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jeff would fall into clinch.
The two would wrestle until the
muscles writhed and slipped and stood
out rigidIy. And while they were set
tied Johnson would look far away into
the blue sky or perhaps would smile.
JOHNSON LAUGHS
Once, when they broke from clinch
to obey the gong that sounded the
rounds end Johnson slapped jeff on
the back and laughed. And as he
laughed there was in his face now the
proudness of a conqueror who knows
that victory is sure. And Jeff, walking
slowly to his corner, swaying with
WEAKNESS as he went, never looked
around.
About that time--it was between the
ninth and tenth-the betting switched
in the crowd and Johnson money
begged takers on an even basis. And
James j. Corbett, who had tasted the
thing which his man tasted now, stood
in the ring studying Johnson with a
face all lined with seriousness.
And from then on we saw a shell of
what had been. mans huge bulk with
out the strength of youth, crumbling to
pieces before a battery of blows. They
told it right and left and they pro-
claimed it in ink on printed sheets be-
fore this fight that Johnson was not a
had been holding back and playing with
the men before him. 1 doubt If he did
his best during these last few rounds.
l doubt whether he really worked.
NO YELLOW STREAK
1t was not easy to put Jeff out, to
finish him. In this day of his failure
he was still strong. The blows that
rained upon him were terrible, and they
were wonderful, terrific in their per-
lection, in the absolute sureness that
lay between the eye and fist. The
black arm flew out with the certainty
of a striking snake. 1 think we all
have hinted at the possibility of John
sons yellow streak. And I read with
interest what Johnson said of that the
other day: II may have it, but as yet
no man has made me show it." And,
from what saw in that roped off plat
form, believe 1t will be many long
day before any man does make him
show tiff it be there--many day
before a man can reach him.
But that is aside from the story.
1t was Johnson conquering now. He
showed a certainty ana he showed a
repression. 1t was two things in that
ring-a brave white giant with heart
of steel. his hot and beaten flesh cry
ing aloud for mercy which his soul
would not give, and a brave black
giant, who never in this time of COM
ing triumph lost his poise. but did his
work-like machine. The white giant
came on, he kept coming on. And here
was the brutality-he continued to
come on and he must have known that
he was licked. 1t was so patent that
he was too old, that he was not the
Jeffries of yesterday. that air the
weary, weary months of training had
been for naught, and that he knew they
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CROWD SAVES ITS
CHEERS FOR JEFFRIES

RENO, New, July All day Sunday
the crowds kept pouring into Reno.
On every train they came. and the
succeeding procession. The people
filled the sidewalks, they overfowed
into the streets. they jammed the res
taurants and gambling houses and sa-
looms, they slept in every hotel. rooming
house, in private residences. on bill
lard tables and on the grass. And
during the night more came.
This morning the place was black
with them At daylight they began the
pilgrimage to the arena. They walked
and boarded streetcars, rode in buses
and in autos. Long before noon the
dust where they trod rose In a thick
cloud. and with it mingled the odor of
trampled sagebrush. Long snakelike
lines waited before the ticket booths.
lines whose members ever went away
to be replaced by others.
LINES AT ARENA GATES
During the first hour OF the after
noon the jam at the plank arena became
one Of those things which a man can.
see but few times during his life. Be-
fore the gates the long lines of ingoers
stretched for distances of a quarter of
a mile. The lines moved slowly in. and
as they went the sun became hotter
overhead, until the air was dry as a
heated oven. Through the dryness ever
rose that odor of the trampled sage.
Inside the structure of yellow pine
the people poured from the two en-
frances like grain from two titanic
hoppers The seats filled swiftly: first
those high on the upper tiers. then the
long rows closer to the ring. Far back
and well above all others row of cur
tanned boxes held many women And
in the throng below, other women sat.
There were many OF them. The prize
ring never saw so many women.s faces
heretofore. and among them, In the
vast majority, women of respectability.
It was quiet crowd. crowd eager
to cheer, but otherwise as well behaveu
as any theater audience. Save for oc-
casiona1 outbreaks of excitement 1t was
as still. The lemonade and souvenir
hawkers made the bulk of the noise
until the band ceased playing in the
roped- arena and Billy Jordan. came.
Then the black sea of mankind stirred
uneasily and the white faces above the
black sea rose and fell turbulently.
Shouts united and ascended in a roar
shouts for old time favorites Of the
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of what was going on in that roped
off platform above the level of our
heads.
BEST MAN WON
And this is what we saw-what we
saw while we tried to hope that this
would be a licking turned into victory,
what we saw while the best man won
through strength and speed and skill.
We saw Jeffries bending into his IA :
nous crouch, walking forward on the
balls of his feet, holding his fists as
he waited opportunity to strike. We
forward, until he thought he saw that
opportunity, and then we saw him
leaping with swinging fists.
And as he leaped-whenever he
leaped-we saw that marvellous ma
chine bend a bit, or swing his black
blow. And Jehries, his face immobile.
would clinch. The two would sway
together, each trying to work his way
out. Suddenly a swift uncoiling of that
black right arm, the negro's fist slip
ping beneath the white mans guard.
The sharp thud of leather against hu-
man flesh. Jeffries' head went back
a bit His face changed.
Changing, Jeff's face took on a pecu-
liar look 1t was something like the
look on a charging bull; the eyes
showed almost red. The deep lines
about his mouth deepened, as he strug-
gled to strike, and failed to reach his
mark. The two men struggled on and
then suddenly leaped apart. Jeffries
came on again.
JEFFRIES SHOWS BLOOD
Coming forward he retained. that red
eyed look There was no regality IN
him now. He was stubborn, grimly
stubborn, taking punishment. and COM
ing on to take more. Always the same,
the advance, the attack by the white
man. the negro eluding marvelously
and striking back, until, at length, the
blood showed on Jeff's cheek, thin,
warm stream. trickling slowly down
his face. And Johnson, unmarked,
looked around to hail an acquaintance
in the crowd. and looked back again
as he uppercut Jeffries fair upon the
jaw.
And then-it was about the sixth or
seventh round-I caught myself telling
myself the old story of the Jeff Fitz-
simmons fight. Said 1. doggedly, to
myself: This fight is just such a
fight as that" But know that 1 was
lying. And now. when Jeffries began
coming on, bending into that crouch,
beaded with sweat on his face and drip
ping sweat from his hairy chest, his
face wore look of great patience, of
weary and pathetic science. And john
soa-facing him. deliberate, serious as
he were studying this white giants
vulperabiiity. calculating exactly where
he would hit-Johnson waited until
JEFF stroye to bore on in. Then when
that moment came johnson struck Us
ually he struck swiftly upward and In
and the noise of his fist as IT met Jeff's
face sounded sharp and clean. Then
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had been for naught. He kept on COM
ing because he was game and he con-
tinued to take blows because he meant
to go down lighting to the last.
ARMS WE'RE USELESS
For the last three rounds he strove to
strike, but those thick arms of his
were of no use. The fists which
used to hurt1e through others guards.
which used to smash bones, could not
hurt any more. They could not break
the skin. And when he lifted them
jeff showed how hard it was, how
heavy they had become. He swung
them slowly in mockeries of blows.
And then kept on coming, trying to
fight
The time came when the thing must
be finished, the moment when it was
all to end. And this man Johnson
ender. who has been called names be-
cause of his color, whom few of us
wanted to win, who knew we didn't like
him as well as we liked Jeffries-
stopped his Joshing and stopped
his smiling at times, in order
that he might concentrate his atten-
tion on doing it right. He may have
had some feelings of resentment toward
the bulk of US stored up in his heart,
but he never showed them. He was
there to fight, and he fought it through
as quickly as he could.
JEFFRIES FALLS UNDER BLOW
1t was in the fifteenth round. JEFF
fries, worn out, bleeding and weary.
was coming toward Johnson making
futile dabs at him. AS IL he hardly
had the bad will to do 1T. Johnson
struck him down with a blow on the
jaw. The mighty JEFF fell-mighty in
the memory of other years-and as he
fell Johnson stepped back. Tex Rick
ard began counting off the seconds,
and Jef rose to one knee. And even
then, when jeff stepped to his feet, the
crowd cheered.
The hairy giant lurched forward. He
tried to strike, his arm hung idly In the
air. There was something terrible In
the blow that johnson swung now to
Jeff's jaw; it was so vicious that 1T
seemed as though he were trying to
make sure this time-to get 1T done as
quickly as he could. Jeffries went
down again. through the ropes-Again
lat last--he arose. He was a helpless
thing, a bulk unmoved by bodily force,
kept going only by indomitable will.
Johnson struck him as kindly as If he
had been a baby And that was all
PATHOs of DEFEAT
And .afterward when they had
brought JEFF to, his seconds led the
great white man of other years away.
They took him through the crowd. and
as they took him they tried to comfort
him. And jeff, bruised and cut and
beaten to bleeding, looked like man
who has lost all this world has to give.
He looked that most pathetic Of things
the conquered master. 1t seemed as
though we ought to weep. And yet
one could not weep. Over and above
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TRIO LEAVE RINGSIDE
IN AUTO FOR THE CITY

RENO. July 4-Accompanied by c.
George Krogness of the San Francisco
Call and w. NJ. Berg, r. E. Miller of the
Owl drug company left Reno for San
Francisco Immediately on the conclu-
sion of the Jeffries-Johnson fight this
afternoon, the trio travelling in Miller's
Packard runabout The run will be
made in as short time as possible.
Krogness and Berg are the guests of
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the sorrow for Jeff were two bigger
things-the admiration for man. lion
hearted in the face of defeat, and the
admiration for thing well done. The
best man won and he showed himself
a marvel.
There was a huge pathos in this fight
lin this repetition of the stories of
Sullivan and Corbett and Fitzsimmons-
but there was splendor. A good man
lost. A good man won.
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MOTHERS ILLNESS CALLS
O'DAY FROM RINGSIDE

Tom O'Day, who represented the inde-
pendents In the motion pictures taken
yesterday at the fight at Reno; was
called home suddenly Saturday by the
news that his mother had been stricken
with paralysis. O'Day remained in this
city all day yesterday. Once the fight
was started, he was relieved OF all
anxiety as to the success of his venture.
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ring. One after another these were in
troduced and cheered.
STRANGELY QUIET CROWD

ring. One after another these were in
troduced and cheered.
STRANGELY QUIET CROWD
When the fight began the crowd was
strangely quiet. This continued
throughout the battle. 1t was evident
that the prejudices of the most of that
vast audience made them withhold
their cheering pending the showing
they hoped from Jeffries. Round after
round they broke into spasmodic ap-
plause for Johnson's well delivered
blows. then lapsed swiftly into silence.
Far up where the black mass of peo-
pie met the sky men walked OCCASION
ally along the rear aisles and waved
their arms. Deep down, where the arena
converged about the squared roped plat
form, the sea of men was packed as
thick as men could sit Always the
moving picture cameras clicked stead
lily upon the ring. All the eyes were
turned upon that ring, but all voices
were withheld Round after round it
continued until at last the knockout
came
VICTORY WON IN SILENCE
Then champion gained victory with
scarcely one accompanying cheer. A
wondering mass of people leaped from
their seats and stood there while John
son delivered his last three blows. and
they watched those blows without
noise.
The only eheer-the one real. deep
voiced demonstration-cam afterward
1t came while the thousands, still stand
ing on their seats watching the limp
Jeffries in his corner surrounded by
seconds, saw the defeated fighter rise
slowly to his feet. Then it broke forth.
a yelling roar. the tribute of admira-
ton from 5000 throats. 1t lasted many
seconds. Their salutation to a man of
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Al NEIL KNOCKED orr

ASTORIA. Ore. July lotto Berg.
private in the regular army, knocked
out AL Neill of San Francisco here to-
day in the seventh round. Berg made
NeAl look like novice.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
MISS WARD[AW
DIES IN CELL
WAS JOINTLY INDICTED WITH
TWO OTHER SISTERS FOR
MURDER OF ocEY SNEAD--
STARVED HERSELF.

Newark, Aug. 1l.-Miss Virginia
Wardlaw. one of the mysterious sis
tiers under indictment for tie murder
of Mrs. Ocey w. M. Snead, the East
Orange bath tub victim, died This
afternoon. Her death was due, In
inc opinion of the pEysicianG, to star.
walton. The fate of the aged woman
aralleled that OF her aged victim. for
tue doctors who examined Ocey
Snead before her death said her all
ments were due to lack OF nonrishing
food.
In the opinion OF the jail attendants
Miss Wardlaw starved herself to
death This has revived tae rumors
that suicide ract existed between
Miss Wardlaw and iler niece.
In the cell was found quantity OF
stale food which the prisoner had
concealed. But the other sisters, Mrs.
laIoline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary W.
elfead, Jointly indicted with her. were
in their cells as she expired.
What effect the death will have OH
The fate of her sisters is still to be
determined. She was tine dominating
Influence of strange househol |. Pre-.
,'ictions are made that they may new
OR be brought TO Trial.
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roR REPRESENTATIVE.

The Bulletin IL authorized to an
nounce the name OF Fred M. Pool
OF Herrin, ILL.,, as Democratic can
didate for representative In the 50th
senatorial district. subject to tn
Democratic primary September Is
1910.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
CAIRO GRAIN RECEIPTS
~ei.gae
.'ssey "
'%Fifty-seven Cars Yesterdsy--csiro El.
evator Expected to Start up
tsN tsY Friday

Chief Inspector DWELL reports
gynin receipts in Cairo yesterday as
follows.
Oats 80 cars; corn cars; wheat II
cars--Total A cars.
The Cairo Elevator did not start up
yesterday because Of some work
still necessary in connection with the
new smoke stack II N expected to
start today. and the receipt 6f grain
saNsilA \. VA .aateTlaily Al result
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Fred D. Nelhs authorizes his an
nouncement as candidate for the
Republican nomination for sheriff OF
Alexander county. at the primary
election to be held Sept IS, 1910
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Mrs, Fanny RI Hacker authorizes
her announcement as a candidate for
County Superintendent Of Schools Of
Alexander county, subject tc the
Democratic yoteFsesa the pElna =.
election Sept. Is, 1910.
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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

Rrof. 8. e. Colt authorizes his an
nouncement as a candidate for Coun-
t. Superintendent OF Schools OF Alex
snder county. subject to the Republic
can primaries, Sept Is, 1910.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Asa D. sTweRte authorizes his an
nouncement ais q candidate for Coun-
IL Superintendent of Schools OF Alex
al,ltr county, subject to tae Repnb-
lean primaries, Sept Is. 1910. n. w
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
ANNOUNCEMENT
FoR SHERIFF.

JAS. s. ROCHE authorizes his an
nouncement as 8 candidate for the
Republican nomination for sherih OF
Alexander comfy. at the primary
election to be held Sept. Is, 1910.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Thos. w. Williams authorizes mis-
announcement as a candidate for AS
SCISSOR and Treasurer of Alexander
county, subject to the decision of the
Republican voters of the county at
athe primary electiln to be held Sept
is, 1910
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12
roa ASSESSOR AND TREASURER

David M. Mulcahey authorizes his
announcement as candidate for
county assessor and treasurer. sub.
ieets to the decision OF the Democrat
ic voters of Alexander county at the
primary election 10 be held Sept. l5,
1910.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

Capt. W. d. Lippitt authorizes his
announcement as candidate for re-
election as assessor and treasurer OF
Alexander county, subject to the Re-
publican voters at the primary cleo
tion on Sept. 18th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

r. z. Ellis authorizes his announce
ment as a candidate for assessor and
treasurer of Alexander county. sub
ject to the decision OF the Republican
voters at the primary election on
Sept 18th, 1910.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23
COAL PUNTS To
Be BUILT HERE
Four Lighters for the Use of the
FIeet-LocaI ShipbuiIders
to Construct Them.

On December 81 bids for the build
ing of four coal punts for the use of
the navy. viii be opened It is planned
to construct four lighters that will each
carry two hundred and fifty tons of
coal. The punts will De no feet long,
and will have a beam of thirty feet.
They Will be used for eoaling ships of
the navy that touch at Honolulu hair
Dor
-Four punts were constructed some
time ago at Mare Island for the Ho-
noluIu station but the attempt to tow
them to these Islands was a failure.
The punts are difficult to tow, and two
of them broke away from the Collier
Prometheus when that vessel started
out with them. There was considerable
tronble experienced in recovering the
punts and then it was decided to build
new ones at this port.
The price of the four punts will be
nearly $4,000 and there are several
firms WHO are bidding for the contract.
Messrs. Walker and Hughes are thought
to have a good chance of securing the
contract although some people think
that Sorenson and Lyle will be the win
ners
The pants should be ready for the
work they are intended for, about the
end of March, and the job will be a
quick one.
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ports; she brought in cargo Of island
produce.
The Canadian-Austrahan steamer Ma
kura is due to arrive at Honolulu Janu-
airy 5. and She viii bring New Year
greetings to the exiles from the Land
of the Southern Cross.
The Inter-Island steamer w. G. Hall
sailed at fivef fifteen yesterday after
noon for Kaui ports. She took few
passengers for the Garden Island and
fair amount of cargo.
The Claudine is due to arrive from
Kauai this morning. and to depart for
Hawaii at five clock this afternoon.
1t was q rush trip to Kauai, and the
crew were kept on the jump all the
time.
The Alakea wharf is being cleaned
up in anticipation of the arrival of the
Mongolia today. A lot of fertilizer
that was dumped on the dock caused
some trouble, and yesterday a couple
of men with hoes and brooms were
working hard on the job of cleaning
up things in general.
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TEACH CHILDREN
SEX EDUCATION
Washington State Superintend-
ent Says 1t Will Soon Be
Public School Subject.

SPOKANE, December 6.-Sex educa-
ton IN the public school course was
favored by Henry B. Dewey. in his re
marks at the Mckinley school during a
parents meeting held under the auspices
Of the Spokane Society Of Social and
Moral Hygiene last night.
This subject must be taught in the
near futIre,' said Mr.. Dewey. 1.-The
only question at this time is the manner
in which it shall be presented to the
schools. 1t will become part of the
school course just the same as instruc
ton in agriculture.
1.-The subject is not improper which
deals with the relation of man and
woman. We must agree that it Ger
tainly is high time to find the best
manner in which to present the sub
ject. Vice Is prevalent and unchecked
As a result of the ignorance of the
present generation much misery and
suffering will prevail in the future.
"The subject has never been worked
out and ten years ago it would have
been considered an impossible one IN
the plbic schools. At the present /
do not know what points we want, but
as soon as the subject is taken up by
more of the thinking people the prob
lem viii soon be solved.
Il viii agree that the subject has
been tahooed in the churches and
homes. and it seems that the time is
here when the teachers must be trained
so as TO present these matters IN
scientific manner to the children.
The remarks of Mr.. Dewey followed
the address given by Judge Huneke
who bitterly criticized the immortality
of school children, which he consider
ed, in the main part. due TO ignorance
He especially criticized the officials for
not enforcing the curfew law and for
permitting young children to loiter on
the streets and in the public parks at
night.
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WAS ASSAULTED,
SAYS c. H. M'bR|DE

Claudius H. Mcbride is figuring in a
new role at the police station. and it
is now as complainant that he is at
tracing attention. He swore ont a
warrant for the arrest of two men, NJ
7. Silva and j. Bettencourt, yesterday.
and the charge was one of assault and
battery. Both men were arrested and
taken to the police station, where they
were released to appear by the deputy
sheriff
1t appears. according to the story
told by Silva. that Mcbride visited the
Silva home at Waikiki and there as
serted that Silva : son was being badly
beaten at times by his father, and that
that kind of carrying on must be
stopped.
This assertion Of Mcbride ANNOYED
Silva, and he is alleged to have picked
up stick and remarked: LET me at
him; I'll finish him this time. - Me.
Bride is also supposed 10 have struck
Bettencourt on the nose before Silva
got busy with the stick Mcbride is
said to have departed quickly and teIe
phoned for a police officer. When q
mounted patrolman arrived on the scene
both Silva and Bettencourt were away
out among the breakers fishing by
torchight
The police officer telephoned for in
structions, and he was told to bring il
the men ne was sent out for Then {
long wait cnsued and it was late a
night when The men emerged from tht
I water.
! This morning the whole affair viii b'
! threshed out at the police court, ana
! the fact Of who struck the first blow
, Will be ascertaiued.
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Hamakua are workable and that the
heavy seas that have prevailed for some
time past have al subsided Ehe effect
of them, however, can be seen, and
for miles along the coast from Waipio
Gulch to Hilo the rows of cane on the
edge OF the cliffs are turning yellow.
In some places the trees that have been
planted as windbreaks have, in a way,
stopped the salt spray from killing the
cane, but in many places the rows next
to the bluff have been discolored and
thrown back a lot in their development.
Not for many years has such bad
weather been experienced on the coast
of Hawaii, and in fact anywhere else
in the Islands In the opinion of many
of the shippers there must have been
a real hard elbow somewhere in the
South Seas. The next Canadian-Austra-
liam steamer may bring word of hur-
ricane that has devastated the islands
in the western Pacific.
The Mauna Kea is scheduled to sail
for Hilo, as usual on Tuesday at ten
o clock; it is specially requested that
all cargo intended for the Big Island
be on the wharf on Saturday. Sunday
and Monday are to be holidays, and no
freight will be received on those days
1t IS the intention of the Inter-Island
company to give all its employees, if
possible a real Christmas holiday