The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896, November 22, 1894, Page 6, Image 6
6 THE WEALTH MAKERS. November 22, 1894., A MODERN MARTHA. BT MATE IUITLAND. CHAPTER IX Cyrus Benham is seated at his own dinner table in solitary state. The ele' gantly furnished dining room is brilliantly lighted nnd is complete in every appoint ment; the china is very costly, and exquisitely tinted; while the silver is highly polwhed, solid and gold lined, Well trained servants move quickly and quietly about doing their master's bid ding; apparently very desirous to please their sovereign. Ilia bald head shines as much as ever; his hair is as red, and his complexion even grows more florid than usual and as he eats the rich and dainty viands prepared (or bim and drinks his wine yet a more humane light shines in his cold, calculat ing eyes; and his whole face assumes a kindlier aHpect than it often wears. His on, Clarence, a puny boy of six enters and takes his place beside his father. "Why, you not in bed yet, little manl'' said Mr. Benb'ara, "and haven't you eaten your dinner either?" "What can nurse be thinking about to allow you to stay up so latel" "Oh," said Clarence in his sweetest tone, "I teased her a long time to let me stay up until you come home, and to eat with you; at last she consented if I would drink a glass of milk. Didn't you want me to eat with you papa? I thought you would like to have your little boy eat dinner with you said Clarence in an injured tone. "The others," he continued, "had to eat their dinner early; mamma had to dress for the theatre; Harvey had to go to the club; and Amy had to study her lesson So I thought I would wait for you. Cyrus Benham was very proud of his handsome wife and children; but Clarence he really loved more than money or its pursuit. Clarence seemed to understand him, he thought, better than he under stood himself. Perhaps he fancied this because Clarence was always picturing him out to be a hero and always talking as if papa was the noblest and best man in the world. When nurse read him a story about a strong and noble or great man he would immediately attribute all those qualities to his papa; and perhaps relate the story to his father when he came home in the evening; and invaribly draw this conclusion that, "I think that was a good story, papa, because the man seemed so much like you; don't you think so, papa?" Cyrus usually thought so although he didn't always assent to Clarence's question. Clarence was certainly a very lovable child; he was the image of his handsome mother, yet in disposition he was very much like Mr. Benham's own mother, who bad died when Cyrus , was just approaching manhood. h ather and son finished their dinner; Clarence told his father all that had happened that duy in bis little world with his dogs, his kittens, birds and rab bits; how well he had recited his lessons; and then a new thought seemed suddenly to have come to him as he said: "Papa why don't you tell me all that you do each day? Why haven't I thought of it before? I think it would be so interesting to know all about the people whom you meet; and what they say, and what you say to them. I'll bea man some day and I'll want to know all about business and money and such things. Why can't I be gin now?" suid Clarence eagerly. Cyrus Benham winced at the thought of John Austin and of theconvenmtionthat had passed between them. He didn't seem to approve of his sou's new plan. "Yon are too young to learn about such things," he said; and the thought came to him that he didn't think that Clarence would ever care to learn the banking business and that he certainly shouldn't care to have him know all that his father had said and done ench day since he had been engaged in it. Then he said; "I don't think you will ever be strong enough to engage in banking, perhaps you will prefer to do something else." "Perhaps I shall,' said Clarence; "Ithiuk I should like to do like that Mr. Candor, the minister, that nurse tells about, who lived away up in the mountains near grandma's home; aud rodearound to see the sick people aud talked so kindly to them; it makes sick people so happy to have some one who has time, to talk to them and tell them all about Christ and John, Moses and Daniel. "But our minister," he continued, "seems to know all about banks too; don't you remember when mamma invited him and Mr. Kem ble here the last time to dinner, he asked you about John Austin and his mortgage and wanted to know how you were get ting along with him? who fs'John Austin? and what is a mortgage? is it something that you have to lift or carry and is it heavy? for if it is, perhaps I had better be a minister than a banker after all; for I am not very strong yet, though I do drink so much milk." "You are too young to bother your head about such things; you must eat and Bleep more, Clarence, said the father, evading his son's questions, and sending him to his nurse. Strange how much tlansnee is like mother, thought Cyrus, as be entered the library and lighted his cigar. Nurse soon calmed Clarence's busy mind and put him to bed. Matilda Da vis was a spinster of forty years who was left an orphan when she was quite young with a few thousand dollars in her pos session. She educated herself thoroughly, aud then she accepted a position as teacher in the academy at D., her native town, situated among the New Hamp shire hills; D. was also Cyrus Benham's boyhood home; he was called to D. when Clarence was three years of age. Cyrus had known for years that Matilda was thoroughly educated and trustworthy; accordingly he offered her almost double the salary that she was then receiving as teacher in the academy if she would ac cept situation as rurse and iroverness to Clarence. She finally accepted the posi tion, iniuKing uiai aitnougn her field of aorinziunSjo ijuBtp eqj o pun uoanqo eqi oi Aiatuospuran eniquinoo o) puw sjsunip lunSeia o eiqumv 'sjra pan 'aoj wjiaui oi 'A"ttpung no A"Jttn3u saoujas Suituoui puaijw 0 bum uo(i8J jo scraps qns pun rans eq iniqt peuiaes arsqueg "sift 'i pavo eqs 'seioaijj aorfiiaj XBDAJ849 Vafunav pejeaus uitfn -nag 'sapf "esnoq puBj3 ym ui op o jaq pbjubm pjoq eqt qotqM jjjom euios eq iqBitn ajeqi 'puoaq os ;ou bum xjom of which Mrs. Iteubam was the leading light. While Cyrus is smoking his cigar his wife enters the room and exclaims: "Cy rus Hiram Benham! area t yon ready for the theatre yet? I did think that you would accompany me this time; I do so dislike always to be sent over to Emily's to go with her. She seems very glad to have me accompany her and isorton, yet they act as if they thought you neg lected me shamefully. UI course they are glad," said Cyrus, "to have so much beauty and elegance in their box at the theatre; neither one of them can boast of beauty or elegauce, aud of courne they enjoy the notoriety of possessing it even though it be borrowed." Mrs. Benham seemed a little molitied with this compli- ment. "Beauty and elegance," said she, "is something that you don't seem to appreciate then." "Oh, yes, I do, my charming oue," said he.smoothing light ly his wife's glossy black hair, "you rep resent the beauty oi tnis estaDiisnment, nnd I must busy myself early and late to devise means wherewith to furnish the elegance. I did intend to keep this a se cret until your birthday, but 1 think 1 will tell you now to prove to you tnat it is not neglect, but wholly my love and thought for you that keeps me at home and from enioying toe theatre in com' tmny with the prettiest woman in the J ui ted States. If I can dispose of this mortgaged property, about which I want to consider tonight, to the man who la thinkingof buying it, Ishall haveenougb to make up the balance of the money that I have been saving to buy that dia mond tiara that you admired bo much when we were in Chicago the last time, aud you will have it to wear at Aunt Em ma's party when you go there next month." "Oh, how delightful! you dear. thoughtful husband," said Mrs. Benham; "and how that rich Mrs. T. with her fadtd eyes and hair will gnash her teeth and say hateful things about me to all the gentlemen, lust like she aid last win ter. But Mrs. T. may scold, or cry, or die of envy for all I care. I took all her admirers away from her shrine without a diamond tiara last year, and now Oh, it will be so grand to have a tiara, and that one, Cyrus, is handsomer than any that were worn last winter and more costly, even, than the one that Mrs. T. has worn for so long, or at least Aunt Emma said that it was. Aunt Emma will be so glad; she seems so proud of me. UI course, saiu iyrus, "we are all proud of you; but don't sped that pretty face frowning and pouting be cause I can't always accompany you, for busiuess is very pressing just now, and I am harassed almost to death. There are several men who seem born for the purpose of calling me names and beg ging mo by turns. It seems that they would like to have me invite them into the bunk and make them a present of a few thousand dollars every fewdays. Now there is a man by the name of John Aus tin who seems to think that I must turn over at least three thousand dollars to him." "The lazy creatures," said Mrs. Benham, "why don't they go to work and earn son. e money? Poordear," con tinued Mrs. Benham, in a soothing tone, as she stroked her husband's bald head caresHingly, "I am so sorry that I was cross. But I shall be late!" Kissing her husband hurriedly she hastens to her room to give the finishing touches to her toilet. As she stands before the mirror she sees the reflection of a very pretty woman with large, brilliant black eyes; heavy black hair, which adorns a head that is well set upon shapely shoulders, and a face without an imperfect feature. It lsn t strange that Mrs. nenhain is vain, as she seldom has a rival and has always been complimented nnd much ad mired. And now John and Maria Aus tin's home must be sacrificed to buy her diamonds. to be continued. Two Prominent Men's Opinions Judge M. F. Tuley. the Nestor of the Chicago bar, speaking at the Industrial Congress of the Civic Federation, in ses sion last week at Chicago, was of opinion that: "We have approached, near to a crisis in the present condition of things. He was in favor of enlisting railroad em ployes like soldiers. Conciliation boards in his opinion do not go far enough, and compulsory arbitration he thought can not obtain good results. He declared, says the Times in reporting his Bpeech, that the local conference held last winter were abandoned because the working men who attended the debates proved to be better men than those they met. He declared that the workingmen were not divided on the ground of Democrat and Republican but laboringmen aud anti laboringmen. He advocated the incorpo ration of unions, and said the judiciary was not alive to the necessities of the time, that capitalists had no faith in the judiciary and the workingmen were rapidly losing theirs, and that the only arbitration committee that would be successful would be one comprised of representatives of each party to the dis pute. Joseph L. Weeks editor of Amkrican Manntacturer and Iron Worid, of Pitts burg, speaking before the Industrial Con gress said in part: I have for years represented the manu facturers of Pittsburg in all those strikes and today I stand here to say that in my judgment you cannot have arbitration and conciliation that will be succensful between employers and employes unless you have ou both sides two strong unions. I don t believe that we are going back to a savage state of society when we have it, and the theory of Christian civilization is dependent upon getting together, respecting ench other, and talk ing face to face and nettling your disputes like men and not like brutes and sav ages." Dr. McCoth Dead. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 19. Dr. James H. McCosh, the venerable ex president of Princeton university, and a leading educator of the age, de parted this life at 10 o'clock last night. He bad been conscious nearly all day and died in that condition. Tbcr Is mors Catarrh In tils Motion ot tot country tban all other diseases pnt together, and intll tbe last tsw year tai supposed to bs Incur able. For a great many yeara doctor pro. Bounced It local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to core with local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional dis ease and therefore requires constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J . Cheney k Co., Toledo, Ohio, la the only con stitutional care on tne market, it is taien in urnallT In doeea from 10 drons to a teasnoontul It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur fuaa of the system. They otter one hundred dol lars tor any case It (ails to care. Send lor ctrcn. lars and testimonials. Aanress, V. 1. CH ENttX tu TQieao, u, AH-gold by Druggists, 7&o, Th I jaw's Dignity and Danger. That which made possible the rout of the gamblers at the county fair (the sub ject of two recent articles in The King' dom) was the law of the commonwealth against gambling. There is probably not one of the states of our Union which has not put upon its books laws fully adequate to prevent or suppress public gambling. But for these laws nothing could have been done on that Iowa fair ground. The gamblers would have jeered and the crowd would have yelled with the laughter' of derision at any attempt to stop the gambling. But the moral law had embodied itself in the written statutes of Iowa. The principle of right, thus solidified into a definite statute, put into the bands of the humb lest citizen of the state the combined power of two millions of people, even, if need be.of seventy millions of people. The pressure of the mountain ranges of moral and written law was back of the little faucet of quiet suggestion of the marshal as authorized representative of the God of Righteousness in tbut time and place. The little stream from the faucet was a suggestion to the lawbreakers of the power of limitless floods back of it. We are all more or less conscious of the great dignity of our laws. They are an attempt to express in finite justice, and in the nature of the case are and must al ways be a limited success. But on the whole laws of civilized countries are good. They are made in the interest of all the people. They are a real and honest endeavor to translate into human conditions the divine law which is righteousness between man and man. But some laws have been enacted which were begotten in injustice, born in in iquity, and are administered solely in the interests of diabolism. They were dictated by greed. They were bribed directly orindirectly.generally the latter, upon the statute books and are adminis tered for the oppression of the people in the interest of the few. These are cases of the theft of heaven's livery to serve the devil in. "The sale of the law," both in its making and in its administration, is one of the most awful and dangerous public crimes of America. Probably no civilized nation on earth is so deeply dis graced. Flagrant abuses in the making of our laws are manifestly more common in the municipal governments than in the Btate and federal law-making bodies. But even in the municipalities there are generally plenty of laws so that the affairs of the city can be wen administer ed. That fact thought through means that the people do not want them en forced. It is true enough to be a safe statement, that on the whole our cities are as well governed as they deserve to be. The fault is here again easily re ducible to the apathy of the people. In many localities this apathy of the people has gone so far that a very differ ent condition exists from that which existed on the Iowa fair grounds. The reason why the gambling there was so easily stopped was that, in the first place there were ood laws, and because, in addition to that, the officers' appointed for the administration of law were in favor of its enactment. ' There may have been a little carelessness in the granting of licenses. Probably there was willing ness not to look too sharply into how the privileges of the licenses werestrained or abused. One cause in this may have been the considerable charge for that kind of a license which added materially to the receipts of the fair association. Just here is the "spot that ails." But on the whole the marshall and the authori ties were on the side of the enforcement of the good laws of the commonwealth. This misrule under the apathy of the people has gone so far in many of our great cities that the law-breaking ele ment of society, although only occasion ally, able to carry things quite as far as to secure the passage of laws productive of vice, has nevertheless succeeded in electing officers of the law who do the bidding of the vicious, from the common roundsman up through all grades of the judiciary. What can the most enthusi astic "reformer" do then? A suggestion to a patrolman that he enforce the law meets the reply that he is acting under his captain. 1 he captain in turn is act ing under orders of the chief. The chief gets his orders from the police commis sioners. The commissioners are appoint ed by the mayor or are elected by the people. It is the people who are ulti mately responsible for all these goings on. So, indeed, there is nothing to do but turn the rascals out, all of them. The stables are Augean; nothing but a Hercules is equal to their cleaning. In a democraticcountry, and this nation is apparently committed to democracy, we know who Hercules is. Peradventure he is only asleep. , This thing has gone on during the last twenty-five years because of a blind and Btupid individualism given over to money making. We have been letting the country go to the dogs. The eagle has screamed on the fourth of July, and demagogues all the year. Wehave made no serious business of nation-making. At the best the people have let things drift. Thfs apathy has been apparent to the gambler and the thief. The most un paralleled combines, corporations, trusts and syndicates have been formed whose business can be truthfully spoken of as gambling and theft. The public has been "a-lettin" 'em alone and a-lettin 'em alone." But the air is full of signs of encouragement that the public is getting ready for a "blow in the neck" at municipal aud national unrighteousness. The intrenched iniquity of the land in both industry and politics is endeavor ing of course, to throw dust in the peo ple's eyes. If they can succeed far enough they will produce awful trouble for our nation, for they will mislead the people further and postpone the day of their own retribution. That postponement means the accumulation of disaster. It is building higher the towerof Babel that will produce in its certain fall a con fusion worse than linguistic. The final remedy will be found, not in putting an end to great combinations, a thing not only undesirable but impossible, but in finding a way to breathe into them a living soul. The tremendous power in organization and combinations is noth ing less than a modern discovery of a great divine law. That this power is at present put to uses quite undivine and antidivine is nothing against the power. It was no disproof of Samson' strength that he was grinding in the Philistines' mill. It is the highest time that the American people bestir themselves; shake off their apathy; decline longer to be led by the nose by demagogue; call to the front their faith in righteousness and their faith in the nation. It is the higheHt time that great moral issues be brought to the front and held there instead of the contemptible partyism that is largely regnant in our political life. Meantime, what is the Church 01 tne living Christdoing. and what isittodo in the far-reaching political, industrial and social reformations which lie immediately ahead of us? The Church is apathetic touching this greatest home mission, public morality. George E. Gates, in The Kingdom. The Fly In the Ointment." There are in fact several flies in the ointment of the Hungarian nobleman who represents the 4th Congressional district of Nebraska. To see him fume and hear him hiss out malicious maledie" tions one would think it a close question as to whether the admixture of flies did not predominate over the ointment even though he has just been re-elected to his honorable position as a result of the landslide of 1894. The difficulties with our passionate friend are: He was unable to carry Hamilton county. In the home county where both he and Judge Stark were known Stark got more than half the votes cast in the county. A clear majority over all com petitors, notwithstanding that it is a Republican county, Mr. Cain, a regular ignoramus who speaks of the time "when I were sent to the legislature," and tells about how he "writ home" and his wife "writ back," was elected by 56 votes. While Mighell and Thomas, both ordi nary men got through by 75 to 191 majority, Lord Hainer was beaten, badly beaten, by his Populist opponent. To give it an additional sting bis old enemy Agee was a candidate and got more votes than Hainer, and people now twit him with the time he said "if he were as unpopular as that man Agee he would sell every dollar's worth of property be had and leave the state." To add to this he has mrated loudly of ine uepuuiican demand for fair elections and has been caught hiring men to aid bim, and after thus eating his words and dining on one of the cardinal planks of nis party doctrine be was still defeated. More than this, the vole of the extra gang who were not citizensof the connty failed to save this Republican advocate of fair elections. Hamilton county, where i he was known which he boasted of his ' ability to carry by 200 majority, re- ' pudiated him, turned him down, and stood for manhood instead of dollars. It is a bitter dose, and if theclersrvman who wrote false letters as to his atlitude ! on religion, and the wives and daughters of Aurora business men who wore his badges, could have heard him swear "bv Jesus Christ," and listeued to the flood of obscene language poured upon those whom he considered responsible for his defeat, it might have made them blush with shame. As it is, His Lordship is mad, and he has withdrawn from the county. There has been no ratification in Aurora and he is left to face the fact that in this county where both were known Stark beat him, while Hainer's majority came from Gage, Jefferson, Saline and Thayer, in the south part of tne state. The larther from home he got the better he ran. Hamilton Precinct. BOND ISSUE QUESTIONED. Congressman Italley of lexas, Declares There Is no Authority for It, Washington, Nov. 19. As soon as possible after congress meets Repre sentative Bailey of Texas, will call up his resolution, introduced during the last session, which declares that the secretary of the treasury has no au- authority under the present law to issue bonds. Mr. Bailey is confident it will meet with favorable action in the house and hopes for the same re sult in the senate. He emphatically declares that it is to avoid the almost certain interfer ence of congress that the present is sue of bonds is being rushed at the present time. HEART DISEASE. Fluttering, No Appetite, Could not Sleep, Wind on Stomach. "For a long time I had a terrible pain at my heart, which fluttered al most incessantly. I had no appetite and could not sleep. I would be compelled to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stomach until I thought avery minute would be my last. There was a feeling of oppression about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full breath. I could not sweep a room without resting. My husband induced me to try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and am happy to say it has cured me. I now have a splendid appetite and sleep well. Its effect was truly mar velous. " MES. HARRY E. STARR, Pottsville. Pa. Dr. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on a positive guarantee that the Brst bottle will ijenefit. All druggists sell It at II, 6 bottles for $5, or It will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. A MARTYR -TO- INDIGESTION Cured by Using- Ayer's Sarsaparilla Words of Comfort to All who Suffer from Dyspepsia. " For years, I was a martyr to indigestion, and had about given up all hope of ever finding relief, as the complaint only seemed to grow worse instead of better, under ordinary treatment. At last, I was induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and I hereby testify that after using only three bot tles, I was cured. I can, therefore, confidently recommend this med icine to all similarly afflicted." Franklin Beck, Avoca, la. "I am personally acquainted with Mr. IJeck and believe any statement he may make to be true." W. J. Maxwell, Drug gist and Pharmacist, Avoca, la. "I have used Ayer's Sarsapa rilla for general debility and, as a blood -purifier, find it does ex actly as is claimed for it." S. J. Adams, Ezzell, Texas. AyerteSarsaparilla Admitted for Exhibition AT THE WORLD'S FA I R I HEIRS WIN A BIC SUIT. Titles to Lima, Ohio, 1 roperty Worth a Goodly Fortune Declared Invalid. Lima, Ohio, Nov. 19. The circuit eourt has rendered a decision which invalidates the title to a large quant ity of laud, part of which is in the business portion of the city and on other parts of which the Standard Oil com pauy's refinery and the Line man stock farm are situated. John Bashore died in 1849, leaving a large estate, in which he gave his widow a life estate. She disposed of most of the property before her death in 1891. Since then the heirs have been seek ing to regain possession. The prop erty involved is worth pearly $250,000 exclusive of the refinerv. He Was False to His Charge. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19. To-day at the trial of ex- Deputy Sheriff W. S. Richardson and Ed N. Smith, who, together with eleven others are under indictment for lynching1 six negro prisoners who were in Richardson's charsre, Deputy iSheriff W. E. Miller testified that Richardson told him three days before the lynching that it was going to occur. The Burling on's New Shoit Line. The Burlington Route is a notable ex ception to the general run of western railroads. During a period when railroad build ing in this country has been almost at a standstill, it has been steadily pushing forward its northwest extension and now takes much pleasure in announcing its completion to Billings, Mont.,;838 miles from Lincoln. At Billings connection is made with the Northern Pacific Railroad and, under a traffic agreement with that company, business of all classes is exchanged there, or, more properly speaking:, routed I through that point to and from every station on or reached via the Northern : l'ticific and Burlington Systems. j This New Short Line for that is ex actly what it is reduces the distance be tween Lincoln, Kansas City, St. Louis aud the territory south and southeast of those cities, on the one hand, and Mon tuna, Northern Idaho and Puget Sound points, on the other, all the way from 50 to 473 miles. It thus becomes an im portant factor in bringing the vast scope of couutry served by the Northern Pacific into closer relationship with the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys. Just to illustrate things: The New Short Line saves 294 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Helena, 224 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Butte, 371 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Spokane, 54 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Tacoma, 49 miles between Lincoln, Omaha and Seattle. The New Line has been constrncted in a most substantial manner. Excellently ballasted, laid with the heaviest steel upon more than the usual nnmberof ties, it equals the best and oldest portions of the Burlington System. People whose opinion is worth having, pronounce it superior to any new track ever built in the western states. The train-service will consist of Pull man Palace Sleeping Cars, Reclining Chair Cars (seats free), and Standard Burlington Route Day Coaches, Omaha and Lincoln to Billings daily. As a Scenic Route the New Line takes high rank. The rich farms of eastern and central Nebraska; the more sparsely settled country that lies between Ravenna and the boundary line separating Nebraska and South Dakota; the canons, peaks and swelling meadow-lands of the Black Hills, the wonderful ' Devil's Tnwer" the irrigated districts of northern Wyoming; Custer Battlefield; the picturesque wind ings of the Little Big Horn: the glorious valleys of the great Crow Indian Reser vation all these are seen from the car window. Full information relative to the trnin service, rates or other features of the New Short Line will be gladly furnished upon application to J. Francis, O. P. A., Burlington Route, Omsha.Neb., ir G. W Bonnell, C. P. & T. A., Liucolu, Neb. HE ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS SPARRING PARTNER. CON RIORDAN MEETS HIS DEATH. a Terrible ItiRlit-Hamlor on the Point ot the Jaw l ots Him Beyond Hamas Aid Fitztiiumon Is Unlr Arrest Was Givlus an Kxhibitlon of Scieulific Sparring on the St ago. DYKACUSK, IS. 1., INOV. IV. fiOU' Uitzsimmons knocked out and kl. Con Riordan, his sparring partni last night in the first round of his usual exhibition, which closes the program of his vaudeville show. Ja cobs' theater was crowded to witness the entertainment, and the audience departed for their homes little know ing that Riordan was still uncon scious. The blow was a right-hander and caught Riordan squarely on the .Viin si;H nnl fall 4n th. flntf ....'u. u.u UUV W bllU AllFll from the force of the blow, but sank j on the stage. The accident occurred at 10:30 o'clock and two physicians worked over him with amplications of electricity for two hours and a half, witnout being able to restore himr consciousness. At 12:30 o'clock? was removed from the theater to 1L Hotel Candee, It was stated by Maat ager Glori that Riordan had been' drinking hard all day and that he was intoxicated when ho came on the stage for theset-to. Fitzsimmons was arrested wEen the physicians gave up hope of savin; Riordan's life. Riordan died at 3:15 o'clock this morning. HELD FOK MANSLAUGHTER Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 19. Fitzsim mons was taken to police headquar ters. He was much affected when the news of Riordan's death was communicated to him, and burst into sobs. He said: "I didn't hit him hard. I only tapped him like that," tapping an officer lightly on the cheek. "When he fell to his knees he said: 'Call time.' I lidn't think that I had hurt him and supposed he only wanted to escape punishment We had only been at it a couple of minutes when I madie a pass at him, and as I thought, hit hwm on the cheek with the back of right hand." "Do you suppose I would strike my sparrinsr partner with any force?" said Fitzsimmons to-day. "I knew that he had been drinking hard, but did not know he was in such a condi tion. Invariably when I sparred with him he turned blue around the mouth, and it was a sign for me to let up. I never struck him hard. Last night I noticed after the first ex change of blows that he was not right. The blow that I delivered that caused the trouble was as light asffViuld make it, merely slapping him with the back of my hand. He fell down and then rose and staggere daround. I put my arm around bim to assist him off the stage. When he fell headlong I thought he was faking and was thoroughly disgusted because somebody in the house, thinking it was a fake, hissed me. I was never hissed before. I began to compre hend in a few minutes that something was wrong with my sparring partner, and I was horrified to find him still uri conscious. I attributed this to hm drunken condition and thought hp., would revive from the stupor in a few minutes. I have known this man for eight years and he was always a hard drinker. Being in poor condition I suppose he had some heart difficulty that brought on the disaster. I am not fearful of my position. Every body in the opera house was aware that the blows I struck were as light as I could possibly make them. Naturally it makes my blood run cold when I think of the condition of my friend, not because I have any fear of the results to me, but I do not want that man's death laid at my door." 1 Captain Glori has engaged Corpora tion Counsel Charles E. Ide of this city as counsel for Fritzsimmons. Fitzsimmons was arraigned In police court at 11 o'clock on a charge of manslaughter in the second de gree, pleaded not guilty and swaa taken before County Judge NorthrupA Then it was discovered that his atfl torney failed to waive examinatio in his behalf. This formality,.aa, necessary before he could be released and he was locked in the court house cells until the police justice could be found. An autopsy was held on Riordan's body this morning. The certificate issued gave as the cause of death ''hemorrhage within the cranial cavity, causing compression of the brain." Riordan was found to be in perfect health. Dr. Totman, who conducted the autopsy, says that T? I ? fl '1 T1 milct llflra Vwmn a(.n.il. a 4-aM- ..ui.v o. utv a ucf rifle blow on the chin, which com municated directly with the base 6f the brain. The depression of the right side of the brain was very deep and remained for half an hour nftar the clot was removed. Manager Glori savs that Riordar will be buried in this city to-morrow; A as ne nas no relatives in this country who might wish the body. Slater fovtcted of Murder. Colorado Srni.vos, Col., Nov. 19. Ex-Deputy Sheriff M. L. Slater was found guilty of murder in the second degree by the district court He killed James McKay, a strike sympa thizer during the Cripple Creek trou bles last spring. Both were drinking heavily and McKay was unarmed. A Noted Engineer to Go to Japan, San Francisco, Nov. 19. M. B. King, chief engineer of the Pacific coast division of the United States Geological and Tonocranhipal Knrvitr. i i Li i' ue imr Liut-nr. nun ion1 nn: v..n " " . i -i " i. resignation to enter the employ tne Japanese government