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WEEKLY
TATE8MAN;
"SOL" XYIII
AUSTIN. TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 21 1 S89. PAGES 1 TO S
HO. 15
AUSTIN
PRIZE FIGHT..
Great Combat Between McAulifie
and Myers Over Sixty
Bounds Fought.
MoAuliffe on the Aggressive and
Myers on the Defensive The
Battle a Draw.
Chicago February 13. The Ohioago
Times has the following aooouut of the
Myer8-MoAuliffe fight:
Nobth J ddbon Ind. February 13. The
time in the Myers-McAuliffe fight was
called at 6:58 a. m. There was a
wrangle over MoAuliffe having plas-
tered hit . hands tinder his gloves
.. whioh for a time threatened to
stop proceedings. Colville advised Mo-
AiUSd to keep gloves on. Finally he
was allowed to pat them on. At 6:40 two
city marshals jumped on the platform
and informed those present the fight
co aid not go on. After a wrangle with
the referee ' and sheriff it was agreed to
allow a boxing matoh.
First round MoAnliffe led with his left
and forced Myers to the ropes and landed
his left on his nose and his right on the
left eye. The round ended in favor of Mo-
Anliffe. Second There was an exohange in
in whioh Myers landed on the back of his
opponent's neok getting a return stinger
on the nose. MoAnliffe slipped at the
ropes saving himself from a terrible
tight hand swinging blow. A foal was
claimed but not allowed. The round
ended with cautious Bparring.
Third Cautious sparring at the open-
ing; MoAnliffe led lightly then landed
heavily with his left teoeiving a right
hinder. MoAuliffe here rushed. There
was an even exohange Myers getting in a
good right hand blow full In MoAuliffe's
f aos whioh almoBt staggered him. Round
eaded.
Fourth Both men very oautious spar-
rin2 for an opening. Not a blow was
struok in this round.
Fifth Myers landed oa MoAuliffe on
the ribs with his right; struok short again
with the left.
Sixth Again cautious work but one
blow was struok MoAclme's right being
oleverly stopped by Myers.
Seventh MoAnliffe landed lightly on
Myer'a mouth withont return. MoAuliffe
rushed his man to his corner having a
short arm exohange.
Eighth Opened with cautions sparring
Myers on the defensive as usual. Myers
no led with the right landing on Mo-
Auliffe'd month following up. with his
left full on MoAnlme's nose without
retirn.
Ninth Myers led with the right landed
on MoAuliffe's arm. Again there was cau
tions work. MoAnliffe got in a good right
and left full in Myer s f aoe and got away
withont return. The ronnd ended with
cautious sparring. After this round Diok
Roohe MoAuliffe's baoker placed $500
even.
Tenth Opened same as last. Not a
blow was struck.
Eleventh MoAnliffe rushed Myers two
short arm blows being exchanged the
round endiug in a olinoh MoAnliffe still
.dome; all the leading.
Twelfth Opened with an exchange of
short arm blows ending in a olinoh. Mo-
Auliffe again led with his left receiving a
stinger in the faoo before he oould get
away. Myers landed lightly on MoAulitie'a
nose.
Thirteenth Cautions sparring for over
two minutes when MoAuliffe led with his
left reoeiving a sharp counter in the
face.
Foarteenth MoAuliffe rushed Myers
landing with his left on the nose and re
ceiving two stinging blows on the faoe
And neok. In roshing the seoond time
MoAnliffe slipped and fell My.rs on top
MoAnliffe then oommenoed to foroe mat'
ters and rnshed closing the round.
Fifteenth Opened with a heavy ex
change of short arm blows. Myers caught
MoAnliffe with a vicious right hand swing
full in the face after sparring for an
opening.
Sixteenth Was extremely tame noth-
ina bnt sparring for wind being dope.
Seventeenth MoAuliffe led with the
left and re iched Myers' eye but was heav-
ilv countered on the body. -..fi
Eighteenth Myers' right eye showed
signs of dosing; otherwise both men in
good condition. There was oautious star
ring not a blow being siruca.
Nineteenth Neither man seemed anx
ions to foroe matters; careful sparring for
-wind. MoAnliffe attempted to oatoh
Mvers off his guard and a olinoh followed
Twentieth MoAuliffe landed with the
left and right on Myers' eye and got away
-withont return. There was again sparring
for wind to the end of the round.
Twentv-first MoAnliffe opened by a
rush landing lightly on Myers' forehead
-ending in a clinob. Myers landed Heavily
on MoAuliffe's ribs with the right; careful
sparring to the end of the round.
Twenty-seoond Both men oame tip
fresh and strong Myers' eyes blackened;
otherwise neither man showed signs of
punishment and the round was but a
repetition of their past taotios sparring
for an opening.
Twenty-third MoAuliffe opened with a
rush landing heavily on Myers' nose;
some in-fighting followed whioh resulted
in s olinoh. MoAnliffe led with the left
and again landed on Myers's faoe getting
away without return. Myers barely missed
a visions right and left lunge by Mo Auliff a
-whioh would have settled the affair.
Twenty-fourth In full arm exohange
MoAuliffe landed a vicious right hand
. swing which sent Myers to the ropes. In
attempting the same tactic the second
time MoAuliffe just missed a right hand
swing that wonld have been a settler.
Twenty-fifth MoAnliffe opened with a
rush landing with both hands Myers
countering heavily. The round ended
wita light sparring for an opening.
Twenty-sixth Cautious sparring with
out any advantage' to either.
Twenty-aeventh Myers opened with a
stingiog left hander on Mao's nose and
followed with a wiofeed right hand up
per out; Both men strong with honors
evep.
Twenty-eighth This round had just
opened when one town marshal oame in
and said he wonld not have the fight go
on as he understood it was not a boxing
matoh but a fight At this time (9 o'clock)
the fight had been delayed 20 minutes.
An arrangement was made however to
continue.
Twenty-ninth Time called at 9:05.
Both men were fresh after their twenty-five-minute
rest. Mao rushed the fightiDg
for an opening and falling short was
heavily oountered. Mao now landed with
his left on Myers' chest and got away.
Thirtieth Myers led by a right band
swing on Mao's lip and was allowed first
blood. lhe round ended with light
sparring.
Thirty-first Myers opened with a short
left hand swinging after which both men
took it easy. At this time Myers' chances
were good.
Thirty-second Both men sparred for
an opening MoAuliffe trying to open on
Myers at close quarters. Not a blow was
struck in the round.
Thirty-third This was another rushing
ronnd not a blow being strnck.
Thirty-fourth Both men are fresh.
After sparring nntil agged on by the
crowd Mao made a harmless rush whioh
resulted in a clinoh after which they suo-
oeeded in keeping out of eaoh others'
way until time was oalled.
Thirty-fifth Mao again rushed withont
result trying the same tactics the seoond
time. He was met by a square counter on
landing at the same time with right on
Myers' neok.
Thirty-sixth The same oli story not
a blow struck the men being abont equal
in condition and even in points.
Thirty-seventh Myers was favored with
a right and left bander and immediately
returning the compliment with terrible
swingings landed on Mao s neok and ohin
Time was called while both men were
sparring for an opening.
' Rounds 38 39 and 40 were characterized
by oautious sparring without any deoissive
work.
Forty-first MoAnliffe led and landed
lightly on Myers' cheek. MoAnliffe now
went to his rushing taotios. After having
failed twice he landed twice on Myers
barely missing a terrible left hand swing
from the latter.
Forty-3econd Myers landed twioe to
MoAuliffe's onoe in the opening and iol
lowed it up with two straight shoulder
blows whioh landed on MoAulitle's aw
MoAnliffe Beemed to be doing all the lead
ing.
Forty-third MoAuiffe landed heavily
on Myers' jaw Myers succeeding in mak
ing a fair exohange. Xhe nghticg was
getting sharper MoAnliffe working on
Myers' stomach and doing most of the
leading.
Forty-fourth First knock down for
Myers after a sharp exohange.
Forty-fifth MoAuliffe led with a light
body blow reoeiving a oounter on the
jaw in return.. They then eparred for an
opening the round ending with no advan-
tage to either man.
Forty-sixth MoAnliffe misssd and re
ceived a heavy oounter with Myers' right
on his jaw. Mao now led for Myers' body
with the left bnt missing he struos at his
faoe also missing receiving a light blow
on the neck in return.
Forty-seventh Mao led wi h his left for
Myers' head and again failing tried for
his man's body with bis left both of whioh
were cleverly stopped. The round was
otherwise uneventful MoAuliffe jmt
beginning to realize that Myers oould not
be tired out.
Forty eighth Both men were fresh and
betting was even. Mao led with his left a id
missed landing heavily on Myers' stomach
He led again with his left and
missed. Myers then landed a daisy with
his right on MoAuliffe s eye. Mao s re
turn was weak.
Forty-ninth Both men were sparring
for wind. Myers was still on the defensive.
He cleverly stopped a stomach blow whioh
MoAuliffe had intended to leave its mark.
Fiftieth MoAuliffe was taking it easy
both men apparently good for any num
ber of rounds. The backers were undoubt
edly counseling oantion. This ronnd
dosed tamely at 10:30.
Fifty-first The same old story of un
limited oantion. No attempt was being
made to rush the fight.
Fifty-seoond Myers got the best of the
first exchange administering a nasty
npper cut to MoAuliffe.
Fifty-third MoAuliffe landed heavily
on Myers' stomach and got away without
return. Both men were now beginning to
show signs of weakness as the leading
sport remarked "One's afraid and another
dare not." MoAnliffe deserved greater
oredit for having done greater leading
no damage being done.
Fifty-fourth MoAnliffe was again at
his old game Myers' stomach but did
not land heavily enough to do any dam
age neither man attempting to fight.
Fifty-fifth Again the old story not a
blow struok. The fight was proving
thoroughly tiresome.
Fifty-sixth Not a blow was struck.
Fifty-seventh Was a repetition of the
fifty-sixth.
Fifty-eighth MoAuliffe now said: "I
oan't fignt a man that won't stand." My
era replied: "I am no fighter I am a
corn husker; go to your corner."
Fifty-ninth Not a blow this ronnd
The fight had now lasted 4 hours.
Sixtieth Myers landed with his right
on MoAuliffe's ear the first good blow in
six rounds. Both men were again back
at their old waiting taotics. Loud talk
of a draw. Both men were fresh and if
Myers had kept np his present taotios of
allowing MoAuliffa to do the leading the
fight wonld have continued for 4 hours
more.
Sixty first MoAuliffe landed on Myers'
stomach but the blow lacked foroe.
Myers seemed to be the greater of the
two but had yet done no leading.
Sixty-seoond An admirer of Myers
had jnst called ont: "Don't be afraid of
him. Billy: he can't hurt you." Answer:
"The devil he oan't!" The plan of Myers'
oampaign was evidently to stay for a draw
and so proteot bis backers.
Sixty third Both men following their
old taotios: no blows struak.
Sixty-fonrth The fight had now lasted
fonr honra and thirty-five minutes. Mo
Anliffe came up strong and fresh and had
taken np bis plan of winding Myers and
his blows were directed at Myers' stomacn
The fight was declared a draw.
HACKWORTH.
The Bepublican Memorialist in
the Washington County Cases
Denounced by Senator Coke.
The Evarts Committee Excludes
all But the Testimony ol Dis-
reputable Persons.
FIFTIETH CONGBESS.
SENATE.
Washington February 14. The senate
resumed consideration of the resolution
reported from the oommittee on privil-
eges and eleotions and was addreseed by
Senator Coke. He declared on his respon
sibility as a man and senator that the re
port of the oommittee was nnjnst one
sided and partisan. If the oommittee
had been prosecutors instead of judges
the inoolpatory evidenoe oould not have
been more thoroughly congregated in the
report nor the eioulpatory testimony
more thoroughly excluded. The senate
and oountry should reoolleot in reading
the report that it was politics. It was
based principally on the testimony of
three memorialists Haokwortb Moore
and Schutze and took no note of the testi
mony of twenty-seven witnessos to the
effect that Haokworth and Sohutze were
men of infamous character and unworthy
of credit. Moore was about as the others.
He oondemned all violations of law there
and declared that an attempt to fix the re
sponsibilityon that people had no support
except the testimony of the infamous trio
and some of their vilest coadjutors. They
had tried to make it apparent that they
were forced out of the county beoanse of
their politics while the faot wa9 he as
serted that they bad left beoanse they
were regarded as moral lepers unfit for
decent association. He wonld prove that
by reference to the.testimony of witnesses
whioh had not been reoited in the report
of the oommittee. He declared that when
the memoralists lost the publio ofiioes
whioh they held in the county ' they were
cohered all over with iidictraents for
official malfeasance.
Senator Coke sent to the clerk's desk
and had read a counter memorial of citi
zens of Brenham painting in very dark
ojlors the oharacter of Haokworth Moore
and Sohultz denying all their material
allegations and presenting the democratic
side of the trouble in Washington oonnty.
He also sent to th clerk's desk and had
read testimony in corroboration of this
coanter memorial. Without oonoluding
his speech he yielded the floor for other
business.
Senators Stewart Allison Plumb His-
cook Qorman Reagan and Jones of Ar
kansas were appointed a select commit
tee on immigration authorized by Mr
Stewart's resolution.
After a brief exeautive session the sen
ate adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Rogers of Arkansas
the senate bill was passed providing for
writs of error to the United States snpreme
oonrt in all oastB iavolviog the question
of jurisdiction of the oourt below.
Mr. Feel of Arkansas oalled up the bill
to divide a portion of the tiionx reserva-
tion in Dakota into separate reservations
and to seoure relinquishment of the In-
dian title to the remainder. The first
vote was taken opon the amendment of-
fered by Mr. Breckenidge of Kentuoky
opening the land to free entry nnder the
homestead law and it was rejeoted. The
next vote was taken on an amendment of-
fered by Mr. Fayson of Illinois provid-
ing for free entry by honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors. The amendment was
rejeoted end the bill was passed.
- Mr. Sayers of Texas from the commit-
tee on appropriations reported back the
fortification appropriation bill with sen-
ate amendments and asked for its present
consideration but on a point of order by
Mr. Townsend of Illinois it was referred
to committee of the whole.
Mr. Springer of Illinois called np the
conference report on the senate bill for
admission of the state of South Dakota.
The report whioh reports atital disa
grteutiT was agreed to.
Mr. Springer moved the house insist on
its amendments and ask for another con-
ference. This motion having been agreed
to Mr. Baker of New York offered a reso-
lution giving the bouse oonferrees the
following instructions:
First To exclude the territory of New
Mexico from the bill.
Seoond To amend the bill to provide
for the admission of Sonth Dakota by
proclamation of the president under the
Sioux Falls Constition to be submitted to
the people of Sonth Dakota with the pre
vision for a new eleotion of state and fed-
eral offioers and withont a new vote on the
qn stion of division.
Third That the proposed states of
North Dakota Montana and Washington
shall all be admitted on the same basis
either by proclamation of the president
or all by formal aots of admission.
Mr. Cox of New York offered a substi-
tute for the resolution differing only from
Mr. Baker's proposition in that it provides
for the admission of North Dakota Mon-
tana and Washington by proclamation of
the president. He earnestly favored the
immediate admission of these territories.
Mr. Rogers of Arkansas thought the
time bad arrived when the whole terri-
torial system ought to be wiped out. If
he had his way be wonld adopt constitu-
tional amendments preventing Utah as an
impure sister from coming into the sister-
hood of states and then admit every other
territory as states. It was time that every
foot of land in the union should tear off
the swaddling clothes of territorial infancy
and pnt on the full suit of sisterhood of
states.
A motion to adjourn having then been
voted down an arrangement was effeoted
whereby the vote shall be taken to-morrow
at 12:45 and the bonse then adjourned.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
COMHOPOBZ BELKNAP.
Washington February 14. Seoretary
Whitney to-day issued an order detaching
Commodore George" Belknap from bis
duty as commandant of Mare Island navy
yard California and ordering him to dnty
in command of the Asiatic station to take
the place of Rear Admiral Chandler who
died last Sunday.
INTEBNAL BIVKNUK BILL.
The appropriations oommittee of the
house grappled the revenue problem in
earnest this morning. With little opposi-
tion the oommittee decided to consider
Cowles' internal revenue bill althongh
oertaio demooratio members took care to
explain their consent given to oonsider
the bill did not bind them to vote
for it. When the formal reading of the
measure was oompleted the members
began to express their views and suggest
alterations the oommittee was obliged to
adjourn leaving the bill pending. The
biU will be further considered to-morrow
and may then be finally aoted opon bo far
as the oommittee is conoerned. It :a
learned that the vote by whioh the oom-
mittee resolved to consider the bill re-
sulted yeas 9 nays 2 . Later on the ques-
tion was pnt "Shall the customs revenues
be considered in connection with this
billf" and it was deoided in the negative
yeas 1 nays 12 other members having
entered the rooms sinoe the first vote.
THE BAMOAN OONFEBENOE .
Washington February 14. It is said at
the state department that as there is not
the slightest wish or desire on the part of
the president or Seoretary Bayard to em-
barrass the inooming administration with
respeot to its Samoan polioy it is not at
all likely the present administration will
arrogate to itself the selection of an
American representative at the proposed
oonferenoe at Berlin or that it will take
any action whatever that might tend to
commit the next administration.
BISM.ABK AND BAYABD.
It is Suspected the German Jfromlo
is
Flaying for Time.
Baltimobe February 14. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore
Snn telegraphs his paper as follows re
garding the proposed conference at Ber
lin on Samoan matters:
It 1 ooks now very muoh as if the Sa-
moan oonferenoe at Berlin will not be held
by representatives of the present adminis
tration. Count Aroo Valley German min
ister called npon Seoretary Bayard yester-
day and informed him the letter in an
swer to Bismarck's proposal for a oon-
ferenoe had been sent to Berlin by mail.
It will reach Berlin abont the 20th. The
German foreign office will probably take
several days to oonsider Mr. Bayard's
suggestion and its answer if sent by mail
would hardly reaoh this oountry before the
beginning of the Harrison regime. There
wonld seem to be no good reason why the
oarrespondenoe should not have been con
ducted by telegraph exoept on the as
sumption that Bismarok's resort to the
mails is Bimply a triok to gain time in
which to punish the Samoans before ne
gotiations at Berlin will begin. In well
informed oircles here there is a Bnspioion
that Germany has already sent reinforoe-
menta 'to Samoa to revenge the killing of
a number of men in the recent fight with
Mataafa and it is not at all nolikely that
we will ultimately hear of another bloody
battle. If however Bismarck is playing
fair and aooepts Mr. Bayard's proposal of
a trnoe in good faith the commissioner
will be sent by Mr. Bayard to represent
this oonntry at Berlin provided of ooprse
that Frinoe Bismarok's reply is reoeived
in time. Minister Pendleton though
muoh improved in health is hardly strong
enough to oonduot the negotiations. A
hitoh in matters from sending corres-
pondence by mail -may arise from Bis-
marck's unwillingness to aooept Mr.
Bayard's proposal that instructions to
suspend beligerent aotion in Samoa be
telegraphed at onoe to German agents
and representatives of the other treaty
powers.
It is thought to be quite po 'Bible that
Bismarck will insist npon reprisals by
way of asserting German prestige in the
Paoifio and satisfying the natioual pride
whioh has been touched in a tender spot
by the defeat of th-) German landing par-
ty by Mataafa.
Mr. Bayard however has made a vigor-
ous protest against suoh a course and has
already hinted that it wonld be Boaroely
worth while to bold a oonferenoe unless
Germany gives praotioal evidenoe of a
sincere desire to promote the restoration
of peaoe in the islands of Samoa or fore-
going her desire for vengeanoe.
NOT THE "WHITE CAPS.
Forty Masked Men TU Up and Whip a
Wife Beater.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Yoakum February 14. At 10 o'olock
last night a party of forty masked men
took Ed Brown ont of his house stripped
and tied him to a tree in an out of the way
place and gve him fifty lubes with a cat-
o'nine tails leaving the mark on hisbaok
to remind bioi for the balance
of bis life of the punishment
he reoeived for whipping bis wife. Brown
has been abusing his wife sinoe they were
married two years ago. His lat act of
whipping her yestrrdy just reoovering
fron sickness ot child birth aroused the
iodiguation of the community. The
party consisted of ber .relatives and near
neighbor. Although some of them were
recognized there has been no attempt to
make any arrest.
SEBIOU3 ACCIDENT.
Two Steeds on a Race Track Dash Into the
Crowd.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Abilene February 14. An accident of
a serious nature occurred on the raoe traok
this evening. The horses Crunk Colt and
Terripin were to run a hundred yards for
a purse of $300. Both left the traok and
ran into the large crowd assembled to
witness the race demolishing one
buggy and throwing the riders
to the ground. Terripin who
was ridden by a boy named Geo
Smiil fell npon him breaking and mash
ing the right leg below the knee all to
pieces a part of the bone pushing through
the skin. Charley Baldeat who rode the
other horse is thought to be injured in-
ternally and Ed Harris of Eagle Cove
being an occupant of the boggy barely
escaped death. Fbysioians think it neo-
eesiry to arrputate Hmilts' leg.
COMMISSION.
Further Testimony in the Parnell-
Times Inquiry The Irish
Leader's Stgnature.
A Searching Investigation Re
marks by Attorney-General
Webster and Russell.
London February 14. Mr. Soame eo-
lioitor for the Times testified before the
Parnell commission to day that he visited
Dablin in May 1888 in quest of evidenoe.
At the offioe of Alexander Murphy orown
solicitor for Kerry he had an interview
with a person who was introdnoed to him
as a former employe in the offioe of the
league and who produced a slip bearing
the signature of Miss Anna Parnell in
Patriok Egan's handwriting and a bundle
of documents whioh witness inspeoted at
length. He oopied some of these docu
ments and made notes of others. Witness
arranged that the doonments should be
brought to London and they were bronght
here on "White Monday" 1888 and em
bodied in an affidavit prodooed during the
trial of the suit of O'Donnell against
Walter for libel. Witness was abont to
put in the evidenoe another letter to
which it appears no official names were
attaohed.
Sir Charles Russell counsel for the Par-
nellites objeoted.
Attorney General Webster for the
Times argued the letter was admissible
as it had been obtained with other docu
ments from Mr. Phillips. He did not
know Mr. Phillips. Attorney-General
Webster said he regretted he had men'
tioned the name bnt it bad been proved
that Mr. Phillips was the aooonntant of
the league. The leter with other gennine
league doonments bad been obtained
from perfeotly proper oustody.
The court refused to admit ths letter in
evidenoe.
Mr. Soame oontinning said he was
first oonsulted regarding alleged Parnell
letters at the end of November or the be
ginning of Deoember 1886.
He prodnoed five letters inolnding the
letter a fao simile of which was printed
in the 'limes.
Attorney-general Webster said the let-
ters had been photographed at Chief Jus
tice Hannen's request. He handed the
photographs to the benoh.
Mr. Soama said Mr.MoDonald manager
of the London Times handed him the
letters.
Witness did not know them nor from
what sonroe they had been obtained. He
afterwards ascertained from whom they
had oame. The letters were submitted to
an expert in April 1887. Before that
genuine specimens of Parnell's writing
were oolleoted and other specimens have
since been oolleoted.
At Attorney-general Webster's request
witness submitted gennine speoimens of
Parnell's signature.
Mr. Soame said he had obtained sped
mens of the writing of Henry Campbell
Parnell's seoretary. He bad no means of
judging who wrote the letter the fao
simile to whioh was published. When the
fao simile appeared in the Times Mr
Ingles expert asked him to get further
speoimens or Campbell's writing.
Witness here prodnoed fnrther spec!
mens of Parnell's signature. He had no
means of judging who had written the
letter the fao simile of whioh was publish-
ed. When the fao simile appeared in the
Times Mr. Ingalls expeoted him to get
further speoimens of Campbell's writing
Witness here produced fnrtber speci
men's of Parnell's signature whioh he bad
obtained when the fao simile was pub
lished and inolnding letters and summons
and which Parnell signed as magistrate
orders of admission to the house of com-
mons a paragraph written for a news
paper end the Kilmainham jail book
whioh oontained nine signatures the first
written in December 1881 and the last in
May 1882. Witness was advised by
Ingles before the fao simile was published
The oourt here debarred the question
as to whether Ingles thought that the
letter whioh appeared in the Times was
gennine.
Witness continued Some believed the
body of the letter was in Campbell's writ
ing while the signature was Parnelra.
When he discovered Parnell's letters he
alBO oame across documents whioh be
supposed to beEgau's. Three of Egan's
letters were found in Carey's house where
two letters in Campbell's writing were also
difoovered. Witness prodnoed these
letters with other specimens of Egan's
writing.
At this point Sir Charles Russell said
"We are only able to give these doon
ments a oursory glance. The oonrt must
not assume they shall all be unquestioned."
Attorney-General Webster rejoined that
he did not suppose Sir Charles Kusseu
would admit the genuineness of the letters
-Mr. Soame further testified that Rloh-
ard Pigott gave Parnell letters to Houston
seoretary of the Irish Loyal and Patriotio
union who banded them to Macdonald.
ENGLAND.
OBOAMIZINO) A CABAVAM.
London February 14. The Oossaok ex
pedition which reoently landed in Ta
psran on the Gulf of Aden is organizing
a large oaravan and intends to proceed to
Aukobar in Abyssinia.
MOLLOX COMMITTED.
Lomdin February 14. In the Bow
street police oourt to-day Patriok Molloy
who is charged with committing perjury
when testifying before the Parnell coir
mission pleaded not guilty and Reserved
bis defense. He was committed for trial
FBANCE.
FLOQUET's THBEAT.
Pabis February 14. When the quest iof
of revision of the Constitution oame np
in the ohamber of deputies to-day Count
Duval MaiUson moved that debate on the
subjeot be adjourned. Notwithstanding
the opposition of the government a mo
tion was adopted by a vote of 307 to 218.
Premier Floquet thereupon announced
the ministry wonld immediately resign.
BEVISIOH OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Pabis February 14. The newspaper!
here believe the chamber of oommeroe wil
pass the government's bill on the revision
ot the oonstitntion.
BBAZIL.
DEATH OF A PBIHI MINI8TEB.
Rio Janeibo February 14. Baron de
Cotegipe reoent prime minister of Brazil
Is dead.
ITALY.
BISHOPS BEOOONIZBD.
Rome February 14. The pope and '
consistory to-day reoognizei the new
bishops of Detroit Natchez and Wiohita.
ATTACKED BY A MOB.
Harris Alleged Murderer of a Bailroad.
Brakemra Taken by Lynoheri.
St. Lodis Feburary 14. The body of a
young railroad braketnan named James
Jenkins was found yesterday morning on
the railroad traok in Water Valley Miss.
with his throat out from enr to ear. A
notorious den keeper named Win. Harris '
has been arrested for the murder and at a
preliminary hearing was held for the
grand jury. The watoh and chain and
other property belonging to Jenkins and
a Diooay cniie wuu wnioa the aeea was
done were found in Harris' saloon. As
Harris was being removed to jail he was
taken from the offlsers by a mob but was
retaken by the sheriff and his deputies.
Later as Harris was being taken
ont of town he was again cap-
tured by the mob and was
being strung np to a tree when Rev. Mr.
Hudson Baptist preacher appeared on
the scene and after an impassioned ap
peal by him for the prisoner's life and
due oourse of law the orowd returned Har-
ris to the oalaboose.
Last night another mob attaoked the
jail and foroed an entranoe but found
Harr.s had been sent to Coffeeville and
thus he esoaped their vengeanoe. At last
aooouots it was said the mob would go to
Coffeeville and hang him.
a White Caps at Bt. Louis.
St. Lodis February 14. Quite a sensa
tion was oreated to-day in he locality
of St. Louis owing to the reoeipt
of a White Cap notioe by a well known
oitizen W. W. Hussung who resides at
1613 ;Dollman street. The notioe is
written on an ordinary style of note paper
and reads: "We will give yon jnst five
days to leave the olty beware and go
within the time speoifled." Signed.
"White Caps of St Louis"
In the oenter of the sheet drawn in
blood red ink is a human heart 'pieroed
throngh and thiongh with two daggers.
Mr. Hussung is a ooal dealer and bears an
exoellent reputation. He is not at all
alarmed but has armed himself and got
ready to meet any mergenoy.
Trouble Among Boiler Makers.
San Fbanoisoo February 14. Boiler
makers in the employ of the Rierdan iron
works of this city have gone ont on a
strike on the ground that oertaln iron
plates are being used in the repair of the
boilers of the steamship Anitralia that
were made abroad. The strikers oontend
that they will not work at any shop whioh
procures any portion of its boilers in the
east or in foreign obn utiles'; that they
must be made on the Paoifio ooaat. The
oompany was employing 150 men at
$3.50 per day. The oompany has con-
tinned work with a chort foroe.
. Cattle in Montana.
Helena Mont. February 14. A. 0.
Webster a northern .Montana stock
grower just in from the cattle ranger
said while the present very agreeable
and springlike weather would appeara
likely to benefit cattle it was far from it
The streams are frozen and as there is
not a partiole of snow on the ground and
many oattle are in a famished condition
for water. If as is antioipated a storm
sets in during the latter part of this
month or in Marob there are fears there
will be great loss of oattle on the range.
Instead of being fat and healthy as one
wonld naturally suppose the oattle look
very bad. It is thought also that the
streams will run dry very early this year
owing to the very light snowfall.
Water vs. Bailroad Transportation.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Jeffebson February 14. The steamer
Sentell oame through from New Orleans
and unloaded 800 tons of freight for Jef-
ferson and Longview at a oost of less than
two-thirds rail rates. The Maroo of the
same independent liae is expeoted soon
and the Sentell again in abont ten days.
The steamer Dakota a through boat from
St. Louis left for upper Red river last
Wednesday. She is arranging to make
regular trips to Jeffersen. The water
boom is on full and aheap freight
rate! favors our merohanti.
Act Approved. .
Washington February 14. -The prssl-
dent bas approved the act anthorizlng ths
Chootaw Railway oompany to oonstrnot a
railroad through Indian territory.
Sick Headache
Positively Cored byl
theee Little Fllla.
They also relieve Di J
from Dyspepsia!
Indlgettloa and To
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