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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-26
IN OUR OWN co@MoNWEaL1H.

Sixteen-ycar.old William Davis was
killed in Shamoliin mine.
Officers were called out at Mcdonald to
quell riot of Belgian miners
During the last year |, 33G marriage Ii.
censes were issued in Schuylkill county.
Free dinners to visitors have been aband.
oned in the Schuylkill county almshouse.
The board of pardons did not act finally
upon the case of George f. Work, of Phil
adelphia.
Governor Pattison was much surprised
when informed Of the resignation of Con.
gressman Sbley.
A splinter that ran into his finger caused
lockjaw, which killed Samuel Raigsr, near
Hummestown,
Struck on the head by piece of mine
timber in a coliery at William Penn, vii.
| liam Ellis cannot live.
The body of an unknown man was
found by the railroad tracks at Mount
vile, Lancaster county.
The victim Of the railroad accident at
Allentown has been identified as Edward
Mnuseron, of that city.
The Kirbyvillc, Bcrks county Literary
society decided that country girls make
much better wives than city girls,
Four persons from Intercourse, Lancas.
| ter county, had been taken to New York
hospital to be treated for hydrophobia
A special meeting of the state board of
health reports were received regarding
epidemics in different parts Of the state
Linn Hartranft, of Philadelphia. told n
| Pittsburg friend that Walter Lyon will
have walk.over for lieutenant governor.
Seventy-eight delegates have been in
structed for General Hastings for gov.
ernor. There will be 264 in the conven.
| tion.
The Adams Shoe manufacturing firm Of
Laudingvillc, after n lengthy idleness, re-
sumed in all departments at production in
wages
None bat residents of Lebanon are EN-.
| ployed on the sewer contracts there and
two Lancaster teamsters were routed from
their places.
Fourteen.year.o Athur Lee, of Pitts
burg, on his way to Philadelphia, was
robbed of all his cash while eating lunch
at Harrisburg.
Before the state board of agriculture, DR..
| Schaeifer superintendent of public in
struction, indorsed the lengthening Of
the school term.
A final report has been made of the es.
tate Of Susanna Weidman, near Reading,
which has been in the hands Of trustees
for forty-two years.
At = meeting at Lancaster Of the bond.
holders Of the Quarryville section of The
Lancaster and RAadiag Narrow Gauge
railroad it was decided TO sell the road
At the state convention of city and
borough school superintendents convened
in Altoona, the address Of welcome was
responded to by Superintendent Cough
lin, of Wilkes Barre
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blow TO OUR COAL TRADE.
Canadian Dealer Elias Rogers Is
Frank Enough to Let the Cat
Out of the Bag.

ToRoyTo, Jan. 25, Elias Rogers. the
largest wholesale coal dealer in
Canada, speaking of the removal
of the duty on coal by the United
States, said: sit will open at once
Portland, Boston and other New
England markets to Nova Scotian 1t
should also give that coal very large
proportion Of the ocean steamship trads
at New York and Philadelphia.
"The volume of trade thus brought
within reach of these mines will enable
them to put on line OF cool carrying
barges suitable for the business, trans
portation by water under such circum
stances being so much cheaper than by
rail. In view Of the distance Ameri.
can coal has to be carried to reach the
seaboard, it would seem impossible that
American coal could compete for this
trade"
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THE KNOCK OUT BLOW.
Experts Say 1t Was the Hardest One
Ever Struck.


Ever Struck
JACKSONVILLE Fla, Jan. 25.-ThOse
whose experience at the ring side
enable them to keep their senses and
closely watch the only contestant in
the ring who could act saw
that Corbett had struck Mitchell that
last awful blow to not alone knock him
out, but to punish him also. There
was the hatred of years concentrated in
that blow. and rage that could not
be controlled by Corbett himself, which
urged him to strike his antagonist
while he was struggling in the arms of
is'seconds.
Delaney and Dempsey were strug-
Cling with Corbett at one time and
scarcely able to hold him from rushing
at Mitchell while the latter was on
his knees. Delaney suddenly slapped
Corbett's face. 1t was not a love
tap by any means, but blow that
would knock over many men. 1t
served its purpose for it brought
Corbett to his senses and he went
to his seat. This was after the second
knock down in the third round. Cor.
bett remained in his seat until Kelly's
arm had swung nine times, indicating
that, at,Mitchell mad only one second more
to regain his feet He did get up
slowly and as slowly Corbett walked
toward him.
The veterans in and about the ring
knew what was coming. The bowling
maniacs surrounding them were watch
ing the tottering Briton. Corbett
walked towards Mitchell, politely walk.
ing aroung Referee Kelly on his way.
He measured his distance, looked 4
moment contemptuously at Mitchell and
then with startling suddenness swung
his right landing squarely on Charley's
jaw. 1t was not the swinging blow
that Sullivan delivers, but II blow that
starts with the arm drawn we'll back
and the fist almost opposite the ear.
1t begins with a swing
and ends in a straight shoot
When it was delivered, Corbett
must have been thinking OF the night
on the Bowsry when Mitchell poured
billingsgate on him in druken effort
to engage him in n bar.room brawl
! llO ChlllOlhlhu may dNth nave Hbhl u
of the comments on him that Mitchell
has been indulging in at his training
quarters. If he has that blow rsvenged
| him.
When Mitchell fell Corbett at once
began pulling off his gloves. Mitchell's S
seconds did not wait to watch Kelly's
arm swing ten times. They knew as
well as Corbett that there would be
no more fight and carried their man
to his corner with all haste and
proppsd him up in his chair, sponging
his bleeding facl The particular
friends of Cofbett did not heed the
barb wire fence around the platform,
but jumped over, under and through it
regardless OF rents and scratches to
congratulate the champion. But
the pomptdour hero was brief in
his acknowledgement OF compli-
ments and soon threw his bath
robe over his shoulder, jumped from
the platform, fought his way out of the
barn, ran for his dressing room and
was driven into town 1t was half an
hour before Mitchell could be got
ready for leaving
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MISCELLANEOUS NtWs FLASHES.

Fifty convicts confined in the branch
state prison at Coal Greek, Tenn., escaped
on Wednesday night.
Burglars entered tho late John @. Whit
tiers home. at Danvers, Mass, aud stole
$500 worth OF iewelry.
Pending the settlement OF Senator Stan
ford's estate, his widow will got an allow
ance OF $40, QUO month.
Indian soldiers are declared by war de-
pRrtment report to be poor riflemen, but
excellent revolver shots.
For brutally shooting tramp who
asked for food, p. A. Aspenwall, OF Pat
torson, Ga, must stand trial.
Refusing to indorse free silver, Cover
nor Stone, Of Mississippi, has taken him
self out OF the senatorial race
A $4,000 check, given to confidence
man, who posed MS his nephew,is is mourned
for by John Groht, of Toledo.
Cashier j. b. Koetting, of the Southside
bank, Milwaukee,, is found guilty Of re-.
ceiving deposits while the bunk was insol.
vent.
Refore fashionable assemblage at st.
Patrick's cathedral, New York, Mi,s Violo
Livingston was welded TO Count Laugier
| Villar, of Paris.
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plause was rather perfunctory and
evidently given in n spirit OF fairness.
lie was also wrapped in chocolate
colored bath robe. He wore in addi-
tion little soft travelling cap jauntilv
psrched on one side of his head and
pair of black half hose. lie
was laughing and jolly as he
entered the ring and seemed especially
to consider it y good joke when Billy
Madden handed him roll of bills
They were the 50 600 stakes constitut.
ing the 81, 900 a side bet, which Brady,
Corbett's manager, bet Mitchell that
he would never enter the ring opposite
Corbett. Mitchell took the greenbacks
aud passed them TO newspaper friend.
Then he went to his northwest corner
and sat down He grinned and
nodded as he looked over to Corhett
and tho latter nodded in return, but
not in very friendly manner
Billy Madden took advantage of the
vocal exhaustion of the crowd to an.
nounce that COrbett would be attended
by John Donaldson, Billy Delaney,
John McVey. Jack Dempsey and Will
liam A. Brady. His tlmekeeper would
bs Teddy Foley, Mitchells attendants
would he Tom Allen, Jack Forarty
Steve ODonnell. Pony Moore, Harry
Darrin and Jim Hall. Wmskesper fol
Mitchell, Bat Masterson, timekeepsr
for club Snapper Garrison.
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BUREAU OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The Princess of Wales is declared by
London Truth to have withdrawn perma-
nently from society.
by the collapse Of salesroom floor at
Piuet, France, two persons were killed
and several fatally injured.
Reform of parliamentary procedure is
urged by French deputies to secure the
transaction OF more business.
Church authorities close to the Pope say
he has no idea of having TO leave Italy by
reason of threatened revolution.
For unlawfully keeping explosives,
Jacques Merigener, the Paris anarchist,
was sent to prison for three years.
Treacherous native allies aud not Arab
foes killed Captains D'Hanis and Ponthier,
the Belgian officers, in the Congo Free
state.
Argentine courts granted habeas cor
pus writ for the production of Jabez S,
BHltour, the English building society
swindler.
Riotous demonstrations by students over
domestic arrangements at the Universit y
Of Turin have compelled the closing Of the
institution.
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LAUGHED AS He MET Death.
Architect Edbrooke Merrily Puts Three
bullets in His Brain.

New YORK, Jan. 25-George H. Ed
brooke, an architect, 55 years old, liv.
ing at ia Lincoln place, BROOKLYN. and
having an Office in room No. 800 TEN
pie court, shot and instantly killed
himself in his Office at 12 As O clock this
afternoon.
When Mr.. Edbroks arrived at his
office today hs seemed in excellent
spirits, joking with his two assistants
and leaning them to believe that soms
thing more than usually pleasant had
happened to him. At 12 o'clock he
went out, saying that he was going to
luncheon He returned at ~ 80 and went
into his private office. humming a fs-
miliar tune. Fifteen minutes later his as
sistants heard two pistol shots in quick
succession coming from the room and,
running in, were horritied to 6nd him
lying on lounge with blood pouring
from his mouth and the pistol clasped
in his right hand, which lay across his
breast. lie was already dead.
Mr.. Elbrooke was IN architect of
high standing and acknowledged sbil.
ity He was considered we'll to do be-
fore the monetary stringency of last
summer. Since that time he had been
in financial trouble, growing, it is said,
out Of unfortunate building operations.
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ENTERING The ARENA.
Corbstt Wildly Chssrsd, but Is Cool and
Self p. hsesd

Self P. ,sssd.
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 25 AT two
minutes past o .ock Joe Vsndig en-
tered the ring and presented Billy
Madden. If Billy had anything to saw
he was not allowed to say it then as a
tremendous yell announced the appear
ance of Corbett. The champion en-
tered the ring at 203 wearing long
chocolate colored bath robe, pair of
black trousers and white sweater
over his fighting costume.
He looked serious and business-lke
as he walked across the stage while
the crowd cheersd wildly. He tested
the ring ropes by throwing his body
against them in several places, and
seeming TO find that satisfactory, ln-
spected the floor OF the stage and
busted himself crushing and scattering
with his feet some Jumps Of rosin.
Then he walked to the southeast
corner which his seconds had
won by toss, remarking that
the place was pretty cold. Then
his seconds and attendants gather
ed around his corner and began max,
ing many little preparations for his at.
tention and comfort. Pals, bottles,
towels, linsments and fans we're dis
tributed about in their proper places
and most of them were not touched
during the fight The only one of Cor
belts attendants the spectators recogn'
lied was Jack Dempsey and that vet
eran bowed and smiled in response tc
the cheers which greeted him.
The crowd never stopped cheering
and yelling encouragement to Corbett
until sudden and sharp yell near the
arena entrance announced the approach
of Mitchell. The Englishman received
y hearty welcome, although the ap-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-26
WASHINGTON. Ian. %
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
0T CAN now be said definitely that
H the omission of Secretary Hast
Ii inna of the LIN Naiinn lanatinn In

W
0T CAN now be said definitely that
the omission of Secretary Hast
iugs of the Hawaiian legation in
u Washington from the list of invi.
tations to the treeent state dinner at
ths white house WAS Intentional and
not accidental. The legation was iS-
nored by direct order of President
Cleveland.
The president is much annoyed by
the tone of President Dolss letter to
Minister Willis under date Of Dec. 27,
and incidentally by the minister's
course in allowing it to pass unre.
bukSd In his judgment. Mr. Willis
ought to have responded with short
note demanding an limmediate retrac-
tion of the insult cast upon the
government of the United States,
aud, if it had not been at once forth.
coming, should have demanded his pass.
ports and left Hawaii without delay.
1t would not be astonishing tn learn ut
any time of the severance of diplomatic
relations between the provisional gov.
ernment and our own. A particular
cause of the presidents i'll feeling is
the free.and-easy, undiplomatic way in
which Minister Tnurston has been
sprinkling interviews all along the
route of his trip across the continent.
1t is reported that the latest instruc-
tons to Mr.. Willis are to demand an
immediate withdrawal of President
Dols's offensive letter; and if this be
not complied with, Mr.. Willis is to ask
for his passports and Mr.. Thurston
will simultaneously be given his.
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WASHINGTON NEWS SPARKS.

+. A. Crandell, of the Buffalo IN, V,
Courier, is the last name mentioned for
public printer
Samuel c. Hayes, Of Philadelphia, has
made application for the position of super
iutendent Of the mint
Among the post office appointments yes.
terday were the following from Pennsyl-
vania: II. T. Stewart, Butler county: w
II. Sigendall Saegertown, Crawford
county.
Original pensions have been gr auted to
John Roger, Shickshinny, and John A.
Fulkerson, Waterloo, Luzerne county, and
to Andrew d. Tewksbury, Montrose, Anna
De. Ery. of Wilkes Barre, was granted q
Mexican war widows pension.
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stay until the question is settled.
Croker kept himself hidden within
committee rooms and was seen by COM
paratlvely few.
The appearance of Mr.. Croker en-
phaEizes what has been frequently dis
cursed by members Of the majority Of
the house, tho probability OF another
bitter factional controversy.
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JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Jan. %

JAIhSON lLLEs Il Id, Jan. -
GHHE long drawn out agony is over
at last. The talk is no more of
injunctions, martial law flights
U to the woods and oOiur2te gov
ernors, but is all of the amazing man
ner in which Corbet5 knocked out
Mitchell in less than three rounds and
nearly knocked him out in two There
has been so much uncertainty aud delay
that the crowdswhich struggled through
the wet sand to the barn, called an
arena, and there met with another de-
lay of an hour. did not believe the fight
would take place until they saw the
combatauts face to face in the ring,
and then they had scarcely settled
down to m enjoyment Of the contest,
before it was ended.
The battle was surprising to the
point of amazemenT, because the man
who had fought Sullivan to draw in
3 hours aud 10 minutes in Chantilly
was today never menace, even to
Corbett, was whipped in two rounds
and only went into the third round
10 be finished according to
Queensbury rules After Corbatt
began fighting he seemed to
consider Mitchell nothing but chop
ping block He abandoned nearly
every idea of defence and fought his
man savagely, and with manifest de.
termination to finish him quickly.
Yet, even in such battle, Corbett
suffered not much more than he might
in lively sst,tO with his trainer. He
left the ring without a mark, leaving
his senseless opponent to be carried
out.
THE CRITICS WERE AMAZED.
There are some things which amaze
the critics who are discussing the great
but brief battle from every point of
view. but they come only to one opiu-
ion-that Corbett is marvellous pugi-
list. There will never be another word
heard abont Corbett's lack of hitting
power. He hammered Mitchell terri
nly today and delivered his blows with
snap, precision and, what some have
denit d him, terrific force.
In the ring stripped, he looked big
ger than when he fought Sullivan. yet
Mitchell, although four and three.
fourths inches shorter, did not look
small in comparison Mitchell is frs.
quently described as big little man.
and so is it, that he gives this impress.
sion, that no one who saw them
today. had any sense of a big man
heing matched with a little one.
While Corbett had real, although not
very apparent advantage in size, he had
none in condition. Mitchell was fit to
battle it he ever was, and looked as
young as when be met Sullivan in the
Madison Square garden. Going over
and over these points as the critics are
doing tonight, they are compelled to
agree in one conclusion, that Corbett is
vastly Mitchell's superior ] science,
and that of course. has been the quail
ity on which Mitchell has gained his
great reputation
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REFUSED TO SHAKE HANDS.
Corbstt Rel sots the Proffsrsd Clasp OF
ths Englishman.


the Englishman.
JACKSONVILLE. Jan. 95-Then gloves
were produced from each corner aud
carefully inspected by every ons con-
cerued. COrbett's sot were brown
leather and Mtchelrs white They
proved satisfactory all around and
each man elected to wear u pair of his
own set. The gloves weighed five
ounces each. Corbett's gloves were on
his hands aud hs had started to strip
when Referee Kelly called the men to
gether to receive word of advi ce
about breaking away and to shake
hands. They accepted the advice, bat
| COrbeUt declined to shake hands
When the men returned to their cor.
ners to strip, Billy Madden got in his
deadly work by announcing that Ed.
Smith. of Denver. challenged the win.
ner to fight for $40. 900 side. Corbett
smiled Mt this and Mitchell looked as
ii he did not have the happiness OF
knowing who Ed Smith of Denver
might be When Cor5ett stripped tC
fighting shape, it was sAen that his
whole body was bare excepting n loin
cloth fastened to his waist by his
colors. Mitchell was less nearly nude,
having on pair OF black trunks which
covered him half way from his waist
to his knees.
When the men were both ready the
the time-ksepers were still fussing over
their watches and Corbett called out
to the referee, Better hurry up, Kelly,
its getting cold here" All this time
Mitchell was chatting with his at.
tendants, laughing. and in every ap
pearance and manner was utterly un.
like the eager young Californian. whC
was like a hound strsning Mt his leash.
At last all technical preliminaries so
dear to the hearts os veteran ring al
tendants Ware adjusted to everybody ,,
satisfaction. Referee Kelly said; Get
together boys" the time gong rang ou
and the short sharp desperate fight be
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Story of the Lsgislst!vs Day Told in
Coherent Fashion.

COhoIoub hSHlOus
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The nearest
approach to anything of interest in the
house today was the repeated attempts
of the Democrats of the New York
delegation to fillibuster against the
posi- BILE introduction of an income tax
amendment to the tariff bill The
amendment wassnot offered, and it
seems there was no intention of Offer
ing it today, so their efforts were
wasted,
There was great many amend
ments offered but only one of import
ance, that taking crude opium off the
free list and imposing duty of one
dollar per pound. This, like all other
amendments approved by the ways
At 4 40 the house took recess in order
to permit the holding Of caucus to
consider tho income tax bill.
The Hawaiian resolutions we're not
considered in the senate today. They
were presented in the morning hour.
but laid aside in order to give Mr..
Allen, the Nebraska Popuist, an oppor
tunity to deliver legal argument
against the authority of the secretary of
the treasury to issue per
cent. bonds. His argument was
to the effect that the resumption act of
1876 under which Mr. Carlisle claims
authority for the issue and sale OF
bonds, ceased to be operative as soon as
its purpose--tbe redemption of out
standing legal tender notes--was ac-
complished, and that it has no more
efficacy now than piece of blank
paper
An hour was spent in an unintcrest-
ing discussion of the house bill to re-
peal the federal election laws. After
that the business Of the senate was laid
aside in order to have proper respect
paid to the memory of the late Repre-
sentative Chipmau, of Michigan Eu.
logies of Mr., Chipman were pro
nounced. and the senate at 80 ad-
| iOnrnad until tomorrow
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my A VOTE of 50 to II the Demo-
Tx Gratis of the house of representa-
" tiyes in caucus this evening
voted to make the internal reven ue
bill, including the income tax, an
amendment to the customs revenue
bill now before the house. The vote
was taken upon the converse OF this
proposition. upon Mr.. Wilson's amend.
ment to Mr.. Fitbian's resolution that
the Internal revenue bill be considered
by the house as an Independent propo-
sition and voted upon after two days
debate.
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IN HER HOUSE FOR FORTY YEARS.
Result of Young salsmlte Breaking En-

Result of Young salsmlte Breaking En-
g9gsment with Miss Bullock.
SALEM. Mass, Jan. 2j Miss Eliza =
beth Bullock died Mt her home here last
night aged a. Miss Bullock was en-
gagged to he married to young man OF
Salem over forty years ago.
Shortly before the marriage was to
have taken place the young man broke
the engagement and departed for the
west. Miss Bullock then declared that
she would never leave her house again
alive and kept her word. The young
man married in the west.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce Doesn't
Want Free Coal

WASHINGTON, Jan 25.-In the SEN
ate today Senator Squire. of Washing
ton, presented resolutions Of the cham
ber of commerce, of Seattle. Wash.
protesting against the placing of coal
and lumber on tho free list. He stated
that there were 20, 600 men in the state
OF Washington dependent upon the
coal industry for employment and
that lumbsring was ons of the great.
est industries of the state.
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Corb9tt ASSaiIS Him with
the FeroCity of a
Demon.
KNOCKEDDOWN REPEATEDLY
The EngliShman, Although in Prime ColdI-
ton, Is Fairly Anlihilated.
CORBETT'S SLEDGE HAEHER BLOWS

Contrary to All Expectations, the
American Champion Outclassed the
5ritisher at Every Point Of the
Game, Hitting Harder, Surer and
More AgiIely, and Delivering Blows
with the Force of a Cataput-Re-
fused to Shake Hands with Mitchell,
and When the Knockout Blow Was
Given, Left the Ring Without Once
Looking at the Vanquished-Com-
plete Story of the Fight.