The record-union., 1896-02-21


| interference from powers earthly or
higher, Fitzsimmons and Maher will
settle the question of superiority in the
prize ring as soon after sunrise to-
morrow morning as the atmospherical
conditions are favorable to the opera
ton of the kinetoscope. At midnight
the party is en- Eoute to the battle
ground, the departure having been
made over the Southern Pacific road
at 11:15 p. M, one hour and fifteen
minutes late, the delay being caused
by a derailed freight train
There were not a dozen men in the
entire eight coachloads, however, who
knew just where they were going to
bring up. Every other man had diff
ferent tip, and each was positive that
his was the only simon pure article.
There were surface indications, how
ever, that the first destination was Del
Rio, which is 453 miles distant from
this city, across the Rio Grande del
Norte, the territory being in the State
of Coahuila, and outside of the jurls-
diction of Governor Ahumada. The
nearest military post is Porfirio Dlaz,
seventy-five miles distant. For miles
around the country is wild and noun
famous, while the hills contain score
OF level plateaus that would make an
ideal spot for the encounter
Those closest to the promoters be-
lieve that this is the destination, but
there are others who claim to nave
authentic information that the inten-
tion is to run to Langtry, a station
forty miles this side, and then double
back to Fort Hancock, fifty-three miles
from here, where the Mexican IRON
tier is reached in a walk of a mile and
quarter. Color is given to this the
ory by a remark of one of the managers
to the effect that while it would take
seven to twelve hours to reach the
battle ground, the return might be
rlade in two, if the engineer was SO
disposed.
The United Press learns that the
Mexican authorities We're advised sew
eral days since that the ring was IN
process Of erection near Langtry, and
that the kinetoscope apparatus was on
the ground. The wires tomorrow Will
take up the thread of the story, whether
the strands be floating in old Mexico or
New Mexico, in Texas or in Arizona.
| The announcement that definite in
formation concerning the departure
would be given out at O'Clock attracted
q large crowd to headquarters. There
were Mexicans, whose apparel desig-
mated them as being of very high and
very low degree; well-dressed American
sports, and a fringe of brawny cattle
men, colored brethren and hangers
cut at the local saloons and gambling
houses.
At least third of the throng looked
as though it had not seen the price OF a
ticket to the ringside for many long
day. Perhaps Dan Stuart was of the
same opinion, for after surveying with
a curl of his lip the aggregation that
had responded to his call, he whispered
to one of his associates and left the
room Five minutes later, when the
Office boy posted the following on the
plate glass windows, there was break
for the open:
"Those intending to witness the Ma
her Fitzsimmons contest will be at the
office at $40 O'Clock tonight. The rail-
road tickets wifi cost not over So for
the round trip. DAN STUART.
There were snorts and grunts and
howls of disappointment when the clos
ing paragraph was read aloud, and
great many of the crowd freely ex-
pressed the opinion that the affair had
been gotten up solely for the benefit of
bleated bondholders and millionaires.
Just before train time Fitzsimmons
and Julian were brought to Dan Stuart's
Office in a carriage. Julian, on behalf
OF Fitzsimmons, demanded that the
purse be converted into money to be
paid at the ringside. He insisted that
no checks would be fought for or ac-
cepted by Fitzsimmons.
To this Stuart agreed. Stakeholder
O'Rourlxe was held up and produced
the checks. Carriages were sent out for
cashiers of the banks, and when they
appeared at their institutions the vaults
were opened and $4,000 in new 800
bills counted out, $4,000 from the State
Bank and 1000 from the First Ma
tional The entire pile was turned over
to Referee George Siller, who wrote a
note to Julian stating that he would
produce it at the ringside. Later Julian
demanded to see it before the train
pulled out, and was gratified.
Shortly after 8 o'clock the crowd of in
tending participants began to line up
again at headquarters. Bat Master
son was one of the first to put in an ap-
pearance With him was Parson
Davies and Joe Vendig. Then came
jim Phillips, Frank Edwards, Thomas
Vance and Ted Foley of New York; M.
F. McLane, Dan Duffy, Tom Byrne,
Frank Webber, John Corbett, William
Gillen, William Hook, John Wade,
Robert Dempster and Fred Ruley of
Chicago; Tom O'Rourle of Boston,
Colonel Dick Plunkett OF Oklahoma,
Martin and James Joyce and ]. C. Hes
penheid of Pittsburg; NJ. g. Weidman,
Baltimore; Charles Reynolds and Reddy
Gallagher, Denver; John Nolan, Louis
vile; Tom Perry, Tucson; Charles
Adams and J. Furlong, St. Louis; Chas |
Reynolds. Detroit; Fred Bronson and
Robert Turner, Minneapolis John
Cohen, San Francisco There We're
perhaps go sports from outside the
city, while the local fraternity was rep
resented by about fifth Of that num-
ber As each man received his paste /
board the rendezvous for the departure /
was given him in an undertone
Maher drove by at 9:30 o'clock with /
a big crowd of friends in his rear. He
was given a cheer as he passed the
office.
Maher will have in his corner to-mor- |
row Jim Hall, Buck Connolly, Peter
Lowry, Jack Quinn and Peter Byrnes. |
while Parson Davies will act as time
keeper. <Fitzsimmons will have be-