The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-17
Forfeit Paid to the Men and All
Stop Training.
JULIAN REFUSED A CONFERENCE
Positively Refused to Agree to Anything
Bull Fights Attracted q Big Crowd.
Heartily Condemned.
From a Special STAFF Correspondent
On tho ErnIInd


t'S iotAtll money Ut q clOCA. lie IL as ]
Determined as ever to pull of the big tight |
and Will insist upon FitzsImmons and |
Maher contesting for the purse. even II |
Julian claims the forfeit OF $500 from Ma !
her the hight TO take place just as soon !
as che eyes OF the Irishnan are well.
The conference at 10 o'clock tomorrow
viii settle the championship contes, ques- |
ton definitely.
Martin Julian showed his hand today By
refusing 10 go into conference with Buck
Connolly, VINO came here from Las Cruces !
WIN run lower to act for Maher. Ine
conference was SGT for Il o'clock TO-DAY
but the southern Pacific was two hours
late. Upon his arrival In this city, Con-
molly sought Dan Stuurts HEADQUARTERS.
'gHan "a not haseiIal@e apl hueK cross
ca Ihe ri'si ana called at Flt1slminvns'
headquarters !ie found Julian aud made
q war talk TO him
On his retIrn to III Paso Connolly said
TO The Fost correspondent; Il Invited him
ever Tor a conference ana he declined Fat
tovied 10 accept my invitation. saying that
he wanted no conference and woLid not
VISIT stuart headquarters until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow. Thea 1 suggested that ne inecl
me tonight ana say jus. what he intenuud
to do IN order to satisfy the big crowd OF
visitors, who demand some sort Of al eN-
PLANTATION and are willing TO renlDin over
II there Is a chance for fight. lie again
refused Then I asked him to agree to
hno.her rostlo' culent until next trida y,
CHEERING TO hand over the 5000 forfeit lro-
Niding that Peter was no, In con1it.on 10
hight on that day. Again he declined to
commit himself. saying thmt at 10 o'clock
Monday morning he would make known
his decision. ! told him that Peter would
he compelled to take the tram at Las
Cruces at 1905 tomorrow morning to get
mere tomorrow ana suggested tnat a lc
o'clock conference was hardly fair. Julian
ih"n SAID ne had friends 10 dinner tonight
ana could not break the engagement.
'Maher5 eyes are stu very sore, yet
he Is improving rapidly. He is in no
IaI a
him II tho forfeit was $1,000 instead Of
5000. lie Is a blind man and they can
not take the forfeit from man In tina,
condition / viii produce him In this city
tomorrow. but will not let hun fight. His
admirers have placed thousands of dol
lars nron his Winning IN fight and !
shall protect them by refusing to permit
linn to night IN his Present condition.
am satisfied that he Will be IN condition
To tight by Friday
Tom O'Rpurkc. who was present during
The interview, declared that 1t would be
an outrage to force Maher to fiFht or for
Julian to claim the forfeit under the cir
The Post correspondent, later found
doggediy refused 10 say Just what he
Intended to do tomorrow, but the opinion
with the Australian tomorrow and de-
mand fight or the forfeit.
Dan Stuart had nothing 10 say. lie
is ready to pull or the light when the
two principals are ready, and II Julian
claims the forfeit tomorrow Quinn, and
not stuart win be out a cool $1,000.
BAH Fighting was resumed ri Juarez
again this afternoon and 1000 Americans
Witnessed the brutal spor'. There were
! 1909 ladies' present and Governor Ahumada
and party OF the swclls OF the Mexican
I capital of chihuahua and the cream OF
Juar"z society Witnessed the disgusting
| spectacle.
! Governor Ahumada ofHcated rs enc of
! the Judges High officials. swell society
| lse'ple newspaper correspondents, nli2a
/ Fighters, gamblers, 10 fact e.ery class,
/ from the banker 20 the poorest had rep
/ reseutntives IN ATTENDANCE.
| troupe Of trained bun fighters from
! tho cry of Mexico were imported for
/ the occasion. FitZsmmons ami his wite
/ were spectators and all the pugtlists In
| town except sullivan were dmong the
| spectators The iIrst bull turned out dis,
! died I'm tho ring. The sport was fast and
! furious and rerulsiva and hve horses were
| killed during the contests, after Having
| been tom and manglcd by the inturlated
! bulls.
After the arst bull had been dispatched
many ladies departed. The new fpaper
GO. RESPONDENTS attended IN body and
are vigorous In their donuncntian OF this
urutnl and degrading sport 20 dear TO
| the Mexican heart. owing 10 tho pres-
| encc or so mary visitors in the city the
| promoters OF the bun lights advanced
| the price of admission from ST TO s. today
and reaped q rich harvest
| John l., Sullivan managed to get TO the
| bun pen az Juarcz Just bcforc the last
hui was killed tonight. lie denounced
the snort and said 1t was not "on the
level"
Governor Ahumada objects TO the use
OF horses IN bull fights. Bob Fitzsimmons
said TO him tonight "G4vern9r u va
Ing The poor 'osses"
Ahunadn admitted that it was brutal,
but defended the sport on the ground that
| for centuries 1t had been custom OF
| the country.
Dan stuart refused to attend, saying to
.l..H.N shaaNs.
sport about il. iu m. eyes, To mansle
aud torture dumb hruios may AFFORD
amusement, but not for me-"
-Four dead bulls ana FIVE dead horses
we're the trophies Of the afternoon icst-
The crowd Is growing smaller daily. hu,
there were uumbcr Of arrivals tonight
Jimmy Carroll has organlaed II big eX-
curslon fur the city 81 Mexico, the rail
roads FSs e9y,ns b maze ~ rItS ngh will
take place In Long Island city or the
night Of March s. and Tom oRourke.
new club win be christcncd on that occn'
! sion. Dixon and Marshall will meet IN
Music Hall Boston, on the night OF March,
l7. Articles for these lights will be signed
me Everhardt-Leeds hgh, WIN be pulled
or IN March before the Masreth Athletic
club Of Lons island or inG h oiy itir errhS,
Maspeth club has also secured the Barry
Murphy fight
Gco,ge Dixon has been sick ever since
!
that he has never been overly anxious
10 meet Marshall IN the ring owing TO hi'
lack OF form.
Joe Nondig informed The Post CORES
pondont tonight that the revised pro
gramme Includes the big hght and tw'
, lesser events, collins and Walcott an
EVe-hardt and Leeds. All the iighter
ceased training today,
John l.. sullivan, the idol OF tho pugillst
2 &c world. has deserted the ranks OF m
, total ahstainers. and early this torenocl
. began TO hit the town In high places. Atte
I having secured a beautiful tag he amusc'
, a blg crowd in q saloon. James J, Cnrbet
came IN for n full share OF the abuse
Sullv saving that hN was glad that Al
0 American defeated him, but he rcgrcte'
! that the man who bested him was -
| etc.
suilv to depart with the coordination I
|, | Phoenix Ariz., last NIGHT, ana not renal
! over 10 attend the big hght, the ~
70 enc natly refused TO budge mn inch. Maio
Y r., Allen Lewis, the military genius @
Arizona. has booked the combination 10
o | a week during the indian carnival q
Phoenix In March, -, ,,,.,,
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