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The morning call., 1894-01-25
CONSTANCE FENIrlORE WOOLSON
Death of the Weil-Known Authoress



CLEVELAND, Ohio. Jan M.-Samuel
Mathec of this city received cabegram
rom Venice to-day announcing the death
of Constance Fenimore Wooson. the
authoress.
Constance Fenimore WooIson was an
American writer and grandnece Of James
Fenimore Cooper. She was born at Clare
mont. n. H.. in 1SdS. While she was quite
young her family removed to Cleveland,
Ohio, and she was educated in young
ladies' seminary there and at New York.
Her father died in 1862 and in 1878 she
and her mother went to the Southern
States. At the death Of her mother in
1879, Miss WOolson went to England and
| had since resided in Europe. mainly in
Italy. Miss Wooson's literary career be-
gan with some contributions to periOdi-
calls published about the time her father
died Her writings, most of which ap-
peared in magazines, comprise "Castle
Nowhere" 1875; "Rodman. the Keeper, u
1880; "Anne." 1882; For the Major, -
1888; East Angels" 1886; Jupiter
| Lights" 1889
The morning call., 1894-01-25
DODGED THE CROWD.
Charlie Mitchell i'm Condition to Fight
for His Life.

kOi AAAo LhSs
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 24-Mitchell was
able to dodge the crowd which awaited
him at Jacksonville and was driven to
hotel where he was locked up all the after
noon. His work to-day consisted only of
a five-mile walk on the beach folio wed by
a rundown. This morning he weighed
1921 pounds. and is in condition to fight
for his life.
II am glad the fight has not been post
poned," he said. Il have been working
hard for this day and If it was put off until
Saturday 1 would have to begin all over
again. .or rather to keep up my hard wook.
/ told the club | would agree to post
ponement if it paid me $500 to cover my
expenses. II they had not agreed TO my
proposition l would have insisted upon
fighting on Thursday or not at all"
Mitchell is very modest about the out
come of the fight and would only say: Il
think / have a mighty good chance, much
better than two to one chance as the bet
ting is. l see Corbett says he can lick me-
1t would be wiser for him 10 keep such re-
marks to himself until after the fight
There is no sense in mans making fool
talk like that. He never has licked me,
and he don't know he can. He only thinks
he can. l don't and that's all there is
to it,"
He has not vet determined how he will
arrange his friends in the ring, but Jim
Hall, Steve O'DOnnell, Jack Fogarty and
Harry Darrin will probab bly, be with him.
He said that much to- night. adding, how
ever. Il have not fixed the placing yet"
He will, undou ubtedly, be seconded by Hall
and O'DOnnell. and the timeDiece and bot
tle-holder dignitaries will go to Darrin and
FoCarty
The morning call., 1894-01-25
DOLE'S LAST LETTER.
He Did Sustain His Charges
Against Willis.
The Last and Darkest Chapter in the
History of Administra-
ton Duplicity.

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-Ths Suns Wash
ington special says: Another Hawaiian
message will be sent to Congress py the
President within day or two. probably
on Friday.
1t will consist chiefly of a document con-
tanning the text of President DoIe's
letter replying to the demand of
Minister Willis for the film 2
of specifications to sustain his
charge that Willis had been conspiring to
overthrow the Provisional Government by
force and to reinstate the person Willis
calls In his official correspondence Her
Majesty the Queen"
This document arrived at the State De-
partment in the mails to-day and will be
on the Presidents desk when he returns
to his Office tomorrow.
This communication will probably be a
greater sensation even than the letter of
President Dole. which Willis was SO ex-
ceediDgly anxious to have suppressed.
He made most persistent personal
| efforts, verbally, of which there was DC
record, to induce President Dole to with
draw and to destroy that letter, hut Presl-
| dent Dole was obdurate.
| 1t has been ascertRined that the efforts
of Willis to suppress that letter, which has
now been made public, were not confin ed
to the communication from him to Presi.
dent Dole.
2 1t is understood that it sets forth dates,
places, circumstances and names to sus
tain the charges in President Dole's letter
that the Minister OF the United States
had been engaged for weeks in attempting
to overthrow a Government which the
| United States had recognized, and Il
which Willis himself is accredited and fol
which be, in the name of the President o.
the United States, had expressed good will
This letter, unless the President shal
suppress it, will furnish another darl
chapter in the amazing record of duplicity
and shame which has characterized the
proceedings of the administration with re-
gard to Hawaiian affairs.
The President may desire to apply more
adiectives to this letter than he did to the
one already published, which he char
acterized as most extraordinary"
The morning call., 1894-01-25
HAS A CINCH.
Here Is Sport With Firm Faith in
C0rhAff

NEW YORK. Jan. 24-Dan ORourke,
the Park Row sport, received the follow
ing dispatch to-day from jacksonville:
The fight will surely come of. 1t will take
place near St Augustine. Tickets are being
sold here at $40, sl5 and $50 each. Saw
Corbett yesterday. He says he has cinch.
ID. LEARY.
O'Rourke says Mitchell will fight. but he
will bet $1,000 to $500 or less that Corbett
will win. O'Rourke said to-day Dennis
Learv Is an all-round sport whose word
could be implicitly relied on. "Leary,"
continued O'Rourke, sis close friend of
Corbett's and everything he gets comes
from headquarters. You can say l am
willing to bet $1,000 to $500 that Corbett
will come out winner"
The morning call., 1894-01-25
WERE ROASTED ALIVE.
Eight Raving Maniacs Perish in
Flames.
Frightful Result of Criminal Neglect
on the Part of Poor-Farm
Officials.

BOONE, Iowa, Jan. 24.-By criminal
neglect of the managers, the Insane House
of the POOr-Farm, near this place, was
burned to the ground at 10 O'Clock last
night and eight inmates, six women and
two men were cremated. One woman in
some way escaped from the burning build
ing and gave the alarm to Steward Hol-
comb, who was in the main building adj
jacent. 1t was then too late TO save the
insane people. and the main building was
saved only by great effort. The steward
says he banked the fires in the furnace
at bout o'clock and does not know how
the fire originated. The dead are:
Mary Tucker.
Johanna SDiggs.
Anna Soderberg.
Chris line Anderson.
Christine Parson.
Mrs. Scott.
Tom Leaser.
Joseph Craig.
The pOor-farm is located seven miles
from this city. The building burned was
an old two-story frame structure, which
was as dry as tinder, aud to add to the i'll
infammable nature of the place many OF
the partitions were padded with cotton
duo SOno plu DSu ClOlUiuS, lluSu Will
cotton batting three inches thick.
Only the incurable insane, who have been
| returned from the State asylum were kept
there. These patients were nearly all vio-
lent, and the great amount of cotton pad
ding was to prevent them injuring them
selves. The building was heated by fur
mace which was last summer condemned
as unsafe. and last nights fire undoubt.
edly resulted from neglect to replace this
furnace with better one. The steward
says he first knew of the fire when alarmed
by the. only inmate who escaped. When
he got out of doors flames were bursting
from all the windows of the frame struc-
/ ture. He broke open door, but was
driven back by the flames which in a few
minutes had burned the building to the
ground. The main building. only three
| feet from the "CraZy House." was saved
by pouring on water which the heat of the
fire melted from a huge snowdrift along
side the building. No one saw the eight
people who were burned to death, and
whether they made any effort to escape
can never be known. There seems to have
been no attendant of any kind in the build
ing where the insane people were locked
] up,
The morning call., 1894-01-25
TEGUClGALPA INVESTED.
President Vasquez Will be Shut Up
i'm His Capital.


NEW YORK, Jan. 24-The Heralds La
Libertad special says: The siege of Tegu-
cigalpa, Honduras. by the allied armies
has begun. When President VasQuez
retired upon the capital General OIitz,
who is IN command OF the Nicaraguan
troops, took Cerro de la Hale without hav-
ing to do any fighting and thus cut off COM
municaion between Tegucigalpa aud
Vale Manuel.
General BOnills, who commands the
Hondurap troops in the rebellion against
VSsquez, is making his way around to the
opposite side of the capital to cut off CON-
munications there also.
Vasquez made an attempt TO recruit his
defeated army from the departments OF
Gracias and Copan the other day. but the
recruits disbanded on their way to Tegu-
cigalpa. 1t is thought the siege of Teguci-
galpa will decide the war. Vasquez' forces
are occupying the hills near the city.
The morning call., 1894-01-25

affairs, the Government fearing that the
American lieutenants, engineers and gun
experts might leave also if Baker were
displaced.
The Felsen and Javelin are still on the
Nictheroy and can only be unloaded at
Para. The Nlctheroy may 60 there after
the question of who her commander shall
be is settled. Before going south. how
ever, she is expected to receive additional
supplies. ana these have not yet come 10
hand.
The British are drawing the tension
tighter on the question Of fuel supply to
the beligerents
The morning call., 1894-01-25
CORBETT CONFIDENT.
But He Advises His Brother Not 10
Ret on Rounds.

MAYPoRT, Fla, Jan. 24.-1he champion
retired early last night. After heavy
supper he sat down to game OF whist.
and shortly before 10 o'clock he bounded
upstairs TO his room, three steps at time.
and. with a Good night, sweetheart" !"
to his wife, closed the door behind him,
and Ten minutes later was sleeping rest
fully.
This morning. with his four collies, hs
walked down the beach and amused him.
self Later barber came from the settle
meDt and the famous pompadour was care.
fully trimmed.
Brady LETT at daylight for Jacksonville,
The morning call., 1894-01-25
CHILDS' CONDITION.
Reported Better, but the Doctors
Are Uneasy.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. pa bulletin
issued this morning says G. W. Childs
passed a comfortable night and is resting
easily this morning. The doctors decline
to speak with reference to the rumor that
Childs' lower limbs are DaralyZeG, but
from the fact that a physician is con-
stantly at the bedside it is certain he is
very sick.
The morning call., 1894-01-25
DESTROYED THE BUILDING.
A Large Commission House in st.
Louis Burned.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. PA fire which started
at 1890 O'Clock this morning in tie eleva-
tor shaft of the four-story brick building
at the corner of Main and Walnut streets,
occupied by the Treadler. Goldman Hide
and Commission Company, completely de-
Stroyed the building and contents. The
loss is S125, 0O0; insurance unobtainable to-
night.
The morning call., 1894-01-25
PRICE FIVE CENTS

reached Hamilton's cabin, eighteen miles
below Canyon on the 18th inst, where
they met the Kendrick party coming back.
Martin OF Rathdrum. leader of the Post
Falls party, will probably winter on the
Clearwater and go up as early in the spring
as possible. The rest of the party will
return home.
The morning call., 1894-01-25
STOPPED BY SNOW AND ICE,
Some of the Searchers for Colgate
Compelled to Return.

KENDRICK. Idaho. Jan. 24-The party
sent out from here to rescue Colgate, the
cook of the Carlin party who was left in
the mountains. has been forced to return
owing to the deep snow and ice in the
Clearwater. The party reached the mouth
of Black Canyon, where the snow was i've
feet deep and the river choked with float
ing ice. After camping three days in the
snow waiting clear-up they had to return
as the snow kept falling daily and the ice
gorges grew larger. The Post Falls party
The morning call., 1894-01-25

1t won't do to experiment with
Catarrh. There's the constant dan
ger of driving it to the lungs. You
can have a perfect and permanent
cure with DIR. Sage's Remedy.
The morning call., 1894-01-25

buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
The Story of n Wheat Grain.

We have received n compact treatise
on the chief ration OF civilized MANTLE
staff of life. 1t is illustrated with hume
rous engravings from microscopic views
of the wheat grain. The information has
high scientific value, as well as instruc-
ton for the average person.
The author Is the veteran editor the
Rev. John J. Lafferty, who Is also one or
the Board OF Visitors of the Medical Col
lege of Virginia. He has amused himself
for years in scientific Investigations. and
given years to the question Of com
plete -four" Theory and experiment went
hand in hand. He utilized his mill at
CroZet TO test each step in the progress
TO perfect milling output from the wheat
kernel.
lie submitted the outcome OF his experl-
ments TO scientists OF distinction, who
gave full appreciation Of his achievement.
Like men OF his class, when success
was secured he began to lose interest in
the subject. until there was pressure
upon him to manufacture the article. lie
has invented machinery, and IL Will be
installed by the new year at CroZet.
Physicians OF eminence have given assur-
ance of unlimited demand. One remarked
that no intelligent doctor would permit
any other -four among his clients. The
booklet (Which IS for free distribution)
gives the story OF the scientific research
with the enchantment Of romance OF
chivalry
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
Sale of Chance,lorsviiIe battlefield.

The property upon which lies the his
toric battlefield OF Charlottesville. in
Spotsylvania county. has been purchased
by the estate of w. n. Wyeth. some OF
whose heirs live In Baltimore, says the
Sun, of that city.
The Wyeths first purchased the pro-
perty nearly twenty years ago from the
Chancellor estate, and afterwards sold 1t
to the Charlottesville Battlefield AS
ISOLATION. The estate held a mortgage
upon the property. and the latest sale fol-
lowed the foreclosing OF the mortgage,
the association being unable to meet its
obligations.
The land Is situated about ten miles
from Fredericksburg, and embraces over
eight hundred and fifty acres. 1t has
upon It a handsome mansion. which has
been improved by the battlefield associa-
ton. and the ground has been laid out
with view of Transforming Ii into a
park. A monument to General Stonewall
Jackson stands upon the property. being
situated upon the exact spot upon which
he was killed.
The price paid by tho Wyeth estate at
the recent sale-si, oo0-was merely the
price named by the trustee. Dir. w. n.
Wyeth says that the owners have In view
no disposition OF the property.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH-sUNDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1894.

questions, and strike out line OF scuon
that viii raise your wages to where they
ought 10 be? Trade II In fairly flourish
inr condition at the present time. Stocks
are appreciating In value; goods are con-
tracted for well ahead at prices which
are sure to return good dividends to
stockholdcrs. The margin between eight
pounds Of cotton and forty-five yards OF
print-cloth at present quotations IL about
rs cents. Is per cent. more than has ever
been paid, and good dividends have been
made on a considerably less margin OF
profit than IL being made at the present
time"
The Secretary OF the Viewers Union,
In his call. notes the fiourishing condition
of business. and says: with these facts
I'm view, we see no reason why the re-
duction In wages should not be restored"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09

Mr.. stones services ut a critical period
In the fight which that association ~
waging with the Southern Associated
Press and the United Press.
II has been known to Mr.. Stones inti-
mate friends for many months that ne
had taxed his ingenuity to the utmost
IN conducting this fight, and that ne was
weary OF a struggle that brought no glory,
and In the end Is certain to prove losing
one for his association. His friends Know
that while he has not In public differed
with Victor Il. Lawson and the other
directors Of the Western Associated Press,
he IL at heart satisfied that settlement
with the United Press on business OASIS
IL better for the individual members OF
his association than further strife. and
he has heard enough from these same
members during the last few months TO
satisfy himself that there IL a steadily
growing feeling OF unrest and or dissatis-
faction, directed especially against the
Chicago MANAGEMENT OF the Western AS
ISOLATED Press Complaints about Its news
service, have been loud and emphatic.
and some OF the newspaper editors who
are compelled TO take II and pay Tor
Il are rebellious enough to declare that
they are growing tired OF paying more
money for n news service less satisfac-
tory than any they have ever received In
their experience.
The recent withdrawal OF the Southern
Associated Press from the Western AS
ISOLATED Press has rather intensified this
spirit and has awakened grave doubts
about the future Of their association.
Those who know Mr.. Stone well expect
him TO announce In his letter OF resigna-
ton that his heart Is still true to Poll"
but they continue to hold the belief that
his shrewd instincts have told him that
the time has arrived TO place upon other
shoulders the responsibility of conducting
a losing fight TO the finish.
The directors of the Western Associated
Press have held Mr. Stones proposed re-
signation under consideration in their
meeting in New York this week. Some OF
them are In favor Of selecting Charles y.
Dehl as Mr.. Stones successor. Mr.. Diehl
is Mr. Stones assistant. Others believe
that the position could be best filled by
Colonel John A. Cockerill, formerly editor
Of the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The directors have been In communica-
ton with Colonel Cockerill on the subject.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
Another Whiskcy Constable Killed

COLUMBIA, S. c., December s.-A spe-
cial to the State from Spartanburg
brings intelligence OF the killing Of an
other of the State whiskey constables.
The killing occurred shortly after dark
this evening at Gaffney City, a small
town In the Piedmont section. The victim
is Joe Latimer.
1t seems that Latimer was behind a
negro restaurant on the outskirts OF the
city. He believed liquor was being sold
In the place and was hiding out, watching
for the temperance OF negro whom
he had sent in to purchase a pint OF whis-
key for him. Just as the negro returned
and gave the constable the whiskey, he
was fired on from ambush. He was shot
through the stomach, and cannot live
The town authorities are hunting for the
murderer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
seARcEY's ALLEGED CONFESSION.
Divided the Plumber With Morganheio-
The Latter in n Rage.

CINCINNATI, o., December S-(Spe-
cial1-Certain facts Of the express rob
berry at Aqua creek are now made puohc
for the first time. The identification Oh
Charles Morganfeld as one Of the rob-
bers does not lack n leak. Next week
Ramsay. Maxwell q Ramsey. repre-
senting the Adams Express Company
uul file I'm court the confession III the
shane of n deposition OF Charles j. scar
cev Norganneld's companion on the night
NJ the hOld-up This will be on the civil
branch OF the case, wherein the ADAMS
company seeks possession OF the larse
sum of money found on Morganheld'
which IS now in the possession Oh lhe
police here.
searceys confession arrived to-day
Morganfeld was resting easier. when
Disnatch representative entered his apart
ment. In the Cincinnati Hospital this
afternoon.
.'My leg is the best it has BEEN" he
said.
The Dispatch reporter then told the
prisoner that the deposition Of Searcey
was in Cincinnati: and that its state
ments implicated him.
"Now. YOU get out OF this room. or
I'll call the nurses and have you thrown
out" he yelled in rage.
"wen Searcey says that you divided
the plumber before you reached Port
Royal. and" -
"Get out OF here" he said, and a flow
OF curses followed that were wonderful
in their severity.
"Then you don't want to talk about
the trouble|
NO; don't. want to get well and
drink good whiskey and smoke good
cigars. I've got n lawyer; go and talk
20 him. But, say. / know what you
think"
NO one. unless he Is guilty, refers a
reporter 10 his lawyer"
We'll that's about SO; but. then, i
just don't want TO talk TIL 1 get we'll"
The reporter then told Morganfield the
story given by Searcey between the voci-
ferrous interruptions Of the train-robber.
81 won't say - word" he said, in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
BAHEN NO BETTER.
But He Has Not Yet Been Given Up by
the Doctors.

the
CWashington Evening Star-Dec. Sth)
The condition Of Mr.. George ii. Bahen,
who is lying at the Emergency Hospital
with a fractured spine. remains un-
changed. He rests easily. and Is men,
tally bright, but there seems to be no
visible Improvement. The published state
ments that the physicians at the Emer-
gency Hospital had informed him yes
terday that he could not possibly recover
are untrue. Bahen has not been told
anything OF the sort, and DR.. Bell, the
resident physician at the institution,
said this afternoon that the surgeons
have not yet given up hope of saving
Bahen's life.
The critical condition Of the injured
youth, and the spread of the rumor That
his death was imminent caused re-
newal of the assertions that certain OF
the Columbia football players. who were
engaged in the scrimmage wherein Ba-
hens back was broken, would be prose-
cuted crlminally for felonious and dead
" assault, on the ground that they de-
liberately proceeded TO disable Bahen and
other leading Georgetown men when they
found the championship game could be
won In no other way. 1t is hardly prob
aDle, however, lldI prosecutions ihSPh ga
by the university will follow, even II
Bahen dies.
President Richards. OF Georgetown Col
lege, was asked about the probable course
the college authorities would pursue In
such an emergency.
There has been talk on the outside of
the college-walls to the effect that the
case of Mr. Bahen would be carried into
the District courts" said Father Rich
ards, "but we feel that there has already
been too much unenviable notoriety given
our institution by this sad affair We
have no desire to go into the courts with
the matter, and. so far as the faculty of
Georgetown University is concerned, we
will endeavor TO head off and stop any
attempt to take 1t there"
There Is considerable talk on the out
side, however. among Georgetown part!-
sans who witnessed the game, and 1t Is
freely declared that no matter whether
Bahen RECEIVERS or not, the men response
bic for his injuries win be made to ex-
plain everything connected with the man.
ner of their occurrence before the Crimi-
nal Court.
A special telegram from Washington TO
the Dispatch last night states that the
condition Of young George Bahen is so
critical his physicians have informed him
he has no chance OF recovery.