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ABArTLE ROYAL.
Two Young Men Settle Their Quarrel in
RIRg siIlo.

Two TouRE Men sstls Their Quarrel In
Riug siylo.
Special DigGich 10 ne hislligaoa.
CAMBRIDGE, o., April PA battle royal
occurred this morning, at 0 o'clock, near
Nicholson's mines, two miles south Of
here, between Richard Minto and Michael
Burns, two coal miners in settlement Of
a personal difficulty, Mimic and Burns
were enjoying the sunny and balmy Sun.
day morning Sby dispOrting themselvea
in q roW-boat in the company OF two
ladies', and Burns, being hilati0usly in.
clined, rocked the boat 80 violently that
the ladies were upset in the muddy water.
Whereat, Minto's Cholsr rose and he cav.
alieFly smote the reckless Burns upon the
head with q heavy oar. The blow was
not returned, but mortal ottense had been
given. The ladies' were rescued and de.
posted on the shore.
In the disuse oi the code dUello, the
more popular, but ALMOST as dangerous,
code OF bare fists was resorted to- The
time, place and manner OF the fight were
all arranged, and ut daybreak this morn.
ing, in the presence Of three gCore OF
spectators, the men met. Fourteen rounds
were fought In forty minutes, and ut the
beginning OF the fifteenth round Mimic
failed to come up to the scratch, and
Burns injured honor was avenged. Roth
men were iearlully punished. Minto's
jaw was broken, both eyes baCked and
his face severely confused. Burns nose
was broken and both eyes blaUkened, in
addition 10 a score of lighter'injuriOs,
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MALICIOUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. PRrnsll Indignantly Denies the Pub
iiShed Statements Of Mrs. cougar,

Mrs. Parneil Indignantly Denies the Pub.
iiShed Statements Of Mrs. uOuEar.
NHw YoRK, April i2.-Ml@ Della s.
Parnell has written letter to the Chicago
Inter Ocean, denying Interpretations
by Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar in an article
lately published in that paper concerning
herself aud Mrs, Knond at whose home
Mrs. Parnell 10 now staying.
Mrs. Parnell continues: Having shown
how unreliable her statements are, 1'wish
TO declare most positively that the account
OF my surroundings and OF the friends
who have cared for me In my long illness
IA a. unjust 10 them as II Ia wide Of the
facts. lam under the most heartfelt oh.
lisationB 10 Mrs. Knoud and her worthy
husband for care and attention that money
could not purchase, and II lB rnspeakably
annoying 10 have them held up 10 the
public ID a false light. l further declare
that never accused the Irish race Of
treaChefy, nor charged Vice President
Hendricks nor Governor Albeit Of demA.
VoRy, nor stated that the Land League
were my enemies, nor did say that
many Of my dearest friends have iofsakeri
me. II is intolerable 10 have such
words, which I never thought Of uttering,
put into my mouth and spread broadcast
through the columns Of leading journal.
1 desire especially 10 add that Mrs.
Cougars course Ia by no means a BpeCl.
men Of the woman sutfragista' conduct.
From them have received much courtesy
and kindness, and l scarcely know one
woman sutIfagist who ls not warm friend
OF the Irish cause"
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
DIR. MARY wALKERToTHER RESCUE
OF tho Imprisoned Dr.i. Hals-A wheeling
MRn'S Af,sr.tLOUeht-ALA Labor Debate in
the H0us-TslSphOns Investigation
Rather Brs'4y-The Lie Passed.

Special Dispatch 10 the IRtslltgGIesr.
WAsHINGToN, D, @. April l2.-Dr. Mary
Walker left here last night for Pitts
burgh, where she will endeavor to secure
the release OF DR., W, II. Hale from jail,
Tho little doctor is very much interested
in Hale's case and thinks he is much
injured man, She claims his Health and
Home property here Is worth $4,000, and
II he is allowed to come to Washington TO
dispose Of it by sale he will be able to
settle the difficulties Of himself and
Fonner, who is in jail at Wheeling,
Before leaving here DR., Mary secured a
letter Of Introduction to Chief Of Police
BlaCkmore, Of Pittsburgh, from Wheel
ing gentleman who ia in town. After she
had departed from hiapresenCs he thought
over his action and came TO the ConClu'
sion he might be compromised by having
such q letter made public and miscon-
Strued. He knew DR., Mary 80 well, he
lid not hope to get the letter returned to
him without trouble, 80 he resorted to q
little strategy, He hurried to the depot
and found her waiting for the Pittsburgh
rain. lie told nsr he desired to look at
.he letter again, and she handed it to him,
As soon as he got his hands on II lie Coolly
.ore it to pieces before the astouished
Doctor and walked out Of the depot, leav.
ng large crowd Of people staring alter
liln in wonder,
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OPPONENTS Of tho home rule measure
argue that there arc no guarantees for the
integrity Of the Empire. "Mr. Glad
stone" says Mr. smRlley writing from
London to the New York Tribune, zap
parently cares little for guarantees and re-
lies on the loyalty Of the Irish, when they
are allowed to govern themselves"
There might be n poorer dependence
than thl,, for even under the degradation
of lngliah misruls loyal 1liSh blood has
flowed on every field where victory hal
shed luslre on the British arms. Allowed
to govern themselves in home affairs, fair
ly treated as British subjects, what reason
/. there to think that Irishmen will pot dc
AZ well by the Empire as they have done
heretofore
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rnE pEpurY snR1.1Frs
Discharged BY the Court and Immsdlatsl
ATreAted for Murder.

Arrested Tor Murder.
ST. LOUIS, April l2.-The habeas corpuI
case Of the deputy sheriGs who did the
shooting and who were held by Chic
Harrlgan, were called in the Crinina
Court at eleven o'clock this morning
Circuit Attorney Glover appeared fol
Chief Harrigan. When the case Of G. M
Burnett, the frat named on the writ, wal
called, Attorney Glover said! ave admit
that when the writ Of habeas corpus was
issued that there was no legal ground fol
OBTAINING the prisoner, and he Is entitled
10 discharge"
The Judge then discharged Burnett, aud
he was told TO step into tho witness room
where he was again arrested by deputy
sheriff, who was waiting with a warrant
AS case after case was called, Mr., Glover
made the statement, and eaCh deputy
went TO the witness room where he was
served with the warrant and placed under
guard. When all Of the deputies were re.
arrested, they were conveyed down stairs
10 the all under a strong guard. The
warrants Under which they were arrested
we're Issued this morning by Prosecutor
Diefkes, on the information oi Constable
Henry MCDsrmott, who sweafs that a
deposition charging them with the ntit.
der has been made before Justice Richard
j, Long, Of East 81 Louis, and that they
are now iugitlves from Justice from the
State OF Illinois,
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A KENTUCKY PEUD
FOUGHT OUT IN rHE MOUNTAINS.
Brother Against uEOthsr-OaO Mau Killed
Outright aud u NambSr Fatally Iu.
Jarsd-Ths CAu'S of thS "ATsls,"
Tue Msn Lodged IN jail.

LouIsyILLE KY, April l2,-The COrtr
Journal special telIa Of bloody battle
fought in the mountain wilds OF HMken,
on Marca 20. John Day and the three
Minisrd brothers and the two Napier
brothers were on their way to a
log rolling when they were met by
Isaac Day, Jacob and Sol Burkart and
silaA Boggs. Theywers alarmed with rifles,
and shelteriug themselves behind trees,
began firing, The firing lasted half an
hour, when both parties retired. Sol Burk.
art was killed outright, Jake Burkart
was seriously wounded and silas BoggI
shot through the head, but not fatally.
The parties surrendered and are now in
jail. The trouble grew out OF the arrest
Of lsaac Day, charged with stealing. His
brother went on his bond, but surrendered
him and the fight resulted.
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LAnOM AmRIrnArIoN.
senator ShormAn's Am suLment tn Tho HIII
Passed by the House,

Passed by the House.
WARRINGTON, D, O., April IL Senator
Sherman submitted in the Senate to-day
an amendment to the House Labor Arbl-
tration bill. The amendment was ordered
to lie over and be printed. 1t Is as follows:
To strike out all after the enacting clause
Of the bill and insert as follows:
Section |, That commission Is here.
by created, called the arbitration commits.
sion to consist OF II members composed
rs follows: Two members Of the Senate to
be appointed by the President OF the Sem
ate; three members ot the House, and
seven members from civil life, TO he ap.
pointed by the President oil the United
States by and with the advice and consent
Of the Senate, not moro than four of
whom shall belong TO one political party
who shall be selected for superior intelli-
genCs as to the industrial and laboringin.
tereBts OF the country. The civil commig-
sioners shall receive AS compensation for
their services each at tho rate OF $40 per
day when engaged in duty, and each
member OF the commission shall receive
actual travelling and other necessary ex-
penses.
sEO. 9. That It shall hO the duty OF said
commission 10 take into consideration all
the various controversies that have arisen
or are likely 10 arise between employers
and employed, whether they be corpora
tons or associations or private individuals,
and whether engaged in transportation,
manufacturing, mining or other industrial
interests Of the United States as far as
they relate to such controversies
between rival and competing, or between
transportation, manufacturing and mining
companies and their employees, aud for
the purpose Of fully examining the mat
ters which may come before said COM
mission In the prosecution Of it's In.
quires ia empowered to visit such different
portions and sections Of the country as 1t
may deem advisable.
SIC. 3. That the Commission shall make
to Congress final report Of It's investiga-
ton and the testimony taken in the course
OF the same, notlater than the tlrst Mon.
day In December 1886, aud ESPECIALLY oil
such measure or measures Rs Ia It's judg.
nsnt may be expedleut and within the
constitutional power OF Congress to adopt
for the decision and settlement OF such
controversies, and the proper means to
avoid or prevent the same.
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A Sensational rt,al.

0sAsE Mission, KAN, April i2.-The
trial Of Willie Sells, charged with murder.
ing his father, mother, brother and sister,
in the early part Of March, drew crowds
TO the court room to-day. The case was
originally Bet In the District Court for
Thursday last, but on application Of Coun.
eel for the defense, II was adjourned Until
to-day with tie understanding that no
further delay will be asked. Hon, John
II. Woods, Mayor Of this place, has been
appointed guardian Of tile boy, neither
John Hall nor William q Gorge, whom the
boy had previously accepted, having bsen
confirmed by the Probate Court, Sehss.
tlonAl' developments are promised BY
counsel for the defense, who say they can
prove beyond question that tile mufdeFs
were not committed by Willie, buL BY
other parties,
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Tho nrlLl,h GrnIn Trndo.

LONDON, April l2.-Aark Lane Erprs,p
in its review OF the British grain trade
during the past week, says; Wheat
is growing very fast. Trade has not i'm.
proved. Sales OF English wheat during
the week were 50,040 quarters at SOa 4d,
against 1850 quarters at S3s 4d during
the corresponding period OF last year,
Flour Ia steady. There is no new feature
in the foreign wheat trade. No Cargoes
arrived. One cargo was sold, one with.
drawn; none remained. The market to-
day was stagnant. English wheats were
I'd lower. Foreign wheat Is weaker and
Hat. Corn ID lower. Blrleys were dii.
aCult to soil.
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STRIKE SITUATION.
COMMITTEEMAN HAYES DENIES
Some Statements that Jay Gould Attributes
10 Powdsrly-No Disturbance at East
st. LoulS - Deputy shsrin' DIG-
charged and Rs.RrroStsd.

ST. LOUIS, NO., April l2.-The Genera
Executive Board OF the Joint Executive
Committee OF districts lOl, 9S and II were
in session to-day, but took no oflicia
action further than to receive reports from
different points and to transact routine
business.
Ina conversation with reporter thii
afternoon General Committeeman Hayes
said the statements attributed to Jay
Gould in an interview telegraphed from
New York last night, in which Mr.. Gould
says Mr., Powderly at one OF the New
York conferences referred to the
members Of District lOl as OUTLAWS" "
and said they had dlsobeyed the laws OF
the order was ialso in every particular,
He chara cterizsd Il IS one OF "Jay Gould's
lies for the purpose Of misrepresentiug the
knights OF Labor and destroying public
faith in the order"
What Mr.. POwdsrly did say, said Mr.,
Hayes, "Was that the strike was unwise
and had been ill.adVised because the
local committees had taken action upon
important matters concerning very large
extent OF territory without first consulting
the general olliCerB oil the order.
"Were you present at tha interview be-
tween Mr.. Powderly and Mr., Gould2"
"Yes, was. | have u very distinct
recollection Of what occurred. "
"You are quite certain that Mr.. Pow
derly did not make the statements which
Mr.. Gould says he made"
"Iam positive that MIR. PoWderly said
nothing OF the kind, and Mr., Gould is re
peatinghis.oldtaCtics OF misrsprssentiugus.
What MIR. Gould says about our refusal Of
his proposition 10 include in the matters
10 DO aIbitrated the questions dealing
with the damages to tue road caused by
the strike, is true"
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GONE no CANADA.
AwliConaln Preacher EIssCss hla Flock and
PilSs from their wrath.

FilSA from their wrath.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 12,-A special
from watertown, Wis, to the Sentinel says;
The Rev. |. +. Koshler some six months
ago came here from MAnlStee, Mich, to
take charge Of the German Evangelical
church. lie ewas very important appear
Ing person, dignlhed and pompous. His
minIstrations we're successful, and he had
no difficulty In having his wants ol what
ever character supplied getting trusted 70
q considerable amount by those. oil his
i)ck who were In business, and others,
lie left town q few days ago, his absence
being a mystery until yesterday, when q
letter was received by Charles BeCkmarl,
President Of tho Church Committee, writ
ten from Detroit, rendering his resigna.
ton and informing lnqulrinE friends that
In iew hours he would be safe In Hei
Majesty Dominion, Just across the river,
, 1t i3 now learned that ho had borrowed
500 In money from various parties In
sums Of from $25 10 5000. lie. had q con
iirmaLion class last Sunday and the fee he
exaCed from the members oi II he pock;
eted, together with tho proceeds Obtainet
itom the eale Of 500 tickets for a lOcenl
concert that he hGd planned.
= Several clothing stores had furnished
him with stylish suits on credit, anu
leEeler waS not slow In selling him
watch on trust.
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pRNsENcl.0s nc MILlrIA
Has Good EfrOUt on lao Peace and ordsI
of East st. Louis.

Has Good EfrOUt on In0 PeauO and Order
of East St. Louis.
EAST sT. LOUIS, LII, April l2.-The
presence OF militia in this city continues
to have It's desired effect, no disturbances
or unlawful acts having been reported
since the inCendiary Ares OF Friday night,
and 1t Is now believed that no encounter
between the military and strikers will
occur. Tho came strict guard, however,
over the railroad property is observed to-
day, and the vigilance OF the sentries has
been In no way relaxed. The time over
which the order extended requiring those
who wished to go over the bridge into East
st. Louis, to supply themselves with passes,
elapsed at midnight, and the bridge to-day
presents an animated appearance. Pc
deStrlans are passing and repassing with.
out interference, transfer wagons heavily
loaded are crossing over, and OH neither
side OF the bridge are the drivers ap-
preached by intimidating strikers attempt
ing to again persuade them to stop work.
The promise by the military Of proteC-
tion to those who might desire to go to
work to-day, has resulted in the employ
nent Of a large number Of applicants,
most OF whom are not knights Of Labor,
but those who were employed to I'LL the
vacancies caused by the strike Of the lat.
ter, and who left their places last Friday
after the fatal shooting by the deputies,
rhe platforms OF the various freight de-
pots are busy with men actively engaged
in loading and unloading cars aud no at
tempt at Interference by the strikers has
occurred, nor Is any anticipated. No
freight trains have as yet left this city, but
in several yards trains nre now In process
OF construction and the attempt to start
them out will be made, it is expected, some
time before noon,
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11AltD pLACE no FlLL,
The PrsSldSnt Seeking temperate Man
IL. 4. Mnh.nakn pnnl.an.An.nl.It.

The President Seeking q Temperate Man
for u Nebraska PoStnAaAtsFShlp.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Thete Is a curl.
ous story connected with the postmaster.
ship at Kearney, Neb. The President se.
leCted for the position man named Nor.
gan and sent in bis name to the Senate.
The case was referred 10 Senator Wilson,
OF iowa, who had prepared a favorable re-.
port, but before submitting IL to his col.
leagues on the COMMITTEES on PostoifiCes
and Post Roads he thought be would like
to see report which he learned had been
made by q postoGlCe inspector In regard
to the man, So he sent 10 the Postmaster
General for the report, Now, II 80 hap.
pened that this report had been sent 10
the White House, and the President, 90
soon as he learned that the Senate had
sent for II, made haste TO withdraw Mr..
MorRat's name, because the inspector bad
reported that Mr.. Morgan was In the
habit OF occasionally getting intoxicated,
After having withdrawn Mr.. Morpah'B
name for fear that he would be rejected
the President selected the man having the
nett heaviest Inducements, one Watson
by name, and sent his name 10 the Senate
for confirmation, The nomination Of
Watson was telegrAped from this city, and
the very night he received the news Of
his good fortune be went on a prOtFaCled
epree, which, Il 10 understood, is not
wholly finished yet, The committee has
nfepaIed an adverse report on Watson
case, and the President Is now waiting loi
hIs rejection, 80 that he can try his hand
Al another nomination,
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vienna, April l9.-The newspapers are
again devotlng great deal Of space to
recording the oddities oi King Ludwig,
Bavaria, II is stated that when the En-.
pefof Of Austria was recently In Munich,
The Capital OF Bavaria, King Ludwig took
no notice Of him, and that Princes Lud'
wig and Leopold, the Kings nephew,
wefe,Compelled TO assume oil the responai.
bilitles Of entertaining theimperial visitor,
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ruEELK GARDEN REGION.
rhO Mining situation rhsrs-A Conference
That Falled to OOMter.

ChO Mlnipg situation rhsra-A Conference
That Failed to Confer.
PIEDMONT, w. Va, April l2.-Thursday
last tho miners Of the Elk Garden region
were notified that the President Of the
West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Rail-
road Company, Il. g. Davis, would be at
Elk Garden on Friday to address the
striking miners, and requesting them to
meet him atone Of the mines. The miners
notified him that they would assemble in
their hall on that day, aud would be
pleased to hear him. President Davis re.
fused to meet the men as requested, and
desired them to come to his Office. This
the miners refused to do, and adjourned
their meeting, all going to their hsmes,
With tho exception Of the "Royal Thir-
zen, as the strikers call the men who
appeared at the office and expressed their
willingness 10 resume work on Monday.
II Is not known whether this small mum.
Der will attempt to work or not.
1t ia rumored here this evening that
forty Of the Elk Garden men have con-
3ented to, and will resume work. This Is,
however, denied by prominent knights ol
Labor, who say there are but nine men in
all the Elk Garden region who are willing
10 work ut the old rate. II Ia the general
opinion that the difficulty Is far from be.
Ing settled, and that Mr.. Davis accomplish.
ed nothing by his visit 10 the mines. The
Royal Thirteen" previously mentioned
have been willing to work from the be-
ginning Of the strike, but the company do
not think 1t prudent tO attempt 10 work
with such small force. The situation on
Georges Greek remains unchanged, The
small mines at Davis and Thomas are
working as usual,
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TORONTO, oSr., April PA special
cable to the Globe, from London, says:
Barring Brothers & Company, in conse.
quence OF new arrangements with the
Canadian Government will to day invite
applications for $200O0,0o0 Canadian
Pacific Railway first mortgage bonds bear.
ing interest at the rate Of percent. The
official statement Of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company shows net revenue
for the last year Of 100000 in excess Of
working expenses.
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WASHINGTON, D, o., April l2.-1n the
House to-day, Mr.. Morrison, Of illinois,
from the Committee on Ways and Means,
reported q bill To reduce tariff taxes aud
10 modify laws In relation to the ColleG.
ton Of the revenue, and II was referred TO
the Committee Of the Whole.
Mf. MCKinley,oi Ohio, presented the
views OF the minority Of The Committee,
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G,aIn In sight

CHICAGO, April 12,-The number Of
bushels Of grain in store in the United
States and Canada, April 10, and the in.
crease or decrease compared with the pre-.
vious week will be posted on Change to.
morrow rs tollows: Wheat, 47OSI 800;
decrease, l,290,255; corn, 16,4S70l0; In.
crease, 1872, ,43O; oats, 2230,55O; decrease,
23S,2S7; rye, 496,012; decrease, 30, 1903
barley, 882,ll0; decrease, lOS,433. The
amount in the ChiCsgo elevators was;
Wheat, 1900, ,450; corn, 3,s39,2l3; oats
405, 1853 rye, 10O,57s; barley, 10000.
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Nm. HowELls is pleased with Washing
ton, Guda the lite there typically Ameri'
can, noanobbery about it, and altogether
ouito pleasing. lie is not going to write
a book aboutit. The correspondents dc
up Washington so often and so thorough
ly that they leave little for the book
makers to do with it. The attempts in
this line have not been brilliantly sue
,a,sfrI
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now enjoys

MR. wlSsroS, who does his country the
honor to represent 1t at tho court OF tht
Shah of Persia, brought a $4,000 libe
sui! against the Chicago Ncws for sayinl
that he had been on close terms with {
young woman who committed suicide.
The Minister'S son takes the liberty tc
withdraw tho suit, declaring that hiI
absent slre did not understand the case
aud was not llbelled. Now in Persia they
don't mind these things, and Mr.. Winston
is no danger OF being written up in th'
newspapers Of that ancient realm.
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Freirht Train Wreck.

PITTsnURaH, April 19,-Thls morning q
coke train on the Pittsburgh, Virginia <
Charleston Railroad colded with a coal
train on the Keeling Goal Oompany's road
which crosses the Pittsburgh, Virginia &
Charleston track at South Twenty.frst
street. Both trains were running at full
speed and were badly wrecked, but no
person was injured. The damage was
$500 The accident will cause a Cessa.
ton Of work at the Keeling mines for q
week and the miners will lose in wages
over 5000.