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A Fight that Did Not Take Place.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE best information
obtainable tonight is that Dempsey and La
blanche did not fight. The sporting men who
have returned. among them Mike Donovan say
they did not The purse was subscribed by some
club men, who insisted that it should be a select
affair." but the secret of the meeting place leaked
out, and lot of roughs congregated there The
club men declined to pay the money subscribed
if the roughs were allowed to witness the mill,
and stormy times ensued. in which revolvers
were drawn The sheriff and his posse have
been hunting for them all over Westchester
county, and. in the midst of the row, an alarm
was given that the officers of the law were ap-
proaching, and the gang scattered The fight is
said to be off indefinitely Efforts are being
made for contest between the men with gloves.
Richard K. Fox to offer belt representative Of
the middle-weight championship.
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Alderman Jaehne,s Pleasing Record.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Broadway railroad
investigating committee continued it's session to-
day. Thomas F. Ryan, the stock broker, with
whom lawyer Charles p. Miller had q converse
ton about the two aldermen whom he could
produce who would tell about the bribery, testi-
fed that he could not remember the names
of both of the aldermen. One of them was
Alderman Fulgraff.
Mr.. Seward, of counsel for the committee,
then read the affidavit of Gertrude G. Hamilton,
from whose residence a quantity of silverware
had been stolen in $780, The affidavit related
her experience in attempting to recover her prop
erty, which had been sold by the thieves to AL
derman Jaehne. who at that time owned ajewelry
store in Broome street Alderman Jaehne ad-
mitted that he purchased the silver, but stated
that it had been melted, and could not be re-
turned. In.the way of a settlement he paid her
$1,120. Alderman Jaehne, who had entered the
room, was called He explained at some length
that he did not keep his money in bank, but in
his private safe; that he had sold his jewelry
store because politics left him time attend to
it; that he knew nothing about Mrs. Hamiltons
slverware; but that, being taken to task about
it by the police authorities he paid her the
money to avoid publicity.
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70 the Editor of the Indianapolis journal.
1t appears from reports that the authorities at
Washington are beginning to wake up and look
around to see what is the matter. They heard
something drop. They are bewildered. Such
unexpected events surprise them. These mud
sills' of society-these common laborers and
mechanics, whom they thought Of little impor-
lance and less manhood-are actually in motion,
and are making noise that even a Congressman
can hear. Better late than never. If these
and complaints of these workingmen, this I'M
welcome demonstration would not have oc-
Cured. But the appeals that have been sent up
have been treated by that august body as of but
little Importance When the American colonies
were sending over to the British Parliament ad-
dresses and petitions. asking removal Of bur-
dens and a redress of grievances, they were
treated with contempt by many members of
that body. Lord Walpole said that these COM
plants were but ''the capricious squalls Of
child that knew not when it was aggrieved"
From the action or Mons action of Congress-
it would appear that the appeals of workingmen
were held in about the same light If 80, the re-
ply of William Pitt to the mobile lord" would be
appropriate here He said eff the wrongs of
this child are not speedily redressed it will
assume the voice and attitude OF man"
American toilers have lost all hopes of relief Of
burdens from either Congress monopolists,
and have determined TO redress their grievances
| themselves. Congress appears to know less
about the wants and deserts of the working pop
ulation than of any other subject A few years
ago it appointed committee to inquire into this
subject. This committee spent months In col
lecting information from aA parts of the coun-
try, and presented a voluminous report to Con-
gress. After puzzling its brains over the report
for some weeks, that club of embodied wisdom
was unable to decide on anything except to call
in Jay Gould, to tell what he knew about work.
ingmen's needs. The most important part OF his
testimony was that when he was boy he
learned to survey land, and one day when going
through, strip Of woods he was very hungry,
and as he had no money to pay for dinner he
bring dinner he prayed little" After that
he went TO house and got dinner. Then he
made noon-marks for the farmers for dollar
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to vote three times. that does not alter the adj
mitted fact"
Mr. Williams quoted Latin maxim that no
act was guilty unless accompanied BY guilty
mind lactus non facit reum, nici mems sitreat
Mr.. Justice Stephen tvehementlyl-That is a
maxim would give great deal to know the
origin Of. and its meaning 10 plain English.
Mr.. Williamson act is never guilty unless the
intention 10 guilty.
Mr. Justice Stephen-H the law says every
maa who reads his Bible shall be hanged. then
the intentional reading of the Bible by man
who never heard that act of Parliament would
be capital crime, and 1t would be guilty act
because the law was disobeyed. OF course, cir
eumstances go long way III the matter of pun
ishment.
Mr. Wiliams-That is why have been exam
ming witnesses in the manner | have done.
Mr.. Justice Stephen hope the learned coun-
sci win not feel mortified at these views. have
thought and written a great deal about these
things. But with regard to that particular max
i'm, if the learned counsel will look into it he will
be surprised to find how difficult it is to get any
idea as to where 1t comes from. 1t is practical
" remnant of time when crimes were not de-
fined But since they have come to be defined
properly by act Of Parliament, the maxim has
ceased to apply. / trust / have not spoken to
the learned counsel with impotence, but ana
very anxious to dispel the illusion which has ex-
listed in this matter
The iurwreturned the following verdict "We
ind the prisoner guilty, but with no guilty in
tent whatever
Mr.. Justice Stephen said he supposed the jury
meant there was nothing morally wrong, mas
much as the prisoner was ignorant of the act of
parliament. He entirely agreed with the verdict
but the law must be upheld, and the prisoner
had done what the law decided was felony. He
saw nothing extraordinary in the impression,
and he realized the way in which the mistake
was made. The act was a very severe one, yet
the court had no option in passing sentence but
to infiict imprisonment with hard labor. He did
not wish to pass any such sentence, and the only
way he could avoid it was by ordering the pris-
oner TO enter into his own recognizance, and
come up and receive judgment when called upon.
Probably, unless the accused offended again, he
would never hear any more about 1t.
The prisoner was then bound over and dis
charged. This case also bears upon the much
mooted question whether it is lawful for judge
TO suspend Judgment in his discretion after q
conviction Of felony.
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Railway Passengers Fatally Injured.

DETROIT, March IA special to the Free
Press from Marshall says: 1.-THE rear coach of a
passenger train on the Michigan & Ohio railway
jumped the track near Eckford seven miles
from Marshall. The train was moving rapidly,
side and about fifteen feet from the track be-
fore tipping over the embankment. .SeatsJsyere
broken loose and hurled together promiscdously.
Two passengers are thought to have been fatally
injured. and six eight others were less severe
ly hurt Fred Shaver, aged nine, of Allegan,
Mich, had his skull fractured, one piece of bone
being driven into the brain. Mr.. Epstein, Of
Toledo, was badly bruised, besides receiving dan
gerous injuries to his skull. John Hurd, of
Bridgeport Conn, had both wrists fractured and
received other injuries. Three unknown ladies
received scalp wounds while two others were
slightly bruised. The brakeman was also hurt
hpt n ot eariouslv
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The Twelfth District Democrats.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
Fort WAYNE, March 1.-THE Democratic
Congressional committee of the Twelfth dis
trict met this afternoon in the Circuit Court
room. The meeting was called to order by Col.
G. A. Zollinger, of Indianapolis, State pension
agent Colonel Zollinger resigned the chairman
ship of the committee, and e. B. Gerber, of Ligo-
nier, was chosen to the vacancy. Herman Frey
gang, of Angola, was elected secretary After some
discussion May Ii was agreed upon as the time,
and Auburn designated as the place for holding
the next convention. Upon the apportionment
adopted Allen county will have A delegates, De-
Kalb, IA; Lagrange z; Noble, H. Steuben, Z, and
Whitney IL, making toal of 98 delegates,
Of the six members Of the committee. all save
one. Mr.. Gerber, OF Noble, hold Office for which
they are behoden to Judge Lowry, and
the action of the committee is decidedly,
if not wholly, in his interest The date fixed
for the convention is the earliest in the history
of the district, and in the belief of many this
step is taken from fear the part of the
Judges supporters that if the opposition
have time to organize, Mr.. Lowry will be
beaten. The fight may now be considered as
fairly on, and from this time forward fierce
and bitter struggle may be expected in the DEM
ocratic camp.
The important law suit" which brings Judge
Lowry home is an action brought against him
by Morris Cody, on an ice bill of some fourteen
years standing.
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sohaefsr Far in the Lead.

New YoRK, March 1.-THE fourth night Of
the billiard contest between Schaefer and
Vignaux drew a full house. As heretofore,
Schaefer had it all his own way. He had scored
over three hundred poins when Vignaux turned
his first hundred. When the evenings play
opened Schaefer had 1900 points to his credit
as the result Of the three nights work. to l. l29
for Vignaux. At the close tonight he had g. 400
to Vignaux 1873 In order to win tomorrow
night he has before him the enormous Job Of
scoring 1929 points before Schaefer can secure
600 The following is the score Of to-nights play:
SeaeSer-3o, 4, 3, 90, SO, .37, l. 10. O, IL, 1s A
%. o. 2. 49, ID, 1, %, Q, Q, Q, 8. 6-6OO.
3. io' 81, 2, 90, 8, o. l. Is fS-.s4s. : = = y y
Time Of game two hours; Vignauxs average,
20 3.24; Schaefers average, "a.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Burning of the Chicago Cottage Organ Fac
tory, Involving Loss of 100000.
CHICAGO, March 12.-The Chicago cottage or
gan factory was completely destroyed by fire at
o'clock this morning. Two hundred men are
thrown out of employment. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 The building which the organ
company occupied and which was destroyed.
was owned by Mrs. Hettie Green, the New York
millionairess who carried off her money in per-
from the Fidelity vaults, in that city, when
she was being sued, some months ago. While
the fire was in progress a section of the wall of
the burning building tumbled into an alley which
was occupied by the firemen. The mon all
escaped without serious injury.
Later estimates place the loss on stock, ma
chinery and fixtures at SIS, 900, on which there
is insurance of $40 900 placed by the Traders In
surance Company The loss on the building is
between $4,000 and $4,000 insured for $25, 600.
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Two Persons Fatally Burned.

SpeciaI to the Indianapolis journal.
LoGANsPoRT, March Ito night Sarah Has
sest, cook at Myers's restaurant was filling a
tank on a gasoline stove with gasoline. The
stove was full of fire, and the result was a ter
rible explosion, which saturated her clothing
and that Of Joseph Heffner, who was standing by,
with the burning fluid. The woman rushed out
into the street. the flames streaming ten feet above
her head; her cries for assistance were pitlable
She rushed through several rooms, and up and
down the street. until at last she fell helpless in
front of the Panhandle depot, in the presence of
thirty or forty Mortified spectators. She was
dragged acros the track to the pump, and placed
under the spout. She cannot recover. Heffner
was caught just as he was rushing into a stable.
He was terribly burned about the head and face,
and cannot survive Miss Hassett was very
strong woman, weighing over two hundred
pounds, and it was impossible to stop her and
smother the flames. She came here recently
from Danyille Ill.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Socialists Dispersed by Police-Plain Talk
by a Municipal Official.
AMSTERDAM March 12.-The police this after
Eoon charged with swords and truncheons upon
: llarge crowd of Socialists who had assembled in
.menacing way in the aristocratic quarter of the
city, and dispersed them.
A deputation of Socialists waited upon the
mayor to-day and urged him to begin the con-
struction Of public works in order to afford en-
ployment to workingmer now idle The mayor
refused to recognize the deputation. He said
the mayor had taken initial steps toward reliev-
ing those distressed, and he declined to under
take the construction Of useless works. He ad-
vised the deputation to abstain from calling
meetings and declared that the authorities were
determined to maintain order.
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ately blew his brains ont. He resided on Ryker's
Ridge four miles east of Madison. Hs leaves
widow and three children
John Bundquist, Swede. has been missing
from South Bend since last Sunday, and there
are various theories of suicide and murder con-
nected with his disappearance
Mr.. Will Cooper Yesterday retired from the
city editorship of the Fort Wayne Daily Journal,
Mr.. Cooper is half brother of Major Charles
A. Munson, who seeks the Democratic nomina-
ton for Auditor of State. It is given out that in
the event of Major Munsons election, Mr..
Cooper is to be his deputy.
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Enormous Losses bv Fire.

BUENos AYREs March 1.-THE Catalinas Gus
tcSn-house, with all its contents. has been de.
stroyed by ire Loss, 1000 000
Two hundred commercial houses are affected
by the losses 1t is believed that the fire began
early on Tuesday night although it was not dis
covered until o'clock yesterday morning The
origin of the fire is unknown.
LONDON, March 12-Fire broke out this morn
ing among large quantity of cotton in rail
way station at Oldham. ard destroyed $3.50, 0c0
worth before the flames were extinguished. One
ef the fremen engaged in subduing the fire was
killed.
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A Valuable Patent.

PITTsBURG. March IA patent for the safe
distribution of natural gas throughout the vari-
GUS mains has just been granted. 1t covers the
process of mixing air with gas in such proper
tions that, while the danger of explosion is
taken away, all the heating qualities still re-
main, the heat units being consumed in perfect
combustion. The patent is expected to revolu-
tionize the use of natural gas.
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Cable Notes.

Tt is officially announced that Sir Charles
Warren has been appointed commissioner OF
police of London, Mr.. Malcolm Wood who had
been proposed for the place, having been finally
rejected.
Bradford, York county, England, has a mad
dog scare of very serious kind. In January a
dog ran mad through the streets and bit twenty
persons. One of these died to-day in terrible
agony. The other nineteen have consequently
been thrown into state of fearful apprehension
lest they too may be attacked by the disease.
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Chicago, St Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad Co.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, I
PITTSBURGH, Penn, February 8, 1886. !

OFFICE THE SECRETARY.
PITTSBURGH Penn, February9, 1855
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chi.
cago St. Louis g Pittsburgh Railroad Company viii
be held at the principal Office of the company in the
Union Depot, at indianapolis, Indiana, on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IL, 1856,
at 10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose of electng two
directors to fill the places of like number whose term
Of service expires at that date to receive the annual
report for 1885 and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the meeting
The transfer books win be closed Saturday, Fehru-
airy 20. at o'clock p. M and reopened on Thursday.
March IL, at 10 o'clock a
S. B. IIGGETT. Secretary.
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rhirty-sixth Judicial Circuit.

specia, to the Indianapolis Journal.
KoKoMo, March ia. B. Kirkpatrick, of
this city, was to-day nominated for prosecuting
attorney for this, the Thirty sixth judicial cir
cult, composed of Howard and Upton counties
The convention was held at Upton. Freeman
Cooper, of this city, was also Placed before the
kirkpatrick, 81; Cooper, "a Upton county di-
vided its vote equally between the candidates.
The nomination is a good one and will add
strength to the Republican ticket. Hon. Samuel
Woody, of Russiaville, was chairman of the
convention.
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Illinois Items.

DIR. Leo Dinkler, the taxidermist, has died at
Deer Plain, aged seventy years
The wife of Fl. Schroeder. member Of the
State Board of Pharmacists, died at Quincy on
Thursday, aged thirty weight years.
Under the habitual-crime act for stealing
goods valued at only $18, Joseph Benford was
sent to the State prison at Chester for fifteen
years.
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An american Citizen in Peril.

CRY OF MEXICO. March 12.-For nearly two
years an American named John Rivers has been
in prison in Zacatecas, charged with the muir
der of a Mexican. Rivers was sentenced in De-
cember to be shot, but the execution was post
poned by the request of the consul-general. who
has by personal exertion probably secured re-
opening of the case. Having become satisfied
that Rivers acted in elf-defense, Consul Porch
has found several witnesses. Rivers is a Cali
fornian. and was at one time county commits
sioner of San Francisco
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The Losses at Hot Springs.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 1.-THE latest in
vestigations increase the losses by the Hot
Springs fire to $780, 600, with less than $40 coo in
surance. The heaviest losers are: Shipley &
O'Brien, $l8. 600; S. B. Darlington, So 900; c. G.
Lemly, $1,000; Bergemer $4,000; DR.. T. B.
Buchanan, So, 900. Over twenty firms are among
the sufferers
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ARREST of Ex-sherifr Davidson.

NEW YORK. March l2-Secretary Bayard to-
day telegraphed the district attorney here that
the consul in Havana reported the arrest Of ex-
Sheriff Davidson, of New York, and the Secre-
tary gave instructions as to extradition if David
sons offenses were such as to warrant such
course. The district attorney replied that there
are in his Office no indictments or charges upon
which Davidson might be extradited.
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BERLIN, March 12-The committee of the
Reichstag to which was referred the spirit mo-
nopoly bill to-day rejected the first two clauses
of the measure. AS those clauses contained the
essence of the bill, the action of the committee
virtually kills the first measure. The first
clause was rejected by vote Of 10 to g. and the
second by vote of 20 to s. The committee
will resume consideration of the other clauses
on Tuesday next
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Steamship News.

BosToN, March 12-Arrived Kansas, from
Liverpool
New YORK. March 12.-Arrived: City Of Ches-
ter, from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN. March 12-Arrived: Wiscon.
sin, from New York.
LONDON. March 12.-Passed the Lizard:
Westphalia from New York for Hamburg.
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ChiId burned to- Death.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 12-The residence
of Joseph Gallo. near Pittston, was destroyed by
fire this morning. Galo's two children, one aged
four and the other two years, were in the house
alone at the time. The youngest child was res
cued alive, but is fatally burned The other
was burned to death.
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Minor Notes.

Mrs. Quinn Evans, of Lafayette. has become
hopelessly insane
William Friedley, father of Judge Friedley,
of Madison, died at Scottsburg yesterday.
BENZ. F. Osborn, prominent Odd-fellow Of
Jacksonville, died at that city, aged fiftyseven
years.
John Hartupee, a well-known river engineer,
for long time resident OF New Albany, has
died at st. Louis.
Alfred Carpenter, farmer, brooding over
financial embarrassment, last evening deliber-
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steinitx and Zukertort.

NEW ORLEANS, March 12-Steinitz and Zu-
kertort played the fourteenth game of the worlds
championship tournament this afternoon The
opening was the Ruy Lopez Steinitz played
first, with the white. When Zukertort had made
his forty eighth move Steinitz offered a draw,
which Zukertort accepted The game is regard
ed as dull one. The next game will take place
on Monday.
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Cleveland and Dalton.


PTtb5.
And why does Mr. Cleveland desire to keep
these documents hidden? There can be only one
reason, and that Is the same one which prompted
Clerk Dalton to refuse to let 9them there papers"
60 out of his possession Mr.. Cleveland knows
that they will convict him of regeneration and
wrong-doing
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Washington Special
1t is now certain that the following nomina-
ton will be rejected by the Senate Warren
Green, son of DR. Norvin Green. to be consul
general at Kanaeawa, Japan; John Goode. of
Virginia, to be Solieitor-general of the United
States; Zachariah Montgomery, of California,
Assistant Attorney general for the Interior De-
partmsnt, and DIR. Morgan, of South Carolina,
consul general at Melbourne
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Su;c;ae of a Dererict Official.

MONTE CARLO, March 1.-THE Monte Carlo
sation master whose neglect to secure clear
track before sending out his train contributed to
Wednesdays accident, was arrested near Nice
whittier he had fed. He committed suicide at
Ster being taken in custody.