CABLE NEWS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] TO-DAY'S FIGHT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 5 July 1910, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.] TO-DAY'S FIGHT.

WILD TIME AT RENO. STREETS THRONGED WITH HUNGRY CROWDS. EXORBITANT PRICES FOR FOOD. CONGREGATION OF PRIZE FIGHTERS. [PHBBB ABSOOIATION.I RENO, July 4. Special trains are arriving half-hourly, lany people are sleeping in the open. Schwab and other millionaires are hvqc in private railway cars. The streets are thronged with hungry rowds seeking entrance to the crowded •estaurants. Exorbitant prices areJ>eng charged for food and drink. Others ire visiting the camps of Jeffries and Ibhnson. / The saloons and Rambling halls were ilosed on Sunday. The boxers were idle •n that day. Only intimates saw JeffThe nigger's camp resounded with ongs and music. . „..-. Crowds of Californian enthusiasts, faronng Jeffries, are arriving. Many conrider that Johnson will not last two Kilrain, "Battling". Nelson, i'itzsimmons, Sullivan, Burns, Lang. Uavin, Sharkey, X.angford and Ketohell iave arrived. The arena is a mile and a half from ihe city. It is three hundred feet iquare, and there is a twenty-seven foot jlatform in the centre. ' Below the platform are telegraphs and «lephones, supplying bulletins for music ISI 1 and other, places where bulletin joards have been arranged. > Each row of seats is five inches higher, md the seats are so arranged that spec■ators can see between the heads or those n front. The ring therefore appears to >c circled by sloping walls of faces to a j ieight of thirty feet. THE NEGRO CHURCHES. WILL SING AND PRAY TILL JOHNSON WINS. ' PROGRESS OF FIGHT TO BE SHOWN. RENO, July 4. Some of the negro churches have inrited tbfiir members to meet and pray rtid sing, until Johnson wins. The progress of the fight will be shown on screens above the pulpits. Prisoners in the Chicago gaol will be privileged to operate a special wire, givng them a bulletin of the fight. JTJST BEFORE THE BATTLE. (Received July 5, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 4. Jeffries has passed Sunday lolling on i shady lawn. Johnson walked eight miles and attended a concert, where he played his ! avorite bass viola. He declares his freight is 2061b and says: "The tap of foe gong will be music to me. If Jeff•iesjoeats me, I will be the first to congratulate himi" ■ j ROUGHS, THIEVES AND SHARPERS POLICE WELL ARMED ; BANKS GUARDED. (Received July 5, 10 a.m.) RENO, July 4. There are crowds of roughs, thieves, md sharpers here. The police are armjd with rifle's and revolvers. The banks ire guarded and the streets patrolled light and day. £8000 to £5000 is being staked on Jeffries in one wager. The Pittsburg authorities will not allow a negro parade n Johnson's honour, "Und trouble is fareatened.