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KID M'COY
WINS FIGHT
Creedon Throws Up the
Sponge in Fifteenth
Round.
THE SPORTS WERE THERE
Battle in the Puritan Club's
Arena.
The Building Is Crowded to I'.xcru.
McCoy Backers Oiler :t to 1 on Their
rnvorUc--.liin Corbett's Opinion
Ucloro tho Itiittle-Ilotli Men were
Confident at tlic Stnrt.
New York, Dee. 17. Norman Shelby,
of Hush county, Ind., lietter known In
pugilistic circles as "Kid McCoy," Is
undoubtedly the middleweight chain
Iilun pugilist of the world. He met
Dnn Creedon, of New Zealand, tonight
In the arena of the Puritan Athletic
club at Long Island City, and after
fighting fifteen lively rounds, made the
foreigner throw up the sponge and ac
knowledge the "HnosWs" superiority.
Long before the big event took place
the frame building In which It was
held was crowded to excess, nets were
freely made with McCoy the favorite
at 10 to S. The "Kid's" wonderful sci
ence and .self-possession were alwnys
In eidence, and these, combined with
the ndvantnge of height and reach, en
abled him to outpoint his more stock
lly built antagonist. From the moment
the men nut un their hands In the
opening round. McCoy's stock began to
ascend. It was "boosted" so rapidly
that at tTie end of the sixth round Mc
Coy's backers were offering 3 to 1 on
their man. "McCov Is a wonder" was
the universal comment when the fight
was over, and no one, even those who
bet against him, begrudged him his
well won laurels.
Charley White, who trained Hob
Fitzshnmons for his llsht with Peter
Matter, and later trained Corbett for
his bout with Fltzslmmnns in 'Cni-son
City last St. I'atrick's day, was one of
the most Interested spectators in the
arena. He watched every move made
by both men, and when they had left
the ring, he said: "In all my ring ex
perience I have never seen such a
magnificent exhibition by a middle
weight as that given by McCoy to
night, and if Fltzslrnnions is out of
the business as a middleweight, the
"Honsler" has no peer. McCoy gave
an excellent Illustration of the Im
proved style of lighting Inaugurated
by Jack Dompsey and Improved upon
by Jim Corbett. In tonight's fight he
wns not even hurried and now the best
of us are simply guessing as to how
good a man the "Kid" Is. He has all
the physical advantages and If he
takes good care of himself It will be
a long time before he meets with de
feat." CORBETT'S OPINION.
During the preliminary bouts Jim
Corbett found time to express an opin
ion on the outcome of the main con
test. "My opinion has been all along
that both men are very evenly match
ed. I have no preference. They say
that McCoy has youth, height and
reach, but If I may venture an opin
ion I must say that ago does not
count and I prefer ring experience.
Now draw your own conclusions from
what I have said. I am perfectly sat
isfied that you will see an xcelli-nt
exhibition of the manliest sport ex
tant." The ring, which was pitched In the
center of the club house, wns about
twenty feet square, and when McCoy
burned this he said: "I don't mind
fighting Iti close quartets, hut J al
ways prefer a twenty-four foot ring.
However, I am quite satisfied with
anything the club has arranged, and
I believe 1 will win tonight."
Creedon was equally satisfied, and
said: "The smnllmss of the ring does
not matter. I will give a gooil ac
count of myself, and have no hesita
tion In saying that I will win."
After the two preliminary boutK had
been wound up satisfactorily. Mayor
P J. Oleason walked up the main
aisle and was received with vociferous
ch ers. When he reached the ringside
a dozen men lifted him and put him
Into the square In the circle. There
were loud cries for a speech, to which
the mayor replied. He said, in part:
PATSY'S WKLCOaiB.
Gentlemen. 1 am not John r.. Sullivan
nor McCoy nor Creedon. I am the mayor
of this city and I 1M you all welcome.
This Is the Hist time I have entered the
fistic arena scientifically, but I can as
sure you that any person who came hero
tonight to see a prize light hud better go
light now to the box otllce and get his
money back. This ring wdl bo occupied
only by men i bo take part in boxing
contests.
in thi: niNcs.
The curtain talser was a six-round
affair. In which Steve Flanlsrnn, of
Philadelphia, and George Hoss, of this
city, met at 105 pounds. They Marled
in at a lively pace, Hoss being tho
aggressor and In the first round he
landed a hard left on the Phlladcl
phlan's lace.' cutting him about the eye
badly.
It was give and take In tho next
three rounds, both boys cutting about
the ring In lively stylo, and the fight
ing was fast, In tho fifth round Flanl
gan landed n hard light on the ucse
and Hoss bled profusely. Tho Philadel
phia!! played for tho body and at tho
end had his man pretty svoll worked
out. Flanlgan got tho decision.
Jack McKock, of New York, und Jack
Ward, of Newark, N. J fought eight
rounds ut 11b pounds. The men meio.
ly sparred a round for several seconds
In the fifth they began to v.rm up and
In the sixth Ward landed ti couple of
good swills on the Jaw and continued
to force tho fighting throughout the
next two rounds. He knockej Mr Keck
up against the ropes In tho seventh,
but MeKecl: K't back at him In the
last round, when ho Jolt.'d Ward's jaw
two or thiec limes . The referee de
clared the bout a draw.
CRKKDON APPKAHS.
Dan Creedon entered the ting at H.53.
He wns accompanied by .1 j C1ioiipI.I.
Tort Tracy and Henny Murphv. Cree
don wns In excellent conditio:! and
looked verj confident.
Five minutes later MeCiy Jumped
through the ropes. McCoy's seconds
were Homer Solby (McCoy's brolhei).
Doc I'tyne and Tommy West.
Very little time wns lost In putting on
the cloves and the men shook hands
at. 10.10 o'clock. McCoy's advantage
In height and reach were very appar
ent. On edon was four Inches shorter
than McCoy, but ho was stooklly built
and every muscle was clearly i'vol
oped. McCoy was In excellent shape
and nodded in confidence to his friends
in the scats and the ring near his cor
ner. Tile announcer said the men
would light 25 rounds and If at tho
end of the twenty-fifth round tho ref
eree, Sam Austin, could not nick a
winner, the men would continue fight
ing until the referee could glui a deci
sion. He nlso said that the contest
was to decide tho middle weight chain
rlonshlp of the world.
Hound 1 After some light sparring
Creedon Jabbed a light left on tho chest.
Hoth swims rights but missed and
clinched. McCoy led a left on the mouth
and Cieedon tried a return but fell Miort.
T'.ssv clinched near the ropes, niter which
Creedon put his right on the head. Mc
Coy looked to the referee for a claim of
foul and Creedon took advantage of tho
action and put a loft swing on Ills adver
sary's face. They resumed sparring and
McCoy Jabbed his right and lelt on ths
body while Creedon landed n hard lert
uppercut on the face.
Hound IS Crcedon's eye was fixed up
with a plaster and he looked anything
but handsome when ho came from his
corner. McCoy provoking kept Jabbing
his left on the stomach, occasionally
varying his tactics with Jabs on the face.
His advantage of reach was too great a
linndlcap for Dan. McCoy In a rush up
percut with his left and hooked his rlgat
on the Jaw, flooring Cieedon In his own
corner. Dan took the full limit to get up
and then clinched.
Creedon wns very weak when he went
to his coiner and was unable to re
spond when the gong rang for the be
ginning of the sixteenth round. Choyn
skl, seeing that his man wns beaten,
threw up the sponge, and as he did so
the spectators broke Into cheers and
tried to Jump Into the ring to bug Mc
Coy. The latter's brother threw his
arms around the Kid's neck and kissed
him. McCoy playfully resented this
salutation with a slap on the back.
McCoy, as soon as the announcer
cried "McCoy wins." jumped across the
ring and shook hands with Creedon,
who acknowledged his defeat good-naturedly.
When Creedon left the ring
he was greeted with mnr.y good wishes,
but McCoy held a reception for fully
ten minutes before he retired to his
dressing room.
WIDOWS SAIL FOR KLONDIKE.
Nearly Half n Hundred of Tliem to
Double Cape Horn.
New York, Dee. 17. Fifty-five wo
men passengers for the Klondike are
on board tic steamship City of Colum
bia, which sailed this afternoon for
Seattle by way of Cape Horn.
One of the party said that the inten
tion was to stay three years. "It will
be Jun at least before we will reach
the Klondike." she continued. "As soon
as the Ice breaks up In the Yukon we
shall start for the gold fields. We have
no settled plan. We will take hold on
anything that there Is money In.
There's more gold up there Hum in
New York."
Mrs. Gould, who Is responsible for
this exodus to tho land of gold, was
among the last In arrive. The majority
of these women fortuno-sekers are
widows. One woman leaves an Invalid
husband behind, and nine are spin
sters. AH of them have passed the age
of SO.
They will continue umUr tho super
vision of Mrs. Could after their arrival
in the Klondike, and Mrs. Oould
makes herself responsible for them to
their employers. There are also 500
men passengers aboard,
HIS SIN DROVH HIM TO DEATH.
A .Han Who Taught Another to Strnl
Committed Suicide.
New York. Dec. 17. When Albert
Sommers was arraigned In court to
day on the charge of embezzling from
the Amerlcan-Kuropean Express com
pany, the secret of the suicide of W.
11. Hlshop, a misted employe of tho
company, was disclosed. In explana
tion of the tragic death of Hlshop it
Is said by the express company otllc
lals that Hlshop had led Sommers Into
a conspiracy to steal, and, finding de
tection unavoidable, hod killed himself
anil left Sommers to take the blame.
The alleged embezzlements were said
to amount to over $2,000. The specific
amount Sommers was charged with
taking wns $374.
TO JOIN HIS PARTNER IN CRIME.
Justice Ovcrtnlirs u I'ligitivo After
Tlireo Ycnrs.
Lancaster, Pa.. Dee. 17. Rernard
Schuster, a noted thief wns lodged In
jnll tonight, to answer charges of rob
bery and horso stealing, crimes com
mitted three years ago. Schuster was
a member of a gang that operated ex
tensively in Lebanon, Lancaster and
Dauphin counties.
The charges against Schuster nre
robbing Grout's store. In Strasburg,
and stealing a horse from D. M. Wit-
nier. One of his partners In tho
crimes, John Brown, is serving a long
term In prison.
.llnher Wants to Tight.
Pittsburg. Dec. 17. M. J. Connolly end
J. J. Quinn have deposited $1,000 with the
sporting editor of the Pittsburg Disputed,
to back Peter Mallei against any man In
the world for the heavyweight champion
ship. The Malur people will claim tho
title If the challenge Is not accepted with
In a reusoiiablo time. The dull is almad
particularly against Sharkey.
Peruvian Alliiirs.
Lima, via Oalvston, Dec, 17. Tho ef
forts o. ior Pedro Montt to form a cab
inet have c.ilapged, and Senor Aogusto
Orrego Luso Is now trying to construct a
ministry.
MANY OFFICES
ARE NOW FILLED
AUalchof Consular Appointments An
nounccd.
LATE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
IV. W. Thomas of ."llnlno for Minis
tor to .Suecdeu-.llnniilton King ol
Michigan for .Slum.. A Number of
Treasury Ollicors Named.
Washington, Dec. 17. The president
todny sent the following nominations
to the senate:
State-William W. Thomas. Jr., or
Maine, to lie envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of tho United
States to Sweden and Xoiuav.
Hamilton King, of Michigan, to be min
ister resident and consul general of Hie
L'nlted States to Slam.
James C. McNally, of Pennsylvania, to
be secretary of legation ami consul gen
eral of the United States at Bogota, Col
ombia. I'M gar O Achorn, of Massachusetts, to
be secretary of legation of the l'nlted
States at St. Petersburg, Russia.
Treasury Nathan It. Scott, of West
Virginia, to bo commissioner of internal
revenue.
John Peterson, of Minnesota, to bo col
lector of customs for tho district of .Min
nesota. James II. Cooper, of New York, to he
collector of customs for the district of
Oswego, N. Y.
Alfred W. iirown, of Massachusetts, to
be assistant appraiser of merchandise In
Die district of Hoston and Charleston!!,
Mass,
Kdward C. Duncan, of North Carolina,
to be collector of Internal revenue for tho
Fourth district of North Carolina.
To bo consuls of the l'nlted States:
George II. Moulton. of Colorado, at
Pemeraru, Jlrltlt.li Guiana: Robert P.
Pooley, of New York, at St. Helena;
Louis II. Aytne. of Illinois, at Ouadu
loupe, West Indies; W. Stanley Ilollis, of
Massachusetts, at I ourencii Marque.
Africa; Levi S. Wilcox., of Illinois, at
Hankow. China: Chester Donaldson, of
New York, at Managua. Nicaragua; Rob
crt P. Skinner, of Ohio, at Marseilles,
France; Frank W. Mahln. of Iowa, at
Helelienbt'ig. liohemia; Marshal ll.il
slead. of New York, at Birmingham. F.ng
land; Harlan W. Ilrush. of New York, at
Clifton. Out.; cinrl's W. Mcrrlimm. of
Wisconsin, at Hroekvllle. Out.: Daniel K.
McOlnley, of Wisconsin, at Athens,
Greece; Lemuel W. Livingston, ol Flor
ida, at Cape Il.iltcn. Haiti; John C. Illll
lielmer. of Indiana, at Zanzibar. Knnzlhit':
Louis, Dexter, of Ithode Island, at Leeds,
Hngland.
John K. Pollard, of Ohio, to be consul
general of tho l'nlted Slates at Mon
terey, Mexico.
Interior Hlcliaid Lebert. surveyor gen
eral of Colorado.
Navy Passed Assistant Sill goon Fran
cis W. F. Wilber. to be surgeon; Paymis
ter George II. fJrlttlPf. te lm ,i pay inspec
tor; Assistant Naval Consti actors Robert
Stocker. Frank W. Tllhbs and Kll.nt
Snow, to bo naval constructors.
A large number of ret ess appoint
ments were also sent to the senate.
f AWFUL SCENE AT GALLOWS.
A .Hob attending the Hanging ol
Willlnm Cnrr Heroines Hysterical.
Liberty, Mo Dee. 17. William Carr
was hanged here today for the murder
of Hello Carr, a 3-year-old child, by his
first wife, whom he drowned last Octo
ber. Carr presented a pitiable sight
on the gallows, showing remarkable
lack of nerve. After the drop had fall
en the COO spectators, as If moved by a
single impulse, rushed forward calling,
crying, shrieking and laughing as they
surged under the gallows and packed
close around the dangling corpse for a
close view. The sheriff and deputies
dispersed the hysterical mob with dlf
tlculty. Carr attempted suicide about two
weeks ago by swallowing pounded
ClflKS.
After the execution It became known
that a photographer had been admitted
to the enclosure with a cinematograph
machine nnd that he had ben per
mitted to photograph the closing inci
dents of the revolting tragedy. The
machine was In operation from the mo
ment Carr appeared In the enclosure
until the body woh cut down. When
Carr was a prisoner In the county Jail
at Kansas City the samu parties per
suaded him to recite his story of the
clime Into a phonograph.
Atlanta, da., Dec. 17. CSrnrty Hey.
nolds and Hud Hrboks were executed
at Jefferson today for the murder of
M. C. Hunt, of Helton. On, Robbery
was the motive. Ilrooks anil Heynolds
w.ro moonshiners.
Heynolds negotiated with Hunt for
tho purchase of his stock of goods.
Heynolds told Hunt the money was In
the bank nt Harmony Grove, and In
vited him to ride to that place with
him. Midway, Brooks met tho pair
and the two committed the murder,
robbed their victim of S1.200 In his pen
session and burled the body.
The execution was remarkable In
many respects. After the ride to the
gallows, a distance of over half a mile,
the convicted m-n were robed In white
and permitted to spetrtc to the throng
of 1.000 people, who packed around the
gallows enclosure. On the gnllows the
two men held a brief conversation,
each inquiring after tho other'w spirit
ual condition. Among the twenty men
who saw the execution were the three
brothers of the murdered man.
New Paper l ompanv.
Trenton N. J., Dec. 17.-Tho Amei'cea
1 eyainotcl company, paper and textile
manufacturer, was lucoiporatcd today
with an authorized capital stock of X
noo.W'. The principal place of business In
this statu Is 1'ndercllff, Bergen county.
The Incorporators .ire: Jonu H, Bartleti
Conrad N. Jordan. John T. Collins, Jolui
J. McCook. Gilbert I. Herbert. John A.
McCill, Josouh J. Byers, Thomas A. at.
lntyre. all of Now Yoik: F.dward II. Has.
kell, Newton. Mais.; Peler T. Austin.
Brooklyn; Arthur W, Pope. Albert A.
Pope, of Boston, and Kdward F. C.
Young, of Jersey City.
Shot hv Her Hunbaud.
New York. Dec. 17Mrs. Bannard
Schultz, of Woehnwkcn Heights, who wis
shot by her husband on Wednesday night,
tiled toduv. Her husband, a wholesale,
tobacconist of Jersey, after shooting her,
committed suicide. Schultz was Insane
from bushiest woiry.
Colored Hov Unused.
Birmingham, Aln., Dec. 17. Bud Heard,
colored, aged 11 years, was hung at Cur
ronton, Pickens county, at noon tod iy.
Beard assaulted tho 8-yenr-old daughter
of Ben Crocker, a farmer. In Deccinbei.
NO MORE SEALSKINS.
Tho Hill .lust I'iiRca Congress Will
Beit Blow to the Fur Industry.
Washington, Dec. 17. It lias devel
oped that the bill relating to pelagic
sealing, which has Just passed both
branches of congress and Is before the
president, contains a provision of far
reaching Importance which has thus
far escaped attention. This places an
nbsnluto prohibition on the further
bringing of seal skins Into tho United
States from any source whatever. As
the United States Is the largest mar
ket In the world for senlsklns, this
complete stoppage of the trade In this
country will be u severe measure
against the British and Canadian In
dustries vhlch take nnd cure the sklna
nnd then dispose of them largely In the
l'nlted States.
When the bill was proposed It was
generally supposed that its only pur
pose was to prohibit American citizens
from carrying on pelagic sealing. This
feature was the only one to attract at
tention during the discussion. At the
close of the bill, however. Is a section
which Is not restricted to Americans,
but applies to sealskins In genernl.
"taken In tho waters mentioned In this
act," which Includes the whole Pacific
ocetin. The provision Is as follows:
"Section a That tho Importation Into
the United States by any person what
ever of fur sealskins taken In the
waters mentioned In this act, whether
raw, dressed, dried or manufactured, Is
heieby prohibited, and all such articles
Imported after this act shall take effect
shall not be permitted to be exported,
but shall be seized and destroyed by
the proper otllceis of the United
States."
Those who nre thoroughly familiar
with the bill say this provision Is of
far more linnortance In Its effect than
the prohibition against pelagic sealing
by Americans.
KILLED WITH WEDDING NEAR.
Son of n Prohibitionist Ciibenintor
lal Candidate .Hrcts Death.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 17. John J.
Cooppr, aged about 22, In charge of tho
elevator in the Fedeinl building, was
fatally hint about 5 o'clock this even
ing bv the explosion of the acetylene
plant In the basement of the building.
He died shortly afterward In the hos
pital. He was the son of H. M. Cooper,
of Cheswold, the Prohibitionist candi
date for governor nt the last election.
He was to in., married next Thursday
to Miss Kvn Carey, a young woman of
Cheswold, nnd all tho arrangements
had been made for tho wedding.
Cooper went In the basement to put
carbide in the generator. A moment
later there was a teirille explosion that
caused the postofllce clerks and other
employes to rush pell-mell into the
street. The lights In all parts of the
Jiulldl'ng wont oir
Letter Currier Oeorgo Sasse entered
the cellar to rescue Cooper, but a sec
ond explosion occurred, sending Sasse
sprawling on the Hour. Several other
niFii were knocked down. Sasse was,
however, uninjured and carried Cooper
to the court-yard. His skull had been
cracked bv the clamp cap of the hop
per that had been blown from the top
of the generator.
WOMER WITH THE COMBINE.
Son to Continue father's Political
(tattles.
Lebanon, Pa.. Dec. 17. The Citizens'
Hepublican league has directed an In
quiry as to the anti-Quay sentiment In
this county, nnd ah investigation of
Congressman Olmsted's reeonl. Tho
league re-electd John H. Fertlg presi
dent, who at once appointed George B.
Womer chairman of the executive com
mittee. Womer Is the son of the late
Congiessman Hon. K. M. Womer. and
Is expected to .succeed his fnther as the
local political leader.
Friends of Mr. Womer claim that ho
can hold all his father's friends and
followers, beside attracting to himself
a, strong element among the younger
men. So strong Is the feeling ngnlnst
Quay that some of the more radical of
the Womer element are advising a
contest nt the primaries for congres
sional confeiees, a proposition not re
garded very favorably by Womer him
self. The battle has already begun through
the registration of.i:. K. McCurdy as
a candidate for district niinmnv i.
Curdy Is Oeneial Ooldn'.s ln- nnrtnm.
-- ..... ,-.. ..,,.,,
ami Is tho Womer standard-bearer.
SLAYER OF TFRRISS.
The .Motivr lor tho Crime round in
Letters.
London, Dec. 17. Richard Arthur
Prince, who last night stabbed and
killed Actor William Terrlss, was ar
raigned at Bow street police court to
day and remanded until next Wednes
day. A number of witnesses testified
to the facts as contained In tho dis
patches. A letter found on the pris
oner was from Manager Latham, of
the Adelphl theatre, regretting that he
could not offer a part 1'n "Secret Ser
vice" to Pilnce.
This Is expected to furnish a motlvo
for the crime. There were also letters
from the Prince of Wales and other
members of the royal faintly and air.
Gladstone, thanking him for birthday
congratulations.
Small Shunty Burned.
A small shanty, presumably a tool
house, located near the Erie and Wyo
ming Valley railroad tracks at No. 5,
caught lire about 2 o'clock this morn
ing and burned down. No enuse could
be assigned to the origin of the lire,
.Murdered li Bobbins.
South Norwalk, Conn., Dee. 17. David
Lambert, aged 42, was murdered tonight
nt his homo In Welton hi two robbers
whom he had surprised In tho house. They
had previously bound, gagged and chloro'
formed Mrs. Uunburt. After the murder
they took Mr. Lambert's team and es
caped. The team was later found near
the depot huro ami It Is believed that the
murderers took a late train to New Yu.-K.
Boliiay Gullly.
Bridgeport, Conn., Dee. K. Charles A,
Bulimy, who has been on trial for two
weeks In tho Fairfield county superior
court, charged with minder hi the llrst
degree, was found guilty tonight and ho
will be brought leforo tho court next
Tuesday for sentence.
steiiiuslilp Arrival.
New York, Dec. 17 Cleared: La Has
cogue, Havre: I'nibrla, Liverpool: Bins,
Genoa. Naples, etc. Marseilles Arrived:
i Brltunnlc, New York, lor Naples.
CARL SCHURZ
IS RE-ELECTED
Made President of the National Civl
Service Reform League.
HE IS CHOSEN BY ACCLAMATION
Other Ollicors Klcctcil nt the Meeting
in Cincinnati Vestcrdny--Uosolu-tlons
Adopted Hollowing Support
of Civil Service Itcfornis-llcport of
tho Trcnsurcr.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 17.The National
Civil Service Ileform lea;;uo today re
eloctril Carl Sehiii'z ni'esldent bv ac
clamation. The remainder of the olli
cors selected are as follows:
Vlc- presidents Charles Francis Ad
amp, Hoston; Homy Hitchcock, St,
T.mils! Hem".- Chniies Lea. Philadel
phia; Augustus 11. MacDonougli. New
York; Franklin MncVeagh, Chicago;
J. Hnll Pleasants, Baltimore; Ut. Hev.
Henry C. Potter, New York; William
Potts, New York; HI. Hev. P. J. Uyan,
Philadelphia. Secretary Ceorge Mc
Aneny. New York. Treasurer A. S.
Frissell, New York. Ksecutlv com
mittee Carl Schur.. New York, chair
man: Moorlleld Storey and Hichard
Henry Dana, Boston: Sherman S. Hog
ers. Buffalo- William A. Aiken, Nor
wich; IMv.-iml M. HhcouvJ and Wil
liam G. Low'. Brooklyn; Charles J.
Bonnparte. Baltimore; Hvorett P.
Wheeb-r. Silas W. Hurt. Kdward Carey,
Phnrles Collins. Richard Watson Glider,
William C. Potts and Dorman B. Hilton,
New York; Morrill Wyman. jr.. '.am
bridge; William Dudley Foulke, Hich'
mond, Ind.: Lucius It. Swift. Indian
a i, ,lls: Heibert Welsh nnd Charles
Hlchaidson, Philadelphia; John W.
F.I:i, Chicago.
The- report of the ireasui"!', A. S.
Frissell, of New York, showed receipts,
Jl,2."l.9.".; dlsbuiseinents. $3.S7f.82; bal
ance on hand, $:i"(5.13.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Resolutions were adopted urging sup
port of the civil service law and de
nouncing any -ltteiupt by Hepublican
congr"ssmn to repeal it or embarrass
Its administration as shimeful breach
es of the pledge made at the last na
tional convention and dedailng fui
thcr: The league renews its previous decla
rations in favor of the repeal of the
law proscribing four years' terms for
many federal olllces, the extension of
the merit system to the consulnr ser
vice, and tho municipal civil service of
the district of Columbia., and the con
solidation of outlying with central
lostofllccs-. It wxpresslv disclaims any
ndvjc-acy of civil service pensions as a
part of the merit svsteni. which con
temp'atps such pensions no more than
did the system of apiw.lntmcnt and re
moval by favor, prevailing before the
merit system was Introduced: on the
contrary, the pioteetion with an as
sured tenure and desiring efficiency
afforded to public servants should en
able them by the exercise of frugality
and forethought displayed by all pru
dent persons to provide out of their
current earnings for the ordinary con
tingencies nnd inllrinlty of old age."
At the afternoon session there was
a large attendance. "The municipal
situation In Ohio," was presented by
Judge Rufus B. Smith, of the superior
court of Cincinnati, lie said: "The
large cities of Ohio --onstltute no ex
ception In bad municipal government.
They are no better and they nre no
worse."
The paper on "The Democratic Party
and Civil Service Reform," bv Hon,
Moorlleld Stoiy. of Itetm, was rend
by Charles Warrer.. secretary of the
Massachusetts R'.M'orni club, in the ab
sence of Mr. Story.
Mr. Story's papor reviews the hlsloiy
of the agitation of civil service reform
! down to the ptssago of tho Pendleton
bill, and declares "It was a Democrat
i who led the contest; h was support
ed by the leaders of his patty and It
was n Democratic victory which per
suaded congress to pass the bill."
The li'iguo adjourned to meet In Bos
ton next December.
BEATTY ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE.
Bold Plot to (Jet the I'orgor Out ol
Jail is Thwarted.
Stroudsburg, Pa.. Dec. 17. Bold but
unsuccessful plans to escape from Jail
were made by T. Challey Beatty. the
once prominent Chicago lawyer, form
er supreme secretary of tin A. P. A.,
and ex-piinclpal of Coldwater, Mich.,
schools. A member of the family of
Sheriff Liarn overheard a talk between
Beatty and his Jail companion, Harry
Howard, and upon Investigation Ut
ters were found that were written in
Jail by Beatty to Howard, The latter
afterward confessed the plot to Dis
trict Attorney John B. Williams.
Baetty was recently sentenced to fif
teen months In the Eastern penitent
iary for forging a draft and will be
taken to Philadelphia early next week.
Tho plot to romp was to have airs.
Howard visit the jail with saws.
SAD FATALITY AT PITTSTON.
First Day in tho .ilincs is His Last on
Barth.
Special to the Seruiilon Tribune.
Plttston, Dec. 17. Thomas Cumyard,
of West Plttston, aged :i0 years, wns
caught betwei-n a car anil a prop in the
Clear Spring colliery, this morning nt
11.80 o'clock, nnd was squeezed so bad
ly that ho diet' two hours later at the
Plttston hospital.
It was the llrst day that he ever
worked In or nrnuml the mines. Only
twoveeks ugo he burled ills wife.
m
Wounded by n Conlidciice .Man.
Rhnninktn, Pa., Dec. 17. During a dis
pute at the Exchange hotel today. James
CIMney. a widely known coulldeiice mill,
shot and mortally wounded William Me
Natuaru. of this place. Tho bullet passed
through one of his victim's lungs. Bcfiro
Chaluey had run a block to escape he
fell Into a ditch and fractured nis right
leg. McNumara is 25 years old and has
a wife and two children.
Died From Scald.
Lancaster. Dec. 17. Irwin Dltzler. tho
4-year-old son of Harrison Dltzler, ot
Warwick, died today from scalds re
ceived b falling Into a bucket of boiling
water,
CASE OP MURDERER HILL.
Attorneys Still Trying to Nnvc Ills
Neck bv Technicalities.
rittsburg, Dec. 17.-Clerk A. C. IUr
ron, of the clerk of the cmrU olllee,
completed during tho day two certl
Pcd copies of the record In the caso
against Philip Bill, who, on Dec. S last,
e'caped hanging becnuse his attorneys
appealed tho case to the Supreme court,
less than an hour before the time set
for the hanging.
The attorneys have decided upon
their lino of action and wilt go Into
the Supreme court upon the merits of
their case, Just as though Hill had not
been saved from the gallows at a
critical moment.
When the case Is called before the
Supreme court, Assistant District At
torney John S. Robb will probably nsk
the court to quash the appeal, on tho
grounds that the date ot execution was
set and that It did not net as a super
sedeas because neither a Supieme
court nor a lower court Judge signed
the appeal.
. ..
BUSINESS IS LARGE.
l'nymcnts Through Hanks lire ircnt
er Than in tho Ycnr 18U2--Production
Kclipse Past Records.
New York, Dec. 17. R. G. Dun. .
Co.'s weekly review of trade will say
In Its Issue tomorrow:
Close to Its annual holiday halt, tho
business of the year Is surprisingly
large. Payments through banks are
again 2.5 per cent, larger than In 1S92.
heretofore the year of greatest pros
frlty, the production of Iron and wool
ens and boots and shoes, Is larger than
over before, exports oellnse all past
records, and failures for the two weeks
have been the smallest In live
years. Treasury receipts show a
steady Increase for the llrst half of
December over previous months, both
in customs and Internal revenue and
heavy payments to government on
Union Paclllc account caused but slight
"ti-'Pfiesiey in monty markets with
prepau.tlon for large cancellation of
bonds. The news of the week Is the
rise of merchandise exports In Novem
ber to $tlli,c:30,2S0. the excess of 'X
ports in four months being $229,212,401,
while In half of December exports are
nearly n large and Imports $2,r,00,000
smaller than last year, when the ex
cess of exports wns $.",205,860. Prob
ably all records aie surpassed by ex
ports for this year, which have been
1974,600,000 In eleven months, and the
excess over Imports in five months has
probably exceeded S2S9.000.000.
Wheat Is just now the backbone of
foielgn relations, the Atlnntic exports
in two weeks have been. Hour Includ
ed 7.SS0.942 bushels, against .1,113.077
last year, while reclpts rose to 12,
060,122 bushels, ugalliHt C,C.'.r.,3fe2 last
5 car. The- price gained a fraction In
spite of the speculative decline In Chi
cago. Corn expoits continue to exceed
last y-ar's, In two weeks 6,32(5,894 bu
shels, against r,074,62C last year, which
Is a particularly significant feature.
The price rose but a fraction, und re
ceipts in two weeks were S.023,001 bu
shels, against r,449.1Sl last year. The
cotton manufacture Is In difficulty, due
to production last year Tar In excess
of demand, nnd to partial transfer of
the demand to southern mills. While
domestic and export sales have been
large they are behind a production ex
ceeding that of the betit previous yars,
northern and southern Included, and
the effort to straighten things by a re
duction of wages, presumably Involved
a strike nnd reduction of output. Goods
are generally weak and the range of
prices Is now the lowest ever known,
the reduction In bleached goods, prints
and wide sheetings having caused con
siderable Increase In the demand.
The demand for woolen goodH Is In
creasing, and some mills nre in the
market providing for a greater pro
duction, though most nio still wait
ing, and the wool market Is remurkably
dull, sales at the three chief points
being l.i,307.100 pounds against 18.100,
000 last year. 17,179.110 In 1S95. and 16.
501,100 In 1S92. While prices are said
to be hehl without change, manufac
turers are hunting for bargains and
foreign wool In consldernbl' quantity
Ik coining tills way.
Failures for the week have bten 328
In the l'nlted States against 3S7 last
year, and 2S In Canada against 41 lust
icar.
William Johnson llnngcd.
Covington, Tenii.. Dec. 17. William
Johnson, who murdered Farmer William
Boyd on August ."l last, died on the scaf
fold tills afternoon. The condemned man
walked quietly from his cell to tho scaf
fold, made a full confession, ami died
with a smile on his tips. Company R, Na
tional guard, state of Tennessee, wis
present to protect the prisoner, as there
hnd been threats of lynching, but the sol
dlers were not needed.
Arsennl Keeper Hnsigns.
Hiiriisburg, Dec. 17. Jlnjor J. W. Nes
bl t. the ncw! appointed l'nlted States
pension agent nt Pittsburg, today re
signed as keeper of the state arsenal. Ills
resignation was accepted and hu left tor
his new post. Lieutenant William F.
Richardson, of ainhanoy City, foreman
at the arsenal, was placed in temporary
charge and will ho promoted to keeper en
Hip return of Goiernor Hastings from
Hot Spring. Vu.
THE NKWS THIS 3I01.NINU.
Weather Indications Today!
Showers, Followed by Fair.
1 General Creedon aiccts Ills Waterloo
In the Prize Ring
Congressional Doings.
The President -Makes Many Appoint
ments. Sehurz Re-elected President of tho
aiunlelpal Reform League.
3 Local airs. Amerman Succeed? nb a
Hundley Executor.
I Editorial,
Comment of the Press.
3 Local Social and Personal,
Suucy Hess' Comments.
6 Local Legality of the Board of Con
trol nt Issue.
Van Horn Aigument for a New Trial.
7 Local Alderman Millar Would Like to
Know Whom He Is At.
Violent Death of a Montrose noy.
S Local West Side and Suburban.
!' Lackawanna County Happenings.
-(I Religious News of the Week.
11 Sunday-School Lesson for Tomorrow.
Status of .Ufa Irs In Ireland Today.
12 Neighboring County News.
Financial und Commercial.
THE DEBATE
SPIRITED
Use of Alcohol is Dis
cussed in Hie
Senate.
DIVERGENCE OF OPINION
Bill Passed for the Relief of
the Klondikers.
Scnntor Stewart firings Hxtrncts to
Sustain His Assertions .11 ado
Against tho Administration.
House Completes thrt Considera
tion of tho Legislative, Lvecutlvo
nnd Judicial Appropriation Hill.
A Financial Discussion Awakened.
Washington, Dec, 17. A' spirited ue
bate wns precipitated in the senato
today by the submission by air. Piatt,
of Connecticut, of the report of tin
special Joint committee of the senatn
and bout- uppolnted to Investigate tho
use of alcohol In the urts. It developed:
that a wide divergence of opinion exists)
among senators an to tho practicabil
ity from the point of view of govern
ment revenue of r cluclng Hie present
tax upon alcohol used in the arts. Tho
report will be further considered when
pi luted. A Joint resolution accepting;
the invitation of Norway to partici
pate in an international fisheries ex
position next year was passed. Under
a special older 133 private pension bllla
were passed. The session closed with
exercises In nr-iiiory of the lato Wit
Ham iSteelc Holmau. of Indiana.
The senate passed a bill for the re
lief of the Klondike mlnem, whlcli
went tluougli tho house yesterday.
Dining the debate on tho alcohol ques
tion, air, Stewart (Nov.) roso ,to a
question of iK-rsonal privilege? to reply
to a charge, which he said had be-ii
mnde against him by air. Chandler.
Ho referred to the assertion of tho
New Hampshire senator that he (Stew
art) had fnlsrepref 'nted the attltudo
of the administration on tho financial
question. He had extracts read from
Hie statement made yesterday by Set -retary
Cairo before thv house commit
tee on banking and currency to show"
that the administration was committed
to the gold standard, lie contended
that this statement fully confirmed all
that he had said, and further that It
manifested a determination to plnco
the control of tho currency In tho
hands of the banks giving them all
the advantages und exacting from
them no security. Tho henate ad
journed until tomorrow.
in Tin; house.
The house today completed the con
sideration of the lshi'i'lve, exceiiilv"
and judicial approptiat'uii bill, except
ing to paragraph relating1 to tho chit
service. By agreement the debate on
this latter paragraph will go over un
til after Hits holidays. Two amend
ments of some Importance were adopt
ed. The bill as reported abolishes tho
assay ofllce at D"adwood, S1. D nnd
the mints at "'arson City, Nov.. ami
New Orloans, La. Today tho repre
sentatives from the two former state:!
made a vigorous and successful light
to continue the appropriations for
Dead wood and Carson City. The hous.
today sent th'o bill for the relief of the
miners In the upper Yukon to confer
ence on proposed amendments.
The speaker announc-d the appoint
ment of aiessrs. Hltt (Rep., III.), Adams
(Hep.. Pa.) and Wheeler (Dent., Ala.)
reg'jnts of the Smithsonian Institute.
Tho debalo on the appropriation bill
drifted Into a financial discussion,
aiessu's. Newlauds, Bland, Cox, Bing
ham, Dockery and others took part.
air. Cox (I'em.. Tonn.) spoko of Sec
retary Gage's testimony before tlei
banking nnd currency commute.? ns .t
frank statement of tho position of the
administration. lie had nvowed his
adherence to the gold standard as
against bimetallism and his whole bill
was designed to uphold and perpetu
ate that standard.
This completed Iho consideration of
tho bill with the exception of tho par
agraph relating to tho civil senico and
Mr. Bingham askil that this question,
go over until nfl'r tho holiday rec-ox
when full debate would be allowed.
This was agreed to and the commltte,
rose. At I 50 ji. m. the house adjourned.
Attempt at Train Wreck.
Chicago, Dec. 17. An unsuccessful at
tempt to wreck tho fast mail train fr.j-u
New Orleans to Chlcaco on tho Illlnac
Central was made last night neur Ainu.
Six pieces ot llsh plate Iron four feot loi.f
were placed across tho truck ut a phu
where tho embankment Is very steup. Tin
train struck them while running nt u i-.i
of Hfty-llvo miles an hour, one of Mi
litates being cut completely In two. !'."
tunatety the engine did not leave tho
track. The motlvo was presumably rob
bery. Prosecutor Intoxicated,
Lancaster, Dee. 17. Charles B. Grubb,
the well known Iron master, failed to ap
pear befoie Judge tlrubaker today -o
piosecute William I.I"buM. a mossung v
boy, formerly emploed by him, ohaig'-d
with forging chee Its to tin amount of ? : -21,1.
The court was Informed that Urubli
was Intoxicated. The jlmiiff found lit'n
at home, hut unable to move him. Is In -
lug guard and hopes to have him ill con
dition to appear tomorrow.
Ha tell He duo Postponed.
New York. Dee. 17 -The Hatcllffo case
was not continued todav on account r
tho death of a brother of a Juror, iiei
hearing will be resumed on .Monday iwm.
Tho Herald's Mouther Forecast.
New York, Dec. lS.-ln tno mMdlo
states and New KiiKlaml, today, clui-.
much colder weather will prevail, Willi
fresh northwesterly winds becoming hifch
off the const followed by a "cold wave"
uli'l minimum temperature of ebout 3)
dcercc In the Delaware valley toiuu'lit,