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I- ? . t Ik ' V- .' lr' 1 V ta- ier in at !St n- of T- C. 13 b- I TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. i Jlorence, S. C, suffered from another fire yesterday morning. The damage was slight. Florence, S. C, elected a new board of a'tderroen ruider its amended charter yesterday. The board of education of Duplin county " brings suit against the State board of education and others to teat the question as to whether tha public school taxes are not required by the"7 Constitution to , be paid into the State treasury and then divided out pro rata among the counties. Dr. James ravish, the most promi nent physician hi Eastern Virginia, died yesterday. The Dayton iron furnaces and coal niiues of Tennessee have closed on account of a strike.- "Secretary Carlisle appeared before the House Judi ciary committee y sterday and gave his views as to the law on the subject of issuing bonds. He was averse to issuing the bonds but thought the condition of the treasury required it The proceeds Of the sales of BoMS; WSay s, can be used J for the general expenses of the Govern ment and are not necessarily to be con fined to building up the reserve. Mr. Thurston, Ministf-r from the Hawaiian Government, paid a diplomatic visit to Secretary Gresham' yesterday. The gold reserve lost $000,000 yesterday.- Congressman Sibloy, of Pennsylvania, has resigned. -Congressman Harter, of Ohio, will retire from public life. The temperature at Raleigh Wednesday night was the lowest this winter. At tendants at the Rale igh insane asylum say that Denning, who was discharged last Friday and killed near Fayetteville , Sunday, was all right when discharged. Mrs. J. R. Young, of Henderson, is dead. Two illicit distilleries are seized ' in Alamance county. Corbett yester k day knocked Mitchell out in the third round. 'Corbett's fighting was very ag gressive from the beginniug. In tjie last round he knocked his opponent down three times and each time he had to be held to prevent him jumping on the Englishman while down. A negro named Frank Lee has been arrested near Red Springs, charged with a criminal assault on the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. J. W. Atkins. Excitement ran high at the time of the justice's investigation but Deputy Sheriif McNeill prevented trouble. The Democratic House caucus last evening decided to make the internal revenue and income tax meas ures part of the Tariff bill and to post pone the vote on the latter until Febru ary 1st. There was much opposition to this proposition.- As Corbett. and Mitchell left the arena they were ar rested and placed under $5,000 bonds to appear before the Circuit court to-day. All the leading members of the Duval club and many of the visiting sports were arrested and put under $2,500 bond. At the court house Corbett went up. to Mitchell and shook hands with him and they made friends. ; There were a good many sports in Jacksonville last night who had lost all the money they had on Mitchell. There was no riot ing in Charleston yesterday, though the dispensary constables continued their searches under police protection. Blood shed is expected if this spying continues. Yesterday's Cotton Market. (Special to the Messenuer. New York, Jan. 25. Disappointing cables caused the local market to open 5 to 9 points lower, but a speedy improve ment set in, caused by short covering, actuated by fear of an over exportation, and prices f eached 3 or 4 points above yesterday's close. In addition, "Wilson & Co., again appeared as a large buyer, and several long accounts were opened on the reaction theory. During the afternoon the market was somewhat nervous. March contracts sold a3 high' as 7.88, but under realizing sales, broke and the close was steady' at about 7.84. Practically, the movement is about twice as large as a year ago, but the bulls claim thi3 excess has been more than discounted in the decline in price and that the market is entitled to a substan tial reaction. - The action of the market to-day is con strued by many as evidence on the part of the best informed men that next week's receipts are likely to be smaller. Many believe also that the market is oversold. Hubbard, Price & Co. say the export movement by to-morrow evening will probably show an excess of 815,000 bales compared with la3t season. This is more than the whole excess of the crop coming into sight thus far and suggests the pos sibility of exceedingly light supplies in Amprin vdurins the summer, unless the ' crop exceeds all expectation. THE SUN'S COTTON REVIEW. New York. Jan. 25. The Sun's cotton review Bays: Cotton declined 5 to 7 - woints, but recovered, this and advanced 6 points, closing steady at a net advance f orthe day of 1 to 2 points. Sales were 208 400 bales. Liverpool advanced 2 to oi points, closing steady, with spot sales of 12 000 bales at steadier but unchanged prices. - Bombay receipts for the week are 67,-009 bales, against 44,000 for the same time last year. Shipments to Europe are 30,000 bales, against 9.000 for the same week last year. New Orleans de clined 7 to 8 points, but recovered this and advanced 3 points. Manchester yarns were quiet and steady, cloths in moderate demand. Spot prices here were lc higher. Sales were 380 for spin ning. Southern spot markets were gen erally steady and moderately active. Savannah advanced ic, A ugusta partially c, and Norfolk l-16c. Port receipts were estimated at 26,000 bales, and prior to this 22,290, against 21,834 this day last week and 10,051 last year. Receipts thus far this week are 137,000 bales, against 136,556 thus far last week. Augusta received 882 bales, against 171 this day last year, St. Louis none, against 1.374 last year, and Houston 2,685 bales, against 2,180 last year. New Orleans sold 5,000 bales; Galveston 1.5b4; Mem phis 1,300; Savannah, 1,235;- Mobile, 1 000 and Augusta 831. Port exports Ky were 12,546 bales to Great Britain 9 143 to France, and 4,388 to the Conti nent. New Orleans receipts to-morrow are estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 bales, against 10,665 on the same day last weeK and 3,062 last year. J'l It ifl probably hot the coldest weather you ever knew in your life; but that is how yon feel just now, because past sufferings are soon forgotten, and because your bjood needs the enriching, invigorating influence of Ayer's Sarsaparilla tht Superior Medicine.- - . . ' TAMMANY KICKING. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THREATENED BY THEM. New York Democratic Congressmen Filibustering Against the Income TM-AmendmeAg to the Wil son BUI Voted. DdFwn-Chand-! ler J Wants to Discuss the Hayes Elec- tion Fraud. - SENATE. . Washington, Jan. 25. After half an hour devoted to the presentation of me morials and petitions, principally relating to tariff legislation, the Hawaiian reso lutions were laid before the Senate. But they were laid aside in order that Sen ator.jSllen, Populist, of Nebraska, might address the Senate on the resolution of fered by him last Thursday declaring that the Secretary of the Treasury is not clothed, under existing law; with any legal authority to issue and sell bonds, and that any such bonds, when issued, would be null and void. Senator Allen read a prepared speech in support of his resolution. - : I No action was taken on Senator Allen's resolution which still lies on the table. A resolution was offered by Senator Voorhees and agreed to, appointing Sen ator Mills as a member of the Committee on Finance during the absence of Senator McPherson. ' . The House bill to repeal the Federal election laws was then taken up and Sen ator Chandler resumed his argument be gun some days ago, againstit. The whole of his speech was devoted to a review of what he called the "atrocious Democratic crimes" perpetrated . at an election, several years ago, in the city of St. Louis, and to a criticism of certain state ments made by Senator Vest in relation totthat election. He expressed the hope that some Senator would in the course of the discussion, refer to the attempt to purchase by $50,000 the elctoral vote of Florida in 1876, from Hayes and Wheeler, and give it to Tilden and Hendricks. , Senator Call denied that Tilden had ever authorized such a proposition. The elctoral vore of Florida in 1876, he said, should have been given to Tilden and the Supreme court of the United States had practically so decided. After some further discussion the bill was laid aside and the business of the. Senate at 3 o'clock p. m. was suspended in order that fitting tributes might be paid to the memory of the late Repre sentative Chipman, of Michigan. At 3:30 o'clock p, m. the Senate, ad journed until to-morrow. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. No time was lost by the Democrats of New York in inaugurating filibustering tactics against the income tax again in the House this morning. Immediately after the reading of yesterday's journal Mr. Cockrell suggested the absence of a quorum and the Speaker ordered the roll called. ' Mr. Haines was the only one of the New York Democrats who answered to his name. . The called showed the pres ence of 202 members thirteen more than a quorum. After the defeat of the first filibuster- ing effort, Mr. Morse, Republican, of Massachusetts, introduced a joint reso lution proposing an amendment to the preamble of the Constitution of the United States acknowledging I the supreme authoritv and just government of the Almighty God in all the affairs of men and nations. The resolution was referred to the Committee on the Judi ciary. ' . At 11 :35 o'clock the House ,went into Committee of the Whole to consider- the Tariff bill. When the House took a re cess yesterday there were pending four amendments to the agricultural imple ment schedula. The first was one of fered by Mr. Robbins, Democrat, of Ala bama, putting cotton machinery on the free list. To this Mr. Payne, Republican, of New York, proposed a substitute, strikiug out the above amendment and providing for reciprocity. Mr. Terry, Democrat of Arkansas, offered as an amendment to . the first amendment, a proposition looking to the free entry of all parts of cotton ma chinery, as well as the finished ma chinery. - The last amendment was one offered by Mr. Hare, Democrat of Ohio, to the substitute of Mr. Payne, and provided for a tariff of 35 per cent, on agricul tural implements with provisions for recinrocitv. Even' after the House went into Com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Cockran con tinued to fiaht aeainst the income tax bill, and tried to block every movement hv the niaioritv. " Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, asked unanimous consent that all debate on thei nendinsr schedule should close in twenty minutes and when objection was made he made a motion to the same effect. The motion was carried by a vivn voce vote, when Mr. Cockran demanded a division, and followed this up with a call for tellers. All the members of the Democratic wing of the New York dele cation who were present seconded the Herrland: but even thoueh they were hacked bv Mr. Everett. Democrat, of Massachusetts, thev did not have suffi e.ient number to secure tellers. A laugh was caused by Mr. Haines' support of his colleagues on this question. The rule limiting debate to five min utes was strictly enforced and several brief speeches were made. The hour of noon having arrived,' a vote was first taken on Mr. Terry's amendment, and it was lost ayes, ii; nays 113, and Mr. Cockran immediately made the point jjf no quorum, and tellers were appointed. The vote by tellers re Qnitsrl in tho amendment beine lost 81 voting in the affirmative and 10a in the negative. . The Hare amendment was then voted on. and it was lost on a arising vote ayes.10; nays, 187. - On the substitute proposed by Mr, Tntm 74 in the affirmative and lOO in th nocative voted no quorum, and Mr. PnckTRTi took advantage of this and de manded tellers, when the substitute was i. a vnte of 80 in the affirmative to 119 in the negative. The standing vote on the original amendment offered by Mr. Robbins was yeas, 63; nays, 130, and the amendment Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, offered- several nrnonrimanfa mnnrted vesterdav as hav auicuuiuvuiM .vr - ing been proposed by his committee, and thoir all agreed to. . An amendment was then "offered to fho nil nnhpdule. striking out the reci nrncitv feature afiTeed tO. .Tnsthefore this last vote was taken Mr. Sickles. Democrat.- of New York, took the floor and delivered an earnest dea against the proposed income tax. He euloeized the prominent Democrats of New York, beginning away back in the history of the country and winding r. with the name of David B Huh This evoked laughter and applause. - He Aon drifted into the subject of mug- and denned a mugwump as a weed whichi?rew everywhere. It grew in v!rvnVl.nt New York was broad .ui w pnnnph to hold every- SSfcbSS; iood-a bad.; Laugttte. .r- i ,.Wa do not claim any Z SmW he aid. "but I , -i , , . ii i u tney amuse themselves, let them go on; they do not hurt us.l -Going back to the subject of income tax, he said that he had heard it called a Democratic measure. But it was not; it was essen tially aristocratic. Again he said it was improper to allow such a burden to rest on the shoulders of a few, or on anyone. ai mis point jurr Jiall, .Democrat, of Missouri, made the point 'of order that Mr. Sickles had exceeded his time, and when unanimous consent was asked for an extension he objected. Qir. jaereaitn, Democrat, of Virginia, who was then recognized, inveighed against the blocking of legislation, such as had been so often attempted during the day. . In the one minute which remained be fore the debate closed, -Mr. Sickles, in reply, said be considered that he was acting within his prerogative and he did not care to be lectured as to his rule of conduct. In closing, he said an election would be held in Tammany Hall next week, and it behooved the Democratic party to look anxiously to the verdict be fore it went too far in the direction.it was driving on. - . A.t 4:40 o'clock the committee rose and the House took, areeess -until S o'clock to-night. r -: .. .."'V, .. . . r COMMERCIAL" NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New York Trie j Grain and Provision Markets j, of Chicago. New York, Jan. "25. Extreme dull ness characterized dealings at the Stock Exchange during the greater part of the day. The sales reached the . small total or 155,000 shares, against 178;000 yester day, and the great bulk of the business was in five stocks St. Paul, Sugar, Bur lington, Western Union and Louisville and Nashville figuring for over 106,000 shares. The bulls had the market well under control until a late hour, the ab sence of pressure of long stock enabling them to advance prices in the entire list. The dealings, however, were devoid of animation and, for the most part, unin teresting, many traders holding off in consequence of the feeling of uncer tainty in regard to the tariff and internal revenue legislation at Wash ington. The advance in prices was equal to 1 per cent. Sugar led the upward movement. No change of importance in the speculative temper occurred until about 1 o'clock, when the bears, discovering indications of free realizations, took measures to frighten the small traders into selling. While these matters produced no excitement whatever, still they led to moderate sales for both the long and short ac count, the natural effect of which was a shading of prices all around. The de cline from the highest figures of the morning was equal to i to 3 per cent. St. Paul fell off If, Northwestern If, Burlington li, Rock Island and Western Union 1, Louisville and Nashville 1. Sugar , Chicago Gas f , and the re mainder of the list i to f . Among the inactive stocks, Lackawanna sold at 164. This is the first sale since Monday, when tne stocfc brought Ib'J. The market closed weak at about the lowest point. Railway and miscellaneous bonds were strong. - " Chigago, Jan. 25. Owing to the storm which extended eastward,' tele graphic communication was slow to-day, and business, in consequence, curtailed. The tendency of prices was toward a lower level, May going c below its pre vious low record. The market was so dull that it toos very little in the way of offerings to force a decline. May showed a net loss of c for the day. Corn was rather independent to-day and did not follow wheat. The market opened i to Jc, higher than yesterday's close, declined i to tc.advanced c,eased off some and closed with a gain of to ic for the day. Oats were m a condition to be easier than yesterday. Prices ranged within ic limit and closed about ic lower than yesterday. - In provisions the market for the pro duct was steady at the opening, but showed greater firmness as the day ad vanced. A continuation of light re ceipts, with light estimates for to-mor row, influenced values favorably, with May- pork at 7c higher than yesterday, May lard ac higher, and Jlay ribs oc higher. ' Fear of Bloodshed in Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Jan. 251 Peace reigns in tne city to-uay. xne crowa which started the riot last night were after J.-H. Elliott, one of the whiskey spies, who is charged with assaulting Mrs. Notte, wife of a grocery man whose place Elliott " attempted to raid. Thffy first went to the railroad depot to prevent his departure from the city and then to a Doarding nouse wnere he is supposed to lodge. Elliott, how evea, had taken refuge in the police sta tion. - - It was thought the rioting would be resumed to day, but such was not the case, although the whiskey constabulary resumed their raiding. There does not seem to be much doubt that there is an organized movement here against the whiskey spies. The people have been so harrassed and bullied by these ofncial3 that the entire community is ripe for revolt. There are from fif teento twenty of the spies here and they all go heavily armed by order of Governor Tillman. No one has any doubt that bloodshed will result from the enforcement of the Dispensary law by the spies The police force of the city numbers about 100 effi cient men. Thev are armed with Win chester repeating rifles and fiieayy revol vers, ana nave-a police patrui wugwi wi vice. which enables ihem torn oVe rapidly! from one point to another. The authori ties think they can ' keep the peace as thev did last night. A squad of police, under tne command or tne emei pro tected the sDies in their raid to-day, and there were no attempts to interfere with them. . An Old Song. , Whengianta lived in ancient times, . In good old England, or foreign climes, Sing heigh, my boy, sing ho! Thp.v carried thines with a high old hand, Nor strone. nor weak, could before, them stand, . . And they killed whom they pleased through out the land, ' Sing heigh, my boy, sing ho! But the eiants didn't have things their nwii wav wnen jacK-tne-vjiant-iviuer ar rived on the scene, ion rememoer tne story. 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Corns., and all Skin Erup tions, and -positively cures Piles, or no pay required. is guaranieeaws"5 norrnct Rfl-tisr action or money cj.uuu Price 25 cents per Vox. For sate by Bob't P Belhvmv,: T TT TTrHm Drnsreist. recommend Japa- noiA T.ivpt Peltata for constitpation and Sick headache. Email, mild. easy, to tajce. nrty pills 25 cents. , GORBETT THE CHAMPION THE ENGLISHMAN KNOCKED OUT IN THREE ROUNDS.- xne Fight One-Sided Prom the. Be- Sinning Mitchell Floored Four t Times Corbett's Attempted Foul Splendid Physique of the Champion All Par ties Arrested The , Contestants Make - Friends. Jacksonville, ' Fla., Jan. 25.- James. John Corbett, of California, is the chanv pion pugilist of the world. He won the honor at 2:28 o'clock this afternoon when "Honest'' John Kelly pronounced hud the winner of the prize of $20,000 in his fight with Charles Mitchell, champion of England. ' The fight was an easy yictbry for the American champion, It lasted only three rounds, and Corbett was the aggressoriTfo4m" the; Very startrMitchelS was clearly outclassed, and, although tM fight was a sharp and exciting one, It was really a one sided one in almost every particular. There were fully 3,000 people, and all of them were disappointed because the spectacle was so short as to hardly give them the worth' of their money, especially those who had paid 25 for box seats and" had come from 1,000 to 8,000 miles to occupy' them. .' Although the fight had been adver-i tised to be called at 1 :30 o'clock n. m. it was 2:05 o'clock before either one of the pugilists was in the ring. Corbett wa the first to arrive. He came in at the mam entrance to the arena and walked briskly to the northwest . corner of the ring, preceded by John McVey and fol lowed by Wm. A. Brady, his manager, Billy Delaney and Professor John Don aldson. Joe Vendig, of New York, had just finished calling the audience to or der, ending by introducing Billy Madden as master of ceremonies. Corbett wore a long, figured bath robe and soft, round trayelling hat. As he ascended the steps of the ring he was greeted with tumultuous applause and, bowing his head, he nodded his acknowledgements to the spectators. He proceeded imme diately to his corner, the southeast one, and took a seat. His attendants in the meanwhile arranged Ids' buckets and sponges and got the bottles, the fanB and the towels in place conveniently at hand. The champion had shaken hands with Billy Madden as he crossed the ring, but farther than this,' he 'appeared to extend a personal recognition to no one near the ring or in the audience. He wore an air of perfect confidence and smiled pleasantly at times as he looked about him. For two minutes he remained quietly seated; then he arose deliberately, tightened the cords of his bath robe about his waist and walked over to the ropes on the east side of the ring and threw his whole weight against them in order to test their strength. He was apparently sat isfied and then returned to his corner. Mitchell enteredjthe arena eight min utes after Uorbett came in. lie too. was dressed in a bath robe and wore a blue outing hat which was pulled down in front over his eyes. As ne walked along the floor of the ajna to the northwest corner of tflw I'tUg, he was preceded by his manager, Billy Thompson, and was followed by Jack Fogarty, Pony Moore, iom Alien, of St. Louis Harry Damn, who carried the bucket and sponges; Jim Hall, Steve O'Donneil and Bat Mas- terson, of Denver. He took his seat in the northwest corner and eyed the spec tators critically, while they cheered him to the echo. He looked nervous. In fact, he has never appeared to the crit ical observer to be at all confident of winning this fight, although he ha3 talked confidently and quite as boast sully as Corbett and his backers. - As the English champion sat in his corner on this occasion his under hp was curled even more contemptuously than usual, and he did not make so favorably an lm pression upon the spectators as hail been expected. Both men were now in their corners. and "Honest" John Kelly was in the centre of the ring about to call up the pugilists to their work. isuly Madden advanced to the ropes and announced that Corbett s seconds were John Donaldson. Jack Dempsey. Wm. McMillin and Billy Delaney, and that the time keeper for the American champion was led Foley. Mitchell s seconds were announced of ficially as Jim Hall, Pony Moore, Tom Allen and Steve O'Donnell; his time keeper as Bat Masterson. Ihe official time keeper for the club was "Snapper" Garrison, of New York. At 2:16 o clock Billy Madden an nounced to the crowd that Ed. Smith, of Denver, had challenged the winner in this contest to a fight for $10,000 a side and as big a purse as could be secured This was greeted with a faint cheer "and a good deal of derisive laughter. A minute later the referee called tne men to the centre of the ring and then gave them a few instructions, telling them, among other things, that ne would allow each contestant one fair warning in the matter of fouls, but after that no leniency nor any concession would be granted to either, under the rules and the articles of agreement. The men then retired to their corners again and began stripping for the fray. while this was going on limy Madden stepped into the centre of thering and addressing Mitchell, said that he was fil eased te hand over to him the $1,000 .Vs-hich- he held- as a wager made by- Brady that the Englishman would never appear m the ring to nght corbett m Jacksonville; Mitchell took the crisp bills, nodding his head satisfactorily, and tucked them away in his trousers nocket without counting them. Then he passed tne trousers over to one oi nis at tendants and advanced from his corner. . m " X Mitchell wore short-legged brown stockings, thin black shoes and a pair of dark blue trunks. Otherwise he was as naked as when he came into tha world. TTia skin looked tough and bronzed and his limbs and muscles tough and wiry, He's as' hard and tough as a blacs- smith," was the comment of an old sport who sat behind the press "benches, "and hn looks as if he could hit a hard blow and take a good many hard, ones', too. without minding it. Corbett threw off his robe and his men fixed the green and white colors about his waist. - He .was dressed about as Mitchell was, but the contrast between the two fighters was very marked and in Corbett's favor. His skin was whiter, to be sure, but he looked so much bigger and so much more powerful that it made those who had money on Mitchell lose heart at once. He looked like a thoroughbred and there were many ex clamations of admiration at his condr tion. It was the pink of perfection. His Inner muscles showed out in bold relief, long and graceful, in vivid contrast to the mucles of the rJngnsnman, wnicn were piled On him in .bunches like knotted rone. 1 Experts say that the knotted muHPlPS denote strengui anu. uiai mo J . . . . x.1 J. Inn? ones Quickness. They told the tale trulyj Corbett's every movement being Hk that of the quick, easy, ague pan ther. The man was the very emDooi ment 'of grace. A clean, healthy light shone in his eye, which took m like iKhe whole surroundings. rrhief of Police Keefe now appeared at the ringside on the west and weighed tho doves, with which each man had been furnished. They were found to be correct as to the five-ounce minimum weight permitted bv the citv ordinance. and the chief, waived his hand as a token or ins assent to the contest. Corbntt'a gloves were of a dark, reddish brown, soft leather, while those of Mitchell were of chamois skin. It took only a few seconds for the onds to adjust the gloves urton the handa of the pugilists, and then the iron c was sounded for time. The men advanced to the centre of the rinsr. but did not shake hands as is customary in such con tests, it is said that the Englishman half extended his, but that Corbett made no motion in the!; way of taking it, and the fight began ' without further cere mony. . Kound 1 xrbett sprang from his corner, as if he; had suddenly released from restraint, and Mitchell, in a more leisurely manner walked to the centre to meet him. They began fiddling, with Corbett advancing and Mitchell giving ground. Both men were cautiously feel ing their way, but all the disposition to get together was displayed ty Corbett. W ith easy light action, without so much as a feint, Corbett worked his opponent to the ropes and along each side of the square. Mitchell cleverlv eacaninsr from each corner af tei- a complete tour of the stage. Mitchell! feinted with his left and then led with it for Corbett's ribs. but Corbett was elsewhere in a flash. Corbett led his left and landed a danc ing blow on Mitchell's jaw. The Eng lishman clinched. After the break Mitchell landed on Corbett's wind and got Jim's left on his nose in return. Mitchell then led; twice in quick succes sion, but failed each time to reach the shifty Cahfornian. On the third attempt iie lauuea iigntiy on tjoroett s wind, but took in pay a bang on the nose which reddened the organ. Charlie's next lead reached Jim's jaw. but onlv lightlv. and again for a mere touch the" Englishman took another hard one flush in the face that jolted his head back. Time. In this round Corbett had done enbuch to make Charley take a more serious view of the situation, and before the round was over Corbett was laughing at his opponent. Jim was readier and rather nicer, in obeying the referee's instructions to break away. Round 2 Corbett's eves, while he was in his corner, were on the bell rope, and the instant he saw it pulled he jumped up and was in the middle of the ring when the gong sounded. Work was re sumedby Mitchell leading with his left and catching Jim squarely on the mouth. Then for the first and oniy time he tried to force the fieht. but his blows fell short and a little aggressive work seemed to discourage him. Corbett again resumed the offen sive and soon had Mitchell in a corner where he landed his left heavilv. on the mouth. There was a brisk rally in which Mitchell received some stiff punchs in the neck, and cleverly doged a ngnt swing, .toward the close or the round Corbett had worked Charlie over to the ropes, where, after mix uo. he landed a straight left drive on Charlie's left temple and dropped him. At uus poms ioroett urteriy lost ms head. If it had not been for Referee Kelly's heavy restraining hand, he would then and there have lost the fight on a foul. He was frantic to get at his man and finish him. actually struggling with tne Dig reieree to dash at Mitchell every time the Englishman got on one knee. The gong sounded and the end of the fight was delayed by time. Round 3 During the minute's rest, the referee very seriously warned Cor bett about fouling, and his seconds im plored him to keep his head and not lose the prize that was plainly his, if he did not foul. Wheni the gong sounded Mitchell came up ! slowly , and Corbett sprang at him. There was only one fighter in the ring and that was Corbett. tie rusned Charlie into a corner where, after punching him in the nose with his ljgf t and drawing blood, he swung on his jaw and knocked him down. . -Again Corbett lost his head and Kelly alone could not keep him away from Mitchell, who, half dazed, was waiting hi3 ten seconds. The attendants from Corbett's corner jujnped in - the ring and pushed Corbett away from his victim. iheir arguments fell on deaf ears, ihe man was mad. The instant Mitchell was up Corbett plunged at him, smashing him in the mouth. Mitchell fell heaviiy and the blood gushed from his mouth and nose. Again Corbett's seconds broke into the ring and wound their arms around him, for only in that way could they re strain him as the referee's hand marked the passing ten seconds. Every word th9 referee said, the. counting of the time keepers, the appeal of Corbett's seconds, and the angry protests of Mitchell's, all these sounds were lost in the din of wild cheers, as the beaten, bleeding Mitchell turned Slowly on the floor, and at last staggered to ms xeet. Instinct prompted him to put upi his hands, but he stood, a plain mark, de fenceless and dazed, as Corbett rushed at him and swinging his right smashed a terrific blow square on Mitchell's jaw. The Englishman fell heavilv on his side, rolled over . on his face, senseless, and Knocsea out. tor- -m m 1 1 i bett did not look at him agam. Any man who could have struck that blow would know that; the man who received it would have to be carried out of the ring. Even before the formality of the counting out the defeated man had been gone through with, Corbett was being hiifrewi bv his delirious irienas &nu at tendants. The spectators were nearly as crazy with excitement as the men on the plat form and no one left the arena until afterMitcheli's seconds- had lifted him nn aiftl carried him to his corner. The iirhtnine--Hke work of Corbett In the. round had been too rapid . for most of the spectators to follow and understand Thev saw Mitchell knocked down three times in rapid, succession, saw nun stretched out senseless and bleeding, but how it was done was" a question which was asked by hundreds of men who had bpen staring at the deed they asked to have explained. Mitchell as he half lay and half tat in his corner, appeared to be in very . Daa shane in fact, helpless. His attendants began to rub him vigorously ana to ap ply restoratives, ne was given a uig doss of brandv. and cold water was dashed in his face in profuse quantities. He revived quickly, "although he was very weak, and it was some minutes be fore he could be gotton on his feet and helncil to his dressing room. Corbett. meanwnue, naa puuea on ma trousers and thrown - his robe over his shoulders and, .in company with his backers and attendants, skipped nimbly across the ring and down to the floor. Twentv minutes later Corbett . was dressed and then entered a carriage with his friends to be driven to his hotel. At the gate he was arrested by Sheriff Broward upan a warrant issued by County Judge Baker, the charge being an alleged violation of the law in having "fcught by previous appointment." The sheriff permitted a deputy fo accompany Corbett to the St. James hotel, and after the champion had changed his clothes he was driven to the court house. Later on, Mitchell was arrested on the same charge and taken before the county judge. Nearly all the members of the Uuval Athletic club were arrested in tne same way and a few of the noted sports in town as being aiders and abetters and present during the fight.- The two pu Cilists were represented Dy tne attorneys of the Duval Athletic club and the judge ordered them placed under a $5,000 bond each to appear before Jndge Phillips of the criminal court .; to-morrow, 'ine others were released on $2,500 bail each. The 'information" on which the war rants were sworn was filed with the county judge by Sheriff Broward him self and it is said that the proceedings are of a friendly character brought for the purpose of thoroughly testing the application of the statute. - ' J.here was a good deal of harsh criti cism passed upon Corbett by many of the high-class sporting men and specta tors at the fight, on account of his "losing his head" in the second ' round and making such savage efforts to strike Mitchell while he was down. Scores of the spectators are positive that Corbett struck the Englishman while the latter lay doubled up on the floor at his feet and some of those who lost money expressed indignation at the failure of Referee Kelly to call it a "foul." The' referee did not call it," however, and Bays that Corbett did not strike a foul blow at all or in any manner foul his opponent. Kef ering to this incident of the fteht Corbett said to the Southern Associated Press agent to-night "I did not strike Mitchell a foul blow at all. In fact I did not strike him at all during this collapse of his in the second round. But, had I seen fit to have done so, the blow would not have been a foul one, for Mitchell's Knees were -not upon the floor and he was not therefore knocked down, as fighting men ; understand it. He had been knocked -down but was up off his knees if -not'- both of them, at least one. But 'I understand that Mitchell is perfectly satisfied, and I do not see why any Question should be raised about the circumstances now. But as far as that goes. Mitchell had already fouled me by following me into my corner ana hitting me on my neck after the gong had sounded at the end of the first round. So if there was any fouling at all he did it. Col J. D. Hon kins, the i well known authority in sporting matters, was seen at his hotel after the fight and said that he was Bitting within fifteen feet of Cor bett and Mitchell when the incident oc curred in the second round and that he saw no foul blow struck. "There is no doubt but - that Corbett tried to bit Mitchell, but he did not. I saw-every movement of Corbett and he made . no foul whatever." - . Al Smith was playing a game of pool at the Windsor hotel when the Southern Associated Press representative ques tioned him about; the matter. , His reply was: "There was nothing about that incident in the second round which need have at all changed the result of the fight. Everybody who saw it and knows anything, about such matters will -tell you the same thing." As for Mitchell himself, he says of the occurrence: "1 dont know whether I was fouled or not. All I know is that if Corbett had not been a better man than myself with his fists I should not have been knocked down by him and consequently I should have been in a position to have bem fouled by him. You see what I mean? I'm not kicking a bit or claiming anything, so Corbett and everybody else who won or Tost on the fight ought not to complain." Wm. E. Harding the sporting editor of the Police Gazette sent the following in regard to the Corbett' and Mitchell fight to Richard K Fox, of New York, to night: "The fight between Corbett and Mitchell was a great disappointment to those who journeyed 1,200 miles to wit the contest, for they expected to see a more protracted struggle and witness the English champion give the Ameri can champion a closer run for the $20,000 and the many bets pend ing on the result. Corbett proved he is a wonderful fighter with gloves and he outclassed Mitchell just like Bob riizimmons outclassed jacx jjempsey when they fought for $13,000fand the middle-weight championship of the world at New Orleans. Corbett has greatly improved since he defeated John L. Sullivan on September 1st 1892, at New Orleans t for $45,000- and the championship of the world, and Mitchell has grown stale and lacks the stamina and hitting power which he demonstrated that he possessed when he fought John L. Sullivan on March 10th, 1888, for $5,000, at Apre mont, France, and defeated Jim Mace at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1390. Corbett is the greatest pugilist that America has had during the past three decades, barr ing none of the many champions. The only pugilist who would stand an out side chance of winning with Corbett would be Bob Fitzsimmons. and his chances would only be a little better than Mitchells. ! "In regard to the alleged Questionable decision of the referee upon the inci dent in the second round, while there might have, been a .foul as far as the seconds entering the ring goes, which is an infringement of the rules, there was no malicious foul which would, in the spirit of fair play, justify a referee in disqualifying Corbett. , The position is an unthankful one a position which few will accept, simply because few who witness prize ring en counters are versed m the rules, and when a referee uses sound judgment and decides fair the masses believe it is unfair. "One thing must be said in favor of Mitchell. He came to America to meet the American champion. ' He fulfilled every obligation, proving that his cour age could not be questioned; and when fairly beaten, he honestly acknowledge defeat and shook hands with his con queror." i And this last statement of Harding is correct. The incident occurred at the court house after the two men hadfixed up their bail bonds. Corbett stepped over to where Mitchell was standing and said, as he extended his hand to the bat tered and bruised Britisher: "Mr. Mitch ell, I have heard of some of the kind things that you have said of me since we left the ring to-day, and l want to than you and to say that I believe you to be a gentleman and a true sportsman- I bear you no in wiu ana. i uiiu we ougni w Be friends'" ..-- " -- Mitchell spoke a few words in reply, in which he complimented the Cahfornian on his prowess and then Corbett and Billy Thompson made up by shaking hands heartily. . At the Everett hotel to-night Billy Thompson denied the story that Mitchell had offered his hand to Corbett when they met in the ring and that Corbett had refused it. "It is customary, of course, said Thompson, "for the two contestants to shake hands, but in this instance neither man made any movenfent in that direction. I wish to deny the report that Mitchell had ap plied a vile epithet to Corbett a few seconds before the alleged fouL No word was spoken by either man, and Corbett's exhibition of a vicious temper was not the result of the insult from Mitchell." The defeated Englishman's manager addedthatMitchell had declared since the fight that Corbett is the most finished fighter in the world to-day.' "And as for myself," added Thompson, "1 never in all my life saw such a superb fight as Corbett put up to-day. If he takes care of himself the championship i . ... , - . wm stay witn mm ior many,, many years. Mitchell takes his defeat gracefully Highest of all in Leavening Powe?. Latest U. S. Gov't Report and had no harsh words to say of any body connected with the fight. There was another great legal battle before Judge Call, of the Circuit court at 10 o'clock this morning upon the far ther demurrer to the injunction against Sheriff Broward, issued yesterday. The argument was begun at 10 o'clock and lasted until 1 o'clock when the case was submitted. -Judge Call pulled out bis watch and announced that theTcourt was adjourned until 8 o'clock. There was considerable disappointment that ade cision had not been reached and the big crowitnled out of the court room and rushed off to the scene of the great fistic battle, . About the streets of Jacksonville to night there are many financial wrecks among the sporting fraternity and par ticularly is this true of the Western men, many of whom were tempted by the big odds offered on Corbett to take the chances of backing against the favorite, i Billy Thompson, the manager of Mitchell, is a heavy loser, but a very gamey one. Tha Mitchell party will remain here a week or" two. Corbett and hi3 friends will probably return to New York to morrow. i . . .THE FULLER TRIAL. . Both Sides Announce Their Readi nessThe Jury Drawn The Ex amination of Witnesses toBe- gin To-Day John West Arraigned. ICorrespondence of tlie Jfeisenger. Fayetteville, N. C, Jan. 25th. Long before the hour for the opening of court this morning the court house was filled with people from the town and county, including the special venire of 200 jurors. By the time court convened at 10 o'clock the court room was packed and jammed, and, at 11 o'clock when the Fuller ease was called the rush was so great that the court had to order the enclosure for the lawyers cleared of all but members of the bar, and ordered ropes placed around to keep the crowd back, . ' At 11 :09 1 o'clock the prisoner was brought into court and took a seat in side the bar by his counsel. He appeared remaraaoiyi cooi ana composed, and shook hands with his counsel and many of his friends. The State's counsel called the list of witnesses for the prosecution, and, nearly all of them answering, announced their readiness for trial. The judge then asked the defendant's counsel if they were ready, and they an nounced that they were ready, and the sheriff, being directed to call the names of the venire of jurors, proceeded to ' do so, calling the regular jurors first, and then the special venire. One hundred and forty-two of the special venire answered to their names, " and eleven were excused by consent of both sides. The calling of the names consumed one hour and five minutes. Clerk Chas. G. -Cain, then directed the prisoner, Edward Jones Fuller to "stand up, hold up your right hand, put it down." Then in the usual form, he in formed him that, "These good men whose names you shall now hear called are to pass between the State and you upon your life and death;. if,' therefore, you will challenge them, or any of them, you must challenge them as they come to the book to be sworn, before they are sworn, and you shall be heard." About twelve jurors were called to the book. A few were excused for cause, but most of them stating that they had formed and expressed an opinion, were excused for that reason before the first juror was accepted. The defense peremptorily challenged two jurors, and the first juror selected was N. A. Williams, a fanner about 38 years of age, from FUa Hill township, and lives about nine uiiles east i-f the! city. The second was D. J. Davis, a" farmer about 60 years of age, who lives ten miles southeast of the city, in Cedar Creek township. . It was now 1 o'clock and the . court took -the usual recess until 2:80 o'clock. Court opened at 2:30 o'clock p. m., and the examination of jurors was continued. In about twenty minutes David Bryant, colored, a farmer about 45 years old, who lives in Rock fish township, two milrs below the city on the Wilmington road, was accepted as the third juror. The fourth juror accepted was A. C. Johnson, about 80 yeaid old, and a far mer from Little River township. The fifth juror selected was Joseph Johnson, 23 years of age, a factory operative at Hope Mills. - The sixth was John Smith, a farmer about 42 years of age, who lives about sixteen miles from the city in Gray s Creek township. The seventh was J. A. Wilson, a farmer, about 35 years old, who lives in QuewhifHe township, twenty-five milef from the city. The eighth was Angus Ray, aged about 28 years, a farmer from Carver's Creek township. The ninth was John C. Tew, aged about 27 years, a farmer from Black River township. The tenth was John Black, aged about 36 years, a farmer from Seventy-first township. The eleventh was W. W. Matthews, aged about 81 years, a farmer of Cedar Creek township. Amid suppressed excitement the twelfth juror, G. A. Patterson, of QuewhifHe township, was accepted. At this hour, 6:30 o'clock, the court took a recess until to-morrow at 10 o'clock, when the examination of. witnesses will proceed. "Bun" Burkett, the young white man who was stricken Monday night in the eastern part of the city, reported in yes terday's Messenqeb, died last night. The colored men who, it is alleged, struck the fatal blows are in custody, Chief of Police Flowers capturing one of them about two miles from the city late yesterday afternoon. John West, who is under indictment for the murder of Frank Newell, was ar raigned this morning and entered a plea of not guilty. He had no counsel and the court appointed Messrs. J. G. Shaw and S H. MacRae to defend him. He will not be tried at this term. - A Driver Skips with a Mule and Cart and $13. in Money. About a month ago Mr. George How ard, who lives between Kenansville and Hallsville, in Duplin county, sent a negro man with a mule and cart to the sound after fish. He gaye the negro about $13 in money to buy fish, supposing him to be worthy of this trust. After a lapse of more than a week the negro failed to ; return and Mr. Howard began to be un ! easy about his money and his mule and ! cart. He went in search of them and found that the negro- had not gone to ward the sound at all, but had turned toward Wilmington. At last accounts. no tidings had been received of him and it is believed he has appropriated the property and skipped for parts unknown . Sampson uemocrai, oan. zo. n PRICE 5 CENTS. SEGRETARY CARLISLE BEFORE THE . HOUSE JUDI CIARY COMMITTEE, i H Explains the Condition of the Treasury and Gives His Views of the Law as to the Bond Issue -Nature of the Gold Re- h j serve Purposes of the ' New Bond Issue Out- 4 J lined by Him. - ; ' Washington, Jan. 25. Secretary Car lisle addressed the House Judiciary com mittee to-day upon the subject of hi proposed bond issue. The committee has under consideration a resolution of fered by Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texas, declaring that the Secretary has j no authority under the present law to issue bonds. The sub-committee haying charge of the resolution reported it fayorably to the full committee. The full committee discussed the matter, but on motion of Mr. Goodnight, Democrat, of Kentucky, postponed final action; on it until Secretary Carlisle could be heard from. - i . J . . The Secretary occupied an hour and a ' half explaining his position regarding the proposed bond issue and answering questions regarding it. He spoke of the ' deficiency and said if it continued to grow at its present rate it would be in the neighborhood of $80,000,000 at the end of the present year. He disliked, he said, to have to issue bonds and had given the matter muchPthought before doing so. At first he doubted his author ity to do so, but after much study con cluded that he had. Great pressure was brought to bear to hae him issue the1 " bonds. . .. In reply to questions by Mils Bailey, Secretary Carlisle is reported to hve said that under the Resumption act he had authority to issue bonds and to use the proceeds for defraying the expenses of the Government and for the redemp tion of notes issued under the Sherman law. . Mr. Bailey replied' that the proceeds pf bonds issued under this act could only be Used for the purposes stipulated by mat act. that is, redemption. This was the point on which the Secretary and Mr. Bailey differed, and Mr. Bailey ' claimed that he developed the fact that tha Secretary asserts the righi to use the. proceeds of the proposed bond sale for defraying the general expenses of the Government. ' ' - Mr. Ray, Republican, of New York, said: Mr..Secretary, I desire to put this; question which you can answer or not; as you think best. The resolution declare that the proceeds of the bond proposed to be sold can only be used by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose declared in the act of 1879 the redemption of United States notes. The question is: Suppose this committee thinks that to be the law, do you think ifwise, advisable or expe dient, for the committee or the House of- Representatives to so formally vote or declare? Would such a declaration em barrass the Treasury Department, and intensify the financial strain now upon this country?'1 . Secretary .Carlisle replied: "I do not want to tell this committee what to do, but I can say that it would probably embarrass' the Treasury Department, al though I hope it will not be necessary to use any of the proceeds pf the sale of bonds for the payment of the current expenses of the Government."' The Secretary further said, as a matter of fact there was not now and never had been any actual segregation of the $100.- 000,000 of gold or any other sum from the other, f un s in the Treasury, u here was no law on tha subject, said the Sec retary, requiring the Secretary to main tain tne. goia reserve, and it was a mere fiction, a bookkeeping device. It had largely grown out of the act for the reorganization of National banks, and" was based upon an assumption an un derstanding merely. Secretary Carlisle alijo said that whenever the resources of the treasury were! exhausted, and Con gress had directed him to .expend money for certain objects,-he should unhesita tingly draw upon the gold reserve.. He should always, while he remained at the head of the department, use the power and discretion vested him to prevent the Government from going to protest. ureat interest m the matter was Known by the committee and for the first time this session every member was present. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 26, 1894, edition 1
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