Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1885 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. Monday.— Cloudy weather with rain, followed by colder , clearing weather. ANT INDIVIDUAL Interested in an odd Coat, Vest or Pants, to piece out the remaining portion .of the winter, should see what a very little money will buy from among our broken lots at the WHEN 6T. JOHN'S SELL-OUT IN OHIO. Bow He Was Offered and Consented to Accept Ten Thousand Hollars. ♦ _ A Letter from Janies F. Legate, a Kansas Man, Who Conducted the Negotiations—Further Developments Promised. St. Louis, Jan. 11.—In connection with the controversy between Governor St. John, of Kansas, and J. S. Clarkson, of lowa, and others, respecting the -alleged offer of St John to withdraw from the presidential canvass for money, the Globe-Democrat will to-morrow publish the following letter addressed to R. C. Kerins, this city. The words in brackets are Supplied by the editor of the Globe-Democrat, they having been omitted in the -original. * Cleveland, 0., Oet. 10, 1884. “Dear Sir—l made the mistake in coming hero; I should have gone to Detroit. Have been communicating with him [St. John] by - telegraph. I have said to him [that at the] conference it was two-fifths down in Philadelphia, to morrow night, and three-fifths by the 18th, and he insisted upon lfith [l6th for second payment], Srovided he left for Philadelphia toay, and said: ‘Our P. [Senator Plumb] told me it should be done. Just got this [from St. JohnJ: ‘All right. Leave in short time for Philadelphia; will cancel all west of there. me in Pittsburg to-night’ I sent you telegram under name of Johnson, because I did not want to use my own name I confess I mado the pledge quite wildly, but Plumb told me to make it. I mean by that he told me to keep St. John quiet in this State, and get him to Cincinnati, and you. would give him $3,000 or SB,OOO down, and then I said, ‘ suppose I pledge him $10,000? Will my pledge be foodT pnd he said ‘yes,’ Kerins will [cive] im SIO,OOO. So, if I have cut a big hog. the pork belongs to Plumb. Now, lam going over to Pittsburg to see him [St. John]. Is it not possible for you to send some [one] over from New York to arrange with him and fix him then and *thar?’ lam a little guilty because you don’t respond to Johnson’s call for aid for his county. It was not possible you were seduced on the road home, and thus led astray, nor that you are drunk, for you are too good a St. Johnite, and love the Sunday-school. I have got St. John'out of the State, and made promises to him that, in some way, I want to redeem. may not care, but I have to live with him and you don’t So* does Plumb, Si psora, et orane genus. Hell! how Ocholarlyl Truly yours, “James F. Legate. ” The Globe-Democrat will also have an editorial to-morrow giving further information in regard to this matter, but it is not accessible to this correspondent to-night.

The Vote of Indiana—lndications of Fraud. Cleveland Leader. The New York Commercial Advertiser publishes a table showing the voting population of the several States in 1884. the vote cast, and the non voting percentage. One of the most puzzling matters connected with this statistical compilation is the case of Indiana, the home of Thomas A Hendricks. The voting population is Det down at 533,720, while the actual number of fotes at the recent presidential election is returned at 494,200, According to these figures ' lv 7 *** r cent, of the entire voting population faded to reach *in November. This is most certainly a case. In all the history of presidential elections, even in the most exciting time*, the like has never been known. We scan the table furnished by our contemporary in vain to find a parallel case Ohio comes the nearest to it, but the stay-at-home voters <?£ this State amounted to 12 per cent, of the voting population in November last. It is possible to get 88 per cent of the voting population to the polls in a thickly populated State like Ohio; but as a rule, the absentees amount to 15 per cent and upward in all States where the ballot is free. According to the •Advertiser's table, 22 per cent of the voting oopulation of New York failed to get to the polls. In New Jersey the stav-at-horae voters amounted to 21 per cent of the wuole, “While in Pennsylvania they amounted to 85 per cent. Compared with other States, the vote of Indiana wears an unpleasant look. The returns smack loudly of fraud. The extraordinary vote cast readily accounts for the State going Democratic Prior to the election the Republicans had made a careful canvass of Indiana, and believed themselves certain of 10.000 majority; but the State turned up with a Democratic ma jo’rity.to the amazement of those who were certain that the Democrats constituted a minority. The figures given by the Advertiser a re-strongly suggestive of fraud in Indiana. They show that in voting, or professing to vote, 93 per cent, of her population entitled to suffrage claims to have accomplished a feat whith cannot be honestly performed there or in any other State of the Union. __ Obituary. Geneva. N. Y., Jan. 11.—Captain Charles W. Polger died of consumption this morning, aged 40. Baltimore, Jan. 11.—A. Puller Crane, senior Fartner in the hide and leather house of Wm. 'rane & Sons, died to day from softening of the brain, aged sixty four. Washington, Jan. 11.—Col. E. E. Rice, who was United States Minister to Japan under the administrations of Presidents Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln and Grant, died in the city to-night, aged sixty-four years. He was a native of the State of Maine. Young, or middle-aged men, suffering from pr-rvous debility, or kindred affections, should address; with two letter stamps, for largo treattee, World's Dispensary Sledical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.

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AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Source of the Opposition to the Bill for Pensioning Mexican Soldiers. Expectation that President Cleveland Will Have Serious Trouble in Satisfying the Democratic Factions in New York. Samples of Peculiar Claims Which the Government Is Expected to Settle. Incidents in the Career of the Late Admiral Gordon —Mr- Stockslager and the Public Buildings —Capital Notes. MEXICAN PENSIONS. Os tbe Eighty-Five Votes Cast Against the Bill, Eighty-Three Were Democratic. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11 —General Browne says that out of the eighty-five votes cast in the House against considering the amended Mexicac war pension bill, eighty-three were Democrats, one an Independent, and one a Southern Republican. Os the eighty-three Democrats, sixty-seven were from the South and sixteen from the North. Forty-two, or more than onehalf of the adverse votes, were given by members who were in tbe rebellion. Murphy, of lowa, and Warner, of Ohio, enjoy the distinction of being the only two members west of the Ohio river who voted against the measure. “The whole body of the opposition,” said General Browne, “is the Democratic party, while with one or two exception the Republicans supported it.” General Browne says it is doubtful whether the bill is again reached this session. The opposition is sufficiently formidable to fillibuster it to death. The issue is, shall the bill inure to the benefit of the Mexican war soldier only, or shall the Union soldier share in its benefits? If the Union soldier was dropped out, tho Democrats North and South would vote for it. The General said that time would develop that there were those pretending to support it who were simply masquerading—merely posturing before the soldier for effect. A JOB FOB CLEVELAND. Trouble Expected in Satisfying the Democratic Factions in New York. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.— One of the most difficult feats President Cleveland will be called upon to perform,” said a New York congressman to-day, “will be to please the factions within his own party in my State. Ho is now in the position of being damned if he pleases one faction at the cost of another, and damned if ho doesn’t.” “How will he work it?” I asked. “That I cannot say, unless it is by ignoring all of the old politicians. Tammany despises the County Democracy, and vice versa, and both will make demands. If he recognizes each faction, there Will be jealousy. If he fails to do something for them, they will condemn him. His first great barrier to surmount will be the selection of a Cabinet officer from New York. He must not take a ring man.” “How about the son-in-law of Senator Payne, of Ohio —Mr. Whitney?” “Whitney will be chosen if he is capable*of proving in advance that he will be indorsed by the two great factions in the city—Tammany and the County Democracy. I don’t think he can master the former. If a good Cabinet selection is made from New York, and the factions are well managed, Mr. Cleveland will be a candidate again for the Presidency, if he lives. His refusal won’t prevent New York will rule the roost, mind you.”

PECULIAR CLAIRS. Fallacy of tlie Idea that Government Can Secure Pay for Articles Lost Abroad. Special to the ludisnaDolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.—From the list of claims just reported to the House and Senate from committees, it appears that the people of the country have a very vaguo idea of how far the government is responsible for the property of its citizens. Some plausible cases have been presented to Congress for valuables taken from American citizens abroad, and jet they have every one been passed upon adversely. Congress has adopted almost innumerable precedents againßt paying for property taken from Americans in other countries, and yet there are coming to Congress, almost daily, claims of this Character. Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, cites a sample of the most ordinary cases. In December, 1876, the ship JosephJNickerson ran aground near the* mouth of the Congo river, on thfe west coast of Africa. She was an ican vessel. Soon after she grounded, about twenty canoes put off from shore to the ship, with four hundred natives on board. They offered friendly assistance, which was accepted by the captain of the vessel; but no sooner did the natives get on board than they took forcible possession of her. They wrecked the vessel, sacked her from stem to stern, then set fire to her, and burned her to the water’s edge. Having no treaty with that country then, tho State Department could not negotiate for the loss from tho government there, and inasmuch as the owners of the ship were on a private mission, attending to their own business, there is no law or precedent recommending the allowance of such a claim. A claim against a foreign government, on account of depredations of her citizens, or anything else, stands very little show in Congress. Its place is in the State Department, and is the work of diplomata More peculiar claims have grown out of the late war, however, than from any other cause. The States of Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, etc., have furnished many. Congress has established a not to allow the claims of citizens of a State that had declared war against the government The loss sustained by citizens loyal to the Union in State* which were warring against the government are refused on the ground that they are but “incidents of the war,” and that the States should make good the losses sustained by her own citizens—losses such as forage, stock, etc., taken by Federal soldiers from loyal people. Indiana has perhaps had more losses paid her citizens, in proportion to the number presented, than any other State. She was loyal. A number of claims have been refused by con

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gressional committees within the past week which present incidents of hardship, almost. They were claims of men and women who lost property on account of federal soldiers in loyal States, after claimants had taken the oath of allegiance. But they had been rebel sympathizers, and their losses were incurred after taking the oath and before a certificate of loyalty had been issued. THE LATE ADMIRAL GORDON. Incidents in the Career of an Almost Forgotten Hero of the Sea. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11. —A casual reference to the services of the late Admiral Gordon, United States navy, brought out an interesting story concerning that somewhat forgotton old seadog last week. “Admiral Gordon,” said a naval officer, “was one of the brightest men ever in the naval service of any country. He was a gallant fighter and a man of wonderful decision, and withal an excellent speaker—never at loss for a word, and always ready to speak it. When in Mexico some time ago I heard a couple of interesting stories of the Mexican war in which Admiral (then commander) Gordon took a prominent part. The stories were told me by an old Mexican merchant, who said Gordon was the best Governor the town in which he lived had ever had. He was in command oi a gunboat, and, being senior officer present, was made Governor of Lagunos de Terminos when that town capitulated to the United States naval forces. The dress of the Mexican peon consists of a pair of trousers and a shirt; the latter worn outside the former, and a sash, in which an ugly knife is invariably hidden. .Whenever the American sailors went on shore at night several of them were sure to return with ugly knife cuts, received from the cowardly greasers, who concealed their weapons very easily beneath their shirts. Governor Godon issued an order forbidding the carrying of knives by any of the natives; but owing to the dress worn by the peons it was impossible to enforce the order and it was so reported to the Governor. He then at once resolved to civilize the greasers at one stroke, and another order was issued, which commanded every man of Mexican citizenship to wear his shirt as it ought to be worn—namely, inside the trousers. The order was enforced, and as the Mexicans could no longer conceal their knives, the American Jac tars could take care of themselves, and there was no more stabbing. “During his incumbency of the Governor’s office Admiral Gordon was visited one day by a poor Mexican trader, who stated that his family were suffering for the necessities of life, and that a rich merchant who owed him S3OO refused to pay his indebtedness. Gordon called the rich man before him, and questioned him about the debt. He admitted the obligation, but could give no satisfactory reason for his delinquency. Taking S3OO from his pocket the Admiral handed it to the creditor and took his receipt. Then, turning to the rich man, he said: ‘I have paid the debt. Now you owe it to me. You see that gunboat out there?’ “ ‘Yes,’ was the reply. “ ‘And you see that gun on the forward deck, pointing this way?’ “ ‘I do,’ said the trembling debtor. “ ‘Very well. If that S3OO is not paid by 1 o’clock to-day, I will spread-eagle you on that gun and give you a hundred lashes with the cat for each dollar.’ “It is scarcely necessary to add that, although this method of collecting debts was quite new in Lagunos de Terminos, the hour of I was some distance in the future when the receipt was turned over to the trembling debtor.”

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. Stockslager Will Continue His Efforts to Secure Appropriations. Washington, Jan. 11. —Mr. Stockslager, chairman of the House committee on public buildings and grounds, says it is his purpose to call up the bills providing appropriations for public buildings throughout the country, at every opportunity offered during the remainder of the session. “When tho House decides to discuss the bills for public buildings,” he continues, “I will not ask it to pass the bills which have been favorably reported in a lump, but will offer each Dill separately, to be passed or defeated on its merits.” There are fifty-eight bills for public buildings, aggregating $6,232,200, which have been reported to tho House during the present Congress, and which are now pending. Two bills, one providing for a public building at Waco, Tex., and the other for a building at Carson City, Nev., and each appropriating SIOO,OOO, have been passed. In the past four Congresses appropriation bills for public buildings which passed the House aggregated: Forty-fourth Congress, $5,731,633; Forty-fifth, $8,037,477; Forty sixth, $8,252,047, and Forty-seventh, $8,636,000. The appropriations during the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses were mostly for buildings previous Congresses directed should be erected in the larger cities. - MINOR MENTION. Operations of the United During the Past Year. Washington, Jan. 11. —The Director of the United States Mint has made his annual statement. Tho coinage, less recoinage, has been as follows: Gold, $23,726,852; silver, $28,119,978; imports of United States com, gold, $4,239,875 and silver, $725,150; total gain, $57,491,648. He estimates that $4,875,000 of United States gold and $216,000 of silver coin wore melted for use in manufactures and arts, and that six million trade dollars, constituting a part of the silver circulation in previous years, has been withdrawn from circulation. The exports were: United States gold coin, $11,878,154; silver coin, $522,431; not gain of gold coin. $11,213,573; of silver coin, $22,106,697. This, added to his estimates of the total amount in the country Jan. 1, 1884. makes the circulation on the Ist of January, 1885. $563,000,000 gold, $264,000,000 silver; total, $827,000,000. A comparison of the corresponding amounts of paper in the United States used as money, or as representatives of coin, shows at the close of the year an increase in gold certificates of $28,599,232; in silver certificrtes $28,269,686, and a decrease in bank notes of $21,324,206: a net increase of over $35,000,000. Tho gold bullion in tho mints awaiting coinage on the first of the present month amounted to $63,422,647: a reduction of about $3,000,000 from the previous year. Mormon Help for the Mugwumps. Washington, Jan. 11. —It is reported here, among those familiar with the inside facts, that tho largest contribution to the independent Republican fund made during the recent canvass came from the Mormons in Utah. Their motto was “Anything to beat Blaine,” because he was their most determined enemy. They are said to have given $200,000 for this purpose in solid cash. This actants for the fact that during {.Continued on Second Fage.j

GRANT AND VANDERBILT. The Rich Man Generonslv Offers to Cancel His Claim Against the Old Hero, On Condition that the General’s Swords, Medals, Etc., Shall Ultimately Beeoine the Property of the Government. Mr. Vanderbilt Earnestly Urges Acceptance of His Entire Proposition, • And the General Finally Yields, but Mrs. Grant Declares that the Millionaire Must Keep the Mortgaged Real Estate. MR. VANDERBILT’S ’LETTER. Tho Terms and Conditions on Which He Relinquishes His Claim. New York, Jan. 11. —The following letter has been sent Mrs. U. S. Grant by Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt: “New York, Jan. 10, 1835. "To Mrs. U. 8. Grant: “Dear Madame—So many misrepresentations have appeared in regard to the loan made by me to Gen. Grant, and reflecting unjustly upon him and myself, that it seems proper briefly to recite the facts. On Sunday, the 4th of May last, Gen. Grant called at my house and asked me to lend him $150,000 for ono day. I gave him my check without question, not because the transaction was businesslike, but simply because the request came from General Grant. The misfortunes which overwhelmed him in the next twenty-four hours aroused the sympathy and regret of the whole country. You and he sent me, within a few days of the time, the deeds of your joint properties to cover this obligation, and urged ray acceptance on the ground that this was the only debt of honor which the General had personally incurred, and these deeds I returned. During my absence in Europe the General delivered to my attorney mortgages upon all his own real estate, household effects, and swords, and medals, and works of art which were memorials of his victories, and presents from governments all over the world. These securities were, in his judgment, worth the $150,000: At his solicitation the necessary steps were taken, by judgment, etc., to reduce these properties to possession, and the articles mentioned have been this day bought in by me and the amounts bid applied in reduction of the debt. Now that I am at liberty to treat these things as ray own, the disposition of the whole matter most in accord with my feeling# is this: “I present to you, as your separate estate, the debt and judgment 1 hold against Gen. Grant; also, the mortgages upon his real estate, and all household furniture and ornaments, coupled only with this condition: that the swords, commissions, medals, gifts from the United States, the States, cities and foreign governments, and all articles of historical value and interest, shall, at the General’s death, or, if you desire it, sooner, be presented to the government at Washington, where they will remain as pei*petual memorials of his fame and of tho history, of His time. I inclose herewith the assignments to you of the mortgages and judgments, a bill of sale of the personal property, and the deed of trust, in which the articles of historical interest are enumerated. A copy of this trust deed will, with your approval, be forwarded to the President of the United States for deposit in the proper department. “Trusting this action will meet with your acceptance and approval, and with the kindest regards to your husband, “1 am yours, respectfully, “W. H. Vanderbilt.”

WHAT CAME AFTER. The Proposal Partially Accepted, but Vanderbilt Must Keep the Real Estate. New York, Jan. 11. —To the foregoing letter General Grant responded as follows: "New York City, Jan. 10, 1885. “Dear Sir—Mrs. Grant wishes me, in answer to your letter of this evening, to say that, while she appreciates your great generosity in transferring to her the mortgage given to secure my debt of $150,000, she cannot accept it in whole. She accepts with pleasure the trust which applies to the articles enumerated in your letter to go to the government of the United States at my death, or sooner, at her option. In this matter you have anticipated the disposition which I had contemplated making of the articles. They will be delivered to the government as soon as arrangements can be made for their reception. "The papers relating to all the other property will be returned, with the request that you have it sold and the proceeds applied to liquidation of the debt which Iso justly owe you You have stated in your letter, with the minutest accuracy, the history of the transaction which brought me in your debt. I have only to add that I regret your giving me your check for the amount without inquiry, as an act of marked and unusual friendship. The loan was to me, personally. I got the money, as I believed, to carry the Marine National Bank over a day, being assured that the bank was solvent, but owing to unusual calls needed assistance until it could call in its loans. I was assured by Ferdinand Ward that the firm of Grant & Ward had over $600,000 to their credit at that time in the Marine Bank, besides $1,300 n un r pledged seebrtties in their'Own vaults. - “I cannot conclude without assuring you that Mrs. Grant’s inability to avail herself of your great kindness in no way lessens either her sense of obligation or my own. "Yours truly, U. S. Grant. "To W. H. Vanderbilt, Esq.” Mr. Vanderbilt Puts It in a New Form. Tothis letter Mr. Vanderbilt returned the following answer: "640 Fifth avenue, Jan. 11, 1885. General U.S. Grant: "My Dear Sir—On my return home, last n%ht, I found your letter in answer to mine to Mrs. Grant I appreciate fully the sentiments which actuate both Mrs. Grant and yourself in declining the part of my proposiTion relating to the real estate. I greatly regret that she feels it her duty to make this decision, •as I earnestly hoped the spirit in which the offer was made would overcome any scruples in accepting it. But I must insist that I shall not be defeated in the purpose to which I have given so much thought, and which I have so much at heart. I will, therefore, as fast as money is re ceived from sales of the real estate, deposit it in the Union Trust Company. With the money thus realized I will at once create with that company a trust, with proper provisions for income to be paid Mrs. Grant during her life, and giving power to her to make such disposition of the principal by her will as she may elect, “Very truly yours, “William H. Vanderbilt. “To Gen. U. S. Grant.” The General Yields. Following is General Grant's answer to the abovos “New York Citt, Jan. 11, 1885. “Dear Sir—Your letter of this date is received. Mrs. Grant and 1 regret that you eannot accept our proposition to retain the property, which was mortgaged in good faith to pay a debt of honor;

but your generous determination compels us to no longer resist Yours truly, U. S. Grant. “ToW. H. Vanderbilt” But Mrs. Grant Positively Decllues. Mrs. Grant to-day sent the following letter to Mr. Vanderbilt: "New York, Sunday, Jan. 11, 1885. “Dear Mr. Vanderbilt—Upon reading your letter this afternoon, Gen. Grant and myself felt it would be ungracious to refuse your princely and generous offer. Hence his note to you. But upon reflection I find I cannot—l will not, accept your munificence in any form. I beg you will pardon this apparent valcilation, and consider this answer definite and final. With great regard, and a sense of obligation that will always remain, I am Yours very gratefully, “Julia D. Grant. “To Mr. William H. Vanderbilt.” SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION. Two Pullman Cars Wrecked and a Number of Passengers Injured. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 11.— An accident occurred on the Pensacola & Atlantic railroad, yesterday foren xra, between Chipley and Boniface, in which a lumber of persons were seriously injured. A passenger train, with two Pullman coaches for this city, was followed by a freight. At the locality indicated the train broke in two, and the Pullmans were left standing on the track. They had just rounded a curve, so that the freight train could not be seen, and, before it could be flagged, it came dashing around the point, and struck the rear of the Pullman, telescoping the two cars, and making a complete wreck. Following is a list of the injured: R. A. Durkee, St. Paul, Minn., knee cut; George Sharp, Covington, Ky., hand crushed and internally injured; W. H. Riley. Binghamton, N. Y., hand and arm crushed; F. S. McElfresh, Pullman codductor, head and arm badly cut; Hinton A. Helper, Jacksonville, ankle out of joint, badly bruised; Mrs. Askew, St. Paul, Minn., kne>e sprained and head bruised. Os the injured, all but Helper, continued on their journeys. • HOCKING VALLEY TROUBLES. One of the Largest Coal Mines in the Region Fired, Presumably by Strikers. Columbus, 0., Jan. 11.—The Columbus and Hacking Coal andlrou Company discovered, this morning, that mine No. 5, at Straitsville, was on fire, having been fired on the night previous. The mine has not been in operation for some time, though it is one of the largest in the country’, having a capacity of about 125 cars per day. Entrance was gained to the mine by re moving about fifteen feet of earth and blocks which had been used in ciosing the old entrance. -No trouble resulted, as the perpetrators were not discovered in the act of firing the mine. There are reports that some people who endeavored to go near the mine, to-night, were fired upon, but no person was hurt This is one of the mines which*was fired at another place, some two months ago. The coal and iron company are so enraged over the affair that they announce a determination to put themselves on the offensive rather than occupy a defensive position in the fight which has to bo continued. Signal lights aro reported as having been seen to-night in the direction of Haydenville, but no particulars have been received. B’Nai B’Ritli Lodge No. 8. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 11.—The seventeenth annual convention of district grand lodge No. 8 B’nai B’rith, comprising all subordinate lodges in the States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, lowa and Nebraska, convened in this city to-day, and wili continue in session through to-morrow, closing with a grand banquet. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Adolph Loeb, of Chicago; first vice-president, B. A. Lange, of Springfield; second vice-president, H. Zwimmer, of Quincy, 111.; seci*etary, Simon Rosenfels, of St. Paul: treasurer, Levi Solomon, of Chicago; sergeant-at-arms, Solomon Weil, of Milwaukee; general committee, Philip Stein and Samuel Taussig, of Chicago.

Hard-Glove Prize-Fight. New Orleans, Jan. 11. —A prize-fight with hard gloves, between Jerry Murphy, of New York, and Bob Steel, the light.weight champion of New England, for S6OO a side, came off at the base-ball park this afternoon. Murphy was in fine trim, but Steel appeared overtrained or weak, The men fought eight rounds, each of which lasted from one to two minutes, and each ended with Steel being knocked down. In the first round Steel was knocked down twice, and in the seventh once, and was carried to his corner by his second. In the eighth round the men had sparred half a minute, when a sheriff and police entered, putting a stop to the contest. The referee decided the fight a draw. No blood was shed. _ Gov. Holden's Civil Rights. Raleigh, N. C.. Jan. 11.—The question of removing the disabilities of ex-Governor Wm. W. Holden will come before the Legislature this session. He was impeached and convicted, in 1871, of high crime, in suspending the habeas corpus, and was prohibited from ever holding a Stats office. This was on account of his as Governor, to break up the tions. Many Democrats now, a thirteen years, have thrown old issuearitfto a different light, and favor Mr. Holders restoration to citizenship. Others bittfii-iy oppose it, and deny any power in thejjegislature to set aside aver diet of impeachment y’*' n . .... . . A Newspaper Succumbs to Hard Times. Baltimore, Jan. 11.— Late yesterday evening the Baltimore Gazette Publishing Company, (The Day) made an assignment to J. Parker Yeazy, for the benefit of creditors. The liabilities are said to be $28,000, including a mortgage of $17,000 and arrears of rent, upwards of SBOO, upon which latter claim the effects were seized, but subsequently surrendered to a trustee. _ Suspension of the New York Star. New York, Jan. 10. —With to morrow morning's issue the publication of the New York Star as a daily paper will be discontinued. The Sunday edition will be published as heretofore, and the principal members of the editorial staff will be retained Sharp competition and the general depression of business are causes of the suspension. The paper retires free from debt. Dr. Carver's Big Task. New Haven, Jan. 11.—Dr. Carver began his effort to break 60,000 pieces of coal in six days at 12:01 to-day. He made his first miss on the twentieth shot. At 1:30 he had fired 500 shots, making two misses. The record must average 500 hits to the hour to accomplish the task. _ Murdered His Wife.with a Chair. Ashland, Pa., Jan. 11.—In a family quarrel at Big mine run, recently, Patrick McGuire struck his wife with a chair. She died last night, and McGuire was arrested. Mexican Town Destroyed by Fire. Guyamas, Mex., Jan. 11.— A courier has brought news here that the entire town of Pinos Alios has been destroyed by fire. Hundreds of people are houseless. Popular trial shows the worth of every article; and thirty-four years’ constant use has proven the great efficacy of DT. Bull's Cough jSyrujk It has no superior,

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TIIE FIGHTING DYNAMITERS. Captain Phelan Tells the Story of Short's Savage Attempt Upon His Life. • A Staten,'ent Which Makes It Tolerably Plain that the Assault Was a Prearranged Plan to Murder the Alleged Traitor. Rossaand Kearney Still Deny All Knowledge of the Cause of the Attack. Phelan Slowly Recovering from Itis Injuries —Steamship Agents Doubt the Story of the Attempt on the Queen. PHELAN S DYNAMITE CAREER. Statement of the Reporter Who Wrote the Kansas City Interview. Kansas City, Jan. 11. —In connection with tho recent attempt against the life of Captain Thomas Phelan, in Now York, Frank P. Clark, who wrote the interview published in tho Journal here, which led to the difficulty, stated to an Associated Press representative, to-night, that in tho interview the true status of tho case was concealed, but it came so near the truth as to lead to a war among the dynamiters. Phelan, he says, was one of ten men rent from this country to kill informer Carey. He made an effort to save the steamer Queen, as described; the dynamite, however, was placed in that vessel, not through wantonness, but by mistake, to blow up Carey, who was expected to sail iu her. Tho informant also gave the name of an IrishAmerican who orgauized the attempt, about two mouths ago, to blow up the Parliament building in Quebec.

Phelan’s Visit to England. London, Jan. 11.—Phelan visited Hull in June, 1883, whereupon the police of Newcastle telegraphed the Hull police, notifying them of his arrival. Phelan was carefully watched by detectives, w r ho occupied adjacent rooms in the hotel where he s,topped. During Phelan’s absence, the detectives examined his baggage, but found nothing of a compromising nature. Phelan went with several Irishmen, and frequented taverns. He met Kearney, and they spent the afternoon together. Kearney's mother kept a small shop in Hull. The police of Glasgow telegraphed the Hull police, instructing them to carefully watch Kearney, and if any tangible evidence against him should be obtained, to arrest him. Kearney ultimately disappeared. Phelan represented himself as traveling on behalf of the German government, on a secret and important mission; lie produced a number of documents purporting to be signed by gentlemen of high position in New York, which proved to bo bona fide papers. They seemed to indicate that Phelan was a captain in the United States army, and also a New York police officer. He produced a revolver, asked a constable if in case he should be arrested, tHe revolver would likely connect him with Fenianistrt, adding that he ahvavs carried it for self protection. The constable was not deceived, and telegraphed to London, notifying the police of Phelan’s departure for that city, The Times says if there be a grain of truth in Phelan’s revelations, they would offer cause for England demand Kearney’s extradition. It is a great misfortune that heretofore respectable Americans have not sufficiently realized what was transpiring in their midst. Their eyes have now been opened. American law will make short work of Rossa and his accomplices if their guilt shall be proven. The time has certainly arrived to set the law in motion. The Daily News says of the Phelan-Short attempt at mutual murder: “Questions in regard to extradition are always delicate; therefore it is much better that the Americans discover for themselves what sort of miscreants their tolerance is fostering.” The Daily Telegraph says: “If a few American citizens shall be killed, the American government will perhaps interfere to check the operations of the murder colony in their midst.”

THE WOUNDED MAN. Captain Phelan’s Story of the Desperate En - counter with Short. New York Special. Captain Phelan’s voice was very weak from, loss of blood, and as he told a reporter about his encounter with Short he had frequently to stop talking and wet his parched throat with draughts of milk. He seemed to grow stronger, and his eyebrows contracted into an angry scowl, as ha came to the attempted murder. He said: "Last Saturday or Sunday I recei v*S a letter in Kansas City from Kearney, in whick lie told me that my Journal had occaaflßafa great deal of exciteRossa’s office, and asked me to send 'him a copy. 1 telegraphed him, Til bo in New York next Thursday,’ giving him to understand that I would explain anything that seemed strange on my arrival. Next day I got a letter from Rossa. He sent me a list of hia subscribers in my town and asked mo to collect what was due him, saying he would be thankful if I did. He said my interview was being copied in the Eastern papers, and wanted me to send it to him with those parts scratched out which I had not said, and that ho would publish it. There was no time for a letter to get to him be- . fore his paper came out, and he published it ? anyhow. I came right on. as I promised. When I got here I called at Kearney’s place and asked him to walk down with me t.o Rossa’s office. 11 was not that I feared anything or wanted protection, bu* that he used always to take a wa; - with me when I came to town. "When I got to Ross,Vs place two atrabgev ; were sitting there. One was a man with bright auburn whiskers all over his face, sitting at a table and writing. lie appeared to be thirtyeight or forty years old. The other was sittim: in liossa’s private office, doing nothing. Neither Rossa nor Joyce was in. Seeing that, I propose to Kearney that we would go out an come in later. He said: "No, sit down, they’, be in right away.’ 1 had hardly boon seateu two minutes when Rocky Mountain O’Brien came in. He shook hands with me and asked how I was in an ordinary tone of voice, looked ail around, and went out again. He did nothiug out of the way. but still I could see by his look there was something wrong. He had time to go about as far as the engine-house whoa he cauio back again. He looked in both rooms once more, and, 1 think, asked for Rossa. Then ho went out a second time, leaving me sitting close to the door, with my left side toward the door aud my face toward Rossa's private office. "As he went out I looked after him closely, and noticed him nod his head and sign to some one in the hall. lie Lad hardly left when this man Short rushed in with the knife in his hand. Ho held it in his right hand, with the point downward aud toward himself. Without a word, he raised it and struck at tne; I lifted my left arm to dbfeud myself, for I hud expect^