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VOLUME LXXXVI—^O. 134.
SANTA ROSA'S ESCAPES.
Owens, a Member of the Party.
Captured at Healdsburg.
NOTHING HI-ARD OP MUR I"
BRUGGY AND ESPEY.
•onoma County"- Capital City En.joys
Another Sensation in tho Snlclde of
m Woman Who Was Disappointed
ln Eove—Excitement Ruunlng High
at Petaluma Over the Meacher
Murder.
Special to the __aoOßl>-_"_-TO__
Saxta Ib.s.v, Jan. 21.—Great excite
ment still prevails over the jaii break of
George W. Bruggy, the condemned mur
derer, and other prisoners, and the ques
tion is asked every hour if anything has
been heard ofthe escapes.
Owens, one of the escapes, was cap
tured by Constable Norton of Healds
burg this afternoon. Owens is a young
man who was in jail for petit larceny.
He said he bad walked to Healdsburg
with Pridgett during the night, and that
they went into a building near the rail
way bridge. He wanted to see his
mother, who lives in town, and he left
l'ridgett. When captured he was under
the house. Owens said Espey hads2oo
with him when he left the jail, and that
both he and Bruggy were weil armed.
He also said Bruggy blackened his red
mustaclie as soon as he got out.
The oilicers of Healdsburg are after
Fridgett, with chances favorable to his
capture. Owens said it was Pridgett's
intention to walk up the track and catch
the down freight.
Twenty Deputy Sheriffs are still iv the
field, but nothing has yet been heard ot
Kspey and Bruggy. The most interest
seems to center on Espey, as it is thought
he will make a strong light. Persons
here have little faith in Bruggy's nerve
or courage.
An authentic story of the escape and
tbe manner in which it was carried out
was secured by the Associated Press cor
respondent this morniug from one of the
prisoners in the jail, who refused to say
anything until the promise was made to
keep his name secret. He says that
Bruggy, who made a chum of him, told
him three weeks ago that the break was
going to be made. He told Bruggy that
be had better tell no one else, and the
latter, so far as he knows, followed his
advice.
A thorough search was made of the jail
about four weeks ago. At that time there
was nothing of a suspicious character.
This prisoner says that the file was first
brought into the jail two weeks ago. With
its aid the keys were made which un
locked Bruggy's atid Kspey'sceil. An im
pression was first taken by means of tin
foil. The original plan was to make keys
to unlock all the inner doors, and whon
the time came, to hold up the guard in
trout of the oifice jail a la Evans and
Morreli.
This plan was given up and a steel saw
made its appearance in the jail. Bruggy
and Espey theu decided to cut through
tho cage and break the glass in the roof
from the top of the main cage.
Within the last few days all of the
forty-odd inmates in the jaii knew that
the break was going to be made, and aii
stood in, to use the informant's phrase,
to assist the two arch conspirators.
Two irou bars in the lattice work of the
cage were cut on Monday evening. The
remaining two—the cutting of which was
required to open the square—were fin
ished yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. It
had been remarked by outsiders that for
two or three days past the prisoners had
been unusually noisy, singing, shouting,
etc. It is now understood that this was a
part of the cleverly-planned scheme.
While fellow prisoners were creating as
much disturbance as possible the steel
saw was being used on the cage at the
uorth end of the jail.
Your correspondent's informant says
that the last two bars were cut in fifteen
minutes. When everything wasiu readi
ness at d o'clock last night, Bruggy called
a council of war, and arranged for certain
prisoners to guard the hole in the cage
and uot let any one out until F.spey and
he had half an hour start. An effort was
made to do so, but Bruggy and Espey
bad not been out more than ten minutes
before the other four followed. The in
formant say. that Bruggy had two re
volvers and Espey one.
BAY COURT NOTES.
Only Seven Jurors Yet Secured in tho
West ( ase.
Sax Francisco, Jan. 24.—About sixty
talesmen were examined to-day in Judge
"Wallace's court as to their qualifications
for jurors iv the case of Dr. Eugene West,
but not one proved satisfactory to tlie
court and counsel. A fresh venire was
issued for a hundred more, returnable to
morrow morning. As yet there are only
seven jurors in the box.
Argument was begun this afternoon in
the case of John P. Hansen, who is on
trial for au attempt to blow up the tug
Ethel and Marion with dynamite. The
case will probably go to tho jury to-mor
row morning.
In the United States District Court
Judge Morrow to-day sentenced Charles
Brown, the opium smuggler, to impris
onment for eighteen mouths. Brown was
caputured a short time ago coming off'
one of the Victoria steamers with a ialse
bottom trunk in his possession contain
ing considerable opium.
In the suit of M rs. McWhirter against
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Conipany the defeuse this morning put
in evidence thirteen mortgage deeds tliat
McWhirter niadeout to different people
for borrowed mouey. It was show n that
several of them were paid off' after Mrs.
McWhirter had collected the money from
the insurance companies. W. W. Phil
lips, President of tue Farmers' Bank of
Fresno, testified that McWhirter was
considered an honorable, upright gentle
man of staudiug. Witness testified thut
McWhirter bad no property, but was
good for all his bills. Dr. A. J. Pedlar of
Fresno described how he found McWhir
ter when called in after the tragedy, aud
illustrated the range of the bullet that
ended McWbirter's life.
Marion Wood has filed a claim in Ala
meda County to half of the estate of the
late Hugh Slicer, valued at _llil,_o_. In
his suit he represents that he aud Slicer
were engaged in the cotton business ou
the Mississippi River during the war,
and that in ISO 3 Slicer skipped out with
partnership funds to the amount oi
000. Wood insists that the partnership
still existed at the time of Slicer's death.
DESTROYED BY RAIN.
Millions of Bushels of Wheat Ruined
in Eastern Washiugton.
Tacoma lWash.), Jan. I:4.—Between
12,000,008 and 15,000.000 bushels of wheat
have been destroyed in tbe wheat dis
tricts of Eastern Washington by contin
ued rains. In 1808 the yield from that
district waa 12,000,0901 In IS_3 the acre
age was increased and it was expected the
yield would reach 15,000.000 bushels. A
party of large wheat laud-owners have
returned from the wheat belt and report
tnat the farmers would have beeu better
THE RECORD-UNION.
off if they had not planted any wheat last
year. Many thousands of bushels rotted
in the field, but the rait* have continued '
up to date, with but a lew days' intermis
sion, and have tiooded the granaries and
destroyed most of what had been har
vested.
BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.
Proceed I tur . of the Jos Angoles Con
vention—Officers Sleeted.
Los An. __l.es, .Tan. 24.—Tiie State Bee- j
Keepers' Association, now in session
bere, is devoting a large amount of time
to a discussion of the contlict between
bee men and fruit-growers, with a view :
to reoonciliating their differences. It is
ciaimed by the bee men thut there is an
unreasonable prejudice by fruit-growers
against bees, and that tl_ey do not inflict
the damage to fruit claimed by tie fruit
men. G_ W. Woodbury was appiontod
to compile a pamphlet showing tu. facta
ia this connection. W. T. Richardson of
Santa Paula ami Professor C. W. Wond
worth of Berkeley read interesting
papers at to-day's session.
'ihe loliowing oilicers were elected this
alternoon for the ensuing year: Presi
dent, Professor A. T. Cook ot Claremont;
Secretary. Jobn 11. Martin of Blooming
ton; Treasurer. J. F. Mclntyre of Fill
more; Vice-Presidents, C. ii. Wood
berry of Verdugo, W. T. Richardson of
Ventura County, It. >.'>. Herron of San
Bernardino, IL Powell of Kiverside and
\v. A. l'rual of Alameda: Executive
Committee—l_ Williams of Ventura and
<.. B. Brodbeck of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles was selected as the placo
lbr the next annual meeting.
MEAGHER MUX-DEB.
Excitement still Huns Illsh Ovor the
Horrible Deed.
Pktai.t.ma, Jan. 24.—Excitement still
runs high over the horrible murder last
Monday night. Excited citizens can be
seen on all corners discussing the atlair.
A thousand curiosity seekers visited the
rauch yesterday and to-day. Sheriif Al
len arrived to-day aud went directly to
the ranch. Meagher recovered sulb
ciently to-day to give tho oilicers a clew,
but as yot no arrests have been made.
The inquest beld at the City ilall this
afternoon adjourned at 7 p. if. until to
morrow. Many witnesses were exam
ined by District Attorney seawell. Noth
ing of importance has yet come to light.
Startling developments are looked for
beforo tho closing of the inquest to-mor
row. Fred Bryan, the principal witness
examined to-day, is a nephew of the
murdered woman. He was cool and col
lected. The remainder of the Bryan
family and other relatives wili be exam
ined to-morrow. Many are confident
that the guilty party will be fouud before
the cose of the inquest.
THE SE AI4CH EOR COLGATE.
Roseninc Parties Forced to Iteturn to
Their Homes.
Ki.ndrtck (Ida.), Jan. 24. —The party
sent out from here to rescue Colgate, the
cook of the Carlin party, who was left in
the mountains, has been forced to return,
owing to the deep snow and ice in Clear
water. The party reached the mouth of
Black Canyon, where the suow was livo
feet deep and the river choked with iloat
ing ice. Alter camping three day.s in
snow waiting for it to clear up, they had
to return, as snow kept falling daily and
the ice gorges grew larger. The Post
Falls party reached Hamilton's cabin,
eighteen miles below the canyon, on the
12th, where they met the Kendrick party
coming back. Martin of Kathdrum,
leader of the Post Falls party, will prob
ably winter on Clearwater, and go up as
early in the spring as possible. The rest
ol" the party will return home.
MENDOCINO INSANE ASYLUM.
Writ of Mandate Against the State
Board of Examiners.
Sax Francisco, Jau. 24.—Thomas M.
Carothers, J. H. Seawell, Cornelius
O'Connor, M. Gardner and W. B. White,
Directors of the Mendocino Asylum for
the Insane, have caused a writ of man
date to be filed with Sheriif McDade
against Governor H. 11. Markham, Secre
tary of State K. G. Waite. Attorney-Gen
eral W. H. H. Hart and Oeorge 1 _ Pratt,
the State Board of Examiners. Plaintiffs j
assert that defendants refused to allow j
claims aggregating jf7l. 50 against the asy
lum's special fund, maintaining that it !
was exhausted, whereas plaintiffs assert !
that it has a credit of f15,728 73. The
writ commands the defendants to appear
before the Mendocino County Court
on February 12th and show cause why
the claims enumerated have not beeu
allowed.
HEED CP BY MASKED MEN.
An Old Man Robbed Near Portlaud of
s:x Hundred Dollars.
Portland (Or.) Jan. 24.—The police
department to-day received a report of a
bold robbery which occurred near Mil
waukee at noon Sunday, For years K.
W. Crassly, an old bachelor, has lived in
a tumble-down shack in the woods there,
but the high water compelled him to
abandon it and move into town. Before
leaving he dug up |60 » in gold which he,
having no faith iv banks, iiad placed in
tiie ground. On Sunday he started to his
old house, and while on a lonely road
was stopped by two masked men, who
relieved him of his coin, which he car
ried about with him. They used no vi
olence. There is no trace of the robber. _
CONTRABAND OPI CM.
A Large Quantity Confiscated at Spo
______
SPOKANE (Wash.), Jan. 24.—A box con
taining 134 pounds of contraband opium
was confiscated in the ofiice ofthe North
ern Pacific Express Company by a Dep
uty Marshal to-day. When a young mau
giving the name of John Paul called for j
it he was placed under arrest. He ad
mitted his guilt, was laken before a
l'nited Mates Commissioner and held in
.4,000 bonds. Paul says he bought rhe
opium in Victoria, sent it Eaat to Syca
more Station on the Canadian Pacific,
brought it s. uth to Loomiston, Wash., on
pack animal-, shipped it by stage to Cou
lee City, and thence expressed it by rail
to Spokane. He was on his waj* to San
Francisco. It is believed a big traffic in
opium is carried on iv this way.
JOCKEY CLUB RACES.
Good Attendance at the Bay District
Track Yesterday.
Sax Francisco. Jan. 24.—This was the
fourteenth day of the California Jockey
Club meeting. The weather was fair,
but the track sloppy. The attendance
was good.
Five furlongs, selling, purse _400, Faro
won, Jennie Deane second, One Dime
third. Time. Iro6_.
About six furlongs, selling, purse $400,
Georgetown won, Leveller second, Zara
goza third. Time, LIT*.
About six furlongs, handicap, three
vear-olds and upward, purse $-00, Zam
post won, Glee Boy second. Imp. Piccolo
third. Time, 1:10..
About six furlongs, selling, three-year
olds, purse MOO, Morven won, Kicardo
second Seaside third. Time, 1:1.»'.
Seven furlongs, purse _400, Xallie M.
won, Longweil second, Conrad third.
Time, 1:37.
AT XEW or.LEAKS.
Xew Orleans Jan. 24.—Three-quar
ters of a mile, G. B. Cox won, Adah L.
second, Gleesome third. Time, 1:1s.
Five-eighths of a mile. Kindera won,
SACEAMENTO. THURSDAY MORXIXG, JANUARY 25, 1894.
Sam Farmer second, Incommode third.
Time, bOt
Seven-eighths of a mile, Tenny Jr.
won, Harry Weaver second, Simrock
third. Time, 1:32}.
Three-quarters of a mile, Bijur won,
Belle P. second, Corouet third. Time,
ma
Mile and seventy yards, Bret Harte
won. Sight Draft second, Primera third.
Time, 1:54
-LOST Ills MONEY AT TIIE RACES.
A Yonnsc Man's \Vild Yarn About I_e-
Inc Robbed and Imprisoned.
San Kuan, rsco, Jan. 21. —For several
days the police have been working on a
hair-curdling tale of a robbery told by
Clarence W. Dunn, a young fellow who
claims to bea private detective, and who
hails from Los Angeles. A mysterious
letter found in a street in Chinatown di
rected the polico to a dark room in a Chi
nese gambling den. There they found
the young man handcuffed to a heavy
piece of furniture and helpless. He told
his rescuers that he had been drugged
in a Chinatown den, robbed of $300 and
theu imprisoned wbere they found him.
The police would not believe the yarn.
Dunn was locked up, and the chief of
detectives linally succeeded in "sweat
ing" irom him a confession tbat he had
lost $. -i at tho races, and that he then
dropped the letter on the sireet, locked
himself up, put on the handcuffs, and
concocted a wild tale of robbery to ex- I
piain tbe loss of tbe money. Ho was to
| have been married Saturday nigbt to
Miss Dora Bennington of Astoria, Or.,
and it was to furnish a plausible excuse
for the postponement of tbe wedding that
ho resorted to the wild Chinatown esca
pade.
Dunn proves to be tho man who was
responsible for the flight of Mamie \
Smith, a little girl, from a private school
iin Los Angeles on May 18th last. He
claimed to be a cousin of the girl, whose
parents live in Alpena, South Dakota.
! After he bad been forbidden to visit her
j at school he inveigled her away and
brougnt her to this city. The girl disap
[ peared mysteriously, and the case at
tracted a great deal of attention.' Noth
ing was heard of her until her death in a
hospital about a hundred miles from Al
pena, South Dakota, where sho went to
hide her shame.
SUICIDE AT SANTA ROSA.
Disappointed in Love, a Young Woman
Takes Strychnine.
Santa Kosa, Jan. _4.—lv quiet com
munities like this sensations apparently
never come singly. Considerable excite
ment was caused at 1 o'clock this morn
ing by tho discovery of the dead body of
a young woman named Fanny Fresbour
in the back room of J. Scogglngs' saloon,
on the lower end of Fourth street. The
proprietor of the saloon knew nothing of
the woman's presence until he went to
lock up for tho night and found the body
lying on the lloor. 'i'he woman is a Bister
of Jo Fitch, a tamaie man, and formerly
lived in Alexander Valley, eight miles
j east of Healdsburg. Strychnine caused
her death. She took poison with suicidal
intent while in a state of groat depression
over disappointment in love. She was 21
years of ago and rather comely.
A CARELESS OFFICIAL.
Los Angeles' Street Superintendent in
a Peek of Trouble.
Los ___.GEI.-_S, Jan. 24.—There is a
strong likelihood that proceedings will
be commenced to removo 11. A. Watson,
Street Superintendent of Los Angeles,
from office. Some time ago his chief
deputy, Arthur Stewart, was captured at
Fl Paso while trying to run away with
city funds. His trial for embezzlement
ciosed to-day, and the jury failed to agreo.
Mr. Watson was a witness in the case,
and waa obliged to admit on the witness
stand that he knew nothing about the
books of his office, and that he had given
Stewart permission to loan city funds to
various Iriends of his. As many thou
sands of dollars pass through this office,
the looso methods of the official havo
raised a hornet's nest about his ears.
Charged With Robbery.
Marysville, Jan. 24.— J. H. Mullen,
now in jail ou a chargo of vagrancy, and
two young men named Leech and Sligar,
both of whom have parents hore, have
been arrested and charged with a daring
robbery committed on tho 14th inst.,
when a drunken man was relieved of his
watcli and over $50. Young Leech is con
sidered a bad character, and is generally
credited with having boldly entered and
robbed a faro game iv this city a year or
two ago. The officers say that they will
be vigorously prosecuted.
Midwinter Fair.
-San Francisco, Jan. 21.—The 825,000
balance of the' Southern Paeiiic Com
pany's subscription of $50,000 to the Mid
winter Fair lund was placed to the credit
of tbe Executive Committee to-day.
The decision of tho Executive Com
mittee to allow tickets in the admission
books to be detached from the book and
used by anyone who possesses them has
materially increased the demand for
books. There were 2,604 paid admissions
I to-day.
The Murder of Donnis Sullivan.
VALLEJO, Jan. 24.—Henry J. Kales,
who witnessed the murder of Dennis
Sullivan, was arrested in San Francisco
i to-day and brought here. Hales will tes
; lily that Crolly, now under arrest, tired
! the fatal shot. Eales had been given
money by Crolly's friends and had
shipped as a saiior on a vessel bound for
Australia.
Dodge Mm .lei' Trial.
W OODLA3.D, Jan. 24.—A jury has been
obtained in the case of Ctiarles Dodge, ou
trial for the murder of H. M. Eaton at
Davisville last November. ' The District
Attorney made tbe opening statement
for the prosecution this alternoon. 'I'he
examination oi witnesses will be contin
ued to-morrow.
Ex-Pre-dd. Nt Harrison Accept. .
San Fran. [SCO, Jan. 21. —Kx-I'resi-
: dent Harrison has accepted an invitation
to attend tho Trausmississipni Commer
cial Congress, which is to meet in this
city on February l ith. Governor Mo-
Kinley of <>hio, Roger Q. Mills of Texas
j and Kdward Atkinsou of lioston have
beeu invited.
The Blytho Case.
San FRAHCISCO, Jan. 24. — Final argu
ments in|the Bly the case were made in the
Supreme Court to-day, and shortly before
tbe hour set for the noon recess JaaUos
McFarland instructed the Cierk to enter
i the fact of submission on the records.
Badly Boalded.
Marysville, Jan. 21.—0. I. Cheney,
I Superintendent of the Mare Island elec
j trie light wciks, stepped into a steam
I exhaust well lilled with boiliug water,
• and was so badly scalded that he may
; lose the use of ouo leg.
Revenue Cotter Corwin.
San Fran' tsc o, Jau. 24.—The revenue
cutter Corwiu has pulled out into the
stream, after having all necessary repairs
made. Before tlie week is out she will
i take on a cargo of coal and await orders.
A Pioneer In .see Away.
San Josk, Jan. 24.—Francis Meyer, a
pioneer, died this morning, at tho age of
tti years. He was connected with the Al
uiaden mines thirty-tive years.
Earthquake at Riverside.
Riverside, Jau. 24. —Quite a heavy
shock of earthquake was felt here this
morning at .:•"-» o'ciock. The shock lasted
several seconds. I
CORBETT AND MITCHELL.
Tbey Will Probably Fight To-day
in the Jacksonville Arena.
THS SHERIFF ENJOINED FROM IN
TERFERING WITH THE COMBAT.
Governor Mitchell Announces That
110 Will Not 1 .-0018110 Martial Law
—Unless _ ome Other Move Is Taken
tho Principals Will Enter the Blue
at 1 O'clock to P.attle for the Big
Purse und the Championship of the
World.
Special to the Record-Union.
Jack son vim,!:, Jan. 21.—1f neither Cor
bett nor "Mitchell falls dead or runs away
there will be a prizelight hero to-morrow.
Judge Call of the Circuit Court has de
clared bimself upon the question of law,
and has ..aid there is no legal reason wby
the tight should not be held in the arena
in Jackson viile. Members of the City
Couucil have declared in ellect that the
city of Jacksonville, officially speaking,
will do no more than see that the Duval
Athletic Club has a permit for tho light, !
aud that the gloves do not weigh less than \
live ounces. Governor Mitchell has gone I
upon record through Attorney-General j
Lamar, who says now that the mattor
having beeu settled by the courts, he will
not declare martial law in Jacksonville.
The militia, which had been brought
here to suppress the light, will very prob
ably attend it, a special-rate of $10 having
been made for the militiamen. Mitchell
is in his room at tiie Everett Hotel and
Corbett is expected at the St. James at a
very late hour! All obstacles to the light
have been removed, and it seems at pres
ont that thero is absolutely nothiug to
prevent it.
Late trains have brought in hundreds
of sporting mon, who to-night are
thronging the stroets and packing the
hotels to overflowing.
Betting to-night is more strongly in
favor of Corbett than any time yet. Both
men are said to bo iv tho very pink of
condition and both have declared to
morrow they will make the tight of their
lives. The bitter feeling between them
has been intensified of late and the light
will be a desperate one.
For fear the Governor might not staud
by his declaration several members of
the City Council held a quiet conference
tliis evening, and after thoroughly can
vassing the situation, decided that Gov- j
ernor Mitchell should not be allowed to
usurp the police functions of the city \
without reason. They argued that in
view of to-day's decisiou thore was no.
warrant for the Governor to uroceed fur- j
ther, aud that the ouly action he could
properly take now would be to send the
troops home. They decided to have a
call issued in regular manner for a spe
cial session of the entire City Council at
an early hour to-morrow morning to
consider the extraordinary situation.
Adjutant-General Houston, when asked
to-night as to what orders he would issue
to the militia now in Jacksonville, said !
that until he received instructions from
the Governor he would have nothing to
say in tho matter. "The troops are now
in tho Lands ot the Sheriif," he said,
"and be is practically in command. As
lns i.__.ds aro now tied 1 suppose tiie
militia will remain here uutil deliuite
oiders are received from the Governor."
Sympathizers with the contest pro
moters had the town this afternoon, alter
the decision of Judge CaU issuing the in
junction restraining the Sheriff from
interfering with the contest. Wheu the
words maintaining the injunction fell
from the lips of tlie Judge thore was a
mad rush for tho telegraph office, and the
news went over the town like wild-lire.
At the rooms of the Duval Athletic Club
the crowd was so groat that it took half a
dozen men to keep the pathway open for
pedestrians. The demand for tickets was
such that nothing but system prevented
wild confusion and a crush. I'inally a
scheme was arranged by which the men
went in one at a time, finding egress at
another door, and the stream of ticket
buyers was continuous lor hours.
The clubmen did not forget to adver
tise the victory. Half an hour after the
decision a band-wagon with a brass band,
aud having on it streamers announcing
the Corbett-Mitchell light for to-morrow
at 1 o'clock, rolled into Bay street from
a side alley, and was greteed by volleys of
cheers as the band played lively airs.
Tho cheers swellod as the wagon pro
ceeded up the street, and in front of tho
principal hotels and saloons was given an
ovation. The wagon then proceeded
through the resident portion of the city,
where hundreds of peoplo crowded out
to sco it.
CHAMPION CORBETT.
Mayport (Fla.), Jan. 24.—The cham
pion retired eariy last night. After a
heavy supper be sat down loa game of
whist, and retired. Shortly before 10 be
bounded upstairs to his bedroom tliree
steps at a time, and with a a "< tood nigbt,
sweetheart" to his wife closed the door
behind him, and ten minutes later was
sleeping restfully. This morning witii
four collies he walked down the beached
and amused himself. A barber came
down from the settlement and tho famous
pompadour was carefully trimmed.
Rradj* left at daylight for Jacksonville to
attend tho injunction proceedings, and
Corbett contented himself wailing ior his
return with the news.
it was Intended originally that the
whole Corbett party should leave before
sunrise this morning, but the new legal
phase brought with it a change, and the
camp is now in readiness to disappear on
orders from tho club. Corbett is worried
only over the iio.s_iiiilr.ies of the match
being called off or poetnonecL He imag
ines something will crop out at the last
moment which will deny him the chance
of measuring reach witb the Briton.
Dempsey arrived on tbe evening train,
and will remain close by CorbeU's sitiu
until tho referee renders his decision.
mcHiu in (.odd rem.
JacTKSO- \ n.1.1, Jan. _!. —Mitchell was
able to dodge the crowd which awaited
him at Jacksonville,aad was driven tol
his hotel, where ho was locked ep all the |
afternoon. Jiis work to-day consist.!
only of a live-mile walk on the beacb.
followed by a rub-down. This morning
he weighed iti-").' pounds, and is in oondi
tion to tight for life. "I am glad the light
has not be<ui postponed," liesaid; "I have
been training hard for this day, and if it
was put off until Saturday 1 would have
to begin all over again, or, rathe;, keep
ap the hard work. I told tbeclub 1 a ould
agree to a postponement it" paid |GOO to
cover expenses. If they had not agreed
to my proposition, I would liave insisted
on lighting Thursday or not at all."
Mitchell has not; yet determined how
he Will arrauge his friend- In the
ring, but Jim iia.ll, Steve <>'I.onnell.
Jack I ogarty and Harry Darring will
probably be with him. He said that much
to-night, adding, however, "I have not
lixed the placing yet.'' Ho will un
doubtedly be seconded by Hali and
O'Donnell, and the timepiece and bottle
holder's dignities will go to Darriug and
Fogarty.
THERMOMETERS BELOW ZERO.
Cnusually Severe Weather in the West
and Nort bwt st.
Chicago, Jan. 24.—Advices to tho As
sociated Press indicate unusually severe
weather throughout the entire West and
Northwest. At Cedar Rapids, la., the
thermometer this morning registered I.°
below zero; at Rock ford, la., 23°; at
Dows, la., o0°: at Estherviile, la., 34°;
at Albert Lea, Minn., 24°; at Watertown,
S. D., 34°.
AS low as forty below.
St. Patti, (Minn.), Jan. 24.— The Gov
ernment thermometer marked 20 J below;
Bt Winnipeg, 40' boiow; at Minnedosa,
36°; at Huron and Bismarck, 30°. Mon
tana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Mani
toba and Wisconsin report from _° to 40°
below, and Aiusworth, Neb., 30°, the
coldest ever known there.
Tho most beautiful and dazzling mirage
was seeu this morning. Snow-fields,
farm-houses, towns and distant hillsides
appeared in the air. lt was a retlection
ofa part of South Dakota Over 100 miles
away.
COLD .-AYE PROCEEDING EASTWARD.
St. Louis (Mo.), Jan. 23.—The weather
record here this morning was 11° below
zero; at Springtield, Mo.. 16° below;
throughout Kansas, 9° to 16° below; at
Guthrie, oka., 11° below, the lowest on
record tliere, causing great sullering
among the recent settlers.
Drilling snow fell in tho neighborhood
of Chicago all last night. The tempera
ture tiiis morning is zero, with the prom
ise of much lower temperature to-night.
Tho cold wave is proceeding eastward
and is just beginning to be felt through
out Indiana.
Tiie snow is two feet deep in many
placea throughout the region of the bliz
zard.
EX-CHANCELLOR BISMARCK.
Ho Will be Received With Great Pomp
on His Arrival at Berlin.
Berlin, Jan. 24.—The Emperor has
addressed a socond lettor to Bismarck,
thanking bim for his acceptance of the
wine which tho Emperor had sent him,
and for his announced intention of visit
ing and paying his respects. In his let
ter the Emperor also invites Bismarck to
attend the Imperial birthday fetes.
The Politische Nacrichten says the Em
peror will meet Bismarck at the railway
station alone on Friday and drive with
Hi jsi to the castle, where a party has been
prepared for the Prince. Dr. Schweinger
arrived here from Friedrichsruhe to-day.
It is announced that Prince Bismarck
will arrive at Berlin at noon Friday next.
He will alight at the Hanovarian rail
road station, where he will bo received
with great pomp. The route will be
through Brandenburg gate along Inter
den Linden to tho Imperial castle.
Special trains will be run to Berlin Fri
day and Saturday, and most of the cities
of Southern Germany will be decorated
for the occasion. Berlin will be thor
oughly decorated and brilliautly illumin
ated at night. The students have an
nounced their intention of turning out
on masse, and the windows along tho
route leading to the castle from tho rail
road depot are being hired at high prices.
The different municipal bodies and many
Berlin societies are preparing to do
honor to the Chancellor, who on his way
to the castle will be surrounded by mili
tary and princely pomp of tiie most
elaborate description. I'he entry of Bis
marck into Berlin after so loug an ab
sence promises to draw immense crowds
to this city, and will be the most elab
orate event ever witnessed at the German
Capital.
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS.
Meet at Chicago nnd Celebrate the
Discovery of Gold.
Cuicago, Jan. 24. —The fifth annual
meeting of the Western Association of
California Pioneers was held to-day at
the Grand Pacific Hotel. About sixty
surrounded the banquet board and
joined in the celebration of the discovery
of gold in California, of which to-day is
the anniversary. The banquet began at
_:_0 i\ M. Previous to that a meeting for
the election of officers and the transaction
Of other business was held. Among
those present at the meeting were Will
iam H. il. Brainard, Thaddeus Dean,
President Addison Ballard, H. A. East
man, J. Hyde Fisher. Thomas W. Hall,
Camden Knight, John 13. Kerr, Hub
bard Latham, Thomas Mayhew, D. W.
Miller, Edward Hotchkiss, G. W. Hotch
kiss, J. A. B. Waldo, Colonel W. P.
Turnley, George C. Kuster, George G.
lope, T. P. Sears, Noah vau Alleu and
others.
HURRICANE AT SEA.
Rough Experience of an American
Ship—Two Lives Lost.
QUEENSTOWI-, Jan. 24.—The American
ship Willie Rosenfeldt, Captain Dumphy,
which sailed from San Francisco Sep
tember sth for Liverpool, put into this
port in distress. Captain Dumphy re
ports that he ran into a terrible hurricane
January Sth and his ship was in the
greatest danger of being thrown upon
her beam ends, only righting after all
sails were cut away. For several hours
she seemed upon the point of foundering,
ber decks being continuously flooded
by terrilic seas, carrying away her wheel
house and everything movable upon
deck. Two of her crew were swept over
board and the Captain and seven others
wore badly injured. The injured are
progressing toward recovery; but tbe
Willie Rosenfe kit must be considerably
repaired and procure a number of new
sails before she can put to sea again.
EXPLOSION ON A TRAIN.
At Least Otio Person Killed aud Others
Injured.
S__. Antonk (Tex.), Jan. 24.—This
morning, just as the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas traiit was leaving Sau Marcos,
a dynamite cartridge, which had been
placed in the smoking-car, was struck by
somo unknown person and exploded,
shattering half of the car. Ed Ringing,
traveling ageut of >au Antonio, and J. C.
lleidelheimer, a prominent merchant oi
Austin,'lex., were instantly killed. All
the otiier pa-sen ge is in tho cir, six le
ni;mber, were injured.
. <>! A DYN AMITE BOMB.
Bt, Loii. , lan. 24.—Tbe otli-i.i] . of the '••
ftiissou ri, Kansas and!Texaa road here say
tbe explosion at Han Siarcoe, Tex., eras of
a heat'T in ihe ear and not of dynamite.
They say only one man waa killed and
two injured.
FATAL FIRE IN IOWA.
Kii*_t Insane 1 -ithnts Rurned to
Death.
omaha. Jan. 21.—A special to tho
Omaha Bee from Boone, lowa, says: Tho
bolldlng on the Boone County Poor Farm
in which the incurable insane were con
hned was burned iast night and eight of
the nine inmates were burned to deatii.
only one woman Mrs. Hlbbfd sa
oaped. The origin of the lire is un
i.ii'.wn. The dead are: Mary Tucker,
Johu Aunasniggs, Anna Soterburg,
Christine Anderson, Christine Peterson,
Mrs. Scott. Tom Leaser and .io>. Craig.
Flre at St. I.oui-.
St. LOOTS, .lan. 2b—A lire which started
at 12:.0 this morning in the eievater shaft
of a four-story brick building at tho
corner of Main and Walnnt streets, ooco
; . i by the Adler Coldmau Hide and
commission Company, completely de- ;
stroyed the building and contents. Lose, ;
9120,000; insurance is unobtainable to
night.
Rank Robbery ln Oklahoma Territory.
Gt thkik O. T. , Jan. 21.—Three mem
bers of tho Dalton gang entered the 1 ank
at Pawnee this morning, but the safe was
locked with a time lock, so they took |100
in cash in the drawer and left, taking the
cashier three iniies into the country with
them.
No Spurious Ads.
Xn_s_^jrt__d. to gcill
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WHOLE XO. 1G,308.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
The Hawaiian Question Again
Before the Senate.
DEBATE SHOWS A DIVISION IN BOTH
PARTY RANKS.
The Amendments to the Iron Schedule
of the Tariff Bill Overwhelmingly
Defeatod In the House, Leaving
Iron Ore on tho Free List—The In
come Tax Men Succeed in Carrying
Their Point Before the Committee
to Have tho Measure Reported to
the House.
Special to the Recot-d-U.. ion.
Washington, Jan. 24.—The Hawaiian
question came before the Senate again to
day, and after an hour's discussion went
over until to-morrow. The result of the
debate was to show a division both in tho
Democratic and Republican ranks as to
the wisdom ofthe adoption of the resolu
tion reported by the Foreign Relations
Committee. Vest objected on the ground
that it indicated that a project for annex
ation might be more favorably recoived
in the future, and Allison and other Re
publicans objected ou the ground, accord
ing to their interpretation, that the reso
lution pledged the Senate as altogether
opposing the principle of annexation,
aud as approving the policy of tho Presi
dent in this respect.
Half a dozen amendments are now
pending to modify its phraseology, and
it is likely to be subjected to material
changes before its final adoption.
At 'J. o'clock the bill repealing the Fed
eral election laws came up as unfinished
business, and Lodge took the floor in op
position to the bill.
After a short executive session, Coke
called up the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas
City bridge bill, which called out discus
sion of tho President's recent veto of the
Now York and New Jersey bridge biii.
The President's action was criticised by
Vest, who said the President had evi
dently overlooked a decision of tho
United States Supreme Court affirming
the power of Congress to empower the
Secretary of War to determine whether
the proposed bridge waa an obstruction
to navigation and require changes iv tho
plans.
Alter the passage of minor bills the
Senate adjourned.
IRON ORE ON THE FREE LIST.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The amend
ments to the iron schedule were over
whelmingly defeated, and iron ore re
mains upon the free list. The remainder
of the alternoon was spent in discussiou
of amendments looking to the lreo ad
mission of machinery used in the manu
facture of cotton goods.
Just before tlie Houso adjourned tho
advocates and opponents of the income
tax upon the Democratic side were ar
rayed against each otner. The latter at
tempting to prevent McMillan from read
ing the internal revenue bill to tbe
House. The Republicans, however,
joined hands with the income-tax er?,
and defeated tho small band of Demo
crats wbo have pledged themselves to use
every effort to prevent an internal reve
nue bill containing the income tax from
being placed upon the Wilson bili as a
rider.
Wilson, Chairman of the committee,
who is iv sympathy with them, allowed
the debate upon Bobbins' amendment to
run on without interruption, it was said,
for the express purposo of consuming
time, so the committee's amendments
which he has to offer when he agaiu
takes the floor, will exhaust the debate
until Saturday night, and thus shut out
the possibility of the internal revenue
bill being ollered as an amendment to the
Wilson bill. A great deal of bitter feel
ing exists, however, and should such a
programme be followed, it would un
questionably lead to charges of bad faith.
INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.
The Income Tax Mon Carry Their
Point Before the Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The full Ways
and Means Committee voted, . to 6, to
report the internal revenue bill, includ
ing the income tax. AH the Republicans
and Cockran and Stevens voted in the
negative.
Tho success of the income tax men in
linally getting tho bill out of the commit
tee was reached alter a sliarp contest. At
lirst the Republicans refused to vote.
Three Democrat! —Cockran, Stevens and
Bynum—also refused to vote. This broke
the quorum and the income tax meu
were powerless. Then Hoed came to
their rescue and said if another roll-call
was taken the Republicans would vote to
make a quorum, but not to favor the re
port. The roll-call gavo iilteen votes, or
lour more than a quorum. Cockran and
Stevens still refused to vote, but a quo
rum was made without them. Then tho
motion was put on reporting the bill to
the liouse. This prevailed by the loliow
ing vote:
Ayes —Wilson, McMillin, Bynum,
\\ biting, Breckinridge, Tarsoey, Mont
gomery, Bryan, Turner—., all Demo
crats.
Nays—Reed, Burrows, Payne, Dalzell,
Hopkins—Republicans; Cockran, Stev
en* Democrats—7.
The noticeable feature of the vote was
tho action of Wilson, Breckinridge and
Uynuni in voting to report the bill.
AKFI. IS ITKI.IC .IIIiIAI.S.
Washing row, .'an. 24.—r.ryau of Ne
braska, iramer of tlie income tax meas
ure, says its provisions apply to the
salaries of all public officials, aa well as
private persona. Congressmen who re
ceive $5,0U0 per year will have an exemp
tion of _4... I of it, bat the disbursing
officers ef the Senates and House will re
tain 2 per cent, on the 1 remaining thou
sand and turn it over to the Treasury.
Tbe same rule applies to all other Gov
ernment ollicials, including the Presi
dent.
Wtll Havo to I.cfuud the Money.
Washington, Jan. 94*— "By a decision
of Second Comptroller Mansur the mem
bers and attaches of the Behring Sea
Com mission will be required to put in au
itcmi/.od account of expenses, as the
Comptroller la ofthe opinion that they
are not entitled to a per diem allowance,
ranging from |10 to _-■>. Neither has kept
an itemized account, and they will have
to refhnd all the money they havo re
ceived for which they cannot account.un
.o decision is reversed.
Ut__h in Debt to the Government.
Washington, Jaa. SM. —Carlisle sent a
communication to the Senate showing the
amounts due the l'nited States from
I, tab on account of costa and expenses of
prosecutions. These expenses be^an in
I*7>, and have continued ever since, tho
total amount being (725,556. It appears
the law requires these expenses to be paid
by the Territory, but Congress has annu
ally appropriated tbe money required.
Death of a Weil-Known Opera Singer.
Nkw Yoiu_, Jan. 24.—Laura Sehirmer
Mapleson, the well-known opera singer,
is dead.