Nebraska Newspapers

    2 TIIK OMAHA DAILY RKKWKSDAY : , U 2 . 181)3. )
BKST THING FOR THE ROAD
Bcceiver.'hip of tLo Tanta To Looked On
88 the Salvation of the Line.
TIGHT MONEY GIVEN AS TIIE
TrunmircrVtlilnr Iteuiinl * III" Appoint.
incut nl Itrrrlvrm us thn l.cKlllinitto
I Tin tot I tin llr. r 'H'inpiiliriiKiilnst
the ( Mmpnuy'A hroiirltlc .
T IIT.KA. Dec. 'jri. Treasurer Kdwurd
\VHoiT , who has held his position practically
from the incepUon of the Santa Fo road , in
speiking to n n Associated press reporter
lodiiy. of the rccelveiship , said :
Ihe rcce.lveishlp was not u surprise at
tlio lust moment , bec.iuso the doitli of
( .enrgo C. Magfiim , nlthougli not necessarily
I'liibarras.ilnir , uffrtrdiHl a pretext for the
bears , who have boon persistently hammer
ing our socuritiea , to work on the fears nnd
imaginations of tlio smaller speculator * , und
this fact nroko ihe price of our SL'ourltlos
still farther. Naturally such a movemcnl
ha l an offeet upon the efforts of Mr. Uulnliart
in providing for the interest ou the lloatlug
debt duo January I. and there was no Unit !
for any new nrraligeinents to be constini-
mated.Vhilo It ii sometimes considered un
fortunate for a road to go into Iho humls of
receivers , it is nol infrequently , and In tills
case It wan. n very wlso move , because It
will enable the management to handle the
properly nnd lluauc.iul burden without Ihe
natural embarrassment thnt attends a
period ot general depression , shrinkage of
values and dullness In business.
ItH ICiirnln \Vcrn Mlllili ; : < 'li > ry.
"The earnings ot the Santa Fo system
have been very satisfactory , and under or
dinary circumstances , tlio lion ting debt could
have been cared for without any trouble or
inconvenience , but every one knows what
dinicuUy there lias been during tlio last sum
mer ami fall In raising money on any col
lateral security.
"The receivership in this case does not
seem to me to indicate any thing but a reason-
alilo period of protection , until Improved
conditions , which can be counted upon ,
during the coming year , shall permit a re
turn to thcnornuil conditions to be managed
by olllcers elected by the stockholders.Vo
certainly need to feel no uneasiness except
that the bondholder * will have to wait a llt-
tlo while for their Interest , but 1 do not be-
Hove that It will be unreasonably delayed be
cause our securities arc ampli' if the condi
tion of tlio business of the financial world
was normal. "
'
Opllmlsllu Miiiniii-r I'li'.V.
General Manager Frey of the Santa Fe ,
when seen today , said lie did not feel at all
alarmed at the fact of the receivers.ip ) , but
talked hopefully of tlio future of Iho road.
He said !
" ' 1 ho appointment of Ilio receivers was
not a surprise to me , and whim 1 do not waul
to anticipate the general policy thai will be
jiuisund by the reccivoia. yet , 1 will sax that
at the end of the receivership tlie Santa Fc
load will bo in the best condition of any
road in the world. The road at preii-nt. Is iu
n hotter physical condition than it lias been
for ten years , and that condition , In mj
opinion , will b" Improved. lUisiucssof the
Santa Fo lias increased much faster than its
fucilitier and m my Judg-nonl the receivers
will add to these facilities.
"As far as thn effect of tbo receivership
goes it will not bo felt by the public , in fact
tlie people will not know that the reid is
managed any differently than it has been in
thu past. 11 will give to tlie tmtronsll : tlio
fuel itles thai have heretofore been Hi\-en
thepi ami , in my opinion ; belter service.
Huilm'si. Ntmrty Xnriiml *
' Tjie business of the road , xvhilo it hao
not been as good as last \oar. is gradually
gelthig back to its normal condition and will
reach it by spring. The doalh of Mr. Ma-
goun probably brought on the receivership
at this time , but the real cause of it is tlio
general deplorable condition of the financial
world -ind the tight , mouoy market. No
money could IKJ icali cd on the road's hi curl-
ties 10 meet the January interest , and there
was only one tiling to do , und I do no : oohevo
that the course pursued will be ill all disail-
\uiitageous to the liMiiness interests of Ihe
road or will be felt in the least by any ouo
"xccpt Iho bondholders , and iu my opinion
they will not uo kept wailing very long.
' U'nilo I can't apeak for HIP receivers , yet ,
in my opinion , no rolrcnchinents will be
made , but it will nol be long , of course , be
fore their policy of management xviii be
made known. "
X'luu I'lTHlitfiit liohliiHini Ki I'u Agntt.
Receiver xVilton of the Santa Fo company
arrived in'Jopekaat noon today direct from
St fjouln. He said the receivers had ap
pointed D. H. Hobiusoii. first vice president ,
the agent of then.ceivcra , to haxu tiitlchar.'o
if the aclive operation of the entire system.
Mr Wilson saiil the receivers had iu general
agreed that no sweeping chitngcs would be
mai'o iu the management of iho road , bin
Iho mailer would bo definitely detenuhied
al a meeting of the receivers to be held in
Now York next week.
Mr. Wilson has lendcred his resignation
r.s clerk of the district court to Jii'Ig. ) C. ( ! ,
Fester , who is today iu Ciulveston. A reply
lias just bum received nccepliiig his resig
nation and appointing C dirge S.rrilt ! > ;
temporary clerk of the lourt. Mr. Wilson
s'tid I lie receivers liave Just borrowed i O1)- )
000 In St. Louis for the immediate p-iyment
01 wages iluo UK ; Santa Fe employes , and
the omplo.uu of the Santa Fo s.x.slem proper
would receive tl el.- wages promptly , nol
later than January : i , out of munc.v ttial
had bien ho.irdeil to meet January interest.
Mr 'Uilsou said tlie Santa Fe shops at
Topeka would lie tilled with aildltlunil cm-
ploycs nt ctice , and that the roud wonhi In
put in butler condition than it u at urcsrnt.
\ViiM rrrpiu-oil Ili-fiirii .Magoiiu I.ml.
Gcortro F. ShaiTiu. clerk of thu United
Stales circuit court , rcturiicu .u 11 o'clock
lasl uighl from Littio KOCK. Ark. , with iho
ji.tpers In ihe S-amu Fu receivership cine.
'ItiD bill of tlio Cut'in Trust foinpmy wia
sworn to lieforc u Now York notary Decem
ber Ul. This fact elTi-euially puts aside tlie
Impression thai iho dealh of lieorgu c' .
Magoun. cliairman or tlie Santa executive
board , pnvlpltalcti tlio receivership , for tin'
papers \eivdrawn und swoin to before lr.
Mugonn ttio.l ll U Htaied lu the uill
tiint , the S-inta l''u luis been danger
ously near iiisolvinc.v for u year , und
that for some iimntnn a icceivcrship
bus been Known to lioonlv n question ut u
luinl' time. The company was so hard
I tcf.snd for money , iho uid recites , that ou
August hibt Its president went to thu office
i f the Unio-i Trust ctunp.iny .ui't borrowed
f''IMM'lI ) ut T per cert to meet Ilio immedhite
demaiidsof the cointiiin.v It H&luUM tliut
since i lull linioowiii' ; ihe poriol of llnnnciul
depn ssifn Ihe Kama Fo bus been roiiUuu-
nlly emburinssc'l fur mouny.
1)1 lilt III .1 U'lTC 1)11- ,
Tfio company him not iMiiid ; : In 111..1 L'uion
Trust rompary thctihoil tiir.o Itiau nu&oti-
fted in AI gust nor ti : : it puid the Inlcicsl
i n It. It KCt fiTlh iu tlie bill Hint m Dcci lu
be I" IMKt , the L-uniiiuny will have to p.iy
SERIES FOUR
26. 1893.
I-I EL 13 Ex El
COUPON.
World's Fail-
Art Portfolio.
To si euro Uus superb souvenir
fnd ( r hriiui hSiiniuiHiiisnf iliN
bcilcs lircrliiK Ulffcrctit dates
wllh IU cents in coin lo
IT PORTFOLIO DEFT , ,
Bee Ofllce , Omaha.
14.100.00(1 ( ns lulerosl ou Iho first inortR.iBo nnd
thai In JanUary , IW . Il xvlll have to piy
! 'in,0 < xnnil ) bolwron Kotirunry and Janu
ary , 1SOI , tlicro will become due and naynblo
( lonlinir lielils of the rotnnany lo Iho sum of
t'JTO.ODO , thn entire tlo.itiiiK drill of the com-
li.iny bclnirnoxvn.tRU.iuo. ! ( The Interest of
the Rtiaranty fund notes for \l.OOOXH \ ( ) xvtll
huduu In May , IH'.II , and this interest xvlll
iKruregnto $270.000. These fund notes have
hcou twice renewed and besides there are
other debts of the company duo or soon to
full duo neRrcg.itinp souieS'.J.UOO.IJOO.
The petition soli forth tlml iho company
Is totally and absolutely Insolvent ; that xvlth
all thN debt staring It In the face , It has not
ctioueh money lo pay thn day laborers along
Us line , nnd that Inasmuch as Us creditors
are becoming Impatient , II \ < t u question of
hula few weclci until suits may bo brought
Hint xvlll disintegrate and ruin the system ,
and therefore , in cnnslilcratton of all those
numerous allegations , a roc-e.ix'cr or receivers
tii-o ankod for the property.
\Vlint IMC ConiMiiy | An.iivprpil.
Accompanying this bill was ttin answer of
thn Santa tV ( viiiip.iuy. ( ? i ergo Ii. I'eck , tins
gciieml solicitor of the company , in answer-
In the charucs , confess d that nil the
statements xvcrc. true ; that , thn Snntn I'V
xvan wholly lusolx-enl and nuahlo to pay Its
debts , thnt the credltois xvero iiroxvltiK Im-
patiRUland were liable at any time lo close
in on Iho company.
.1. W. Uclnliart , nrosidriil of Iho company ,
and Mr. I'ech niadi ; this coufcs inn tu New
Yorlt before u nolary necember ) , the dny
hoforo llic bill askiiu ; receivers xvas sworn
to. Tills all KOS lo sh.i.v llial ttto recolver-
shlpva hrought nbout by the Saula l 'e
cotnpanv Itself because il Uesired to pive up
the Ilitht and ( jet utiriur the protecting wing
of thu court. .
XX'm llnii'lr | < ) * ly Involved.
Tlie ; receivership of the Kauta fo was not
drought so much by the probahlo default In
January interest payments as it xvas by the
company's utter di-iablllty to meet I'.s lloat-
inuilnht. The Harlngs did not bring about
tlio collapse. Mr. Magoun's death did not
cause it , or even hnstcu It. The company
was hopelessly In debt nnd Mr. itelnhnrt
xvent all the way to 1/union .1 few days ami
to got a few million dollars nol to pay the
interest , as every ono supposed , hut to pay
thu tloating debt. Mr. Uehihart remained
in I/union a weok. Ho eould not get a cent ,
and xvhe.il lie readied New Yorlt City on his
return his first ofllci.il acl xvas lo order Iho
pruparatlou ot recoivci'dhiu pa ) > ors. It now
ilex-elopes Unit certain people iu Topeka
iiavo known since August liial thn Santa Ko
could lasl hut a few months. The oflli-eibof
the L'uited Stales court xvero on the lookout
for Iho papers almost daily , and xvliun il xvas
announced that Mr. Ucinlmrl had failed lo
ol money in London ten days uiro the re
ceivership was aiforcHoue conclusion.
11 or us or TIII ; .XTCMIMIN.
Cpitrrnl Soltrttiir I'uek liuvicws tbo .Sltnii-
linii anil ri-ol > iil > ln lU-tilltn.
CAII-XOO , Dec. US. "An early reorganisa
tion of thu Santa K < ! is probable , " said ( ! eii-
cral Kolicllor Cieorgo U. Peck toni-ilit , "and
U is hoped that the rcurgani/.nion will be
coinplcteil xvitlioul the lonplng off of thu
branches. "
Mr. I'cck returned from Little Hock today.
\V. II. Itos-duglon of Topuku , altornoy for
the Union Trusl comiHin.s , c.-iino on to
Chicago xvith Mr. Peck. The ixvo attorneys
spent considerable limo in coiibultalioii , but
neither would say that anything definite had
been determined. Tomorrow Mr. Kossini-
toti , on behalf of the Union Trust company ,
xvill llle uu auxiliary bill before .ludgo C'.ross-
cup. asking thai the apnoiutniciits iiuuin by
Judge U.ildxvoll of the K.uhih judicial circuit
court bo ralillcd. The bill will ask that the
receivership ba extended so as to include the
( . ' htcngo lines.
" 'Ihe. immediate cause of the. application
fur the uiipoiiitiiiunl of receixvrs xv.is the iu-
ubiiity to pay Hit ; ? : > , ( i)3,00 ( ) ! ) of interest ilii"
ou January l"s-iid Mr. 1'eek. " 1'ho ap
plication xvas made after a full understand
ing , und xvilli iho consent of all interests.
Mr. Magouu's death may li.ivo hastened the.
action a few days. Ou the day utter ho died
I started xvcst and the ; action of Iho court
xvas m once taken.
Deprr ilon Dill U.
"The general depression in the business
xvorld was nioro tliau the company
could hear. 'I he main Imo unit some of the
l-ranclies paid xvcll , but sumo acquired lines
pulion heavily upon thu vecciots. One.lino
alone -tho Colorado Midland bus fallen oft
SI ) | 'cr cent witliln a year. U never did earn
very much. The Atlantic fz Paidlicliuo xvas
one of the greatest factors in tlio
downfall. The Saul ; : Ko IF
peculiarly situated. The eastern and
western ends o ( iho lines earn biir receipts
but there is a vast territory in between from
xxhich thcio in piMctically iioihlng cuined.
Vut this bad hum must bo traversed iuordei
to connect the Ixvo ends. Many of the
br.inch lines iim into hitherto-undiwclupcil
territory. Some of iho latter di.l pay well ,
but with the closing down of the mines , ami
with the general depression , their re
ceipis ran dinxii at a frightful rate. How
ever , all Ihcse. branch feeders -ought to IIL
I liejit wiili Uiu iiuilii lilies , us they form thu
' porfeet system. „
"As to the talk of a jiliiu of a different re
orirauUutioii. Ihe bomiholders anil creditors
x-.ill ihurtly meet uun appoint conimlttecs
The work can ire on r.ipully. The ( [ iiestioi
| of prljtlty of interest may cause niucl
trouhlo ium considerable Hharp litigation
Them are > ' . ' . " , ( ) . ; , ( ) ) bonded dubts out
Hiunilinz. Of this amount * lf > 0lHl.iUH ) > an.
lieldbytlio llrslluiudholdcrKai.il ivSO.uiiu.uiH
by the secniiii. 'In got these intei-est ani
tin se of the various creditor * into harmony
is a t .s' < of uo small m.ignitnde.
. .Xrl.iiiiXiti liiiionitlt ] | .
' ll seems impcrativi ! that the indebted-
neb. " of tlio company bo reduced The road
Is undoubtedly good and in capable of paying
dividends ou a reduced iiidebtcdneK'i. This
Is ono of tin1 bk'jjest cuscu ever brought be
fore tincirirls. . The upiioiiitineut of the re
ceiver , iu ur , opinion , will liax'o no particu
lar ultcd ou ImsitiesK , except Hut it will
stop ail building ana needless c-cpi > ndit.iru of
money , and may prove ! a good tiling. Bin- ]
ness will go riahl along UH uuu.il. 'Uie head-
iiiirturs ( will , in bufnre , rem.iiu at Topoka.
Todav a circular was issued lo all thn em-
ploye.s und agents of the company directing
llicm in eo-.itluuo their xvurk as heretofore.
Xo persons will hi ) dlnclmruod , nor will auy-
body losi' anj thing. "
nt < . I.DIIU.
SiUnis , Dec.Mr. . Ii IX MeKeiiiiag.
gsueral attoriioy of the l-'i-Isco iMilio.ul.
xvhich is a p.irt of the Ateliison , Topcla .t
Simla lo system , uuid in tin interview hero
lius nioriiiug In iviereuce lo the anpolnt-
ment of i-eci'lx'ers : " 'Ilio directors of Ilio
Atcliiaou company believe that witliln three
orfiiiir.or.it least six months , they xvlil ba
alln ti > dcvlio a plan bvxliicii the company
c.i u be taken mil of the receivers' ha nils. "
This plan xvill not involve .suy assessment of
stock nor shrinkage in value , or interest rate
of bonds , but xvlll ba foi-niulaluil by use or
1 collateral Uiu company hin : us a b.isit , for
collaicral tnisl. '
I'lio priucip.-il cauae of thu Atclilson col-
lapMi is .stid : to ha the failure of tlie Ath'iilic
A I'acilii : to p.iy overf iri.IXhi.OH > Iliat It owes.
Npcclal .Mastor * In < " > mrery Apiniliiffd ,
Lmi.K KOCK. I'ee. 2,1. Juuffo Cahlwell
appol'itcd two special masters in eimm-r.y
today for Iho Santo l-V si-Htoui. Judijo J. 11.
JoluiMin ofToekivas | uppointcd master
for tlioSuuto Kii proiHir , and ColiJitcl I , . U.
K.'iiiol.ls of St. Louis as master for the
I 'I'Viuco ' road , \\ilii instruction lo co-operato
I with tlie receivers lieiotoforo appointed iu
i adjusting the aiTaiiof the Alt hi.sun.Topeka
1 & S.inta Ko road.
i i'lie upJilulueuts | wcro made ou unpllca-
i liuiis of attonie\x. ; uul in lollowlug up thu
I rule by xxhull largo colporalions are placed
i in tlio hands of roi-oivers. The upcclal masters -
tors xvlll 1,0 rciuii'e\l | to rui-ort from time to
. linniiviit : ; staicmcntb of tt.o coiidiliou of
' the u , sem.
I \V.il > "il AllVrj t'rj ' Uiitil ill ( 'olorsil > ,
Dnsxru. Dec. ' 'S.U. . follbran. geiioral
agent of th.i Huiila Fo railroad , says thu
aprolntir.nil of rrceivets for the propert ; .
xxIII have no i-flenl wh.ilovor in Colorjuo.
V.'lieii auked If ho tin nirht thclCir'llslistoi-lc-
holdcra of the ( Joloi'Jito .Midland xvould dc-
maud a soinrntu | icculver for tint urupcrty.
aneiovrinnr ( Kx'ana had done in tin : case
uf the L'nlou IMcitlc. Denver fc ( iulf , Mr
Collbran ropli d : No ! ut all. The cases
lire entirely iliiTorcnl. The entire stock of
the M.dt.uu ! win bought by IlioHaiita Ki >
roud and the Kng'.lsli btc knoldcrs can do
noihinsTliu only rc < lr s * tlioy can liax'o H
to domaud new ri'cuix'crs in case thoi are
UiMatistlcd xvlth those appointed by ttio
courts. "
Mr. ( . 'oilbran said tlio Miiiland Termiiuil ,
thu new road being built to CrlppUH'rook.
which u to bo a feeder to tliu Santa Fc ,
xvould nit be affected , ns the money for Its
construction had nil been subscribed. Mr.
Collnrau said the passing of Iho Santa Fo
Into receivers' hands xvould bo n great ca
lamity In the c.tsl , especially In Noxv Kng-
land , where much of thu slock xvns hold.
IIKAVV I.STIJtlUNTS INVOI.VIIl ) .
& Nnrllirrn I'aclllr Stockholder *
ITi-piri'il lor llror nnlrnlli'ii.
Xnw YOIIK , Dec. 25. The commlltco rep-
rescnitng tlio flrsl mortcaRo bondholders of
the Chicago ft Northern Pacific railroad , of
vhlch J. V. I-'dward Simmons Isthochnlr-
naii. has Issued a circular to tlio holders of
those bonds , relallvo to iho condition of the
n-operty , and suggesting the llrst stops that
ihould bo taken toward the collection of
their Interests.
lu the Hist place , thavomtulttcorccognl/os
ho great intrinsic vaiuo of the properly :
bul as the lucotn" from it consists mainlv of
rentals rccelxcd from other ixmdx liiul use
this property , and as some of Ihoso roads
ire Involved in financial difllcultlesand legal
i-outrotcrsles. It la important Ihat Hie bond-
liolders should bo reprcsenled by a commit
tee xvlth full noxver to Investi'iato tlio condi
tion and contracts of tlio company , and Its
past financial operations , to examine its
bonks , accounts , etc. . and to net In thn In-
Iciest of Iho ijondlioldels. by advising xvlth
tlie receivers , uud directing the Irusteci.
This | Mwer can bo ussure.it tothocotu-
inittco and matte effcctunl for the bond
holders only by the sitnlngof iho bondhold
ers' agreement nnd tJ-odt'iKMlVof the iiotids
thereunder xvith the N'exv York Trust com
pany. The comuiilteo urges thubandliold-
cr to take these steps ill once , and al Iho
same time assures them Hint they ; > ro secured -
cured agalnsl any aulion nol conformable
to their vlows ly the pilvllcgoof xvllhdraw-
lug their bonds , should Hie plan of re
organization formulated by thcromintltcu
fail to secure the approval of tbo 70 per cent
of Ibo holders of lha bonds deposited. As
Ihn committee Is not interested in any of. llic
railroads xvlucli use or have been using tiio
property of the Chicago & Northern Pacific
company , il lias no object In view other
tlrin the speedy enforcement of all the
ri bts of the bondholders under the deed of
trust. _
.N'orlhtnn 1-ncillt ; Wuijn Rcliedulp.
' . ' ' . " . xvenk from today
Sr. P.XL't. , Dec. - > One
tlio new schedule on the Northern Pacific
railroad xvill go Inlo effect unless some
change In plans is brought abou. at the con
ferences to be held this xveek , xx-hlch is a
very rumoto probability. Under this sched
ule railroad oftleials say Iho Northern Pa-
cillc ineu xvill faro better than those on any
other road between St. Paul and Chicago ,
though in iho evcniiig-up of tlio rains the
employes on the mountain division are con
siderably affected. The committees of train
are now strouiriy opposed lo tuo uuap-
ttou of Ilia new schedule and xvlll Insist , so
far as they can , that Ilio old ouo bo muiu-
lalncd. I'liey say the unannounced portion
of Uie .schedule Is much adverse to their in-
Icrests , but refuse to tell xvliat Ihe objec
tionable features arc. The final answer to
their protest ugnins-l Iho changes will Im
given out totnorroxx * .
I'itt tilVI'IDlVMKillllH
FAI.I. llivp.n , Mass. , Dec. 25. The list of
yearly dividends of thn Fall Itivur cotton
manufacturers , juil issued by ( ! . M. Iliif-
fardu & Co. , brokers , shows thoeapilal slock
of thirty-four companies to bo ? ' 20,37S.OO ( ) ,
and dividends , ax'craging 7.S per cent , and
umoutitiuc to SHi'i'J.IMO , tiax'e been ruiii dur
ing the \ear. Tlio list does not inc.ludo pri
vate mills , prlvato corporations. Slovens
Maiitifacturi'ig company mill the Kali Hi\-er
innnufuetoryvhicli iuivn paid no dividends
during the year. The Pecasset mills ( In
creased Ihe.ir capital stock in S"ptcmber ,
having paid : t \ > or cent on &iUUMO. ( The
Orauite pain 7' ' . ' , ' per cent ou $ Si)0.00 ) ( ) nud ' . ,
per cent on ihe'lasl iiiarterol | the year on
Iho present capital of ? 1,000,000.
Those dividends cover a period of business
varying lo it greater degree than has ever
before been tim case in u aiuglo year.
WASHINGTON'S COLORED 4QQ.
HiiTn XA'calth , Are .Vrlitni'ratic uuil
A negro aristocracy ! Sounds odd , uoesu'l
it ! Yet sucli au aristoor.icy exists iu Wish- :
iueton and it is , relalively , at least , the
c < pial lu xvealth , uultuvo , and rcMincmcut of
that , of our best circles of xvnilu sooieiy ,
\Vushiiiglon is a colored iiinn's paradise ,
nays the HufTalo ( 'oinnicrcinl. The. term
' colored man" is the one they iax-aribly em
ploy in sneaking of themselves. They tell
you ti"y ! are not negroes : that negrois are
tlie low blacks : Unit they are colored
people , and that xvliue ladies and goutle-
me.n appreciate that fact and address them
uccoritingly. ' 'lip standard ol' gentility
iimoug the xvliites is lixed by their use of
ttieso terms. nut , call them xv'nat you
please , Wi'shiiigtou is their paradiac ; the
cue sjol ! on earth xvhere u part of their num
ber have asocial standing , and xvhere thev
were something mori ! tlian mere hewers of
xx nod and dr.xwcrsof xvater.
The cclored arlslocri'.cy of Washington
really number about > IOO all told , and iu llmt
respuct. they stand ou on equal footiuc " with
Ward McAllister's "four hundred""iu the
Now York metropolis , 'llicso Wu&liinzton
colored \x-ells live in line houses. They
arc possessed iu many cases uf largo
xvealib. They keep their own car-
ruses , uud they liax'o servants in
abundance who minister to their wants.
They hax'o overylliing , iu short. Unit money
and ! /ood tastu can s < ingest. Hut there is
oui ! tiling they want that all their weallb
ciiu't gix-e liem , and that is n xvhllt okiu.
The xvealUiIest coloreil man in Washington
xvould ghullv cxchuiige pluceii with the
meanest xililto if il were in his power to
cxchnugo skins also.
lu their church xvorslup the. colored ' -four
hundred" are iiuitc a-s exclusive as their
xvhilo neigbboi's , and a colored day laborer
would hesitate as nuwli to cuter onu of tlieso
K-inctuaries as a xvlilte man of the same de
gree xvould In presenting himself al the por-
lulniif ( irui-ii cliurch In Now York. There
uro other colored cliiirclios llioro xvhero thu
poor and the fairly xvcll-to-do meat on equal
teims. but they are i.ot the churches of the
"fiiur liniidreil. "
1 ue swollcr.t colored clnircli \xusliitig- -
tou is tlio Fifteenth Street Presbyterian.
On Sunday luorulucs Fifteenth vtrrut. In the
viciuitj of Iho church , is tilled with car
riages. Tlio church Is suialt and ultra-
fasluoiKible. Thn most of the tnembuis kop
carringes. and they 1130 them on Iheso oc-
ciirtlom. In thit respent thii.v are nplnzthn
worst form of xvhlto snobberv. in P.ng-
land every icntlcinau walks to cliurch. Ho
may o\xu 10' ) tarrlasci , but hu doesn't use
lliem to take him to an 1 from tlio church.
Sotnei of these days Ainoricaus will cop.x
this custom from their Kii lish cousins , and
when the American whiles abolish thu
present fashion of riding to church , tlio
Washington colored swells xvlll prollt by the
object lesson.
FOllTU.i S BLOWN IN.
Snii ( ; SIIIIM Swiillntvoil , ' | III "Hortlitmtarn
Neirrtp.ipDiH.
Some cxlraordinury revelations as lo iho
newspaper business lu the stuto \\'ashlng- \ -
ton are IUIKIC * lu a recent issue of thi > Ta-
coutii Noxvs. Tlio positlX'o stateuieiit
is made that "thero is not a
city of thi < Htato whlcli supports its
daily paper , not one. " Ouo c.isu is cited
xx hero a young man from a Pennsylvania city
went to Washington u fe.\v years ami xvith u
cut-tilled check for $ i" > 0,000 , mid sank practi
cally the whole amount in uuhlUhm a news
paper. A lawyer and a financier in tlio
same town lost SI 10,000 In another news
paper byforo they decided to abandon
the cntcrpriso A third casu Is im-n-
lioncti , xvhero a similar oxpsriincnt
con aiiothor liraco of jouiu men om
. JlO\i.OO , . Tlio roaiou given for tlieso
Hacrillccs is the prlda of tiio suffcror.s iu
the. reputation of their cilr. As oun of
tlie victims used to sav. "My city would
sulfci' In name , fiinio and standing among
t hu cities of Uiu couutr.v If I should ccaso to
support this enterprise. " Indeed tlie Ninvs
goss sa fur as lodui/laro that - if tlio nox-.s-
I paper proprietors of tliu stiuo xvere
| lo uiilto iu an a rceuiout tluit they
would gix'o tlio puopl ? only ttio .sort
of iioyvHiupsrs they p.iid for , tlicru is not a
cits fram Id.iho to Uio oceun that would not
losucaHtt ! and credit within a xvct-k. Iho
ivliolo state xvoulii suffer the most severe
bluxv It could feol. " Thcsu are truly nston-
Ulaing nivelntioiiM , bul there is u riug of
ginrrrity about theui.
1IITC11ELL ATTHE ; PRESENT
How the Engllsh''Cljifmpion ' Appears IWoro
Ho Begins Trniuing.
' ! - * * _
BASIS OF HIS CLAIM TO FISTIC HONOR
M 1'
4 ,
Sumo ot tlio Olilrf Hvetiti In a l u y l.l'o
.Mnlnly Devoted fu Ilio Illnc Cnr-
tiott'n CaK-ef * HA n llruljcr
of1
If Florida's executive can bo appeased
Charley Mltrholl and Jlru Corbctt will moot
in ttio ring ill Jacksonville January ' ! - >
Hoth inon seem to ho In earnest , both are
gelling realty , and bath will no doubt bo In
tliu ring when tlio proper limo arrives.
' 1 bo light Is the llrst in which u heavy-
xvolghl International cliaiiiiionsblp ] has been
Involved s'nee isss.Vhon Sullivan fought
Ityan both \vero Americana , illtto Sullivan
and Kllraln and Sullivan and Corbet ! . The
last'hitcrnutionnl cbainploiiBblp battle was
between Mitchell and Sullivan ut Chuntilly ,
France , Miirch Kl , 1SSS. This battle ended
In n draw.
Kvcn thnt light was not , and for that mat
ter tlio coming one , strictly speaking , is not
an Intortiiitinnal championship affair , ns
Charlie Mitchell , whllo ho.id tinil shoulders
over Knglund's nest men. ban never techni
cally been the ICngli.sh champion , says the
Chicago Trlbuno. When ho fought Sullivan
In Franco , .ium Smith xvus Britain's
technical champion. Ted I'rltchard ,
a middleweight , wrested the tltlo
from him , und ihuu .11 in Hall
\\htppuil l.'ritchnrd , Hob Fitzslmmoiis in
turn disposed of Hall , 30 that If otto follow
the technical linoi tlio red-lieadcd Austr.i-
lian is the technical Heavyweight champion
of Kugland. But that line of'ivasonmg will
not do. Champions are the men who have
proven themselves tlio host inun m a country ,
Irrcspectivo ot any cinblrm they might possess -
sess in tlio shape of a l > elt of greater or less
value , presented by someone with nioro
money than hrains. C'harllo Mitchell lias
always been regarded as Knuland's best
boxer , and is thurolore tlio chiim | > lon of tlio
Queen's domain.
.MHnlinlt U n Typical llrltnn.
Ho is a typical Hritou , except that ho has
wore range , than the majority of boxers that
have been developed in that country of lute
years. Kvcn he , however , lacks n givuldoal
in height und roach as compared with the
American champion , Corhett , or the Aus
tralian champion. Jackson.
due is rather dim prolnto.il in Mitchell
when seeing him iu lUhliug costume. The
llrst thought that strikes cms is : "Ho is
much too small. " This may und may not be
true. It has always been coutenued that u
man that weighed UW pounds was big enough
, o whip anybody. This is not absolutely
tvuo. It u man at ICO meets anether at 175
mil tlio fifteen pounds difference is in height
ind re.icli , Ilio UiO-pomul man is at a great
lisadvantage. That is Mitchell's iix exactly
with Corbr > tt
Charlie .Mitchell , lit , should step into the
rin ? at not a pom.il'ovoi- . If he weichs
iiore hn will not ho flu. In previous finish
fights lie has \velghert. under 10(1 ( and there.
Mil bo no doubt that ho could llzht stromr
now ut the , IIPW nuudleweight liiuit of 1'iS
inuiius. Mitchell's Weight , as can clearly be
icon , is from the waist up. Ho has the
iroad , flat barrel so common in the Knjrlisti
.lighter , a splendid i-neclc , , and goo.1 though
lot muscular shoulders.
\ \ hero he lacks rowe.r in in the legs. They
seem wolully light lor ii champion , yet his
ogs aroponu , as was shown in the trying
lattlo at Cliantilly. There was a time when
i lighter would 'have ' been condemned
for such legs ah Mitchell has
under him , lints that ritno is pant.
\Vhenauiun of-Dub Fit/simmons' India
can slaiul .supreme m tils class onu cannot in
reason condemn a Ijgjitcr for being light ba-
low ihe waist.
Mltclmll Net u , Muirulur .Mini.
Mitchell's back is not a muscular one as
compared with other lighters. Fiursim-
inonV back Is a perfect uctworlc of muscle ,
and Coi'bctfs back , too , is a study. Mitch
ell's iiinsclu.s , on the other hann , are of the
soft , pliable kind tlr.it scarcely show them
selves under the layers of flesh. Take the
call of his k-g. for example. It is us nlmtip
and rounded as the uadded members of a
ballet dauccr. He is not likely to over be
come muscle-bound and should always have
that "looseness" of action so much to be. desired -
sired in a lighter.
Charlie Mitchell U ready an Irishman ,
his ancestry miming thrtuih ; pure Irish
lines , although ho was born iu IJirmingham.
Ho llrst saw the light of day No vein her 24 ,
isai. His Ural light was with Bob Cuuuitig-
haiu. at Selby Oak , Birmingham , January
II , isrs , for 5 a side. ITo defeated Cun-
niiiglmm in lifty uiiuu'es : afterwards he de
feated C. Smithcrs for 10 a side , with the
hire lists , at Wolverhampioti , November 2 ,
IHi'.i ' , in nineteen minutes ; fought a
draw with gloves with Ulli ICenuody , then
lighlwi ight ciampion , for a iiur.so lit l.on-
uon lu In1. ) ; fouuht liially dray , the black ,
who weighed ITii pounds : Mitchell weigh-
ingiltti , at Maueiiester , and defeated him
vitli bare knuckled , ( or u purse , in one round
of eleven minutes ; fought , Caryadoif , liio
coiitinentul champion , known .is the Belgian
glaui , n'JM-pounder , ui the lildorado. Ant
werp , iu February 1W. for IUOO francs ,
with gloves , and won iu four rounds ur.d sU-
tcen minut-s ; di'feated Tom Tully iu u glove
tight. Marquis of Queimsberry rules , in six
rounds ; tiughl Jack Burke with bare
kuucKlcs June 10 , Itwl , at Ascot foi tlOO , tlio
light hinting ono hourand seventeen minutes
and ending in a draw when darkness ciimo
on. Ilurkoxclghod liftuen pounds nioro
thau Mitchell.
Mitchell did not jlgura in tiio riug until
April , IN * ! , when lie engaged in a tuiddlu-
uuiglil com petition at Chelsea , in which ho
carried off lli-ut pri/e. His last cnguKnnieut
was in Hilly Muililuii's 1-oiiclim championship
competition of December. 1KS-J , open to all
Kuglund , which lie xxon. Men from all parts
of Knclund competed , incluili.ig snver.il
heavyweights , sueti as ICnil'ton , W. England
and \V. xVullis. Mitchell won all his heats
easily , mu.ill to tlio astonishment of liis op-
pouents and admirers. Thu belt ho won is
of massive silver , with the inscription :
Won by Charles Mitchell of Jllrmiiigliaiii ,
Champion of Knglaud , December , IS * ' . ! . "
C'lu.iry Wu Cany fur
After Mitchell arrived in tills couutr.v he
was mulched 10 box Mlko CUiary four
rounds. ( Jneensbfrry rules. 'I'lio uuiteh was
dechlnil at tlie Anierh-au Institute. New
York City , April ' . ' , 1W > . Weary psoved no
mutch for Mitchell. Hecniuu upgumuly lor
the tlilrd round , but the body blows lie had
received had sn weakened him that lie stiig-
gcred to tlioscr.itcli , aiiilpiifler u few inef
fectual attempts to.ju ] ( < ; ii liis right hand ho
wa > > knocked downtvvliil ) | thu police came on
thu ulatform and onlinv.il tlio inen to stop.
Mitcliell wan theil marched to h v John U
Sullivan , with gloves' ; four rounds. Thu con-
teat WHS decided dl > thu Maihiou Square
garden , Now York , Olny ± J. 181. Mitchell
Kucc''cdcd In luoclciiiX : ! < tSullivau down , but
Sullivan's wviglit : int ) iH > > * erul [ blows proved
ihat hoVIH ; moro Hjfju u nuluh I'orMitchcll.
Captain Williams stoiineu ilt > liuht in the
third round . .Mlicficil at this point liad
l > cou beaten down bfSuHivim's heavy blows
ami was badly Ubedf. \ \ '
Arrniigoments wciv icheti maue to have
MiU'holl im-et Hertt'l't .A. Slado for fi.Vx ) .
The light was to h yoiycen dcuidcU October
ls-t * ; , but it foil Lljivugi : . Mitcliell , not
being noxious to lay Idle , avrrcfd to box
WitliaiiSherltr , tim Prussian , with sniali
gloves. , six rouuiis , ffeV IlOlkl silo. 'Iliu bat
tle was fought at liltr/y Hill's , ut IT'jShlng.
I. . 1 , October1SS . Aft i-mx i-Jtin Is had
been fougtit Harry Hill decided Mitchell the
winner. He , howavw , reversed his deoUion
anJ ordered the pugilists to light unoihoi'
round. A wi-.insile gtisued ind Harry Hill
decided the light u. draw. Mitch-
oil's nexf. match Win with Joe Den-
niiig. a heav.v v.-ciiht pugilist ot Brooklyn ,
N. V. Tlio cundltlons wen- four ruunils.
The i-uiitest wa * decided ut'l'urn Hail , N. V. ,
March , ISll. Dt'iiuln ? w.ii nn match for
.Mitchell , and at tint end nf four rotuidh
MiCciiell was declared tlie winner.
Mitcliell was then ( suzaged to box JiiUi"
lulrain of llultliuorc , which wu4 decided at
Uusion m April , and the contest ended in
a draw.
Hilly iilwml Com.'Jto ( iriuT
Mltclioil's next encounter was with Hilly
Cdwardsof Now York , ux-champlou llirlit
1 welgnt pugilist of Amoriea The conditions
i rreru four rouatli , Qucenibcrr\ rules , fur
R.Mo money , and It was derldcvt In the Madl-
on Snuaro garden , Now York City , May 'J4 ,
181.
In the third and last round Mitchell was
llrst to the scratch. looking conlldont and
smiling , Kdwards was slow to the call of
time. Ho tried to lead < vlth his Icft.but the
blow was morn ot n push and lacked
strength. Mitchell wont at F.dwards Ilko n
bull at a gale , tin planted his left heavily
on thomark , and Kdwnrds. who was suffer
ing from tcrrltto blows lie Irid received , foil
or was kuockfd down. Ho again got on his
feet , hut was knocked down by n
swinging right-hand blow , which sfnt
him down with a rush and nearly
knocked him throiiih the ropes. Kdwarda
lay fora few secondi , und Captnln Wllliaum
jumped on the stage for tlie second time and
ordered the light slopped. Mitchell was
then matched to bax four three-mltiuie
rounds witli O.imliurlt McCaffrey. Tlie con
test was decided at Mmlisna Square Harden ,
New York. October in , is | . Pour rounds
were fought. Tlie referee decided the lut-
tle in favor of MeC.iffi-oy
Mitchell w.is then matched to box Sullivan
four rounds , Queensborry rulus.iat Madison
H iuaro ( Jarden. Sullivan appeared on the
stage in n Ciuaudlin condition nnd said he
was sick , ni'.d begged the audience to exciHO
him. Mitcliell and Madden then gave an
exhibition with gloves , and tlie audience re
tired with imprecations on all sp.irrers.
Mitchell's next glove match was with Jack
lltirke of Htigliinil. These rivals , who had
met three times , fought at Chicago May 111.
imii Hurlto wasjfairly outclassed by Allu-.hell
after six rounds had been fought , und at the
end of the tenth round Mltiholl was declared
the winner.
Mitchell's next match was with Palsy
CardilT of Minneapolis. They fought with
aott cloves at Minneapolis Juno U. 1SS * .
Card I it weighed 1S3 pjunda ami Mitchell IfiS
pounds. Tlio battle ended In nil raw.
Mitchell then left tlio United States for
Knglaud. and wtitlo In tlio land of the rose
ho gave boxing exhibitions with Jem
Smith , the fomlish champion. In the
spring of 1887 ho rolurtiod to Amer
ica , nnd with Hilly Madden und Jake Kil-
rain gave boxing exhibitions until Kilrain
was matched to light Smith. Mitchell's
last hattlu was with Steve Callaghcr ! , boiler
known as Heddy Gallagher. They fought at
Cleveland August , 1S3T , and Mitchell won.
March lit , ISSS. Mitchell fought Jnliu I. .
Sullivan for . i < > 0 a side. The battle was
fought at Cliantilly , France. Tliirly-niiio
rounds were fought , nnd the contest ended
in u draw. The light lasted two hours and
eleven minutes.
It can thus bu seen that Mltcho.ll has
fought , and that , too , well. It will bo uo-
tieed that early In his career ho met man
after man with bare kuuckles. It has often
been claimed that he would not put up a
finish light , hut the claim does not hold.
One tliuls him meeting Sullivan with biro :
knuckles , and to u llnlsli. Mitchell is game
enough , lie is tricky und likes to make
money without tlxruing for it. bill once in-
aide a ring bo will stay Hiiro ns long as any
body.
Corlialt llm n ISrilll.int lierortl.
Corbett's record is too well known to ncod
any repetition. Ho is only 2S years ot age ,
in the prime ot his life as sin athluto and has
been well tried and not fouud wanting.
His early battles weroof little imKirtanre. |
Of his mills\7lth Joe Choynskl lie himself
has lids to say :
There bus been so much said rotative to
my meeting with Choynskl that I'll tell you
nll about it. My brother and Choynski's
were both employed in the icily hull. Ono
day thny became involved m an argument
respecting our relative ability. Up lo that
time 1 had never seen Chouiskl. The result
of that argument , was thnt Choynski's
in-other brought him to my father's livery
stable and 1 stopped him in ono round.
After that Choynskl began to iwx with
pi'ofersionnls. Ifo also circulated the re
port thai 1 eould box , bu : could not
tight. We inado a match to tlirlit in
private in the old familiar stable on a
Sunday. When ttic time came fully l.O'.X ' )
people who bad received "quiet" tips on the
event worn parading up and down iu Trent of
my faiher's house. The family was greatly
disturbedfearing that my light would get mo
into trouble with the law , nnd my father
persuaded mo to ulvo it up. Ho gave mo an
awful talk. 'I'll go up and tell him 1 won't
light,1 sai.l 1. I went to Cnoynsltl's house
und Ills brother catno to tlio door.
Before I bad a chance to say anything ho
said : 'O , he'll be there quick enough ; you
needn't get anxious. ' This made me mad.
and I told him to trot his brother out and I
would light him any way. Choynslcl came
out and we walked ten miles over to the
sand hills and went at it with bare knuckles ,
i knocked him out in two rounds , and then
went over nud punched his brothf-r's nose.
The next time we met was in the Olympic
iltib , a year afterward. Ii , was with big
gloves , and I knocked him out in Jour
rounds. "
.Muilu : l ( i.iino I'i Ilt.
Tlie last time Corbatt and Choi us'.u fought
was on a bai'irc , and it was iu this battle
that Corbett gave an exhibition that proved
htm game to the back bone. It lake * gameness -
ness and generalship for a lighter with ouo
broken baud to secure a draw , anil for that
ichon : ; Corboit's victory ovur the game
Choiiiski. with both hands broken , isaljltle
short of nuu'voious. It marks the Califor-
nUn as the nest Iried man in tlie business.
Corbett knocked out ouo of his luinds o.irly
in Uiu light , and along about the twentieth
round ho broke the knuckles of the.
other one. Ho gamely went ou lighting and
in the twiiiity-sovontli round feinted Choyn-
slti Into a duck and caught him with : in up
per cut with bib wrist on the nose and
knocked him out. Jack Dcmpficy , tlio host
second In the profession , was behind Choyn-
std in that light.
Coi'batt's next light was with Mike Dren-
nau the I'ort Costa giant. 'I he latter was
big and powerful. Corbott knocked him out
iu two rounds , and his stock took a boom.
When Cot-bolt was only IS years of age.
Jack IJui'ko , the Irish lad.cimo : to Sail Fran
cisco. Hurkoliad fought Sullivan , Mitchell
ami Uompsoy , and was considered ono of the
best iiii-ii on the da > . He and Corbett boxed
eight rouniiti , and although Corhctt had the
butter of it , the set-to was declared a draw.
Corbclt defeated iu rapid succession Ciin-
taiu James ( . ' . Daly iu two rounds , Frank
Smith of Halt l.ulce in three rouwt.i , ( iootvrn
Atkinson iu two , and Frank Ulover , tlio well
known Chicago heavyweight , in two rounds.
He also bested Prof. Donaldson , Prof , Miller ,
and Dave Campbell hi four-inund goes.
In February. isr < ) , Corbott went to Now
Orleans on his nun hook. Ifo hunted up
ICIlrain and arranged a Mx-round go. The
man who iiad fought , srventy-fivu rounds
with John 1. . Sullivan sis mouths bolero ,
was a plaything iu the bauds of Corhett.
'Ilio lattur ca.illy got Ilio dcruloti. From
New Or' 'us Corbott went to ? , aw York ,
where I. arranged a four-round go with
Domluick Mcl'.iiTerv. The latter was no
inattiti for Ilio uu'ilo youngster. Corbett
made a show of Dominic ! ; , who , up to that
tiinn , had been credited with bolng clover ,
lu ilia fourth round McCaffcrv was bunging
over the ropes with hands up appealing fur
mercy.
t'orlii-tl'K l > rau- with , liul < 4ini.
Next iutmCorbell's battle with Peliu-
Jackson. It was for a purse of tlti.O'Xi. ' IK.--
fire the California Athletic club , mi organi-
/.ition that was hostile to the voting Call-
fornlun nnd tiie mouihei-s of whlli hail lict
freclvat odds of tluve to ono that Jackson
would defeat ( > irlott. The ma tell created H
great ilo.il of interest in ICiiglaud utrJ Aus
tralia as well as in this counlr.\ . Wiseacres
predicted that .luelfson would make short
work of the ambitious youngster. They
wei-o hiul.ctisnnpoliiifd. ; . The Hi.'lit wxa far
fwiii hi'liig S'lllsfactory. llotli men fought
cautiously nl the outset. One secnicd afrui-l
tlio iilher might obtain an advantage. A
great doai of SC.ICDCO was displayed , and
Jackson sui-ceeiled In drawing llrat blood
Toward tbo close iho men fought moro
viciously , and Coroott lamlnl some powerful
blows on ins opirauent's body and head.
They would have knocked out an ordinary
111:111 : , but the negro hoowcd made of too
tonsil material. Moth men were severely
pmii htMl nnd completely exhausted.
After lighting four liourt > ami four miutiU's
they were unlit to ronthiuu and
it uas det-ldeil no contest. The truth of Ilio
mutter is thai neither man was at Ins best
in that contest. Jackson nnd n sore leg and
Corbett was a nii-k man. His throat was HO
Dudi.v uironileii that'lio could not take any
solid rood for live dnvs liuforo Ilio ll ht. and
ho had two chills during tlio prngresnof thu
mill , lu Hpitf of liii being badh handi
i-tppoit lie did what no other pnt'tlisl < ' \'t-r
diil umdo a draw with .lacUbuii ii > a llnlsb
light.
Corbett was next matcher. ID Ilghl John U
Sullivan. Tlio details of that luttiii are li
fresh hi tlio moinurv of ihobportuur luililuto
need more lliau a passing notice sunlni It
to sij : that Corliott , a four lo-oue xhol.
whipped ihomlghtj champion in tweul.s ouo
roumin without a mark or tuxuig a liaru
breaili Corbett' * fccord bpuuk : fui i sr-lf
tt P PIIVPIIAI VT AI > nnrri'on
ARi ! , CONHDliNl Ol1 SUICKSS
Mnn-gor3 of the Duval Oluh Foal Oertiitt
of Fullicg OfT the Ugh' ,
WILL HAVE TIIE LAW ON TIIE GOYERNOK
I.acU of Any Mnti.tcKxprmstr rrolilMUnc
Jim und UluirlPs Irtitn .Mrotlim U ti >
Ho 1'rovan to UN r.tr,1 Henry's
SiitUliirtlon
1\rKsoxviu.K. Kin. , Deo. S3. lii vloxv of
the loiter from II. W. tang , Oovernor
Mitchell's private secroUry , lo J. U. Tyson
of ihli eily , omphaltcally staling that the
governor xvi.uld use all ine.ins iu his poxver
to provimt the Corlwtl-.MItcholl contest , the
Associated prois corrosp indent today inter-
vloxvcil J. K. T. IJ'iwdcn , general manager of
the Diivul Athletic club , regarding the
governor's position and the prospect for tbo
contest. Mr. Howdeu is absolutely conll-
ilont of thu ability of the club iu bring Ibo
conlest to a succajsful Issue , lie said :
" 1 am more llrmly convinced that the
match will take place than I n.ive been at
any period since the contest xvas llrst talked
of. \ } \ this sentiment my associates unite ,
and so strongly do xvo feel that thu match
xvlll take ph'co that xvo are rushing the
arena to rapid completion nnd making ihe
uccoessary and suitable arrangements. "
"lltlt , Mr. llDwden , recent telegrams from
this city hiix-u been published of a character
likely to Impair the attendance nnd have
caused some anxiety among those who
hux-o hcreioforo fell assured that the contest
xvould Uko place . What have you lo say In
regard to these lolegrams ! " '
Kxiiliiii.iUnn of Ilio Mim-jRcr.
' Just this. The entire talk anil uneasi
ness wiis occasioned by tlio publication of u
letter written by II.V. . L-ntir , Governor
Mitchell's prlxMte sueivtarv , ou November
tl. Its publle.ui'in so long aflor il xvas
wrilten itulucfd people to think some r.ow
utterances had been made by ilie gox'ornor
or by his authority , when , iii fact , such was
not tlie case.Vo do not say , and have never
said , or thought Oovernor Mitchell would
not do overylliing he conceived 11 was
his duly to do under the law to
stop the match. Wo at tbo same
time are assured by our knowl
edge of Governor Mitchell's sincerity i > f
character thai he will not interfere- it
should be deniouslrated iu uu authoritative
way Ih it the contemplated match U nol violation
lation of Uiu law. Wo expect nla very earlv
date -not later than the present week to
get an adjudication of Hie question. 1C our
position is sustained wo will coiiiinun our
course. If , however , the contentions should
be. determined against ns , we will ; ; il unco
declare Hie match off. The city council has
passed an ordinance leaali/ing contests of
tlie character of this one contemplated , and
the public sentiments of the city , county ' and
state is overwhelmingly in favor of'tho
match coming off. As to the legal
view , I may add that the consen
sus of opinion is largely in favor
of the club. Wo are meeting a very en
couraging reception and the box scats are
going daily to Ilio best people In the coun
try. "
XVIII Kuliirn AtltMiiuo Monny.
' -Hutipos'j you should , by some hook or
crook , tail to bring this contest off. what
about the attitude of your clu b as to the re
demption of those tickets f"
"There is but one answer to that ( ] tm.r > -
tlou , " icplicd Mr. iiowdeu. "Tho club is
composed of gentlemen of wealth and un
questioned standing ami Integrity , and 1
will say every cent placed in our hands for
certificates will be ivfuuded should the con
test not como on" from legal interference.
'There am mnn.x other tilings , " said Mr.
Howden , in conclusion , -'that I niislit add us
to the ability of the Duvul Athletic club to
bring oil this match , but their public itlon
would lie untimely at this juncture. We
wish to express our entire confidence In
Governor Mitchell's honesty of purpose to
enforce tlie law and our equally strong con
viction that should a court of compntent
jurisdiction decide we are within tlie law , no
one will ho ( | iiickcr to oliay or more readily
abide by its adjudication than Governor
Mitchell. "
XVlll XXRlcicnn .Mllrlinll.
Hilly Thompson , Mitchell's manager , re-
turncred from St. Aujrustino tonight. He
is well pleasud with the training < | iitrtcrH
on Anastinas island. A large force of work
men are pulling the quarters in nhupo and
when Miti-hull arrives he will find an ideal
plucu prepared for him. Ho also will meet
with a hearty reception from St. Augustine
people as the following message sent to him
this morning indicates :
riiAinis : Mm 111:1.1. : . Wnshlugtmi : As yon
arniiwarf , Mr. Thompson lias M'li'rtril cpnii
lor- , fur yon hero. M. August inu Is youra
your comfort U our- .
Sn.SMDII I'llANk ( JRVOVMI ,
Chairman I'oniniUtcc.
How lid * | > cnt Chi In MKH.
Piili.uir.i.ruiv , Dtc.f'barley .Mitchell
spent CtiHslmas in this city. Ho unit his
trainer , Harry Darrin , were up with tlie
larir , and after u hearty breakfast ihov made
a foil mile round trip lo Indian Itock. The
latter part of thn journey was maUo up lull ,
ami Mitchell , in hi ; heavy sweatoi-s , p.er-
suired prolusely. The return Journey was
made in fast time. Aflcru gond riihlown
and an hour's rest. Mitchell went to work
again wiili his dumbbells and then sparred
for thirty minutes with his tralticr. TalkIng -
Ing of Governor Mitchell's latest iulervlew ,
Mitchell suid :
" 1 have received no ir-ws from Jackson
ville , ad : : ail I know of the Mtuallon is what
I sec In the papers. -.hall I fulfill my part , of
the contract and go to Florida and train up
to the day of the Unlit. Then , if il is pre
vented , il will not Ix ) my fault. If wo do not
meet in Jacksonville , you can depend upon it
l.'orbetl and I will li hl LOmtwhere else.
We will surely light , for it has como down lo
a personal matter now. anil if necessary to
meet him I will f ( regn fie purse and lluhl in
private. I hellovc Corbett fuels the HUini'as
I do about llgiitine' . out I don'l bollevo he
will meet mo without a purse. "
Mitchell will leave for Florida al T.-- < > to
morrow morning , and will reach Jackson
ville about U o'clock Wednesday morning.
Mitchell's party will consist of Harry Dar
rin , the Kug.Ii.sh sin-Inter : Jack Fogarty of
thU cltj , who made an agi meiit yesterday
to net ns trainer , nnd Mrs. KIIIII-S , a Gorman
woman of this city , who will conk tlie food
Mitchell c-iits mull after the light.
INTELLIGENT 3OAT.
Tito in < > li Mlinr ! ; lit I'liinlrjl
lii triutioMH. :
Among tlie arrivals yesterday , reports th' *
Cleveland Leader , was Mr. J. I ! . Southard ,
who halls from Newark. N. J. Mr. South-
aid sells caskets for a Cleveland burial case
coniMii | > ultimate receptacles they are
called in Huston. As would uuiur.illv bj ex-
iipcte.il , Mr Southard is far from lining a
jolly drummer , but Ii very solemn , Instead.
"You know Thomp-joii ol Oscaloo-ri. don'l
you' " lie asked. "Well , I mot Thompson
down In New Mexico awhile ago , and ho
told inn of a cultured ( joat whoso acijujiilni-
iinro lie had recently made at KOIHO watering
pluco or other. Me said : 'I went out to take
a row one day , artcr a nizlit of jollification ,
ami before I started I put on my latest and
shiniest silk tile. I got into the bout
and rowed a while , and then
slopped beside n rot-Icy shore. I
looked up as I ( Topped rtiwitiK. and there
stood iicml.giuiiii ! very attentively oft" in
tlio dUtuncc. He was a line animal , with a
fatherly board and a intriarchal expression ,
and I wati-hed him for vumi timo. I fell to
ruiiiinalnig upon the noble cliaracterislics of
the tribii to which hi ) belonged , how they
could cllmiJ and leap where no other
animal could obtain a foothold , nud I
fell iiiitu | like ; i natiiriillsl. A gust
of wind suddenly disturbed my peace
of mind l.-.v catching uu my tlio and earryins
it. lurnln and lumblini. . to a roeKy crag
above me. The foil s.iw it as il settled
dounaiid ! > tartou for u. He picked It up
while I was lonkng for ; i w.iy to got up the
rocks , aii-i carried it IneK lu where ho was
standing. There be ml it down n/uin. after
ivhi-h he iiomtncncoj loskinat in Hid sumo Hi-
rei-iiuii as before He looked awhile , and
then put bis forefeet on tUe top of the
lull und looked again Then ho reached
JIMMI ami took a good mouth-
Mi' ' of thu link , utrlppinir it half * vay around
the crown Once morn ho looked off into
tun distance , nnd nRnlu ho took n Juicy
'
mouthful. I bflgan to wonder what ho xva's
looking at. nnd seeing thai the hutwnsof
no further usii to mo , I rowed on a llttlnpnsl
the crag. 1 wns at once confronted with
Proof that the go.it was aeullureilnnlin.il.
I'aluted on the iwk In big loiters was
'Lhow Iliompson'8 Host Plug. ' I went back
to the hotel convinced that I had bci n a
goal that could road , "
lllSTORY'3 FIB3 ,
It XVIII Not l i lo Itrllcvn All thnt Ton-
iproii | < Honk * I I'll I' ' , .
Clileago'l'ribune : There wa probably no
such man as Komulus.
Tlmro never was such a porsou as Pope
Joan , the no-called female iHinttiT.
\xelliugton at Waterloo did hot s.i > "I p
guards , and al 'em' "
Alfred the Great did not visit the D.iulsli
eampiUsguUetl as a inluMrcl.
The existence of the Colossus of lilmdos Is
ciiusldeivd by some hlstoriins extromelv
doulitfnl.
There Is no historic authority for ihfl
statement that little George Wash-tig-on
cut diixvn the cherry tree.
Cromwell and Hampdeti did not nttc-mil
to sail to America Just before tlio outlin-ak
of the F.uglish rovolutioii.
Philii | HI. of Spam wns not roasted to
death by a roaring Urn beoausn court
eti < | iietto forbade auv one to come to Ills
assistance. He illod a natural death.
Poc.-ihontasdid not save tbo life of John
Smith. It has been ascertained ih.il Ibis
worthy man was the most ablebadled pre-
vuri'-ator of his century.
Seneca was not a half Christian philosi ) .
Hlmr , but n grasping money lender and Usurer
who died worth over f.l.ixvj.ooo.
Cu-sar ildno' ! say : "Ft tu , IJruto. " Kye.
witnesses to the usvisshution dsposed that
"lie died fighting , hut silent , like a wolf"
Ulchard III. was not a huiiohb.ick. but a
soldier of line form , souio pretensions tugood
looks , and great pewonal strength and cour
age.
General Cambrouno did not , say : "Tbo
guard dies , but does not surrender. " Tbo
words xvero the Invention of a Paris Joun.al
1st , ana attributed to him.
Sappho , tlie ) > ootess , was not a wanton
beauty , nor dlil shn throw herself from the
l.inicadian clilT to IK ) cured of an unworthy
love. The latest investigation ! ) prove her a
respectable marrteii woman with a largo
family.
< vHieen Kluaboth was not UIB angelic crea
ture represented in thu history and poems of
bur own times. Her hair was rod. her tern
per red hot. She- sometimes drank too much
nud at any provocation would curry on like a
trooper.
GUANDMA AT THIRTY-TWO.
Sln > U Mr . Iliitlin Ijotlirlo mid MilI.IVIM
III l.nu till , .Mum.
The youngest grandmother iu all tlio
country round lives in Lowell , Mass. Her
nanio Is Mrs. llnttie fSotlirie and she is only
! K years of ai.-e. Tiio New York Recorder
advcitised for her. and offered a reward of it
beautiful china lea service.
Mrs. Gothrio lives xvuh her husband and
family In Iludrolli slreut , Lowell , opposite
tlie Hili'r Hi burial ground , Ihe resting
place of her townsman , General Benjamin
F. Hntler. She is the daughter of John and
PlKisbo Conger , ami was born in Wells ,
Vt. , May 10. ISiJI. She was marrlod lo
Charles K Golhrie. Septenibei- : , ISTti , at
St. Albiiis , VI. . by ( lev. If. Spen.ser , pastor
of the Methodist Kpiseopnl cbutx-h. Stie is
the mother ot thruo children , thn llrst
of whom is Maqgio Adelaide. Maggie
Adelaide was Iwrn in Fniror.l , Canada.
July" ! . 1S7T , and wa-i married lieforo sli
xvan Hi years of age to Nathan Uiivlienow , a
young man in tin1 employ nf Benjamin Ulako ,
a Loui'll grain dealer. The grandchild who
has thrust surh honors uiioii lln > head of Ibo
prize grandmother Is named Kva. ami was
born September II. IS'.l.l. There are four
gcnui-iitions ol the family living in the Golh
rie house , and Iho young grundinulher'.t
grandmother is Htill living , making live gen
eral ions in existence.
KI.SIMO.VV
Tlio Princess May waist , which can bn
fastened in the back , ami which hii.t n Kiir-
plico effect in front , is n pretty moilel for
dresses of plaid cheviot , scree or sacking for
schoolgirls. ThosKlrt is in circular form
and triiniueil ith rows of braid , black
triimuliigs are as fu.shioiiublo for misses as
for their elders.
Long wli'le ' mousiuc | > tairc gloves of sucdo
arc- worn with evening frocks of any color
If short sleeves are worn the irlovcs need not
mecl Hie sleove. ? if ' .he arm us pivlt.x enmuli
lo warrant its exposure , if otherwise there
is no need of taking the public into one's
confidence upon Hie snblect. In every in
stance , however , the glove must cover Ibo
elbow.
Haiuieaux of ribbon , from winch spring
two wings line thosj seen upon the ( unions
statue of Mercury , are worn in I lie hair
Those worn by tiio modem young women are
nf goid or silver and aronflcn Jeweled to add
10 their brilliancy. K < | uallv pi-oily unit lnl >
nitol.y ICUM expensive are the feather wings
which match in color ihe costume of HIM
wearer.
Brown' * Bronchial Troches ni-n excellent
for Iho relief of hoarsened or sere lliroii
They are exceedingly oUcctive. Christl in
Worlil , London , Kng
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