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Mrs. IIarrIson,s Rrother-

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-Judge John L.
Scott, brother of Mrs. Harrison, arrived
this morning and Will be the Presidents
guest for few days. He started from
: ort Townsend, Wash, to attend the
funeral in indianapolis, but failed to
reach there in time.
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Bank Failure at Auburn.

AUBURN, Oct. 31.-The bank of 0. W.
Hollenbeck refused to pay depositors
this morning. The extent of the failure
is not known. Mr.. Hollenbeck is pros
trated, and lies at his home in precari-
Gus condition.
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I'ho search-Light Outdone.

LONDON, Oct. 31.-The Mount Washing
ton signal and search-light has been out
done in one capacity the past week by an
electric apparatus with which expert
ments have been made at EarIscourt.
The managers have succeeded not only
in throwing the distinct forms Of gigantic
letters upon the clouds, but they have
even made the well-known features of
MIR. Gladstone appear in ghOstly outline
i'll the heavens.
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Highwaymen at santa Rosa.

SANTA Rosa, Oct. 31.-A man named
White was held up by two highwaymen
with shotguns this evening and robbed
of several dollars while on horseback lust
outside the city limits. Both men wore
masks and looked travel-stained.
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WTITENBERG CELEBRATES.
Rededication of the Church Where
Luther Nailed His Theses.
GERMANY'S EMPEROR AND EN-
PRESS IN ATTENDANCE.

The Cholera Plague Fnst Dying Out
in HamburG-Dead Bodies Continue
to Wash Ashore From the Wreck
of the Steamer Roumania-CounseI
for Polsoner NefII EndeavorinG to
Save His Life With Anidavits Tend
ing to Prove Him Insane.
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Ontario Fruit Shipments.

ONTARIO, oct. 31.-Ontario fruit ship
ments for October were forty carloads
Dried fruit, twenty; green, seven; canned,
seven. and raisins, six.
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another senatorlaI Candtdate.
ISain ut PetnlIIlna.

SAN JOSE, Oct. 3l.-State Senator A. W.
Crandall has announced himself as a can
didate for United States Senator.
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Resentlng Turkish Outraros.

GAMBIA Crete. Oct. 31.-Fighting was
renewed to-day in the province of Spha-
kia against outrages on the inhabitants
by Turkish troops. The fight occurred
near Hora. J. he result is not known.
Reinforcements have been sent from
hero.
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Flght Between French ana German.

CANNES, Oct. 31.-There was fierce
fight here to-day between Frenchmen
and Germans, arising from the attempt
of party of Frenchmen to force their
entrance into a German cafe. The police
were powerless to restore order, the COM
batants finally dispensing after a number
had been badly injured.
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PErALUMA, Oct. 31.-The rain up to
last evening for the storm was Is OF an
inch
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Hamburg Free from Cholera.
Cnaf NIinnrs, ~

HAMBURG, Oct. 3L.-There was not a
single new case of cholera nor death
from the disease in this city yesterday.
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Coat Miners strike to End.
PARIS, Get 3l.-At a meeting yesterday
the striking coal miners decided to end
tho Strika
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NICARAGUA CANAL.
Call Issued for a Convention to be
Hold at New Orleans.

Call Issued for a Convention to bo
Held at New Orleans.
COLUMBUS (O.J, Oct. 31.-The following
call has been issued: "In pursuance OF
a resolution of the National Nicaragua
Convention, held at St. Louis June I'd,
and by order Of the Executive Commit
tee, ! call upon the delegates of said con-
vention to reassemble at New Orleans
November 20, lS92, to further consider
the question Of the immediate construc-
ton OF said canal, under the protection
and control Of the nited States in the
interest Of commerce and the republics Of
the Western Hemisphere, and such other
matters as may come before them. l re-
quest the Governors Of States, municipal
authorities, Chambers of Commerce and
Boards Of Trade to notify their respective
delegates to fill vacancies of such as are
unable TO attend, and such public au-
thOrities and commercial bodies as have
not heretofore appointed delegates that
they do so at once, commercial bodies 70
send one delegate for each hundred MEM
bers. GEORGE l.. CONVERSE,
Chairman Executive Committee"
An Insane Woman Kills Her Mother.
BosToN, Oct. 3I.-This morning Mrs.
Mary B. Marean, widow, while insane,
hit her mother. Mrs. Annie L. Brownlee,
aged -, on the head with an iron wrench,
killing her instantly. The murder oc-
CURED in the fashionable district of Cam
bridge.
At the police station Mrs. Marean, ap-
parently realizing what she had done,
broke down, acting in Dltiable manner.
1t is learned that she had a severe attack
of grippe two years ago, never fully re-
covering.
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An ESTIMATE.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3l.-Now that the
registration is completed there is some
basis on which to form estimates of the
result in New York State. The total reg
istration in New York City was about
q, 900 under the estimates made by Mr..
Croker and the Tammanv leaders. They.
however, explain the shortage by saying
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THE CHINESE REGISTRY.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 3i.-Collector Louis
Weinstein Of the Burlington and Iowa
wrote Commissioner Mason asking if he
might prosecute Chinese for not register
ing under the Geary Act. The Commis-
sioner replied that there was no warrant
for such prosecution under the terms Of
the law
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LAND RELINor1sHED.

WASHINGTON, oct. 3l.-William II.
Walsh, John ii. Vanderbilt, George 2. J.
Watson, John Burns, John q. Beck, Case
Christiance, Frank J.. Boyd, John Mae
kee and William II. Flick have relin-
quished their respective claims to tracts
Of public land III the Susanville, Cal,
Il L. ricf
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TIE COPYRIGHT ACT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-The President
this afternoon issued proclamation ex-
tending the benefits OF the American
Copyright Act to Italy.
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But times have changed The expert
ences of the ladies who have been working
to make the actors fair success prove
TINS without a doubt. To make it a sue
cess it was necessary to learn first if the
public would support it, if they thought
the object worthy. So the director gen.
eral sent letters out to eleven distinguished
citizens of New York state requesting
their Endorsement of the scheme as set
forth. There were just eleven acceptances.
Ex-President Cleveland answered for
himself and wife and promised their
hearty cooperation. Vice President Nor
ton did the same and so did Governor
Roswell Z. Flower. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew did the same, as did SEN
ator Frank Hiscock Senator David
Bennett Hill promised to do what he him.
self could do since he has no wife, and the
mayor of New York, Hugh Grant, fol-
lowed suit. Controller Of New York,
Theodore W. Myers, pledged the support
of himself and wife, and Cornelius Van
derbilt wrote short but sufficient in
dorsement of the actors fair; and so did
Mr.. George Gould, who robbed the stage
ola very charming actress By marrying
her, and who was willing TO make ac-
acknowledgement thereof. Last, but not
least, came an encouraging assurance from
Edwin Booth himself that he would be
with the players in more than spirit.
With such names all doubt ceased. The
ladies of the fair saw before them fair
seas and plain sailing.
But right speedily some 400 more names
came in OF men and women who were
willing to do anything for the actors who
had done so much for others and hereto
fore asked but little in return. They came,
too, from people of the highest standing.
Among these were Mr.. and Mrs John
Jacob Astor Mr.. Perry Belmont, Mr.. and
Mrs. August Belmont, James Gordon Ben
nett. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius \. Bliss. Ar.
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possible to reach the top of the ladder. if
it lay in me, and then retire. If Sullivan
whips me my occupation, like Othello's,
will be gone. l will seek other fields"
If win l will be prepared to defend the
title of worlds champion against Slavin,
Mitchell, Jackson, Goddard or any aspi-
rant who may have an ambition, properly
fortified by the necessary coin to back
it I'D.
Here it may be asked if I am not stulti-
flying myself by declaring in one breath
that never meant to challege Sullivan
and in the next stating that / always
meant to strive for the worlds champion
ship. No, would not challenge Sullivan.
for the reasons stated above, and, further,
because he had announced his retirement
from the ring to Slavin at st. Louis. There
were other n-foreigners-whomI could
fight for that title. l would not fight Sui
hvan unless he challenged me. am now
glad that it has come to this issue.
promptly accepted his challenge and COW
cred his money when he classed me
with that "bombastic sprinter," Charles
Mitchell, and that Australian wind bag"
Francis P. Slavin. He had no right to do
that. never made any bluffs at him like
the foreigners, nor at anybody else. More
Uses and have invariably been in the ring
at the specified time. never INDUCED in
"sprinting" and "oratory" and then run
away from an engagement like Mitchell.
Neither have 1 ever been called down as
Slavin was by Charley Johnston and
silently stole away In the dead hour of the
night. My record will prove all these
things. Hence my indignation at the in
sulting words of Sullivan's challenge.
Another thing which riled Sullivan and
embittered him against me was comments
which some injudicious people have made
regarding our personal bearing in the So
ciety of men and women. The comparison
was not favorable to the "big fellow" and
expressions to that effect in the news
papers deeply angered him. But l ask
how am l responsible for that, and why
should Sullivan cherish any enmity to me
on that account?
Now, word upon serious topic. Your
correspondent bluntly puts the question
to me as to whether or not | have been
dissipating heavily of late. He shows me
clipping from daily newspaper which
reads: 'Corbett is going the way of Hee-
nan, Sayers and Sullivan. Unlike Sayers
and Sullivan, he pays not the greater part
of his tribute to Bacchus, but, like Hee-
nan, is a constant devotee at the shrine of
Venus. Heenan, like Corbett, was unfor-
tunate enough to be a strikingly hand
some man. and was highly favored by the
fair sex. He died of quick consumption
in the prime of his manhood. Corbett
may profit by his example"
This statement wish to nail right here
as deliberate libel. The writer. think,
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THE LADIES' COMMITTEE.

EAnd actresses of this day will appear to-
Aether in the largest building of its kind
IN this country continuously for one week
in way altogether original and unique.
II is somewhat remarkable, too, that
this is the first real attempt on the part of
4 the actors and actresses of America to in
augurate any great entertainment for the
benefit of the poor and weak among them.
OF course there have been individual bene-
/ fits for needy actors and actresses and for
/ the Actors Fund
But put alongside this the fact that in
/ single year the theaters of the United
States raised for public charitable purposes
100000. Then remember the many occa-
| sions when the news of some great disaster
swept over the country the actors were the
| first TO offer help 1t was so at the time
of the Charleston earthquake, the Johns
town flood and times without number. 1t
has always been the same.
In Whatever our faults may be, my boy,
Ne amt bad-hearted." So spoke an actor
long ago. and he spoke truly. Perhaps
that is why there has been so much inter
est taken by the New York public in the
projected fair
The idea of this enterprise, like many
another good one, came from woman.
TWAS the wife of famous manager who
was the author of the suggestion OF an
actors fair in New York city that would
raise enough of money to enable the fund
already in existence TO carry on its work
OF charity in a satisfactory way. The idea
became popular az once. A meeting was
called. A. Il. de Frece, who managed
other fairs for various purposes, was called
upon TO submit plan and scheme for the
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vice president; Mrs. C. C. Van Brundt,
SECOND vice president: Miss Georgia Cay
van, secretary; Miss Emma Frohman, cor
responding secretary, and Miss Alice
Fischer, recording secretary. This has
since been supplemented by a series of
committees OF ladies, who will do the
main work of the fair, with the co-opera-
ton of the fair committee and of
the director general. Among the
chairmen, if such you may call them, of
these committees are such well-known
women as Mrs. Madge Kendall, the Eng
lish actress; Nine. Modjeska, Mrs. Kate
Rankin, Miss Dora Goidthwaite, Agnes
Rose Eytinge, May Robson, Mrs. Morti-
mer Brown, Mrs. ]. d. Townsend and
Mrs Z. L. Kidder. There are any num-
Der OF energetic ladies who will help them.
1t IS the ladies who have done the work
SO far, as they will to the end, and it is
they who will reap great credit if the fair
Is the success that it now seems certain to
be.
So much for the organization and intent
OF the actors fair, and here the most sig
nificant feature of this appears.
In all the past, from the time of Shakes
peare down, that class of the public that
forms what is generally known as the best
society. has been willing enough to ap-
plaud the actor when on the stage, after
the fashion of the times as they WERE
But on the street the actor was at the
most but patronized. The drawing-rooms
of the great knew him not at all unless he
happened to be called there to amuse those
who could not otherwise amuse them
selves. The actor was preached at and
prayed at in and out of season, and as for
the actress-well, enough is said There
was small mercy, indeed, for her when off
the stage.
No one who has read Dickens, the first
writer who successfully bent his great
energies to beating down this line between
actors and actresses and other men and
women of brains and good conduct, will
forget one chapter in Nicholas Nickleby."
1t is that which describes Miss Snevellicci,
leading lady in the. company of Mr.. Vim
cent Crummles, and Nicholas and the an
FAINT Phenomenon" setting out to secure
promises from lovers of the drama to
patranize Miss Sneveliiccis benefit, and of
how they were lectured in one place,
frowned down in another and given short
change in another.
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and everywhere have volunteered their

and everywhere have volunteered their
services.
Patti has written characteristic note in
French, stating that she will take pleasure
in being present. Clara Fisher Maeder,
now the Oldest actress living. has written.
asking if there is any way in which she
can at her age be useful. Fanny Daven-
she can, and similar words have
come from Mrs. Lester Wallack,
Nine. Ponisi, Rosina Vokes, Helen Barry,
and from actresses and actors without
number. 1t is not at all likely that there
is any actor or actress of consequence in
the United States who will not take a
more or less active part in the fair. The
committees have been working as ener-
getically as any could. Of course, there
will be booths in the fair. They are q
part of such events. Each committee is
responsible for certain of these. They are
in sense its proprietors, clerks and all
that. They raise the materials that go to
make each attractive and, what is more,
profitable.
As originality is the thing sought after
most and as all of the ladies are artists in
their way, it is quite safe to say that the
booths, as well as all other things, will be
worth seeing.
Madison Square Garden, as rebuilt is
very large place. 1t requires no small
shlli TO SET stage ike tnat even Wueu you
have trained actors and actresses to help
fill in the stage pictures. Light and
shade. general color and effect all have to
be weighed and considered. The gentle
men who composed the fair COM
mittee and the ladies who make up the
real working committees all know good
bit about stagecraft, but in this case they
thought it well to call in assistance. So
Stanford White, the architect who de-
signed the new Madison Square Garden,
was secured to draw the plans for the in
terror during the fair. As result it will
present one of the most unique spectacles
Imaginable.
All about the great body of the garden
will run the boxes in which those who do
not wish to appear on the promenades or
about the booths will sit. Then right
under the boxes, all about the amphi-
theater, will be promenade, broad one
too, and here the fair danes may show
costumes and jewels to their hearts con-
tent.
Inside the promenade will be an oval
space 225 feet long by so feet wide. This
will be the great feature of the whole dis
play, for it will form one large village,
and such village as is rarely seen.
Lengthwise a broad avenue will run
through it, handsomely designed
entrance at one end and great floral
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was innocent of any premeditated wrong,
but was influenced by a person not
friendly to me into penning what he did.
He should at least have investigated on
his own account before printing such
harmful story. Its real author prompted
its insertion am reliably informed, for
the sole purpose of shaking the confidence
of one of the best friends have on earth
and causing me to lose his financial sup
port. l am not, as my intimates well
know, addicted to the use of liquor. In
fact, / seldom touch it. NY worst dissi-
patton in this line is taking daily bottle
of Bass at dinner and an occasional bottle
outside of home. As to the other charge,
il has no foundation in fact.
| am loath to speak thus of my private
life, but do so in order that my friends and
the public in general may not be deceived
by such wicked reports. Rumors of this
nature are sure to operate to a pugilist's
disadvantage. They impair public conf
dence. and even cause ones warmest
friends TO doubt him.
To all whom il may concern have sim
ply this to say: | will train faithfully and
vigorously for my contest with Sullivan.
/ shall begin work about June l at some
place vet 10 be selected. and my sparring
partner. Jim Daily, will be my trainer.
That will give me fourteen weeks time to
prepare in, and / will step into the ring of
the Olympic Club at New Orleans on Sep
tember7 in the finest possible fettle.
Should Sullivan defeat me | will set up
no baby plea of poor condition" and the
like, and / am sure that Sullivan will act
likewise should the fortunes of war go
against him. JAMES ]. CoRBETT.
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BILL NYE In IOWA.
His Views on Prohibition, Indi-
ans and Hotel Fires.
LADIES' TRAVELLING COMPANIONS
The Fortified Forests of Arizona, and
That Furnish Food for Thought.
Copyright, 1892. by Edgar W. Nye.


Tama, Ia, is not large place, but the
center of a rich farming country, and the
social center of large colony of Indians,
numbering $50, believe. These red men
demonstrate the fact that the Indian may
be made self-supporting, for these Indians
own their own lands, on which they raise
mushrats. The government gives each In
dian about 81. is annually as reward for
being neither absent nor tardy on pay day.
With this the Indian is enabled to buy
lemon extract, by means of which he is
enabled to get drunk.
These Indians are Sacs and Foxes most
ly. What work is done Is done by the
wife. She has low, groveling streak in
her nature, and so she works. The hus-
band has nobility of character and other
things also which he is willing to impart
to those near and dear to him.
While was at Tama the Indians were
just cleaning house. House cleaning
among the Sacs and Foxes is attended to
very much as it is done among the other
Indian tribes. 1t is done by moving the
house.
The Sacs and Foxes need a thorough
renovating and Kelley institute. They
were the first to ascertain that lemon ex-
tract and cologne taken in sufficient guam
titles would intoxicate, and it is said that
one of these Indians will drain the life
blood from an alcohol stove at one sitting.
There was considerable sickness among
these Indians last spring. 1t was caused
in singular way. All the cigar stores in
Tama had alcohol cigar lighters, and the
Indians got to lighting their pipes at these,
and while ostensibly lighting refractory
pipe. they did, then and there being. suck
the juice out of the alcohol retort by
means of straw. Dealers then put some
foreign substance into the alcohol reser-
voir, and most all the men folks of the
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where it was sort of quiet. I envied him.
One of the neighbors said that he was
killed by being run over by train because
he could not hear it coming. Poor man!
he lost his hearing most mercifully just
after he was married.
She is plain woman, but firm, with
grim determination and set teeth. She
set them several weeks ago, and expects
them to come of the nest now in few
days. She says that this is the Arc de
Triumph gooseberry which she has. 1t
is superior to the Polled Angus goose
berry, running more to jam and less TO
worm than the Angus or the Isabella.
She wears white flannel yachting cap
with catskin earmuffs to it, and a seal
plush cloak that is prematurely bald on
the shoulders. Judge also by the front
of the cloak that she got her wraps on be-
fore she ate her breakfast and then only
hurriedly ate a soft fried egg and some
buckwheat cakes with real Vermont maple
strip on them.
When she reads this IN her quiet little
home near Fort Dodge she will be sorry
that she wore out all the foliage of her
gooseberry bush on great coarse man
who is not fond of shrubbery.
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Proposed enterprise. He did so, and the
plan was adopted. The whole matter was
then pnt into q substantial shape.
\. NJ. Palmer, who is also president OF the
Actors Fund of America, was made chair
man Of the fair committee. The other
officers selected were Frank W. Sanger,
treasurer: Daniel Frohman, secretary;
Charles W. Thomas, and A. B. de Freee,
director general
This was speedily followed by the selec-
hon of a ladies' executive sommittee, and
That stands this way: Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer.
President; Mrs. Edward Z. kidder, tirst