10,000 and a side wager of $20,000, the purse to be posted on or be- fore October 26 and to be turned over to the referee twenty hours before the con test. It was further stipulated that the articles should only hold good in case of the failure of the Florida Athletic club to carry out it's contract, expiring Octo- Der 31, while a final clause provided that Joseph Vendig of New York should have no financial interests in the ar- engagements of the match. The draw ing up of the articles was characterized this morning by members of the local club as unmitigated gall and buncombe.
 The mill is therefore as far off as it has been at any time since the original arti- cles were signed.
 Dan Stuart, who left for Dallas this afternoon, still clings to the hope that the men can be brought together on No vember II, and he will return on Sunday.
 There is a disposition to give the Flori- da people an interest in whatever matches may be brought off in order that they may have chance to recoup themselves for the heavy outlay to which they have been subjected.
 Daltons- movements in the affair are surrounded with considerable mystery. He is an ex-Northside Chicago saloon keeper and claims to be a heavy holder of real estate. Fen days ago he arrived here and registered at the. Arlington as Julian Davenport of5Chicago He came direct from New Orleans, a fact which he denies, but which is affirmed by people now here who travelled nearly the en- tire distance with him. Around the hotel he made himself conspicuous by asking the opinions of everybody and anybody concerning the merits of the two men and the prospects of a fight, but has been chary of expressing an opinion himself Since Julians arrival on Sunday he has spent considerable time in the mana gers room. The telegrams N Julian re- lating to Fitzsmmon's side bet have been invariably signed by A. G. P. Eek hart & O., the New Orleans bookmakers who have always made reference to third party. This latter, so it is learned l this morning on authority, is one Gour- i dai.
 Joe vendig this morning received telegram from John s. Fitzpatrck, Cole man house, New York; asking him if he would take charge of match between Lsvigne and Jack McAuliffe as a feature of the proposed supplementary carnival here. He will not answer until the skies have cleared fS