The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-19
MAY FIGHT IN MEXICO.
Texas Lawmakers May Change Things
Little Bit.
Mexico May Bc selected -ArrunGcmcnt-
i'm I'rO-src-- to Lease the Nmphi-
theatre at Nc,v Laredo.

AUSTIN Tex, Oct. 1.-The Texa-
Legislature met 40 noon with "A quo
rum present. The Governor in his
message reviews the law against
prize fighting in Texas, calling at
teutipn To the errors therein, and
closes 10y saying: 'Al persons have
been given notice that the COrbett-
FItz-immon- exhibition would not be
permitted; that whatever has been
done 10y it, projectors was with full
responsibility for the consequences
Public Interests require that this ex-
hibitrou specially should De sup
pressed.
"DI-cOunteuaucei by Mexico and
the Territories, Outlawed and driven
from every State, II l. proposed 10
assemble a horde Of ruff ans and gam
bler-, and offer this STATE this com
mandiDg insult to public d-c-ucy.
Against it the instincts aud pride Of
the people revolt, and your prompt
and re-oIute action will spare them
this iguomy and shame"
He recommends a law making prize
fighting without gloves felony.
There j. a strong lobby here from
Dallas, and the leaders claim TO have
votes enough IN the House TO defeat
the emergency clause. There are only
three Senators opposed To the emsr-
gency clause
The two bills introduced into both
Houses today contain the emergency
clause. One o. the bills, introduced
by Senator Levi, II recognized a TIE
administration bill, aud pTe-cTIbe-
that ti-tIc encounter between man
and man shall be- emed "A felony aud
shall be punished by imprisonment
not les than one nor more than five
years. the other bill, prepared by
Senator simpson, provides for an i'm .
prisOument from five to- ten years.
These bills were referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee in either House,
ami they Were to- take action thereon .
this afternoon. The Dallas attorneys
appeared before them, however, To- .
ask tor further time, claiming that
they cOuli show that the proposed .
law was unconstitutional ami class .
legi-latiOu, a. we'll as cOnfi-catOry.
LAREDO Tex, Oct. LIT appears
that the Florida Athletic Club has .
doubts now as to- its ability To bring
about the COTbett-F itZ-immOns fight
il Dallas, aud this evening secured by
telegraph an option on the amphIthe-
atTe ami arena used for bull fighting
in N~uvO Laredo, Mexico. THIS
would seem To- Indicate the fight may
take place there The option i for
one mouth, but further particulars
cannot he obtained.
CORPUS CRIsTI, Tex, oct IA
dispatch was received here today from
A ia. h. A
alleged that Fi'Z-ImmOns had made
him proposition To divide the purse.
Martin Julian IN uumeasured terms
denounced the assertion a. a lie man
uf ictured out Of whole cloth, and lie
claTed il was nothing but another
effort of tine COTbett party To bring
into iil-TePute. He fur
ther Offt red to make COTDett present
of $1,000 If ne wOuId produce any proof
To back his assertion. He said Cor
Dett was already weakening and try
ing to- crawfi-h out of the fight, but
FIUz would tie in the ring at Dallas AT
the appointed time, r-ady for the con-
test. IL COTbett would not meet him,
then they were willing for the fight To
take place anywhere, even II they had
to- 90 into a closed room and slug il
out for the $4,000 side bet. FItZ will
actual training tomorrow.
He took things easy today but APP
pears 10 De in excellent condition.
His face bears no trace of dis patton.
Last night the lion Nero jumped off
Inc train shortly after il left San An
OuiO. The train was stopped and the
BEAST captured, but one of its legs was
broken. The injured member was
vt soon alter the party reached
Corpus Cristi, but Nero remains in a
pretty bad condition.