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8 LABOR LEAVES ITS LOOM. The Strike On in Its Full Vigor in Massachusetts. Pleasant Vision* Dispelled in Those Who Thought the Strike Would Prove a Huge Fiasco—Mr. Howland’s Action in Acceding to His Employes’ Demands Not Followed—The Day at Fall River. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 21.—The pleasant visions of some that the great strike of textile operatives would prove a huge fizzle and only a temporary ripple on the surface of the industrial sea, by the developments of to-day, are shown to be based upon a most superficial and hollow view of the conditions and of the actual situation. The conclusion was jumped at by some that inasmuch as the mills, known as the Howland plants, had conceded the old schedule of wages to their employes, the other cotton manufacturing establish ments in the city would hasten to follow their lead. Such as have taken this view seem to have lost sight of a very impor tant circumstance in connection with the complication. At the time of the meeting of the mill men for the pur pose of arranging for the cut down, Wil liam D. Howland was not in the city, and no representative of the Rich or How lands compani es, or of the New Bedford Manufacturing Company was present.. There are not a few who do not hesitate to say that was not a coincidence. After a long consideration and an assurance that the operatives would show fight, re gardless of what Mr. Howland’s views or course might be, the mills decided to post notice of a shut down. • Without positive knowledge of what Mr. Howland might do in regard to the enforcing of the notices, the operatives generally from the first, said he would make his employes the concessions they desired rather than see the pleasant re lations which have existed between them ruptured. It is not to be supposed for a minute that thoother manufacturers were not as well informed in this regard as the operatives, yet in view of all the con ditions, the notices were posted. Tho conditions in yarn and clothare widely dissimilar. It is generally agreed that the mills producing yarn alone are finding a much better market for their goods than is found for cloth. In the case of manufacturers of yarn, it is a serious matter to losq a buyer, as the identity of their product is completely unknown to the general public, who purchase it under the brand of other manufacturers, who make it into doth. This is not, of course, the case with the product of the cloth mills. When there is any movement in cloth the op portunity to dispose of goods is always open to cloth-producing mills. It is a com mon thing for a retail buyer who is favor ably impressed with a particular brand of cloth, to call for it over the counter of the retail store, and thus the mills are constantly brought face to face with the consumers, in the case of the yarn mills, the trade once diverted may never be re gained, consequently it is of the utmost importance that it should fill all its or ders. It is possible for a cloth-producing mill to remain idle for a period and still regain its prestige in the market. No doubt these considerations have been given weight. THE DAT AT FALL RIVER. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 21.—T0-day the mill situation is not improved. A canvass of the mills in the city shows the follow ing conditions: Shut Down—Barnard, Narragansett, Sagamore, Stafford. Stevens, Wampa noag, Weetamoe. Flint, Anawan, Full River Manufacturing Company. Running on Full Time—American Linen, Iron Works, Metacomet, Globe Yam, Sanford Spinning, King Philip, Kerr Thread. Partly Running—Borden City, a few looms; Bourne, same as yesterday; Chace, •ixty-nine looms; Cornell, 400;Davol, 200; Durfee, a few, not over 020; Granin, 200; Hargraves. 950; Laurel Lake, not any looms; mechanics, 200; Merchants, 160; Crescent, 600; Pocasset, 1,424; Richard Borden, 850: Seaoonnet, 550; Shove, 40; Slade, 150; Tecumseh, 100; Troy, 500. In general the mills in the center of the city have gained in the number of looms running, while those on the outskirts have not been doing so well. The weav ers met on the South park to-day and lis tened to addresses made by the officers of the union and others. Arnold B. Sanford, treasurer of the Glebe Yarn Mills, and K. C. Kerr, treas urer of the Kerr Thread Mill, notified their help this morning that they would be obliged to work under the reduction agreed upon by the manufacturers two weeks ago. They accepted the offer and Will wont. Manufacturers in general believe to day that things will be in a very unset-' tied condition for three or four weeks, and some of them have decided to fore stall any serious difficulty by shutting down. Tflß CARDERS AND SPINNERS. The carders and spinners’ executive committee held a meeting last night, and there is every indication of a strike on the part of the unions represented, unless a change is made in their intentions be fore Wednesday morning. At the carders’ meeting it was reported that the Kerr thread mills had ottered a compromise on wages in defiance of the proposed under standing the operatives had with the mill authorities a few days ago. In the case of the Globo Yarn and Sanford Spin ning Companies. It was reported that they bad vlioated the agreement made with their spinners and carders, and that notices had been posted ordering a cut down< to go into effect Aug. 22. At Gran ite Mill No. 8 it was said that the officers had left work because they were not to be paid more than $5.85 per week. If the mill authorities can settle grievances' with the piecers the spinners say they will resume work at atty time. Those mill spinners are Idle on account of trouble with the book boys. The committee authorized them to remain out until competent help was supplied. The condition at Hargrave’s mill No. 2 Is practically the same as at the Granite mills. The Sanford spinning company’s men were notified at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon that their wages would be re duced from $12.28 per week to $11.50, or about 6 per cent. This action has made the spinners’ officers very angry. The spinners say they were working in the fine yarn mills with the understanding that they were to be paid according to the New Bedford price list, which was to be the same as that paid last week. Now they are under the impression that they are paid under the list as revised by the New Bedford spinners. A special general meeting will be called next monday night, and the acting secretary states that there is every reason to believe that the rate of last Friday night will be reconsidered and that war will be waged upon every mill where spinners are employed. The Globe yarn mills control 1,000 or more customers. It was supposed that when Sanford signed his name to the agreement he was willing to take his chances with the cloth mills and was speaking for Kerr and all the other fine yarn manufacturers. • MOKE MILLS CLOSING. Five more mills have shut down to-day on account of the strike, and there is a decrease of fully 1,500 looms in the mills yet running. CLOTH MILLS TO FIGHT IT OUT. hew Bedford, Mass., Aug. 21.—A feel- BAKING POWDER. Highest o£all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Pcwdw ABSOLUTELY pure ing prevails that all of the mills in the city whose production is yarn exclusively are likely to follow the Howland corpora tion and the New Bedford Manufacturing Company’ in conceding the old schedule of wages to their employes, but that the mills producing cloth intend to fight the matter to a conclusion. If this should prove the-case the strike would be settled so far as about 460 operatives are concerned, but there would rtill be about 700 of the operative in idleness. The loom fixers met at Spinners’ hall early this morning. There was not one of the 210 loom fixers in the city unac counted for. The meeting was intensely enthusiastic, and the sentiment was unan imous not to return to work till assurance is received that the old schedule of wages is restored. The loom fixers are vehement in their assertion that the cut down is mere un just in their cases than in that of any of the other operatives. OAUGHT AMONG CHEMICALS. A Disastrous Early Morning Fire at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 21.—Fire started at 1 o’clock this morning in a 4-story brick building at Nos. 376 and 378 Shelby street, occupied by the Mansfield Drug Company, and within less than an hour’s time nearly $250,000 worth of property was destroyed. The fire started among the chemicals and oils in the rear of the Mansfield building and spread so rapidly that the firemen soon lost control of it. A general alarm was turned in and every engine hi the city was brought to the scene. Finding that they could not sub due the flames, the firemen devoted their work to saving adjoining property, and after an hour's battle succeeded in confin ing the fire to the block in which it origi nated. Among the heaviest losers are the Mansfield Drug Company, Fader & .Co., wholesale grocers, and A. B. Tread well & Co., wholesale grocers and cotton factors. The Gayoso house was endangered and the guests prepared to leave the building. At 4 o’clock the walls of the Fader and Mansfield building fell. Chief Ryan was thrown down, and it was thought that he was killed, but finally he crawled out unhurt. At 5 o’clock the tire was under control. The loss of Fader, Sugarman & Co., on stook, $60,000, building $25,000; Mansfield Drug Company, stock $60,000, building owned by A. B. Treadwell $25,- 000; A. B. Treadwell & Co., stock SIO,OOO, building $25,000; cdtton firm of W. A. Gage & Col, was above'Fader Sugarman & Co., and their loss was $5,000. The Gayoso hotel was damaged to the extent of $2,000, aud John Reid losr $2,000. The insurance covers about jfhree-fourths of the stock and two-thirds of the value of the build ings. FLEEING FOREIGNERS. A Mob of Laborers on Strike Make a Vicious Attack on Italians. Chicago, Aug. 21.—A serious riot be tween striking laborers, their sympa thizers and a gang of Italians, who had taken their places, was narrowly averted this morning by the quick interference of the police at Archer avenue and the Lake Shore tracks. At this point the Rock "Island and Lake Shore railroads are be ginning the work of elevating their tracks. When the Italian laborers assembled for work a mob of 1,500, women and boys, gathered in half an hour. They blocked the tracks and drove the laborers from their work, throwing stones, coupling pins and other missiles at the fleeing for eigners. Detective Mulvaney of the Lake Shore was knocked down by a stone while he tried to talk to the mob. The sight of the police made the mob scatter and work was resumed. WON WITH EASE. The Britannia Readily Distances the American Satanita. t South Sea, England, Aug 21.—At 10 o’clock this morning the Britannia and Satanita started in the race given under the auspices of the Royal Albert Yacht Club. The course was the same as that sailed over yesterday by the same boats from the commodore's boat at South sea— around the Nab markboat and back to Cowes, twice around, The entire distance being about fifty miles, the Britannia took the lead at the start and held it, winning with ease. THE “THUNDERER” AND THE YACHTS. London, Aug. 22.—The Times says it has been definitely arranged that the Britannia will be the competitor of the Vigilant in the race for the Cape May cup on Sent. 9. The course will be from The Needles to and around Cherbourg Breakwater and return. SUGAR BAG CLOTH. The New York Cotton Exchange Takes a Hand In the Bagging Question. New York, Aug. 21.—Many letters hav ing been received by the New York Cot ton Exchange, both for and against the use of sugar bag cloth for baling cotton, the board of managers, after a full dis cussion of the matter, have passed the following resolution: Unsolved, Ihat many of the inquiries hav ing been received by the New York Cotton Exchange as to whether or not the use of sugar bagging cloth in covering cotton is con trary to the rules of the exchange, the secre tary be Instructed to advise the southern ex changes. and others known to be Interested in the matter, of the fact that cotton covered by such bagging constitutes a good delivery under the rules of this exchange. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. Meeting of the Legislative Body of the Cryptic Degree of Masonry. Topeka. Kan., Aug. 21.—The twenty ninth stated triennial convention of Royal Arch Masons of the United States will convene in this city at high noon to-mor row. The general grand Masonic council met at 10 o’clock this morning. The council is the legislative body of the cryptic degree of Masotfry. The fight between rival cities for the meeting place of tfhe next convocation is already well on. Southern delegates want it to be held at Atlanta, while the eastern men are divided between Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Virginia delegates are pressing the claims of Washington. Opposed to Camden. Martinsburg, W. Va., Aug. 21.—1 n the election here to-day for two candidates to the legislature, Senator Camden’s inter ests suffered another defeat, both can didates being pledged to oppose his re election. Lively as a Trout Is the individual who, after a long siege, finds himself liberated from the close blockade of the enemy, constipation. Many persons of a bilious habit are troubled with constriction of tho bowels. They always find relief, and that speedily, without griping or trouble of any sort, from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a remedy also for malarial, dyspeptic, rheumatic or kidney affections. —ad. . THE WEEKLY" NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1894. HOLDING THEIR FRUIT. The Orange Trees Are Promising a Big Crop. The Fight Over the Railroad Commis sion—The Kind of a Commission Wanted—Some Remarks About the Gate City Rifles. Sanford, Fla., Aug. 21.—Hot? Well we’ve just been smiling over the reports of hot waves in Savannah, Charlotte, Atlanta and Jacksonville, but that now our daily and refreshing showers are over, we are also sweltering in the mid dle of the day. However, long before sun down there comes up a cooling breeze and we manage to survive. Miss Annie Appleyard, the accom plished daughter of Col. T. J. Appleyard of the Gate City Chronicle, has gone to Atlanta, where she is the guest of Mrs. W. C. Dodson at her elegant home on Washington Heights. Miss Annie is a great favorite with the Florida Press As sociation, as she is a bright scholar, a fine elocutionist and a zealous worker in the Epworth League of the Christian En deavor in this city. Her many friends here hope that her visit to Georgia’s capital city will be both pleasant and profitable to her, as she will find there many congenial spirits in the Christian Endeavor field who will give her a hearty greeting. THE GATE CITT RIFLES. This has been one of Sanford’s dullest weeks, for our “pets:” the Gate City Rifles £nd the Second Battalion band have been in camp at St. Augustine. We never dread to have them go anywhere, under any condition, for their conduct is always that of high-toned Christian young gentlemen. It is doubtful if any two similar organizations in the United States can show such a clean record. They wear the “White ribbon of purity” wherever they go. Capt. C. D. Leffler, one of our leading young merchants, has made it a point to sacrifice nothing for popular success that can in any way im pair the high moral standard of bis ef ficient corps. They must be Christian gentlemen as well as expert in military science, and this has made the Gate City Rifles famous. FLORIDA’S MUCK BEDS. It looks now as though the state were about to get some revenue out of the ex tensive muck deposits in the St. Johns river and its tributaries in this section. The East and South Florida Muck Min ing and Improvement Company of this city has commenced operating in earnest near this city on Lake Jesup. Hon. J, N. Whitnor is the president, and Col. Thomas J. Appleyard of the Gate City Chronicle one of the directors. The charter gives them the right to mine these rich muck deposits, for which they pay a fixed royalty into the state treas ury. A powerful dredge takes up the muck, after which it is dried, pulverized and screened at the company’s wharf. Its value as a tine fertilizer insures a big sale, and a large revenue to the state. TREBS DROPPING FRUIT. Now that the daily heavy rains have ceased the orange trees are holding their fruit remarkably well, there being a very few “drops” in this section. Sometimes we think too much rain causes them to fall off In great numbers, as they did last year, and then again we attribute it to such a drought as we had this spring. But Thomas Mehan, the eminent northern horticultural writer, claims that it is ow ing to imperfect fertilization; and on that account the trees returned no pollen on their stigma while in bloom. This latter proposition may be true, that perfect pollination is necessary to secure fruit that will mature properly, yet I have seen two trees side by’ side, each ferti lized in the same manner, the one drof> over half its fruit and the other less than a fifth. Imperfect fertilization, I think, is not tho main cause. NOT THAT KIND OF A COMMISSION. There seems to be a wrong impression abroad in regard to the issue between Maj. Abrams and Maj. Marks. The people of Orange county do not want such a railroad commission as Maj. Abrams and his reformers would give the state, hut they do favor such a commission as Maj. Marks nas been willing to vote for. The same is true of nearly every county in Florida; the people want a just and im partial railroad commission; one that will give the fruit and vegetable growers some relief from present seeming troubles in the matter of transportation. The “re formers,” so-called, are seeking .to get a commission that will fight the railroads and do the people no good in the end. I remember well how the commission in Georgia was- created aud altered and amended until it became the model for all other states in its impartial charac ter and the high character of its commissioners. It originated, it is true, in a fight against the Southwestern railroad by the people of Americus, but before the commission had taken full shape this element of antagonism had be come molified. Probably no man in the state rendered better service in the troublous times in which the ecemmission was born that Col. H. S. Haines of the Savannah, Florida and Western railway, but now general manager of the Plant systepi. His argument, his newspaper articles, hisr private suggestions—all were of a most helpful character and he with other prominent railroad men secured a commission that has stood the test of time. CAPT. NELSON’S MURDERER. Extraordinary Efforts Being Made to Effect His Capture. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21.—Capt. T. J. Welch of the Brunswick and Western railroad and other friends of the late Conductor James F. Nelson are sending out circular letters all over the country, containing notices of the reward of $250 offered by Gov. Northen for the arrest of the negro, Tom Johnson, who assassinated Conductor Nelson on the night of July *22. These circulars contains a good descrip tion of Johnson. Since the night of the crime the Bruns wick and Western people have been do ing all in their power to apprehend the murderer. A BARBAROUS JAP. Orders Given to Destroy the Drown ing Men From the Kow Shuns. London. Aug. 21.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai to-day says that the court of inquiry has established the fact that the commander of the Japanese warship Naniwa ordered the destruction of the drowning men from the Chinese transport Kow Shung which was sunk by the Japanese. The President Moves. Buzzards Bay, Mass.. Aug. 21.—Presi dent Cleveland left Grav Gables for Washington at 3:3oo’clock this afternoon. PULLMAN’SSTARVINGPOOR. Gov. Altgeld Sends a Sharp Letter to the Car Millionaire. The Witnesses Before the National Strike Commission—Labor Leaders Highly Pleased With the Actions of That Body—Newspaper Men Testify. Gov. Altgeld Makes a Strong Appeal to the People of Illinois to Oontrib fute to Pullman’s Starving Poor. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Officers of the American Railway Union and local labor leaders are much pleased with the methods of the national strike commis sion so far, Several of them expressed themselves as satisfied that both sides of the question will receive a fair and im partial hearing. The first witness put upon the stand this morning was Michael J. Carroll, edi tor of the Eight Hours Herald. Mr. Car rol believed government ownership of railroads the true solution of the labor problem. He cited the situation in Aus trialia, where the government owns the telegraph lines, as proof that his ideas were practicable. Malcolm McDowell, a reporter fora morning paper, testified next. He had seen cars overturned and other overt acts, but could not say whether the work had been done by members of the American Railway Union or not. He did not believe many railroad men were engaged in these acts. Thomas W. Heathcote, chairman of the Pullman strike committee, was recalled. He declared the Pullman employes had no other alternative but to strike. Rev. W. H. Wickman,the Swedish min ister at Pullman, told of the reduction of his parishoners’ wages. He said s the Swedish laborers at Pullman were made to pay more rent at Pullman than at Roseland or other places in the neighbor hood. “Why, then,” asked chairman Wright, “do the men not live iu Roseland or vi cinity?” “They are commanded to live in Pullman, on pain of dismissal. Even where men own homes outside of Pullman if work becomes slack, these men are the first laid off.” Mr. Wickman told of the case of an em ploye who was ipjured in the Pullman shops and obliged to stay in the hospital for nine weeks. During this time the company charged him rent for his house in Pullman, refused to pay him any dam ages, and cut his wages when he returned from tire hospital, because his injuries prevented his doing as much work as formerly. H. H. Cleveland, a reporter for a morn ing paper, gave his experience during the strike. He had seen rioting in several places, but thought those engaged in overt acts were roughs and rowdies, and that few or none of them were railroad men. Mr. Cleveland joined with the two reporters who preceded him in scoring the United States deputy marshals. Herman E. Dutton gave his observa tions as a reporter for two morning pa- Esrs at different times during the strike. e had seen but few railroad men en gaged in rioting. Other reporters gave a similar view and testimony at the afternoon session. Gov. Altgeld this morning sent a letter to George M. Pullman, in which he out lined the desperate condition of affairs among the strikers at Pullman, and invi ted Mr. Pullman to call on him and de vise means of relief for the 1,600 starving families in his town. As yet the gover nor has received no reply from Mr. Pull man. The Pullman relief committee was informed, by the governor that immediate need was the only remedy for the dis tress. “While I can say that relief will be at hand at once,!’ said he, “I can not at present define what shall be done to af ford substantial help. There are three ways of securing the assistance which muse be had at once. There is the governor’s fund, which will not permit of any considerable draft, and there is’ also a possibility of convening the legislature for the purpose of making an appropria tion, but that plan would take too long, theft the way is open for me to issue a proclamation to the people of the state, asking them to make charitable contribu tions ” It is thought the governor will make a personal contribution and then issue the proclamation referred to. ALTGELD’S APPEAL. After making a thorough investigation of the conditions-existing among the ex-em ployes of the Pullman company who par ticipated in the recent boycott and strike, Gov. 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The relief society is una ble to get more supplies. On last Saturday it gave to each family two pounds of oatmeal and two pounds of cornmeal, and, having nothing left, it suspended operations, leaving the peoplejin an absolutely helpless condition. The county commissioners of Cook county, as overseers of the poor, have ren dered some assistance, but owing to limited appropriations, they can furnish relief for a short time only. We cannot now stop to inquire the cause of this distress. The good people of this state cannot allow women and children by the hun dred so perish by hunger. I, therefore, call upon all humane and charitably disposed citi zens to contribute what they can toward giv ing relief to these people. lam satisfied that any contributions sent to the Pullman relief committee at Kensington will be judiciously distributed. I find their treasurer has given bond to properly account for all moneys re ceived. John P. Autgeld, Governor. The governor also sent a communication to the commissioners of Cook county, ap pealing to them, as the officers upon whom devolved the duty of providing for cases of this kind, to do the uttermost in their power to furnish immediate assistance to the people in distress. The correspondence between Gov. Alt geld and George M. Pullman in relation to the destitution in the town was given to the press by the governor. It began last Sunday when the governor sent a telegram to Mr. Pullman from Springfield in response to a number of appeals made to him by strikers for assistance. In this dispatch the governor tells Mr. Pullman that although the state of Illinois has not the least desire to meddle in the affairs of the company, it cannot allow a whole community within its borders to perish of hunger, and informs the president of the company that unless relief comes he would either have to call a special session of the legislature to make an appropria tion, or else issue an appeal to the humane people of the state to give bread to the company’s former employes. He adds: “It seems ato me you would prefer to relieve the situation yourself, especially as it has just cost the state up ward of 150,000 to protect your prop erty.” In a letter written to-day to President Pullman, the governor makes a state ment of the condition of the starving peo f>le, based on his tour of investigatiomand nquiry made the day before at Pullman. He tells Mr. Pullman that something must be done at once, and adds: “I repeat that it seems to me your company cannot afford to have me appeal to the charity and humanity of the state to save the lives of your old employes, no matter what caused the distress.” He makes a suggestion that the com pany cancel all rents due to Oct. 1 and work some of the men half time so that all can get something to eat for their families. In reply to this letter, Mr. Pullman makes a long statement blaming those who are idle for being in their present con dition, and declaring that the Pullman company did not know there was any such extended distress as represented to the government. He says the full force has been engaged for the work in hand, and makes the allegation that a considerable number of the men had persistently refused to a PPIy for work at any time, considering themselves still on strike. He says the question of cancelling rents is not one that should be given the first attention, and announces the policy of the company to be to employ as many men as it is pos sible to furnish work for on full time be cause of the erroneous impression half time work would create as to the rate of wages. A CAUSTIC REPLY. Gov. Altgeld made a caustic reply to Mr. Pullman’s letter, refusing to enter into a discussion of the merits of the con troversy, and asserting that if the Presi dent had seen what the governor had seen in Pullman he would be con vinced that none of the suf ferers had drawn money from the bank a few weeks ago, as alleged by Mr. Pullman in his letter. He concludes with the statement that as Mr. Pullman had refused to do anything to save his old em ployes from perishing from hunger the governor would be compelled to appeal to the humanity the people of Illinois to do so. VIRGINIAN SUICIDES. A Prominent and Wealthy Citizen of Alexandria Shoots Himself. Alexandria, Va.. Aug. 21.—Henry Dan gerfield, a prominent and wealthy citizen, fatally shot himself in the right temple, at his residence in this city this morning. Dangerfield had been a hypochondriac for some time, and his family were preparing to take him to Cold Sulphur Springs this afternoon. He bad been afflicted with-in somnia. He has a wife and five children. Dangerfield was about 50 years of age and a man of considerable wealth. He owned Springfield, a fine estate in Fairfax county. The Centerboard Recovered. Southampton, Aug. 21.—Divers suc ceeded in freeing the Vigilant’s center board from its fastenings to-day. It sank to the bottom but was fished up. The Vigilant will be compelled to dock for repairs, which she will do at once. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bot tle. —ad. MAY FIGHT IN IOWA. But the Mayor of Sioux City Vows They Shall Never Fight There. Sioux City, la., Aug. 21. —Corbett’s man ager, William A. Brady, has telegraphed his acceptance of the Sioux City Athletic Club’s $35,000 offer for the Corbett-Jack son fight. Jackson telegraphed yester day that he would accept if training ex penses were guaranteed him, provided, the fight did not take place. The guarantee was made. The club is composed of forty of the leading business and professional men, who have jointly signed a note for 'the $25,000 to be taken up and cash de posited when the articles are signed. The club manager does not tell how they ex pect to pull the fight off. He simply says: “We can reach any one of four states within one hour’s ride of Sioux City, and we have also two Missouri river islands over which neither lowa, Nebraska nor South Dakota claim jurisdiction, within fifteen minutes of the heart of the city.” “I will not permit this prize-fight to oc cur within the corporate limits of Sioux City,” said Mayor Fletcher, in speaking of the effort being made to get the match. “What is more, I doubt if it will be al lowed to be fought on lowa soil. So far as my jurisdiction is concerned, I shall unalterably oppose the movement to have the battle fought here.” A NICE, QUIET SCHEME. Sioux City’s offer for the Jackson-Cor bett fight is still somewhat of a mystery to everybody in the city who is not in the inside of the scheme to bring the fight off here. The thing was worked up very quickly and quietly, and sprung after all the details were arranged. The men who have appeared on the surface say they are backed by the best people in the town, and hint who some of them are- But when the best people are asked about it they all refuse to give any information and deny any interest in it. They all be lieve a prize fight, if it is a big' enough fight, is a good thing for a town to have, and they say they will make this the big gest fight that was ever heard of. There is a great division of opinion in the mat ter in the city. Some declare it is all a fake. The mayor and sheriff say they will h ave no fights, but the promoters of the scheme only smile and say nothing when these statements are reported to them. They declare they have every corner guarded; that there can be no in terference by local or slate authorities and that they will have the fight right in the city. A favorite theory is that the scheme is based on the fact that South Dakota, which lies across the Big Sioux river from the city, has a weak law against prize fighting, and it is believed the au. thorities in the counties adjoining the city have been induced to take the same libe ral and thoroughly modern views of the subject as are entertained by Sioux City ans, and in this they have the assurance that the fight can be pulled off within range of the suburban service of the city’s street car lines in South Dakota. JACKSON NOT ANXIOUS. The telegrams that have been received this afternoon by the Sioux City Athletic Association indicate that Peter Jackson is not anxious to fight Corbett, and is willing to get out of it if possible. When the club’s offer for the fight first came out he was interviewed in New York, and said he would make a statement as soon as he heard from the club personally. He has not wired the club since the offer of a guar antee of training expenses was made, but Richard K. Fox has wired, asking if the club will deposit the full amount of the purse with him. This the club will not do. Corbett has sent word that he would require no further guarantee from the club than a deposit of $2,500 for his ex penses. A GHASTLY FIND. Terrible Discovery of a Central Park Patrolman. New York, Aug. 21.—At 7 o’clock this morning Park Officer Thomas Flynn, while patrolling in the ramble in Central park, between the east and west drive ways and opposite Seventy-eighth street, discovered the bodies of a young man and young woman lying dead on the grass near the roadway. The man was Julies DeMarcus, who is supposed to live at No. 52 East Broadway. The woman was Juliette Fournier of No. 354 South Fourth street, Brooklyn. DeMarcus had a bullet wound through the center of his forehead. He was lying prostrate across the woman, who was shot directly in the center of the breast. Marcus held a revolver in his hand. Two of the chambers were empty and three still loaded. The blood from his head had run down and stained the face and neck of the woman, whose body was still warm. It was evident that the man had first shot the voman and then killed him self. The man was about 30 years old and the woman 17. Stfe had married her uncle and was un happy with him. She and De Marcus had been lovers before her marriage. They made up their minds to fly together. Letters found on their bodies showed the act had been planned as to every detail. HIS HOLINESS ILL. An Attack of Syncope Creates Much Alarm at Borne. London, Aug. 21.—A special dispatch received here to-day from Rome says that the pope had an attack of syncope on Sun day last, and for some minutes the condi tion of his holiness caused much alarm. 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