Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-25
NEWS BY WIRE.

under the influence of opiates last night The bridge of his nose is broken, and his ribs are so sore that the physician that accompanied him from the club administered a strong narcotic.
 This morning he looked badly bruised and swollen about the face and mouth especially, and piece of skin the size of a mans hand is scraped off along back of his neck, on the left side.
 Kilrain says Dempsey's nose was broken in the fourth round. The Ore gon man was clearly outclassed from the start, but he stuck to it until nature could not further help him.
 Fitzsimmons fought fair enough but Dempsey is light weight, while Fitz- simmons is heavy scaled out. He is as tall as Sullivan, and with longer reach. Muldoon says that with twenty pounds more muscle, Fitzsimmons could fight any man living, Sullivan not barred. As result of the fight it is not unlikely that the question of heighth and reach hereafter cut as inn portant 8 figure in the making of matches as that of weight.
 WAsHINaroN.-By direction of Sec retary Proctor, General Schofeld sent the following to General Miles: ''The secretary of war conferred with She president and the secretary of the in terior in regard to your proposal to send @ delegation of the Sioux chiefs to Washington and they approve of your recommendation. The secretary of the interior has sent an agent to conduct them. It is desired that the delegation be as small as possible-fve or six, and not more than ten. If the delegation has already started tele- graph at once the number en route and the commanding officer"
 NEW YoRK.-The passing of the new silver bill was the influential ele- ment in Wall Street this morning, but it seemed to be exerted in the direction of repression rather than expansion. First prices were invariably lower than the finals of last evening The prices being generally small fractions, but Union Pacific was unexceptionally with loss of la per cent. at 46 and sugar refneries at S1. Silver certificates came in of course for a large share of attention, and while they opened un- changed at lO74, sharp decline of 105s followed in large transactions. The market for stock was narrower than usual of late, although there was great activity among the leading shares. The declining tendency in in the general list was soon checked and everything was brought to about the level of last nights figures. At l o'clock the market was active and firm at about the best prices reached.
 ST. PETERsBURG.-A dispatch from Lobolsk says that the terrible scourge known as "Black Death" has reached the city of Lobolsk, the capital of West Siberia. The whole of Asia from Sam- artakand the mouth of the Obi, is sui fering from the ,scourge. Thousands are dying at Oberskipitch. It seems almost hopeless to try to check the dread spread of the fearful disease.
 CITY OF MExICo.-Via Galveston There is considerable excitement Tn financial circles here over the question of the free coinage of silver in the United States. It is alleged here that Chi'i allows no dispatches to be sent out of the country. Nevertheless, it is avowed that the condition of Chilli is
 that of armed peace, that the govern
 ment is concentrating it's military
 forces, and that the Chilian congress
 will demand the resignation of tho
 president of the Republican,.