Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-11
SPOONY SOUTHERN SLUCCERS
A Fistic Encounter Between Two
Love-Sick Arkansas Idiots.
JONES LANDED ON HIS JUoULAE
The Bear State Senator's Son Sends
the Pugilistic Offspring of the At
torney General TO Grass-FOr
Beauty's Sake.
Duel Between Young Southern Bloods

the son of Senator Jones, of Arkansas, fought
a duel with fists on Sunday morning last.
The casus bcll is a young lady to whom both
have been paying attention, beautiful girl,
the daughter of an official from one of the
southern states, who lives with her father
and mother at Il prominent hotel and is much
admired The young men, in order to shield
the young lady and in order to keep her name
out of the scandal, gallantly agreed to give
some other apparent preteXt for the en-
counter, and had Il pretended quarrel over
game of billiards. But those who are init
mate with them have no doubt that it
was understood between the young
pugilists that whichever was beaten must
leave the other to pay his attentions to
the young lady without rivalry or interfer-
ence. They both are twenty-three or twenty
four years of age and weigh about 160pounds,
Mr.. Garland being nearly half head taller,
but Jones heavy enough to make up. Each
selected his second, and they agreed upon
Ned Donnely, retired prize fighter who is
running Il gymnasium and giving boxing les
sons here, as referee. On Sunday morning
about II o'clock they went to a barn in the
village of Mount Pleasant just outside of the
city of Washington, where there was no dan
ger of interference from the police. There
they stripped to their undershirts, and, put
ting on kid gloves, went at it. In the first
round young Garland appeared to have
the best of it, got in three or four hearty
blows in the breast and neck of Jones and
drew the clarct from his beak, but Jones kept
cool while Garland lost his temper, so that
in the third round Jones recovered more
than he had lost and got in some blows with
telling effect on the face of his antagonist.
This made Garland more angry than ever,
and when the boys came up for the fourth
round they fought in earnest, Donnelly
said he never saw two fellows of their age and
experience show more game or earnestness in
pugilistic encounter. Jones proved to be
the better of the two and punished Garland
very badly. At the close of the round the
latter's friends wanted him to retire, but he
refused to do so and fifth round was
fought, in the early part of which Jones laid
his left fin under the ear of Garland and laid
him out senseless. The boys We're taken
home in hack and made such explanations
as they thought best to their parents, who
have endenvored to keep the matter secret.
HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT SESSIONS.
There is demand upon the part OF the
democrats in the house to dispense with the
session on Friday nights for the considera-
| ton of pension bills The committee on
rules has not yet reported in favor of Friday
night sessions, and pressure is being brought
| by the democrats against it. One of them
| said to me this afternoon: 1--WE must put
| pension bills on the same ground that
| other measures rest. No preference can
| be given them. Pension bills are no
| better than others, and know majority of
| the democrats are not in favor of night ses-
| sions for them any more than other bills. ,,
| This will not be good news for the soldiers OF
| the country and those why are hoping for
| pension legislation at the hands of this con-
| gress. There is but little chance for pen
! sion measures in this house, even with ses-
sions each Friday night specially for it. The
custom of holding sessions on Friday nights
| for pension bills was established by the
| Forty y-seventh congress, which was repub-
| lican.
| VISIT OF A STRANGE PEOPLE.
| Late yesterday afternoon carriages brought
| to the Ebbit house eight or ten men having
| the general appearance of Japanese and CO.'S
| TUNED in flowing robes of white and blue
| satin. AS soon as they alighted baggage
| wagon, loaded down with great willow ano
bamboo trunks, covered with strange charac
ters and characteristics OF the occident
| bowled up to the hotel. No sooner had the
| baggage arrived than n half dozen of the
men got hold of IL and began to lug it into
the vestibule of the hostilry, while two ol
| three of them rolled out the carpet to escor
| very distinguished looking member of the
group inside. 1t was the Corean embassy
The minister, Pals Chung Yang, wore
striking head dress and carried himself lik'
a prince. The retinue of servants soon had thu
baggage stacked up inside the hotel and were
conversng in tones which resembled th
gabble of geese. Each wore Il hat which re
sembled little wicket of fine silk cords, stif
| as wire, like the protector for a base bal
catcher's face. A large crowd hocked about
the scene last night and watched the mannu
vres of the strange people, most of whom
| wore long and slender imperials and nous
taches, but were minus their queues. Thi
morning at 10 o'clock the COreans filed int
the dining room, all dressed in light blu
satin robes which resembled breech-clout
and still wearing their highly ventilated hats
and seated themselves at one large table
They never said word, and as they waite
for the filling of their orders, which wa
made by the minister, they presented fairy
looking scene, each one with his arms folde
| upon his breast, his eyes appearing littl
more than usual set in the oblique and tn
round, pock-markcd faces, wearing the SCI
, ious look of the grave. Even in this cosmt
. poltan city these fellows are attracting un
versal attention. The embassy Is in chare
, | of DIR. H. n. Amen, the foreign Secretar
| and interpreter, who is native OF Ohio an
has been "a successful practitioner i'll Core
| for four or five years.
. GENERAL TERRY's ILLNESS.
A Much has been said about the illness {
| General Terry since my dispatch to the BI
: on last Sunday night. An effort is made
a | certain quart"-'s to discredit the statement /
| to the seriousness of the generals conditio
but the fact remains, sad though it is, TIN
he has Bright's disease and there is lit
n hope of his recovering his strength so as
/, warrant his remaining IN active duty. III
New York Mail and Express couples an c
+ preston of regret at the illness of Gener
: Terry, with the expression of a hope that
:. | the case of his retirement on account OF d
y. | ability the president will recognize the meri
u of deserving officer and name Gener
u | Crook as the next major general. 1t is b
:. | lieved in army circles here that Gener
= Crook will be the fortunate man,
e TO BRIDGE THE MUDDY AT SIOUX CITY.
il Mr. Struble introduced dill in the hou
L. to-day making it lawful for any person
e company or corporation TO construct al
e maintain under the laws of Iowa and Nebra
e | ka, a high wagon bridge across the Nilsson
d river at or near Sioux City for the passa
9. of wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, for I
d transit of animals, accommodation of TO
d passengers, etc, provided that the plans III
y specifications shall be submitted to and
~ proved by the secretary of war before I
work is begun.
NEBRASKA AND IOWA MEASURES.
Mr.. Manderson introduced in the sen5
" to-day bills appropiating 500, 900 and Sl15,l
L. respectively for the purchase of sites and
A. erection thereon of public buildings
,s Plattsmouth and Hastings, Neb, He also
to introduced his bill to confer brevet prom
tions on officers of the United States arr
. particularly distinguished by heroic action
Indian warfare and for other purposes. L
citizens of Plattsmouth have sent petit
" TO the Nebraska delegation in congress a.
g ing it to support with vigor the bill for pl
le lie building at their city and giving statist
~ showing the necessity for the building.