Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 5, 1910, Page 1

% 1t was announced du THE OMAHA BEE Ts the most powerful business gotter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rich, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEATHER FORECAST. ".l.'“ A For Nebraska—Generally fair, For lowa—Generally fair. For weathel report see page 2. OMAHA, TUESDAY 5, MORNING, JULY 1910-TWELVE PAGES SINGL E COPY TWO CENTS. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER IS DEAD Head of Supreme Court of United ’sum Passes Away Suddenly at Sorrento of Heart Trouble. m COMES WITHOUT WARNING He Retired Sunday Night Apparently in His Usual Health. GROVER CLEVELAND'S APPOINTEE Iong Fight in the Senate Over Con- firmation of Nomination. SEVENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF AGE and Where He Mr. Fuller Was Born 1 Moved to Chicaso, Won Distinction as & Lewye BAR HARHOR, Maine, July 4.—Chief Jus- | tice Melville W. Fuller of the United States supreme court died of heart fallure at ! his summer home in Sorre~‘s at § o'clock this morning. The death of the chief justice was en- tirely nexpected, s he had been In ap- parently good health lately and there had been no premonitory symptoms of any Kind of trouble. Yesterday he atended church 88 usual and when he retired last night he was to all appearances customary health, Death came about § o'clock this morning. His daughter and Rev, James E. Freeman, who was & guest of Justice Fuller at his Borrgnto cottage, ‘Mainestay,” were with Justice Fuller when he died, The funeral services will be held at Sor- rento, and the Interment wiil be at Chicago. The date for the funeral ,has not yet been fixed. Chief Justiee Fuller was in his Tth year, He was appolnted to the supreme bench by President Cleveland, April 3, 1888, #For many years the cnlel justice had spent his summers at Sorrento, a summer colony, located an Frenchman's bay, five piles from Bar Harbor. The chief justice feit ill soon after day- light, and the members of the household ‘and his physiclan were summoned. Nothing could be done to avert death, however, and Justice Fuller died In the arms of Mrs. Trancis. Her daughter, Miss Aubrey, also was present, g the day that simpje funeral services will be held In the chapel. at Sorrento on Wednesday, and the body will be taken to Chicago for interment. Mrs, Fuyller, wite of the chief justice, died of heart failure in this same cottage in 1906, Chief Justice Fuller drrived at Sorrento, June %) cago.) He was ot _well in Chicagey $ince coming to Sorrento his health tly had been very good, | considéring his ddvanced age. He enjoyed « sermon yesterdiy morning in the Church of the Redeemer, (Bpiscopal) by Rev. James ¥. Freeman of Minneapolls, who has beert a long life, friend of the Fuller family Last night when Justice Fuller returned 1o was In'excellent spirits and not the “slightest indibation that there was serlous trouble with his heart was observed. NOTIFIED PRESIDENT TAFT 18 Bxecutive j& Told of Death of Chief Justice Fuller. BOMERVILLE, Mass, July 4—President Taft was seated in the big grandstand on Highland avenue reviewing the Independ- ence day parade when the news of the sudden death of Chief Justice Fuller was conveyed to him by the Associated Press. “1 am greatly shocked and grieved," he sald,.""at the death of Chiet Justice Fuller, for whom I had formed a warm attach- ment,”” The president refused to comment on what action he would take. The president later in the day sald: 1 learn of Justice Fuller's death with great regret. He was an old friend and a great judge. 1 had known him since 1690, When 1 was sollcitor general, and our relatlons were always those of intimate friends. 1 had the highest respect for his | ability and his death is a great shoek: Although the president would not discuss & succeskor, there is a strong Impression among those close to the executive that Governor Hughes of New York will be the lext presiding justice of the supreme court “the United States. 448 & general proposition, the president is to tavor the promotion of judges of ::o clreult court. Strong efforts have Begh made Lo have him appoint some judge from the Eighth circuit, which Includes Missourl, Kansas and other states In the middle west. Among the judges in this circult are VanDevanter, Hpok and Sanborn. It has been argued, however, that as these Judges have pased on the Standard OIl case, whica 18 to be reconsidered by the supreme court fhis fall, they might be rearded as aligible. Sollcitor General Bowers, who has been mentioned In connection with each recent vacancy on the supreme bench, is atfected by the same principle as are judges of the Bighth cireult, inasmuch as he had a large share in the preparation of several cases that are to be considered by . eourt in the n of Mifineap of thead: in- r future. Frank B. Kellog tormer ‘“‘chlef trust buster,” tion, also has been men- inis tioned Tob the Supreme court vacancy, but | Lo 100 has been' intimately assoclated with the governnent's prosecution of the Standard Ol company. Justice Swayzee of the supreme court of New Jersey is looked on s one of the most ikely candidates. The death of Chief Justice Fuller means absolitely that the ' Standard Oll and the tobaceo cases will not be reargued until nex: becember Ly swiection until after congress meets. LIOSTON, July 4.—President Taft sent the OWhig message from this eity today to Nathan C. Francls, the eldest daugh- { Chlef Justice Fuller, at Sorrento: um greatly shocked to hear of your fathet's death, and I extend to you and to all (e members of your famlily the heart- fi. -ympathy of Mrs. Taft aud myselt, ¥i{y father honored me with his friend- i, for twenty years, which enabled me \. kuow his sweet and lovable nature and lis noble character s a man. He was a §reat justice and noted for his indepen- W - in his the supreme | President Taft will make | WANY ARE DEAD IN WRECK Thirty-One Known Killed in Big Four Crash. HEADO™ _‘smn AT MIDDLETON Number o nred Placed at Eighty- Seven— &,- Plows Through Cars, | ‘ng Great Loss - ‘ Lite, BU % YIN. MIlle,ETO\\'N,% Tuly 4—Up to &:30 o'clock this afternod Lrty-one bodies had been recovered from“the wreck, and It is known other bodies are not In the wreck- age. Twenty-four bodies have been placed in one undertaking establishment and seven in other places. Of the large number of passengers on the train it is stated that few, if any, escaped without more or less serious injury. The number of injured was placed at eighty-seven, according to statements given out at b o'clock. The hospital facilities of Middletown were soon overtaxed and spe- clal trains have left here, carrying some of the injured to Dayton CINCINNATI, 0., July 4~In a wreck of the New York Flyer on the Big Four, near Middletown, O., this afternoon, many per- sons were killed and serlously Injured. The Blg Four train that was wrecked was bound from Cleveland to Clucinnati, and it was stated that nearly all of the passengers on this traln were persons bound for this olty. The wreck was due to a head-on col- lision between the Big Four passenier train | and a Jincinnatl, Hamlilton & Dayton | freight train, and occurred on the Cincin- nat{, Hamilton & Dayton tracks. The Big Four passenger train had been | detoured to the Cincinnat, Hamilton & Dayton tracks because of a small freight train wreck at Canton. Orders had been given, It was sald, for ‘“clear track’ for the Big Four train, which left Dayton ten minutes behind time about 1 o'clock this wfternoon and which was trying to make up the lost time. When the engines crashed, one of the steel monsters crushed throug the combina- tion baggage and smoking car, and a day coach which was largely filled with wo- men, These rs were tossed about, turned over and rofled down the embankment on the east side of the track. Several otior cars were deralled, but it was not thought that any of the passengers in these cars were killed. When rescuers were able to reach the upturned cars they found dad and injured persons lying near or pinned under the heavy wreckage, Some of these were women, for the coach was what is known as the woman's car, reserved especlally for women and children. Tied in Chair by Jokers, Man 1s Suffocated Tom Green, Porter in Barber Shop, is | Dying in Hospital as Result of Prank, Tied in a chair by practical jokers while he was napping, Tom Green, & porter in a barber shop at 1020 North Sixteenth street wae suffocated about & o'clock, and death tesulted while on the way to St Joseph's | hospital. The jokers in. the shop bound | thefr victim about noon and when the| burber shop was closed to business they| departed, leaving him helpless with the shop shut up to the suffocation point. Policeman Potts, who happened, to be {passing the shop, noticed Green through the window at 3 o'clock, and set to work to rescue him. The bluecoat summoned a| boy and lifted him to the transom, which | the lad then unlocked and clambered through. TWO MEN AND WIVES DROWNED Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Linde and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Barton Lose Lives in Carter Lake. BOD! ARE ALL RECOVERED Victims of Accident Were Fishing in a Rowboat. MEN TRIED TO CHANGE SEATS The Lindes Lived in Omaha and Bartons in South Omaha. BOTH COUPLES WERE CHILDLESS Had Gonme to the Lake in Company to Spend the Afternoon and Had Been Out But a Short Time When Drowned. Theodore Linde and wife of 3412 Grand avenue, Omaha, and John A. Barton and wife of 23 South Twenty-fourth street, South Omaha, were drowned 1o Carter lake Monday afternoon about 3:30. The Lindes and Bartons were friends and had gone to the lake shortly after 1 o'clock to spend the afternon. The four people occupiea a large row boat which they had rented from Court- land Beach a short time before the acci- dent. The boat was about 100 feet on the Nebraska side of the state line when it capsized, turning its occupants into water elghteen feet deep. Mr. Linde was the only one who was able to swim and he succeeded in keeping afloat only long emough to go about forty feet toward the bank. The two women and Mr. Barton were not able to help them- selves at all, and remaffied above water only a very brief time. The accident happened, it is thought, as two of the people attempted to change their seats, They were just returning from the Nebraska side when the accident oc- curred, Boat Refused to Ald. Two boats were near the Linde-Barton party at the time their boat capsized and one of them turned to assist the drowning people, while the other refused to go near the scene, and made for the opposite bank. The rescuing boat was too late in reaching the struggling quaitette in the water and all were out of sight before they could be reached. The boat which capsized filied with water but kept atloat until it was found several hours later near the Ne- braska side. “ C. E. Skinner, 1308 Douglas street, who saw the mccident, sald: middle tof the lake and tien the scream of a woman, crylng for help. At the time there were two boats on the lake within a short distance of the place. One of them went to the assistance of the drowning people, while the other, which was the closest, turned tail and refused to help. Linde was the only one that swam any dis- tance and all of them were under water within & minute and a half.” The report that a boat had upset in the lake spread like wfdfire through the | crowds at the beach and at the Rod and | Gun club, where a celebration was being held. In a few minutes the lake was thick with rowboats, while the banks on either side were lined with curious people. The moment the rumor reached the Reod and Gun club J. W, Gilmore, J. M. Willlams, Roy Campbell and R. W. Wellman put on thelr bathing suits, grabbed a boat and taking the grappling hooks which were in the club poathouse they rowed to where the accident had occurred. Mr. Skinner directed the Searching party and assisted in recovering the bodies. The When the boy opened the deor from the inside and the policeman examined the vieum of the trick, It was found that Green | had lost consclousness. Ife was taken tof the police station and attended by Police| Surgeons Standeven and Loveland, and| then was started to the St. Joseph hospita Green never regalned consclousnes: Green's home was at 1611 Nicholas street. Race Riots Break Out After Fight Serious Disturbances Created ivn New York and in Brooklyn Follow- ing News of Finish. NEW YORK, July —Rioting between whites and blacks broke out in seven | points of the eity tonight following the an- |nouncement of the vesult of ‘the Jeffries- |Johnson fight. One_negro was ~dragged |from a strect car andl badly beaten before rescued | PITTSBURG, July 4.--Less than half an| hour atter the decision of the fight was {announced here three riot calls were sent {In to two police précincts in the negro hill distrfet, Street ears were held up and [Insulting epithets were huried at the pas- |sengers. The police beat the crowds back | with thelr clubs to permit the passage of ls Yeet cars, Thief Robs Man on Car, Whtle returning from Miiler park Sunday night on a Florence car Bd Mahanna, 634 South Sixteenth street, was robbed of $51| and a gold ring. Mahanna was standiag on | the rear platform, when a pickpocket went through his pockets. The victim did not Qiscover his loss until after the robber got | body was the third recovered and about two first to be brought from the water was the body of Mrs. iLade, which was recov- ered Within half an hour. Linde's body was the second recovered, both being found close to the place where the accident had happened by J. W. Gllmore. Mr. Barton's | snd a half hours after wne boat overturned Mrs. Barton's body was found. The bodies ot Mr. and Mrs, Barton were both recov- ered by J. M. Williams. % . Theodore Linde was between thirty-five and forty years of age. He had lived In Omaha for elght yvears, during the last four of which he has acted as bartender for John C. Klanck at 4102 North Twenty- fourth street. Mr. Linde was married eizht years ago at Fort Dodge, Ia., to'a daughter of A. Ireland, now iiving at 4302 North Twenty- fourth street. Mrs. Linde was twenty-three years of age. Linde's parents reside at Clare, la., and two sisters live at Fort Dodge. One sister lives In Omaha, Mrs, E. H. Koop of 420 Sprague street. Another slster lives at Wall Lake, Ia., and a brother at Albert Lea, Mind. John Barton was about thirty-five *years of age ‘and had been & resident of South Omahe. for fourteen years. He cante from Kansas City and opened a saloon at Twen- tieth and Q streets, which he ran until about & year ago, when he began work with the Swift Packing company. He was & Bohemian and belonged to the Bohemlan Turner lodge. He had no children or re- lations living here so far as Is known. No funeral arrangements have yet been made. JACK JOHNSON LEAVES FOR EAST AFTER FIGHT| RENO, July 4—Jack Johnson will leave for Chicago at 9:45 o'clock tonight. He will have a special car attached to one of the away. { regular overland trains. Dies Sudd A letter was received Monday morning by Robert D. Duncan, Inspector for the | Omaha Water company, telling of the death of Martin Donnelly at Stokestown, ireland. Mr. Donnelly for twenty-five years was foreman for the Omaha Water com- pany and has & host of friends and ac- quaintances in the city. He left Omaha December 6 last for & visit with his wife and son in Ireland, and was expected to ‘rclurn soon '‘Omaha Water Works Man enly in Ireland‘ Mrs, Donnelly is an invalid and has been unable to live in America, as the country and climaie did not agree with her health She has been an invalid for nearly twenty- seven years. Mr. Dannelly leaves also a sister, Mrs. John Mackin of St. Louls, and & son in this country. He died June 0, after an lliness of only one week. The letter *The firat Lgoticed was a splash near thel" | sole adviser during the fight will G| BEFORE BATTLE AT RENO Great Orowd Flocks to Arena Early to Miss No Detail. MANY CELEBRITIES INTRODUCED Seats Two-Thirds Filled After Gates Had Been Open Half Hour— Cheers When Fighters Come. RENO, Nev., July 4—Everything is in readiness for the great Jeffries-Johnson tight. With the arena spick and span, the crowds winding toward it, the fighters resting at their camps before stripping for action, the assurance of physiclans that both men are fit for battle, the money ready, the day bright and clear and cool, nothing 18 wanting to call for this fight of all fights, The sports, who spent the night on cold floors, piled three in a bed, and even on cots in a mortuary chapel, are packing the arena, The strects of the city are crowded with almost hysterical crowds, as a pickpocket Is caught or a prize ring celebrity elbows his way around. Only one serious accldent has 'marred the ‘day, and that was when a California gun-toter shot himselt by aceident The gong for the first round 1s scheduled to ring at 1:%0 o'clock, Pacific coast time, but what with introductions and the fuss of the moving picture game, it probably will be a half hour later before time Is called. | The pool rooms were busy early today taking bets. During the early hours the 0dds remained the same as last night—Jef- fries the favorite at ten to six and one-half, They were pushed down to six at one time, by a bet of $10,000 on Jeffries, made by H. H. Frazee of Chicago. George Considine of New York bet $,000 on Jeffries at odds of $10 to $6.50, and announced he had more at the same price. E. E. Smathers of New York said he would bet $20,000 on Jeffries later, The latest news from the camps is that both men will wait until the last minute before motoring to the ringside. They will dress at their camps, evem 10 putting the bandages on their hands. shters Limber Up. Both men arose early and went out for short spins on the road to limber up. On the way to the arena, Jeffries will take his wife to a newspaper office, where she will wait, until the fate of her husband has been decided, getting the returns round by | round. Mrs. Jeffries hates prize fights. She | 18 sure, however, that “her Jim" will win, When the fight starts it will be more than a battle between the two principals. Jetfries chief second will be James J. Cor- bett, who was champlon untll whipped by Fitzssimmons. Johnson's chief second and be Bill Delaney, Delaney trained and fathered both Corbett and Jeffries when they were young fighters. He is Jeffries enemy now and Johnson depends on him to tell him weak points in his opponent and to advise him Just when to sall-in, To fight experts this presents one of the most dramatic touches that could be im- agined. It will be a test of the best ring generalship this age has produced. Beside Delaney in Johnsen's corner will be Sig Hart, Al Kaufmam, Doe Furey, Prof. Burns and Stanley Ketchel, middle- ‘weight champion of the world, who will act recelved by Mr. Duncan gave few particu- lars, but Mr. Donnelly was kaown to be suffering from heart disease, as time keeper for Johnson. Blggest News Story in Mistory. The telegraph companies estimate 750,000 | accommodation of these men. cautions have been taken along the line to | words of press matter will go out over the wires if Johnson wins. it will be much less. They estimate about 200,000 words.. Added to what has been writ- ten during the last year and the history of the two men who will face each other this afternoon would fill as many volumes as that of any king or president that ever lived. A force of 100 expert telegraphers has been gathered in this little desert city. They have been brought from as far east as Chicago. A carload of modern equip- ments was sent on from the east and set up. Tourist sleepers were parked for the Extra pre- If Jeffries wins safeguard the wires and the company has increased its roster in all principal offices and repeater stations from coast to coast. One, wire official said that outside of the San Francisco disaster of 1906, no greater volume iof business has been handled for,a single event In the history of telegraphy. Johnson is Reminiscent. On the eve of the biggest thing in his life, Jack Johnson sat with a party of friends yesterday afternoon and talked Jokingly of hls career. “Tonight,” he said, “I am thinking of the hard road that I've traveled since I left home when 1 was 12 years old. I ran away & Kkid, stowed away on a cotton steamer and landed in New York. “I didn’t have a nickle. As the ship docked I went on deck, and standing In the center 6f a crowd of passengers with my longest face and saddest eyes, I an- nounced:that a worthless colored boy, with- out friends, family or money, was about to Jump overboard. “I walked to the rall und told everybody to keep away from me. My old cap I had allowed to fall on the deck. As I turned around about to try my bluff at the fatal plunge, & woman threw a dollar in my cap A shower of money followed and my first meal In the big clty was chicken. “Since thal time, for twenty years I have traveled over most of the world and have had my ups and downs. But my ambition has been realized. I have taken my old mother out of that Galveston shanty, where I was raised from a baby, and I've put her in the best house I could find in| Chlcago. She' and I'm happy.” got everything she wants Jeff Has New Mascott. The women of Jeffries' household have been (inding four-leat clovers and the men | have been bringing in old horseshoes, but tighter's mind the be: to the indication (Continued on Second Page.) INTENSE SCENE AT RINGSIDE Enthusiasm at High Pitch Just Before Gong Sounds. |TELEGRAPH WIRES HUMMING One Hundred Expert Operators Go | to Reno to Tick Off W ! ( to the Restlens | Fans. ARENA RINGSIDE, Reno, July &—The gates were opened at 12 o'clock sharp. Thou- sands ‘were thén thronging about the four entrances, the mafority belng formed In thin serpentine columns that stretched through all parts of tue grounds. As the gates were swung wide there was a great { rush for the turnstiles, and the crowds | poured rapidly into the enclosure. | "In less than fifteen minutes-the gallary | seats and the wide platform skirting the topmost outer rim of the arenp were half filled. - Coming In from the cool, windswept spaces of the flat country surrounding the battleground, thre was a startling change of temperature; it was hot in the arena. The bare pine boards radiated a terrific heat from the scorching sun, and the early comers proceeded to shed thelr coats and collars, Thirty feet from the ringside and due west, €0 that the sun would not interfere, a battery of nine motion picture machines arranged in rows of three above one an- other was belng manned and made ready for the work of the: afternoon. An Amer- |ican flag dropped from each of the en- | trances Boxes_bujlt for women at the top of the outer west walls of the enclosure were soon filled and the gaudy hats of the occupants added & vivid, touch of color to the scene, Halt an hour after the gates had been ned the Vast arena was more than two- thirds filled with a sweltering mass of humanity. Celebrities Arrive Early! | The sporting celebrities arrived early, and { the ringside soon swarmed with the not ables without whom no large fight is re- | gardea as coraplete. Anticipating the flerce glare of the merid- jan sun, hundreds had taken precaution to bring along smoked glasses and green (Coninued on Second Page.) Multitude at Vinton Park Silenced by Fight News When the caller with his big megaphone announced to the crowd at Vinton street park, where Omaha and Lincolil were play- Ing an exciting twelve-inning game of bail, “Johnson In the fifteenth rounl’ more than 5,000 people rat dumb and motl: less a8 If suddenly struck by some dead: ing thud. A moment before a “flash” over the wiio had brought the rumor that Jeffries had won in the fifteenth and the great crowd, as many as got ear of the report, went into a bedlam of applause. “I feel sick,” came from scores of ilps~ men and women. Then people craned tnelr wins necks for the caller In the eager hope thai he bad made a mistake. It.was & sick crowd and though the two teams continued their persistent struggle for the game, though inning after inning went by with the'score a tle and every man was up on his toes playing great ball, the JOHNSON WINS FIGHT Black Pugilist Knocks Jim Jeffries Out Completely in Fifteenth Round at Reno, JEFF DOESN'T HAVE LOOK-IN Contest One-Sided from First Sound of the Cong, OLD CHAMPION'S BLOWS BLOCKED Severe Punishment Dealt Out in Last Five Rounds, NO HOPE AFTER THIRTEENTH Ring Experts Throw Up Hands at This Time, RINGSIDE CHEERS WHITE MAN Great Crowd Gives Hearty Support as He Parries Blows of Agile Adversary Stands Severe Smushes. RENO, July 4-—Gleorge Harting, offi. cial timekeeper, makes the following statement: - ‘Time was called at 8148 p. m. son entered the ring at and Jeffries entered four minutes later. The fight lasted fifteen rounds. Tho time for the last round was 2:47. The .fight was stopped at 3:41. Xn the fifteenth round there were three kookdowns. The first two of theme were each of nine seconds duration. The last one was elght sec- conds. Then Jeffries' weconds rushed in and the referee gave the decision to Johnson, There is mo doubt that inde- pendent of this amotion Jeffries would have been counted out." John- RINGSIDE, RENO, Nev., July &—Jack Johnson is still the world's heavywelght champion. He defeated James J. Jeffries in the fifteenth round here today. The fight was onéssided from the start. The negro blocked the old champlon's blows at every stage of the game and pua: ished him severely In the. last fiv Rfib\m of the fighting. Lo e g At the beginilng of the thirtéenth round the experts at the ringside. passed the verdict that if’ Jeffries would simply stand and not fight he might stay the limit. As they came up for the fifteenth round John- son went ai his man savagely. He sent Jeff down the first time with a rain of lefts and rights to the jaw, and Jeft took the count of eight twice. Each time Jeft fell outside the lower ropes oh the ‘plat- form. As Jeff staggered to a foothold after the third time he had been Sent to the floor Johnson sprang at him like & tiger, and With a succession of lefts and rights ta the jaw sent him down and out, As Jeff was helped to his corner, he sald “I am not & good tighter any longer. 1 could not come back, boys; ¢ eouldn't come back. Ask Johnson it he will give me his gloves.” As Jeff hung thfough the ropes, a hun. dred of his friends and admirers rushed close and cried: “Don't let the old man et knocked out; stop it." But the timekeeper's inexorable count went on to the fatal ten \ When the ocount of seven had been reached, at least a hundred people broke through the ropes and Harding was screened from the ring by the crowd. The confusion was o great that no announ ment from the ring ofticlals was audible. Jeffries wus picked up by his brother Jack and Corbett and carried back to his corner, still in a dazed conditién. Johnson stood In the center of, the ring and re- celved the congratulations of Bllly Delaney and his other seconds. As he talked to Delaney he was breathing absolutely nor- mal. Sig Hart said to the champion: “Go over and shake hands with the poor tellow." Jack satd: don’t owe him anything now.” Later he went to the Jeff corner, but Jim Corbett and Jack O'Brien waved him away, Then he returned to his own corner. The crowd was o dense that the police had to keep the peopic back. Tha tirst man to congratulate him in hs corher was John L. Sullivan was taken o Moaha Springs. cople tore the ring to pleces as sou- In five minutes ropes, canvas and mats had vanished as It swept by & hurri- cane. First Round. Round One—The men refused to shake hands. Johnron smiléd and Jeffries con- tinually chewed gum. After a long opening session of sparring, Johnson shot his let to the face and they clinched, Johuson pushing Jeffries back. Johnson swung his left (0’ the jaw and as Jetiries voughed it at clowe quarters, the big black shot his left again to the face, The men lgcked arms. Jeffries clouted hig man twice with (w9 short-arm lefts to the face and the crowd yelled. “Why don't you laugh?. shouted Corbett at Johnson and the latter winked and smiled back at the former champion The men continued In a locked embrace, and, as the gong termenated the round, Johnson playtully tapped Jeffries on the shoulder, and went (o his corner smiling. Jeffries then told his seconds to let him alone; he would fight his battle. It was a tame round. secona Round, Round Two-Johnson esine up chatting ltke & magpie, but Jeszries only smiled, crowd had lost its intervst and apparently | “Ho wants to fight a little bit, Jim," yelled summoned the nerve to cheer the home |Corbeit, “You bot I do, Mistah Sorbutt." team's splendid victory only with the greatest effort Not & colored man or woman could be seen at the turnstiles as the jam passel out, though several had been in the grand. stand and left when the caller announced that the fourth mund went for Jeffries. The sceng wes impressive for its silence. replied the ehampion. % Jefffies held on, Johnson clouted him with & wicked right o the jJaw, As Lie mea separated from a clinch Jeffries swung his right 1o the stom- ach, to which Johnson eetaliated with two left ripping uppercuts (o0 the Jaw. The men closed together, Jeffries lean- ing agwinst the champlon with sheee