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FINANCIAL SKY
, APPEARS BRIGHT
TTediction that the Kate Question it
the Only One that Can Came
Trouble.
NOT SO HARMFUL AS PREDICTED
Former Senator
Clarke Decides
to Go to France
Wife of the Montana Man Quoted as
Saying; She Does Not Like Amer
icans Nor America.
EFFORT TO KILL
SALOONKEEPER
Ewing Watterson Becomes Victim
of a Murderous Religious
Mania.
BIG STAKE FOR
FIGHT IS UP
Last of the Hundred and One Thou
sand is Given to Tim Sullivan
at Noon.
JOHNSON OBJECTS TO RING
WITH
MAiCULINt
C0MTUKHNW
LONG DEMENTED, GROWS VIOLENT
tea
1
I
Contended that the Commissioners
Will Be Fair.
JJO DESIRE TO CRIPPLE ROADS
Crop Conditions Throughout West
Are Favorable.
SLUMP IN STOCKS UNCALLED FOR
Reports of the Railroads for the
aw Ftrat Ilnlf of the Year Nearly
All Show Dlar Earn
In are.
NEW TORK. July 2. (Special Telegram.)
There is much speculation as to what
will be the tone of the stock market when
It open Tueny. The absence of a aes
aloii today gave yesterday's session a
typical holiday.
Thsrs waa a partial recovery yesterday
! from Thursday'e tremendous slump and
aoma of the biggest Interests In Wall street
! are occrwfcted with lending their help to
bolster up the market '
1 A report from Chicago says a confer
i anca baa been arrange with certain rall-
road presidents and manufacturing inter
, eat on the rate question. The rate ques
tion la the most Important of a trio of
causes which must cause some trouble.
The other two are ware difficulties con
fronting southern railroad ud the third
la the condition of the crops. Two of these
' brtn the Interstate Commerce commission
to the front aa an Important factor In af
fairs. It la the commission that la trying
to adjudicate an amicable settlement be
tween western railroad and manufactur
era by which a lower scale of freight rates
may be put Into effect, and the commis
alon ia Jro acting k the capacity of
mediator la settling the differences be
tween the Southern railway, the Seaboard
Air Line Mid other southern roads and
their employes, who are seeking a higher
w scale.
'Weather conditions, upon which crops
rely, are fa.vors.ble generally - throughout
the northwest and the west, so there la
little or no cause lor apprehension upon
that score.
Bees Period of Prosperity.
Why sufficient alarm should be felt to
cause stocks to go tumbling ia mysterious.
General . conditions are good. In fact.
Judge E. H. Gary, who la now en route to
Suropa, asld before sailing that "We are
now well into aa. era of unbounded proe-
parity which should last without Intermis
sion for ten years."
Coming from such an eminent authority
svs the chairman of the United States Steel
oorporatlon, a statement auch aa thti car
ries weight.
The big bugaboo la the rate controversy.
The change In the baala of rate making In
tiie west will not be nearly aa harmful aa
aoma people auppose. The commissioners
who have the handling of this affair are
not disposed to be aggressive. Nothing def
inite will be done upon the spur of the
moment to force the railroads Into new
rate making. Rate making la 'going to
move alowly. But, aa In all big affalra that
affect many people and many big institu
tions, something ntanglble plays its part,
causing alarm where alarm Is silently giv
ing rise to rumors. Bonds and the money
market, which reflect material eventa and
material affain., are both In a healthy
tats.
While the bond market la In auch a atate
now that It offers a wide range of possibil
ities, there la no stagnation. True, many
bond houses are advertising standard bonds
o fhlgh yield, but this does- not Indicate
that money la stringent or that there Is
possibility of a reflex of bad' tlmea. More
than anything else, this seems to show i
healthy condition; a condition when Invest
tnents are at their best
IOas to en York Banks.
Call money has been quoted at S and S4
ter cent While the market baa been mark
edly quiet, thls la a statement of affairs
alwsys In evidence at the close of the first
bait of the year. On the present week's
currncy operations there has been a heavy
losa to the New Tork banks. The banka
received from Interior Institutions 17,197,000
the amount shipped direct to Interior Insti
tutions waa 11,157,000. Upon operations with
the United Htatea sub treasury the New
Tork banka lost 13,428,000.
Exports of cupper during June ran close
to H,OO0,O00 pounds, a figure considerably
larger than anticipated. Former Senator
Clark of Montana, who la now in this
city, speaka In the moat optimistic terms
ct the copper outlook. Ex-Senator Clark
predicts a healthy boom In the copper mar
ket
The National mines of Mexico haa de
clared a dividend of S per cent on Ha pre
ferred atock out of the earnings of the first
alx months of this year.
The Hill roads are finishing their fiscal
jear with an lncreaaed gross over last
year. Every road In the Hill ay stem has
1 - lehjeyed better earnings this year than
last ear.
Chesapeake A Ohio Is earning at the rate
of M per cent, M., K. St T. preferred Is
earning 10 per rent; Clover I-eaf preferred
la earning 7 per cent; Chicago tk Alton la
arnlpg I'per cent
The gross of Atchison during Its fiscal
tear will be a new recard.
Illinois Central promises the year's sur
plus to be 7.S per cent of Its stock.
It Is estimated that Kansas City Southern
baa earned Zht per cent on Ita common
atock.
Western Pacific has now begun to real
te the hopes of Its promoters.
Those Items culled from the railroad field
how a prosperous condition, surely. The
steel condition has taken on soma of th
lassitude that generally characterizes I
In the summer. Many of the big mills have
shut down for the regular summer step
Building conditions and railroad conditions
In the east, however, are such that no
alarm Is felt for ateel trade.
Caau Count y Weaeam Dlea.
UNION, Neb., July t (Special Telegram.)
-Mrs. Oeorita Chappem, residing one and
one-half miles west of this village, passed
away this morning at S o'clock, the cause
of her death le'.ng tuberculosis. She was
about M yeare of age and bad been affected
with the disease for several yeara. Funeral
services will be held Sunday at 1:30 a. m..
at the Methodist Episcopal church at Ke
hawka and lalcrmeut will be male near
tbara
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NEW TORK, July l-Special Telegram.)
It Is reported and not denied that former
I'nited States Senator William A. Clarke
of Montana will make hia home in Pari
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and their two children
arrived here Thursday on the White Star
liner Teutonic
Mr. Clarke said he and his family were
going to Montana for a brief atay and then
would return, to New York. After a short
time bete they are going back to France.
Mr.. Clarke's New Tork residence Is the
costliest home and the most palatial In the
world. It cost $3,000,000. Hut daughters are
Miss Andree, aged 7, and Miss Hughett.
sged 4. Miss Andree has spent all her life
In France and neither of the children can
speak English, although both are proficient
in Spanish and French. Mrs. Clarke does
not like America nor Americans and la
determined that her children shall be
reared as French girls. She declares that
If she can prevent It they will never acquire
the art of speaking the English language.
Mrs. Clarke Is devoted to French life and
has been urging Mr. Clarke for some time
to dispose of his valuable copper possessions
In Montana and move away to Frsnce.
It waa reported that Mr. Clarke might try
to go to the United States senate again
from Montana, but he denies this. Said he:
"I am out of politics for good and shall
never again be a csndldste for any office.
I have been disposing of eome of my busi
ness enterprises also."
This Is taken to Indicate that Mr. Clarke
Is thinking seriously of giving up his resi
dence In the United States and making hia
permanent home In Paris.
Mr. Clarke acquired ' his fortune
Montana.
in
Roosevelt Puts
End to Talk of
Governorship
He Writes Note to Utica Club Which
Started Movement, Saving it
is Impossible.
UTICA. N. T.. July l-About ten days
ago the RepubllcHii club of this city passed
a resolution putt.ns forward the name of
former President '.ooserelt as a nominee
for governor l:i lais state. This resolution
was. forwarded i Mr. Roosevelt June IS
with a alatertu nt as to the character and
standing of the lioIy which passed It.
It appears mat Culunel Roosevelt wrote
an immediate reply, but in some manner the
letter wafuhseut and not untlr a day , or
two ago did the eeeretary of the elub, Fred
Adam of this city, receive the colonel's
letter.
The letter la a positive and unqualified
declination of the proposed honor and la
as follows;
May I, through you, cordially thank the
Republican club of Oneida, county for Its
message of appreciative good will.
Believe me. I appreciate It and I trust
you will make the club understand that I
do appreciate It But I also ask that the
cli'b at one atop any agitation to have me
nominated for governor. It would be an
absolute Impossibility for roe to accept.
W1U high regards, sincerely yours.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Wounded Man
Taken Hundred
Miles in Wagon
Lloyd MoGetrick of Fremont County
Wyoming, Shot by Tom Hestand,
is in Hospital at Lander.
LANDER, Wyo., July 1 Speolal Tele-
Gram. IJovd McOetrlck waa brought In
from Upper Wind river In Fremont county
suffering from four bullet wounds Inflicted
by one Tom Hestand In a ahootlng affray
over ditch trouble Thursday. Hestand came
to Lander and gave himself up to the
sheriff thla morning.
McOetrlck and Hestand had been having
trouble for some time and when Hestand
tried to prevent McOetrlck from doing
some work on the ditch on Hestand'a land
the trouble started. A number of men wit
nessed the shooting and conflicting stories
are told as to who la to blame. McOetrlck
resting easy after the tedloua trip of
lot miles by wagon and la expected to re
cover.
NEW OFFICE IN THE
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
General Marshall A prole, ted Corneal!
in Engineer to Secretary
Balllnarer.
WASHINGTON. July t The poaltlon of
consulting engineer to the secretary of the
interior In the reclamation service was
create today by Secretary BaJlmger and
Brigadier General William L. Marshall was
appointed to the place.
Tries to Save Plumber's Bill;
Loses Purse
In attempting to repair a waate water
pipe In his home without calling a plumber,
a resident at Thirty-third and Cuming
streets lost '. In ths pipe and was forced
to eunmon a plurrber to rescue the money
la a ct two blocks away Friday. Her
bert Wing. S227 Cuming street whose busi
ness Is to fix deftctlve pipes and plumbing,
to fifh money out of eewers and do all
the other hlgh-prlcea Impoaalbilltles of the
plumber's remarkable trade, was the man
who got the odd summons.
"This pipe Is In good shape now, re
marked the man who called htm. "The only
thing la. I dropped my purse, which con
tained SICb. Into it and I can't Just figure
out how to get ii Of course X have aoma
very good tdcaa. but I thought I might as
vi II get a plumber."
"Bure; let'a get the money." aald Wing.
Wing grasped the Idea aa though It were
aa Inspiration. He stood quite still for
several minutes, aerate hed his head and
looked oer the aituatloa with a perplexed
expression.
Son of the Louisville Editor Shoots
Michael Martin.
THREE SHOTS AND ATM IS TRUE
Some Words Are Passed and Shooting
Be Tins.
YOUNG MAN IS TAKEN TO JAIL
Father Makes a Itslemest, Telling
the Story of th Affliction
from Which His Boa
gaffers.
K1XG8TON. N. T., July l.-Ewtng Wat
terson, the son of Colonel Henry Watter
son, the well known Louisville editor, waa
arraigned today at Saugertles on a charge
of assault In the first degree.
It Is alleged that Watterson, who Is 43
years of age, shot and wounded Michael
Martin, a saloon keeper, at Saugertles yes
terday. An application for ball was refused
by Police Justice Rowe and the prisoner
was committed to the Kingston Jail for
further examination next Thursday.
The assistant district attorney oppojrd
the application for ball becauae, be said,
it was too early to determine whether com
plications might render Msrtin'a condition
serious. He declared that Watterson had
struggled desperately with the officer who
captured him and that two loaded revolvera
were found on him after his arrest Public
safety, he paid, demanded that each a man
should be kept under restraint
Watterson's counsel asked for a release
on ball, because, be said, Martin's condition
was not serious. The prisoner asked his
father to spend the Fourth of July with
him and It would be wrong, he said, to ask
man of Colonel Watterson's age to pass
day In a Jail. Watterson's counsel will
renew his application for ball before Su
preme Court Justice Betta later today.
Victim of Kelisrlous Ma a la.
NEW YORK. July i. Conflicting reports
i to the Identity of the man who yesterday
at Saugertles, N. Y., while apparently de
mented shot and slightly wounded Michael
Martin, a saloon proprietor, were cleared
up today when It waa learned that Martin's
assailant was Ewlng Watterson, eldest son
of Colonel Henry Watterson of Louisville.
Watterson Is under arrest at Saugertles.
Colonel Watterson, who Is In this c.ty.
was - apprised of his son's outbreak and
plana to go to Saugertles late today or to
morrow to look after the young man's In
terests. From hlit. trie circumstances of the
case were learned.
Ewlng Watterson, bis father says, has for
some years been the victim of a form of re
ligious mania, which has failed to yield' to
any treatment In the effort to better his
son's condition . Colonel Watterson placed
him for aome time on a ranch In the west
and when this environment failed to result
In Improvement bought him a farm In the
Hudson river hills near Saugertlea, where
It was hoped the air and quiet surround
ings would benefit him.
Shot Iirte Times.
Ewlng Watterson, accoiGmg to the re
ports from Saugertles, entered Martin's
place of business yesterday and created a
disturbance. After eome words with the
proprietor Watterson opened fire, shooting
Martin three tlmea. None of the bullets In
flicted a serious Injury. Watteraon was
locked up and word was sent to bla father
In this city. 1 .
From what could be learned of Colonel
Watterson's plans It la expected that appli
cation will be made to have the aon placed
In a sanitarium. Hia mania had - never
before manifested Itself In a violent form.
Another aon of Colonel Watteraon, Har
vey W. Watterson, waa killed In this city
In November, 1908. by falling from the
nineteenth floor of a Wall street office
building.
MORE BRIBERY INDICTMENTS
Springfield Grand Jsry Returns Ad
ditional Bills la Furniture
Purchase gonadal.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July 1 New Indict
ments were returned today against State
Senator X). W. Holatlaw of Iuka, State
Senator 8. C. Pemberton of Oakland and
Representative Joseph C. Clark of Van-
dalta In the legislative bribery probe. They
are charged with conspiracy to bribe In
connection with the awarding of the con
tract of the aenate and house furniture to
the Ford & Johnson company of Chicago.
There axe seventeen counts In each Indict
ment The Holatlaw lndlotment will be
no! led.
Cadet Caught Chewing Gum.
WASHINGTON, July 1-Chewlng gum Is
resDonslble for the prematura - ending of
the military career, of Overett Carle ton
Crear of Albany, a cadet at West Point
He denied that he waa chewing gum when
asked by the officer of the guard. Papers
which have Just teen reoeived at the War
department show that Crear was tried and
found guilty of rraklng a falsa statement
and waa dismissed.
Containing $105
"I tell you what let'a do," he saJd finally
"You go down to the river and swim along
the bank while I go and walk through the
sewer. One of us will sure grab that
money then."
'Seriously now," hassrded the customer,
"that's a swell Idea, but don't you think
we bad better take out all the plpesT"
A queer expression came over Wtng'a
face for a moment
"That might help," ha aald: "but let's
not." With, that the pluaaber led the way
to the etreet and thence to a manhole. He
lifted out the manhole Ud and gravely In
serted the end of a ladder from his wagon.
"I'll look around her for a minute, then
we'll both go home to aupper," ha re
marked.
Suiting the action to the word, he climbed
downward. A minute later he thrust his
head forth again, "Say, let'a go down to
the Henshaw for aupper," ha announced
He then gravely banded over a very wet
puree. It Is believed that ths customer got
a little of the money In the fursev
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Local
BRYAN HAS NOTHING TO SAY
Reaches Lincoln, but Declines to Talk
Politics. '
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OUT OF TOUCH WITH S1TUATT0N
Catll Ascertains What Has Takes
Place, Will Sink No tatemeat.
He Declares to Ques
tioners. (From a Staft- Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 2. (Special Tele
gram.) William J. -Bryan returned to Lin
coln shortly before 6 o'clock this evening,
having missed an earlier train In Chicago,
feeling fine and looking fit to fight the
battle of his life.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and
his grandson, Bradford Bryan Leavttt, who
has ben In Germany.
The little Leavltt girl Is now In Jamaica
with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Owen.
I have nothing to say," was the answer
Mr. Bryan made to political questions.
"I have not ben kept In touch with what
has been going on here. I did not know
that petitions were' being circulated for me
to be a candidate for the senate. In fact
I knw nothing of what has happened here.
Until I have learned what haa taken place
since I have been gone I shall aay nothing."
The Byrans were met at the station by
W. J. Bryan, Jr., -Miss Grace Bryan and
C. W. Bryan.
While ' atandlng ' near the fence which
separates the tracks , from the passenger
station a mother held her' little daughter
up and- asked Mr. Bryan to ahake hands
with ber. "She Is your most ardent ad
mirer, Mr. Bryan," ahe aald.
The presidential candidate shook the little
one by the hand and thanked her, and then
be epoke to several personal friends who
were at the station
Mr. Bryan' will -remain In Nebraska until
July 14 and will return to attend the atate
convention.
Educators Begin
Sessions in Boston
National Convention Opens with Ad
dress by President Swain of
Swaxthmore College.
. BOSTON, July t The first word to the
gathering of teachers from all parts of
the country in the forty-eighth annual con
vention of the National Education associa
tion, were spoken this forenoon In the New
Old South church by - President Joseph
Swain of Swarthmore college at the open
ing aesalon of the national section. This
section of the association, which Is distinct
from the general sessions and from the
eighteen different departments, discusses
general topics, and today the first session
was taken up by the report of the com
mittee on exceptional children and the
"Economlo Use of Education Plants."
Jamea P. Van Syckle, superintendent of
the achoola of Baltimore, opened the dis
cussion of the first subject, and William
H. Maxwell, superintendent of the schools
of New York City, conducted the debate
on the aecond. Two other sessions were
scheduled for today, but the main work
of the convention will not begin until Tues
day, although there will be a meeting in
the Harvard stadium In Cambridge on the
afternoon of Independence day, at which
Prealdent Taft will speak.
There was a particularly energetlo crowd
from .Chicago, which arrived today and
which brought along a good alsed boom for
Mrs. Ella Flagg Toung, auperlntendent of
Chicago's schools, for president of the as
sociation. Declaring that the use of a publto school
building only from 9 to S o'clock five days
a week, nine months in the year, was a
waste of the people's money, Superin
tendent William H. Maxwell of New York
city, among other things, urged Its con
tinuance during summer, vacation for atu-
dents who failed of promotion In June.
BRiirarvTG
Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist
Size oi New Crop
of Live Stock is
Factor in Prices
J. Ogden Armour Says Farm and
Banch Will Decide Whether
There Will Be Decrease.
NEW TORK, July t-The farm and the
ranch will decide whether there are to be
any modificatlona of food prlcea in the near
.future. In the opinion of J. Ogden Armour,
who. with hia wife, arrived today on the
steamer LaProvence, from an automobile
tour In France. Mr. Armour said he would
leats at once for Chicago.
"I don't think theie will be a material
chacge in prices until the new crop of
corn Is harvested and until, I may add, we
get a new crop of live atock," said Mr. Ar
mour, when asked about possible reductions
in food commodity prices. "The latter mat
ter is one which ia seldom seen In Its true
light I fear, by the general public. At any
rate, It has not been given due significance
In agttationa. which have sprung up re
cently in regard to the prlcea of food sup
plies." Mr. Armour characterized as "ridiculous
and untrue" ' published reports that large
quantities of meat were being held in stor
age. Taft Will Take
Real Vacation
Executive Will Transaot No Business
for Ten Days After Fourth
of July.
BEVERLEY, Mass., July I. After the
celebration of a sane and safe Fourth of
July a great silence is to fall over Beverly.
For ten daya no one is to be permitted to
aee President Taft on any pretext of busi
ness. He will golf and motor and aall and
have ten full days of enjoyment. Even
Secretary Norton, who haa ably assisted
the president In the rapid paoe he haa been
going during the laat five or six weeks.
Is leaving Monday, not to return until July
15. Mr. Norton will visit bis family at St
James, Long Island, where he had taken
a cottaga for the summer prior to leaving
the Treasury department.
President Taft played golf this morning
at Myopia with his brother, Henry W.
Taft of New York, who la visiting the w.
J. Boardmans at Manchester.
This afternoon the president had a call
from former Representative Samuel L.
Powera of Newton.
Three Kansas Insurgents
Call Upon Roosevelt
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July J.-Theodore
Roosevelt, aa a "native Oyater," in hia own
phrase, is to be mora sctlve this summer
than fuanal naturalists bave hitherto found
oysters, native or otherwise.
Colonel Rooeevelt does not wish to hedge
himself about with formalities, and at the
same time, he haa work to do which de
mands Hia time. Aocordlngly all visitors
eome by appointment but alnce there la no
executive office here to do the weeding
out. appointments are made at ths colonel's
editorial offloea In New York.
An Important conference waa expected
this afternoon with thre western In
surgents, but (heir names were withheld
until their actual arrival because appoint
ments announced in advance do not always
materialise. The colonel la painstaking In
his Informal chats, not meant for direct
quotation, to Indicate that he la not wooing
Insuiitency.t Insurgents come to him; he
does not summon them. Governor Hughes
asked him for an expression of opinion ua
t
trr thx weights
GENERAL MARSHALL NAMED
Retired Army Officer Becomes a Con
sulting Engineer.
ENTERS RECLAMATION SERVICE
C'reanloa of th. New Position Is
Aee-ord with the Wishes of
President Taft.
In
WASHINGTON, July 1-Brlgadler Oen
eral William L. Marshall, who recently re
tired as chief of engineers of the army,
was appointed today consulting engineer
to the secretary of the Interior in the re
clamation service. The position was cre
ated by Secretary Balllnger to assist him
in solving the engineering problems In
volved In completing reclamation projects
now under way.
It was said at the Interior department
that the new office would not supplant
F. H. Nowell, dlreetor of the reclamation
service,, whose fste haa been the subtect
of much speculation ever since the lint's
were sharply drawer between the Garfield
and Balllnger administrations of the de
partment. It was stated that General Mar
shall's appointment did not Indicate any
change In the personnel of the field force
of the reclamation service. Inasmuch as he
would have no supervision or control over
the operations of the service nor the de
signing of construction work. He would
act it was aald, in an advisory capacity
to the secretary of the Interior In the work
of completing reclamation projects.
The creation of the .new position waa In
accord with the wishes of ' the president
and was In harmony. It was stated, with
the plan of Inspection, by army engineers
of existing reclamation projects, aa pro
vided by the new law. That net provides
for the appointment of a board of five
engineers to be designated from the engi
neer corps of the army to Inspect the
reclamation work, reporting directly to the
president Mr. Taft has the appointment
of thla board now under consideration. The
board will serve In an advisory capacity
to the president while General Marshall
will occupy a similar relation to the secre
tary of the Interior.
General Marshall, who In his new posi
tion will receive a salary of $7,500 yearly,
was placed on the retired list of the army
June 11 last after a distinguished career
aa an engineer. He was famous for his
discovery of Marshall pass across the
Rocky mountains to the gold placers of
Marshall basin of the San Miguel river In
Colorado. He participated In the construe.
tlon of levees In Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas, aupervised the work on the
Hennepin canal for ten yeara and on
fortifications near New York.
direct primaries; he did not attempt to
dictate. Usually the seekers of counsel ar
rive by the noon train, take luncheon at
Sagamore Hill, and leave the same after
noon. Such guests as Oyater Bay desig
nates as "big guns" come down late In
the afternoon and stay all night
Senator Joaeph H. Biistow and Repre
sentatives E. H. Madison and Victor Mur
dock, all of Kanaaa and all Insurgents, ar
rived here at noon for s conference with
Mr. Roosevelt. They will return thla after
noon. .
"Senator, will you bava anything te aay
before your conference?" waa asked.
"No," aald the aenator, "but we may
have when we get back. If the colonel will
let us."
"Are you gentlemen Insurgents?" asked a
reporter, anxious to be doubly sure of his
facia.
The senator grinned. "I suppose e might
be mistaken for auch," be replied.
Mr. Madison waa a member of the Bal-linger-Plnchot
Investigating committee.
Black Man Asks that Overhang Be
Made Two Feet
MUCH TALK, BUT FEW WAGERS
Reno Crowd Discusses Merits of th
Fighters, but Does Not Bet.
PROMOTERS ON EASY STREET
feat Sale la Larere and Blekard Tstl'
mates Proflta at llnndred Taon
aand Lowest Prleed geots
Are Ten Uollara.
RENO. July S. The $101 purse for ths
Jeffries-Johnson battle, the irrtatest sum
ever plarrd on a similar event. Is complete.
Just st noon, an hour and a hnlf before
the time set In the articles explrrd. Pro
moter Te Rlrkard formally transf erred to
Stakeholder Tim Sullivan IM.cyo. which
was placed to Sulllvan'e credit In a loeal
bank. There were no ceremonies In con
nection with the act.
The entire amount of the purse' is now
under the personal care of the stakeholder,
snd the matchmakers' agreement with the
flKhteis hns been fulfilled. Sullivan received
ti'0.000 when the article were signed. An
additional J3r,tC0 was pta .! in a Sai Fran
cisco bank and Isjiow being brotipht hers
by a bank official.
The confusion and general squabble over
the details of the ting and the arena took
a new angle this morning when Jack John
son motored Into the city In search of Tag
Rickard, Johnson iVrlared he was not
satisfied with the overhang of the plat
form outside the rones. The roped sjusrs
Is twenty-two feet and the platform ItrelZ
a little over twenty-threo feet. Johnson
wantid more space beyond the ropes and
was after Rlckard to see that an additional
foot all around Is added, giving the usual
two feet of platform beyond the ropes.
The big nerro's appearance In town
created much Interest. Johnson came In
as the truest of IMck Shevlin. the Ya.e
athlete. In the letter's car. No sooner hsd
It stopped In front of Rlcka-d'a hotel than
a curious throng Jammed about It. staring
at the big black fighter, who sat In tho
tonneau laughing and Joking apparently
with no thought of the great battle but
two days off.
Johnson Looks I.Ike Ginnt.
Whenever ho comes to town he drsees
In a loose fitting square cut black suit,
with aoft thtrt, open at the throat and a
Panama hat This gatb accentuates hi
size and he looms among the crowd, seem
ingly as big as any other two men In sight,
While he sat In the car today his "golden
smile" flashed continually on the pictur
esque throng pressing around htm.
Rickard came down from his room about
t o'clock. He looked as though he bad
spent a restful night In spite of the worries
and ever recurring obte!es that have con
fronted him at almost every step.
"Suppose you will be glad when Its all
over, Tex." was suggested.
Tou bet I will," said Rlckard, "but I
feel fine today. Slept all nitrht"
A swarm of "war" correspondents hsd
already gathered In the hotel lobby. The
began a flank movement on the promoter,
but he evaded the rush and slipped across
tha street to a cafe for breakfast
- Fltsslmmons and SUnrkey.
Every train going eaat and west today
left many additlona to tha crowd of pros
pective fight spectators already gathered
here. ' A number of ring celebrities were
due to arrive during the day. Including Bob
Fitxalmmona and Tom Sharkey. Beaidea
these, many sporting men from all pans
of tbe country and large additlona to tha
army of sporting writers and literary men
already mobilised were expected.
With early hours of the morning the city
began to show something of the excited
expectancy that will not paaa away until
the fourth Is over. Heretofore there havj
been few of the fight followers abroad be
fore 10 o'clock In the forenoon, most cf
the gossiping and before-the-flght argu
ments being confined to the afternoon and
evening and lasting until tbe wee tmt'
hours of the morning.
Today, fjwever, the hotel lobbies were
crowded before , 'clock. , Crowds rushed
to the depot to t : every train and tha
clamor, welcome, resounded along tha
platform as the cars disgorged their dusty
travelera.
Crowd Growing; Rapidly.
"Well, how does It look, now?" waa tha
first greeting from every new arrival, be
cauae of the many and audden changea
in the fight situation the last week, any
one who has been out of touch with Ritio
for two daya or more feared that some
thing else might happen to bring about a
change.
"Everything fine and lu"-ly,
assuring response to :.
"Fighters ready, arena r.
" was the re-
icli queries:,
and cromdt
coming In every minute."
Wliile her husband plu. at Mia
Springs cottage and talked of u.v fishing
trip, Mrs. Jamea J. Jrf fries. In the Inter
ests of the family, rpent most of the morn
ing In Reno, saving money In attorney a
fees. For more than an hour she was In
the office of the lawyer who drafted thy
contract between Jeffries and the moving
picture concern to which the former cham
pion recently sold his share In the b'o
giaph films, effecting a material reduction
In the alse of the original SS.OOO fee claimed
by the man of law for hia services.
Not until he was seen by tha Associated
Press representative at 12:30 o'clock and
told of Johnson's visit to the arena Aid
Promoter Rickard learn of the champion s
complaint regarding the lack of space be
tween the ring ropes and the edge of the
platform.
"The overhang," aald Rickard, "should
be a foot and a half, but If that 1a nut
enough I'll aee that It la extended."
Much Talk, Few Wagers. '
While the gambling placea are well filled
at all hours, tha scarcity of betters at tha
commissioner's, headquarters Is some whs t
surprising to the wagering fraternity. Bet
ting Improved a bit last night, however. At
Tom Corbett's it waa announced today that
about Sla.OOv waa placed on Jeffries yester
day at 10 to ('. With two exceptions tha
amounta were under 12.000. Jim Corbelt hr.a
SEi.OOO at hia brother's place to bet on Jet
fries. A New York man has left 119,0-0.
Botb wagers are tu be placed at prevailing
odds.
. But batting oonunlaslonera expect lai (