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NOW MRS. CRAVEN
HAS BEEN SWORN,
Serenely Sat With the Con
testants Before Judge
Slack.
COUNTER SUITS BEGUN.
Counsel for Charles L. Fair Must
Come Into Court With
Papers. .
THE BIG FIGHT INTERFERES.
Lawyers Consent to Postpone Until
Thursday to Give Them a
Chance to See It.
Still the Fair will case weaves and weaves
an interminable complication.
The attorneys for Charles L. Fair have
dragged Mrs. Mettie C.-aven into court and
with her Charles K. Williams and Stephen
Roberts, requiring them to produce what
papers they may have which purport to
have been written by James (J. Fair.
While the attorneys for Mrs. Craven
are lighting off this appearance they pre
pare and secure from the court (yester
day) a counter order requiring the attor
neys for the children of James G. Fair and
the trustees of the estate under the earlier
will to appear in court with all the papers
which they may have purporting to have
been written or executed ; by James G.
lair.
That is a Roland for an Oliver.
Mrs. Craven records her deeds for the
Pine and the Mission street property form
erly belonging to Mr. Fair and straight
way begins suit for ejectment against the
occupants, claiming back rents and dam
ages. That was day before yesterday.
Yesterday Pierson & Mitchell, as attor
neys for the trustees, James S. Angus,
Thomas G. Crothers and W. S. Goodfel
low, began suit against Nettie R. Graven,
Marc Levingston, George R. Williams,
Stephen RoCerts and Elizabeth Haskins,
to quiet the title of these properties.
So every aggressive move by the alert
aggregation of legal talent on the one side
is met by a counter move on the part of
the alert and aggressive aggregation of
legal talent on the other side.
The appearance before Judge Slack yes
terday afternoon, although it brought out
the attorneys in full force, developed
nothing of a sensational nature.
Attorney F. S. I'.rittain, acting for Mr.
Delmas in the latter's absence, made the
opening statement to the court. He
called the court's attention to the fact
that Mr. Delmas had been engaged daily
for a long time in an important case ; at
San Jose, his whole time and attention
being engaged by it until the past few
days, when he became ill and was con
fined to his bed; that this (yesterday)
morning he had left the City. He was the
leading counsel for Mrs. Craven; it was
his desire to represent her in an import
ant matter of this kind; common cour
tesy would suggest that the matter be
postponed until he could be able to ap
pear.
"We have come here as directed by the
court," said Mr. Brittain. "We are eager
and ready to go on with this matter, and
have long been so. The postponements
have been the work of the other side. Our
excuse now is one that is respected always.
Our clients are in the City and are availa
ble at all times."
Mr. Brittain th^'i went over something
of the ground that he had canvassed in his
argument of the night before. He called
attentton to the fact that the provision of
the code under which the subpena was is
sued specified that the parties so called
upon to testily nmst have knowledge that
tliey alone could impart.
He read the provision and then said that
this was clearly not the case in this in
stance; that the attorneys on the other
side had Themselves the knowledge that
they sought to have the witness make
known upon the witness-stand.
He then said that W. W. P'oote had that
morning been associated with Mr. Delmas
as counsel in th hat he (F<
had asked him (Brittain) to make this
opening statement, and that Mr. Foote
would now wish to bu heard.
Mr. Foote, who had taicen a seat beside
Mrs. Craven some minutes before, rose
and said that he had had no opportunity
to speak to his clients and knew nothing
about tne case except what he bad learned
in a few minutes' conversation with Mr.
Brittain. He hoped the matter would go
over until Wednesday evening, or perhaps
the counsel on the other side would be
willing to let it go till Thursday evening,
as there was a counter attraction on
Wednesday that he was sure they were in
terested in. The attraction referred to is,
of course, the Corbett and Sharkey battle.
McEnemey, Knight, Heggerty and half
a dozen others, all sitting in a row, bowed
a ready assent.
Judge Slack said the date had been fixed
and no counter attraction sucn as indi
cated was sufficient to change it. He went
on to direct as to the making of the order
when the long row of attorneys rose up
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Blrs. Nettie K. Craven, Her Daughter, and "W. W. Foote, Enlisted Yesterday With Mr. Delmas as
Mrs. Craven's Counsel.
and with the one voice of a trained chorus
they cried :
"Is the date Wednesday or Thursday,
your. Honor? — we have all agreed upon
Thursday."
The court looked amused, and Mrs.
Craven's counsel >miled with a wide iron
ical smile at these lawyers late so eager for
immediate action.
George Knight helped himself and his
associates out by saying that he had only
now arrived from the East and had had
i no time to get posted on the latest phase
of the litigation and really needed the
time, so the court changed the date to
Thursday evening.
Mr. Foote had stated in the beginning
that Mrs. Craven would be perfectly will
ing to take the required oath, and she now
quietly stepped to the clerk's desk and
was sworn. Thereupon this scene in the
play dissolved.
As Mrs. Craven walked down the corri
dor, in company with her counsel, an of
ficer approached and served her with
notice in the suit to quiet title referred to.
"Do you accept service?" he said.
"Certainly," she replied, laughing. "Just
as often as you please."
At about the same time, as stated, yes
terday afternoon Dr. Marc Levingston,
proponent of the will document alleged to
be the last will of Senator Fair, related in
an affidavit following closely in form that
used by thea'torney of Charles L. Fair to
drag Mrs. Craven into court, that each of
the attorneys hereafter named possessed
knowledge of singular importance and
which they alo.ne could impart. Part of
this knowledge is declared to be in docu
mentary form. I'pon this a subpena was
issued commanding Reuben H. Lloyd, W.
S. Wood, George A. Knight, Charles J.
Heggerty, Russell J. Wilson, Moumfonl
S. Wilson. Charles S. Wheeler, Garret W.
McEnerney, W. s. Goodfellow, William M.
i Pierson, R. B. Mitchell, Richard V. Dey,
James S. Angus and T. G. Crothers
I to be in court Thursday evening at 7:30
and bring with them all books, papers and
writings ot every nature and kind, exe
cuted or written in whole or in part by
James G. Fair, deceased, which are now
in their custody, and that they bring with
| them and produce all books, papers and
writings oi every nature and Kind exe
cuted or written in whole or in part by
Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, which are now in
iheir custody ; and, particularly, that
they have then and there with them
j a certain instrument trade and en
tered into by Charles L. Fair, The
resa A. Oelnchs and Virginia Fair,
wherein and whereby said parties
authorized and directed Richard V. Dey to
settle the claims of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven
against tiie estate ot James Q. Fair for a
sum not exceeding $-~>oo,ooo, conditioned
upon the probating of the will of said
James G. Fair, dated September 21, 1S I j4,
if the -same is dow in their custody.
This last clause lays bare the entire ob
ject of the order. If the proponents se
cure the presence of that document in
court and it proves such a document as
they claim, they will have succedeed in
materially embarrassing their opponents.
TROUT IN THE YOSEMITE.
The Fish Commissioners to Plant
Thousands in Its Lakes
and Streams.
A Company of United States Troops
Will LeDd Their Aid in the
Distribution.
The State Fish Commission has pent A. j
G. Fletcher to the Yosemite Valley to dis- j
tribute among the many streams and
lakes of that region 500,000 trout. Mr. !
Fletcher left last evening. He will pro
ceed directly to the Wawona hatchery,
which is located or. the south fork of the
Merced River, about twenty-five miles
from the valley.
This hatchery was built last year and j
this is the second season of its operation, i
In distributing these fish the commission
is given the assistance of the troops in !
the park, under Colonel Young, who very |
kindly volunteered to furnish packtrains
and troops to handle the fish.
The waters of the Yosemite Park are !
very extensive, comprising the different j
forks oi me Merced and Tuolumne rivers,
as well as countless lakes of good dimen- i
-ions, most of which are entirely devoid I
of lii<h. These waters, however, are well
provided with natural fish food, and un- }
questionably will sustain great quantities i
of fish, which will be available for food
for campers and tourists.
The Wawona hatchery was built by the
Washburn Brothers, who own the stage
line in the valley. The trout to be placed
in those waters are the "Rainbow" trout,
Irom Siskiyou County, and the "Mykiss," j '
or "Cutthroats," from Lake Tahoe.
Mr. Fletcher will begone about a month i
on this trip and will visit the most' remote !
parts of tiie region. The distribution i
will, however, take a much longer time.
This work will be the most important, so
lar as trout are concerned, of the Fish '
Commission this year.
In the Thirty-Fourth.
Under a call from Secretary S. M. Williams
the executive committee of the Thirty-fourth
mbly District met last evening In Native
Hull, Seventeenth street, and adopted
resolutions indorsing Charles H. Mayer us
County ( ommitteeman. A committee "of five
wa-. appointed to secure permanent headquar
ters as follows: E. \\ . Buctlce, G. Elder, James
Becsey, D. J. Kelly and .1. H. Ilarney. as also a
committee of three appointed toorganize a
uniform drill corps, E. B. Smith, F. Jeuing and
Cord W'etjen.
Crack Bicyclial Arrested.
J. K. Edwards, one of the crack bicycle riders,
was arrested yesterday morning (or violating
th<- bicycle ordinance. Jlc was on his way to
Centra] Park to train for the races on the
Fourth and was bailed by a friend who ivas
on the sidewalk on Market street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. He rode over to his
friend and joined him on the sidewalk, when
a policeman arrested him.
rhe Supreme Court Moves.
The Supreme Court will to-morrow remov<
to its new quarter.-, in the J'arrott building
Jor a number of years the highest tribunal o
' Hiiiornia has been located in the Suprem<
Couri bailding at the northwest corner o
Larkin and McAllister street?.
r«M'tur«- on I :> I I t< i.s.
\ iree lecture by Kcv. .lames T. Ferguson
ivill be Riven at Metropolitan Temple next
I'hursdiiy evening at 8 o'clock. His bubjeel
will liv ' •.Exploded Fallacies."
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1896.
WILL EXPLORE
IN VANCOUVER,
Rev. W. W. Bolton Leaves
This Evening for
the North.
A DANGEROUS MISSION.
To Traverse Trackless Forests
and Snow-Capped Moun
tains.
NO INDIANS WILL GO THERE.
An Unexplored Country That Is
Marked by a Blank on Even
Government Maps.
Pvev. W. W. Bolton, rector of St. Mary
the Virgin's Church, leaves this evening
for Victoria, I!. C, en route for an explor
ing expedition into the heart of Northern
Vancouver.
Even on the Government charts the
tract of country which Mr. Bolton and his
expedition intend to traverse is only
marked by a blank space, broken here and
there by a few rivers, suggested by dotted
lines, to indicate the fact that geographers
guess that they may be meandering some
where in the locality. No white man has
ever set foot in the trackless forests or
crossf d the snow-capped mountains of the
region which the party will explore, and
trie Indians shun the interior of the north
ern portion of the island as they would the
plague, for there is an old, old tradition
among them that devils dwell there.
Mr. Bolton is perhaps better acquainted
with the country he intends to explore
than any other white man. Two years
ago he headed the first and only expedi
tion which has succeeded in passing
through a portion of the heart of Northern
Vancouver. He undertook the work under
the auspices of the Province Newspaper
Company of Victoiia and succoeued in
passing from the northern shore of the
island to Mountain Lake through a
country of dense forests, snow-capped
mountains and glaciers.
It took him and his men two months to
make the distance, and during that time
they passed through many dangers and
privations. At ons time they were
snowed up for two (Jays on the summit of
Snowsaddle Mountain. When the storm
ceased they attempted to descend in a fotr
down the rugged sides of the mountain,
which no man had ever descended before.
Suddenly Mr. Bolton began to shoot down
a snowslide. He did not know what lay
below him, but he managed to turn over
and clutch at a rock. Two days after he
and his men went back to see the place
where he had slipped and found that it
was just above a clear drop of 2000 feet to
a lake at the base of the mountain.
At Mountain Lake Mr. Bolton's former
expedition was forced to break up camp
and strike out for the coast on account of
the approach of winter. There an Indian
canoe was bought and the party struck out
for civilization. This time Mr." Bolton ond
his followers will steam up in a little coast
ing steamer to Adams River, about seventy
miles from the north of tiie island. This
river runs out between the Newcastle
range and the Franklyn range, and it is
believed that there will be fewer moun
tains and glaciers to traverse than by
striking inland further north.
The abandoned camp at Mountain Lake,
in longitude 127 degrees 40 minutes, and
latitude north 50 degrees 20 minutes, will
be the first point which the party will aim
to reach. They will then head south for
Alberni, a distance of about 100 miles.
"We expect to change a good deal of \
this," said Mr. Bolton yesterday, pointing i
to the blank space in a Government map, j
which represented the unexplored track !
of country. "There are some of these
rivers which I feel sure are wrong, and we
hope to indicate some new lakes and
mountains."
Through the wild country with its
dense undergrowth five miles a day is a
very rapid rate of progress. The 'party
expects to be lost to the world for at least
two months. There are four of them, Mr.
Bolton, J. W. Lane of this City and C.
\V. Jones and W. Green of Seattle They
will carry nothing but absolute neces
saries, though Mr. Lang will indulge in a
camera. It is also his intention to pros
pect and if precious metals are found he
intends later on to develop the mines.
The party will carry a map with every
Indian ranch on the coast marked on it,
in order that if any one becomes disabled
his friends wili know the nearest point to
strike out to for relief.
■•What we shall find in there we do not
know," said Mr. Bolton. "When we come
out we will tell The Call ell about it."
POPULISTS AT WORK.
The Thirty-Fourth Assembly District
Club Opens the Campaign in the
Mission. ■
There was a fair attendance at the first
campaign meeting of the Thirty-fourth
Assembly District People's Party Club at
Mission Opera Hall last night. President
John D. Spencer opened the meeting by
reading the Populists' platform adopted at
Sacramento on May 13, and making a few
pertinent remarks thereon.
George D. Gillesnie discussed "The Two
! Old Parties" in connectionwith the recent
State and National conventions, declaring
that while the Democratic convention ot
614 members adopted a silver plank in its
platform 350 of the delegates were solid
gold men and absolutely under the con
trol of Daggett. Their action, he ex-
I plained, was due to policy only and in no i
way to loyalty to principle. In criticizing
Cleveland's bond-issuing penchant he
charged Senator John Sherman with be
ing the Democratic President's man Fri
day and his secret and most trusted ad
! viser.
There was a duet by H. Dinslaye and
! Henry Penning, followed by an address by
j Joseph Asbury Johnson on "Populist
! Chances of Success." He charged the
i Democrats with having waited until the
| Republican party had declared itself for
I gold and then taking up the cry of free
coinage for silver. He predicted that the
Populists and the men who were for silver
from principle and not from policy would
not be befuddled by the scheme of the
Democracy, but that all in favor of free
silver would unite on a common principle
and a union candidate — some man who
would favor not only free silver coinage,
! but the abolition of all National oanks
and the issuing of all money directly by
the Government.
In conclusion he saia: "You will have
seen the last of the Democratic party
when this campaign is over. It will never
run another Presidential candidate."
This met with hearty and long applause.
Laurence Gronlund detailed in a com
prehensive manner what he considered to
be a "scientific remedy for hard times."
Fred Miller, the secretary oi the club,
which now claims a membership of up
ward of 500, reviewed the progress of the
organization for the past two years, show
ing it has made remarkable advancement.
Miss Martha It. Aspden rendered a
violin solo, and Burnette G. Haskell made
i the closing address in his best style.
TO OBTAIN A CHARTER
The Journeymen Burners* International
Association of America Will Be
Represented in This City.
The San Francisco branch of the Jour
; neymen Barbers' International Associa
j tion of America held its second meeting
! last night. Forty-two members have al
! ready signed the roll of membership, and
! it was decided to send for a charter to-day.
] The platform of the organization is to
; obtain for Sunday a partial rest, shorter
! hours and maintenance of prices and
wages. They advocate the closing of
i shops at 12 o 'clock noon Sunday and 8
' o'clock in the evening week days. A sick
benefit of $5 a month is attached to the
membership. <
The officers are: President, I. Less;
; vice-president, W. B. Currier; financial
: secretary, F. Hodges; recording secretary.
! I. L. Isaacs, and treasurer, C. H. Spencer.
The union proclaims itself to be strictly
! against strikes and boycotts, and allows of
| no college graduates to membership, only
| those who have served a term of appren
! ticeship.
I. Less lias been appointed as State or
i ganizer. It was stated at the meeting that
, the Barbers' Association of California, the
i Barbers' Association of San Francisco and
i the Journeymen Barbers' Union have de
cided to close on July 4 at 1 o'clock in the
! afternoon.
Also that great interest is being taken
I in the barbers' shaving contest which will
; take place at the Germania Gardens next
; Sunday, the occasion being the annual
picnic of the Barbers' Association of Cali
fornia.
At the meeting of the furniture-workers
j last night the blank tor the tilling in of
; statistic* sent by the Lobor Commissi6ner
I was received and it was voted that the re
; quired information be immediately given.
i The union expressed itself as being favor
able to the th ree amendments drawn up
by the Building Trades Council.
The Tailors' Union No. 132 are perfect
' ing arrangements for their mass-meet
ing wnich is to be held July 12 in Academy
Hall. All the tailors in the City are ex
pected to be present at that time.
RETAIL CLERKS' PICNIC,
They Are to Have a Social
Time at Glen Ellen on
Sunday Next.
Half the Proceeds Will B? Devoted to
the Use of the Fifth-Street
Sufferers.
The various members of the Retail
Clerks' Association are making elaborate
preparations to have a delightful time at
Glen Ellen next Sunday. The occasion is
their annual picnic, and they have made
up their minds that nothing shall be left
undone to make the gathering a success
both socially and financially.
There is one thing connected with the
picnic that cannot fail to win the public
approbation and insure them success in
their undertaking. It is that they have
generously decided to donate half the
profits to the aid of the sufferers by the
dreadful Fifth-street disaster.
The excursion will leave the Tiburon
ferry, near the foot of Market street, at 9
o'clock Sunday morning. Casa.ssa's First
Regiment band will on that day give an
open-air concert at the landing from 8 to 9
(/'clock.
On the way to Glen Ellen the excursion
ists will travel by special boat and train,
and will be entertained with instrumental
and vocal selections.
At the grounds the day's festivities will
include a grand cake walk, open to all,
and the winners will receive substantial
rewards. Fully 250 gate prizes will also
be distributed, and for the victors in the
various games and races there will also be
suitable premiums.
One of the gate prizes is noteworthy, a high
grade '96 bicycle. It is now on exhibition
at Beamish's shirtstore, Market street.
Another special feature will be the tug
of-war between the employes of J. J.
O'Brien and Hale Bros:, and those of
O'Connor, M off at & Co. and the White
House. The posters also make mention
of a vaudeville show to be given in the
large tent. Forty people are announced
to appear in a series of juggling and acro
batic performances.
The prices of admission for the round
trip are $1 each and half rates for children.
Editor McClatchy's Case.
The Supreme Court yesterday issued a writ
of certiorari in the csse of Charles K. Mc-
Clatchy, editor of the Sacramento Bee, who is
held on a chnrge of contempt of court by a
Judge of that city, because oi crtain state
ments published in the Bee.
Loans on watches, jewelry, silverware, at Uncle
Harris', IB Urant avenue.
ALL IS PREPARED
FOR THE BATTLE,
The Picking of the Referee
Will Be Decided To-
Day.
CORBETT'S HAND HURT.
Swelled From Violent Contact
With Bob McCord's
Head.
A SHAKKEY RUMOR UNTRUE.
The Betting Was a Little Livelier
Last Night— Prospective Maher-
Choynski Fight.
To-night is the night of the battle. The
gladiators of pugilism, stripped for heroic
physical effort, will struggle in an arena
brilliant with iigut for the supremacy.
Below, above and around them at Me
chanics' Pavilion will be a moving sea of
white, excited faces.
Which will win? Ask of the winds.
A chance or a lucky blow can decide the
contest. The admirers of the world's
champion, James J. Corbett, and the
friends and fanciers of the sailor lad,
Thomas Sharkey, each have money on
their favorite, and money shows tne sin
cerity of opinion among sportiner men.
Champion Jim may not be able to send
his good and faithful left fist with as
telling effect on Tom Sharkey's seasoned
jaw this evening as he had intended yes
terday morning. The champion arose
from his soft and virtuous couch firmly
believing that the fist which decorated the
great John L. Sullivan's face in the famous
battle at New Orleans for the world's
cham pionship, would play a tattoo on the
handsome and intelligent phiz of the
pride of the American navy, Thomas
Joseph Sharkev.
James did not even anticipate wtiat the
afternoon of yesterday would unfold. He
did not take into consideration that an
accident might possibly happen to him.
But the unexpected frequently happens,
and Champion Jim is not at the present
writing as sanguine of stopping Sharkey
as he was when he meandered to the
Olymbic Ciub yesterday afternoon to have
a short set-to with Bob McCord, the old
veteran, who was the pride of the rlub in
a fi3tic way when Corbett was taking les
sons in the manly art from Professor
Walter Watson.
McCord and Corbett met at the club
yesterday afternoon and donned the mit
tens. They .sparred gently for three rounds,
but in the fourth round they mixed
things up. The round was about half over
when Corbett called a halt.|
He had landed a swinging left-hander
on McCord's head, which caused him no
end of pain. One of the knuckles of Cor
bett's left hand was knocked out of place
and the member swelled to such an extent
that applications of hot water had to be
applied immediately. The champion suf
fered much pain lor some time, but last
evening he said that the hand was all
right again, and that he would use it to
good advantage on iiis opponent — that is,
as far as straight-arm punching is con
cerned.
It i- extremely doubtful that he will try
! a left swing at Sharkey's head, even
though a favorable opportunity may offer
to land a favorite blow.
The betting last evening was 10 to 7 that
Sharkey will remain the four rounds.
The general opinion is that Sharkey will
resort to running and defensive tactics for
three rounds, and if every thing goes well
with him up to this point of the game he
may possibly make something of a stand
before Corbett in the last half of the final
round. In fact, his play will be to remain
on deck until the gong sounds the end of
the fourth and last round.
The Marquis of Queensberry rules ex
plicitely state that if a contestant falls
without being hit the referee must caution
him and if he transgresses the rules a sec
ond time the decision must be given
against him. Will this rule be inforced '"
Last night the situation with refer
ence to the referee was that each
side was to submit a list of five or
six names and that a meeting will
be held to-day to make alinai choice. Just
what man will be picked was just as much
an unknown quantity as in the afternoon,
though there were constantly rumors afloat
that such and such a man had been
chosen.
Later last night the betting changed
somewhat. About 9 o'clock $9 to $10 was
offered that Corbett stops Sharkey in the
four rounds. The takers were not many.
There is much more Corbett monuy offered
than Sharkey money. Seven dollars
against $10 was offered that Smith beats
Davis, with some acceptance.
Harry Corbett wanted to bet $100 to ?70
that his brother, the champion, gets the
decision. There were no calls for his
money.
There was Borne haggling but in a quiet
way yesterday over the question of who
shall be the referee. Corbett has no money
to lose and practically no reputation if she
should (ail to put the sailor lad into a
dreamland with a constellation of shoot
ing stars, but on tne other hand Sharkey
has much to win or lose. The former gets
50 per cent of the receipts anyhow, but it
may depend on the decision whether
Sharkey will win $3000 or $1800. If he
stays with the champion through the four
round dance he gets $3000, but if he is
knocked out be will receive the latter sum.
Hence the sailor lad and his trainer are
somewhat anxious concerning the choice
of the referee.
The disagreement has come down to
this: With the Coroett side it is anybody
but Hiram Cook, and with the Sharkey
and Needham side anybody but Alf King.
As Billy Delaney said yesterday after
noon :
"Anybody on earth but Cook. We don't
want him and we won't have him. This
is because of his decision that the Corbett-
Jackson right was a draw.
"We will take any other good square
man," he went on. "King preferred. We
will take Patsy Hogan, Ed Homan or
Patsy Logan, l'hey would be acceptable
to us.
"Happy Jack" Harrington, Jim Ches
ley and Tommy Nolan arc also mentioned
as being agreeable to the Corbett people.
It is quite probable that the choice of
the referee will not be finally made until
this afternoon.
Needham and Sharkey point to Cook
as a man of well-known reputation for im
partiality, and say he would render the
decision according to his best judgment
regardless of whom it hurt or helped. As
serting this to be a fact they ?ay they can
not see why the other side should object
to him.
Corbett has the big end of the whole
proposition, and it may not be impossible
for him to force the other side into agree
ing on King or some other man he favors.
Corbett worked rather hard yesterday,
but not as long as usual. His trainers de
cided that he ought to let up a little, and
to-day he may not work at all, but put in
the time resting. Delaney is of this opin
ion. George Green said it was not finally
decided yet whether Corbett would train
to-day. They would see about it this
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morning. Young Corbett said that the j
champion is not in condition for a finish ]
fight, but he is in shape ior four rounds.
Billy Delaney, Jim Carr and George '
Green will be behind Corbett. Needham, !
Tim McGrsth and Paddy Ryan of Vallejo, i
who will be bottle-holder, will be in Shar- ,
key's corner.
Sharkey and his trainers and a few
friends will come over to this City this af- ,
ternoon and put up at the W T indEor Hotel. :
Sharkey did some light work yesterday,
but to-day he will sprint a hundred yards j
a time or two to limber him up and open !
up the cells of his lungs.
There was a report in Oakland yesterday ;
afternoon that Sharkey had hurt his ankle.
This, if true, wouli have meant that the
fight is off, but it is entirely false. It was
perhaps put in circulation CO affect the !
bettint'.
Sharkey was seen at the Acme Athletic \
Club at 3:15 o'clock. Not only his ankles j
but every other portion of his husky an
atomy is in prime condition, and he is fit '
to make The fight of his life.
Corbett and Green were beaten at hand- !
ball yesterday afternoon by Hampton and
Pocknitz at the Olympic A'hletic Club,
and Corbett was beaten a single-handed ;
game by Hampton.
Jim Carr, who will be one of the seconds !
for Corbett to-night, is an old and re
tired pugilist, though still a young man.
He eoes into the fig-ht owing to his long
standing friendship for Corbett.
Carr has met Jack BurKe, Jack Dem p- ■
sey, Tom Cleary and others. In the fight |
between Corbett and Choynski, which was ,
attempted to be pulled off at San Rafael
some yrars ago, Carr was behind Corbett.
The fight was stopped at that time, but
finally it came off aboard a barge up in
Raccoon Slough.
At the Olympic Club next Friday even- |
ing (ladies' night) Corbett will box four;
rounds with William Smith of Australia.
Before the contest takes place there will be :
given in the gymnasium an athletic exhi- j
bition.
May Be Maher and ChoynsKi.
The National Club telegraphed Peter
Maher last evening that it would match
him against Chovnski for ten rounds, the
contest to take place in July. Maher was
instructed that in case he agreed to meet
Choynski the club would forward him
$500 to defray his expenses to this City.
An answer will doubtless be received to
day froni the Irish champion.
A BANKER'S BANQUET.
Sorotla, the Japanese Capitalist, Enter-
tains Prominent Citizens,
An elaborate complimentary dinner was
given in the banquet hall of the Palace
Hotel last night by Kokichi Soroda. presi
dent of the Yokohama Specie Bank, who
entertained at table thirty-rive guests,
principally the representative banking
men of San Francisco.
S. Hayakowa, secretary to the Minister
of Finance of Japan, and T. Yamamuto,
chief cashier of the National Bank of
Japan, fellow-travelers of Mr. Soroda's
and coworkers with him in the mission to
London to dispose of the Chinese indem
nity fund, were prominent among the few
foreigners present. The Japanese Consul
here and several prominent members of
the Pacific-Union Club had seats about
the pretti.y decorated long table, arranged
in the lorm of a capital T.
Specchmaking, music and good wines
and cigars prolonged the dinner until a
late hour.
On Secret Organizations.
Next Sunday night a sermon on secret so
cieties and benevolent organizations will be
preached in the California-street M. E. Church
by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Goodwin. The various
societies and organizations have been invited
to attend as bodies or as individuals.
When Baby wag sick, we ga~e her Castoria.
When sho was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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1 Case All-Wool Fancies. 25c Yard
1 Case Mohair Fancies, $3.50 Suit
I Case Fine All-Wool Serge, 50c Yd
1 Case 42-Inch Crepon, 50c a Yard
1 Case 44-Inch Mohair Suiting
"m Yard
I 1 Case 45-Inch Mohair Fancies
$1.00 Yard
!The above goods are all far below
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