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HOLMES CASE ENDED.
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DEFENSE NO TESTI
MONY TO OFFER.
fnlmea Ak for IM.tnlmiil Ttin Motion
Over-rnleil ml tlm Cme to Go In tho
Jury on Argument Alone Mlt Yoke
Tettlde.
l'nir.ADKi.riiiA, Nov. 2. Wlicn to
day' session of tha Holme's trial wus
begun everybody win looMng forward
to tho prospect of Holmes going on
tho stand ns lio announced the other
day.
Tho commonwealth offered In cvl
'tlenco tho letters, papers, pictures nutl
tho Holmes book and rested its case.
Tho defence opened by recalling
Miss Yoke for rc-cross-cxaminatlon on
the question of her marriage with
Holmes, which was uotbroiight'out in
her examination yesterday. .She tes
tified that alio wax married to tho
prisoner January 17, 18U1, ut Denver,
Vy the Ilov. Mr Wilcox.
"At tho time of this marriage did
foukuotv of the existence of this
rtlltatncttc woman'.'" wus ashed by
Mr. ltotnn.
"1 bcllavn I did."
"Was she vailed Mrs Holmes?
"I don't remombcr."
"You wero sure w hen you married
lilm that ho was not married to the
Willamette woman V"
"1 know nothing of the woman."
"Did you know anything of any
other tnnrrlagu?" ashed Mr. (Iralium.
The witness replied that hhe had
licard of another at lillmanton, N. II.,
tut did not know the name.
"Did his sister tell you what ho
said to her about It?"
Shodld. His sister told mo .that
ho had told her he had been Injured
in a wreck tiud lay u long time In n
hospital;. that 1 wus a patronass of tho
hospital and had asked the physlctana
to perform an operation on him which
javcd his mind and that 1 had married
Jilm before ho realized who ho was.
J never met the lillmanton woman."
"When j oti married him you be
lieved you were becoming a lawful
wifoV"
"I did."
."Now tell what deception ho used
to bring about this muirhigc. What
did ho represent'.'"
"Ho told my mother that his undo
had died und left iiini certain proper
ties in thu South, tho West and
In Fort Worth, piovldlng ho
took lifs uncle's mime, Henry
Miioelll Howard. He said he hud no
Tclatlvca living except an mint in
Africa. 1 found that he hud n father,
mother, two sisters and two brother
Ho explained his taking the name of
I'rntt In Fort Worth by saying his
business complications requited it.
Counsel for the defense made ob
jections to the admission of tliU testi
mony or anything that did not relate
to tho murder of l'iet.el. They also
asked for an exception to tho irrele
vant matters muntioucd by. thu dis
trict attorney in his onci'ilnt argu
ment but Judge Arnold said said that
was not u matter of reeoid and over
ruled tho motion.
Court ut 1 o'clock took an hour's re
cess and Lawyer ltotan Mild that ho
expected to close his sldo of the case
in about two hours, and that there
vns every probability of tho ease
going to tho jury to-night.
Immediately upon the reassembling
of court, Mr. Itotun advanced to tho
bar and said: "May it please the
court, tho commonwealth has closed
its case, and wo feel sure that It lnu
proved its ease. It is incumbent upon
the commonwealth to prove muider
"boyoud a reasonable doubt. It has
not done so. It lias proved that these
men came hero to carry out a fraud,
but their testimony docs not show
that this man wus not killed by
somebody else. It may have, boon
nulcide, it may have, boon'ukllllrig.but,
Ave fool sure, under thu ruling, that
thcro Is a reasonable doubt, first,
as to whether l'iet.el was killed: sec
ond, as to whether tho piisoner killed
him. They have not made out what
tho law calla n eorpns delicti. They
liavo proved that a body was found,
but not that anybody killed it. We
must thcroforo pray that you take tho
case a u ay from th jury or give it
Itlndlng Instructions."
"This Is bo ridiculous," Interposed
xur. urauaiu, "thut t uccliuu to argue
It,"
"This Is not tho tlmo to make n rul
ing," Judgo Arnold decided, "I ex
press no opinion. Tho jur-v must de
cldc after they henr tho evidence. "
Judge Arnold told counsel they
must roako their election between
calling witnesses or going to the jury
on argument alone, but after u con
nultatlon, he ordered a recess of half
In hour to permit them to confer with
Uio prisoner on the question.
After a consultation lasting forty
Cvo minutes, Mr. ltotua announced
that tho defense would call no wit
nesses. It was then agreed to begin
arguments on tho case to-morrow
. toornlnir.
DEATH BY PRUSSIC ACID.
Ul I.ucjr riirli, Wliotn ruffagrmriit
to Msrrr Wio tlroLon, Kllli Herself.
Enuxai'iKM, Mo., Nov. s At 1:30
- "clock this afternoon Miss Lucy
rhelps, daughter of Colonel John VI
Phelps nnd granddnughtur of ex-liov--ernorJohn
3. l'helps, committed Mil
cldo at her homo by taking prusMo
eld. Sho was prominent In society cir
cles in tho state. Tho family give ill
health as the cause.
For four years Miss Phelps was en;
gaged to u well known young man,
but tho cugagoment wus recently
broken off. This, by many, was be
lieved to bo the came, but tho young
ru.-ui says that tho engagomeut wus
broken by Miss Phelps horsolf.
Not llogu, but llroke.
Cm:vii,ani, Ohio, Nov, 2. Tim
Count nud Countess Sehollhor hue
deeded yestordoy in liquidating their
hotol bills through the kind nlllccs of
. banker, who went security for
them, and then left for St. l.ouis.
The countr-H a genulno one, for!
lio fiasliioved his tille by cretlen1-'
tlals. Ills wlfo is u niece or ex-uov-crtior
lllshop of Ohio. Tho count's
llnancial embarrassment was due to
ills ill luck ut poker. A constable
went to arrest him for doraudlugau
innkeeper, but in response to his
pleadings the warrant wus not .served,
mod be succatsdod I setUInx the cluku.
NO FIGHT THIS TIME.
FltMlmmoni Pj II ( Afrn'il or thelatv
Not Corhrll.
r.iTTM', JIock. Ark., Nor. 5. No
matter what tho result of tho legal
proceedings may be, the chances aro
now 100 to 1 that there will ho no
fight between Corhctl and Fltzslm
mom. The latter said at ll o'clock
to-day, positively and in good, torso
English, which admitted of no misun
derstanding or misconstruction:
"There will bo no fight In Arkansas.
I am done with tho Florida Athlctle
club and have no usu for tho citizens
of Hot Springs. I toll you that there
will beno light In Arkansas."
Tho usscition was inado during n
conversation in FltsImmons' room In
the Capital hotel, Julian, his manager,
made a long statement of tho troubles
ho had endured from Coibctt und
Iliady, and said: "We aro going to
Hot Springs when wo get through
here, but wo will have nothing to do
with the light in which the Florida
Athletic Club nnd tho cltlrons of Hot
Springs, Ilr.uly, Corbctt and the rust
of that gang havo anything to do."
"Do you mean that you will not
fight in nny deal that may bo man
aged by cither tho Florida Athletic
Club or by the citizens of Hot
Springs''1 was asked of Fltzsliuntom,
and the reply camo like a Hash: "I
mean just that. I will ongago in no
light mnnaged by tho 1'JorUla Athletic
Club or by tho citizen of Dot Springs.
There will he no fight In Arkansas.''
L'urllor in tho interview Flt.sira
toons dcdlated that lf? would not tight
in thi'i statu if it wits against tho law.
InmnMiiw abiding' citizen,-1 am,"
lie sain, "and I will not break tho
low. I do not want to go to prison if
I know myself."
Harry White, trainer for Fltswim
mo us said that ho did not believe
that there would bo auy light at all
between his man nnd Corbctt. "Tho
fact is," said While, "Fltzslmmons is
afraid, nnd a span of oxen will not
drag him into tho ting. I know this
is bo and I havo told l'ltzslmnions that
1 will train with htm no longer. I'm
disgusted with tho way ho nets. He is
afraid of Corbctt and you will sco
that he will never light him. I havo
nothing against Flustmtnons except
that 1 know ho docs not mean busi
ness In this thing."
in company with his manager,
llrndy, and his trainers, McVey, Dola
ney and Donaldson, Corbctt arrived
here at 10 o'clock this morning.
When asked us to tho possibility of
any trouble between him elf and Fitz
slmmons here, Corbott said: "Well,
something of that kind may happen,
but if It does Fltzslmmons will havo
to start It. I won't begin it. Hut I
want to say ight now that if that fel
low does begin nny funny work ho is
going to get licked, and get licked
good and hard. Thorn is no kin I of a
fighting game at which I am not tho
superior of Fltrslmmons, and I will
prove it in quick shape if ho drags mo
on. I simply will wait for him to
start things if hu wants to, and then
I'll lay him out cold. I am tired of
ull this fooling with him, und 1 won't
stand uuy nonsense."
Preparing for Minor Fight.
Hor Simmxos, Ark., Nov. '.'. ITot
Springs Is practically deserted, as Cor
bctt, Urady, and tho Hot Spriugs
Athlello club's attorney's left for
Idttle Hock this morning to have Cor
belt's case on the pcaeo bond dis
posed of.
Much depends on tho action of tho
Little Hook courts, tho promoters here
asserting that if Fltsimraonsund Cor
bctt aro released ou peace bonds that
they will surely return here and that
the tight will positively take piaco.
Work is bolnir pushed :n iho arena
at Whlltlngton park and Dan Stuart,
who Is now the recognized head of
the Hot Springs Athletic club, says
that ho Is qui to eontident that tho
Muhcr-O'Donnell tight will bopullod
oil' Monday afternoon.
Uyan unit Smith weighed in this
morning and both were under tho
limit, but "Parson" Davles Is not over
eontident that they will bo got togcth
er here.
A COLLEGE IN DANGER.
TurkUli KuiiatlfK Try to Hum nu Amirl
tHii College.
Constantino!-!.!:, Nov. 2. Advices
from Marsovan, Asia Minor, ahow that
the trouble which was anticipated by
United States Minister Alexander W.
Terrell, In a dispatch to tho state de
partment at Washington in August
lust, has culminated in ur. attempt to
burn tho American college here. It is
udded that the would-be inceudiarics
have not been discovered.
Tho agitation airalusttho Americans
at Maisovun began about a year ago,
whou n number of pupils of the Amer
ican college were expelled because
their fathers wore suspected of being
implicated in tho Armenian move
ment. Couiitrrfrltrnt .Sentenced.
St. Joskpii, Mo., Nov. 1. Judge
riillllps quickly tlisposed of tho eases
against tho four counterfeiters
recently captured east of tho city
while In the net of making
counterfeit coin. Ransom Smith, ex
United States Deputy Marshal and
louder of the gang, is given two years
in tho penitentiary: John llrown gets
two years, Charles Oreen one year und
Hurley Williams, a 10-year-old boy,
is scut to tho reform school for u year.
The Ncwmttni Held for Trial.
Hoiion, Kan., Nov. 2. Samuel nnd
Jumes Nowmun will bo held for trial
in tho district court for tho murder of
Charles Hoover ou tho night of Octo
ber 17. Such was the decision of Jus
tice of tho Peace Shuck nftor hearlmr
the balance of tho testimony that wus
offered by the state.
Waco, Texas, Nov. 2. Samuel Saw
ell, son of tho president of tho First
National Hank of McGregor, robbed
recently of SlG.000, was urrestcd yos
teulay. It is clalmsd that tho sufo
was first opened and. the explosive
placed inside and the doors closed.
Ii. t fc la- 1. i.M1ft n d iklii.ilfriilll, ltat
llly;ou ,urreste,d. Tho Vyldeucu is
sirontr. ,.
liO.-ioox, Nov. 2. Tho Standard nays
lulls financial article: "Tito Chincsa
ttinbasador with great pomp lias
transfcired Slo.OUD.OOO to the Jupauo&u
account. Hut tho Japanese have not
touched tho money and aro rctlceut us
to what thf Utcnd to do."
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF,
FITZSIMMONS' HEARING.
It U Coiitlnnrd In Ilia t.lllln Hoik Court
Sport Dlgiilfit.
Litti.K Ilot'K, Ark.. Nov. 2. "I nrn
perfectly willing that this case bo
continued until to-morrow," said Mar
tin Julian in Judge Joseph W. Murt'ii's
court yesterday afternoon. Had
a bomb been exploded in the temple
of justice it would huvo created
scarcoly 1cm sensation among tho
throng of Interested spcctatois thau
did these! words,
"O, what b fluke."
"Ho don't want to go to Hot
Springs."
"Well, what do you think of that?"
These aro fair samples of the ex
pressions of utter disgust which Hew
Irom mouth to mouth as tho disap
pointed crowd Hied out of tho court
loom close upon tho heels of Martin
Julian and Robert Fltzslmmous as
they made their way back to their
suite of rooms in thu Canitol hotel in
custody of two deputy sheriffs of Pu
laski county.
It is Oovcrnor Clarke's avowed pur
pose to have tho eases eontlned from
time to tlmo until tho pugilists become
thoroughly disgusted and the light is
linully dcelnreu off The report scut
out fiom Hot Springs that the Maker
O'Donnell light will bo brought off
.cxt Monday Is Incorrect. No tight
will occur until the cases against tho
pugilists and their managers aro
finally disposed of at Littlo Hock.
Julian and Flt.simtnous wero tern
immediately after reaching their
Hotel. Julian stilted that theelub had
promised to send Colonel Murphy hero,
and as tho lawyer hail failed to'urrivo
he hud, on the tidvlco of Colonel
Murphy's stenographer, consented to
the continuance. He Said ho knew
ho had no show against such n
lawyer as the state had In tho
ease, and that ho did not know What
to say in court. When iitkud what ef
fect "tho postponement of tho caso
would havo on his claim of forfeiture
from tho club, he replied none what
ever. Tho clnb had guaranteed him
protection, and it was not his fault
that ho had been arrested. Tho fault
was the club's, and ho would demand
tho fotfelt money, because ho had
gotten as near Hot Springs us ho
could on October 31. Julian and Fit.
slmmons wero driven ovor town in
rhurgo of Jerry South and later paid
their rcspocts to Governor Clarko at
the executive office.
J - M
ROBBERY CLEARED UP.
One of tho Itnndlti In the Krmdcr, Ind.,
Hold -I'll Coiifeurs After Tiro Yours.
Oosiik.v, Intl., Not. 2. The sworn
confession of James W. Hrown, who is
a prisoner in tho county jail ut Alle
gan, Mich., dears up tho mystery of
tho exptes robbery atKosslcr's Siding
on the night of September 12, ISti",
when the engineer was shot and the
express messenger bndlv hurt by
masked men, who broke open tho ex
press cur safe and emptied It of Its con
tents. "
llrown was arrested In Michigan flvo
weeks ngo on suspicion of having been
concerned in tho attempt to loot n
Chlcugound West Michigan passenger
train.
He says that hn, with John aud Abo
Smalley, wero living iu Allegan coun
ty. Mich., just before the Lako Shore
hold-up. They plunnetl tho express
rouoory ncioro entering 1110 Indiana
limits und executed it alone, entering
the stnto ou foot und traveling at
night only. After dlvldiug their
booty, amounting to over 310,000 they
bcparutetl. Abe Smalley went to
Northern Michigan while John and
llrown went West. All recently
worked back to their former haunts
near Allegan. John was killed six
weeks ago, while resisting arrest.
Abe disappeared nftcr tho attempt to
rob tho Michigan railway train.
ISrown says ho has his sharo of tho
spoils Invested, but refuses to say
where, and will givo no account of
thotnoyoais between tho crime, to
which ho con fusses, and the recent one.
The three had a reputation for years
as bad tnuu In both Indiana nnd Mien
!
FILLED BY EARTHQUAKE.
Stroitiiii Iu the Indiana fins licit, Ilefar
l)rjr, Now Jtunnlnj; TorrenU.
IxniANAror.iR. Ind.. Nov, 2. After
tho earthqttukc a number of tho small
er streams having their source In the
southern border of the gas belt sud
denly tilled with wnter though no
rains had occurred in this state
for months and in the case
of Honey creek in the eastern
part of llartholomuw county, it had
gone dry several weeks ago, thu wnter
btuuding in pools, here and there.
Now it Is tilled to tho brim and in
some places has overflowed aud washed
away fences on tho adjoining farms.
Sugar creek, that runs near Kdlnburg,
Johnson county, wus nearly dry, but
is reported to bo nonrly filled. Smaller
6 truants rising in tho Hancock county
gns territory havo shown similar phe
nomena. Colemi nor to .lull.
Four Scott. Ktiii. Nov. 2. H..T. Colenn,
tho defaulting cashier of tho Stata
bank of this city, whoso peculations
tiro now estimated at 630,000, was
yesterday removed fiom his sumptu
ously furnished bed room where ho
had been guarded bluce his arrest two
weeks ngo, to tho county jail, where
hois now eontlned, When hn atose
from ills bed to go with tho
officers, a sharp pockot knlfo was seen
and was quickly secured by Sheriff
Allen. When Colenn saw that ho was
not to bo allowed to keep tho knlfo ho
became angry nnd attempted to us
s.mlt the sheriff. It Is tho opinion of
the sheriff and thu bank ouloinlb that
hud not tho knlfo been taken he would
havo taken his uwn life lather than go
to jail.
WAsiiixmo.v, Nov. 2. Minister Tcr
rcll has succeeded in moving tho Turk
ish government to punish tho men
who murdered llleyollst Lena in
Armenia. Ho has cabled tho State de
partment that tho Kurds and Armcn
lans who committed tho murder aro
to', biv tried at Jsrej-pum. w uud thai
tho UnfuTOutcsVlll D8V6presente
at tho trial by tho ltrltlsh consul at
that place. Tills olllohtl wus thu first
person to learn of Ijen.'s murder, and
as there win in American consul In
that slolulty he actively interested
hlfliclf in tho caso und reported tho
results of his liiveitlgatlou1 to Mr,
.eiirjii.
FRIDAY, NOV. a. 185)5.
DURRANTIS TO HANG
GUILTY OFTHE MURDEROF
BLANCH LAMONT.
The Verdlrt (Irerferi Willi n Mlf-M? Hoar
of Approval Mnnd turnout Uomt Into
Iljtrlos of .loj Dut rant's Mother
llreaks llnnn.
SAX l'RAKfisrp. Aov. 4.- Theodore
Durrani, assistant superintendent of
Emanuel llaptlst church Sunday
school wus convicted of the murder ol
Itlnnchc Lumont, for which ho bin
been on trial since July 22 last. The
jury was out twenty minutes nnd ar
rived at the verdict on the first ballot.
As thcro was no recommendation ol
mercy the punishment was fixed at
denth. ,
As tho aged foreman, pnlo and
trembling; rend the words that fixed
Durrani's fate, n low, rumbling noise,
lilro tho roar of n mob, uroso from the
rear of tho court room. The next
moment men were cheering wildly,
titr.ohoiiK iiur.n.v.vr.
while women wept hysterically iu ex
citement. Tho bnllllf rapped loudly
for order, but tho tumult continued
for a minute before uuy thing like
quiet could be brought out of ttie dis
order. During tho tumult that followed the
announcement of the verdict Durrant
and Ills mother were lost sight of, ex
cept by tho few who sjt nearest to
them. As tho last words of the ver
dict were uttered Durr.int made a
spasmodic effort to urlsc to his feet,
but before he could do so his mother,
with a half sigh, half moan, threw
her urnis around his neck and sunk
back into her chair. His mother's
grief seemed to make Durrant forget
his own position, and for the next few
minutes ho sat with his arms around
her neck trying to sootho her. Tito
long strain of the trial, however, had
completely shattered her self-control,
nnd It was some time bofore Mrs.
Durrant could leave the court room.
Durrant recovered hl old-time com
posure as soon as he left his mother
and prepared to return to tho county
!ail. With his overcoat swung care
essly over his arm, ho wulked leisurely
out of tho room, twirling bis slight
mustache with apparently as little
concern as If ho wero merely a specta
tor of, instead of the principal figure
la., tho exciting scene.
Aside from the spectator. Mrs.
Noble, ltlaneho Lament's aunt, nutl
Maud Latnont, tho dead girl's sister,
wero apparently the happiest persons
In tho room. When the verdict was
announced Maud T.nmont sprang from
tier seat, clasped her hands und then
cried of sheer excitement. Mrs Noble
mixed smiles with (ears und shook
hands with a number of 'fiends ho
crowded around to congratulate her.
The caso will be appouled to tho
Rupreine court, and it is expected that
nearly a vear will lapse before u de
cision will be obtained.
THE" HbLMESCASE.
Anruittul Is l'rctllctrd by Thoic ruuilllnr
With the t'ait.
Pni:,Ani:i,i'itiA, Pa., Nov. 4. Seats
in tho Criminal court wero at u higher
premium this morning than at auy
time -inco thu trial begun. Do fore 7
o'clock thero was u pushing, surging
crowd iu the corridors, all eager to
henr tho address to the jury by Dis
trict Attorney (irnhnm. For the first
time siuco the trial begun the gallery
was opened to tho surplus portion of
tho public having tho necessury cre
dentials to pass the police lines. Must
of the spectators theielu were women.
Tho consensus of opinion seems to
bo that Holmes would bo acquitted.
Nino out of every ten pet sons ques
tioned ou tho subject, bo they lawyers
or laymen, agreed that Holmes ought
to bo hanged "ou general principles,"
enough crimes huvitig been fastened
upon him, but tho murder of PlcUcl
hits not been brought homo to him be
yond u reasonable tlonbt.
Proceedings opened by tho argument
of District Attornov i--Vi'ri.
MEET IN TH UlhUNG-ROOM.
Corhidt Snrrrnd ut llt7liiiinon. hut I'ltx
Didn't Want Tumble.
T.1TTI.B Hock, Ark., Nov 4. Fltz
slmmons and Corbctt came together
hero ut tho Capitol hotol yostcrdny
afternoon but iTb serious consequences
followed. Fltz was seated in thu din
Ingroom when Corbctt entered. To get
by tho Australian Corbett hail to wall:
within a eouplo of feet of him As ho
uouicd him, Corbett poked ills finger
at Fitzsimmons in u terlsio aud in
sulting manner and ut tho same tlmo
muttering some unintelligible sound.
Kveryono expected to jo a light, but
Fitzsimmons was not gatuo. Ho hast
ily looked up, flushed and Corbctt
walked on. Tho peacefully Inclined
breuthed easier, while tho "sporty"
clement collapsed. It was a chanca
for the pair to havo one round at least.
The Choctaw Will Itejcrt It.
IlAitTsiiouxK, Ind. Tor,, Nov. 4.-
Tho Choctaw council appointed thrco
mombcrs of tho senato and four of
tho house to meet the Dawes commis
sioners and receive their proposition in
tf itlng. It is ft foregono eoncluilon
tltut thu nroii0sitlon1vwljl,be rejeutcd;
' X .. "
Captain Klrktnan "Exonerated.
Fort IUi.ky, Kan., Nov. 4. Captain
Joe T, Kitkmau, who has been on
trial before a court of United States
army ofilcers, charged with conduct
unbecoming nn oflleer, has boon ac
quitted ou every charge aud speclOca
WILL LEAVE ARKANSAS.
The rinir-l'Klleii nnd Their Mnri
Agrrti to Unit the State.
IitTTt.i: Hock, Ark., Nov. 4. All
prospect of holding tho Corbott-Fitz-simmons,
the Mnhor-O'Donnell or tho
Uyan-Sinlth priu tight in this stato
has been nbandoncd. Indeed when
the Fitzsltntnons-Jultan case was
called before Chancellor Martin this
morning, Attorney General Kins
worthy, in moving for a continuance
until afternoon, announced that It was
quite possible that the court proceed
ings would be dismissed, an ogrecment
having been reached with tho pugilists
that they should leave Arkansas as
soon ns possible This was hi ought
about by liovernor Clarko himself.
After tho ndjoui nment the Attorney
floncrnl and Attorney Martin went to
tho otllce of the Governor, and after
nn hour's conference, Attorney Oen
rral Kinsworthy went back to tho
court und made arrangements with
Judge Martin of the Circuit conrt to
bo lu his office ut'noon. He wits thcro
ou time, and In u few words Attorney
Hemmlngway, for tho State, tuked
that thu etkses, be dismissed, saying
that ho hud full eontldcncn in tho
promise of tho defendants to do ns
they agreed. Flt.iiminons anil Julian
wero not In conrt. but their represen
tative, Mr. South, said tho pilsoners
hid agreed to leave as stated. Tho
ease was at once dismissed, but the
( hancellor told them that If they
violated the Injunction restia'ning
them from lighting they would get
not less than two years iu the county
jail.
It ! possible, however, that Corbctt
and Fit.siuinions will meet yot, either
across the 1 Ivor from Kl Paso, Texas,
.oral Phoenix, Avi.. llraily declared
yesterday afternoon that he and Cor
bctt would not bind themselves to go
to Kl Paso or Phoenix. I.atijr, how
ever, he made this proposition: "I will
select one man for refcreo from tho
list prepared by Julian and select tho
battle ground. "if ho is not willing that
I should Mdcct the lighting ground, I
will lot htm select one newspaper mar),
I will select a second, tho two to chooso
a third, and let them pick out tho piaco
for the light. Wo will fight him for
510,00') 11 side, und for nothing less
titan that. Corbctt will not fight him
for nothing. 1 have my money right
here aril that Is what talks. Now.
what more can I tlo'.1 We havo agreed
to allow him his own man for referee,
will even tlirht on his own ground, if
he knows of a place, or let a jury of
nowspa.icr men make it for him. Now,
iet him keen quiet or fight. Corbott
and 1 will fool with this thing no
longer. I have the thing iu my own
humls now, und no clubs will have
anything to suy about it."
Fitsimmous and his imnager, Jul
ian, both exVresscd themselves to day
us being anxious to accept either
ISratlvVi proposition of ,etenlny. or
the l-'lorhla Athletic elub's proposition
to flirlit ttt Kl Puso. Julian preferred
the Tcxns battleground, as the 5-"i,000
forfeit ouYretl would help to pay for
the lost time, he said, iu case the light
did not conic off.
A MURDER MYSTERY.
The
llodv of h Young Miui round In nn
Ort'hurd by Ills Sweetheart.
Lkxixo ro.v, Ky.. Nov. i..Mixs Alma
Crouch, the 17-year-old daughter of
William O. Crouch, a llourbon county
farmer, wus walking in her father's
orchard last evening, when she sud
denly struck her feet against tho body
of a dentl man lying In the high weeds
mid reeosnled the face us thut of her
lover, Doe Klllngton.
A few days ngo Klllngton had a dif
ficulty with her father and the old
man had ordered him bff tho premises,
forbidding him to come to see his
daughter aguiu. They met again tho
next day when Islington was talking
neross the fence to Miss Alma. Tim
father attacked thu young man and
hn dtew his pistol and fired at the old
man, tho bullet striking him In the
leg. Ho was put to bed and Is thought
not to huvo beon out of his room since.
Fully forty shot had lodged iu his
face nnd heud. There was no gun
near, thus disposing of the theory of
suicide. The sherllf of llourbon coun
ty visited the teene, but no arrests
went made. Ct ouch is in his bed and
his family say he has not moled from
his room sinco tho shooting u few
days ago.
A MILLIONAIRE KILLED.
l4iiirlo P. llllllnrd of Chlt-nRO Meet In-
tunt Death nt Croiln-.
Oitetoo, Nov. 4. Ltturln P. Hilllard,
one of the oldest residents of Chicago,
wltoso estate is valued at millions of
dollars, was driving this morning, at
tended by his groom, when his buggy
wus struck by a fust passenger train
on the Panhandle i-oud. Mr. Hilllard
wus thrown to ono sldo of the street
by the force of the collision und wus
dead when tho people who witnessed
the casualty reached him. The
groom's left leg anil several ribs wero
broken, and It Is also feared that In
ternal Injuries will tosultiu his death.
To Wnt rh tlm IlrltUli.
WAfliiixti'io.v. Nov. 4. (Jovernor
Shcukloy of Alaska, In his annual re
pot t to tho Interior department, rec
ommends thu establishment of u
military post on tho Yukon, which Is
regarded as especially significant in
view of tho action that has already
been taken by Canada to tho same
effect, on Its side of the line. Tho
Cauad'ans havo established a post and
gurrlsoued it with u force of mounted
police, right ut tho mouth of Forty
Mllo creek, which is tho entrance to
tho gold mining region nt present in
course of 'development. These police
uro soldiers In every sense of the word.
Monthly Debt Statement.
Wabiii.nqtox, Nov. 4.TI10 monthlj
statement of tho public debt shows tin
debt, less cash in the troasury, to havo
been at tho closo of business October
31, 8010,131,108, whloh Is an Increase
for tho month wf $5,341,M72, which Is
accounted! for-:by:the Iqjs pf tt.'rit?,?0
in, the ca.s,i,'iu,thptrcasury., ,,
A Bt. Joirpti l'loneor Dcnit.
St. JosKru, Mo., Not. 1. -John
lluoll, ono of tho early sottlers of St.
Josoph, died yesterday morning. Tho
deceased was 83 years old anil hit
death is attributed to old ago.
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THE BRITISH CRISIS.
reelhi liotirral That Wur With HimiU
Mnjf feme 01.
LoxnnK, Nov. . Nearly all of tit)
English newspapers refer seriously to
day to tho political crisis, tho appar
ent isolation of Great Jtrttaln and tho
policy pursued by l.ussla in tho far
Kast, as well as the future steps which
Franco may take. Even tho most con
servative of the London papers havo
become alarmed nnd tho people hero
are gradually becoming convinced
that llrltlsh diplomacy has been out
maneuvered by lltissht, and that Jn
spito of denials, the latter country
has obtained Important concessions
from China and is prepared to slop at
nothing in order to compel the Japa
nese to evacuate Chinese territory, iu
accordance with tho terms of tho
treaty of peace.
In "Armenia tho situation grows
more gravo lit view of tho spread of
revolutionary feeling aud the fact that
Kugland is liable to bo left alone at
any moment to deal with the Shltnu,
und that tho latter will then be very
unlikely to carry out reforms Iu Ar
inettla. Some oftlto Knglish newspapers aro
finding consolation In the sympathetic
utterances of sotno American papers,
but there is no getting uwny from tho
fact that (treat Jtritaln is facing n
dangerous crisis. Perhaps the nutter
can best bo summed up in the follow
ing quotutiou from the St. James Ga
zette this afternoon: "It Is such us to
mako us anxious not to lose time iu
getting our naval and military arma
ments in nseomplete state of efficiency
as the eltcumstanccs will allow."
Tho report that thirteen Russian
warships ate assembled at Port Arthur
bus been confirmed. Thu latest ad
vlc;s respecting tho llimshtn floot
stated that it was at Clio Foo.
RUSSIA MASSING
TROOPS
Koliilrr
Heine (lathered In
Force
on
Armenia' Ilorder.
London", Nov. 4. According to re
liable information frotu Vienna, largo
bodies of Ktislnn troops aro being
massed on the frontier of Armenia,
and there is a general fooling In East
ern Europe that this portends Russiai.
intervention on tho slightest excuse.
Tito Constantinople correspondent
of the Dally News says: "Thero Is no
rojson to doubt tho existence of u.
Turkish revolutionary counntttco here,
Although it is difficult to ascertain
whether It receives much support, it
is certain tltut many decent Turks re
sent thu persecutions of the Armen
ians. The aspirations of tho young
Turkish party to restore a parliament
ary regime ure, however, destined to
disappointment."
Official news has been received in
Constantinople of fresh disturbances
lu Erzeroum, Orfuh and Zcitun. Fifty
pcisons have been killed und wotiudcd
ut Kreromn.
FRAKER CASE SETTLED.
The I'miiioiis IiMiirnm-n Litigation Com
promised Out of Court.
Kansas Cirv, Mo., Nov. 4. The liti
gation that wus threatened by tho
suits of the flvo insurance companies
in tho federal court to recover tho
S3.'), 000 insurance monoy paid to Jndgo
Jumes K. Lincoln of Liberty, as 'tho
executor of the estate of Dr. Oeorgo
W. Fruker, will be but a legal for
mality, as the w hole matter has been
compromised out of court.
When thecahes uro called next week
by Judge Philips tho existing judg
ments against tho insurance com
panies will be set aside and judgment
by agreement entered against Jndgo
Lincoln and the heirs of Dr. Fraker
for the full amount of tho lusurutiuo
monoy they have In their possession.
Tho money will be turned over, tho
judgment at once satisfied und tho
cases will then bu closed.
This will not effect tho cruntual
prosecution against Ftaker.
FOR ANNEXATION.
Hie Itle Arhhlliop LalmMhla Charged
With UrhlK Too rilrndljr.
Cirv or Mr,::ico, Nov. 4. Party feel
ing is being stirred up ovor an alleged
plot on tho part of tho higher clergy
in favor of secret annexation to the
United States. It is charged iu Lib
eral circles thut the Into Archbishop
Labasttda had before hlsticath plnnued
to erect here n church which should
bo built with American monoy nnd
should bo American In tho personnel
of the clergy" attached to tho church.
This was to bo in tho nature of un
overture to tho Catholics of tho United
States and a manifestation of thu do
Ire of the Mexican elorgy to bring
bout a closo undefstanitu '.
BOTH KILLED IN A DUEL,
Two Prominent Kentnrkr C'ltlren
Kilt
One Another With llevotven.
Loxno.v, Ky., Nov. 4. News of a
duel to the death between Hon. Will
iam F. Huntley, ono of Leslie county'a
most prominent citizens, und "Hlgo"
Illgnlto, a roountnln outlaw, fought in
Leslie county, two miles from Ilyden,
on Forks Kond, Wednesday, bus
just reached this pluco. It scema
that ltently made enemies while a
member of tho Kentucky Legislature
In 1887, and that Ablja Hlgnlte. who
bus borno the reputation of nn outlaw
nnd criminal since chlldhod, estab
lished himself at the head of tho fac
tion opposing Hentloy. Tho clltnux
of this political hatred was tho duol
in which both men lost their Uvea.
When thoy met thoy began firing
upon each other ns they advanced
with their revolvers.
A Ruuaivur Hoy Crunhetl to Death. '
Nevada, Mo., Nov. 4. Oeorgo
Driscoll and John Yookoy, two runa
way youths, started for St, Louis thht
morning on a through freight train.
OnposltoJII(!irwpadl Drjscoll attempted
to ,slmb on t,on of . n car, but missed ,
hi4TOottuHnrf feU'beneaUi tho tral'n.'
His body was badlyinangled. lib wu ,
is years out.
Mr, Cleveland nn Arbitrator.
Washington;, j-ov, .,'rbo Italia
Colombian arbitration is now fairly
before President Cleveland, who is the
armtraior citoscu by both countries.
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