The herald., 1897-03-16

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ahead Of Jim and he was coming to the
town. He met Fitzsimmons south OF
the fork In the road and surmising that
there might be trouble he turned around
and hurried back. He passed Fitzsim-
mons In the buggy and he was at the
fork before Fitxsimmons arrived. There
was no chance OF the men meeting and
Joe Corbett called out to Fitzsimmons;
Hard luck, Boo" but the New Zeal
ander made no response.
Official Weather Forecaster Young
made a strong play for public approval
today by astonishing the natives and
visitors with q beautiful spring like
day. The clouds of last night, which
Threatened all sorts of dire things In the
weather line. disappeared before morn
ing and the sun climbed over the dismal
looking mountains east of the town with
out finding a cloud in sight The hills
which encirc,e Carson are still partly
covered with snow but the warm sun
| today played havoc with the beautiful
| and the aggressive sage brush Is again
asserting itself the slopes fast assum-
ing their normal dead brown appear
ance The roads to the training quar-
ters, although still far from boulevard
condition, improved vastly under to-
days sun and the unsuppressible bicy-
Gle was frequently put to service this
evening by visitors to the camps OF the
| fighters.
The main street Of the town was real
ly full of life this afternoon for the
| first time. A band of musicians marched
up and down, the sidewalks were crowd
ed, horsemen moved in squads and IL
could easily be seen that something
out of the usual run was going on ard
had brought the people out. The at
traction proved a cowboy exposition"
at the fair grounds-feats of riding un-
broken bronchos and horses which made
an attempt at fast going.
The street fakir has made his ap-
| pearance and set up an opposition to the
machine man who has had tent on the
main street for a week with a woman
singer and banjo as noisemakers to
induce the gathering of a crowd.
| Upon the arrival of two afternoon
| trains and special one carrying pas
sengers from San Francisco who failed
| to get here this morning on account of
| freight wreck on the Central Pacific,
It was estimated by some that there
| were 1000 visitors in town and by others
| not more than 800. The special was not
as large as had been looked for. 1t con-
sisted of a baggage car and three day
coaches and in the latter were not over
800 men and three or four women. In
cluded were some of the men noted in
| the sporting circles of San Francisco.
| members of the athletic clubs and the
men who play the races. Among the
more prominent ones, men known the
country over, were Harry Corbett, Wy
att carp, Tom Sharkey and his man
ager, Danny Lynch. Sharkey was
known personally to several of the
crowd and when they shouted to him,
as he was alighting. How are you,
Sharkey?" all the eyes of the three hun
dred or four hundred people at the sta
tlon looked in his direction. Several
tried to shake hands with him, but he
| and Lynch seemed anxious to get out of
the crowd surrounding them and forced
their way to the sidewalk and walked
rapidly up town. Sharkey was well
dressed and looked well. He is the only
man who has ever fought both Corbett
and Fitzsimmons. He isn't in the
same class" with them but he is proud of
the record he made with them. He gave
Corbett such a shaking up that the latter
became alarmed at his weakness and it
Is understood that he began the day
after the fight to take care of himself"
and has been ever since getting into con-
dition preparing for what was possible
then and has since been realized-his
meeting with Fitzsimmons. Corbett's
friends say that his present superb con-
dition is attributable directly to the
showing he made when he ran up
against Sharkey.
The newcomers scattered to the ho-
tells and boarding houses. Harry Cor
bett, however, went out at once to Jim's
quarters He said he was confident Jim
would win.
The police force of Carson ordinarily
consists of one man who Is on duty at
night. Twenty special deputy sheriffs
have been sworn in and they are watch
ing closely for thieves. the natural sup
position being that the fight Will attract
them in tens if not in hundreds Sheriff
Kinney, who has charge OF the force.
has peculiar way of dealing with tough
characters. Instead of the usual salu-
tation after approaching one, "You had
better screw your nut" he goes quietly
up to the thief or other undesirable visit
or and says to him, I'VE can get along
without you here and I advise you to go
to Reno by the first train"
If the fellow is seen after Its depart
ure he is arrested without ceremony,
locked in a bov car and sent out of town.
The citizens generally seem to be very
confiding, and many usually do not take
even the ordinary precautions to prevent
the robbery of their dwellings. 1t Is the
! custom to leave the doors unlocked at
| night, and as for adjusting the catches
on the windows it is not thought of. The
| Carsonites doubtless feel secure from
the fact that 1t would be next to impos-
sible for one who had committed a
crime to get out OF the valley. If he
escaped bullet or load Of buckshot
from the aggrieved person and gained
| the road leading into the sagebrush, he
could not get very far without being
caught, and If he took the railroad track
he could not pass the first station.