Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 February 1896 — Page 6
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MONETARY MATTERS.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS OF BAIrFOUB ASD HO HENLOHE.
Incident In the Reichstag That Required An Explanation From the Government.
NEW YORK'S INSURANCE LAWS.
THE BEICHSTAG WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGED RETALIATION.
Che taws Excluding Prussian Companies Cause Feeling—U. S. Officer Examining the ^altic Canal—Foreign News.
Copyrighted. 1806. by the Associated Press. Berlin, Feb. 22—The conflicting stateBents made 'by the first lord of the treasury, Mr. A. J. Balfour, in the British house of commons, and the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, in the j*eiohstag, the former on February 20th, faying it was not true that Germany liad approached Great Britain with a View to the conclusion of a monetary agreement, and the later announcing, on February 8th, that he had learned (from preliminary -negotiations with the {British government that the opening of the Indian mints was not expected, Jiave caused great surprise in this city. Xt was gathered from Mr. Balfour remarks that the British government is trot averse to the opening of ia scheme ifor monetary reform while the construction placed on the statement of Prince Hohenlohe was that Great Britain had Refused to take the matter into consideration.
Count Von Kardorff, the German silver champion, questioned the government on the subject this afternoon, and pointed out that Mr. Balfour's statement was at variance with that of Prince Hohenlohe.
The -minister of foreign affairs, Baron Marshall Yon Biberstein, replied that Count Von Hatzfeld, the German ambassador at L/omdon, had been instructed to inform Great Britain that the German chancellor was about to announce in the reichstag that regarding the opening of the Indian mints as a necessary precedent to international negotiations .regarding (bimetallism, and that it understood that the re-opening of.tihe mints was not anticipated within »a measurably period. The government of Great Britain.responded by acquiesing in this statement.
Count Von Kardorff complained that Prince Hohenlohe had acted contrary to •the reichstag resolution of 1S95 in making 'this inquiry in London. But asPrince Hohenlohe did mot reply the incident was dropped.
The conflict in Mr. Balfour's statement and the reply of the government Is more apparent than real. The govern,ment said it did not anticipate to open the mints as a prec«en't to international negotiations. Mr. Balfour merely stated that the government would consider the re-opening of the mints on any satisfactory currency scheme. -1 mi "isteir for t!h'eCrutert'Otr for Prussia, Herr Reah, has asked .the repre-semt-airiLve to/this city of .the Associated PreT if it is ibrue 'that it he leglislaituire&f New York state "its talcing steps to sxcluicle Pru^l'sain liinisura'nict^vam'paimes amid1 i'f congress has -aiLso 'taken itihe mattar up. 'He isaM hie fiaiitad 'to see wha.'t ju&t rea'som the Uiniiitied States haid fctr Was asked of the Am'Siricam oamipanies than df the Pruts's'lam. Furthermore, ihe decree of December 15th ordered a thorough 'imveis.'ti'gatliion xf the whole affair, and ithii's would 'be knowm in due Nirme. The reply tallies 'Wtiitlh one given i'O Mr. J. B. Jackson', Itihe Uniitipd States phiairge d'affaires, the effect 'hat Prussia floe's not comtemiplate retaJliat!ian.
Colonel Ludlow, 'the m'iiliitary attache of the United States embassy alt L/ondian, is mow exa,miming itihe TBaltiic 'and {Cortih sea carnal. He has just returned from a sin-i'Llar exhaustive examination the lSuez amid Corinthe canals. The colonel h:as collected a wealth of daitia Which wiiil! toe useful 'in building thfe proposed' Inter Oeoainliia canal across Niicla'maigue. He 'finds ith'at the Suez carnal lis pay'Bng 1,7 per oern't on a nominal capiitta.il, and that :th« ,'Corinthe canal, which has 'not been wisely buii.lt, is paying its way.
After hia viimg com pie tied this exam'jna»hion of the Baltic and North Sea carnal, Ootaniel 'Ludlow wiiH iha-ve a apeicOa'l auidrfi'Onoe' with Bmpe.roir William, who has taken .a lively itwiere'St in 'his miss-ion. Colone 'Ludlow wlilil 'then study the iargie canals of Rollia'ncl) amid af'ttir returning (to his .post will 'draw up 'a report which will be forwarded, to Washington "intime far the present session.
The .Radicate and sSocla&s'ts seized upon the debate on 'the mOlflitary budget ito make fierce Q'btaeks ioin' the governanianit on aicco'inn't of ithe alleged abuses ttm the ammy. t'he .mialt.reaitmen't of /SociaiEst reicruiits aind t:he powd-er monopoly rting, of wlhiich aisisoeiaifckm tihe Vorrma'Emte puWiisthcd a long {history tending •to e!hbtw that .m'liniiEitry (had a, canfeder\a.te i:n jth'e fing.
IHenr Beibell made si millar charge's Gn 'the iretdhatjag, whicih :t:he m'tnisteir of iwaa*. Geneivnl Bnvmi-iamt Von. iScbneUenid"otrf, was imjost ^mplha.fcioaily demled.
Herr Bebel ard Leuzmann declaitd •tihialt itihe emperor was mot rigiht i'm s3verftly dJlisa^nl'.'ming ithe Sodliaili=it rearuit.s iwiitihiouit raaison, but the m'inistar 'foir •wa imiaitotaliimed fthat At was the unquallifteid Tigtht of his majesty to nai«t'atjn difecipi'line lin it'he army by any meane he saw fit to employ.
It Is now estimated 'that 110,000 men and women employed in the clothing land dress goods industry of Berlin have been out on strike. The men obtained all their demands on Wednesday, including 15 per cent, increase in wages Hnd negotiations are pending between he workmen and the women's clothing flepartment, with the prospect of an early settlement. In Hamiburg and Altona the clothing strike lias ended in favor Xf the men.
The socialist's have declined to take part in the reichstag peace jubilee on March 21st, owing to the fact that the
Participants
are ^to toast the emperor.
he centrists threaten to follow suit unless the toast to Prince Bismarck iis framed so as not to be offensive to them.
Professor Quidde, author of the famous caligula pamphlet, has been indicted by the Munich court for lese majeste. The German colonial party is likely to split on account,of the discord which has arisen among its members regarding the gigantic navy projects fathered 'by Dr. ,Peters, the president of the Berlin section.
The resignation of Prince Arenberg and Herr Hoffman, the secretary of -the organization, was due to this and) Dr. Peters announced this as the cause, declaring he had the support of Prince Albcecht of Macklenburg, president of the wJMie society, and statins' that a
regular cauvinist branch of the society was formed at Hamburg. The meeting was unanimous in dema-nding an increase in the number of fast cruisers. •The birthday of Prince Bismarck, he was born on April 1st, 1815, will be generally celebrated throughout Germany this year. Big commers will "be held by the Berlin Philharmonic Society in honor of the day.
Major Abel, director of tihe artillery works at Dantzic, committed suicide on Wednesday last. Papers whicih were found after his death showed he had ibeen in communication with the French secret military cabinet.
Two editors of the Vorwajerts, Herran Braun amd Brunert, •have been arrested on rtihe charge of reoSivJng advance sheets of
:fhie
imperial amnesty decree
of January last from a man who confessed -tihait t'hey d'id celt know their accuser and Herr Braun has since been released.
The cases of F. W. Boeftwne of Brooklyn and William Schiroeder of Hammond, 111., both of whom were impressed into the German army, have not been brought to 'the ncitiice of the United Sitialtes embassy. Whomever the embassy hais been notified of sucili cases they have inv-arialbly been speedily adjusted. There has been an unusual number of seizures of Americans of G-erman birth fcr Ohe 'ammy this ytiar. They have numbered abcut twenty weekly, and all 'have bee'.n released Wherever the real obligations covered itihem. A young man from Cincfininati was released this week on 'tihe reipresenibaJllfons of the United Scaites embassy.
The Germian-Amerioain gave a ball tonighit in honor of Washington's bir thday.
FOR CUBA'S FREEDOM.
THE INSURGENTS FIG UTING BUT NOT YET VICTORIOUS.
Gen. Weyier Denies That There Has Been Any Executions—His Dispatch About Recent Battles.
Washington, Feb. 22.—the Spanish minister, Mr. Dupuy De Lome, today received two dispatches from General Weyier, commander of the Spanish troops in Cuba, w/hich follows:
Havana, Feb. 21.—Please emphatically and absolutely deny the reports of the correspondents of executions since my arrival. Since I have been in the (field not a single execution has been made.
Captain General Weyier.
Havana, Fe'b. 21.--General Aldecoa defeated yesterday the forces of Gomez' command. S.ome lime later he met others of Maceo's command In the Morales plantation, inflicting upon them severe losses. Two trooips of cavalry brigade of General Aldecoa, commanded by Colonel Maroto, o'biiged the enemy to countermarch under the fire of the Infantry, killing eight, among them one officer, and thirty-six horses. Colonel Hernandez defeated the enemy in Tienda !Melena, near Jarruco, and overcame near the town La Catalina, the forces of Maceo which were intrenched in good positions, capturing two of these positions at the point of tihe bayonet and dislodging them from the others successively. The enemy made the last stand in ithe'above mentioned town and 'began to fire it, toeing unable to succeed on account of the quick movements of the troops, and burning only a few houses in the suburbs. In the Santi Spiritu district Lieutenant Colonel Arm'illan defeated five times in different places the leader Sarafin Sanchez, and some itime later (he defeated also the leader, Tello. The Incessant pursuit of the enemy continues. Weyier.
In explanation of these movements the minister says: "To understand the operations actually conducted against them in body of Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo it is well to ibea.r in mind that the localities named in General Weyler's dispatch, ere situated in a territory in the shape of an irregular diamond, one of the sides being 'between Jarruco and Emphalme in the railroad from Havana to Matanzas Ty Aguacate the second, .between Emphalme and Guinez in the railroad from the latter to Emphalme through La Catalina and Savana Robles the third, the road Guines, San Joes De Las Lajas and CuatroCuatro CamLnos, in the main road from Habana to Guines, and the fourtlh across fhe country from Cuatro Cominos through Tapaste to Jaruco. The main /body of the insurgents had no't ibeen able, when the telegram was sent, to cross to Matanzas."
The Spanish minister's Opinion. Madrid. Feb. 22—The Spanish minister at Washington, Senor Dupuy De Lome, in replying to an inquiry on the subject, ihas telegraphed that he regards it as impossible that the United States should recognize the Cuiban insurgents as 'belligerents.
THE SOUTHWESTERN ROAD.
Discussion of its Relation and Advantages to the City. To the Editor of the ExDress:
Sir—In the Gazette of test Saturday I observed an article in reference to the Southwestern railroad, and hcariily concur in all the writer savs as to the benefits such a road would be to the city of Terre Haute. Everyone is so familiar with the value, generally of railroads to any city or oommunltv that it would be a waste of time to discuss it, bmt it does se.im that this uroDO-sed road would be of such peculiar and exceptional value t'o this place &at it should be brought to the attention of every citizen of this pliace and urge tSiat some substantial effort be made to secure iff We should 'have had 'This road with all its advantages sevtral years ago but for the fatal mistake some of our ceoDle made at that time. This city and townslilD were asked to vote a small tax in aid of such road, one so small t'lia.t no one would have felt its pavmont, but while the nrincipa.l property owners, and therefore principal tax payers voted for such tax. those voters who would pay only an infkiitessimal part thereof and derive ail the benefits, voted agaiiriot it and defeated the aid asked. The tax was voted down, the subsidy denied, and this valuable rood lost to this city. Two mistaken ideas prevailed at t/hat time which defeated 'the subsidy and therefore lost us the road. One was, that seme one would make a large amount of money out of the uroieot. arid the other w\as, that the road would be built whether tihe aid was voted or not. These falaciea in reality defeated the tax, but It was a lesson to us, and the mistake made at rhlait time tn not granting the aid asked was such a 'serious misfortune thait it eamnot be possible it will occur again if a subsidy is again asked. It nrighit be well to suggest here, from what the writer knows of this matter, that if a small subsidv is asked aeain and denied, the effort to secure the road will be abandoned and some other nlace will get it. A survey is rtow being made from this same, territory to .Danville, 111., with the hope of getting first into th6s fieCd with their road and therebv forestalling the construction of anv other. This is of course legitimate competition and good business foresight: a moment's consideration demonstrates that this territory will not support two railroads, and therefore the construction of either will forever forestall the buildlnsr of the ooher. Tills is surely too valuable to us to neglect, aawl too important to delay, and in my judgment, we should call aai election at the earliest possible date and vote in aid of this road, a tax of a«.y 1 per cent, wtoich divided into two installments of ooe-half of one oer cent each would be paid without ever betas: realized and would guarantee us the road. The gantkenen who have interested theenSelves in the proposed road are not doing so as an Investment or a speculation, but are aimp-
ly lending their services and influence axui giving their money for the gdod of this city and community, and should have the support of the people gewemaily.
WOMAN HORSE-TRADER.
Mrs. Dilile Hall and Bert Packard Arrested —The Causes. Dillie Hall and Bert Packard were arrested yesterday on warrants charging them with illicit relations. Sophrona Packard, wife of the Hall woman's alleged paramour, was the complaining witness. The parties were not ready for trial and their cases were continued until Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Hall gave security far the. appearance of herself -and alleged lover at the 'time set for trial.
Mrs. Hall is a horse trader and during the summer travels over the country gjpsy fashion, with a string of dilapidated old equfaies, trading, telling fortunes and camping just where she caji. Packard deserted, his wife last spring and
:has
since 'been acting as clerk, pro
testor and general advisor for the woman trader. Last fall when, the weather became too cold for camiping, they came to Terre Haute to make their winter quarters. For the past few month^ they hove been living in a. tum'Me-down old 'building on Ohio between Third and Fourth streets.
AGAIN POSTPONED.
Sickness Causes Another Continuance of Eddie J'arks' Trial. Tire '.trial of Ed'dlie Pairks, alleged to have robbed Blarntim Faris of $4, to .have 'besn. h€.ld in the Circuit Court yesterday, 'has ibeen po-s^pom.etd until net Saturday. The loont^nuance was at •tihia request of the •sltate, aind was asked fior because of t'he (tact that 'Mr. Faris, Parks' alleged victtm, could mat be 'here. A/bo'ut the time for the coinvening of court yesterday morning Prosecutor Huston received-'a belegmam from Fa.nis gftat'lmg that 'his wife was dangero-usly ill, and fit wooil'd be impossuble for him to icave her bedside. T.he 'a'itor.n.eys for tihe delfemse .m.'adb mo resrabance to tihe motion for a ooratiinuiam'ce, aind Faris was noWified to be in court next Saturday morning.
TERROR IN A CHURCH.
LIGHTHOUSE HUSSION MEETING ADJOURNED WITH A SHOT GUN.
Charles Soath Goes Gunning For Ogden Wheatfill--Policeman Fires On the Wonld-be Murderer.
The meeting at'the Lighthouse Mission was broken up last Saturday night by the unannounced appearance of Charles South with a shot gun. South had started gunning for Ogden 'Wheatflll with whom he had quarrelled early in the evening.
The Lighthouse was crowded last nig.ht and among those in attendance with no good motives were Charles South and Ogden Whe-atfill. In jostling through the crowd Whea'tfill stepped on Soutih's toes and a quarrel followed which brought the services to a halt. It is said that Wheatflll made a't South witih a knife and was only prevented from cutting him by 'the interference of those who did not desire to see a tragady in churdh. South left but in a short time returned with a shotgun announcing that his mission was to 'blow Wheatflll's "d—n head off." He was stopped at the door of the church and a scuffle ensued, during the skirmish the news sppfead inside 'the church 'that South had a shot gun, and there was a stampede of •frightened women and children from t'he building into the street. In the excitement W.heatfill made his escape and nb doubt avoided being shot.
Policemen Holland amd Mullen heard of the trouble and hurried to tihe scene. South saw t'he officers coming aind rain toward the brilldge. Tihe officers gave chase aind just a,s South passed into the darkness of the brildge Patrolman Hoflan,d fireid. The officers ran on across the brlidge, bu/t paiw no more of itihe fugitive am'd It 'is ndt known Whetther tihe bull'et from tihe officer's ptetol took effect or inio't. Every nook laind cornier of the b'iig bridge was searched, but .the search revieaOed notching. Sout'h had disappeare!d ais compQ^ltefly as though the river "below had aw'allowed "him up.
South lives on a
!house
1 1JJERE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 23, 1896.
boajt sou'tih cfT
the bridge and the police are waitchiing hll.s craft to arrest ihiiim when ihe a/titemptsJto ein'tier it. He'hiais always borne the reipulteitiion of Ibefng a peaiceiabJe man and tflid® iis :his flrst time to have beetti i'n troiilble Of ainy kiinid.
Whia'SitfiJl 'Us a well known Oharaicber about town, ithe son of Fliremram J'aim^s W.h'eiaitfl'H, wiho died a few momiths ago. He Was been arrested cin various charges am'd onilv a iShont Ime ago wals pairOled from j'aiil on a 'larceny ohatrge. He hiais beiein rsasoniatbly orderly sitnee his releiatse am'd laiat rutghlt wa® the first laidt of 'Ms to 'ait'tract attention since Wis releiaise from jaiiil. The persons Who lame conduicft.ilng Itihe mission revirals say ithey have alt itimes been greatly annoyed by t'he rowdy elememt whiliclh aitteindis. To put a stop to further trouble they wlill Uneist an ithe prosecution of the partlia-pam's in llast night's diisturbaince.
ASSAULTED A GROCER.
Ed Snooks Does Some Scrool Work With Brass Knnoklfs. Ed Snooks wais amrested Saturday by PakiroLman Mernjni.a.n. en a dual ciharge of drunk anil aasaiu'll: 'ind baljl'ery. Yes-te-i'day (afternoon S-nob'ks, under the influence of ai'.qujor, •entered (Rainey's grocery arid .meat ma.dk^t cmd ordered soime goods ita'ken -to the 'house Cf hl.'is mother. T'l-.e grocer i'£'!'Uiii id to deliver the goodls unies's ©n'octe pai'd for itihsm, remilndi-ng j-oung mm Oh'att ihe ailready owed a bill
I whi'tlh he hiaid maidie no effort to :pay. This r&fu.-ail and .remilindfer offended Snooks and w'I'L'h'.-.uit the elighteslt warnil'ng !he snuairihe'd the grocer in t'he face wG'/n a pair of brass knuckles, cutting an ugly gash over itih'e left eye. Mir. (Rai.ney reported tihe atsea-uU to the polll'ce and ca-u^'ad a wiaTramt to- be is1sueii fcr 'hl'3 a^saLIa'nlt's arrest. It was aoout 8 o'clock when Policeiman Merri•rr.an foun'd Sniooks hieflplessly drunk laatfilng agai'.ra^t 'he iconnw of Count tMeyier3' saloon -at Fbunth and Big Four RallLrcad. "Mr. Snooks w»211 Ibe given a chance to tell ih-is isliide of it'hse story before Justice Fo'jsemahtai! Monday momtog.
Mine Workers' Differences.
Maissillon, O.. Feb. 22.—A conflict between the newlsf. orEanized association of United Mine Workers of this district and the Independent onrarsistation has become acute today. The United Mine Workers issued a circular demanding the return of thie funds and papers now tev possession of tine independent organization. The amoumt of monecs" InvoSved is about $10,000. The United M5ne Workers ptatte this money was raised when their organization .-VP®S in undisputed
DOSBESSTON
of this field
and rightfully belomred to lhejn.
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FITZ BACKING DOWN.
THE CHAMPION DISCREDITS THE SINCERITY bft'cORBETT'S EDICT.
Corbett, He Say^ Mast First Whip filaher Or ChoylnskL, Who, He Say* Wan Corbett.
CORBETT GETTING HIS OWN DOSE.
THE WINNER tlOT THE TEN THOUSAND IN CASHJ,
Fitzslmmons ^ill Probably Go to England —Corbett Says He Will Follow—The Betting in New York..
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 22.—An Associated Press re-presentative had a taJk with Fitzsimmons about t'he Corbet challenge on the way in from the battleground this morning and this is what he had to say about it: "I shall completely ignore that fellow Corbett. It was $1,000, American money, to 1 cent, Mexican coin, that Pomp Jim would get in his oar just as. he has. I shall use about the same argument once employed by Charlie Mitchell—tell him to go get a reputation. Let him go and whip Peter Maher and Joe Choyhski before he opens his head to me. Both men want to fight him', and I think either one of them can lick him. This much I shall insist upon. He must first win frorti Maher and Qhoynski before he gets into a ring with me. I whipped with ease the man to wlhom Corbett presented -.the championship belt in order to, escape a* •match with him. To show Cbrbett how little weight his championship present carried, I now formally renounce all claim to the belt and refuse to accept it. I am going to Madison Square Garden for/the night February 29tih, w^th a half dozen contracts I made conditionally on winning from JUaher, and then, with Julian, Stenseler, Roeber and my .family, I will said for England."
Fitzsimmons was met by a monstrous crowd here and drove directly to the Grand Central Hotel, where he was met by his wife and ba'by. Poor, defeated and cast-down Mf\her got off 'the same train and walked to his room in the Wouse of Dr. Ailbers. lie Got ©10,000 in Cash. 1/
The train bearing the pugilists and their admirers, returning from the battleground,- arrived here at 9 o'clock. Fitzsimmons and Julian took a carriage and drove to the State National Bank, bu't foun'd it closed, it toeing Washington's birthday. The iba.nk officials were found, and they turned over to Fitzsimmons $10,1)00, of which $9,000 was in currency and $1,000 in gold. The money, was counted by Fitzsimmons and Julian. Assistant Cashier Russell asked i»f the money was all there and receiving an affirmative reply, took it back and .handed it to M. F. McLean, with the remartc: "My part in this is to turn this money over to Mr. (McLean." Mr. iMcLean, in turn, handed the money to Julian. .Dan Stuart, wfro was present, asked: ""Gentlemen, have I conducted this affair to please you?"
Julian and Fitzsimmons tooth responded that they were entirely satisfied, and ha a
NEW YORK BETTING.
Very Little Money Upon the Result of the Fight. New York, Feb. 22.—There was very HittLe tatting 4m this c?ty on ithe result of ibhe Fitzaimimons-Maiher fight. Billy Bd'wiai.ridts was staying at 'the Fifitih Avenue Hotel. He iheld some money, 'but nicit muicih to speak of. Jerre Dunn, the old lifJme reifianee, wais alt 'tihe Hoffrriiain House. He isai'd tlhiajt Ihie hiad not belt a cejnit oini the aff'ajjr. At ithe ISt. Jaimes Hoit'el Jofhnmy Miain.njing imianaged to place some money for Ihfis friends. tBiily West ma'niaged' Itio geit some money down on iFlltzisimimioinis. A1 Smiiitih, wihiO arrived fmoim El Paso, -was: iait the Guzy House ainii tried Itio aiasur© 'a few douibrtiiinig 'Mein-dis that the ibaltitle would certiainly came off. SnrJlitih tiold 'a reporter lUlnalt •he had not wagered1 imuch on the coo%.tieis't, amid wihiait iBliblie money ihe had b-eit was cm'Fitzsimmwras. "I met 'Corbelt't" iim Ohicaigo," salid Bmii'tih, and ihie toW ime Ithat ihe was ccinifi'deint Fitzsimimotns would wiin, ib-e^-oa.uee Ihe was. afrailia 'tihiait Maher w»U'ld wimce wihen !he itfcougihit of the 'beailiimg •he received from iFOtzsiinrnmons ia few years ago. Corbtlfct' mnietans to figiht Fi!tzslinrmionis, and 111 back Mm for any 'aimoumit. Flilzisi'mtmoins, in- my opinion, has aged oomeiidamibly, and d'ld mot looik very well wihetn I saw ihlim last."
At the'Mairtiboinouglh, Imperiail, Grain de, OcCe,mo.n ami* itihe Linico'ln HoiOel, few bets we're 'miadte. George Jones of Bdlrtfimcire amid Oive Hou/sringer of Sam Frainiaiisico each waigered $500 on Mattier to wi'm. Tihey go»t 'Ca'lr odds. E1 Nail wicin S'everaJ hundred dcillars on iFitzs'immom©, and ihll's friend, Jeff Jackson, ali?o ^noin isom'a. Tfhie 0»argest wager of 'the day wa® recorded/ at the Marlborough. ID'.am. Gemlty olf Boston "bet G. tL. •Fox of Ohio $2,000 'bo $1,600 on Fitzsimmcms. (He gictt itihe money down ju^t befo.re tiho me we of Fltzslimimons' vi'dtoiry was made 'known.
The Qneensbnry Rales.
The following are the rules—Marquis of Queensberry—which governed the cointest 1. To be a fair stand-uD boxing match in a twenty-four foot ring, or as near that size as practicable. 2. No wreetllne: or huerKing- allowed. 3. The rounds to be of three minutes' duratiion and one minute time between rounds. 4. If either man fall through weakness or otherwSsie he must jreit up unassisted, iten secioinda to be allowed him to do so, the other man meanwhile to return, to his rornw, and when the fallen man Is on his legs the round Is to be resumed and oontiimuied until the three minutes have expired. If one man fails to come to the scratch in the ten seconds allowed, it ©hall lie in the power of the t«reree to give hi9 award in favor of tin? other man. 5. A man hangine on the ropes in a helpless state with his toes off the ground shall be considered down. 0. No seconds or amv otheT person to be aiHofwed in the rln*r during tihe rounds. 7. Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidable interference the referee to name time ana Dliaice as soon as possible fior finishing contest, so that the match must be won and lost unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes. 8. Tihe gloves to be fair sized bending glows of the best duality and new. 9. Should a clove burst or ocm® oft tt must be replaced to ttoe referee's satisfaction. 10. A man on' one knee- Is considered down and if struck Is entitled to the St&lC6S> 11.. No shoes or bootE wOth springs allowed. 12. The contest in aU other reapeata to be governed by tihe'revised rules of the London prize rinff.
Will Follow Htm to Eoglaodv Chicago, Feb. 22.—Cortwtt, when he read the dispatch announcing Fltfcsinpmon's refusal to fight ihtai, simply said! "He is a big cowartd. I will leave it t6 the public to judge as to whether 1 &m
correct or not. I predicted he wtould mot make a match wifh nre ft he won the ftght with Maher, but if he goes to England he will find, me Va England after him." u24$Lce-. *w
No More "Death Dance*."
Wichi'tia^ Kan., FWb. 22.—-A Pawhuski dispaitah ®aya: Ohtef IteBoiit, the hea-d mqd'icl'ne m«n of 'She Osage tribe of Indjams, atnid aot active pottfrfcian, hias issued am impenaitSve order diisconUnutng dea:6h dances to the Osage Natiom. This acJjon was (taken on acoounit of the adarmtog Fipnaadi of ooaisiLmtptiotn among •the Osages, wtoioh threaitwnexi the ex'tJnctkMri oof 'Bhe bri'be. Death dances are almost exclusively a pecuttarflty of 'thait trlibe, amid .pcogreia3d'vie men are beginning itx see ttoait tfhey are the primary cause of tihe wealcen-lmg of the once powerful Osaige tribe t» a lMtle twumd of eff£imim"a,Je lEKKams.
French Cridln Ended.
Pa^is, Fe'b. 22.—Most of itihe newspapers ,rega.nd the ccnflict toei&ween the nuimlstry aind itthe fiita mber of deputies cm itihe omia side antd the ©emai^e on the •otibeir as enditd. The mroiieraite repu'blicainis pnaitee tihe wisdom of it'he semate to biafEGrig 'the hepes ictf ithe •einemies of the reipuib'1'ic a'nd tfhs Soci.aliirCr3 amd Radicals discLare tihait tihe sena.te cap'Jtulaited f?a rJ.ng a ravtekm. c.f ilthe ccm^'tiituiMon, which, however, 'is iheld to ib'3 ibevlitble. Tihe Coinservtiitdves inraiiinitaun itiha't *iiue sema't© wHl'l fiiriailly wln^
Pensiond (Iranted.
Wasihinigtcai, Fe'b. 22.—Among otheirs, the following cJCizens of Indiana have beem gnaaited peasions: Inicroause, Henry Knebelcamp, Vincennes.
NEKJHBORHOOJ) NEWS
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN THE SURROUNDING CIT1E8.
Church Census in Brazil—Gas Failure—Willlamsport Bloodhounds—Married Her Hired Hand—Death at Marshall.
'Danville, Ind., is to have a mew business block this summer. The Hon. John R. East of Bloomington, Ind., will write a'book on the Bryan murder case.
The judge of the Covington Circuit Court roasted tihe grand jury for not returning an indictment against two men charged with performing a criminal operation.
For stealing five busfaels of coal which would .have alhounted to aibout 40 cents John Phillips and William Kilpatrick were each sentenced to one year in the penitentiary at Viincemnes last week.
The students at Indiana University axe having trouble with the faculty. Twenty tramps were arrested in one •body at Vimcemmes last Tuesday. •Mr. (Miller of Knox county raised 1,443 •bushels of corn off of fourteen acres, which averages 103 bushels per acre.
Alex Standiford, who robbed the 'bank at Ghrisman, 111., eight years ago, was captured at Indianapolis last week. He and his 'brother took $150,000.
Paris is to .have am artificial summer resort. Dr. H. A. Gofbim of DePauw University is talking to the students on rules for social conduct.
The new Christian Churdh at Damvilie, 111., was dedicated last Sunday. The sensation of Shelbyville, 111., is the unexpected marriage of Mrs. Ella Fryburger, aged 38, a widow, 'the mother of four children, a-nd Robert Ballard, ifor some time 'her hired man and help about the house. It was not exactly an elopement tihey went to Tower Hill to 'be married and returned to the bride's comfortafble house on the next train.
A dispatch from Mitchell says that at the last meeting of the town council Lee Jones was employed as engineer at the electric light plaint. Saturday morning the doors and gates im front of t'he house of each of the councilmen were found 'besmeared with paint, axle grease and other substances.
Two boys, aged respectively 7 and 8 years, ran away from the Lafayette Orphan's Home Friday 'morning during the -breakfast hour and made their way to West Point, partly on a hand car and partly iby walking. When they arrived there they were cold and hungry. They said they were going to Omaha to relatives. But they did not get on the noon passenger train. Word was sent back to the .home and the little fellows were •taken back.
The Sullivan County Agricultural Sodtey was indicted for permitting gambling at the fair ground, but it was not sustained in the lower court. The case was appealed and the judgment of the lower court sustained.
The citizens of Bortion, 111., are preparing to
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for gas or oil.
A colored woman, 105 years oljl, was admitted to the Montgomery county poor asylum last Thursday.
T'oiledo, I'll., churches are holding a series of revivals. Near 'Marshall, 111., last Wednesday John Kile, accompanied by a brother anid' 'cousin, wen to the woods for the purpose of cutting rail timber amd whiile falling -a 'tfee it oa-ugfot isaipllng arvd bent It to 'tihe ground. John stepped up and cuit itihe end of 'the bended tree off which came up wii'tih great force, striking him aibove 'the lei fit eye 'amid fnaoturimg his skull. This occurred aibout 10 o'clock amd he lived 'but two hours and fifteen minutes after l*?rng struck. .•
The roads of aenitxail Il'llmods aire practically ibot'tomJess quiagmiires, amid their condition !hta® puit an embargo on trade amd 'busimeras of all kinds. The roadls have not been im such utterly Impassible cond&tioini in (twemty years (before. In plaices it impoesiiblte to move an empty wagon wii'tih a team of ihctrses. Farmers who come ito town' do so om- horseback or on 'float. Gnalin hauling has ceased ifor the itime. This condl'tlom of things ha© ibeen brougihit about 'by the hiigh itemperature of itihe fliast .week, together with the showers amid coeittnuou'S'ly fog laden- aitimioophere. The result of this condiitlom. of things is depressing stagnation in mercantile business of all kinds. This conditSonj of affairs lis general finom Ciailro to Galena. The merchamits amd farmers of Illinois lose •thousands of dollars annually by just 6uch roads.—Cla-rtc County Herald.
Atmalham ISitiingley of Montgomery damced a hormptipe at "the celebration of bis 90th biiitlh'day.
Thieves aire at work In Sullivan. Thie enutiSre 372 iRepublfficam delegates Of Cook coumity, lil., wane ImSfcruated for John Tammer for govenwr.
Mr. J. R- iLJeaidh, state supervisor Of maiturail gias In Jlnidfiana, annoumces to his tamnual report itihat the gas teiri'tory 4s ibe com ting smaller, am'd tihiait thie supply to gradually decreasing. Thte is not a mere matter of opinion with •he tsupervflsor, .but cu flawt demonstra/tetd with matihemaitiical -precision, as it appears by ihte further otatemenrt titeait the average nook pressure'is mow 250 pounds to tihe square todh, a decrease of iinieity^ve pounds stooe matturail gas wtas dlfcoovered, mine yeaxa ago.
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wthiah (have 'been eat worth .previously. Che supefrvlsor ris dC the opiin-lon that "we have emtered upon a period of dedtoe, a«hd Shat -the mrpply will finally become exJhavtsted."
Thugs have taken- tihe xSrty of Danville, 111., and highway robberies and murders are am every diay oocurrence-.
A census just compile ted in Brazil dtisdcees that Sm that city there are 2,633 Mothod'l'sts, 863 Presbytesriams, 272 Bapitists, 518 United Brethren, 251 Lutfhenams, 926 ChristloHns, 623 CaJtholics and •about 500 ibretan&hig to other denominations.
Dr. Hickman, tHe popular young colored physician who recently came here from Cincinnati, Is well acquainted with George Jackson, the colored man who alleges that he drove the carriage which carried poor Pearl Bryan to her doom. Dr. Hickman believes the story of George Jackson's injiplicfty andr states •that he is a man who would act just as he claims he acted. "He is an honest, straightforward man," said Dr. Hickman, "although I always thought he was a 3 ft tie cranky on. military affairs. He is one of the (biggest cowards I ever knew and I can readily see how he was frightened' so badly 'by his experience that he ran all the way home and kept silent for days. I have known him for eight years and I have no doubt but that he told the whole truth."—Crawfordsville Journal.
A murderer serving a life sentence in the prison south has written the following letter asking for a pardon: "When I came in here I was a h-right, handsome fellow with life just opening for me. Now, I am gray-haired, wrinkled and ibroken. I have almost forgotten what it is to be free. Sometimes I lie on my cot in my cefl and actually wonder if my youth is not really a dream and if I was .not 'born in this dingy place, away from 'happiness, a stranger to love and Just a blot of hate to the. world. Is mot the law satisfied? Have mot these sixteen of the .best yeairs of my life made amends for the awful crime that whisky committed, and, unintentionally, too? As God is my judge, I did not intend to kill either of those men. Now, I am old and "want to *be free once more, I will leave the state, go anywhere on the face of the earth amd work like a dog right down, in the gutter. Only let me he free and rid of thes strips and convicb marks. Can't you do something for me."
FAVOR ARBITRATION
ENGLISH PRESS AKX PEOPLE YIELDING FULL ACCEPTANCE.
Dr. Jameson Will be Secreted When He Arrives in England—Reported Boer Independence.
Copyrighted, 1S96, by the Associated Press. •London* Feb. 22.—The Venezuelan joint arbitration commission feelers pvft forth by Washington newspaper correspondents, with or without hints -from persons in authority, continue to tbe gravely and lengthily discussed in the newspapers, and are fairly received.
The Daily 'News, as an example, promises 'the government the unhesitating support of the opposition and a friendly reception for the proposals, so far as the liberals are concerned.
There is little dou'bt that the acceptance of the proposition to appoint a board of conciliation, composed cf Americans and Englishmen in equal numbers, would ibe most cordially welcomed.
Sir Henry Hartley Fowler, liberal member of parliament, formerly secretary of state for India, in- an interview is quoted as saying: "I have the strongest opinion in favor of the acceptance of this scheme. It is a great mistake to waste time in diplomatic haggling. The details are insignificant in comparison with the suprefne importance of an immediate .agreement for a settlement of international difficulty."
The Westminster Gazette this afternoon says: "The monetary silence does not imply that the government is doing nothing to meet the American overtures. Nevertheless, it is impossible not to feel strongly that now* 13 the acceptable time."
It is highly desirable that the question' should be closed before the presidential election campaign becomes adtive.
The St. James Gazette commenting upon the proposed arbitration makes some remarks concerning George Washington, saying: "He "became the adversary of England reluctantly and was never her enemy. If his spirit animated the tenants of the White House today, it is certainly that the dispute between us and a South American republic would not be made the occasion off a difficulty which almost threatened! war between .the two people.'
The weekly mewwpap«!iis a.re less favorable to the proposal. Dr. Jameson amd his officers are expedted to arrive at Plymouth, ca Monday. Greait preparer titans aire beving araaide t* prevent a oh®uvain'"t3t demcmsfaratiKMi, amd the pugnacious doctor wli ibe (secretly removed Cram the stesumeir, possibly before she is docked.
A dlleipaitch from Capetown (published •today ha® created a bad im.pressjloms It says lit iis repointted 'that 'tihe Boers totemid t'Dpnoelalim tholT tadefrentdeiiDce of Greait Britain cm February 27tih, tOie •fifteenth anniversary of the viictory. at Majuba Hill over the Bitttelh under General Coliley. The report." however, 4s not credll'tcd.
Am elee.taotn' has been taking place today ait Montrose, the camdiid'aites be4Urtg Mr. Johin Morley amd Mr. John Shires Will, Q. C. The polling [has "been heavy, amd, it is saUdi hO be pretty certain (thait Morley has tbeemi eleoteidi.
A representative of tihe 'AissocUated Press h'ais haidi am taltervtiew wiith the "tfemjezuelatn! conemil hema, Mr. N. G. Blurch, -in! whlcth itihe la'titer saM tihait tihe boundary dispute between his country •amd Great Britain was ma-ldng satisfactory progress towajrd an tobeliigemit •amd pacific solution, He addod that the aatdom of i&ir WuHfaim. Hiareourt, the Liberal leader lb 'the house of corr.imioms, In pledging asstetaun'oe to the government to arrive a.t a d4gniM*d compromise arramgeimiem't was hlglMy satteflacibcwy amd 'that Venezuela was desirous of resuming 'aJpfloiniaiCkj nelatlona with Greait Bri.tato a® sacn as the question was settlekJ.
Mr. Chambenlatai has a private Lmtervfiew om ThuffStaa.y with the s%aretary amd a deputa'tAdrt of. the Brttiah amd foreligm artWitirait)kn asstiidiaJfcJ'otn on "the isulbileat of ftlho boumidlairy of Brituefh GuHmai
ANew Pair Circuit.
Special to the Indianapolis News. Columbus, Ind., !Peb. 22.—The Southeast Indiana Fair Circuit was formed at Worth Vernom yesterday, composed of RipW, Jennings, Jefferson, Bartholomew, Johnson a^rd Shelby counties. The fairs will le held at and in the rotation named aTov©: Ripley county, at Osgood, last week In- July Jennings, North Vernon Jefferson, Madison: Bartholomew, Colunabus Johnson, Franklin, a»d Shelby at Shelbyville, following Week after week from' the beginning. F. G. CrUimp wt itSil? city, and Fred Nauer of 'North Veamon, .were chosen president an-d secretary.
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JiCKSOP IMPEACHED
THE ALLEOED CARRIAGE DRIVER IN THE PEARL BRYAN CASE.
Evidence Found Showing That He Knew Nothing of tho Girl's Rlie to Her Awful Fate.
JACKSOS IS SAID .TO BE "DAFFY."
ATTENDED COURT MARTIAL THE}' NIGHT OP THE MCRDKR.
The Discovery Of This Important wita«w Shows Him To Be Merely a VUlonary Falsefler.
CincinmartJ, Feb. 22.—There Is muctt reason ito beflieve 'that George Jackson, the colored man) who claims to have driven Walling aa»d ScrfCt Jackson to Fort Thomas on 'the nlghft out January 31st, ts a dreamer, not to say a ifalsifter.' A local oewspjuper Was been tovesttga*ing -Ms story for several days, tesiflmony wias secured yesterday theft sureiy seems ito place a doubt upon the stories ithat Jaickson 'lias told the police. Coming, as ithSs evidence does, on tJw heels of developments to SprtngfleM concerning this repulfcaltlon, tihe re appears to be adequate ground to think ho is the vJdftai of a hailuoimaltion.
It wJM be remembered tha't. JacksoiQ sajys he drilled tihe Caldwell guards On t'he fateful nigfbt amid later was approached by the men whom he drove CO Poi't Thomois. Lafilt evening the repontar obtaineld ithe story c»f Howard Scott, at colored man living at 30 Eliza-beith street amd worklmg to a tobacco ware* 'house. Scott saiHd ithait he attended ia( meetilmg of the Caidwell guards att th-a residence of Samuel Ewil'ng,' 531 Wieati Sixth sfcreeit, on t'he might of Jamuaary, 31st. He saw George H. Jackson t'h«*re« He kn'dws Jaickson very weitl amd is very, sure tihiait ithie Is ndt ami ^nstiamce of ml»« taiken 'Sdemltity.
Scotlt was t-»ked what occurred thai ni^ht thait v.-oujd make him positive about (Che dlatte, amd whether 'there wore h'appettuUngs of sufflclent 8mportainxe to impress it upon his mind. He sai'd that on the nlghJt of January 31st his wife wenft to a hou-se on ThDrd flfcreet, ith-a number having escaped his memory, ttt si!t up with the corpse of James Haimlltom, wiho had dflied on thait diay. Scott further remembers the moatimg a't Swing's house from ithe fact t'hlait James Smith was being court maniteled by tha captain, who was none other (than Jackson. The trial laist-ed um'tll after 4 o'clock Saturday mornilng. "Whhit I'Jime did you leave Ewtag'a house?" "Whem I letft the house and was coming dawn stairs (the clock was striking 2. I wSd swear to thife if meoes'sa.ry. "Where was George Jackson wthett you ietflt?" "He was in the house." "Are you sure?" "I am sure that he was i:n the house when I left, amd I w-alited at 'the fact of the stfatrs for Mm, as I wain^e'd 'to speak ito Mm." "Now, are you sure it was 2 o'clock?" "Yete I'm sure, for when I got to Eighth aind Jchm. I looked at the city clock amd *i't was 2:15."
Sooi'.t says he has no confidence iar Jackson's word, as he has fooled himi vriry often and promises 'things that he •never cairnies out. The woman who lives 4m 'the same house wi!th /the Scotts said that she distinctly recollects being wakened by Scott on 'that morning, ha having no key and his wife being oit Third street.
Scott seems to be am honest fellon^ amd (he dUd mot 'tell his story .with any EmteritSom of 'Injuring Jackson, as he intimated several times Ithat the worst he could say abouit him was 'that he w-aa "•daffy." Sooitit is a K'nlght of PythM* and his acquaintance speak very wettl of him.
After hearing Scdbt's story the reporter went to Ewlngs' and learned that Sctftt had told the truth. Samuel Ewitng sailld (thait the Caldwell guards, some .'bwemltj^" in number, met at hW house om the evening of January Stslt, about 7:30 o'clock, and George H. Jack son, their captain, came about 9:30 antd stayed umtdfl -they disbanded.
Mayor Interdicts Paid Dances. Special to the Indianapolis 'News. Orawfiardsville, Ind., Feb. 22.—All thi!& winter a number of poor people in Cnawfordsvllle have been making money by givimg damces ait the&r homes 'and ohajrgfng admission fees. Many of theea dainces have ended in disorder and flg'h'ts, amd so general ded the fad danolng and fighting become thait May* OT
Band el tofetructeid the police to stop all paiid admlssiion damces given 'im th'S city limits. Two were stopped last nighifi ibu't 'tosiitghta "•test dance" will be giveot by Frank -Buffner. Ruffner will Tefusa ito stop when ordered and allow himself to 'be arrested. He will them su* the d3ty for damages.
HE WAS KNOCKED OUT.
Dave Harper Gets Drunk and Abases tha Wrong Man. (Diave Harper was fbumd by PaitroN man Mullen, eafriy last evening lyimg uncomsdlous to front of the old House" saloo, on West Main, street. Inquiry idlscaosesi 'the 'fact toh'at Harpen wia© dirumk andi had. ibeen abusing about! every iperson whom he met. Like mosrtj everybody else who adopts a like source of ajmnxsesmemt, he aibused the wromg man aml3 reoeived a smiash in the jaw, •whilch sent hDm isprawidmg imito the BtJeefc^ wihlsire he reimained unltil p^ckeid up by itihe policeman and sent to Jail. •He is charge*} wifth* idrumikemmess and! wiBl have a chance t'o more fully expl&i.nr irrtatters to IMayor Ross.fo police dourt (Monday morniing. Harper is a 'tfeaimster amd is mot a movioe as a drunk amd dte~ ondierly.
A SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED.
The Fire Started While a Celebration Waf In Progress, Sptoial to the Indianapolis News. iRockville, Ind. ,Feb. 22.—While e. Washington birthday celebration was in progress yesterday alfternoon, at Bell more .this county, the school building hi •which the exercises were being held wa discovered on fire. iPortunately the ohilv dren were on the lower floor, and all es caped safely, although the building and school furniture was totally destroyed. Cool heads prevented a panic, as tttf room was packed with children andf their parents. The loss may reach/ $2,000, with some Insurance.
Mrs. Jeremiah Llndoll.
at Lfouls Mo.. Feb. 22.*-MrS. Jeremiah LSndell, age 93. who has lived In St. Louds for the post eighty-seven years, died la3tnirht. She was tho daughter Of Johfi liee, who moved here lin 1808 frota Kehfc tucky. and who at the time othla death., in 1S1G, owned a large and valiJabJe of real estate this city. Hefc- fattier wias related to the historic Lee6, vlrBihia. She was the wife ot the aafte Je«i© I^toidell, a prominent merchant ana oia settler, who di*l In 1857. ,.
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