New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

OF course. this will kill professional fighting.
as the gate money is what the professional pagi-
lists fight for. William Greer Harrison. presi-
dent Of the Olympic Club. a leading athletic
organization on the Coast. gave testimony be-
fore the commissioners showing how the crazs
for prizefghtfng has demoraIized all the ath-
letic clubs Of San Francisco. and turned most
Of them into training schools for professional
pugiIsts. He also dwelt on the evil results OF
betting prizehghts, more than half OF which.
he said were arranged by the managers so that
the gambling fraternity IS able 10 bet
sure thing and thus swindle the general pub
lc which wagArs money on the condition and
skill of the fighters. The promoting OF prize
fights has become e lucrative business, and both
the managers and the successful pVgilists gain
fortunes in few years. Two young Calitor-
mans are good examples OF the easy road 10
wealth by way OF the prize ring. Eddie Han
lon has property worth $4,000, and Jimmy
Britt has more than $4,000. all gained in less
than five years Neither of these young fellows
could earn more than 800 a month in any
legitimate business. and it is doubtful II HaRlon
could get half that sum. as he has little edu-
cation.
Unless Captain ". A. Nevf1les. the well known
mining man, pays the Union Trust Company
100000 in cash within few days this COM
pany will ask an order for an auction sale OF
all Of NevlIles's mining shares and vineyard
property which It holds as collateral and which
represents a value Of 100000. Nevilles has
had constant litigation for years with his part
ners over ths Rawhi5e and App mines. IN Gala
veras County, and TO carry on this legal battle
he borrowed 500 900 from Charles F. Doe
when Doe died he made the Union Trust Com
pany executor of MS VIII and Nevilles has been
unable 10 pay interest
The sensational stories of an alleged attempt
I AZ HOr1a
in this city. lacked one important feature TO
make them credible. All failed 70 give any
adequate motive for such Z crime. Mrs. Stan
ford has no known enemies she has endeared
herself TO the great body Of students and alum
nj cs the university as Ezra Cornell made him
self loved BY Cornell men. She has always
shown the same desire that Cornell manifested
10 help needy students and TO insure the COM
fort and happiness Of all al the university. The
public regards her as good charitable woman
vho has never shown tI.at great riches spoiled
her kindly nature. The result of the police In
vestigatiou Of the poisoned mineral water at
Mrs. StanforI's home seems to show clearly
that It was the work OF some jealous person
who wished 10 east dlscredit on Mrs. Stanfo-d's
secretary. The poison. which was strychnine.
it is now declared. must have been placed In
the bottle after Mrs. Stanford drank from IL.
as she would never have survived FIVE minutes
after drinking the water sent 10 the chemist.
The person who tampered with the water dh
not mean that 1t should be drunk All that
was wanted was 70 have il analyZed 20 exhibit
the presence OF arsenic. but Mr. Stanford was
so shocked by the knowledge that any one would
attempt her life that she cancelled two large
receptions that she had planned and sailed for
the Orient a vacation.
The conviction at Auburn. Placer County. OF
young AGolTh Weber OF murder in the first de-
gree for the brutal killing OF his mother ended
enc OF the most sensational murder trials IN
the State, This young criminal, who has not
yet reached his majority. actually murdered
his father. mother. sister and little brother in
order to be sole heir 10 a fortune OF about S6O.-
600. After the deed he set hve 70 the family
home in the evident hope Of concealing the
crime but the flames sTnouldered and the bodies
were found in the ruined house. Every Ink irr
the chain OF circumstantlaI evidence was gath
cred BY the prosecution. and there IS chance
OF the young murderer escaping the gallows-
He IS almost as phenomenal a criminal as Pom
erOy. OF Boston. as he has never shown any re-
morse. ard appears 20 actually enjoy the nolo-
riety which the case has brought him. He Ia
q good subject for an expert IN deSeneracy. as
the Jail officials are puzzled by his conduct
II ts announced that Professor William James.
OF Harvard viii come out here next year and
reorganize the department OF philosophy at
Stamford University. The professor viii usa
part of his leave OF absence from Harvard to
work IN the department here. After giving a
course of lectures he VIII send q professor os
philosophy to take bis place At Stanford