Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-02-16
They Mean Business


NEw YORK, Feb. IA Ills rumored
tina. prize fight will soon take place
between Sullivan and Slade for S.. 00t
a side. One of Slade's friends said yes
terday go knpw for a fact tina. Slade
is readyto sign artic!essto fight Sullivan
six monshs after signing. SHADES money
is ready and the match can be arranged
whenever Sullivan will NEE: Siade in
Tavloris motel, Jersey City, The San
prints a challenge signed g Fairplay'
which says to the sporting pablo and to
Sullivan and his hackers that Slade will
fight. 4 sportsman with $500 for.
let, will meet Sullivan OF his hackers a:
Tavlor's hotel, JERSEY City. on Saturday
st II. N. to sign articles and arrange
tine 9atoh. ii Sullivan has not been
boastipg he will be ready TO put up and
sign articles Of agreement.
White Labor,
PORTLAND, O., Feb. l5.-HerrEan
Clark, the railroad contractor. said in
an interview yesterday !: q cane en-
gage to complete tie Northern Pacific
railroad by July next, but mus. in
troducs white instead OF Chinese labor.
On the east end Of the road they do not
use Chinese Il they DAD they would
be another year building the road, and
so only white labor is employed. I
employ principally Scanlinavians and
find they work the best" He gave one
reason for delay in completing the west
ern end as due to the Chinese. As one
result of employing white labor he said
Montana ia rapidly becoming civilized
and small towns sprlnging up.
Good Nerve.
NEW YORK, Feb. Is. - Specials
chronicle four cases 0: great nerve dur.
ing free in this city yesterday. Doe OF
the managers Of weaving establish
men., who saved doz,n girls by get.
ting them started down a fire escape,
finding himself cut of, ga. on window
of tie eth story while the flames and
smoke surgetl about t.i,E. and calmly
ADVISED the tirenen 10 keep cool and
hurry Up. He WAS saved hv a length
ened ladder Just in time. HIS name is
J. II. Leite.
Another case is SIrs. Guen,s {coiorsd),
widow Of the late Minister to Liberia,
who, when an alarm OF ti.e was given,
coolly stopped so panic-stricken pupils,
although clouds of smoke were filing
the room from faulty fine.
Third case: Policemen Kennedy and
Munger. seeing house on tire In 26sh
street, broke iuto il and found a hand
some little girl sleeping with the flames
just licking the bed clothes. They
CROPPED their way OF: through the
smoke.
The las. was a. the Richmond Thea
ter, where clock on the stage caught
fire. The audience arose. Ninety OF
the actors. then on the stage coolly con.
tinued playing until part OF the scene
containing the clock was pulled down.
and the tire put out. Then tho ap.
plause stopped the play for time.
CHICAGO, Feb. l5.-The Tribune has
a two column article devoted TO show.
ing how oppressive is the tax On lucifer
matches and how chesply they can be
made. Il says the Diamond Match
Company has q practical monopoly in
the country and regulates the rates.
The chief interesting facts are that one
gross of parlor matches cost the manu-
facturer Just 81 81, and they are sold
at So 10 per gross to retailers. Ordi-
nary matches can be made for sixty
cents per gross, but the monopoly will
not makea cheap match for poor people.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Isl. is believed
that Montitiore c. Ricolles, one Of the
defendants in the pending Star-route
trials, will plead guilty in court to.mor.
row on the open witness stand and re.
veal the secrets and history OF. great
conspiracy.
GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. l5.-In
fight between four men-swo on each
side-for the possession of an old log
house, one was killed and the others
wounded. Revoivers. sho:guns and
Winchester rifles were the weapons
used. =,