The daily gazette., 1879-12-04
Rep0rtOs-i0{ Rtculrw.


A Nevada correspondent stves the fol-.
lowing Incidents, illustrating tho rivalry
among San FranciscO newspaper men to
beat each other;
prize Eight was to come off on the
shorss of the bay, at some point kept se-
cret for VARIOUS obvious reasons. The
saihng OF an excursion steamer, which
would carry spectators at high price
anu land them at the scene Of the con-
met, was advised. The steamer was
crowded. Every paper In the city had q
lice went, too In spite OF this she start
ed up u bay, and after gong several
miles stopped within three quarters OF q
mile Of sLOre. In the distance the ring
could be seen and the puailists prepar-
ing Tor battle. The captain and engi neer
OF the boat refused to run her further In,
telling the police their lives would be
taken, II they should attempt to do so,
oy the excited roughs on board, who
p,e,e.reu pre-, Hn,n 10 have distant view of the
NIL rather than that the police should
stop 1t. Then the officers determin ned to
lower one OF the steamers boats and 70
that way. The oars we're not found
| Jeered at by he mob, they gave 1t up,
teehbg not halt so badly as . bevy Of
reporters, who saw a good item going to
waste on shore. A Call man was up to
the emergency. Throwing off every.
thing but his undercIothes, and taking
his note book and pencil between his
teeth, he plunged averbOard, although
the day was cold one. and maxi ny the
shore, sat dripping and shlvering on the
ground by the edge of the ling, scri
bling with his chilled fiugers on his wei
paper When the fight WAS over ht
swan back to the steamer, was pulle0
aboard by the rope that was thrown to
him, and the next morning the Cali had
the scoop.
| A Chronicle reporter, of duty, heard a
pistol shot on Sunday night, on desert
ell commercial street, rushed in the iii
recfion Of the report, hearL the rapid
pattor Of q mans heels on the sidewalk
and saw figure under dark awning
1t vas very respectable looking man
with his silk hat crushed at his feet. HI
was shaking all over, and held sill
smoking revolver in his hand. The re-
porter arrested him at once In the inter
est of sectional Journalism, and On tn,
way to the station got from the quakine
man, wh) never doubted that ho " as al
officer. the name Of the person he fired
at. A real policeman appeared anJ
nothing more could be got out of tn.
prize. References to a directory showed
that the man shot at was one Of the
wealtbiest foundrymen in the city. The
reporter bastened to the house, which
was not very far distant, and found IL de
serted. Irquiry at the next door provo,
that the foundrymen, few weeks ne.
fore, had moved into an adjoining street
You suppose that the reporter immedi-
ately hastened to the new residence. No
at ALL He sauntered leisurely into /;
neighboring saloon, drank, got cigar
and qaietly asked for pen and ink. Ii
a moment he had neat little placart
prepared, stating that Mr.. - had re
moved to No. = Van Ness Avenue
about three miles away. A visit to al
apothecary's resulted in waters, ant
creeping back to the foundryman's lat,
residence, the crafty reporter atfixe hi
tib to the door, and then exultantly spe,
to the home of his victim. A haminI
two column social scandal enriched tn
Chronacle on Monday, and the gratifca
ton of the reporter was worth year
salary To him az hs listened to the Ca
man, who had worried the victim at rh
sta' ion into giving the name of his IN
tended prey, aud had found the hous
also by means of the directory, and bee
sent of on barren hunt to Van Mes
Avenue.