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EIGHTH year
smoke a Bill Arp warters New Brand
CORBETT TRAGEDY
Throws the Pilgs Into Great
Waves o f Excitement.
803 FITXSIMMONX.ET AL
Offer to Take Jim Corbett’s
place in the McCoy Fight.
Shu Francisco, Cal., Aug 18.
—Frank Corbett, in speaking
about the killing of his mother
by his father and the latter’s
suicide, says that his father had
nothing to worry him, and that
he did not lose anything on the
Corbett Fitzsimmons fight.
Frank said his mother had
mentioned the fact that his fa
ther was apparently losing his
mind.
mccoy’s symhathy.
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 18.—
“ Kid” McCoy, with whom Cor
bett was to fight, has sent him
the following :
“Janies J. Corbett, Asbury
Paik, N. Y.: Accept my heart
felt sympathy in your hour of
deep bereavement, Do not wor
ry about out match. I shall not
force you to live up to the origi
nal agreement. If I can be of j
any assistance command me.
Norm an’Shelby.”
MICuY WOULD POSTPONE FIGHT.
New York, Aug ~ 18.—Jim
Corbett, heart-broken and griev
ed beyond description, accompa
nied by his wife, left for San
Francisco on an early train yes
terday morning. The bodies of
his parents will be left in vaults
until his arrival, Corbett denied
the statement that his fatlur
was financially embarrassed.
Geerge Considine, Corbett’s
manager, who came up from
Asbury Park with him, said:
“If McCoy will not consent to a
postponement of the fight he
may have our money. If he will
consent to postpone th* contest
to any day after the 25th of
September, we will light nim,”
If Corbett shall ask for a 10
days postponement of the fight
with McCoy his request will be
granted.
Fitzsiminon’s manager has is
sued the following :
“In the face of so great an af
fliction as that suffered by James
J. Corbett all questions of rival
rysink into insignificance, and
none feel more sincere sympa
thy than Robert Fitzsimmons
and myself.
■‘lt is unfortunate that the
blow should have fallen at the
lime when he was about to en
gage in an important contest,
but that doubtless can be post
poned to a later date.
“Robert Fitzsimmons empow
ers me to state that if he can do
anything to assist Corbett in the
present sad ass ii" he will gladly
offer his best efforts, and should
Mr. Corbett be compelled to
abandon his engagement with
Mr. McCoy, and all parties con
cerned are agreeable, Mr. Fitz
simmons will readily step for
ward and fill the vacancy.
Therefore, should Mr. Corbett
be unable to fill any obligations
on Sept. 10, I will meet Mr.
McCoy, or his manager, any
s>lace and time they car<3 to
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100.000 TROOPS
Will be JJilslered Oil! of Ser
vice at Once.
T|IK PRESIDENT DECIDES
He Will Review the Santiago
Army, in New York City.
Washington, Aug. 18.—At
midnight the president announ
ced his decision to muster out of
service from 75,000 to 100,000
of the volunteers. Those to be
discha'-ged will include three
branches of the service—infan
try, artillery and cavalry.
The question of the mustering
out of the volunteers has been
under consideration for several
days. It was quite evident to
begin with that a considerable
force necessarily would have to
be retained
With only a part of the volun
teer force to be mustered out, it
becomes a delicate question to
designate the organizations
which should go.
From a prominent official of
the administration, it is under
stood to be he desire of the
president to ascertain the wishes
n*’ volunteer troops tliem
selvus. as .o remaining in the
service.
• One or two organizations have
already indicated a desire to
leave the service as soon as the
government can reasonably do
without tliPtn They are com
posed largely of business and
workingmen, whose private in
terests are suffering by reason
of their absence from home.
So far as the interest of the
government will permit, it is
believed that the president in
the musteringout of the volun
teers, will accommodate himself
to the desires of the men them
selves.
Within certain obvious limita
tion, those troops who want to
be mustered out will be, and
those who desire to continue in
the service will be retained so*
long as they may be needed.
It may be some time before
the organizations to be mustered
out will be designated, but the
reduction of the volunteer forces
will be made as soon as possi
ble.
President Mckinley has de
cided that he will review the
heroas of Santiago in New York
city, if his duties will permit.
He so informed Major General
Wheeler, with whom ho had a
long conference todav, and who
is to assume command at Mont
tauk Point pending the arrival
of Gen, Shafter.
Necessarily, the date for the
proposed review will be some
time distant, as the president’s
plans are that the soldiers at
Montauk Point should have am
ple time to fully recover from
the effectsof the severe campaign
in Cuba.
name,when satisfactory arrange
ments can easily be made.
“Martin Julian
“Mgr. for Robert Fitzsimmons.
“New York, Aug. 16, 1898.’’
Bad blood becomes good blood
on taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla.lt
is ttyi great blood purifier.
DEWEY AND MERITT
Tlibsb Fighter! are Masters
efthe Philippine Sitilation ;
SPANIARD? AND REBELS
■ ■
Are Treated A ike And all are
Forced to Keep the Peace-
Washington. Aug. 18.—The
rwo American commanders at
Manila, Admiral Dewey and
Mnjor General Merrit, uniled in
i
, a joint dispatch which was re
; reived here late yesterday after
noon, asking for instructions as
to the manner of dealing with
the various elements, particular
,ly the insurgents, now that the
city is occupied by the American
!soldiers.
i After a conference at the white
house, in which Secretary Alger
and Acting Secretary Allen par
ticipated, instructions were sent
to the two American comman
ders. The text i f the request for
1 instructions ; nd the answer was
not made public, but Secretary
Alger summed up the instruc
tions substantially as follows :
“The inst r iciions are to en
f. roe law and < rd. r, and to treat
' all law abiding citiz ns alike ’
The instructions are practical
)lv the same. a« those sent last
night to Gen Lawton. The lat
ter order specifi ally stale 1 that
the insurgents must recognize
l the military occupation and au
thority of the United States and
the cessation of hostilities pro
claimed by this government.
Doubtless the same rule is being
applied to the insurgents under
Iguinaldo, although it was not
officially stated that such speci
fic orders were made.
It is said the joint dispatch
from Dewey and Merrit*- did
not, in terms, refer to Agninnldo,
nor did the instructions mention
the insurgent leader by name.
It is well understood,however
that the desire-of the American
commanders was to have instruc
tions on the manner of dealing,
with the large and menacing
forces of the insurgents under
Agniualdo, who have surround
ed Manila for many weeks and,
who, it is thought, will demand
the right to occupy the city with
the American forces, as the
Cuban insurgents did at Santia-
«. 1
go. It had been thought, in some
quarters here, that the showing
heretofore made by the insur
gents would lead to their de
manding a certain sort of recog
nition between the United States
’ and the forces of the insurgents,
when the city was occupied. But
the instructions sent are based
cm occupation by the United
States alone and as a high ad
ministratioi. official summed up
1 the situation :
“There shall be no joint action
except between Merritt and
Dewey. They will maintain law
and order and will treat insur
gens and Spaniards alike, re
quiring all to observe peace and
order.’’
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