New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
MARQUIS CAN PICK Job
A Dozen Are Offered QueenSberry
on the Day of His Arrival.
CAN BE "CUB" IN THE BRONX
Prefers Mining, and Talks Of
Jack" Johnson, Yerkes
and His Hoodoo.


British marquis VINO doesn't sit in Paria-
ment. came TO New York early Yesterday
morning-about ! a. m, in fact-looking for
job, and by noon more than dozen
had been offered TO him. But I'm hoo
doc he said, "a regular hoodoo, and I'm
afraid ! can't take any OF them, y'know.
They want me 10 be a pressman on
some of your papers. yknow. 1t sounded
rather good at first. but when ! talked TO
some OF your fellows I found they would
probably want to send mo up to some place
they called The Bronx. It's an awful place,
they tell me. You find your way by the
stars at night and with compass In the
day time. I've beer IN Australia, y'know-
did four hundred miles through tho bush
and I expect TO go 10 the Porcupine dis
trict in Cobalt; but The Bronx, y'know. My
word.
And they tell me ! would be called
cub | don't know just what II is. but I'm
forty-three, y'know. and TO be a cub now!
What?
That's what il is TO be hoodoo,' the
marquis continued II was born young
er son. yknow. You Americans don't know
what II is 1t didn't bother me much at
the tlnP, ana II UOtSi itl' llhN u
now I've succeeded to the title. y'know.
But the hoodoo has stuck-unlcss I've
broken it now" he added. enthusiastically.
IF they had only wanted me to write
their boxing matches, Id be sure IL was
broken. I've been asked to revise the rules.
y'know. I know something Of the game.
It's a fine sport. but the trouble with box
ing In England is that our chaps can
make enough money 10 pay their training
expenses Gunner NOR Is a good one,
but he was worried to death all the time
for money 10 support his wife and chill
dren. and a man can't train right when his
mind isn't at ease.
"Bombardier Wells. the chap who's gong
to fight Johnson. is a good man. but l
think Johnson will best him. Wells is too
Young He's only twentyfour. aud he
hasn't got his growth yet, though he If
feet 3 inches. The English won't care II
johnson does beat him. What they don't
Ike is that Wells is To get COCO for going
into the ring. Two thousand pounds for
taking a beating! 1t don't look right
y'know. What"
"Oh. yes. I've seen Johnson the mar
outs said ut was I'm the Queen Hotel
in Leicester Square. ! was talking with
Ted Bailey. a sporting man. when some
one rushed in and said there VAS big
black man in the barroom threatening to
tear the house down IL they wouldn't sell
him champagne. We went out TO see what
Il was and there was this inky slant. GOV
cred with diamonds. and saying he'd be
dashed II he wouldn't have some cham
payne. lie had the money TO pay Tor IT,
he said. and he'd bleeding well have H.
too. AS soon as he told who ne was he
got the champagne oh. veg. the English
won't care II Johnson gets the decision.
Some of my adventures the marquis
said There was one | had with your
man-what was his name? The American
who built tbe tubes. yknow. Yerkes. yes,
that's tho man. ! had been I'm Australia
with David Carnegie Poor fellow! He sur
veyed all West Australia. and then nc got
murdered. They use his maps Yet We
walked four hundred miles through the
bush and cleaned M about $4,000. Then
I went back 10 London.
Some one told me ought TO buy Amer
leans stocks. y'know-and ! went I'm about
fl5,O0- Northern Pacific, or Union Pacific.
or something The next day they dropped
20 points What? a sumner? Yes. But
I got into Texas oil then. and ! made
contract with Ierkes 10 supply him OIL.
NV profits were TO be about CISCO year.
The day. after the contract was signed
there was an earthquakes regular earth
quake. y'know-and the oil wells began to
spout water. An oil well spouting water
My word!
Then got concession from Russia
10 mine gold on the Sea OF Okhotsk. Tho
concession was for 800 square miles. and
! organized a syndicate Russia was going
IA dive me a warship to take miners over.
But Winchester was in the syndicate.
Wtnchester's rotter. That's what he is
he's a ro,ter. He forced me out. and he
sent over four men-bad ones; they were
nails Of his Four men TO mine 300 square
milesl one Of them got as far az NIadl-
vostok with six Chinese women, and as
soon az he had bought all the champagne
in Vladivostok he came home.
i've been down TO Wall Street to-day.
I'm going 10 see If | can get some OF your
Americans to take up the concession. II |
can't do anything here, I'm going TO the
Porcuplne district. II l can get that con-
cession going | hate TO think Of now much
we could take out in a day-it might start
the hoodoo again. ! ought to do some
thing. don't you thiEk? I've been In Aus
tralia, y'know. Dd<t you think | ought
TO get a job az a mining engineer?
81 may bring my family over, too. but |
don't know about citizenship. II depends
on how much they think OF the title.
y'know.
my word"