Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-21
GREAT FIGHT DECLARED OFF
The Florida Athletic Club Puts the
KibOsh on Arkansas Hot
Springs To-day. =,
FIGHT POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER n
Probably Move in the Interest of Ell
Paso-The Lower Rio Grande
Likely to Get the Mill
Next Month.

Ell Paso, Texas, Oct. 2l.-The indica
tions are that the Corbett- F itzsimmont
fight will be held In the vicinity of this
city, near the point where Captain Jones
of the Texas Rangers, was killed few
years ago. Jones believed at the time he
was on Texas soil. Along the Rio Grande
number of strips of land formed by the
constantly changing course of the river
which are in dispute and over which
NO JURISDICTION IL CLAIMED
at present by either the United States or
Mexico, as the boundary commission has
not yet passed upon them. There are
some pieces on the left bank belonging
to Mexico and some on the right bank
belonging to Texas, and some of the
owners of these pieces have titles from
both the United States and Mexican gov
ernments, yet neither of these govern
ments is exercising any jurisdiction over
these particular pieces of land. The con-
tinuous shifting of the river has caused
these islands or strips of land to be con-
sidered neutral ground, and it was partly
to settle these disputes that Mexico and
the United States appointed a commits
sion eight years ago to determine
THE EXACT BOUNDARY LINE
between the two countries. The claim
ants of the respective lands have been
expecting to see the matter settled for
the past fifteen years, and it is not likely
that the matter can be settled at all soon,
as the commissioners have no final juris-
diction in the matter and can only recon-
mend to their respective governments
their findings and agreements.
This state of affairs is due to the utter
disregard which the United States govern
ment has paid to the Rio Grande water
question for the past fifteen years. As it
would take at least several weeks to make
the surveys and determine the ownership
of the present neutral territory there is
now splendid opportunity for having
the proposed contest come off on this
ground, where neither government can
interfere.
HABEAs CORPUS CASE APPEALED.
Hot Springs, Ark.-Attorney General
Kinsworthy went to Little Rock to-day
with complete transcript of the evidence
and records in the Corbett habeas corpus
case, tried on Saturday before Chancery
Judge Leatherman. The supreme court
will review ehe same at the earliest prac-
ticable moment and may do 1t to-day.
General Kinsworthy said that he be-
lieved the supreme court would reverse
the chancellor's Judgment, but refused to
say why he thought 80. He also said that
he believed that the decision was not
correct. He would not disclose, if he
knew, what action Gov. Clarke would
take should the supreme court sustain
the decision.
DISCUSSING ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
The Florida Athletic club will meet re-
representatives. of Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons to-day for discussion of the art
icles of agreement, which Julian, who has
full power from Fitzsimmons to act, says
positively that he will not sign. Brady
says that Julian should bring his man
here and let him and Corbett settle the
matter in the arena.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FIGHT DECLARED OFF.
Hot Springs, Ark.-The fight between
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by the Florida Athletic club. At con-
ference this morning between the man
ayers of Corbett and Fitzsimmons, the
club asked that the contest be postponed
until November II. Brady acquiesed;
Julian would not. The contest was then
declared of. Brady then said his last say,
that Corbett would meet any man in the
world, Fitzsimmons preferred on Novem-
ber II, the man to be named within
twenty-four hours. Vendig announced
that he would match Maher against Cor
belt and fnd some one to take his place
against O'Donnell, the contest between
Maher and Corbett to be for $4,000 a
side.