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I CHANCE for a duel
• ADDITIONAL. EXCITEMENT
”'0 THE ITALIAN IMBROGLIO.
ron Confidant Makes a 3it
/ attack on American Institutions
Than Denies His Statements—
tv Given the Lie Direct.
f r ,im the Pittsburg Dispatch <7nd.\.
,VaSHIXO t 0, April 17.—Possibly the
spilled on account of the diplo
* difficulty between the United States
't Italy. " ill be right here in Washington,
V if s \ doubtless on the famous and bis
oue’.ing ground at Bladensburg.
. narties involved are Dr. T. S. Verdi,
. ; the most prominent physicians of
' c -y. an intimate and confidential friend
. a .riser of the late Italian minister,
,’ , r ;i va. a gentleman who gets himself
~w j o n occasion and without occasion, a
' tieman of elegance and pride and an
on- family, an elderly dude in costume
Jd action, and a figure of large propor
uts m society.
T ne other party to the quarrel is George
; Harries, for years a reporter and cor
.jpondent for the Evening Star. He
—jtly went through the Indian war, and
. n the ground and in the midst of every
-iting deed, dangerous episode of the
test fiances, fights, and has just been
■oiling for a fight ever since he came
A BAP, BAD MAN WITH A GUN.
He is one of the best of the long range
marksmen of the world, can snufiT a
J-dle at fifty yards with a revolver, is an
pert sw rdsman, and one of the bestama
pu: boxers in the district. Harries had an
j;ei view with Verdi just aft“r the recall of
[jr , n Fava. N'erdi indulged in some very
ittcr language against Americans, and
specially those of New- Orleans, thougli he
li ostensibly been an American citizen for
unv years.
VV'ith tne first glimpse of trouble he was
j; for Itaiy and the Mafia, and, if he had
,* n bigh mogul of the Mafia himself, could
ot hose been more contemptuous of
merioa.
That is. until he found his interviews
rtro about to drive him out of business
c d away out of the capital. No more
anscientious newspaper man ever lived
tan Harries, and he was naturally in
nsed when he found that Verdi was try
to c unteract the effect of his foolish
rords by insinuating that the reporter
rossly misrepresented him. In a letter
'erdi alleges himself the victim of re
porters, and, in professional language, de
tinues a reporter as “a comparatively new
animal, which modern anthropologists or
psychologists have not been able to de
jury’
A RELIEVER IN THE DUELLO.
Harries retorts in an open letter which
Kill it pel Verdi to proffer a challenge or
oe posted as a coward, as he has boasted of
Sis fighting qualities, and believes in and has
practiced the duello, if his friends speak the
tr: habout him.
hi sis open letter Harries quoted from
Pr Verdi’s denial, which concludes as fol
lows. 8
“All I can say is that the words reported
s>craing from me, viz.: ‘What can we
hi:for from such a community as New
P:*sns when the mayor is a murderer, the
(tmff a murderer, the board of trade and
the clubs are composed of murderers, where
crier has common and open possession of
tbs heart,’ are untrue and unuttered.”
Mr. Harries then proceeds to knock Dr.
Vert: out in four rounds, after the follow
up fashion:
“That denial is a carefully prepared doc
licent; a series of utterances from which
terecan be no retreat. For two weeks
; ac you have been circulating loose-jointed
r i negative assertions—assertions to which
paid no attention, but you have at last
'a:-rt flatly that an interview published on
e Ist instant is false, and I, in
ttiy, declare most emphatically that
he only apparent difference between
Ananias and yourself lies in the
that Ananias is dead. Not only
ill you say all that was attributed to you
itaut interview, but you said it with such
Its and evident passion that the primary
ie t >f your denunciations could not be
pinto type. Your manner was that of a
Itt whose interest in the question could
Bteasily be measured by word-;, and your
bi.mation was at Itaiiau fever heat when
pE recited the sentence which you now
fecfically disclaim responsibility for.
fceu you charged New Orleans with be
jla city of murderers you did so with a
tenence that compelled beliof in your
(testy of assertion.
"When you first attempted denial it was
nl-.ily done, and was done because y-ou
ihow impolitic you had been. The first
ivour alleged denials did not deny, and
a: you rested there this letter would never
hvo been written, but, emboldened by tbe
ihiice of those whese reputations were at
iciiad, you proceeded to greater lengths,
M have at last reached the end of your
ope—the noose end. For thirty years you
al received your sustenance mainly from
Ik American people, and as soon as the
spopularity of your views spread abroad
'as plain to your Maohiavellian intellect
tat somebody-had talked too much. You
koiigly suspected yourself of being that
nfortunate individual.
THIS SURELY CALLS FOR GORE.
"Your denial—in warp, woof, fiber and
Jiish —is a plain, unadorned lie, and not
oe semi-excusable falsehood of a brave
lan > w ho denies to shield somebody else,
at tiie lie of a coward—of one whose sen
jments are stronger than their creator,
■te interview you now complain of is a
Iferal and absolute fact, and you know it
be so, but American condemnation
convinced you that you had made
a error of your life, and in your wild rush
or shelter you abjured manly principles,
tapped yourself in slavish fear as in a
lannent, and shiveringly testified to that
hbulous something, which might, in a po
lice court, be termed ‘your previous good
ttnraeter.’ ”
* ith much bombastic flourish you have
jperred to your alleged fidelity to the
inited States during the past generation.
’ 11 a matter of any real consequence
■ ether you are a citizen of this land, or
■ether you still owe allegiance to Italy
vi her ruler? Would any nation bo the
,tter f° r the possession of a citizen who is
■mil of his own words, and who arms
vns: If with no more trusty weapon than
•hiberate untruth?”
!>.. i0 er< *‘ mln slos almost entirely with
? t ren °h, Spanish and Italian diplomatic
cies, whose members invariably look
' lllO duel as the only recourse, when a
rotieman is offered so gross and public an
“suit as is contained in almost every sen
•aoe of this open letter, and it is their
“animous oninion that Dr. Verdi must
; not to fight means, at least, social
racism in these circles and at the fashion
's clubs of which he is a member.
'erdi and HIS DIPLOMATIC FRIENDS.
J ,r - ''' r, li is closeted with several of his
. lotnatic friends this evening. It is said
s , . , w *h decline to fight because Harries
|°t his equal, but this will be a thin sub
*3?cause Harries is at least equal
. v erdi in famUy, reputation and edu-
U ? n - * a France, where the practice for
• he Latin people is regulated, nothing is
common than a duel between even
, j J ‘ T3 of the best families of the old no
and journalists, and Verdi cannot,
fore, claim immunity on the ground
• a journalist is not a gentleman.
Ik 16 Hcoeral opinion is, however, that
is no fight whatever in Verdi, and
it .i , never be heard of more. Verdi
- - have remembered the fate of J.War
"■ “her, who, when speaker of the House
‘ ; reseutatives, for language about re
„ J” much milder than that of tbe Ital
, was disgraced in his office,
■from congress and driven forever
m political life.
’° u ever take a temperance drink?”
t, - O'spondea the Kentuckian, sadly,‘‘l
rir<j ugh the experience once.’’—ii/e.
DD. STASBUCK DEAD.
He Went From Savannah to Fernan
dlna During the Yellow Fever
Fernandina, Fla.. April 21.—Dr. Theo
dore Star buck, a physician and surgeon
long and favorably known fci this city and
Navannah, died at 10 o'clock this morning
of consumption. He came to Fer
nandina as a volunteer physician from
Savannah during the yellow fever epidemic
of 1877, remaining in the active practice of
bis profession in this city, where he was
successful and popular. He was a charter
member of the Knights and ais i of the Le
gion of Honor, carrying an aggregate of
s<,ooo insurance. His funeral will beat
tended by the two societies Thursday morn
ing. The burial will be in this city. He
leaves a widow and six children.
A FREIGHT TRAIN RUN DOWN.
A Box Car and a Caboose Overturned
but No One Killed.
V AYCROSB, Ga„ April 21. —A freight
train from Savannah ran into a Brunswick
and Western freight train here this morning
at the Savannah, Florida and Western
crossing. The Brunswick and Western train
was pulling over the crossing. The brakes
on the Savannah, Florida and Western train
failed to hold, and the engine 6truok a box
car in front of the caboose, overturning the
box car and caboose. Henry Brown,a negro
train hand, was slightly injured. The con
ductor was badly shaken up, but not other
wise injured. Tbe two cars were torn from
their trucks. The engine nas slightlv dam
aged.
FLORIDA’S TOB ACCO INDUSTRY.
A Total of 167,024,580 C gars and
890,830 Cigarettes Manufactured.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 21. S. Y.
Thompson, deputy collector of internal
revenue for Florida, to-day made pnbhc
the following statistics about cigars and
cigarettes manufactured in Florida during
the year 1S90: Cigars manufactured, 167,-
024,589; number of pounds of tobacco used
in their manufacture 3,014,591; cigarettes
manufactured 890,830; number of pounds of
tobacco used 2,329; number of factories in
operation during the year 342.
Sudden Death of a Negress.;
Thomasville, Ga., April 21.—Joycie
Mosely, a middle-aged negro woman, was
found dead in bed this morning. She com
plained a little last night, and took some
soda. She had a husband and several chil
dren, none of whom knew anything about
her death until this morning. The coro
ner’s verdict was death from unknown
causes.
BAIT_.ES WITH THE BAT.
Results of the Ball Games Between the
Country's Big Clubs.
Washington, April 21.—T0-day's ball
games resulted:
At Washington— r. b.h e.
Washington.. 8 8 5
Baltimore 12 7 3
Batteries—Corsey and McGuire; Townsend,
Cunningham, Robinson and McMahon.
At Boston— r, p.b. e.
Boston 11 10 4
Athletics.... 4 9 5
Batt-ries—Haddock and Murphy, Callahan
and McKeogh.
At Louisville Rain; no game.
At Columbus— R. B IT. E.
Columbus 8 8 4
Cincinnati 5 8 4
Batteries—Dolan and Donahoo, McGill and
Kelly.
Racing at Memphis.
Memphis, April 21. Fine weather,
splendid track and a good attendance were
the conditions of to-day’s meeting. Four
out of five favorites won. The events were
as follows:
First Race -Half a mile. Tom Paxton
won, with Zautippa second and Pelham Dorian
third. Time 0:5244.
Second Race —Seven furlongs. Burch won,
with Fred Taral second and Billy Pinkerton
third. Time, 1:81*4.
Third Race —Half a mile. Addia F. won,
with Chaperon second and Adalia third.
Time 0:51.
Fourth Race- Seven furlongs. Bonnie Bvrd
won. with Red Sign second and Ranier third.
Time 1:314£.
Fifth Race— One mile. Philora F. won. with
Odrey second and Lizzie Gwynn third. Time
1:4444.
A Colored Bishop Dead.
Washington, April 21.—Bishop Brown
of this city to-night received a dispatch
from Chatham. Ont., announcing the death
in that place last evening, after a lingering
illness, of Bishop It. Disney of the African
Methodist Episcopal church.
A Negro Hanged.
Charlottesville, Va., April 21.—Will
iam Muscoe, alias William T. Jordan, the
negro who murdered Policeman George T.
Seal in this city Dec. 1, 1888, was hanged in
the jail yard hero this morning. He made
a full confession.
Halford Going to Europe.
Washington, April 21.—Private Secre
tary Halford said to-day that he proposed
to go abroad for the summer with his
daughter.
CHIMNEYS
What a world it is ! Al
most all of us bent on our
own affairs. It pays, though,
to look beyond self.
A maker of lamp chim
neys thinks of nothing but
selling his chimneys. What
will do that ? Low price.
Very well; he makes them
as mean as he can, and puts
his price down. It’s no con
cern of his if they break at
first flame’s touch, j, ~.
Another maker'/makes
his chimneys as good as he
can, and “pearl-tops'’
them. They will not
break in use, he says.
There is one such maker;
Macbeth & Cos., Pittsburgh.
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