The evening times., 1897-03-09

Carson City, Nevada, March s.-There is
big row on between the prize fighting
promoters and the United States officials
here. The disagreement seems to be due
to an inability of one OF the officials TO
collect money due from the Stuart pc ople
There was some talk OF an injunction
against the prize fighting promoters, but
it is not thought that such step will be
taken unless the official, who, it is said,
cannot collect his money, changes his pres
ent int ention. United States Marshal
Humphreys said yesterday afternoon:
n ne national government can 90 moth
ing to stop the fight. We have had sew
eral talks with the prize-fight promoters,
but cannot diyulge their significance.
The whole thing will come out tomorrow.
1t is nothing, however, that viii stop the
fight
Referee George Siler drove over to Cor
belts yesterday, and while standing in the
handball court he was collided with by
one of Corbett's handball players, who
was running hard TO reach a ball the
pugilist had just struck. Siler, who has
lately been sick was Jolted heavily in the
stomach and was supported to a house
nearby, where after treatment he re-
covered somewhat, although late i'll the
evening a recurrence OF the pain came.
Siler was not seriously disabled by the
accident, but he will be likely to be in
rather crippled condition for a few days.
Three hundred strangers are in town and
200 OF them are sick. For the past fort
night nothing has come into the valley eX-
cept visitors or a snowstorm. The peaks
encircling the Carson Valley are cloaked in
crystals. There are people in Carson who
declare that this is a strange atmospheric
disturbance. But there are others who say
that this sort of weather is a regular thing
to Carson Valley at this time of the year
There's pneumonia on every coraer and con-
sumption on the hills.
Few strangers came to town yesterday.
Those who did come through the Snow TO
the hotel were men who have a CONNER
cial expression. The forerunners OF the
fracas are beginning to arrive in volume
Already there are about forty newspaper
correspondents present So far as the
actual events concerned, not a thing worth
the telegraph tolls has occurred since the
arrival of the principals in the forthcom-
ing fight, for proof OF which may be taken
the avowed declaration OF Referee and
Correspondent George Siler. fully backed up
and supported by the unanimous vote OF
other writers OF fight matters. An occa-
sional glorious rumor to the effect of one
OF the pugilists being bowling drunk, or the
other suffering from rampant liver, heart
trouble and consumption, has been started
up at odd times, only to prove absolutely
untrue.
One of the clerical force OF the principal
hotel gave the assurance to an inquirer
yesterday that ne could get game at al
most every inch of the city, and, IL he was
fatigued, a rice little all-the-
year-around proposition was in effect in
one of the rooms OF the hotel itself. Al
most every saloon-and of these there are
a new sign upon its door aneat
little sign painted in red, and the inscrip-
tion is "Clubroom, the polite form of In
vitatlon TO the speculative sport to step in
and see his money burn.
Stuart's clerks are dishing out tickets
as fast as they can, and with the fight
but eight days off it looks now as though
the big Texan were going to have his
arena filled to the limit The statements
sent out through the press, signed by
Mayor Yerrington, in which the citizens
OF the town disavowed any intention to
charge exorbitant rates for provender and
shelter has had q reassuring effect, and
kilograms and letters by the sack asking
for reservations came in by every mail
yesterday The extraordinary and unsea-
sonable storm here has spent its fury and |
Yesterday afternoon the streets We're
crowded with men and women in ligh. |
attire.