The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-05
THE RING.

DENVER, Feb. 4-Bat Masterson
and Joe Gavin have arranged with the
Santa Fe Railway company to run a
special train, Denver to FL Faso and
return, for the Maher-Fitzsimmons
prize fight. leaving Denver at o'clock
a. m. Wednesday, February u, run
ming through to Ell Paso without
change, carrying Pullman and chair
cars through, The arrangement pro-
vides for the accommodations of par
ties from Helena, Butte, Salt Lake
City, Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Cripple Creek, Leadville, AS
pen, Pueblo Trinidad. Silverton and
Durango The train will be run on
fast schedule time, arriving at Ell Paso
on the afternoon of Thursday, the lSth.
Advices received from sporting men
at the points mentioned indicate that
there will be a good attendance. Lat
est advices are that there will be no
possible contingency that tine 1lghts
advertised will not take place. They
have also arranged with the railway
companies for very low excursion rates
from Ell Paso to the City OF Mexico Tor
those who desire to extend thelr Trip
to that point.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 4.-John
Lawrence Sullivan will leave for st.
Louis tomorrow afternoon, arriving
there at o'clock. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Sullivan and Harry
Gliskauf. This was determined upon
today upon receipt of a telegram from
Parson Davies requesting Sullivan to
meet him at st. Louis Wednesday
night to start for Texas. His wound
still produces pus. but is healing, ana
he is in good spirits.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. j., Feb. A.
Horace Leeds, who will meet Jack
Everhardt. the New Orleans light
weight fighter during Dan stuart
fstic carnival. left for FL Paso today.
Leeds and Everhardt will fight on Feo-
uary Is. They were scheduled for Feo-
ruary IT, but as that date falls on sun
day, and as Leeds has consclenllous
scruples against Sunday. fghtlng' the
date was subsequently changed
Leeds is in good condition ana Is
confident of success.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. A special to the
Republic from Ell Paso, Tex, says:
The Ministers union Of this city
wrote to the governor of New Mexico
The governor answered as follows:
AZ have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your favor of the 21st. II
reference to the report that Dan Stuar
was arranging to bring off the prize
fight in New Mexico. L have looked
into this matter very carefully, and
while [ have some fears of the truth o
what you say and suggest, think tn
| intention is TO come to New Mexico
! only in the event that they fail t.
make arrangements in Juarez. L nav
already written the legal authorities IL
Dona Ana county and requested them
TO see that the law is fully enforced, am
to prevent anynViolation OF it. l mus
| be candid, however, and say that tn
powers of the legal authority are yer!
| limited in this territory; there is abso
lute1v not a word upon our statute
making it a crime to be engaged II
prize fighting in this territory, and w
can only depend upon the laws Wit
regard to breaches of the peace. A bill
was introduced at our last legislator
to prevent prize fighting, but unfortIn
ately we could not pass it. There is
direct act of congress preventing tn
use of United States soldiers to ali
the sheriff's officers. There is n
money in the territorial treasury TO
the employment of the militia. L an
candid with you, because 7 know jus
how you feel on this subject, and
desire you to realize how helpless tn
territorial officers are should an at
tempt be made to bring off the fight il
New Mexico. WILL however, do all
can, you may rest assured, to proven
this disgrace being brought upon GU
territory. Very respectfully.
''W. r. THORNTON"