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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

Eugene O'Rourke likes Fitzsimmons'
chances, and yesterday George
thatcher. the minstrel. bet $3.50 TO $500
Joseph Burke, Dan Stuart's old friend.
also wagered $500 to 500 with w. w.
Mccormick on Corbett
Duke Murray, business manager of
the Grand Opera House. took the Fitz-
simmons end of a bet of $3.50 to $3.50
with Andrew Henshaw He has 5000
more to place on Fitzsimmons.
Augustus Piteo likes Corbett and is
ready to invest $4,000 at ten to eight.
Joseph Arthur, the author of Blue
Jeans, has over 81 900 on "'Lanky
Bob, and is prepared to bet another
$l,OOO at four to five. Enoch Smith of
Jersey City yesterday took two bets
of $500 TO $500 on the Cornishman. Billy
Edwards wagered for a Chicago friend
$1,000 to $500, and $500 to $400 on Cor
bett.
On Sunday morning last, Billy Mad
den took with him to Carson the shoes
that Corbett viii wear in the ring
The shoes are the finest ever turned
out for ring purposes. They are made
OF the best kangaroo leather. especially
selected for the purpose for which they
are intended. The soles are of felt,
packed hard and firmly so that the sole
gives with the foot in whatever po-
sition or under whatever strain it may
be put to. There is an extended heel
to the shoes, which is a new invention,
and one that boxers cannot do without
after they have once tried it. The
actual cost of the shoes was $50.
Sam Fitzpatrick, Kid Lavignes man.
ager, who has all along been a Corbett
follower, began to shift his opinion yes
terday for some reason or other. He
has been placing many bets at to
on Corbett, but last night he put $400
on Fitzsimmons at even money, with a
man Of the name of Miller at the Gil
sey House. He is said to have made
other even money wagers on Fitzsim-
mons in Philadelphia last Monday
y dispatch to The Herald. received at
an early hour this morning from New
York, says: At the Brooklyn" pool
room. an offer OF 81 200 to 81. 600 on Cor
hett has stood on the blackboard four
days without acceptance. Fitzsimmons'
stock is rising and it is believed that
even money will be the figure here on
the 18th.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

New York, March ia sensational
story reached this city today on the
Ward line steamship Yucatan of an
uprising on the part of the people in
the Mexican city of Vera Cruz. against
five Spanish officers. who are there
buying mules for the use of the Span
sh army in Cuba. The details are
vouched for by an American citizen,
who arrived on the steamship, and
who was in Vera Cruz on the night of
the occurrence. Here is the story:
In all the Spanish cities on the MeXi-
can coast there are colonies of Cuban
refugees. The tales of these unfortu-
mates about Spanish cruelties in Cuba
have aroused the laggard Mexicans to
a great state of Indignation against the
Spaniards Just before the Yucatan
left Vera Cruz five Spanish officers
from Havana reached there. They were
well supplied with money and came
to purchase horses and mules for the
Spanish troops in Cuba. While in the
public market one afternoon several
little Mexican boys surrounded the
Spaniards and with yellS of derision
greeted the strutting Spanish ofncerS-
One of the latter, a man nearly six feet
tall, lost control of his temper, and
brutally kicked one of the little fellows
in the stomach. The boy groaned and
fell to the ground. Immediately the
market place was in an uproar. Blan-
kets were thrown from the shoulders
of the sleepy Mexicans and machetes
were unsheathed. The Mexicans were
furious at the Spaniard's assault on
the boy and with blazing eyes started
in to ayenge it. The Spaniards fed
for their lives to police headquarters.
In a few minutes the whole town had
heard of the outrage and crowd OF
several hundred indignant citizens be-
sieged the station. The police force OF
the town, fearing that the populace
would overpower them and get posses
sion of the Spaniards. called out the
militia and it took the whole garrison
of the Vera Cruz station to keep the
angry citizens in check.
All night long the MeXicans hung
around the prison and the next morn
ing the Spaniards conducted their bus
mess with the horse dealers surrounded
by company of Mexican soldiers
When they left the next day for Ha-
vana they were also under police pro- |
lection. The Yucatan also brings news /
from Progresso. Tampico and other
coast towns in Mexico of the great !
iubilation among the Cubans and Mex !
leans there at the announcement of |
Consul Lees request for WarshipS in |
Havana, harbor. The MeXicans are be-
coming more in sympathy with the in
surgents every day, and General Lees
message to the state department was
construed by the Mexicans and Cubans
as the forerunner of Intervention on
he part of America. The Cuban colo
1ies in all these cities bedecked their
with the flags of Cuba,
Mexico and the United States on the
receipt of the news.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
THE STUD BOOK.
Relations Between Bruce and the
Jockey Club Strained.

RELATIONS Between Bruce and the
Jockey Club Strained.
New York, March 11-Breeders
throughout the country of thorough
breds and everyone directly or indi-
rectly interested in turf affairs were
Informed recently that an amicable
arrangement had been arrived at be-
tween Colonel Sanders D. Bruce and
the Jockey club regarding the future
handling of the stud book. Notice had
been sent out for circulation from the
headquarters of the governing turf
body in this section that the stud book
in its entirety had been purchased
from Colonel Bruce for S35,000.
1t transpired yesterday that the re-
lations between Colonel Bruce and the
Jockey club are more strained than
ever. The $4,000 transaction is off
and breeders are in a worse quandary
than before as to the proper recipient
for the registration of foals and pedi-
grees of horses and mares yet unreg-
istered.
In the absence of August Belmont no
member of the Jockey club felt justi-
fed in expressing an opinion
Colonel Bruce, when seen yesterday,
said:
I received an offer of $50, 900 from
the Jockey club for the stud book and
accepted it. Since then, however. the
leading turf body has made demands
which have given me no alternative
than TO repudiate the transaction.
Apart from this side of the question
the Jockey club has received the re-
ports of foals in 1896, for which. un-
der the original agreement, I was to
receive one-half of the 81 fee charged
for each registration. Not only have
l not received a cent, but l have failed
to obtain duplicates of the reports in
order TO complete volume VII. This
has compelled me to enter suit against
the Jockey club and send notices to
all breeders in the country"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

referee expects to indorse in the COM
ing struggle between Corbett and Fitz-
simmons. Those who are in a position
to know were emphatic in their belief
that Siler was premature, for the exact
berry rules is we'll known to every
pugilist of experience. The majority
of the sports believe it would have
been more advisable to wait until at
least next Tuesday before making pub
lie the conditions. Now the principals
will have week in which to practice
various tricks and schemes which will
bring them up to Siler's Interpretation
of the rules.
OF course, the main point that will
be practiced will be free-hand hitting.
Good judges claim that Fitzsimmons
eXcels at in-fighting and will have a
shade the better of it. Corbett's ad-
mirers are also inclined to believe this
way, too, but say that Corbett is too
clever to let FitZsimmons get onto
him. Fits great forte has been dem
onstrated in most of his contests, in
short-arm blows. When delivered at
close quarters they are invariably de-
structive and weaken his opponent.
Siler's announcement had some ef-
feet on the betting. Corbett's adher-
ents, while apparently eager to wager,
did so with various stipulations. Most
of the wagers were made on the prob
able outcome. Some of Fitzsimmons'
friends VINO held out for to 10 are
now comprising with to 10 and to s.
Several WagerS at to on Corbett
have been recorded
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
LENGTH OF THE FIGHT.
Kew Yorkers Are Commencing to
Bet On It.

New York. March 11.-Local sporting
men are beginning to make bets on
how long the Corbett-F -Fitzsimmons
fight will last Some authorities be-
lieve that the contest will not
last more than 15 rounds. In most of
Corbett's letters TO his friends in this
city, during the past two weeks he
has not forgotten to state that he will
be very careful, and take no chances.
He maintains that against Fitzsim-
mons a waiting game would prove more
profitable in the long run.
On the other hand, Fitzsimn ons de-
clares that he will not deviate from the
methods he has employed in all his
Rghts-that is TO settle the issue as
A4a as the opportunity offers itself
Thfs practically means that Bob viii
probably force matters from the be-
ginning
> All along, FitZsimmons has taken
good care not 10 make prediction as
TO just how long he believes it will
take him to defeat Jim. But, being
urged, ne says that it will all be over
in ten rounds, with himself on top At
least this is what Fitzsimmons has
written to Proprietor Roblee. of the
Hotel Bartholdi AS far as is known,
Fitzsimmons has seldom failed to
guess correctly in the majority Of his
contests, and Roblee accordingly bet
$50 to 1900 i've times yesterday that
Fitzsimmons would be the winner in
ten rounds. He also made a wager of
s1G0 to $50 that Bob would win. Rob-
lee has alse telegraphed 10 San Fran
c5sco florist to forward TO Fitzsimmons
q aIhar5some horseshoe of flowers, to be
presented to the champion as soon as
the latter enters the ring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
GIDEON MAY DECLINE.
May Have the Chairmanship if He
Wants It.

New York, March 11.-There is con-
siderable anxiety among the officials
OF the l. A. w. this week over the ap-
pointment of a chairman of the ma
tional racing board. President Potter
of the L. A. w. sent a letter TO George
D. Gideon early in the week asking
him to accept the Office for another
year. Up to last night no reply had
been received from Gideon, either ac-
cepting or declining the office. 1t is
the general wish of wheelmen through
out the country that Gideon accept a
re-appointment. His friends declare
that he Will not serve for another
term. Albert a. Mott, the ex-chief
consul of the Maryland division. is the
second choice for the Office and ii will
be offered to him if Gideon declines to
accept c. w. Irwin of Chicago has
been suggested as a candidate for the
Office.
Albert A. Mott. in discussing the rae
ing situation and the possibility of
Gideon remaining in office. saws:
George d. Gideon can be chairman
of the next racing board if he will take
the office. but he declines Ten thou
sand year would not pay him from
a business standpoint, and he would
be dead lion before the meeting of
the next national assembly. He wants
TO do some touring this year and re-
cuperate his health"
Talking of the next chairman of the
board. he says:
1T will be difficult matter to get
competent racing board chairman. I'm
less the old members of the board
have changed their minds none of
them will accept the chairmanship
without a definite and fixed SALARY
The national assembly refused to vote
a salary, and the precedent of voting
the balance left over the sanctions
as salary to the racing board chair
man is precarious. owing to the varia-
bic temper of each national assembly,"
President Potter will go to Baltimore
today to attend a dinner of the Mary
and Bicycle club. He says that his
trip has no political significance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
New Gun Boats Ready.

Washington, March 1.-THE new
gunboats Wilmington and Helena,
built at Newport News, have been re-
ported to the navy department as
ready for official acceptance trials. and
the former will be speeded over the
measured course in Long Island Sound
on the 21st instant, the latter following
two days later. These useful vessels
are designed for service on the China
station and in other localities where
their light draught will enable them to
enter shallow harbors and ascend
rivers. They must at the minimum
rate of 13 knots per hour maintained
for four consecutive hours. Confidence
is expressed that they will exceed this
with ease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
Bryan a Social Lion.

Nashville, Tenn, March 1.-THE sec
ond day of the visit of the Hon. w. J.
Bryan to Nashville ended a most mem
orable one for her people and par
ticularly for the Woman's Tennessee
Centennial exposition, who benefit by
the proceeds of his lectures. Following
his lecture on the financial issues last
night, Mr.. Bryan addressed the legis-
lature today on the subject of corpor-
ations and their relation to the govern
ment. Apropos of the railroad commits
sion bill now before the general assem-
bly,. his remarks were in the nature of
wholesale advice to that body.
After being the recipient of much So
cial attention, Mr.. Bryan left for Lin
coin at 7:40 tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
VESSEL WISCONSIN
Keel Laid for the Mate of the Ore
gon at the Union Iron Works
Yesterday.

San Francisco, March 11-At the
Union Iron Works today the keel was
laid for the battleship Wisconsin, the
contract for which was let byLthe gov
ernment six months ago. The Wiscon-
sin is TO be of the same class as the
Oregon, which was built in this city,
though larger and more heavily ar
mored She will be one of three war
ships of the same size, the other two
being the Alabama and the Virginia,
which are to be constructed in eastern
ship yards. The contract price of the
Wisconsin is about $4,000, 0O0
The specified features and general
Dimensions Of the fighter ara; Length
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
ANXIETY RELIEVED.
German Steamer Arrives Safely, At
ter a Tedious Passage From ia
Pan-Struck Two Typhoons.

Quarantine. S. L, March 1.-THE
German ship H. Bischoff, Captain
Schwarting, about which considerable
anxiety has been felt in shipping eff
cles, arrived safely tonight, after a
tedious passage of 2O6 days from Hi
ogo, Japan.
After clearing from the port it was
necessary to wait 20 days for suf-
ficient tide to allow the ship to pass
out over the bar. The next day after
reaching deep water a typhoon struck
the ship, but did no damage of note
Another typhoon was experienced q
week later, and from that time until
the latitude of Hatteras was reached,
no gale of any size was met with.
Captain Schwarting was surprised to
learn that any anxiety had been felt
regarding the safety of the vessel. He
only spoke one vessel, steamer bound
for Santos, which reported him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

st. Paul, Mimi. March 11.-One of the
most severe storms for years has been
raging here since o'clock this morn
ing with no signs of abatement at Wild
night. The storm has been general
throughout the northwest, about q loot
of snow having fallen.
In South Dakota blizzard holds full
sway. Near Aberdeen several freight
trains are buried in snow drifts. There
is a probability that the storm and ac-
companying blockade will tie up the
roads for another week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
Americans Under Arrest.

Havana, March 1.-THE judge of the
court at. Guanabacoa has ratified the
action of the Spanish authorities in i'm
prisoning Charles Scott. the American
citizen who was arrested February 8
last on the charge of having Cuban
postage stamps in his possession. This
means that the case will continue un-
der the order procedure until it is fin
ally disposed of.
The Natanzas district court has sus-
pended proceedings against Francisco
Larrieu. an American citizen, who was
arrested at Cardenas on May 10. 1886,
and he will soon be released
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
SUGAR TRUST.
It Opens It's Attack Upon the Prac-
tical Monopolists of Coffee, the
Arbuckles.

Chicago, March IA Tribune
special from New York says: The
Sugar trust opened its attack yester-
day on the practical monopolists of
coffee-the Arbuckle Brothers The
Sugar trust. which controls the Wool
son Spice company. dropped the price
Y cent per pound, and no sooner was
the cut announced than the Arbuckle
Brothers announced a similar cut. The
Havemeyer interests also announced
an increase of Is of a cent per pound
on all grades of sugar. The cut and
the raise are not exact compensations,
for the Woolson mills viii lose by its
cut less than the Sugar trust will gain
by its advance of Is cent per pound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
On the Queens Train.

Paris. March 11.-When the train in
which the queen and her party We're
travelling southwark reached OK
Noisyle-Sec. five miles northeast OF
Paris. a stop was made in order that
her majesty might receive President
Faure. who. accompanied by the
members of his suite and Sir Edmund
Monston, the British ambassador TO
France, was in waiting. The queen
received NJ. Faure in her saloon car
and they conversed in a cordial man
ner for u minutes. Her majesty pre-
sented NJ Faure to Princess Henry of
Battenburg, after which the president
presented the members of his suite.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
Woodmen of the World.

st. Louis, March 11.-Todays session
of the sovereign camp Woodmen of the
World. was occupied in the reading
and reference of resolutions and pro-
posing amendments to the constitu-
ton.
The women's auxiliary to Woodmen
of the World. held its third days ses-
sion this morning. Little besides rou-
tine business was attended to. The
question of dividing the order into
separate departments has been decided
negatively.
During the six years of existence the
order has paid to benefciaries, 81 1,4OO,-
600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
BY SLOW FREIGHT.
Cardinal Gibbons Believes "There is
Good Time Coming, Boys"

Pittsburg, March u.-Cardinal Glib
bons spent this afternoon in Pittsburg,
as the guest of Bishop Phelan, and left
tonight for Baltimore. Asked to give
his views regarding the outlook for the
return of prosperity under the new ad-
ministration, the cardinal said:
u express the hope that the expecta-
tions of President Mckinley may be
realized. l know he will do all in his
power to bring about the prosperity so
much needed, and 1 feel we Will soon
have better times all over the country,
but we cannot expect prosperity to
bloom into ripeness at once. 1t is very
satisfactory to reflect that the people
feel that better times are coming. and
have confidence in the outlook to the
extent that they will do all in their
power toward aiding the new admins
tration in its efforts in this direction"
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ish officials were in the wrong. In ad-
dition, it will form good grounds for a
claim which Mrs. Ruiz, who saw Sec
retary Sherman yesterday. is now pre-
pairing.
Mrs. Ruiz and her four children drove
over TO the state department and White
House and had a conference with Sec
retary Sherman, who promised a strict
and impartial investigation Of the death
of her husband.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
ARBITRATION
DISCUSSED IN
NEW YORK
Cooper Union Packed With En-
thuSiastic ard Proni-
nent People.
SCENES THAT WERE
SCARCELY EXPECTED
a STRING OF RESOLUTIONS IN
TRoDUCED CONDEMNED.

As They Are About to Be Put by
the Chairman, William Hope
Lynn Arises, and by a Few
Words Makes His Audience Fair
ly Frantic-''I Care Not for the
Depreciation of American Securi-
ties; I Care More for the Depre-
citation of American Patriotismv-
Meeting Called to Advocate the
Arbitration Bill Fails Most Sig
nally of its Object.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
FITZSIMMCNS
SHOWS A BALKY
DISPOSITION
Strongly Objects to Referee ST.
ler's Definition of the
Rules.
REASONS FOR IT
ARE NOT STATED
CoRBETT, ON THE CONTRARY,
FULL OF HOPE.

New Yorkers are Commencing to Bet
as TO the Length of the Fight
General Opinion Seems to be
That It Will Not Last More Than
Is Rounds-Fitzsimm Says It
Will be All Over in Ten Rounds,
Corroborating a Statement Made
While in This City-Some Inter
esting Wagers Have Been Placed
Lately-Cornishman Has a Fight
With Great Dane, and Narrowly
Escapes Meeting Corbett, Who
Was in the State Penitentiary-
Gideon and the L. A. W.-Turf
ToL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

On load water line, 36S feet: beam. ex-
treme, 70 feet 2.5 inches; freeboard, for
ward. 13 feet 6 inches: free board, aft,
13. feet 6 inches; normar displacement,
11,525 tons; mean draft at normal dis
placement, % feet 6 inches; indicated
horse power. 10000; speed in knots an
hour (estimated). 16; normal coal sup
ply, 500 tons; total bunker supply, 1,2O0
tons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
DIMINUTlON OF
OFFlCE-SEEKERS
Yet Was There a SmaII-Sized
Army Present.
HINTS AVAIL But LITTLE
MANY MEN ANXIOUS TO SERVE
THEIR COUNTRY.

Visitors to the White House Who
Have Nothing to Ask and Who
Expect Nothing Are Rare in
These Days, But Among Them
Yesterday Was Stewart of Ne
vada- and Catchings of Missis-
sippi-President Takes Another
Walk, Accompanied by His Sec
retary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
Turned their Prows Seaward.

New Orleans, March 11.-After a stay
of two weeks at this city. the warships
Texas and Maine turned their prows
seaward this morning at 9 o'clock, and
at sundown were well out into the
gulf, en- route to Port Royal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

New York. March 11.-Cooper Union
scarcely ever contained a larger. mora
enthusiastic or a more thoroughly COS
mopolitan audience than that which
crowded its space to the doors tonight
to give expression and approval to the
ratification of the arbitration treat
now pending in the United States SEN
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-10
THE TARIFF AND CARPETS.
Baltimore SUM-

The treasurer OF the Lowell Company
writes to the New York Journal of
Commerce to protest against the Dlngley
tariff rates on wool on account of its
probable effect on carpets. 1t will in
crease their cost without increasing the
dcmand-which means diminished bust
ness. Some 1000O0,0OO pounds Of carpet
wool are needed by American carpet
makers yearly, and we grow no carpet
wool in this country. Yet a heavy duty
is clapped on carpet wool, the effect Of
which will be to raise the price OF good
ingram carpet by some u cents per
yard. Another effect will be to increase
the use OF unsuitable material in carpet
making-cOtton, cattle hair, &c. This
tariff" says the Lowell expert, sis large
y got up TO Mppease the farmers by a
quack remedy for their troubles. y lot
of small manufacturing interests have
also cried out for protection as they call
it--for bountics really. The great man
ufnctnrcrs of wool and cotton and iron
and steel have practically asked for little
or no increase Of duties. SO far as we
can forcscc, the effect Of the bill will
be- to increase the cost Of food and raw
materials and supplies