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I ESTABLISHED 1850. 1 ( J. H. Eb'IILL, Editor and Proprietor. ) TO REDUCE TAXATION. A RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PUGH. The Taxes Should be Reduced to the Needs of the Government The Whisky Tax Declared Perfectly Just —What Should be Put on the Free List—Government Telegraphy. Washington, Dec. 19.—1n the Senate to day among the papers presented to the Sen ate was a communication front the Secre tary of the Treasury, with a copy of the re port of Special Agent Tingle on the condi tion of affairs on the sea islands of Alaska. It was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Also a memorial of the Consti tutional Convention of the Territory of Utah asking admission into the Union as a State, with copies of the constitution. It was referred to the Committee on Territo ries. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: Bv Mr. Hour —Relating to the celebration of the centennial of the inauguration of the constitution. Among the bills reported favorably from the committees and placed on the calendar was Mr. Blair’s bill to aid in the establish ment and temporary support of common schools. Mr. Powver called up his motion to re consider the vote whereby (last Monday) the resolution offered by Mr. Butler for the appointment of a select committee to inquire as to the advisability of establishing a gov ernment postal telegraph was agreed to. J;.“ Mr. Butler asked Mr. Sawyei to state the object of the motion to reconsider. Mr. Sawyer said that his object was to have the subject referred to the Post Office Committee, where it properly belonged. Mr. Saulsbury said the subject had been before the Post Office Committee for six vears, and had been fully considered by it. Reference to a select committee would be a vote of want of confidence cither in the ability or willingness of the Post Office Com mittee to deal with the subject. Mr. Butler disclaimed any idea of reflect ing, in the remotest degree, upon the Post Office Committee, and he withdrew all oj>- position to the motion to reconsider, and consented to have the matter referred to the Post Office Committee. The vote was ac cordingly reconsidered, and the subject of postal telegraphy was referred to the Post Office Committee. Mr. Pugh offered the following resolu tion, and proceeded to address the Senate in support of it: Resolved. That the most important and press ing duty of the! present session of Congress is to revise and so amend existing internal tax and tariff laws as to reduce the annual revenues to be collected therefrom to the neces sary wants of the Federal government, and no more than it needs to pay its matured debts, and discharge its obligations under the laws of Congress, without crippling or deranging any American industries or business connected with the subjects of tariff taxation, or inter fering with the just rights of American working p plo intends 1 to be secured to them by the incidental effects of revenue duties to share in the joint product of labor and capital employed in American mining and man ufacturing industriessto the lull measure of the difference in the cost of their labor and the labor of tbose engaged in similar industries in Europe. Resolved , That the Senate will concur in no joint resolution for the final adjournment of the ore sent, session of Congress until after the passage of such remedies as are specified in the foregoing resolution. in the course of his argument Mr. Pugh asked whether Congress would wipe out all internal taxes, and allow the necessary rev enue to be raised oil tariff imports alone. He had never a clearer or stronger convic tion than the conviction that the whisky tax was perfectly just and wholly unobjec tionable, except on the grohnd that it was a direct tax. There was nothing produced, owned and consumed that could supply the government with ninety million dollars of revenue, with more propriety and less injury to any human being than whisky. He had never heard any valid reason, and did not believe there was any valid reason why whisky drinkers should be relieved from the payment of this tax, and why the revenue it yielded should be extorted by a tariff from consumers of the necessaries of life. He knew of no better use to which whisky could be applied than to the production of $90,000,000 of revenue necessary to pay pensions aud the interest on the war debt instead of extorting that amount from the harmless consumption of imported articles. Whe insisted, he asked, that the luxury of whisky drinking should be freed from the burden. Was it the whisky drinkers, or the whisky makers who declared that there should be no re vision of the tariff until every internal revenue tax was repealed? It was not. The cry came the loudest add fiercest from the manufacturers ar.d their representatives. The most defiant and uncompro mising advocates of free .whisky were manufacturers of protected articles. \s a general compromise he would repeal the internal tax upon tobacco, for the sole reason that tobacco was an agricultural product, and let the tax on whisky stand for future consideration. He declared that he would vote to repel no duty on any article manufactured in the United States, that would cripple any home industry or impair the abili y of home competition. No people, he said, have ever submitted so long to robbery on the part of their own government and those who opposed re vision of the tariff at the risk of a financial panic and industrial paralysis became parties to this robbery and became political criminals. Both the Republican aud Democratic parties had promised to reduce the income to the wants of the government, and it was trifling for the Republicans to charge upon the Democratic party the blame of the failure to revise the tariff. This Congress could not. adjourn until such change was made in the revenue laws as would stop the flow of money from the people into the national Treasury, beyond the needs of the govern ment. He would put on the free list chem icals and raw wool of all raw grades, and salt, and might be willing to add other articles. He was not tn favor, however, of the putting 01 iron on the free list. Doing so would be regarded by ore land owners and ore-workers of Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia a* an act ot unjust discrimination in favor of foreign ores. As to pig iron, on which the present duty was $0.72 per ton, he believed that a duty of $5 would be ample. He made these remarks to show that there was not the least danger to the iron ore and pig iron interests from nuy reduction of the tariff. President Cleveland had in his re cent annual message shown patriotism and courage never exhibited before by any pub lic man In his position and with his sur roundings. He said there could bo no mistake as to what the President believed to lie the paramount duty of Con gress. There was not a single sentence in the message that was not truth ami not the whole trut h. At the close of Mr. Pugh’s re marks the resolution was ordered to Be laid on the table. Mr. Blair gave uotice that he would to morrow ask tho Senate to proceed to con sideration of the educational bill. Alter a brief executive session the Sonate *t 4:16 o'clock adjourned. Motnim In the House. In the house to-day the Speaker an nounced the appointment of the Committee on Rules as follows : The Speaker, Messrs. Randall, Reed and Cannon. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a resolu tion authorizing the Speaker to employ a clerk to complete the compilation of ques tions of order raised and decided on general appropriation and revenue bills by includ ing therein points of order raised during the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. At the suggestion of Mr. Randall the reso lution was referred to the Committee on Rules. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, offered a resolution referring to the Committee on Appropriations reports of the Court of Claims on French spoliation claims, with instructions to that committee to report all claims which have been decided favorably to the claimants in a general deficiency bill. Considerable opposition to this reference was expressed by the members, who wished to have the resolution sent to the Commit tee on Claims. * Finally, after debate, the previous question was “ordered (yeas 163, nays 84), and the resolution was adopted. A number of resolutions suggesting changes in the rales were presented and re ferred to the Committee on Rules, among them the following: By Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire— Providing that any committee may be re quired by a vote of the House to report back any matter which has been in its pos session for one month. By Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas—Pro viding that all appropriations for snagging operations, for pay of regularly employed officials, and for other subjects not other wise provided for, shall lie in a separate bill from the river and harbor bill, and re quiring estimates for the cost of other than snagging operations to accompany the bill. All works other than snagging operations, of which the final cost of completion is less than $500,000, may be provided for in a separate bill, while every other work, the cost of which shall exceed that amount, must be embodied in a separate bill, and it shall not be in order to make such an ap propriation unless the bill provides for the completion of the work. The amendment also gives the river and harbor bill the same privileges in the matter of considera tion as is accorded the general appropria tion bills. By Mr. Brewer, of Michigan—Requiring the Speaker to appoint committees within two weeks of the meeting of Congress. The House then adjourned. BLAIR’S EDUCATIONAL BILL. The Report of the Committee Accom panying the Measure. Washington, Dec. 19.—Mr. Blair’s edu cational bill, reported to the Senate to-day, received the unanimous indorsement of the Committee on Education, and contains but one slight change from the bill as it passed the Senate at the last session. It provides for a total appropriation of $79,000,(XX) to be expended in eight years. The report ac companying the bill among other things says: “Although the Committee believe that no measure of greater, if there be any of equal, importance will engage the attention of the Senate, they have not deemed it necessary to enter upon a general discussion of the bill, or to enlarge upon the serious nature of the public emergency which requires its enactment. * * * The measure was devised and has been pressed to secure the removal of the alarming increase of illiteracy and its baneful consequences, and not as a means of expending the surplus revenues, although their existence removes all excuse for a failure to pass it. The bill was pro posed before the large surplus existed. It should become a law even if additional taxa tion were necessary. ***** Illiteracy grows with the country and keeps full pace with its increase in population, increase of population adds continually to the number who require attention, while the means of education are not *and cannot, and therefore will not be provided without temporary assistance from the funds of the nation. The temporary aid proposed in the bill should have been granted at once upon the close of war. To bestow it now is but to provide a long deferred obligation, the neglect of which has already greatly enhanced grave perils to the nation. Who shall estimate the evil consequences which will befall us from a continuance of that law and the unfortunate motherhood, which, under the influence of illiteracy and ignorance, is now bearing one-fourth of the children of the republic* If there can be no sentiment of patriotism n hich cab stir us to action, the instinct of self-preserva tion, which confers a certain degree of wis dom upon even brutes, ought not longer to lie outraged by our suicidal delay. ” THE MISSISSIPPI’S COMMISSION. Detailed Account of the Work for the Year. Washington, Dec. 19.—The annual re port of the Mississippi River Commission was received by the Acting Secretary of War to-day. It gives a detailed accouut of the surveys, examinations and improve ments made during the past year. The ex penditures during the year on account of improvements were $707,021, and the availa ble balance on hand July 1, 1887. for prose cuting the work is stated at $1,402,937. This is exclusive of the money available for the expenses of the commission, surveys, etc. The report discusses at length the restrictions of the last river and harbor bill in regard to tho use of bank protections, and an agreement is made iti favor of their modification or repeal. In reference to the plans of the commission during the next year, the re port says that the Hoiietield revetment will be repaired and extended, and the Mem phis revetment will be completed. At Greenville, Vicksburg, Now Orleans, and at the head of Atchafala.ya work will lie carried on as far as practicable. The report says lurther, that all funds re maining available over and above what is required for current repairs and for the care of the plant will b ■ alloted to the construc tion of levees. It is expected that the Yafcoo and Tensas fronts will bo entirely closed, and that progress will be made on the White river front. Local levees on Plum Point reach will be also extended. The estimates made for the next fiscal year are as follows: For a continuation of surveys, $200,000; for continuing of the im provement of the river, from Cairo, 111., to the head of the passes, including the im provement of Red river, $.‘>,000,000; for the Improvement • ( harbors as follows: Colum bus, Ky.. $01,750; Ilickiuaii, Ky., $251,750; Greenville, Miss., • $148,500; Vicksbnrg, Miss.. $282,500; New Orleans, $608,000; for protection of Lake Bolivar Jevee, $150,000. Making total estimates $0,508,100. Public Build tn , s Bills. Washington. Doc. 19. Bills wore intro duced in the Senate to-day by [Senator Ran som providing for a public building at Asheville, N. 0., to cost $150,000, and by Senator Vance for a public building at Charlotte to cost $200,000. Nominated by the President. Washington, Dec. 19.—Among the nomina,tions sent to tho Senate by the President to-day was David L. Young, to be Pojtuuuter at Wiuoaa. Mlsa. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1887. EUROPE’S AVAR CLOUD. STATEMENTS AS TO GERMANY’S PREPARATIONS TO BE REFUTED. No Increase of Her Forces on the Rus sian Frontier—The Czar’s Entourage Accused of Systematically Mislead ing Him The Austrian Council Grants a War Credit of 13,000,000 Florins. Berlin, Doc. 19. —1n pursuance of reports made by military personages to the Em peror at his reception on Saturday, a refuta tion will be issued of the statements printed in the Invalide Russe, of St. Petersburg, regarding German ndlitary preparations. The Cologne Gazette, in an inspired arti cle criticising the article in the Invalide Russe, says: “There was no increase of German forces on the Russian frontier until spring of the current year. The increase of the peace effective of the Continental ar mies originated in enormous armaments. France for some time obliged Germany to leave in Reichsland troops which really belonged to the eastern provinces. When Russia, in 1878, transferred the bulk of her troops westward, and a tone of extreme hos tility to Germany was manifested in the Russian press, Germany for the first time pushed forward some battalions and squad rons to the eastern frontier which, until then, had been almost denuded of troops.” ITS ACCURACY DENIED. The article denies the accuracy of the statement of the Invalide Russe, regarding the extension of German strategic railways to the eastward. The German system was planned, the paper says, not with a view to strategy in the east, but solely for commer cial purposes, to facilitate traffic between Russia and German ports on the Baltic. It is not true, it says, that the fortresses at Thorn, Posen, Dantzic and Koenigsberg were created os a menace to Russia. Those fortresses have been long existent, and are now, as ever, a guard of the frontier. The statement that Grawdenz has been converted into a camp and fortress is also pronounced incorrect. The article concludes as follows: “The Invalide Russe seeks to minimize the extent of Ru.-sian preparations. In the autumn Russian reserves were called out. Have they been dismissed yet? What is the objectof increasing the rifle brigades? What is the meaning of the raising of cavalry regiments to six squadrons? What means the placing of batteries attached to the cav alry upon a war footing? The Russian rail ways serve only military purposes. In the construction of fortresses Russia is exceeded only by France. With Germany all is open. Russian measures are taken with the great est secrecy, and while it cannot be quite concealed, it is sought to misrepresent.” A CONFERENCE WITH COUNT KALNOKY. Vienna, Dec. 19. —Herr Von Tisza, the Hungarian Prime Minister, had a confer ence with Count Kalnoky and the Crown Prince Rudolph to-day prior to the Military Council. Emperor Francis Joseph presided at the Council. It lasted from 1 until 3 o’clock. Kalnoky, Von Taafe, Herr Tisza and other Ministers were present. The Council decided to grant the Minis ter of War a credit of 15,000,000 florins. The smallness of the grant is held to be proof that Austria does not intend to take aggressive measures. The Friedmanblatt, to-day publishes an official statement that as a result of the mili tary councils the government has resolved to take no measures which would compel a summoning of the delegations. charged with misleading the czar. A letter to the Political Correspondence from Berlin charges the Czar’s entourage with systematically misleading the Czar and inducing him to make decisions which he would not sanction if he knew the truth. The latest proof of this state of affairs, says the letter, is the recnt article of the St. Petersburg Official Gazette, which reflects false riiilitary reports submitted to the Czar. The Czar’s secluded life and unscrupulous flattery of diplomats around him facilitate the work of deception and explain the Czar’s otherwise incompre hensible attitude on the most important questions of the hour. The hope of averting the catastrophe of war depends chiefly upon whether the misrepresentations of the Czar’s entourage can bo successfully exposed and the truth revealed to him. MOBILIZING TWO ARMY CORPS. Bucharest, Dec. 19. —From semi-official sources it is learned that, in view of the un certain political situation, preparations are quietly being made to meet any sudden emergency, and that the government will act in accordance with Austria and Ger many. Councils are being held, the King presiding, and intercourse between the gov ernment and Am triun Minister Goluseiiis ky, has become active. Preparations have been completed to mobilize two army corps for concentration on the Russian frontier. A credit of $3,050,000, intended for a strate gic railway between Jassay and Doroheri, will now be kept in reserve as an emergen cy fund. ' no movement of troops. Moscow, Dec. 19.—N0 troops, excepting the Thirteenth divi'ion, have recently moved westward of the Moscow district. The resolute tone of the Im aiidn ftusse has created a great deal of enthusiasm here. ORDERED TO THEIR REGIMENT. Pesth, Dec. 19.—Several army officers on furlough here have been ordered to re turn to their garrisons in Croatia im mediately. A number of officers in reserve corps have been ordered to settle their affairs so as to be in readiness to join their regiments. NO GROUND FOR THE WAR TERROR. London, Dec, 19.—Ix>rd Salisbury made a speecli at Derby to-day. In the course of his remarks he stated that so far as iR known in diplomatic circle* there was no ground whatever for the war terror that had seized the bourses and papers of Europe. SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE. LkiPSIC, Dec. 19. —Cabannes, the official who revealed contents of State documents to France, has been sentenced to ten years’ pe -al servitude and deprived of all civil life for ten years thereafter. THE ASSABBIN AT WORK. Rumor of Another Attempt on the Czar’s Life. Vienna, Dec. 19.—A correspondence sheet published in this city asserts that it has received a cipher dispatch stating that another attempt has been made on the life of the Czar and that the Czar was wounded. It also says that a revolutionary movement has broken out in St. Petersburg. NOTHING KNOWN AT BERLIN. Berlin, Dec. 19.—Nothing is known hero of the reported attempt on the Czar’s life. At St. Petersburg to-day there was no ma terial change in prices. (Some quotations were higher. UNIVERSITIES CLOSED. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.—Universities at Cbarkoff and Odessa have been closed owing to disorders among students. Queen Vic. Indisposed. LONDON, Dec. 19. —The Queen is indis posed. She caught cold on I l iday while in London, THE UNDERVALUATIONS BILL. Some of the Main Features of the Measure. Washington, Dec. 19.—The Senate Com rtiittee on Finance to-day ordered the sub committee’s bill on undervaluations to bo favorably reported to the Senate. Its main featuros have been made public from time to time. It is a measure of twenty-odd sec tions, and practically tho revision an 1 mod ification of the system of invoice, entry, appraisement and assessment of imports. It will create a tribunal of nine general np praisers in dignity and salary equal to nine Circuit Judges of the United States. Their appointment is to be made by the President and confirmed by the Senate. 11 is provided that not more than five of the nine members shall be of the same political party at one time. Three are to be stationed at New York, and are to be constantly in session. Tlie other six will be stationed as the Secre tary of the Treasury may direct. It will bo their duty to supervise and determine the classification and rates of customs duty as well as the appraisement of values. The office of merchant appraiser is to bo abol ished. If the local and genera! appraiser agree, their decision is final. If they disagree, then the question will referred to the New York board or to the board convened by order of tho Secretary. Their decision will be final. Oaths and fees are to be abolished and a merchant’s declaration may be made before a Notary Public or other officer des ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury. The warehousing period is extended from one to three years. Tho rate of duty will be uniform for the same class of goods to all importers. To secure absolute unanimity in the rating of goods, the publication ot de cisions of the various local and general ap praisers is ordered. THE SUPREME COURT VACANCY. Secretary Lamar’s Nomination Before the Judiciary Committee. Washington, Dec. 19. Secretary Lamar’s nomination tp the Supreme Court will not be reported to the Senate until after the holiday recess. Consequently the Cabinet changes will not ooeur until Janu ary. Don Dickinson, who Is to arrive to night to take charge of the Post Office Department, will, therefore, have plenty of time to find a house and to learn his duties before he becomes Postmaster General. The Senate Judiciary Committee met this morning upon a special call from Mr. Edmunds, its chairman, who wishes to leave with his sick wife to-morrow for Aiken, S. C. Mr. Evarts, who is regarded as friendly to Mr. Lamar, was the only absentee. He is in New York, finding out how he had best vote in this case. The nominations of Messrs. Lamar and Vilas, standing At the head of the committee docket, were first take.i up. The whole time was given, however, to I-amar’s nomination. Senators Edmunds und Hoar both attacked it on the ground that Lamar had been a traitor during the war, and had defended Jefferson Davis from the charge of treason on the floor of the Senate. Mr. Pugh, of Alabama, defended Secretary Lamar, insisting that he was as loyal and patriotic as any member of the committee. There was so much discussion that the hour for the meeting of the Senate arrived be fore it was finished. So the nomination was referred to a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Edmunds, Hoar and Pugh. This sub-committee will probably report adver sely. Whether the committee adopts its re port or not, Lamar's nomination will ulti mately be confirmed. THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. Speaker Carlisle Announces the Mem bers of It. Washington, Dec. 19.—Speaker Carlisle announced the Committee on Rules to-day, as follows: the Speaker, Messrs. Mills, Ran dall, Reed and Cannon. In so doing, he an nounced that Mr. Mills would be the chair man of the Ways and Moans Oommittoe and Mr. Randall Chairman of the Commit tee on Appropriations. These appointments are not satisfactory to the majority of the Democrats, hut they all agree that the Speaker did what ho sincerely thought most expedient. Tho Speaker, now that he has these chairman ships filled, will go right on and appoint the rest of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations, announcing them probably on Wednesday, certainly before the ad journment for "the holiday recess. The other committees can wait. To-morrow the Committee on Rules is expiected to report the rules of the last House, so that it may be ready for work, postponing the consideration of the two or three dozen proposed amendments to the rules until the holiday recess. Snould this be done, it would greatly facilitate the se lection of the committees. It seems to lie generally expiected that Messrs. Turner of Georgia, Morse of Massachusetts, and Gay of Louisiana, will have places on tho Ways and Means Committee. ENTITLED TO SEA PAY. The Court Gives Lieut. Ritchie Judg ment for the Amount Due Him. Washington, Dei 1 . 19.—Tlia Court of Claims to-day gave judgment in favor of Lieut. David G. Mcßitchie, of the United States navy,' in his suit against the United States for sea piay from Aug. 1, 1882, to June 14, 1884, while in command of the United States steamer Speedwell, which was engaged during that period in towing and conveying other vessels at the Wash ington and Norfolk navy-yards when not employed in transporting freight and ordnance between Washington and Ports mouth, N. H. The accounting officers of the Treasury had all owed him shore pay only during that period except during the time the vessel was actually at sen. The court decided that he was entitled to sea p>ay for the entire period. THE NORFOLK DRY DOCK. Preparations tor tho Construction of the New Battleship. Washington, Dec. 19.—Commodore Har mony, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, has returned from Norfolk, where he has been examining the progress of the dry dock. He reports the yard to lie in most excellent condition, and states that the work on the dock, which is being built by private contract, the contract time being twenty months, is progressing in a satisfac tory manner, and that it will probably be completed within fourteen or fifteen months. There is no delay in the preparations for tho construction of the new armored battle ship, and the keel of the vessel will be laid in about two months. A $29,000,000 Mortgage. Baltimore, Dec. 19.—A mortgage from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Com pany of Baltimore was placed on record in the Clerk’s office of the Superior Court this afternoon. This is a consolidated mortgage of $29,900,000, which has to lie recorded in Baltimore and in every countv through i which tile road misses. FOR THE DIAMOND BELT. 106 ROUNDS FOUGHT BY SMITH AND KILRAIN. The Fight Declared a "Draw”- Kilrain Knocks Smith Silly, but He Comes to the "Scratch” and Puts in Some Good Blows Both Men Badly Punished and “Satisfied’’—Each Round Closed with a Wrestle. New York, Deo. 19.— The following cable was received at the office of the Police Gazette this afternoon, dated Vernon, France: “One hundred and six rounds were fought in two hours and thirty minutes, anil resulted in a draw.” This refers to the Kilrain-Smith fight, which was fixed to take place at 1 o'clock this afternoon on an island in the river Seine, twenty miles from liouon. smith knocked silly. London, Dec. 19, 10 r. m.— The Inter national contest between Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore; and Jem Smith, of England, for the diamond belt and the chaini ionship of the world took place on the Island of St. Pierre, in the River Seine, France, today, in the presence of about one hundred persons. There was no police interference. G. W. Atkinson, ref eree, performed his duties with satisfaction to all concerned. Fleming and Harding acted as timekeepers and umpires. The fight was remarkable for persistent wrest ling of the men. In the fourth round Smith was knocked nearly silly by a terrific blow on the ear. Thougn Smith had the worst of tlie falls, he fought splendidly un der great difficulties, ami was ns fresh as Kilrain, wheu darkness stopped the fight, at 4:45. One hundred and six rounds were fought, lasting two and a half hours. Before the tight began mhls of three and four to one were freely laid on the English man, but all the betting stopped as the fight narrowed itself into a question of endur ance. Not once or twice, but many times it looked like an easy win for Kilraiu, but the indomitable pluck of the burly English man, who invariably came up with a smile, equalized matters. Not to en ter into an elaborate description of each of the 106 rounds, it may be safely said that fiercer, fairer fighting has rarely "been seen. There were cries of “foul,” but a “foul” was never seriously claimed by either side. The seconds were smart in their duty, bringing their respective men bock to their cornel’s, and the umpires had few difficult points to settle. llHrd hitting and tough work was the order, with a concluding throw at the end of each round, of wßlcb the long Ameri can, who is tough and ugly, but withal an excellent wrestler, generally had the best. How this remark able fight might have terminated, had it been fought to a finish, it is difficult to say. Kilrain undoubtedly showed qualities that even his backers never dreamed of. and hail rather the best of the fight as they got into the second hour. On the other hand, Smith’s determined rushes and indomitable pluck over and over again raised the hopes of his backers. The betting was on Smith at the start, Veering to Kilraiu later. There was much wrestling instead of fighting. Smith had the best at the start and forced the fighting. Kilrain hud the advantage in wrestling. In the eighteenth riHitni Kilrain hit Smith oufthe left ear,causing a swelling theorize of an egg an t knocked him down. Kilrain s right eye was closed. The fight varied until the fifteenth round, when Kilraiu led until the nineteenth, knocking down Smith three times and being knocked down him self once. Smith's ear swelling burst, to his great relief. Alter the nineteenth round Smith’s strength returned, and he held his own. He had the best of the last six rounds, both men fighting as quickly and (is strongly as at the start. The referee ordered that the fight he re sumed to-morrow, but later Smith and Kil rain expressed mutual respect for each other, swore eternal friendsnip, agreed to consider the fight a draw, and pledged each other to fight Sullivan. The general opin ion was that the fight, was the gamiest heavy weight fight of the present genera tion. INTER NATIONAL. COPYRIGHT. A Petition Asking Congress to Protect the Rights of Authors. 'Washington, Deo. 10.—A petition pre sented in the Senate by Senator Hale to-day reads: “The undersigned citizens who earn their living in whole or in part by their pen, and who are put at a disadvantage in their own country by the publication of foreign hooks without payment to the author, so that American books are undersold in tbe American market to the detriment of Ameri can literature, urge the passage by Con gress of au international copyright law, which will protect the rights of authors, and will enable American writers to ask from foreign authors, the justice we shall then no longer deny on our own part.” The petition is signed among others, by Henry Abbey, Lyman Abbott, Edward Atkinson, Henry Ward Beecher, Francis Hodgson Burnett, 8. L. Clemens, George C. Eggles ton, Edgar Fawcett, It. W. Glider, Marion Harland, Bret Ilarte, T. W. Higginson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Parsons Lathrop, Benson J. Leasing, John B. Me Mas ter, Francis Turkman, James Par ton, E. P. Roe, A. R. Hpofford, Frank R, Stockton, Maurice Thompson, Charles Dudley Warner, John G. Whittier, John Burroughs, Rose Eliza beth Cleveland, Mary N. Munfree and Walt Whitman. A separate petition is signed by George Bancroft. ___ A Gas Pipe Bomb. Ma rshalltown, la., Dec. 10. —Work men in the new Opera House this morning found a gas-pipe lomb with a fuse attached in an unfinished brick flue. The police think they have located the party who placed it t#ere, but refuse to divulge the particulars. This afternoon officers took the bomb to the outskirts of the city, placed it under the roots of a large tree and P.ghtod the fuse, it exploded with terrific force, tearing treos in the vicinity to shreds and splinters and tore a groat hole through the Sheriff's overcoat. Texas Bankers Fall. Grayson, Tax., Dec. 19 —Jones, Hamil ton & Garnet, leading bankers of this place, assigned to-day. Their onsets are estimated at #75,000. It is staled that the assets ex reed their liabilities, and that the failure is due to inability to make collections. Not Cancerous. Berlin, D*c. 19.— The Freiaainige M tung, in an article believed to have been prompted by Prof. Virchow, says that, the cicatrization in the Crown Prince’s throat is a most fi vorable sympton, indicating that tbe affection is not cancerous. Corn Duties Amended. Berlin, Dec. 19.—The Bundesrath has passed the toil to amend the com duties in the form It, was agreed to by the Reichstag. Declines to Interfere. London, Dec. 19.—Gladstone has written a letter declining to interfere in the interna tional arbitration movement A FATAL RENCONTRE. Two Men Fire at Each Other and Both are Killed. New Out. kavs, Dec. 10. —A special to the Picayune from Fannersville, 1,a., says: “A most unfortunate personal difficulty hap pened here this evening, by which two of the most prominent citizens of this place lost their lives. There had been bad blood between Judge J. E. Trimble and James A. Ramsey for some time, and this had been added to by a personal question involving the veracity of one or both of the men. They met this evening at the door of J. Stein & Co.’s store. Hot words wer spoken and, from accounts, both drew their pistols. Five or six shots were Hi ed, an • then Trimble and Ramsey were both seen to fall back dead. Both men leave families, and the affair throws a gloom over the com inunity. There was a largo crowd present at the time of the shooting, and it is a won der that no one was struck by a stray bul let. Col. Edward Jonas, brother of Collec tor Jonas, had a hole torn in bis coat and shirt by one of the bullets.” M’GARIGLE’S ESCAPE. Opening of the Trial of Those Who Aided Him. Chicago, Dec. 19.—The trial of Dr. Leon ard St. John, Levi Dell and Capt. Freer, who, together with Capt. Irwin, were in dicted for conspiracy in aiding the escape of Warden W. J. McGarigle from the county jail, was begun to-day. Dr. St. John was Treasurer of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as lx-iiig a member of the staff of the county hospital, of which McGarigle was warden. Dell was janitor of the College. Irwin commanded the Canadian schooner Blake, owned by Dr. Bt. John, and his brother Frederick, a prominent attorney of St. Catherine’s, Out Capt. Freer eom manded the Chicago schooner Marsh, to whiclijitisclaimod (hat McGarigle was trans ferred from the Blake while going through the straits of Mackinac. Capt. Irwin never came back to Chicago. The morning ses sion of the court was taken up in an at tempt to select tho jury. A COURT WITHOUT A MARSHAL. Business In the United States Courts at Boston Practically Suspended. Boston, Dec. 19.—The business in the Uni ted States Courts was practically suspended to-day owing to the fact that there is no United States Marshal. Marshal Banks’ term of office ended on Dec. 18, and as his successor has not been appointed and no temporary appointment made, the office is vacant. The jurors have been excused for a week from the United States District Court. Justice Gray has power to make a temjiorary appointment of Marshal, and a telegram has been sent to him at Washing ton, asking him to do so. This state of things, it is said, never occurred in this court before. A MARSHAL APPOINTED. Later.—Judge Gray, of the United State's Supreme Court, this afternoon ap pointed Gen. Banks as United States Mar shal to serve until bis successor is appointed by the President. The work of the courts can now go ou as usual. A FIENDISH ACT. A Bomb With a Lighted Fuse Thrown into a Private Residence. Stanstead, Quebec. Dec. 19.—At about 1 o’clock this morning a bomb to which a lighted fuse was attached, was thrown through the window into the dining room of Dr. Can-field’s residence. JMrs. Canfield, hearing the crash and the hissing of the burning fuse, sprang out of bed and succeeded in detaching the fuse. The bomb contained enough giant blasting power to wholly de molish the house and kill the inmates. Dr. Canfield's father, who is a bailiff, has been engaged lately in serving processes for vio lations of the Canada temperance law, and had i>een threatened with violence if he did not desist OKLAHOMA’S BOOMERS. An Effort Being Made to Raise $5,000 to Purchase Arms. St. Louis, Dec. 19. —A special to the Globe-Democrat from Wichita, Kan., says: “Investigation at the headquarters ot the Oklahoma boomers at this point shows that many recruit* are paying $25 each to be come members of the Oklahoma S’ttlers Association. Though the utmost secrecy is preserved, it has developed that lire intention Is to raise at least $.5,000 for a stand of arms to distribute among those boomers having none, and should Congress not throw open the coveted land by April 1, the leaders will take forcible possession, and resist any attempt to dislodge them.” ATTEMPTED ARREBT OF A FORGER. Officers Set Upon by a Whole Family and Badly Beaten. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 19.—An Ada, Minn., special to the Pioneer Press says Sheriff Benton, of Fargo, arrived there this morning with a requisition for the arrest of Andrew llohnodel, charged with an SBOO forgery in Cass county, Dakota. Deputy Sheriffs Blazer and Putnam went out to the home of the Hobnodel family, some miles in the country, to make the arrest, but were set upon by the family, the father, mother, sister and four brothers, armed with axe*, spades, pitchforks and knives, and were beaten and out in a horrible manner, being left for dead by their assailant*, who fled to the woods. The injured men were found and cared for by neighbors. They will recover. The Sheriff"is organizing a posse to pur sue the Hohnodels. Mr. Manning Critically 111. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 19.—Ex-Secretary Daniel Manning is reported to lie critically ill. His physician it; non-committal, and at Manning's sou’s residence, whore the ex- Seoretnry is stopping, Mr. Manning is re ported “a little I letter to-day.” THE FAMILY RETICENT. Albany, Dec. 19,10 p. m.—Mr. Manning’s family is absolutely reticent about bis con dition, and his physician refuses to make any statement, beyond saying that he dots not think there is immediate danger of Mr. Manning's death. It is believed that it was on Sunday that there was a recurrence of the stroke which afflicted him a year ago, and tliathix family was summoned by him to hi* beside in expectation that deatb was imminent. A Verdict of Murder. Hartford. Conn., Dec. 19.—The jury in the case of John H. Swift, who shot his wife Katie on July 7 last, to-night Drought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. When the verdict was announced Swift’s mother, who haul been present through the trial, sprang to her feet and, pointing to the State’s Attorney, screamed: “You area murdereri'’ Swift lighted a cigarette and said- “That’s better than imprisonment for life. It is over in a minute. J PRICES 10 A YKAR 1 1 6CK.VIB A COPY s I MURDER AND SUICIDE. A WIFE, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SLAIN. ! The Murderer Then Puts an End to His Own Life—A Quarrel Over Money Control Alleged to Have Been the Cause of the Horrible Crlmo. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 19.—S. S. Crandell, formerly a lawyer and real estate broker in Troy, to-day shot his wife, his mother-in law, Mrs. S. S. Stone, his stepdaughter, Julia Bulkley, and himself, at their home in Ballston Spa. All are dead. The party had a controversy over money matters. His wife was the divorced wife of Crandell’* former legal associate. Mr. Crandell was once a candidate for Shorff in Washington county, and was defeated. He was extrava gant in his habits. His wife hod money, and the quarrel arose over its control. The place known as “Colbaker place” waa bought by Mrs. Stone about a year ago. Her family consisted of Mrs. Stone, her sister, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Crandell, her daugh ter by a fonuer marriage and her son-in law, Crandell. Mrs. Stone was about tK3 years old. Her husband died several years ago, leaving a large property. Her daugh ter refused to accept any property while her mother was alive. The daughter, Julia V. Crandell, was thirty-seven years old. It is said that Crandell represented himself to be wealthy and worth SIO,OOO, and finally married Mrs. Bulkley Their married life had been nnhappy. The fam ily, except Mrs. Ellis, were at the table eat ing breakfast when Crandell began shoot ing. The ladies ran from the table to the kitchen, and he ran after them, firing across the room. His spite seemed to be against Mrs. Stone. He fired proniisoously among the others at Mrs. Stone. Mr. Stone ran out of the door in the snow some rods from the house. He went to the door and shot at her. She felllexhausted in the snow, and died soon after with a bullet in her breast. Crandell then turned about, loaded his re volver. and, at short range, fired at his step daughter, Julia. The shot took effect near the navel. It was fired so close that a white apron she wore was burned by tho powder. Mi’s. Crandell received two wounds in the groin. Crandell then ran from the room and was not seen again until the dead body was found found in the cupola of the house. Mrs. Ellis at once raised the alarm, and people soon came. It was to late to be of any assistance. Offi cers were placed in charge of the house and no one outside was admitted. The Coroner was notified. When the reporter left the house Mrs. Crandell was very low, and no attempt to probe her wounds had been made. BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY. A Farmer’s Brother-In-Law Captured in the Room. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 19.—A Green ville special to the Mews and Courier says that a daring attempt at robbery wa* made in liaurens county last week. John Dagnoll, a farmer, had SSOO in his house and hap liened to mention the fact to his brother-in law. Dagnoll left home one day expecting to be absent over night, but for some reason returned Into the same afternoon. During the night jp- awoke and found three men in his room. He seized a large bowie knife and cut off the ear of one of the robbers and stabbed him in the cheek. The others es caped. The wounded man proved to be Dagnoll’* brother-in-law, and lie is now in Laurens jail. CAB DRIVERS STIiIKB. Tho Employers Reffise to Sign the Three Years’ Contract. New York, Dec. 19.—The 280 cab drivers and slablemen of Ryerson & Brown, other wise the New York Cab Company, struck to-day, and the stables were closed. The men demanded an increase in their wages of from sl2 to sl4 per week, and also that Ryerson & Brown sign a three years’ con tract. The firm agreed to the increase in wages, but declined to sign the contract, and tho men refused to work. Ryerson & Brown supply oatn to a number of hotels and clubs in this city. These will ba greatly inconvenienced by the strike. SHE KILLED THE BIRD3. And Was Sentenced to One Month In the Penitentiary. New York, Dec. 19.—Miss Inez Van Z&ndt was sentenced to one month in tbs penitentiary in the court of Special Session* to-day for killing two canary birds. The complaint wa* made by Miss Fanny Sickle*, and wa* prosecuted by the Society for the Preveutiou of Cruelty to Animals. Miss Van Zaudt, it appears (warded in the same house with Miss Sickle*, the owner of the birds, and having quarreled with her, ob tained revenge by cutting her enemy’* pet* in two with a carving knife, and then laugh ing at her when she cried over their blood stained bodies. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Marlboro, Mams., Dec. 19.—An attempt wa* made at North boro last night to wreck a |iasenger train from Boston on the Old Colony railroad there at 7 o’clock. Seven sleepers had ticen wedged in between and across the rails half a mile above the station, but the ice atid snow on the track had the effect of causing the obstruction to glide along ahead of tho engine after it wa* struck. Footprints in the snow showed that the attempt was deliberate, and it is regarded as miraculous that the disaster was averted. No clew to the miscreant who placed the obstruction on the rails. The Eoodle Comm’asionera’ Case Chicago, Dec. 19.—The case of the boodl* County Commissioners and ex-Commission ers occupied the attention of the Appellate Court for a short time to-day. The State’s Attorney made a motion to have the case advanced from the calendar of the March term, in which it now stands, to the present calendar. The court denied the motion and the case therefore will probably not be reached before next June. The defendants, in the meantime, will remaiu in the county jail. Local Option Constitutional.' St. Louis, Dec. 19.—The Supreme Court this morning declared what is known as the Wood local opton law to ba cona’-ituticnil. The effect of thia will be to give the • temperance move ment in the fta e additional imp. tuc, end an election will no doubt be speedily held on the “wet” or “dry" question in at) counties in the State that have not already taken such action. St. Louis will also vote on the question. A Train Wrecked and Several Killed, St. Paul, Dec. 19.—The Fioneer-Prest learnt thut tho afternoon limited train on tho St. Paul and Duluth read was wrecked this evening below Mahtowa, the baggage car, engine and one‘coach going down a 20-foot embankment. Engineer Thomas waa killed, and it i* ruiuorad that ttv# paaaaugar* were kUuxi,