The San Francisco call., 1908-11-16
Confident Thomas Will
Defeat Burke

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Joe Thomas,
the California middle weight, ana
Sailor Burke will meet in six round
bout at the stag Of the Fairmont ath-
letic club in it's clubhouse at One Hun
dred and ThirtN-seVenth street and
Third avenue Friday nignt. This Will
be Thomas hrst appearance IN con-
test in this vicinity, and as he Is one OF
the best men ever turned out on the
Pacific coast il is expected that a large
crowd Will be present to see him eX-
change punches with Billy Madden s
protege. Thomas has been training for
more than a month at St-atford, Conn.
and is in the best condition Of his
career.
Thomas training quarters today and
was surprised by the excellent condi
tion which Thomas has rounded into.
IF Burke can beat Thomas in the
condition which Joe is in. ] will admit
that the sailor is a great fighter" said
Harvey. Il have seen Joe work for
bouts in California. but | have never
seen him as fast and clever as he is at
present I think he will surely beat
Burke. as he has his punch and besides
can take punishment. l would not be
surprised IL Joe stopped Burke before
the limit"
flag viii float at half mast.
The message from Minister WI to
Consul Hsu was translated last evening
as follows:
The minister has received a dis
patch from the secretary of state of the
empire to the effect that the emperor
died at 5 o'clock on the evening of
November 13. Have the flag over the
consulate at half mast. Please notify
the directors of the six companies and
the Chinese chamber of commerce"
On receiving that message Consul
Hsu issued the following statement:
The emperor was liked by the Chi
nese in general. He was q good em-
peror 10 them and the sorrow of the
people OF the Chinese race over the
death of their ruler will be deep and
widespread. / learned of the death
from the Chinese minister at Washing
ton.
''Flags will be placed at half mast
over the consulate and Chinese resi-
over their places. The officials will go
into mourning for period of 100 days
In China, as in England the ruler
is directed by his ministers, and the
death of the emperor will not, ] think
have an immediate effect on the politics
Of the country AS yet we have had
no news Of the death Of the dowager
Look Tin Eli. chairman Of the execu-
tive committee which was arranging
the proposed reception TO Tong Shao
Vi. governor of the Mongdon province
and ambassador plenipotentiary and en-
VOy extraordinary. and Prince Tsai Flu
OF the royal house OF emma, said last
evening that the reception had been
declared off. 1t was learned later that
the prince and the ambassador viii not
come to san Francisco. They We're
overtaken at Honolulu with the news
OF the royal deaths and will return to
Peking-
All stores in Chinatown will be closed
TODAY in respect to the memory of the
late emperor and empress dowager. At
? o'clock this afternoon Consul General
Hsu Ping Chen will conduct services in
honor of the dead in the hall of the
Chinese Six Companies. no Commercial
street All Chinese officials and prom
inent merchants Will attend the cere-
mony.
Minister Wu sent supplementary
dispatch to the consul general advising
that all Chinese stores be closed today
out of respect TO the dead and that
places Of business shall be decorated
with white and black mourning bunt-
ing for 10 days. Music shall cease for
one week and all places Of amusement
shall remain closed for the same pc
riod.
The loyal Chinese started last even
ing TO commemorate the dead by firing
crac kers IN the street and burning
punks before the shTines Of the quarter.