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——aa—Ss—S—— THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. ' SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. WasHiveron, D. ©, FEB. 1, i804 —BAKERS, Attention—All members of L. 4. 2,380, K. of L., Seca" aotine SaROMNy. “peor ny — ty 2 By order of the . fetaee Derick oF THE EXCISE BOARD FOR THE Discrrct “of Columbia, Weshington, January 30, liquor licenses have been Bar room—J. 326 ~ 2.5 W. H. Brooker, te 201 t. mW. Wholesale—P SA La. “sre aw. MOGER W Oe eS & SALISM—MOSS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL- Minera: the wanderfal medium. every ‘FRIDAY during’ dur, tor private sittings, 905 i st. n.w., every FRIDAY NIGHT, Woan's Hall, 721 6th st. fe1-2° TonN J. MALO Formerly with Thos. J. Fisher & Co., begs to annource that he has removed his real estate Office to 1421 F Load aw. WASHINGTON, D. C, FEB. 1, 1894.—ALL sons indebted to W. M. SHUSTER will please call and settle their bilis, as the business must De closed at am early dute. Mr. Shuster can be found 909 Pa. ave. 8. Chamberlin’s store. fel-3t W. USTER, yop Pa. ave. THE BRUNSWICK-BALKECOLLENDER _60., Billiard and pool table manufacturers, and the Wickes Co. eat J. ‘M. SH) erator Ware rooms from 1411 Penn. facing the avenue. ja3l-lm J. G. TAYLOR, Manager. REMOVAL.JOHN 0. JOHNSON Has REMOVED His odice wo the corner of G and ith sts, 1117 G, Jasi-3t HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD- ‘ers of The Ariington Fire Ins. Co., for the Dis- trict of Columbis, for the election of nine direct- ors to serve the ensuing year, will be held at the office of the company, 1505 Pa. ave. mw., SAT- URDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1894. Polls open at Ti _a.m., and close at 1 p.m. a20-zat' PRANK T. RAWLINGS, Secretary. “STODDARD” Art Portfolfo, bound in baif leather, $1, at HODGES’ NATIONAL BINDERY, 511 "oth st. 22 Mrs. Florence White Of New York, trance and business medium, can | be consulted at her parlors, during the uext ten dass only, on all affairs of life and spiritual un- foldment. Office hours, 9 to 6 o'clock. 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They are William Snooks, burned and injured internally, may die; Fred Smith, burned and badly cut, will recover. Within an hour and a half.after the dis- cevery of the blaze the stock was a total loss and the building badly damaged. The total loss is $130.00. One of the walls in falling buried two frame dwellings, crush- ing them beneath the bricks and burning timbers. The occupants of the cottages! narrowly escaped with their lives, and their household effects are a total loss. DELAWARE, Ohio, Feb. 1.—A serious fire broke out in Prospect last night, and before | the blaze could be extinguished the opera house, valued at $3,000: are light plant, $10,000; Cook's residence, $1,000, and the entire wardrobe, $2,000, belonging to the English Folly Company, were consumed. There was no insurance. S. Wyatt, part owner of the burned property, was struck by falling electric light wires and seriously injured. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Feb. 1—Yard No. 5 of the Hydraulic Press Brick Company, on | King’s highway, near the 'Frisco railway tracks, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. Loss 350,000. The property consisted of clay sheds, drying rooms and two brick houses. with all the machinery. ———.—__ CANVASSING THE SENATE. A Majority Opposed to the Wilson Bill and an Income Tax. NEW YORK, Feb. 1—A morning paper gives the following as the resuit of a can- vass of the eighty-five members of the United States Senate on the Wilson tariff and income tax measures. The result of the poll, as exactly as it can be stated in figures, is as follow! Republicans opposed to the Wilson bill in any form, 36; democrats opposed to the bill in the present form, 7; populists opposed to the bill in its present form, 2; total op- posed to bill in its present form, 45; repub- licans in doubt, 2; democrats in favor of the bill, 37; populists in favor of the bill, total now favoring the bill, 38. On income tax: Republicans In favor of the income tax (in a separate measure), 4 democrats in favor of inconig tax, 23; pop- ulists in favor of income tax, total, 20. Oppesed to income tax: Republicans, H democrats, 10; populists, none: total, 34. Non-committal or in doubt: Republicans, 10; democrats, 11; total, 21. —___ A New Antidote for Morphine Poison. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 1.—Dr. Emil Reyer, demonstrator at the Indiana Medi- cal College, tried the new permanganate of potassium antidote for morphine poison on two dogs at the city dispensary, giving three grains of morphine in each case, one hypodermically. In three hours both ani- mals were still unconscious from the poison and in five hours one had recovered and the one hypodermicaily poisoned was on the road to recovery. Both doses would have been fatal without the antidote. _ Coasting Disaster. . I., Feb. 1.—A coasting accident, which resulted in the killing of Robert Grinnell, the nine-year-old son of Carey Grinnell, and fatal injuries to seven- year-old Albert Schafer, occurred in Mo- line last night. The boys were coasting on a street intersecting an electric street car track, and in going down the hill their sl was run into by an electric car. ‘agged some distance and his back was broken. large stock of | GLADSTONE’S PLANS Itis Again Asserted That He Will Retire. THE MAJESTIC-NEW YORK RACE. Reviving the Panama Canal Scan- dal. Wes GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Pall Mall Gazette | today persists that it was right in its state- ments made yesterday to the effect that the resignation of Mr. Gladstone as premier of England was shortly to be expected. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says: “The announcement was made with a full sense of the responsibility. We were pre- pared for an official denial, but we were not prepared for a virtual confirmation ef the accuracy of the statement from Mr. Gladstone himself.” Continuing, the Pall Mall Gazette says: “Sir Algernon West's words are: ‘The state- ment that Mr. Gladstone has definitely de- cided at all to resign is untrue.’ Obviously, all turns upon the exact meaning of which attaches to the word ‘decision.’ The whole denial is an elaborate endeavor to prepare his supporters for the step he has decided to take. It is manifest that his tenure of office is Mmited to months, if not to weeks. His withdrawal means the disrup- tion of the party and a general reconstruc- tion of all parties. This, with the possidle exception of Mr, Gladstone's perversion of home rule, is the most important poli event since the repeal of the corn jaw: While the liberal papers generally profess to be satisfied with the denial, others are inclined to partially agree that the answer is a riddle. The majority of the general public is inclined to think that the report is true. The Hon. G. W. Spencer Lyttleton, Mr. Gladstone's private secretary, received a cipher dispatch from the F poy minister, who is now at Biarritz, at 5:45 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. The contents of this di: patch were communicated to Earl Spencer, first lord of the admiralty, and the Right Hon. Herbert Asquith, the home secretary, both of whom refused to divulge their in- formation to reporters. The Westminster Gazette says: “In read- ing Mr. Gladstone's statement, sent cut from Biarritz through Sir Algernon West, it must be remembered that it is Mr. Glad- stone’s Invariable habit to answer with scrupulous exactness each statement, and to never make a general denial. Those | familiar with Gladstonese remark Mr. | Gladstone's present unqualified emphasis.” | *The Freemans Journal of Dublin, com- | menting on the report of Mr. Gladstone’s intended resignation, says: The cruel, cowardly canard did not need contradiction. It is lawful to hope and believe that Mr. Gladstone will be spared in the full vigor of his genius until the not distant day | When he will see the greatest work of his great career effected. The Gazette refers to a statement pub- lished last evening in London and author- ized by Mr. Gladstone. This was to the ef- fect that for many months his age and the condition of his sight and hearing have, in his judgment, made relief from public affairs desirable. Therefore, his tenure of office has been at any moment liable to interruption from these causes which are in their nature permanent. He is ignorant of the course which events important to the nation may take even during the remainder of the present session of parliament. and he has not said nor done anything which could in any degree re- strain his absolute freedom or that of his colleagues regarding the performance of the arduous duties now lying or likely to he before them. DOES IT MEAN WAR? Significance of Mr. Gladstone's Pros- pective Retirement. Special London Dispatch to ths New York Sun. The great scene of reconciliation at Berlin last week, Servia’s threatening crisis, the khedive’s insubordination, the queer polit- ical talk in Paris, all are moves in the gi- gantic game of peace or war. Italy’s al- most helpless despair was the most im- portant factor of all until there came this report of the retirement of England's wise and peace-loving statesman. On which side of the scale would Glad- stone’s resignation weigh? Inasmuch as England is certain not to be the aggressor in the threatened conflict and the other powers fear Giadstone less than almost any other probabie British premier, the change might make an intending belligerent hesi- tate. Not the first sign of hostile intentions is yet manifested in any quarter. What great power is deliberately planning war while protesting only peace? If Gladstone is so thoroughly convinced that war is imminent that he is arranging to turn over the gov- ernment to younger hands, the warlike evi- dence before him must be strong. Not a scrap of it is yet known outside the inner- most diplomatic circle: MORE PANAMA CANAL SCANDAL. According to a Pa Paper Ex-Pre- mier Dupuy is Iwplicated. PARIS, Feb. 1.—M. Rochefort, in the In- transigeant, says that Dr. Carl Herz is printing three volumes of letters which he | has received at various times from promi- nent politicians in regard to Panama canal affairs. According to the Intransigeant ex-Pre- mier Dupuy ‘s implicated, though he is not accused of having received money. But he is said to have solicited favors for his colleagues. ’ Aside from the first list of checks, Dr. | Herz is said to hold forty-five from which the recipients can be clearly identified. Some of the documents are reported to have _ been sent to Chicago, from which place | they have now been returned. | M. Rochefort is reported to have seen a telegram sent from Bournemouth by the representative of an English . newspaper, | stating that he had arranged a compromise of the Reinach family civil suit, which would be dropped if there was no exposure. FOG DELAYED THE NEW YORK. Her Mails to London Beaten Five Hour: LONDON, Feb. 1.—The mails brought from New York by the American line steamer New York, Capt. Jamison, which arrived at Southampton at 1:10 o'clock this morning arrived at Waterloo station at 5:55 o'clock, or just four hours and fifty- nine minutes later than the mails from the j White Star line steamer Maiestic, brought | by rail from Liverpool, were landed at the | Euston station. ‘Capt. Jamison said “that an hour after the New York sailed she was compelled to anchor for six and one-half hours owing to a dense fog. She passed out from Sandy Hook at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The agents of the American line at South- ampton regard the contest between the New York and the Majestic as satisfactory. The Majestic, they say, had an advantage in that she had just come out of a graving dock, where her bottom had been scraped and painted, whereas the New York has not been docked for that purpose in six months. THE RIOTING IN OPORTO. Popular Discontent With New and Vexatious Taxation. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The representative in Lisbon of the United Press writes to the London office that the censor has refused to allow telegraphic messages giving de- tails of the troubles in Oporto to be trans- mitted. He says in the letter that on January 29 there was serious rioting in Oporto. The trouble was due to the disaffection yrowing out of new and vexatious taxation, and the action of the government in forbidding the meetings called by the chamber of com- merece, societies, shopxeepers and the va- rious industries to protest against the taxes. The disaffection was not pecullar to Oporto, for not only were the shops and offices closed, Dut those in Lisbon and all the large towns were shut up. It was only in Oporto, however, that overt acts against the peace were committed. On January 29 large crowds gathered in the streets and much angry talk was indulged in. Finally { tne maignation of the people overflowed all bounds and serious rioting occurred. The authorities managed to ly restore order, but news of the situation, which was very threatening, was tele ed to Lis- bon, and a number of warships were at once dispatched to Oporto to assist in quelling the disturbances. The presence of the fleet somewhat quieted affairs, but the disaffection continues. French Import Duty on Wheat. PARIS, Feb. 1—The customs committee has adopted the proposal of M. Meline to raise the duty on wheat to $ francs, with the proviso that when the price reaches 23 francs, the duty is to be reduced by Progressive diminution of 50 centimes and the duty is to be removed altogether when the price reaches 33 francs, The Czar Out of Danger. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1—The health of the czar has so far improved that his physicians pronounce him to be entirely out of danger. The Head of Solomo: rested, BERLIN, Feb. 1.—A special dispatch re- ceived here from Frankfort says that Solo- mon Mass, head of the firm of Solomon Maas & Co., bankers, which failed on Mon- day last for a very large amount of money, has been arrested. The dispatch adds that the brother of the head of the firm of Solo- mon Mass & Co. has committed suicide. Rank of F: ce Statemen PARIS, Feb. 1.—The statement of the Bank of France, issued today, shows the following: Circulation, increase during the week, 43,275,000 francs; treasury accounts, increase, 29,425,000 francs; bills discounted, increase, 70,800,000 francs; silver, increase, aoa francs; gold, decrease, 990,0U0 | francs, Maas & Co. Ar- Put Into Queenstown for Repairs. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 1.—The British steamer Ithamo, Capt. Alcock, from Ham- burg, January 14th, via Sunderland for Baltimore, has put into this port with her machinery out of order. There is some wa- ter in her engine room, and the vessel has sustained other damage. renee THE CORBETT-JACKSON FIGHT. Gov. Matthews Snys That It Will Not Take Place in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb, 1.—In an- swer to the announcement that the Roby Athletic Club would offer a purse of $40,000 and pay a license of $20,000 to the state for the Corbett-Jackson fight. Gov. Matthews said that no such proposition had been sub- mitted to him. He regarded it as an idie rumor, Gov. Matthews added that neither the Corbett-Jackson fight nor any other prize fight would take place in Indiana so long as he had the power to prevent it. “Parson” Davies, who is managing the Jackson end of the Corbett-Jackson fight, called on Gov. Matthews at the executive office last evening. He was asked if he knew anything about the report of the meeting at Crown ‘Point, at which it was the fight. He said that so far as he knew it was untrue. Davies has received another telegram from the Washington Athletic Club of Ta- coma pressing him for an answer to the $40,000 offer made Saturday. He sent this answer: “What guarantee will you give that the club can have the fight take place? Better send a representative to meet me. We can then see Brady to- gether.” Davies says he will go east next week to see Brady about the fight. He has received notice from the secretary of the West Superior (Wis.) chamber of commerce saying that the citizens would give a purse of $50,000 for the fight. Davies has written to Lord Lonsdale with refer- ence to having the National Club of Lon- don represented when the bids are received for the location of the fight. ACQUISITION, BELIEVES I Wants to Annex the West Indies, Bahamas and Bermudas. CHICAGO, IIL, Feb. 1.—Every soldier of the Army of the Potomac remembers the colors that for years floated over the head- quarters of Gen. Meade. Last night when 150 men who fought in that army gathered around the banquet board at the Grand Pacific Hotel a fac simile of that flag foat- ed over them, It was a handsome guidon—on one side a field of solferino red bearing a life-size golden eagle surrounded by a silver wreath of laurel, on the other were the national colors with the names of the corps of the army. The fifth annual banquet of the Western Society of the Army of the Potomac will be remembered on account of the »resence of many distinguished men. When Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was in- troduced he was greeted with a mighty shout, The colonel spoke but fifteen min- utes. After paying a gloWing tribute to the men of the Army of the Potomac and eon- gratulating all present on their sood for- tune in being permitted by Providence to live under the glorious stars and stripes, Col. Ingersoll said in condlusion: “I believe in this country. I am so young and so full of enthusiasm that I am a believer in na- tional growth. I want this country to be territorial and to become larger than ahy of us. I want a country worthy of Chi- cago. I want to gobble up the West Indies and Bermudas and the Bahamas. They belong to this continent, and it’s a piece of impudence for any other country to own them, Such is the extravagance of my am- bition that I even want the Sandwich Islands.” a PEOPLE GO MILES TO SEE IT. The Tooth of a Mastodon Dug Up at Frankfort, Kan. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 1.—The people of Frankfort, Marshall county, are greatly excited over the discovery of a mastodon’s j tooth dug up in the streets of that town. ‘The peculiar thing about it is that a min- ister, Rev. S. M. Hopkins, found it in front of his residence, and as he is superstitious, the gvod man thinks it is a terrible warn- ing, and has preached about it to his con- | gregation, assuring them that it is the fore- runner of trouble to that people. When Rev. Hopkins found this mammoth tooth he called in the neighbors and a measurement was made of it. The great tusk measured fourteen inches in length, six inches in width, and six inches from the grinding surface to the end of the remain- ing portion of the fangs. The bone portion of the tooth is petrified, but the enamel is just as bright and per- fect as it ever was. It is an interesting specimen, and people have traveled many miles to look at it. Parties have been dig- ging for other evidences of a former masto- don, and have been rewarded with rich finds. They unearthed several monster bones, showing that a mastodon of mam- moth proportions died there many years ago. ae SEALERS IN BERING SEA. Canada Doe: Like the Effect of the Paris Arbitration, OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 1.—The government is engaged in a controversy with the Uni- ted States to prevent Canadian sealers from being driven out of Bering sea by gunboats. According to dispatches the nét ‘result of the Paris arbitration has been to substitute for one or fwo gunboats a whole fleet of war vessels in Bering sea to prevent sealing byCanadians until the sanc- tion of the treaty signed on behalf of Can- ada by Sir John Thompson, —_—. Believed to Have Been a Murder. FREEPORT, Ill., Feb. 1.—The coroner is investigating a queer case at the village of Kent. Several young men going home from a party found what they sup- posed to be a dead man near the Chicago Great Western railroad track. He was car- ried to the village, revived enough to speak and then died from the effects of exposure. He gave the name of Archibald Gillanders, and on his body was found a ticket from San Francisco to New York, and a steamer ticket to Scotland, and $500 in money. It is believed that thieves attempted to rob and murder him on the platform of the eastbound Great Western train, and that he fell or was knocked off. . ——— Louis Palma, a seventeen-year-old boy of New Haven,*Conn., has inherited a for- tune of about $125,000 from his uncle, the late Charles Palma, a _ well-known San Francisco hotel proprietor. determined to offer a purse of $40,000 for] pi | night just outside the District. PUGILISTSAND BLOOD The Two Brutal Exhibitions Given Last Night. WHEREIN THEY DIFFERED One in the C. A. C, Gymnasium and One in a Dense Wood. MEN KNOCKED OUT IN BOTH The Columbia Athletic Club last evening furnished ancther of those sparring ente>- tainments which have of late become so Popular among certain classes in the city, and as the four or five hundred men present saw the blood flow, as if from a butchered beast, and witnessed one of the contestants knocked down, unable to regain his feet within the fatel ten seconds allowed by the Marquis of Queensbury rules, the wonder was that Messrs. Corbett and Mitchell had wandered so far away as Jacksonville,;when right here in the capital city of the nation fights more bloody and not nearly so scien- tific are, to use the inelegant but no less expressive language of the prize ring toughs, “pulled off” openly and with the ‘apparent sanction of the authorities. Four contests had been arranged, three of six rounds each, and one of eight, but one of the contests lasted but little more than one round of three minutes, the defeated man being knocked to the floor by a ter- rific blow in the jaw, and lying there dazed and helpless until afte: the time allowed him to struggle to his feet had expired and he had been counted out. Fierce a: loody. Another of the fights furnished perhaps the bloodiest contest ever seen here, and at the same time undoubtedly the fiercest. It was the second on the evening's card, being between Lash and Irving, two young men of this city. In the second round Irving landed a hot left-hand blow on Lash’s nose, Starting a stream of blood which did not cease to steadily flow during every moment of the remaining rounds, and which not only covered him from face down, but also besmeared his exultant antagonist. It is true that when the gong signaled the close of each round the man’s seconds, with sponge and water and towel, washed awa” the blood and sent their man to the scratch clean and bright, but the moment the fight- ers squared away Irving banged the dam- aged and swollen organ at his sweet will, making his man a veritable chopping block, while the hopelessly beaten Lash, with staring eyes, open mouth and heaving chest, inly but gamely struggled on, hoping in sheer desperation to land a knock-out iow. Fought Like Brutes. But Irving, confident and strong, landed innumerable blows on the nose, head and stomach, now and then receiving a hot one in return, but nearly always cleverly man- aging to get away just in time. The last sixty seconds of the fight was the fiercest encounter ever seen in this city, it being simply impossible to count the blows struck by either man, and as they fought like brutes the crowd spurred them on by yells and cries, it being almost impossible to hear the sharp tone of the gong as it rang out the close cf the flercest and bloodiest fight ever witnessed in the District. When it did ring out Lash staggered to his corner a badly defeated man, barely able to stand, and covered with blood almost from head to foot. - Not so Brutal. The other fights were not so brutal, al- though in the one between Dan Coughlin of Philadelphia and Frank McCall of Wii- mington, Del., Coughlin (hardly more than a mere boy) was knocked down and out by his older and stronger opponent shortly after the call of time for the second round. The defeated boy was not, however, dis- figured or badly hurt; the knock-out blow, a terrific straight punch on the jaw, merci- fully closing what was ¢learly an unequal contest in short order. The other fights were between Jack Daly of Wilmington, Del., and A! O'Brien of Philadelphia, and Walter Campbell of Philadelphia and John Corrigan of Manayunk, Pa., the latter one being an eight-round contest. O’Brien was not only stale, but apparently had little, if any, real judgment of distance. Daly out- pointed him and never left the issue in much doubt, the referee promptly awarding him the fight. The fight between Campbell and Corrigan was of about the same char- acter, and while Corrigan was plainly out of condition and at a great disadvantage re- specting reach, he put up a clean, plucky fight. Campbell always hsd a lot up his sleeve, however, and did not at any time exert himself. He was clearly entitled to the decision, but when it was given him the referee was hissed by not a few, who be- leved that there should at least have been enother round. Mr. Arthur Moore of the New York Ath- letic Club officiated as referee, and Mr. Jack Ranier of the Columbia Athletic Club acted as announcer. The gloves used were said to be six-ounce ones, and the fights were under slightly modified Marquis of Queensbury rules. THE OTHER EXHIBITION. Two Hum: Battering Rams at Work Outside the District. “Buck” Allen and “Davy” Henson, ap- plicants for fistic laurels, got together last Both men are colored, Mr. Allen being several shades more colored than Mr. Henson. The scene of the mill was in a dense wood and a good- ly distance from a public road er a private dwelling. The advance guard had shown marked discretion in the selection of a site. fter the usual delays in finding the spot, talking, roping off the ring, agreeing on timekeepers and referee the contestants en- tered the square. Mr. Allen appeared like an ebon-fisted son of Night, and the com- plexion of Mr. Henson was that of a com- promise betwean chrome yellow, ochre and burnt umber. The former weighed 162 and the latter 159. The weightier man was shorter and built more a la Mitchell, while the lighter man had the elasticity and a wider range of movement. The stake was $20, the gate proceeds and then such chink as the witnesses were disposed to shower on their respective favorites. There bas been a feud between the contestants for some time, and, with the advice and as- sistance of friends, it was concluded to ad- just the strained relations by a resort to hands and arms. Quite a number of the sporting elite attended, but the attendance was slim because of other sporting attrac- rt in Washington. The mill was held last night, because, for some reason, it was understood that the state authorities were not on the lookout for it. At times the au- dience was approvingly demonstrative. Everything passed off in a perfectly orderly and sportsmanlike manner, and the fair- ness of the fight was a source of congratu- lation to all. Mr. Allen won the inatch after a red-hot contest of nine rounds. ‘Time was called for the first round at 1: . The men shook hands with a formal lack of cordiality. For a moment they sparred for an opening. Both led at the same in- stant, met hard and clinched. In the break away Allen reached for Henson's neck, feel short and was smashed in the ribs, tapped in the face, but returned the favor on Henson’s head and the pair clinch- ed. Allen struck at Henson, but he wasn’t there. Henson came back at Allen, but the latter ducked to avoid a smash. Allen went into Henson’s body and received the latter's eae St hand wyiied neck, with a full swing. After some forearm scrapping and a little chasing the men clinched. Second round. Both men sprang from their corners and came up smiling. They were not on amicable terms, but both clinched to escape being hurt. In the break Allen uppercut his antagonist lightly, but with good intent, and Henson landed on the other man’s head. Allen got Hen- son around the neck, but almost had his skull fractured by a resounding back-hand- ed whack from his intended victim. Isen- son struck out, but Allen got away without damage. Some wrestling followed, and Henson was forced down on the ropes. Al- len showed a desire to foul his :nan and some shouted that he had, but the referee refused to allow the point. Third round.. Allen spread his feet out and got down low with intent to inflict stomach trouble on him, but Henson caress- ed his man on the jaw, and a fusillade of rapid forearm shooting followed. At the call of time the men were embracing. Fourth round. The men were, fresh and steaming and continued to display marke INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. —_— FINANCIAL. oney to Build. Individuals owning unimproved prop- erty and desiring to build a bome on to improve it for rental purposes will be loaned the requisite amount Qt a low rate of interest. Per Cent. Debenture Bonds Of thie company are & simple prom- ise to pay @ certain sum with inter- est at a certain time; hence require absolutely no attention whatever. ‘They are issued is sums of ‘$100, $500 and $1,000, and pay 5 per cent per anpum—payable semi- ‘annually. Am. Security & Trust Co.: C. J. BELL, President. BANKING HOUSE, 1405 G ST. X. 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Allen was determined to smash his enemy, but he was not able to carry out his policy in this round. Henson scemed perfectly willing to remain in the ring and hed so far scratched with alacrity every time the referee had said the word. Some hammer and tongs body work distinguished this round. Sparring was the order, Seventh round. and if the men had been arguing under London rules it would have been quite a foot race. In this round a collision oc- curred which made the gentlemen shed claret more profusely than ever. Eighth round, Henson was getting tired. He was breathing heavily and was getting weak on his pins, and as Allen was forcing the fighting. it looked as though the end was near. The biows of Allen had plenty of steam in them and Henson was too weak to properly reciprocate. Ninth round. This round had been on about one minute when Allen gave his man a punch in the wind which sickened him and caused him to drop to rise no more within the time limit Washington Loan and Trust peak at Selmi MITCHELL’S OPINION OF CORBETT. A Hard Hitter, a Cyclone Fighter ana as Strong as a Lion. Tommy Keogh, formerly a light-weight pugilist, has received a letter from Charley Mitchell, in which the pugilist says: “I can't make up my mind that 1 have gone back, for I believe I entered the ring as good as when .! fought Sullivan to @ |draw. 1 tel you the American people have | never sized Corbett up right. He ts a cy- cliche and as strong as a lon. 1 had no show whatever with him in a clinch. He is | as quick as a feather weight and as power- jerful as Sullivan. We were bitter enemies before the fight and tried hard to punish each other, and we may have lost our | heads tor the time being. As to fouls, we were even. He struck me a light blow before I was on my feet, and I struck him twice on his going to his corner. I may have lost faith in myself in the second rouna, but I tried gamely to get as far as 1 could. 1 was terriply aisappeirted, as weil as my friends, in not being able to last longer. 4 dcn’t want any one to tell me that Cor- bett can’t strike a wicked, punishing blow. 4 thought 1 could worry him by infighting, but 1 round him very much home there himeelf, 1 have secn Sullivan's wicked looks, but I never want to see another look like Corbett had when we started on the second round. it gave me a feeling 1 never |had before. 1 am glad to say we have made up. I was clearly outclassed.” — eee THEY RIDE FREE CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS SAFE, DESOSIT DEPARTMENT. “ safes inside burglar-proof vaults at @5 sg allowed on $3 and above. < When They Get a Chance and No One Puts in an Objection. Two comfortably dressed young men, giving their names as Joseph Newman und Charles Butts, were in Judge Kimball's court this morning, charged with being va- grants and suspicious persons. Like scores of other young men endeavoring to get out of town, they started out on the 10:10 New York express train on the Baltimore nd Potomac railroad. This train is stopped every night, and as many as a dozen persons have been taken from be- tween the cars. These young men were on the train last night. They said not guilty to the charge. One of the young men said that he was endeavoring to get out of the city, as he wanted to get home. The other defendant said he lived here. “And didi’t you know you could on tus train?” the judge asked him. “No, sir,” was his response. “Tben you have not been reading the newspapers,” said the judge. “There liave been so many railroad robberies lately, and the raliroads and passengers have had so much trouble, that Ue court is going to do its duty in the matter and give the nec- essary protection.” On account of the good showing made by these defendants they were released on their personal bonds. Reniamia P. Snyder, Albert 1, Sturtevant, al 9 Plant, fe 6 vee Thomas Hi; Rone On ta, : George T. Dunlop. hot ride Life Tontine Endowment AND PAID-UP policies purchased at a fair dim dil-tf EDWARD N. BURNS, 1807 F st. ae. ~~ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Mr. Ross Takes the Oath. Secretary Tindall this morning adminis- tered the oath of office to Commissioner Ross. The scene took place at Mr. ioss’ desk, and the visitors in the room were not aware that the ceremony was being per- formed. Mr. Ross took the old municipal Bible that has sworn in a number of Com- missioners, and took the prescribed cath in a firm voice, evidently impressed with the responsibility he was assuming for sec ond time. Pgiensases Mr. Ross has the distinction of being the only Commissioner that has succeeded him- self neds full irs Mr. Dent, aithough appointed a second time, only held the first appointment for a shoct term. The Potomiic Flats Title, The letter of the health officer to the Commissioners, calling attention to a re- port from Sanitary Inspector Hughes,which stated that the flats were unsanitary by Treason of numerous depressions in them, which collected water, was referred to Maj. Chas. E. L. B. Davis, the engineer officer in. charge of the improvement of the Poto- mac flats. Maj. Davis, after carefully investigati the subject, reported today to the red missioners through Gen. Casey that, owing to the action of Congress, which forbids the expenditure of money until the suit is decided determining the rights of the United States to the property, there ts no remedy. Such a suit was instituted in the -4 bonds eccuritioe tate Supreme Court of the District November, | oq°ti!raad stocks and bonds an@_ait ‘Pulladelpuia, 1886, and is stil pending. yg | Xt ate nebtiliieria me, A apy, made of savestment Die CADETS APPOINTED. Sit reteptone Sock Saale te. —— ‘American Bell Telephone Stock bought en@ ealt, The Names 6f Those Who Will Go te| @!1 West Point. Seed Distribution, More than a hundred temporary employes Cadets have been appointed to the West Point Military Academy as follows: Edwin F. Canfield of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Jacob C,| are now at w in the Agricultural De- Johnson of Benton City, Mo.; Dick D,/ partment engaged in the distribution of | White of Danville, Mo. (alternate); Earl M. | Seeds to various parts of the country. There Ranier of Kenton, Tenn.; E. C. Ware of | are about 9,000,000 small paper bags of Kenton, Tenn. (alternate); Duncan Perkins | seeds to be distributed this season and two- of Quanah, Texas (alternate); Liewelyn W. hirds of this amount has already been dis- Oliver of Escanaba, Mich. posed of. An average of 100 two-bushel ee bags is sent out daily and at this rate it is expected that the work will continue for |two months, though it William Brunner, & manufacturer, either completed before July 1. 5 o'clock last evening, or was thrown from | man is receiving the bridge. seeds this year than in any previous year,