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10 THE OMAHA DAILY 1U3E : SUffflAY. MAY 7 , 18DJH5TXTEEN PAGES. THE MONTANA COPPER KING His Wonderful Annconda Property on Which Ho Has Spent $40,000,000. BOUGHT THE ALICE MIN FOR A SONG The JIlRsost Copper Mlnefl iintl hmoltors In tha World .Miircu * Duly' * Hone Fnrin and Ituts Winch . Him 8r.7)00. ) ANACOMiAMont.Mny3. tCorrcapondcnce of THE MEB. ] lly nil odds the most striking clmrnctor In Montnnn today is Mnicus Daly , the famed Atmconda millionaire , the cele brated horse owner and the chluf of the cop per kings of the United States. No one knows how much Daly Is worth. Ho owns a bank or BO , an electric railroad , a big hotel. something like $1,000,000 worth of horses and lands , and ho has , I am told , iv one-fourth in terest in the Anaconda copper mines , which nro the biggest and best paying of any in the known universe. The army of employes who work under him is as largo in number as that which Xenophon led in the- famous re treat described in the Anabasis , and his pay roll runs into the tens of thousands of dol- lara per duy. Still , ho came to the United States a poor boy , and when ho landed at San Francisco at the age of 13 ho had not a cent in his i > oeket , and ho trotted up and down the board walks for three or four days seeking a Job. Ho looked in vain , until about the cna of the fourth day ho saw an old farmer In a wagon driving through the streets. Ho stopped him and said , "Haven't you got something out at your place that I can dot" "Well , I don't know , young man. What can you do ? " "I can do anything , " replied young Daly. "Can you dig tatorsl" "Yes , I can , " said Daly , and the man thereupon told him to get into the wagon nnd ho took the boy home to his ranch. This was some place east of Oakland and Daly dug potatoes for the old rancher for thrco weeks , Ho said it nearly broke his back , but ho stuck to it until ho got a little money , and then , boy as ho was , ho started for the mines. Ho grow up surrounded by gold and diver and ho soon developed a wonderful ability as an expert miner. When the Comstouk lode was discovered ho was in Nevada. Ho had by this time become ac quainted with MncUay , Flood and O'Brien nnd they made him jtho foreman of that ' mine. After working'hcre for some timehe drifted to Salt Lake nnd was engaged there by the Walker brothers , who have , you know , owned some of the most famous mines of our history. Ho served them as a mining export , and it was about sixteen years ago that ho was sent by them from Utah to Montana to expert the "Alice" mine. * IIo\v .Mui-cin Dnly llmiclit a Minn. The Alice mine is one of the most famous in Montana. It has produced millions of dollars worth of gold nnd silver. Its output - put for Ib'Jl wan nearly a million and It is still worked at a great profit. At the time that the Walker brothers thought of buying it the stock had fallen very low. They knew that it would rise at ouco if it was known that they wanted it nnd Daly was sent here to find out all about it. Ho came to Butte City as u miner. He was dressed in rough clothes ana pretended that ho was dead broke and wanted work. Ho went to the old Continental hotel and pre tended to look for work a weak , but failed to get It and told the landlord that he hud no money to pay his board. This seemed stramro to the landlord , us all minors Avoro vroll paid nnd there was n great demand for extra hands. The landlord said , "Well , I will see if I can't get you a Job. " Ho then wont down to the Lexington mine and got a a place for Daly , nnd told him about it. Mr. Daly said , "I am n little particular about my work , but I will go down and look nt the Job. " Ho did so and came back the same day and said that the mlno wus too wet , and that as his lungs were not strong ho iearud to go to work in it. Ho then loafed around for another week , and the landlord , getting more desperate still about the payment of his board , wont out and found him another Job. Daly looked at it , worked in it for two days and then came came back and said that the mlno was not timbered properly , and that ho would not work it. Now the board hilt for three weeks was due and the land lord got hot. Ho went up to Walkervillo and got Daly a Job in the Alice mine. Ho told the Walkervillo owners that ho had a man loatlng around at his place for whom ho wanted work long enough to pay his three weeks board bill. They gave him the Job nnd ho came baelc to D.ily. Ho swore nt Daly upon his return , telling him ho was teed d n particular about his work and too d n easy about his eating. Ho said that ho had got hlmnnothcr Job and that he wanted him to take it and stick to it. As Daly heard him sny that the work was in thn Alice mlno his heart must have Jumped , but there was not a change in his features nnd ho only said : "Well , I will go and look nt it. " It was the opportunity ho had waited for and ho took his place ns an ordinary miner in the Alico. Ho worked for three weolts , inspecting the property as ho dug and mined , nnd nt the cud of that tlma he throw up the Job and left Butte City. Six weeks later he cuuio to the surface us manager of the prop crty. The Walkers , at his advice , bought the mlno and they put him at its head. In Copper. While Air. Daly was managing this ho was looking about for other mines on his own ac count , nnd ho Invested in a number of silver mines. 1 asked him yesterday whether he had over made any money in silver mines anil hi > replied that ho hud , but ho did not give mo the figures , Among the mines lie bought was the Anaconda mlno , for which ho paid I think , jHO.OOO. It was begun ns a silvoi mine , but after running down 120 feet the load developed into ono of the biggest coppcfi veins on record. Up to this time not mucli attention was paid to copper , but Daly organised a company and went to work in this mlno. The company con- sis ted of J. B. Hnggin of California , the late Senator Ocorge Hurst , Marcus Daly nnd one or two others , nnd it has materially added to the millions of these well Icnown million- nlrcs , 1 can't glvo you any adequate idea of the enormous extent of these great mines , Two thousand minors are employed in the minus day nnd night , nnd within the last ten years the enormous sum of J-10,000IHK has been spent by Daly in wages and in works for operating th so minei. All of this money has como out of thu mines , and no onu hut the owners know how mucli more the mines have paid. The Block is not for sale nnd the Anaconda mines and smel ters form n clone oorx | > ratlun. The luuibci which is used each mouth for operating tin mlno would iiiako a board walk two fool wldo from Washington to Philadelphia , anil 100 cords of wood nro eaten up each day it the mine. Three thousand tons of ore are shipped out from the mines dally , and every thing connected with them is don o after the latest methods with the lluest of Improved machinery and on u gigantiu scale. The World' * lllggest Smelter. These mines are located at Butte City , but the ere is all brought about thirty -sever tnllos hero to Anaoonda. to bo smelted , am ! the blggoit umelting works iu the world an hero. I wont through them today. Tlioj wall the side's of the mountain , covering more than eighty acres of space with vast buildings pacKcd full of machinery. Orcal brick chimneys one-third ns high as the Washington monument pierce the sky a ! they stand on the tops of the mountain : above them , and these nro connected will ) the works by lints so largo that you could drive a wagon load of hay through then without touching the walls. This is to give the proper draught. Then ) are vast engines and great bollors nnd a wilderness of ma chlnery. The lly wheels of the engines art as high as ji throo-story house and the powei Is conducted by cables of stool -which run from ono ole ration to another up the sides ol the mountain. I cannot drsuribo the tna chlnery except to say that the ore-producing rock , containing copper , gold nnd ullver , is tmumlpd Into a mush with great ntnmp * nnd then filtered nnd reflltcrcd , run through process after proconu , until nt Inul it comes nut In the nhnini of n metal nnml , which is taken to other work * nnd reduced to mntnl. 1 remember ono room on which this sand ran over hundreds of prent tables almost ns big nro u ml ns n small cK'tis tent , and tlit-so were washed by a running stream of water In such a way that the refuse went off Into pipes , while the copper ere remained on the tables. In otncr vast rooms covering acres were hundrcdtt of grinding machines which itmdc a nolso llko a sewing machine , nnd there were acres of settling vats nnd of al most every Imaginable kind of machinery. 1 ho Atinonphcrn of Hell. I drove from hero to the smelting works ind walked through vast rooms filled with fumes of sulphur , which made you feel as though a bushel of matches were being burned under your nose , nnd saw the roastIng - Ing of tills copper In great Iron coffee pots live times ns big us the largest hogshead you have ever seen and watched the reddish golden matal pour out In streams and run olT In cakes the slza of a center table or in blocks Ilka those in which pig Iron is cust. A great ninny of the.so processes are secret nnd electricity is now being used to separate the gold and silver from the copper. The amount of gold and silver In this Anaconda copper Is such that it is believed that it will ventuallv bear the cost of refining and the copper will bo pure profit. It lakes about ! 3tK)0 ) men to work this smelter , and the wages paid thorn are from $ -.f > 0 upward per day. Everything is djiio on the strictest business methods , but Daly's treatment of his men Is such that ho never has a strike , and they stand up for him through thick and thin. It Is this fact that makes him such a great power among the people In Montana. Ho has thousands of employes , and his friends are legion. I vislteel the smelter nt noon , and a curious sight was that of the men cookin ; , ' beefsteak on hot shovels which they rested on the keltio of molten copper. How Mnrctui Duly I.oolm. I mot Mr. Daly during my stay hero and had an hour's chat with him. Ho looks n good deal llko Proctor Ivnott of Kentucky , 8,1 vo that his hair and mustncho are gray rather than white and His head is slightly larger than ICnott's. Ho is u blue-eyed , rosy-faced Irishman of about fi. > years of ngo. Ho dresses simply and thcro are no frills or furbelows about him. He is full of vigor and when I rode with him from Butte to Anucondn the other day on the train ho wore a soft hat , a rough chinchilla overcoat , n pair of uunlaloons which were decidedly without the creases of Iho New York dude and his shoes were covered with a pair of rubbers spattered with the mud of Butte City. I found him a good talker and full of plain , practical , ovrrvday common sense. Ho has a bit of a brogue , but his laugh Is a hearty ono and ho evidently enjoys llfo. Marcus Daly is married and ho has a very Handsome wife nnd delightful family. He has Iwo daughters who are going to school In Paris and his boy , Marcus Daly , Jr. , and his youngest daughter. Hattie , n pretty little girl of 7 or 8 , uro with their motner at the Anaconda hotel. Mrs. Daly has been married twenty years , yet slio docs not look over U5 and she has as much common se-nso ns her husband. Mr. Daly is especially fond of Hatlic. Ho has named one of his horses after her anil his palace car bears her name. This car cost something like $ -10- 000. It has bed rooms , parlors , kite-hens and bath rooms , and is used by the family when they travel. As for Marcus Daly himself ho rides in any kind of a car , and the family live here in Annconda in the simplest kind of stvle. This hotel cost something llko KOO.OOO anitts kept up at a big cost. It is owned by Daly , but his rooms In it are as plainly furnished ns those of many of his employes' parlors , and his habits are simple in the extreme. He rises at about 00 : ! ! in the morning , takes a cup of coffee and a beefsteak and is at work before many of his employes are up. Ho works fast , de ciding ( juickly on everything and showing great executive ability. There is no red tape about his olllco. Any ono who has ousincss with him can got to him at once and tie will not beat about the bush , but comes to busi ness with you at once. Ho discharges his obligations promptly and always keeps his hiigugoincuts. Though ho is worth many millions he has entire chat-go of his great mine property nnd attends to this in addi tion to his other Business and his private in vestments. I am told that there nro moro than 10,000 dependent upon his orders daily , and ho has lumber'mills nnd wood cutters and adds daily to Iho whole a first-class newspaper hero at Anaconda. The Ana conda Standard is ono of the best newspa pers in the west and though it is run at a loss it has the best and latest news. I am told that Mr. Daly controls Wi.OOO.OOO worth of property In Montana nnd it is said that the Anaconda property would bring 15,000- 000 any day. His monthly pay roll for labor hero in Anaconda nlono is more than ? 100- 000 nnd ho pays J50.000 u month for the coal ho uses. l > al.y' Famous Homo Furiu. Marcus Daly has oomo of the fastest horses iu the world , nnd hu has a horse farm not far from here which contains about $1,000,000 worth of horses , and which in cludes 4,000 acres. Ho is building a big frame house on this now , which will have about t "cnty-iiluo rooms , nnd ho says he expects to retire hero when he gets tired of work. Ho has ideas of his own with regard to his horses , nnd I hail an interesting conversa tion with him today about them. I asked him if ho expected to make money out of his horses , or if his racimr stock was not merely ono of the luxuries of a imllionaira. Ho ro- piled : "Of course I expect to make money out of them. No ono in Montana goes into luxuries of that kind for the fun of the thing , nnd if I really thought I could not make a profit out of my stables I would sell them tomorrow. I have a theory that the state of Montana will produce the best horses of the world , and I am testing it. Tno climate hero is cold In the winter , but the air is pure , and it in creases tlio lung power of the horses. I am told that the boys nero at 10 .years require suits of clothing as largo as those worn by a 1'J-year-old boy of the east. The air expands their lungs and they grow big chests , and the same Is so of horses. As lo the coldness of Ibo climate and the charge that colts will not grow hero in the winter , if this is true. I expect to overcome it by coed stabling and good food. Our grass hero fs bettor than that of California or Kentucky , and it makes hotter bones nnd bolter feet. I nm buying the very best of stock , and so far my stables arc doing very well. "How nro they mannered ? " "My farm is run on Iho same business principles as are the mines and smellers , ICvorylhitig is systematized and kept In book shape. Kvory saddle ) and bridle is charged , nnd If n halter strap is broken it has to bo brought hack before a new ono can be given out. I know to n cent what evcryt hlug costs , and I keep two sols of books , ono of my racing and the other of my breeding stables. 1 have weekly reports , and I know Just exactly on what horses I am making and on what I am losing. " A I'ortiino in Ilorxo Undue. "How did your stables pay last yoart" I asked. "Fairly well , " was the reply. They netted me something llko $127,000 and they cost mo $7 ,000. I paid flO.OOO for Tam many whpii I bought him as n yearling. Ho won # 78,000 last year and ho will probably win nt least $50,000 this season. Ho is now thre > o years old , and I will take him off Iho track after this season nnd breed him. To show you how I run the stables : When I bought Tammany I of course charged the racing stables with him. All the expense of keeping him has been charged to him , as well as every other item that ho has cost. I also charge against him 0 per cent on the amount invested in him , and the difference between the cost and the amount ho brings gives mo the profit I make out of him , When I take him over to the breeding stables 1 will charge the breeding sublcs (50,000 for him and will credit that amount to the racing stables. A regular record will bo kept of his colts , and ho ought to produce thirty or forty a year , which at eleven months old will bo worth $1,000 apiece , and in some cases will bring as high ns 110,000 each. I will only keep the best colts of any of my breeding and I regularly weed oul Iho culU , Each of these colts will bo charged in turn and the two stables will bo kept en tirely separate , so you see I cau tell to a 'T Just whcro I am making or losing. " llmljr on llorso Trainer * . Marcus Daly has the best horse tralnan in the United States. Everyone knows ol Matthew Byrnes , who is at the head of his stables hero , and who gets , I am told , some thing between $10,000 and $15,000 u year. The Jockey who has charge of Tammany is Snapper Garrison , who U said to receive $10,000 a year , and "I got a picture today ol Snapper Garrison on Tammany which wag recently mndo for Mr. Daly. Mr , Daly nlil : ' "I think good horse trainers nro Ixini. not made. They must Jmvo nil InUiltlrn knoxvlcdgo of the horse and a goud trnlnor Is a rnro man.Vo never nllow our hot-sen to bo nbnsed or sworn at on the fnrm. Of course , It Is different In n racej then Iho Jockeys sometimes cut the llfo almost out of them. " Thn linrrr Vrraui tlio Trotter. "How about the trotter , Mr. D.ily ? You have a number of line trotting horses. " "No , not now , " was the reply. "I am clos- Inif out my trotting stock ns fnst ns possible. I don't believe that trotting Is legitimate sport. It is thn result of mechanical train ing and mechanical breeding. I prefer to devote myself to running stock nnd I bo- Hove that thcro Is more money in it. The ranting capacity of a running horse Is much greater. " How about record ? Una It reached Its lowest limit ? " "No. I believe not. I expect to see n nillo trolled in two niinutcn before I die. " "How nbotil the racing record ? Will that bo lowered ? " "That is hard to say , " ald Marcus Daly. "It Is true a phenomenal horse may e-omc which will cut it down below l.flS , tno rec ord now held by Salvatur. There Is n limit o the physical possibility of u horse nnd 1.85 s very fast time. " KiiKllnh lloract Cun't Unit UK. I hero told Mr. Daly that I had visited the stables of North , thu nitrate king. In Eng land last slimmer nnd 1 nskcd him what ho thought of the horses which North had sent to tlio Chicago Derby. "I don't bollovo that they will bo able to do anything , " was his reply. "They are not acclimated and English horses can do litllo in America for Iho first year. The tracks nro hard for them and they cannot do them selves Justice. North has some horses which nro good In England , but If I 11111 not mis taken they would bo considered socond-rnio In America. England can make a boiler strain of blood than wo can and wo go thcro Tor our thoroughbreds , but wo can breed better horses here , put new llfo Into them by feeding and tarfo them back nnd beat them on their own track. " 857,000 mi tlio llrooklyu Suburban. ' Speaking of business again , Mr. Daly , do you ever bul on your horses ? " "Yes , I do , " was the reply , "but I don't | iut my winnings and losings down to tlio | ) rotlt or loss of my slablcs. I invest in bets upon my horses Just ns I would on stock which 1 thought was going up. I back them for what I think they are worth and I made W7.000 on the Brooklyn Suburban last year , uut tills matter goes into my private expense account and it is not set down against the horses. " FIIANK G. CAUPENTCU. 31VK1CA1. .IM > IHtA Mr. T. W. Koono's next tour begins Sep tember 1 , when "Macbeth , " "Tho Fool's Ho- vcnge" nnd "King John" will bo added to his repertoire. Stuart liobson has decided to revive "Tho Comedy of Errors" next season , nnd with this in view has engaged Giles Shine to play the second Dromlo. George W. Chadwick , professor of music at Harvard college , said to be America's greatest composer , is bul ! I5 years of age. He played a church organ when a boy. John Stetson finds "The Crust of Society" n source of great profit. Ho had four com panies performing it last , week in Boston , Philadelphia , Omaha and New England. Helene Mora , who has a remarkable sing ing voice almost a baritone and knows how to use it , is to slnr next season in a new musical furco entitled "Comrades. " William 11. Crane asserts thai he cleared S-'iOO.OOO oul of 1-loyd & Hoscnfcld's play , "The Senator , " and that a good portion of the money is safely invested in real estale. Now York is soon to have n daily dramatic newspaper. It is to bo called the New York Daily Figaro , and it wilt bo edited by Charles Leonard Fletcher and Mr. Davidson , both of Boston. Joshua Phlppcn , who recently received the prize of ) f.0 ; ( ! offered by the National Conservatory of Music for Iho best piano forte concerto , was born in Salem , Muss. , nnd is : < 5 years old. According to n report in a dramatic paper a company playing "Uncle Tom's Cabin" re cently stranded in I-ockport because- Little Eva utlnchod Iho box-ofllco receipts to buy her eldesl son a new suit of clothes. Carrie Turner will retire from "The Crust of Society" af lor the Schiller engagement nnd go to Boston for John Stetson's produc tion ofLed Astray. " She will bo succeeded in " 'Jho Crust" by Elita Proclor Otis. Miss Mary 13. Linck , a graduate of the Chicago conservatory , bus Just relumed from England , where she made a brilliant professional djtmt with the Carl Kosu opera company , with whom she has engaged for a period of three years. Felix AVcingartner , Iho young- conductor of the Berlin Ho.ynl opera , Is now named as Iho man who will succeed Mr. Niksch ns con- eluclor of Iho Boslou. Symphony orchestra , Huns lliuhtcr having been forbidden , it is understood , to leave Austria. The youngest successful playwright in America , and probably in the world , is visit ing in New York now. His name is Paul Kcstcr , nnd he has not ycl passed his 21st birthday. Modjeska produced his "Countess Kondino" nnd Sulvini will shortly give "Tho Last of the Moors. " Tinel , the composer of the oratorio 'St. Francis , " which was recently sung in Now York with great success , is at work on anew now religious cantata , "Sainto Godoliove , " Iho music of which will prove to bo of an en tirely different chnraclcr from Ihul by which ho is generally known. The actresses have a club of- their own , which has been Incorporated under the law of Now York slalo as Ihe Twelfth Night club. Its objects arc the study of Iho drama by , and Iho mutual bcneilt of and promotion of , social intercourse among women who are on tlio stage , or students of , interested in , or patrons of dramatic art. Six or eight years ago , says Dixoy , a bur lesque on tlio production of which $0,000 was spcnt'would have created a sensation ; todav any where from iO,000 to10.000 is necessary to make a production in Isew York which the public will go to see. Therefore it will bo readily seen that burlesque cannot go much further in the way of spending money. A pianist , Henri Falcko , has created a sen sation by his remarkable performances in Berlin. The critics nro unanimous in pro nouncing him ono of tlio greatest living pianists and in praising Ills marvelous tone and Icchnic. Ho has also appeared at the concerts at La Trompetto , Paris , and the Gowandhaus in Leipsic with equal success. Mr. Irving has resolved not to take "King Lear' ' on a tour In the United States. The character of Lear is ono which makes such great physical demands upon him us to ren der the play hardly suitable for louring pur poses. The chief parts which Mr. Irving will play in America nro the two cardinals ( Becket and Wolsoy ) besides , of course , those In his ordinary repertoire. Although Mine. Modjeska has but ono child she has reared and educated five nieces and nephews. It is in her California homo , twenty miles from n railway station , that she has set up he" lares and penates and it is about her mglcsldo that she gathers bur six children. She says that the happiest part of her life Is in "Arden. " as she calls her place from the fact thai it fulfills the description of Iho forest of Arden in "As You Like It. " Jullu Mnrlowo iras not much moro than a chorus girl in "Pinaforo " ; Agnes Huntington - ton climbed from Iho lowest round of Iho ladder in Iho old Boston Ideal Opera com- | inny : Edith Klngdou ( now Mrs. George Gould ) marched once ns an amazon in "Jnlma ; " Lolo Fuller was released by Uu- elolph Aronson from an engagement In the Casino chorus to accept.an offer from Nat Goodwin , with whom in "Littlo Jack Shop- pard" she made her first big hit ; Anna O'Kccfocuma from the same apprenticeship ; Hello Archer began her professional career as Cousin Hobo in n "Pinaforo" chorus ; Grace Golden , Delia Fox , Lulu Glusser. Louise and Cccilo Elsslng , and oven Lillian Kusseil began at the very bottom. John Douglass , whoso Henley regatta scene in "A Dark Secret" was thought to bo a great thing in the way of stage realism , has surpassed himself iu his now piny , "No- Mun'S'Lund , " now running at the London Grand. Eorly in the piece there is real water to carry the real bout that bears the hero from Ihe lonely Island where villainy has planned ho shall starve and die , nnd there Is real water for the storm of rain that Is to descend while the thunder roars and the flash-lights make lightning Hashes that are Just like the real article. In the last act thcro is real water to dash and foam about the artificial weir , and there is real water to represent the river into which the heroine Is thrown , and into which her female friend takes a header to her deliver ance. CHAT WUJh THE BOXERS . . ! _ A Few Sober WorStfon the Decline of the . Snort , i Ml * P , JAY sflJltDS THE KNELL > f Tlio Ammls of thur (5 n ino from 1711' to 18IC1 Hullo J oliitloii Tlio llntnc * of thn Unit Mutches nnd Talked Of. That Iho respectable clement of the coun try has sickened and tired of prize lighting is a fact thai will re-qulro u most muscular argument to refute ) . It may sound anomal istic to mention rcsi > cctnblliiy In connection with u sport so degrading nnd generally deprecated , to ignore its unlawful phase , bul there is nothing Htrange or Irregular about Iho association. It is a notorious fact that the vast crowd which assembled in Now Or leans last September to witness tno novelty of a llstlc carnival was as representative n gathering ns ono would meet at nn annual fair , u political convention or a conclave of any of the numerous brotherhoods. I no of such dimensions sporting or fancy proportion was mensions nnd notwithstanding there was not a city In the country but what was liberally represented to oven bo denominated ns Infinitesimal com pared with these from Iho commercial and professional walks of life. The sport , fakir , gambler and crook were most inconspicu ous in fact they were very small potatoes nnd few in a heap when shuison up and mixed with the vaslconcourso of merchants , shopmen , lawyers , doctors , bankers and cap italists who had gravitated to the Crescent City ostensibly on business , but literally in the pursuit of the pleasure nnd excitement they hoped to derive by pressing up against the ropes of the much berated prize ring. And then I might add too , correctly and wilii all duo deference for Iho clolh , that it was not sporting , business and professional men nlono who viewed the sanguinary scenes en acted In the Olympic's unhallowed squared circle last autumn , but men whoso vocation is to guide and uplift , to expound the truths of the good book nnd reveal Iho glories of a life without sin. Even , it is said , ono of Iho gladiators before making his debut upon the ground of slrlfo received the benoJIction of ono of these ministerial onlookers in Venice. Without imputing corrupt motives , lot us hope thai Ihls part of Iho crowd , like Dr. Parkhurst , was in quest of enlighten ment In the ways of the wicked in order lhat they might hear the confessions of the sin ful world and bo better prepared to lead aright Ihe lost and astray. What I have written In the foregoing paragraph is simply in justification of my implied assertion that a respectable element of society has had some considerable associ ation with the prize ring. It may have been experimental only , for it looks now us if the sport had reared itself like a vision in phantasmagoria to plague respectability and they will have no moro of it. Everywhere they are the conservators of good order and the rigors of the law are being urged and importunatcd in all corners of the land and the prize lighter is nearly at the end of his tether. Tlio glory ofall the big metropolitan has departed or Is swiftly and surelj on the wane. New Orlcans''stands ' alone , a city In which an event of. any considerable general interest could bo pulled off , and In this con nection 1 quote from a letter received bul yesterday from n business friend , a promi nent sugar , molnsserf' and rico man of the city by Iho gulf : "Like a majority of re- siwctablo citizens I have acquired a supreme disgust for the Jirize fighter and his busi ness nnd a welcome sound is the ringing of the bell that is to.cull them down for years lo como. The nexl legislature in this state will put an end to all their hopes in Louisi ana , bul unforlunutcly ic does not meet for a vcar. When It does1 meet , however , It will bo all day peed and hard for the lighting fra ternity. California has already closed her doors against them and New York is sure to follow ; then these 10 to10 m lighters will be tickled to death' to run against a free lunch. " Even P. J. Douohuoi the capable sporting cdilor of the Ndw York llccorder , and a man who has done much oven moro than any ono man I can mention lo perpelualo and ele- vulo the sport , reluctantly acknowledges : The history of the prize ring is replete with lessons , but I fear the students of the game have not studied their own interests. and I now sco indications that the old slory of the man who killed the goose that layedtho golden cgps is to be duplicated The game has been the hobby of patricians , lias been fostered by the nobilily of Eng land and patronized by the gentlemen of America , but thcro are evidences that it is on the decline. The professors of the game , always avaricious , Imvo played hard and last and loose with the coin producers and the l Uer nro gelling weary. In Iho flrsl year wo have had several mulches that were financial failures , as far us the promoters were concerned. The most notable of ibese was Iho Hall and Filzsim- inons fight nt Now Orleans. Recently wo have had several so-called amateur tourneys which proved to bo nonpaying ventures. As straws show which way Ihe wind blows , so docs Iho result of amateur events ( so culled ) show whlcti way the boxing game is going , and if I do not mislako Ihe signs Ihe came is on Iho decline. Ninety-seven years ago pugilism became nn American game. Ninety-seven years pre viously the game was established In England nnd a champion was proclaimed. In the 174 years between 1710 and 1893 there have been two epochs , Iho installa tion of Figg ns champion in 1710 nnd the victory of Jnko Hyer over Tom Bcasloy In America in 1810. In that period , however. the changes in the rules of the ring and tbo incidcnls which make Us history have been such as to cause wonder at Iho kaleidoscopic nspccl of affairs as seen through thogluss lo- day. day.Wo hud Iho era of bare knuckle flghls patronized by the nobility. Wo know of Parliament adjourning to permit its mem- hers to witness prize ring battles. Wo know of the Introduction of boxing gloves , of the revision of ring rules preventing n slip-down to avoid a blow. Wo know also of Ihe origi- nalion of Iho Quconsberry code , of its ap plication tc professional conlests , of the ad vent of Sullivan nnd the era of knock-outs. For who can deny that John L. revolution ized Iho style of lighting nnd proved tlr/.t a satisfactory settlement of affairs could be had in short order ! Wo have seen champions rise , fall nnd pass away , only to bo forgotlen when Iho lusl clod of eluy was thrown on their cofllns , Wo have seen or known of serious accidents in the ring and have in ono case , at least , a man acknowledged us u champion whenever never won a battlo. The vast interests , controlled by boxers today would astound- ' champions of a half century ngo. Today'mugs" got small for tunes when flRhtiujrTJeforo the "club offer ing tho-largest purae/'and in almost every cnso the purses are greater than the main stakes for which tried professionals nnd ac knowledged chamJMns competed in the dnvs gone by. Ju consider that Henry Sellers beat P. Corcofcin for the champion ship of England in. 1.770 for $50 , and then con sider that Dixon uml.Griftln hesitate to fight for loss than $10,01)0. ) nnd with gloves at that. Just consider thnt John ( Gentleman ) Jackson , the pal tof the prince of Wales , got only $1,000 fo/'beatiug Dan Mcndoza ninety-eight years add nine days ngo today , nnd that the or.ly material honor given him ( outsldo the coin ) was the making of a plaster cast of hu Bright arm , which was placed in the royal jnusoum. As a contrast , consider Hall and Fitzslmmons boxing with glares for three rounds for $40,000. How odd It would seem if n plaster cast of the head of u victorious boxer was made nowa days for n dime museum. It is long odds that us n big thing in plaster the head of the modern tighter would exceed in size the arm of the here of 1770. And now for what is going on. Well Stnnton Abbott , Erglnnd's champion light weight who came across a couple of weeks ago dead bent on measuring strength with Jack McAullffo , the champion of all champ ion Ilghtwelghls , has furnished Golhnm a line on his capacity. At Dom McCaffrey's Madison Square garden show the other evening , Abbott was pitted for a four-round contest with Jack Hopper , which , however , only lasuxi ono and a half , for in that time the American was put Into a preludatory stuto of death. Tha Briton knocked him senseless with a loft smash In the jaw , and tbo universal opinion engendered was that he is on * of the people ple after all , yet not nearly coed enough to iiHi i " " > -s * -r--r"Tltiiirmitrnir l > p classed with America's redoubtnblo champion , Abbott It particularly handy with his loft and altogether quite a likely chap , alihmigh his performance with Hopper Is a monger criterion to go by. If I were to nlnco him it would bo along with Billy M.ver , Austin Gibbons and men of that class , Jack MeAulllTo put Hopper out easily In live rounds back Iu the early 'N's ' ' , when the latter was fresh and strong , nnd at the very / onltii of his fighting career. The Hopper of today Isn't the Hopper of seven or eight years ngo by n long shot. Ho hns gone back greatly , while McAullffo Is us good n man again ns ho was then. In fact , McAullffo was never better than ho is today. The match between Jim Hall and Frank Slnvln Is not exciting tlio interest on this that it is on the other side , but a good dual of curiosity prevails to know Just what Chnrllo Mitchell was figuring on when ho made the match. Anybody who is nnylKxly over here looks for Slnvln to smother Jim. and Peter Jackson told mo when In Omaha recently that if Slavin was Slavin , In the merest semblance , he will do this very trick - smother him. But what if Hull whips his burly countryman : what thenf Won't the ouspicicn of a Inko with Fitzslmmons sug gest itself ? 1 think so. There Is no now developments relative to thu much talked of Johnny Grillln-Ccorgo Dlxon light , or the Dlxon-Smlth light , either. They are both very much In statu quo. Since the Billy Smith-Tom Williams battle which was a frost so far ns financial success Is con cerned the Coney Island people have fol lowed Old Smear KIISI 'S advice "to Ho still ami soc nix. " They are not chasing prize fighters with the same enterprise which erstwhile marked their movements , and tlio probabilities nro that the fighter , llko the base ball player , Is going to be allowed to do a little husthng. The big club by the sea has booked another event , however , to como off some time next month , a finish go between Jho Weir , the erratic Spider , and Johnny Van Heest. The Ixjys como cheap , and whllo the Smiths , Dlxon , Grlflln nnd Dcmpse.v are making up their mindsthey Jusl cugagcel them , and the match will furnish suftlclenl food for gossip until bigger game drops in the net. The "No. 0" Wheeler & Wilson makes n perfect stitch with nil kinds of threat ! on all classes of materials. U is always ready. Sold by Geo. W. Inncustcr & Co. , 514 S. Kith slrccl. I WAS BIG. I WAS PAT. I PELT MEAN. I TOOK PILLS. I TOOK SALTS. I GOT LEAN. Handsome Women Can Lese Wolgii Fast. Homely Mon Look Better If Thin. Try Dr. Edlson'a System. No Dieting. Band worth Twlco the Monoy. Ofllcoof II. M. Ilitrton , Hardware , Cary Sta tion. III. . .Ian. 14. IS'.a ' Dr. Ellison Honr Sir : I am well pleased with jour treatment of obesity. Tha bnnU li worth twlco thu money u cost , for comfort. I h ive reduced my wolcht ton pounds , 1 wol li 235 now , una 1 dlU weigh 215 , Yours truly. H. M. ItUKTON. They Are Doing Nlo Cood. Karlvtllf , 111 , May 2.1. 1831 l.orlnK fi Co : Inclosed llnil J-.VJ ( or which pleasa rntl nio the other tire bottloi of Dr. Kilhou's Obes ity 1'llls. 1 Imvo uiod ono unilthlnk her uro Uotng the work. S. M. llALKV. I' . O. Uor 75. Talk So Much About Your Pills. I'corla , 111. , June IS. 1893. Dcnr Slrn : After hearing ono of m j I rlendi talk 90 Qiich nbont your Otiosity 1'IIU and tlio bon nt holi deriving from thorn I think I will try them tnyjolf 1'leiiBO Bend mo 3 bottloi C. O. I ) . , mill oblige , J. MOUIIIU. 4M ! 1'orry Street. Fool Better and Weigh 13 Pounds Loss Oonhon. Inil. , Sept. 18. 1893. fiOntlemen : Inclosed I Bend jou $1. tor wblcli you nil ! pleiuo send nio three bottles of the obusltr pills. AmtnkliiK thn fourth bottle und fcol very much better nnd wolvh 13 pounds lei thi\n when I b tnklnK them. 1 will continue your trnatmont. Mils. J. C. McCo.x.v , South Sixth Strojt An Individual whoso height Is 6 feet 1 Inch should wolifti 125 pound ! 5 feet 8 Inches " " ICO 6 feet 10 Inches " " no " Dr. Edlion iayi : "U nay be welt to point out that In my experience , which Is noceasarlly vurj considerable , many troublesome skin disease * such , ccpstcma , > ione. psoriasis , utlcarlit , etc. , are prim- nrlly caused by obesity , and as the fiUnndtljshU reduced by the pills nnd Obesity Fruit Bait and the notion of the band those afTuotlons have almost magically disappeared. " The Obesity Fruit .Halt li used In connection with the I'llts or HandB , or both. Olio teaspoonftil In a tumbler of water makes a dollclous noda. Tastes llko cliampnlgne. 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