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. FSTABI.ISHKD 1860. INCORPORATED 1888. V
I J. H. ESTILL. President. 1
fizzle instead of fight
Tiie Club Suspected of Wanting to
Throw Up the Sponge.
Fears of a Heavy Financial Lobs and
Interference by the Governor Said
to Have Made the Promoters Week
kneed—Mitchell Rejects the Club’s
Method of Getting Him to the Ring
side and Bowden Therefore Says the
Englishman Wants to Flunk—The
Demands Concerning the Check
for the Purse Not Complied With by
the Club.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 21.—The Duval
Athletic Club is not out of the woods yet,
in spite of the statement it gave out last
night that the stage of doubt in regard
to the fight had been passed, ‘-Honest”
John Kelly, vrho holds the 120,000 and
who will referee the fight, if it takes
place, is proving a stumbling block.
Kelly’s demand for absolute police pro
tection at the ringside has not been
answered in a manner satisfactory to
himself, and in addition he is now de
manding that the string which the club
has attached to the purse be removed.
It will be remembered that the
endorsement on the check for
$20,000, which Kelly holds, makes
it payable to him in the event that the
fight is brought to a successful issue, and
on the indorsement of the club. Kelly
demands that the check shall be made
payable to his order unconditionally. He
does not propose to have any kick coming
from the club after be renders a decision.
Kelly went down to Mayport to-day to
see Corbett, and it is understood that the
Californian also demands that the check
be made unconditionally payable to
‘ Honest” John. Charley Mitchell for
once, is backing Corbett's demands,
so ACTIOS TAKEN BY THE CLUB.
If the club is acting on the square and
is really determined to bring the men to
gether at any cost, it can very easily sat
isfy Kelly, Corbett and Mitchell in re
gard to the purse. So far the club has
taken no action, though it is said that
three prominent members are urging
that Kelly's demands be acceded to. But
even if the club satisfies Kelly about the
check, Lis difficult to understand how
they can guarantee ‘‘absolute police pro
tection."" The club may make the guar
antee, but it will be worthless, for if Gov.
Mitchell learns the spot chosen for the
mill he will undoubtedly have the state
troops on the scene.
MITCHELL MAKES A KICK.
The old story that Charley Mitchell
would flunk was revived to-night and
Manager Bow-den of the club is responsi
ble for it. To-night Manager Bowden
stated to a Southern Associated Press
correspondent that Mitchell had refused
to accept a method of transportation to
the ring side which the club had made a
contract for. The offer was made to
Mitchell Friday and the telegram of re
fusal came late Saturday night, according
to Mr. Bowden.
The diminutive manager of the club
was mad when he made the statement.
These are his exact words: ‘‘We provided
a way for Mr. Mitchell to get in that ring
at an expense of S2OO He rejected it. He
rejected the plan whereby he was to reach
the ring in absolute safety. He tele
graphed a refusal to our proposition last
night.”
THINKS MITCHELL MEANS TO FLUNK.
‘’What do you think that means?” was
asked Bowden.
“I’ve got my own conclusions,” an
swered the little man. “You can draw
yours. All I know is that there is some
body in connection with this contest who
doesn't want to get in the ring. There is
one man of the two that doesn’t want to
get in that ring and I can name the man.”
Just when Mr. Bowden’s tongue seemed
on the point of getting entirely away
from him, he was jerked away by mem
bers of the club.
Mr. Bowden's outbreak in regard to
Mitchell was caused by a question put to
him in regard to the string attached to
the $20,000. The manager said that the
club would do the square thing about the
check and then satisfy Kelly, and then
broke out with the charge that Mitchell
would flunk.
the club under suspicion.
There are various opinions relative to
Mr. Bowden’s denunciation of Mitchell,
and the majority of them are not favora
ble to the club. It is asserted by those
who ought to know that the club people,
seeing themselves confronted by a heavy
loss and unable to make arrangements to
bring the men together so as to preclude
the possibility of interference by the
governor, are preparing to de
clare the contest off, And to
r °w the onus for the fluke on
the Englishman. On this theory, Mr.
Bowden's charge that Mitchell would
flunk is accounted for. The charge as to
the club may bo unjust, but it is a fact
that sporting men are not all complimen
tary in their comment on the way the
N'omoters of the mill have managed mat-
Mr. Bowden to-night wrote to Mitchell,
expressing surprise that theofferof trans
portation to the ring had been refused,
o?.i!' ef,ueßt * nK the Englishman to appear
at the Duval Athletic Club rooms on the
morning of the 25th inst., whence he
ould be transported to the ring.
io-morrow night a meeting of the rep
wMstatives of Corbett and Mitchell will
1 u ' n t * le Athletic Club rooms, and
the check question will be settled.
a claim that it will come Off.
after Mr. Bowden had given
‘li I such a tongue lashing, ‘‘Circular''
,? e ' endig asked the Southern Associated
• rcSB correspondent to make the follow
ne statement: “There are six men promi
' , m sporting matters now in the city
request it to be stated over their sig
rffr,P.?tbat this fight will surely come
s?: These men are John Kelly, Jake
J'mmy Colville, Henry Stede
'/' ■ reddy Koley and Ned Kearney. They
•h,, ,! sa ' ( i as emphatically as possible
jbey have every confidence in the
°rid that this contest will bepulledoff.”
AN INFLUX OF SPORTS.
ritv * OU i ono bmidred sports reached the
• to-day, among them being DaveJohn
iij., v York . Tom Early of Boston,
•Butler of Butler Bros., New York, and
°°4V V Kosc nthal of New York.
Attorney Hartridge returned
Kp,® lallahassee to-day, where he had
a summoned by the governcr to con
r the fight. Mr. Hart
ij, ■ stated that the governor had told
, f e men must not meet in the bounds
.rAK.iTi a Attorney-General I.arnar will
i , j r ach here to-tnorrow, as will
om AyMabt-Cieneral Houstoun. They
_ ,e *° ad Sheriff Broward in prevent
* tne ndu, jf jiossible. The second
Ulofnmg flctoei.
battalion of state troops is expected here
Tuesday.
COKBETT CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Corbett will have to satisfy a claim for
S6OO to-morrow, or he may be arrested on
the charge of ‘-breaking and entering.”
The claim is made by Clause Meyer, ship
owner and wholesale grocer, of this city,
and his attorney will present the claim to
Corbett at Mayport in the morning. If it
is not paid, the champion’s outfit and
training apparatus will be attached. Cor
bett himself may be arrested on a crim
inal warrant. Meyer owns one of the
cottages which Corbett and his party are
using, and he claims that it was
forcibly entered and without his
permission. He says they broke in the
doors, occupied the house and have broken
the furniture and defaced the walls. It
seems that an effort was made to rent the
house from Meyer, but he refused, saying
that he wanted no “such gang” as tenants.
The Corbett party, however, went ahead
and took the house by force, and now
Meyer says he must be paid s6oodamages,
or he will prosecute the champion for
“breaking and entering,” which is the
technical name for burglary in this state.
Meyer did not know the Corbett party
was using the house until Saturday.
MITCHELL’S FATHER-IN-LAW ARRIVE*.
New York, Jan. 21.—The steamship
Etruria, of the Cunard line, which ar
rived late last night, brought among her
cabin passengers from England, -‘Pony”
Moore, father-in-law of Charles Mitchell,
the London heavy weight champion, who
is expected to battle with Jim Corbett,
the American champion, on Thursday
next.
Mrs. Charles Mitchell and Charles
Mitchell, Jr., also arrived with the party.
Pony had little to say regarding the
fight, but hoped the best man would win.
The ladies of the party will remain in
New York until after thecontest. Messrs.
Moore and Sheehan will leave for
Jacksonville to-morrow. Jack Dempsey,
Denny Costigan and Jimmy Carroll will
accompany them.
BETTER TIMES AT NEWARK.
Many Manufacturing Establishments
Resuming Work.
Newark, N. J., Jan. 21.—A large num
ber of the factories of this city have re
sumed operations on full or part time and
the manufacturers say that the outlook is
much better than it has been; that trade
is picking up and most of the shops have a
full force of hands at work. Three fires
were started ia the large furnaces in the
melting department of the Atha Iron and
Steel Works yesterday. These works
have been closed down since July 3 of last
year.
The employes of the General Electric
Company are working ia seven depart
ments until 7:30 o’clock in the evening.
The Watts-Campbell Company, machine
and engine manufacturers, will start up‘on
full time to-morrow.
The Boyden Shoe Company began work
on full time a few days ago and the
proprietors say there is every indication
of a good spring trade. The other lead
ing shoe factories are also open.
The Clark & Marshall thread mills are
running on nearly full time.
The Sergeant Manufacturing Company,
makers of saddlery and hardware, are
running on three-quarters time.
At the Balbaeh refineries as many more
are employed now as ever before.
The T. P. Howell Leather Company
will begin work on full time to-morrow,
after many weeks of idleness.
Hugh Smith's patent leather factory
is also working on full time.
The Heller & Merz ultra marine blue
works are going on full time, wieh a full
force of men.
Lizza & Cos. trunk manufacturers began
work on three-quarter time last week.
The building trade is dead, and 60 per
cent, of the masons and carpenters and
laborers in the city are idle.
RESUMPTIONS AT HARRISBURG.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 21.—Orders have
been issued by Supt. Felton to light the
fires to-morrow evening in the Bessemer,
Nos. 1 and 2 blooming, and the rail and
merchants’ mills at the Pennsylvania
steel works. The resumption of these de
partments will give employment to about
2,300 men, although this time a year ago
4,100 men were at work.
JOHNSTON’S NEW STEEL WORKS.
Johnston, Pa., Jan. 21.—Fires have been
lighted for the first time in the new 14-
inch mill of the Gautier steel works in
this city, and the machinery will proba
bly be put in motion Wednesday or Thurs
day.
DEADLY DIPHTHERIA.
An Epidemic in Sullivan and Dela
ware Counties, New York.
Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Sullivan
and Delaware counties are inflicted with
an epidemic of diphtheria. Deaths have
been numerous of late, and but few fami
lies in some localities have escaped a
visit from the disease. The
Delaware house at Callicoon
has been quarantined, while at
East Branch, the disease has
become so prevalent that Downsville has
proclaimed quarantine against the vil
lage. The state officers are instructed to
carry no resident passengers from East
Branch to Downville.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Heart Failure Ends a Han Who
Worked His Way Up From Pick and
Shovel.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 21.—Thomas
O’Connor, an aged and wealthy Irishman,
was found dead in his bed this morning.
Foul play was suspected, but after a
careful examination the physicians de
clared his death due to heart failure.
O’Connor was a pioneer among Irishmen
in this section, having worked his way
up from the pick and shovel.
LYNCHERS SWING A NEGRO.
An Assault on a Girl Aged 11 Costs
the Brute His Life.
Pleasantview, Ky., Jan. 21.—M. G.
Gamble, (colored), yesterday criminally
assaulted the 11-year-old daughter of
Belford Frince, of Central Jellico mines,
near this place. He was captured and
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Eldsen,
who started with the prisoner to jail. He
was overtaken by a mob of miners and is
supposed to have been lynched.
SORROW IN A SANCTUM.
A Veteran Soldier and Editor Passes
Away in Illinois.
Decatur, 111., Jan. 21.—Capt. Wyliam J.
Usrey, a veteran and a soldier in the
Mexican and late wars, died yesterday,
aged 67 years. He was one of the found
ers of the Republican party, a personal
friend and supporter of Abraham Lin
coln, and an editor of republican newspa
pers since the campaign of Gen. Fremont.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1894.
KNIGHTS AND THE BONDS.
The Attorney-General Refrains from
Expressing Any Opinion.
The Adminstration Not Certain but
that the Proceedings of the Knights
Would Have Standing in Court—Le
gal Circles Very Much in Doubt
Whether the Secretary’s Action Can
be Questioned in Court—The Eastern
Bankers Holding Back Their Offers
To Take Bonds.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Attorney Gen
eral Olney’s attention was called by a
representative of the Southern Associ
ated Press to the published statement
that the Knights of Labor would en
deavor to prevent Secretary Carlisle
from issuing bonds in accordance with
his public declaration by means of an in
junction by the courts. The Attorney
General said that the matter had not
been brought to his official attention, and
probably would not bo until the reported
action by the Knights of Labor was actu
ally begun in some court. When that
was done the department of justice,
through the United States attorney for
the district in which the proceeding was
begun, assisted, if necessary, by a repre
sentative from the Attorney General's
office, would appear on behalf of the gov
ernment. He declined to express an
opinion as to whether such a proceeding
could be maintained In court, as it is not
the habit of the department of justice,
through its head, to express a public
opinion upon a case in which it may have
to appear.
APT TO HAVE STANDING.
It is learned, however, from other
sources that the administration is not
entirely assured that such a proceeding
as that contemplated by the Knights of
Labor would not have a standing in
court. It is a matter of record in the
District of Columbia that mandamus
proceedings have been instituted agaiust
officials of the interior department to
compel them to issue patents. A recent
case in point is that of the state of South
Carolina against the commissioner of
patents, in which a proceeding was
instituted in the district court to
compel the commissioner of patents
to issue a trade mark to the state of South
Carolina forja particular brand of whisky.
Another ease that has recently appeared
in the district court is that of ex-Judge
Long, of Michigan, to enjoin the commis
sioner of pensions from suspending or re
ducing his pension. Both of these cases,
it is contended, were based upon the ex
ercise of discretion by the officials in
volved under the law.
AN EXERCISE OF DISCRr.TION,
The issue of bonds by Secoetary Car
lisle, it is alleged, is also an exercise of
discretion on the part of the Secretary of
the Treasury conferred upon him in cer
tain conditions by the resumption act of
1875. He is made, it is stated, the judge
of the oonditions when such issue of
bonds is necessary to maintain the credit
of the government. It is owing to
whether the conditions justify the issue
of bonds by the goveAment on which the
action will turn.
By his act the secretary has announced
that in his opinion it is justified, while
the Knights of Labor, by their contem
plated action, have announced that it is
not. Very grave doubt is expressed in
legal circles that the exercise of such dis
cretion on the part of the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States can be
questioned in court. Being entirely
familiar with the condition of the treas
ury, he is iu a better position, it is as
serted, to decide when to exercise the dis
cretion conferred upon him by law, than
are those not having like and accurate in
formation on the subject.
USE OF THE GOLD OBTAINED.
A graver question, and one, in the opin
ion of eminent lawyers, presenting a more
complicated condition of affairs, is that
of the use of gold obtained by a bond
issue after it is made. Here, it is said,
much doubt exists as to the authority of
the Secretary of the Treasury to use the
money thus obtained, for any other pur
pose than that of redemption of green
backs. It is suggested that proceedings
for an injunction against the use of this
money for any purpose other than that
stated in the resumption act would hold
good in the courts.
WORK ON THE PLATES NOT STOPPED.
At the treasury department, however,
these obstacles to a bond issue find no ex
pression among high officials, and the
work of preparing plates for the issue of
bonds goes rapidly forward. The people
of the country, too, judging from the
number of offers already received, have
not stopped to consider the quibbles of
the law. Already offers aggregating $50,-
000,000 have been received and each mail
brings in additional bids. These offers
are not confined to any one section, but
proposais in large numbers have been re
ceived from as far south as New Orleans
and as far west as Omaha.
EASTERN BANKERS HOLDING OFF.
Eastern bankers and capitalists have so
far contented themselves with making in
quiries as to the conditions under which
offers will be received, although numerous
bids from this section by individuals for
small amounts have been made. A circu
lar letter of instructions will be issued to
morrow from the treasury department
giving detailed information on the sub
ject of submitting offers for bonds. It is
thought that many of the banks and
financial firms in the east that contem
plate bidding for bonds will wait till the
last day, and bo guided in submitting
their offers, which will probably be trans
mitted by telegraph, by the then existing
condition of the money market.
THE AOTION TO BE BROUGHT THIS WEEK.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 21.—After a dis
cussion of several hours this afternoon,
by General Master Workman Sovereign
and Judge George C. Cole, of the equity
action which Mr. Sovereign will bring in
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, to enjoin Secretary Carlisle
from the proposed bond issue, it
was definitely decided the action will
be brought this week, that Jadge
Cole will draw the petition, and that
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, will appear
before the court in behalf of Mr. Sover
eign. A telegram was received from
Senator Allen accepting the trust Judge
Cole says the request for an injunction
will be based entirely upon two sections
of the federal statutes—one from the act
of 1870, relating to the issuing of bonds,
and the other from the act of Jan. 14,
1875. .
A Hostile Army Before Rio.
Lisbon, Jan. 21.—A newspaper dispatch
says that Gen Sarava has entered Rio
Bay with transports carry ing 8,000 in
surgent troops which embarked at Par
anagua.
THE ORLANDO BANK.
Its Representatives Interview Con
troller Eckels.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Ex-Governor St.
Clair and Hon. W. L. I’aimer, of
Orlando, Fla., have just had inter
views with Controller Eckels, on
the subject of the First National Bank
of Orlando, which was placed in the
hands of a receiver last summer.
Mr. St. Clair is an ex-governor of New
Hampshire, but has lived many years in
Florida, and is fully identified with all
the interests of that state. Mr. Palmer
is one of the leading lawyers of Orlando,
has been three times mayor of the city,
and could have been again, but decliued
to be a candidate for the present term.
These gentlemen called upon Controller
Eckels in the interest of both the stock
holders and the creditors of the bauk.
They represented to the controller that if
the bank should be forced to liquidate
its affairs now, in the present depressed
financial condition of the country, it
-would result in very serious loss, both to
the stockholders and the creditor of the
bank.
The plan on which the interested
parties on both sides have agreed, is
this: the stockholders propose to put into
the bank $75,000. This, added to the
amount of cash already in hand, will
make SIOO,OOO. With this sum the bank
could resume business, and in the course
of reasonable time, could collect all its
assets, uud nobody would lose anything.
On the other hand, if the receivership is
worked out to its final result, there will,
almost, necessarily be great losses.
Controller Eckels was most favorably
impressed by the statements made to him
by Messrs. Palmer and St. Clair, and as a
result, he promised to send a special ex
aminer to Orlando to investigate the
phases of the subject which these gentle
men presented to him.
REVENUE FROM THE INTERIOR.
The Form of the Bill Decided on By
the Ways and Means Committee.
Washington, Jan. 21.—A meeting of a
majority of the members of the com
mittee on ways and means to-day,
the form of the internal revenue bill was
finally agreed upon and formally adopted.
It will be reported to a meeting of the
committee to-morrow morning and after
wards introduced into the House.
Neither Chairman Wilson, who was
confined to his room during the day, nor
Mr. Cockran, whose wife is just recover
ing from a severe attack of pleurisy, was
present at the meeting.
A number of proposed amendments to
the pending customs bill were discussed,
but one of the members reports that
nothing was decided upon. The commit
tee will, however, it is practically cer
tain, have several amendments to offer
before the consideration of the bill has
been concluded.
HEMPHILL’S 3UOOBSSQR.
W. S. Brand Now Acting Superinten
dent of the Georgia Railroad.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 21.—William San
ford Brand, who was private secretary to
General Manager Green of the Georgia
railroad, has been promoted.to the post
of acting superintendent of the road by
General Manager Scott, vice Superinten
dent S. A. Hemphill, resigned. Superin
tendent Hemphill’s resignation takes
effect March 1, when Mr. Brand will
succeed him as superintendent. Mr.
Hemphill being in bad health, Mr.
Brand becomes at once acting super
intendent. He is 29 years old
and was a telegraph operator in Jackson
ville when taken into Manager Green’s
office. He is courteous und competent,
and will make a proper officer.
J. Austin Best, the operator in the train
dispatcher’s office, will succeed Mr.
Brand as private secretary to General
Manager Scott.
Mrs. F. Edgeworth Eve, wife of the
president of the Confederate Survivors’
Association, was buried this afternoon.
A FAST CRUISER.
The Montgomery Credited With a
Speed of Over 19 Knots.
New London, Conn., Jan. 21.—The
Montgomery to-day holds the first place
in point of speed, among the 2,000-ton
cruisers built for the government. She
is the third of that class of vessels that
have been constructed. Her average
speed per hour, in the test of Friday,
was this noon announced by Admiral
Walker, president of the trial board, to
have been 19.056 knots.
The Columbian Iron Works, the Balti
more company that built the Mont
gomery, will therefore receive a bonus of
$20), 000.
The record made by the cruiser last
Friday was 18.85 knots, but tidal allow
ances Increase the speed to a trifle over
19 knots.
The Marblehead and the Detroit, the
other 2,000-ton cruisers, won premiums of
$125,000 and $150,000 respectively.
CONSISTORY OF THE POPE.
A List of the Prelates Who Are to Be
Elevated to the Oardinalate.
London, Jan. 21.—The Rome correspon
dent of the United Press says: “The Pope
has fixed the consistory in March, when
the following prelates will be created
cardinals: Tancredt Fausti, papal audi
tor: Ciasca, secretary of the congregation
of the Propaganda; Ferraud, archbishop
of Bologna; Jaoobina, archbishop of
Ferrara.
“The papal nuncio in Madrid, Creponi,
will not he elevated to the card inalate,
despite the wishes of several cardinals,
who are anxious that he should enter the
college. Mgr. Salvate, secretary of the
council, will become vice chamberlain.
“Archbishop Satolli, papal delegate to
the church in the United States will be
elevated later. The pope wishes him to
remain in America for the present.
“Mgr. O’Connell, rector of the Ameri
can college, is far from well.”
LONGS FOB LIBERTY.
A Sport in Prison for Forgery Work
ing Hard to Get Out.
City of Mexico, Jan. 31.—Robert J. K.
Knox, the widely known sporting man of
Milwaukee, Wis., serving a four years
sentence here for obtaining SIO,OOO worth
of jewelry from a local jeweler by
means of a forged check, is
making another effort for a rehearing
on thegrouud of an error in both the
supreme and district courts. Application
has been made by Knox through the
American legation to Gov. Gallardo, of
the federal district, for permission to
leave the prison under escort long enough
to attend to the caring for the effects of
Mrs. Anna J. Knox, who lately died at
the American hospital and to visit the
grave of his wife.
LAST DAYS ON THE TARIFF
The House to Wind Up the Debate
With This Week.
Prodigous Labor Performed by Chair
man Wilson Since the Opening of the
Discussion- Seventy-seven Amend
ments on the Desk of the Chairman
When the House Adjourned Satur
day Federal Elections Laws to
Engross the Attention of the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 21.—The same topics
which were before congress last week
will continue to engage attention duriug
all of this week —in tho House the tariff
bill and in the Senate tho bill to repeal
the federal elections laws.
There is one person, at least, who hails
with delight the approach of the end of
the tariff debate in the House, who en
ters upon this week’s work with renewed
zest for tho reason that it is tho last to
be devoted to the pending measure. That
person is Representative W. L. Wilson,
chairman of the committee on ways and
means, and who therefore, is responsible
for the progress of the bill in the House.
His has been a most prodigous labor.
A TERRIBLE STRAIN.
Not only has the burden of the parlia
mentary struggle on tho floor been liorne
by him in the largest measure, but the
demands made by unxious representa
tives of various interests for changes in
the schedules of the bill, has engrossed
his time and attention in and out of the
committee room, both before and since
the measure was reported to the House,
so that by neither day ‘nor night has
he had an hour for months that lie could
call his own. Tlie drafts upon his
mental and physical powers have
been such that many a man of more
rugged physique would have succumbed
to the strain. Thus far. however, Mr. Wil
son has been able to respond to every call,
save in a few instances last week, when
he was unablo to meet his associates at
their night sessions, being completely ex
hausted. One night he suffered from a
slight hemorrhage, but its ill effects were
speedily overcome.
At the conclusion of the debate, and
when the bill has passed tho House, Mr.
Wilson will doubtless seek needed rest
and recreation for a season.
HOW THE BILL STAND*.
When the debate closed in tho House
Saturday night there remained on the
desk of Chairman Richardson seventy
seven amendments, which the authors
desire to offer for the action of the House.
The progress of the bill in committee last
week demonstrated that it will be prac
tically impossible for all or many of these
to reach a position whence they can re
ceive attention, unless some omodiflcation
of the present method of consideration is
made. There will probably be some change
by which either the tfme allotted for
the discussion of oaeh amendment will bo
limited, or by which the ways and means
committee will be placed in control, and
no amendment proiwsed, except such as
meets the approval of the committee; in
other words, become committee ainend
rnends.
Under orders adopted by the House last
week, the sugar item is to be discussed
Monday, and coal on Tuesday. Three
hours have been allotted to each.
Various amendments will be pro
posed to tho present text of the
bill. The Louisiana members
will seek to retain the bounty
on sugar, failing to increase the duty;
while Mr. Harter will propose to make
the duty on all grades of sugar 1 cent a
pound and abolish the bounty. “There
is no reason why discrimination should
be made in favor of refined sugars” Mr.
Harter said. “We beat the world at re
fining ; and the refiners need no protec
tion. Should my proposition become a
law, the revenues of the government
would be increased, and at once, by at
least $45,000,000 a year. $35,000,000 from
customs duties and $10,000,000 from the
saving in bounty.”
THE DUTY ON COAS.
Various efforts will be made to restore
coal to the dutiable list, the amount of
duty ranging from 25 to 00 cents a bushel.
An organized movement to effect this
change has been made, and representa
tives of the transportation and mining
interests have been hard at work in
Washington to secure votes. Much effort
has been spent by the republican repre
sentatives in the House in its behalf, but
so far as can be learned without success.
A leading member of the minority
in the House, said, speakinir of
the necessary labor, “We do not consider
it good politics to join in a movement hav
ing for its object the relief of the demo
crats from their leaders—not even
when the chief beneficiary is to
be the chairman of theeommitteeon ways
and means himself. The other five mem
bers from West Virginia arc asking us to
hell) them pull him out of the hole into
which he has fallen, but Inasmuch as
their sympathy for American Interests
affected by the bill expends itself wholly
on the coal miner and owner, we think
they can take their medicine with the
rest of us.”
There is every indication that when
the bill comes to a vote on the 29th inst.,
it will receive the support of every demo
cratic and populist member, with possi
bly, at the outside, half a dozen excep
tions.
In the Senate, there will be a slight re
laxation of the programme in order to
permit the delivery of a speech on the
subject of our Hawaiian relations, by
Senator Cullom. of Illinois. Ho
is expected to talk Monday
or Tuesday. The discussion of this
subject may take an interesting turn,
and trench even more upon the time set
apart for the conspiration of the election
law repeal bill if some of the republican
senators realize their expectations that
the Turpie resolution, declaring against
foreign intervention in Hawaii, or a con
current resolution recognizing by legis
lative act the provisional government of
Hawaii, will be pressed to the front.
Except by unanimous consent, however,
the discussion of Hawaiian affairs must
be confined to the morning hour of talk,
and the regular topic for debate will be
the election bill. Speeches on this bill
will bo made by Senators Higgins, of
Dolaware, Hawley, of Connecticut,
Ix>dge, of Massachusets and Frye, of
Maine, Senators Hoar and Chandler
stands ready to participate ia the de
bate at any moment if necessary. A vote
is not expected this wees.
CHILDS NOT SO WELL.
A Slight Rise in His Temperature Re
ported Last Night.
Philadelphia. Jan. 21.—Tho condition of
George W. Childs is not so favorable.
The following bulletin was issued at 11
o’clock tonight:
Mr, Childs is not quite so well to-night.
There has bsen some slight rise in his tem
perature Dr Leiily will remain with him
during the night. Dr. J. M. DaCosta.
Dr. Joseph Leidt.
SERVIA IN A STEW.
F*-King Milan Returns to Bolgrrade
and the Radical Leaders Resign.
Vienna. Jan. 21.—Ex-King Milau, of
Scrvia, has ultimately decided to proceed
to Belgrade, and he left last evening for
the Servian capital. The Servian cabinet
ministers were informed of his plan as
soon as he started from Buda-Pesth. At
midnight tho council was couveued in
haste and the radical leaders resolved to
resign forthwith. Gen. Gruitch tendered
their resignations to King Alexander this
morning, saying that he and his col
leagues were unwilling to retain the
responsibilities of office after the
arrival of King Milan. The ex-king
reached Belgrade this afternoon and was
welcomed joyfully by his son. Tha
Hkuptscliina will meet to-morrow and
some decisive step is likely to be taken
at once. King Alexander has given as
surances of his intention to adhere
strictly to the constitution, but nobody
feels sure o f his policy, ntid the excite
ment aud anxiety in Belgrade runs very
high. There is a rumor tbatG. Simitscli,
Servian minister to Austria, Hungary,
has been called to form a cabinet.
THE ARRIVAL AT HEI.GRADE.
Belgrade, Jan. 21.—Ex-King Milan
arrived hero this afternoon in answer to
a summons from King Alexander, who
met him at the railroad station with a
large number of generals aud other offi
cers. Premier Gruitseh immediately
tendered liis resignation to King Alexan
der, giving as a reason for his
action ex-King Milan's arrival.
Premier Gruitseh refused to give
any other cause for surrendering
office. King Alexander thereupon assured
him that ex-King Milan’s presence in the
city did not imply the adoption of'an un
constitutional or unparliamentary course.
It is said that a coalition, presided over
by M. Nicolaievitch, is forming.
King Alexander lias accepted the resig
nation of Premier Gruitseh.
STORMY TIMES AHEAD.
iAmdon, Jan. 22.—The Vienna corre
spondent of the Daily News says: “It is
firmly believed that tho rupture in Servia
is the work of ex-Kin(g Milan, who will
help his sou form a military government,
which I have already forecasted. The
question is. will King Alexander be able
to keep the throne? A section of the radi
cals have openly declared in favor of
Prince Karageorgo. A possible change of
dynasty is openly discussed in Belgrade.
“There is a rumor in Vienna that King
Alexander has been murdered, but it has
not been confirmed.”
SNATCHED FROM THE SEA.
A Fishing Smack’s Crew Rescued Af
ter a Terrible Experience.
New York, Jan. 21. Cnpt. Kupe, of the
French line steamer I-aßretagno, which
arrived at quarantine just before sunset
to-night, brought Capt. William Harmon
and a crew of fifteen men of tho Glouces
ter fishing schooner Susan L. Hodge, who
were rescued at sea on Friday last. The
Hodge had left Gloucester fora fishing
trip on Dec. 18. On Jan. 13 a furious gale
swept down on tho little schooner, The
schooner was hove to under her storm
try sail and all hands were lashed
to their places on deck to prevent tho top
pling seas from washing them overboard.
Time and again it seemed as if she would
be overwhelmed, but the little craft gal
lantly rose 4 to the crests, and the crow,
drenched with tho flying spray, breathed
easier for a few seconds. At last an
enormous wave bore down on the
trembling craft, snapping off [both
masts close to the deck, breaking
the bowsprit off short, carrying over
board everything moveable, from anchors
to companion hatches, aud heaving tho
schooner on her beam ends. Cries of
anguish issued from the cabin, nnd when
Capt. Harmon and two men made their
way aft to the hatchway, they found
Edward Stevens withovera ton of pig iron
ballast piled on top of him. Blood was >
issuing from his eyes, nose, mouth and
ears. As quickly as (icssible the ballast
was lifted aud the injured man carried to
his bunk. Although he had a very close
call, uo bones were broken.
RESCUE THE ONLY HOPE
It was impossible to replace the iron so
as bring the vessel an to oven keel and the
only hope lay in being rescued by a pass
ing vessel. From Saturday to the follow
ing Wednesday night the sixteen men
saw nothing of any vessel, but on that
night the far of gleam or a steamer’s
mast head light appeared and
shortly afterward the crew could
see her side light. Torches and
lanterns were quickly lighted and eyery
effort was made to attract attention, but
to no purpose. The steamer never slowed
her engines. Friday afternoon the smoko
of a distant steamer was seen, but she
did not approach near enough to
see the Hodge. At a bout U o’clock
that evening, the La Bretagne
hove in sight and bore down
upon the wreck. The big liner stopped,
and in a few minutes a boat was lowered
and manned and pulled to the rescue. It
was necessary to make two trips to take
off all the men, but It was finally safely
accomplished. Stevens, the injured man,
is able to stand, but is still sore and
weak.
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Trestle Gives Way Beneath a
Logging Train Crowded With Men.
Little iiock, Ark., Jan. 21.—A special to
the Gazette, from Stephens, Ark., says:.
“One of the most disastrous accidents
that ever occured in this section happened
at Ogamaw, a lumber station, three
miles north of here, yesterday. A log
train coming to the station on its last
trip from the camps, which are located
several miles back in tho country,
and a largo number of woodsmen
were returning with it. Passing over a
trestles when nearing the end of the run,
the wood work gave way and the train
and entire crew went down, killing three
men outright and wounding several oth
ers. The correspondent could uot learn
the names of the wounded, as they were
mostly new men and their names were not
known. The physicians of this place are
at tho wreck attending the unfortu
nates.”
PIRATES AMBUSH TROOPS.
The French Lose a Captain and Eigh
teen Men In Tonquin.
Paris, Jan. 21.—A dispatch from Ton
quin says that a detachment of French
troops, commanded by Capt. Delauney
was ambushed by pirates, whom they
w ere pursuing, in the bush near Caihiuh
on Dec. 8. After the French had entered
the ambuscade, the pirates tired a volley
on them. Milling Capt. Delauney, wound
ing three lieutenants and killing or
wounding eighteen men.
( DAILY, $lO A YEAR, I
J 5 CENTS A COPY. k
I WEEKLY, *i m A YEAR. |
MOB LAW AT BRIDGEPORT.
The City in the Hands of a Mob of
Strikers.
The Discharge of Five Men at tha
Bottom of the Trouble—The Com
pany Refused to Give Any Reason
for Its Action and 100 Men Fol
lowed the Discharged Hands Oat.
The Cars Attacked When They Cam*
Out With New Crews.
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 21.—This haa
been ono of the most exciting days in the
history of Bridgeport. All day excited
crowds have thronged the streets, and
mob law lias prevailed. The police have
been set at defiance and a crowd of angry
men have routed the town.
The rioting was one of the results of
tho disehargo of five employes of the
Bridgeport Traction Company yesterday
morning and the strike which followed.
About 100 employes of the company
stopped work yesterday afternoon, oom
pletely tying up tho road. They held nu
merous meetings last night and sente
committee to the managers of the road In
an effort to bring about a settlement. In
this they were unsuccessful.
MEN IMtORTEt) FROM JERSEY CITY.
Last night fifty men came up from Jer
sey City to take the (daces of the striker*
and it was announced that the company
intended to man its curs to-day. Tha
men then held a long consultation and
decided that they would not allow tha
company to run tho cars. They con
cluded, howover, to give the company
another chance for a settlement
and agreed to send a | com
mittee to Col. Heft, tha
owner of tho road, and to the managers
this morning. Accordingly, the repre
sentatives of the strikers sought the rail
road officials, but were denied an audi
ence. The managers refused to meet
them as a committee, or to give their
reason* for tho discharge of the men.
Ho said lie would meet tho dissatisfied
ones individually, but would not recog
nize them as a body.
THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES.
The men withdrew and the strikers
held a brief session, at which it was de
cided that they would not return to
work and would prevent the com
pany from running cars if possible
The company was preparing to start its
service, amt at 2 o'clock nine cars were
run out of tho shods. They were in
charge of men from New Jersey, tha
stable hands, and about a dozen of the old
men who reported for work. The yards
of tlie Now York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad were raided by strikers
and railroud iron, ties, coupling pins,
boxes and barrels, were takeu and piled
on tho street at various points. Some
cars were moved out of the sheds, but
were unable to proceed far. They were
surrounded by tho strikers and their
friends, and the crows were compelled to
leave tho cars.
FOI.ICB ROUTED.
Police were summoned and several cars
were started with the new employes and
a guard of three policemen. The crowd
successfully drove the policemen from the
cars with tho conductors and drivers. At
intervals attempts were made to
run cars but the strikers drove
off the employes and policeman and broke
the windows in the cars In East Bridge
port 500 men and boys raided the yard of
Jones & Hoffman, contractors, and piled
lumber and other obstructions on tho
tracks.
ONE CAR MAKES A TRIP.
At 3 o’clock the company succeeded in
getting one car, strongly guarded by po
lice. over the entire line, but this was tho
onl.voneto make thecircuitduringtheday.
At 6 o'clock a patrol wagon, filled with
policemen, and three wagons, with their
employes, left the stables to bring back
the wrecked /■ ars, but they were sur
rounded by a mob and a lively row en
sued, in which a hostler employed by the
company had his nose broken and an
other employe was badly bruised about
the body. No one was seriously hurt.
The police and railroad men retreated and
abandoned the car.
A SETTLEMENT AGREED ON.
Meanwhile, the mayor summoned the
police commissioners, sheriffs and city
officials, and a conference lasting three
hours was held with the owners of the
road. At the conclusion it was announced
that the company had agreed to re-employ
the strikers, with tlie exception of nine
men, and that they would give good
reasons for tho discharge of these.
FIRE IN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
Helloes in Louisville to Be Out Off for
the Present.
Ijouisville, Ky., Jan. 21.—Fire at an
early hour to-day completely gutted the
telephone exchange in this city. The
total loss is estimated at SI(X),(XJO. It is
covered by insurance. The building is
the property of the Ohio Valley Telephone
Company. General Manager Gillord says
it will ho throe months before the loss
will be repaired. The switch board, con
taining H.iXXI wires, was completely de
stroyed He says, in his opinion, the Are
started from the crossing of their wires
with a struct railway electric wire or an
electric light wire.
BLOODY WORK BY BURGLARS.
A Merchant and His Wife Murdered
in Their Home at Waco.
Waco, Tex., Jan. 21.—Early yesterday
morning L. Lipsichutz, a general mer
chant, was murdered and his wife fatally
Injured. Unknown parties secured an en
trance to the house, callod Mr. Lipsichutz
to the bedroom door and struck him over
the head with a sharp instrument. Find
ing Mrs. Lipsichutz about to arise from
bed, the murderers struck her over the
head. They then became alarmed and
esoaped. Robbery was the object of the
murderers.
ILLINOIS’ APPORTIONMENT.
Its Constitutionality to Be Tested by
the Republicans.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 21.—At a meeting of
the republican state central committee,
held here to-day, it was decided to con
test the constitutionality of the appor
tionment of the legislative, senatorial and
congressional districts of Illinois by the
last legislature. Ex-Attorney General
Hunt announced that the bill to be filed
will insist that the apportionment does
not meet the constitutional requiremen ta
sf equality of population, compactness
and contiguity of territory.