The sun., 1891-01-29

In tho wild tussle on tho floor Of tho Nevada
Bank Presidents Office. tho battle ground,
which does not afford as much freedom of a..
| tion rs the regulation twenty -four-foot ring,
| Bonyngos superior height. reach, and bulk
told in his favor. and very nearly evened up
the telling count made by Mr.. Macksy's first
two right-handers. All over the private Office
the two millonnires rolled. goueine. biting
kicking. hair-pulling. Everything went, end
II the fracas had continued for muny minutes
longer serious. If not fatal. injuries would un-
doubtedly have resulted. They were finally
| separated and drove away In hacks
There wore many reports OF tho cause OF tho
| encounter. but the real truth is that tho
trouble was owing to q social quarrel
in London. Bonynge Is IN Englishman who
WAS formerly Mackay's broker hore. He made
fortune on Comstock and married an Ameri-
can woman who hnd been divorced. When hs
wont back to London he wanted to shine In So
ciety. All arrangements were made for the
presentation Of Mrs. Bonynge at court, whom
suddenly an article appeared in a leading Lon
don newspaper asking how it was u divorced
woman, simply beranso she was wealthy.
could be presented to tho Queen. This bomb.
| shell burst In tho Bonynge camp and
knocked out al their socia! aspirations. The
minute knowledge shown by the writer
OF tho newspaper article led DonyngO
to attribute its authorship to Mackay.
He was aware that Nackny know all
about his affairs In California. and was
hobnobbng with aristocracy II good doal him.
self about that tims. Perhaps le concluded
that Mackay imagined London was largo
enough 10 sheltertwO Californian mining mag.
mates at tho same time, and thought that thers
would be more room for Mackay II Bonyngs
were not thsre.
Bonyngo became an enemy OF Mackay. and
even wont 30 far a little time ugo as to Threaten
to start a osblo company to inlure Mackays
business. At the same time the London pross
began to pay moro attention to Mackay's
affairs than was warranted. All sorts OF queer
stor!es were told about his early life In the
mines and while thoy were regarded as good
Jokes by all who knew Cons,Ock from ono end
TO the other thoy wore takon seriously by the
british public which believes that all Cali
fornians are In tho hGbit of putting their feet
ON tho dining room tables. and picking their
teeth with largo sharp bowie knives. These
things did not bother Mackay Mt all. but whom
attacks began to be made on Lis wife he grew
wro,h. lie SwOr0 a mighty oath he would
thumD Bonyngo when he met him.
Ihis resolution was Increased when Bonyngs
reached Now York In January last and had Al
interview pu ublishcd In TRUTH In tho course OF
which he said of q certain attack upon MRckaI
In a London paper: :" II was surely not a libel"
When Mackay heard what Bonynge had said
about 1t his anger increased. and whom be mot
Bonynge In the private ONCE OF tho bank Of
which he is third owner his wrath boiled ovst.
Every one agrees that the end Is not yet
Mackay appeared in Pine street to-day. Iooks
ing as fresh as daisy. and with no marks on
his face He gave this account OF the scrap
and Its causes; 1T happened In this wayS
Long ago ] suspected that Bonynge was tho in.
stieatGr ot certain We ATTACKS upon Mrs Moo
kay Which spp1eayed 1 n certain me hewspapsrs in
this was true. dstermined 70 pu 1lsh him the
entered the Prssidept's room lh the. No:
ssw ms he ksd arnan ialnea aof aof
and made threatening movement, struck
sys VIII h lin .ssn sad nit aha hn ca.a hs apoa M
as hs saf s aaa sh' espsd %
around ths knees Ike coward. HIS blood
Noor. The clerks rushed T. and removed him.
The sound thrashinG he received he well de-
served Tor circulating those stories about Mrs:
Mackay, I'm not SO handy with my fsts as
but have little 6eht lett In ms yet. aud
VIII allow no man 70 malign ms or mine"
and bsds bsussd a. s:en!
oyster In regard 10 the fight
The feud between the house Of Machay and
Two families are social rivals there. and they
have carried on their battle for supremacy in
many curious ways for long timo. Mr..
and Ir. Mscksy Is even wsaithisr Each made
sharssssT q esrssIp sorls p @ @ ssss
has felt that the United States could not fur