The San Francisco call., 1897-02-14
CARSON READY
FOR The FIGHT
All the Money Has Been
Put Up With the
Stakeholder.
Arrangements for the Fistic
Carnival Proceed With All
Due Haste.
Citizens Making Plans to House and
Banquet the Thousands OF
Strangers.

ceived dispatch to-day from Al Smith,
the stakeholder, in New York, stating that
SmithIhad received the final installment OF
Fitzsimmons' money from Julian, ana
now held the entire stakes. Stuart was all
smiles when he got the telegram, for 1t re-
moved the last possible obstacle in the
way of the big fight. and demonstrated to
the public that the principals meant busi-
ness.
The whole world seems 10 want pictures
of Carson, and since it was known that the
fight was to take place here the camera
men have been crushed to death" with
work The high rates charged by the pho
tographers, owing to the heavy demand,
caused the press correspondents to wire to
San Francisco for kodaks, and numbers of
amateur photographers are at work with
instruments which range from the pocket
variety TO the most expensive kinds. Dan
Stuart can not move about without
hearing the click, click of the pneumatic
shutters from all sides. Corbett's private
secretary and BILLY" Woods, the pugilist,
are "shot" wherever they go, and
hundreds of views a day go out to familiar
iEe the outside world with Carson street
scenes. No less than 100 amateur photog-
raphers are charging about the county get
ting snapshots of everything and every
body, and the craze is spreading hourly.
The question of feeding and housing the
restless multitudes is agitating the people
more than anything else, but the enter
prjsing citizens are determined that no
one shall be houseless OF hungry. Men
with an eye to business are already pro-
curing cots and blankets from surround
ing towns and will be prepared to shelter
the visitors in barns, sheds, tents and all
sorts of temporary structures. An Indi-
ana firm has wired the reception commit
tee that it will be on hand ready to sup
ply cots and bedding for 10000 people.
Several San Francisco firms are making
preparations to be on the ground to pro-
vide the visitors with sleeping accommo-
datlons.
People who have followed these sort of
gatherings say that the mass of men who
love the sport don't care q rap where
they sleep if they have plenty to eat and
drink. The excitement of the big crowds
keeps them up and they don't think of
sleep if they can see plenty of life, move
ment and hiIarity.
Gam bling IS licensed in Nevada, and
there will be games enough in full blast
20 accommodate men who like to buck
the tiger in other localities but cannot
without fear Of police raids. There will
be no fear OF a food famine. 1he finest
cattle in the world are now fat and sleek
on the big ranches of Carson Valley and
Truckee meadows, Mason Valley, all
within days drive Of Carson, and it is
proposed to have hundreds of these
beeves barbecued for the benefit of the
visitors. They will be roasted in large
Enclosures and the admittance will be 25
cents. This will enable the visitors to fall
on to the roast meat, eat all they can aud
fall back to give others a chance. Five
thousand prime beef cattle can be sent
into Carson on short notice, and as many
tons of the choicest potatoes ever grown
in and about Dayton and Mason Valley
the same sort of potatoes that took the
first premium at the three last Worlds
fairs-and there are three big fourmills
and half a dozen creameries within a
radius of fifty miles that can furnish
bread and gilt-edged butter by the car
load. The people of Nevada are deter
mined not to let any one who comes to
this fight go away hungry.
Several thousand will come in palace
cars, remain in them and carry their own
pIOf1SlOHSs AhoSc pSOp1S give Iu0 OdTSOu-
ties no concern. A canvass was made OF
the city yesterday by the committee, and
they were very much encouraged. They
say they will have plenty of accommoda-
tions, and arrangements are being made
for plenty of food.
Stuart received a telegram yesterday
from Al Smith in New York that all stake
money had been deposited with Smith
. the last installment of $4,000 coming from
Julian on behalf of Fitzsimmons on the
same day. He will have $780, 600 in his
pockets to hand to the winner.
Stuart said to-day that he had received
letters from various architects in Sar
Francisco wishing to submit plans for the
pavilion, but he had made up his MIND
that he could find architects in Nevads
who could DO all the planning, and be
proposed to get everything in Nevada
The people of this State had done the
right thing by him, and he proposed tc
reciprocate by every means in his power
He believed in home industry and wa:
going to proclaim it.
Tonight Stuart got telegram from
Julian at Pueblo Colo, asking if Ftzsim-
mons could get quarters at Shaws Springs.
Stuart wired him back that Corbett was
already there. He did not want the two
men to train at the same resort or in the
same town fearing fight might come off
before schedule time.
RENO'S LITTLE BLUFF.