New-York tribune., 1899-06-10
THE NEWS IN TOWN.
NO BULLETIN OR TICKER NEGLECTED

FUNNY ANTICS OF MAR1oNETTEs WHO GAVE AN
INSTANTANEOUS REPRODUCTION"
That there was some talk Of the fight about the
streets-more especially the corners of them-ast
night II is Of no 10 deny. Anybody who would
pretend TO put up bulletins OF company.
such as IL Anybody who had a ticker could
get people 10 come into his place, and, II he had
anything to sell, those who had money and were
thirsty would buy some OF II. In this manner a
nlacA which has the honor be kept by the man
who last had the honor Of being whipped by the
man who had the honor OF being whipped last
night was especially popular The closeness OF the
connection between the whipped champion and the
cban,pion who was his way 10 be whipped gave
sort OF official character TO the tickdngs in this
shop.
Ru, Il had no monopoly. The thirst for Bordeaux
,s ,,.t as hearty and just honest in the Bowery
as n is in the Tenderloin and the shops downtown
where they sold other liquors ana reported the
faroN flow Of this one were also CROWDED 10 the
ourbs and sometimes far out into the streets
THOSE who stood the tickers read out the
-sno,ts TO those who were further of and cheers
. ,b. air as the psrtisans OF one side or the
.h.r tbou1ht they saw the scales Of battle fitting
this way or that ,
noun IN CITY Hail Square there was Dig crown
y was not nearly so big as on the day oil the car
son City fight But II should not De suPpo'eu '
,,.rest &c necessarily falling of on that account
~. ,,.. n the DAYTIME when bulletins could be
.an Cor much greater distance. Besides. that
Was on ST Patricks Day, when every honest "'"
,s sno,ne for a fight. But the crowd was Digger
,bar I, was at any time in the course OF the war
,r,tb snain Nor was that strange III any one OF
,he lights In the course of that war could nave
been timed and announced in advance WITHIN an
hour the SQUARE would have been full enough Ana
there was another difference between the TWO o0-
cas,ons There were thousands Of people Ias'
r,vb, uho were anxious 10 know when way their
ynonev was 10 now--into their pockets or ou' Oh
them There was no such question as that IN 'he
war Retting on the Spaniards was always hsh'
IN this country II somewhat resembled that on
the McCluskey fight, famous in song
The odds was on Mecluskey. although the oe' were
On Mcc1uskey ten to one and the Niger none at all
A crowd which struggled hard 10 make up its
mind whether TO be angry or delighted was assem-
bled in the Academy OF Music On the Stage or that
former home Of the MUSES. a miniature ring was
pitched and marionettes performed what was
called an instantaneous reproduction OF the nght
An orator with "A good voice read out dispatches
telling how the fight was going ana .he "3oueI Suh
figures worked fndustr1ously, and disunctIy ihlIen
TO, do what the orator said that Inc redi nsnteIs
did Occasionally there would be louo me, - a
the utter futilty OF the attempt 10 represert any
thing and these would be interrupted py scrShIns i
OF laughter from the very people VINO NeIe H.1s .n
ing. at the wonderfully unifehke movements VI ''e
figures. IT. .o. o.,,,
II soon appeared that each one could move oniy
from his own corner 10 the middle or me ring ara
back again he could also turn on MS o"H AAis