The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-06

FL PAso Texas, Feb. 5.-"No pow
.. c,n stop these fights" said Dan A.
s,nar, to-day. when informed OF the
Usage OF an ar.l-prizc fighting bill
~ ,he house OF representatives.
"Tbey are coming or just as they
ara advertised. Bat Masterson got In
mi. morning and he will have much to
a, w,.s the protection that will>be ac-
w visitors. Tom O'Rourke with
Ne two colOred wonders. Walcott and
~, rot In too, so that all the fight
- With the exception OF Horace Leeds
a., an the ground. You can say for mo
~, so sure as the principals are alive,
~ In condition to get into the ring.
=" me date set for the contests. 80 sure
Si,I they fight and iiEht 10 u hnlsh. IL
Sgyboiy evlnceS any sort Of doubt as
q, mis-. l Will lay them four to one
tSr any part OF Nifty thousand dollars"
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. BIN
tAs house to-day Mr.. Catron, New Mex
ia, Introduced 4 bin to prevent the
rnrilIqtlc festival from taking place
near III Pdso The bill makes prize
SrhtlnC rilsdemeanor. punishable by
j,,nrisonment for not less chan five
vars, Mr.. Catron asked for unaui-
NOUS consent for consideration, but
NJ Knox, (Rep., Mass.l, objected and
M Hill was referred. Later the house
passed the anti-prlZe hghtlng bill with
out division.
W II. Clarke. one OF the business
rsrtnerS Of Dan A. Stuart in Dallas, re-
cCiyed letter from Hugh p, Kane. the
hacker Of Jack EVcrhaTt. at FL Pase.
Mr Kane says, among other things:
Jack is In the pink OF condition and
now touches the beam ut lS9 pounds.
think he'll do the trick.
"Fltz is doing more work than all the
rest Of the lighters put together, and It
doesn't AFFECT him any more than eat
Ing a sandwich would AFFECT me. He Is
ready now. a party here has COM
mission to put up on Fitz Mt odds OF
Il 40 10 500. He has 5000. too.
'.Maher, Is all right, too, and quite
ready for the fight tomorrow"
Secretary wheelock has applications
for over 1000 seats for the series OF
lights. on Saturday AZ kilograms were
received and two mail deliveries
brought IS? letters.
In the Aght against George Dixon
Jerry Marshall will be seconded by Jim
Han, Peter MGher and Buck Cornelius.
John Quinn will be MnrshRii's time
keeper. Jimmy Barry. now training
with Jack Everhart and Bill Smith. will
finish his work in quarters being pre-
pared Just outside the city. where the
advantages Of mountain climbing are
more available. Joe Choynskl, Tom
O'Rourke, George Dixon and Parson
Davies will enter the ring behind the
bantam weight champion.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. Ex-Governor
cuiberson was seen tonight by an
Associated Press correspondent and
asked what he would do in case the
management OF the FL Paso hsttc car
nlval decided 10 pull the lights on in
the Texas woods surrounding FL Paao.
Governor Culberson replied that he did
not care to be interviewed on the sub
feet; that his recent action and OF
those OF the Texas legislature should
be ASSURANCE enough TO prize fighters
that their presence in Texas would not
be tolerated and that the officers OF the
Ea,e would see at oil times that the
stringent Law against prize nghtinS
wa obeyed no matter what section of
tSe state the fighters chose to locate
on and that Il was unnecessary for
him 20 dictate to the officers es to their
duties
MEXICO CITY. Feb. GET Globo"
RyS the prize lighting managers have
offered the STAKE OF Chihuahua $4,000
10 gold for permission to have the con-
taass take place on Mexican soil. The
p-mls.ion, adds FL Gloho, Will posi-
nyely not be granted