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Fatal Prize Fight.

Andy Bowen, the famous light weight
pugIlist, has been killed by blow OF George
Lsyigne, known as the "Saginaw KID" and
prize fighting at New Orleans, where the
tragedy occurred, from immediate indica.
tions has received blow beneath the
belt. The contest, which was one oftwenty-
five rounds for $4,000 purse, was q
generously attended affair and congregated
about the ring were some of the best-known
fighters of the country. It was In the
eighteenth round that the fatal blow was de-
Hyered. Bowen had been knocked down in
the previous round, and when he toed
the scratch for what proved to be his
last rally Laylgne feinted with his right,
and as Bowen duoked Lavlgne's elbow
caught Bowen's chin. As Bowen straight
ened up Lavlgne's right landed on the point
of the Jaw, and Bowen fell back, his head
striking the platform with full force. Ha
remained unconscious until z o'clock next
morning, when he died. Bowen Was born
and had lived In New Orleans most OF his
life. He would have been thirty-one years
old on February5.
A charge OF murder against Lavigne was
made, and the others were held as acces.
sories. Later Lavlgne wns arrafgned in
court, and was held In $4,000 bail. All the
accessories, Referee Duffy and the seconds,
Consadine, Murphy, Jim Hall Fitzpatrick
and Layton were also held in $4,000 bail.
The fatal termination OF the Bowen
Lavlgne fight Is tho Fourth within a year that
has resulted In the death OF one OF the prln-
cipals Dunfee killed Donovan at Syracuse,
II. Y, BY knockout blow, and Fltzslmmons
caused the de,th OF his sparrlng partner,
Con Riordan, ut the Same place couple OF
months ago. In England recently Dummy"
Winters knocked out George Smith, and the
latter died from the effects OF It.
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American Armor Plate.

The Bethlehem (Penn.) Iron Company
has received the whole contract for the
trmor OF RussIa's two new battle ships.
The contract calls for more than Il, 900 tons,
and means full years work in: the armor
department.. The contract for the Sebasto-
Dol and Petropavlovsk value Is near
y $4,000, 900. The contract was
scared over fourteen competitors, In
,luding Krupp. The work will be begun as
soon as details are received from st. Peters
burg. The Bethlehem Iron Company shipped
TO the Brooklyn Navy Yard four Harvey
plates for the last turret of the battle ship
Maine. The Names nrmor Is now all sup
A seventeen-Inch Harveylzsd nickel steel
plate, representing the barbette plates OF
the Oregon, was tested at the naval proving
grounds, Indian Head, Md. It was twelve
feet one inch long, eight feet four inches
wide, and weighed thirty tons.
The first shot, a Wheeler projectlle, $50
pounds, twelya-lnoh she'll, was aimed at the
centre. The charge was 278.3 pounds oi
powder. velocity 1410 feet per second. It
penetrated fifteen inches and rebounded
unhurt. go
II made crack In the plate Mt the right
top end to the impact through the plate. A
number Of radical cracks were made about
the shot hole. The result Of this shot indi.
Gated too much softness in the plate.
Another shot about four feet from the top
end OF the ingot penetrated about ten
inches and was broken into small pieces.
The plate cracked from each impact to the
upper edge. A rigid Interpretation OF the
armor specifications would require the re-
lection Of this plate. .,
This was SAID to be the weakest plate OF
the number made Of that class, oil Of which
cost about $500, 900. .n,.. .s.HI.
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The election of officers was then taken p.
Mr.. Gompers and John Mcbride, Presidnt
OF the United Mine Workers. were the oily
candidates for President. The vote res,lt-
ed Mcbride, 1852: Gompers, 937. There
was no excitement regarding the election OF
President. Itwas evident at the start hat
the question had been settled. President
Gompers moved to make the vote unanimous
for Mcbride, but objection was made. Gom-
pers at once dispatched message of ,on-
graduation to Mcbride, who is Ill his
home.
For First vice-P President, Mrs. T. J. dor
gan, of Chicago and Mr.. Mcclure, OF Phil
adeiphIa, We're nominated, the vote Icing
1866 for Mcguire and 226 for Mrs. Mo,gan.:
James Duncan, OF Baltimore, was elected
Second Vlce-President, AMI Ready Keniehan
Third Vice-President. New York was CHOSEN
as the next place OF meeting.
Mr.. Gompers Is member of the Cigar.
makers Union and has been President OF
the American Federation since 1882. The
defeat Of Mr.. Gompers seems to be due to
a general desire for change OF admintstra-
tion. The mine workers, with 320 votes,
were for Mcbride for personal reasons the
radical sociallstic members felt that Com
pers was very strongly opposed to them.
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Five Shots in the Bank.

A sensational tragedy occurred II the
private office Of the Citizens Bank, Council
Bluff, Iowa, at about II o'clock, a. M. John
r. Huntington, clerk In the bank, shot F.
II. Hayden, OF Chicago and G. A. Cromwell:
OF Minneapolis, experts in the employ oil
tho Fidelity and Casualty Company,
OF New York, seriously wounded
them, and then turn ID his revolver on him
self with fatal effect. Hayden received a
shot through the neck and was very seri-
ously hurt. Cromwell was shot three times.
Ono bullet passed through the Jaw, another
fractured his wrist, and third ball entered
his back below the shoulder blade and
ranged forward.
Hayden aud Cromwell went from Chicago
three days before at the request OF the Oh
fcials Of the bank to investigate shortage
OF $500. All the employees OF the bank were
under bonds In the surety company, and the
experts were sent to trace the shortage.
They had an engagement with Huntington
at the bunk and were in the directors
room questioning the younS man,
when suddenly, without moments
warning. he walked over to where
Cromwell was sitting and shot him. Hayden
and Mr.. Edmundson, President OF the bank:
were IN the room, and at once ran OUT, ano
so did Cromwell. Before the inspectors
reached the door, however, Huntington
emptied three more OF the chambers OF tne
revolver into them, and then turned the
weapon against himself. The revolver was
found lying by his side with oil the cham
/ bers empty,
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
WAITE, OF coIorado, Is going ID !

GovEnsoa WAITE, %, Colorado, is goinsto5
lecture. = 3 II. 5s
E1-QuEEs LrIIuoKaSr, Of Hawaii, suffers
from the gout. i. y
SENATOR COKE, OF Texas, will be Isixty-six
years OF age next March. !t5
TIE Prince Imperial. OF Japan, IS Yoshi
Hito, who was born In i879 D. 3
I TIE late g-Goy arnor Leon Albeit, OF New
Jersey, had 1is HE insured for go 900. y. ~
THoMAs'C. PLAT, the Republican poll
tician OF New York State, is q peWholc csr IN
DR.. Parkhurst's church. ,sR ~ Z
JoHs BAnTLErr, famous as lthe compiler
of Familiar Quotations, 7, is a reSident OF
Cambridge, Mass, and is seventy Rur years
old.
E1-Govsaxoa NosrHEs. Of Georgia aSo.
poses te open an Office In Now York for the
promotion Of innisratiop to North Caro- '-.5
\ WIS. G11pzar, sir>Arthur sullivan's fa-S
nous cosiaborator, has 80 little ear for music 7
that he cannot distinguish harmony rom
discordI I. al.
DR. IALMAaE gives up his pulpit in Brook
| lyn, but not his pulpit in this country. his
sermons are still being prepared and printed
week by week. 2, (; Z a rs
TIE wedding Of Miss Mary Stewart sher.
man, the only daughter OF the senior Sena-
tor from Ohio, and James Ivers McCallum,
took place in Washington. ~ 3.s
PRr}cE RospoLr. Mayor Of Rome, Italy, IS :
believer IL the United States. He owns.
land ih Florida, raises cranberries in New
Jersey bogs and married q lady Of Boston.
TH4 latest photograph OF Mrs. Cleveland
shows that the lady Of the White House has !
lost al great deal OF her girlish look. Her
face has become more plump and matronly.
REfosDER SMYrH, Of New York, probably
senta anced more men to death than any other
Judge In the world and he was never re. (
vers$d by the Court Of Appeals In capital
caseI G4
WtSF1ELD s. KERR, who will succeed Mr.
aarfer OF Mansfield (Ohio) District, was a !
sot young fellow, working as brakeman
railroad, when ne lest one arm in an
dent That decided him to embark In
study OF law, and he has built up 9
Q and lucrative practice. It was curt- I
coincidence that his defeated Demo.
10 competitor had only one arm. n
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At home and ABROAD
LATE DOMESTIC AND FOR.
EIGN TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.

Policeman Thorne, Of New Yorl
City, Makes Full Confession O
Thirteen Years. Experience Col
1ecting Blackmail - Tragedy IL
an Iowa Bank-A Fatal Fight
Policeman Augustus J. Thorns, who was
for nearly thirteen years Especial ofdcer'
In the Leonard street precinct, New York
City, made confession that promises to be
quite as startling In its results as that made
by Captain Timothy J. Creeden before the
Lsxow Senatorial Investigating Committee.
Thorne was indicted for bribery and per
Jury In connection with the extortion prac-
tised by ex- Captain John T. Stephenson up
on Produce Ne rcnant Martin N. Edwards.
He was the messenger by whom Stephenson
demanded apples, peaches and money from
Edwards AZ bribe for the privilege of
with boxes and barrels of merchandise.
When Captain Stephenson was on trial be-
fore the Police Commissioners, Thorne de-
MED under oath that he had ever taken mes
sages to Edwards, or that he had ever seen
him. When Stephenson was convicted of
the offence OF blackmailing Edwards, Thorne
was promptly indicted. One nights Coz
finemsnt In the Tomhs Prison and the pros
pect OF soon sharing Stsphenson's fate con-
vinced him that he had better make q full
confession of his guilty knowledge.
During three hours interview With As-
sistant District Attorney Lindsay he ad.
for Captains Jacob Siebert, Joseph Eakins,
Max r. Schmittberger, Josiah A. Wester-
yelt and Acting Captain O'Toole while they
commanded the Leonard street precinct. BIS
was q patrolman in the same precinct under
Captains Thomas Ryan, Adam Gross and
Michael Doherty.
Thorne, it is understood, told all about
the blackmail he levied from drygoods and
produce merchants, poolroom keepers and
policy shop owners In the precinct. He also
revealed, It is said, oollusion between the
police and men who conducted the "gyp
game species ofconfldence operation by
means of which visitors to the city were in
duced to pay 5000 or $3.50 for worthless
horses. 1t Is understood that Thorne's con-
fession gave names, dates and the amount
and disposition of the ssproteotton money"
in all these cases. He declared that he
would have become witness for the people
against Stephenson had he not been pre-
vented by Stephenson's threats. ~
Captain Timothy J. Creeden was promptly
restored to duty as commander OF the Nor
risania precinct at an early morning NEST
ing Of the Police Board. Commissioner
Sheehan cast the only vote against his re-
instatemsnt. Captain Creeden will be
allowed to retire on half pay at an early
date. The Senators composing the Lexow
Committee were especially gratif1ed at this
result for they believe the example OF the
kind treatment OF Creeden will tend to in
duce other Police Captains having guilty
knowledge to confess. ..,l
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away attending the funeral of Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron Shearman, who were 80 injured at .
railroad crossing week before that they
lied. Their little granddaughter was killed
instantly In this accident.
The only other male member OF Winslow
5hearman's household Is the young son Of
Hrs. Davis. He was at aneighbor's, leaving
The two women alone In the house.
Mrs, Dayls's son discovered the crime. He
found two rooms stained with blood and the
bodies OF his mother and grandmother on
she floor. They had been shot and their
lkulls crushed with hatehet. The houss
ls In plain View Of other dwellings, but none
Of the neighbors saw anyone enter It. The
police are without any cfus. .-'
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MORE GO THAN COME.
Number Of immigrants Smaller Than
the Number Of Emisrants.

Superintendent Stump, OF the Bureau oil
immigration, has written letter TO Pres
colt F. Hall, Secretary Of the immigration
Restrictive League, OF Boston, Mass, as to
the number of incoming and outgoing pas
sengers In the steerage Of Atlantic steam
ships.
MIR. Stump makes the statement that from
November to December s, 1894, the exodus
from this country OF PASSENGERS by steerage
was 25, ,544, and the arrivals for the month
OF November by steerage was 1885. $50,
YOU will see." says the Superintendent,
sthat those departing largely exceed those
arriving.
II am determined 20 restrict immigration
TO the most desirable classes. You will OBJ
serve this by the great number OF those now
arriving who are detained for special exam
nation"
Superintendent Stump also calls attention
70 the fact that the number OF immigrants
arriving here, as contained in the 1mmtgra-
tion Bureau reports, does not agree with the
figures furnished BY the Bureau of Statistics,
whose figures include tourists and visitors,
while his figures embrace only immigrants.
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POLICE CAPTAIN CONFEsSES'
Creeden, of the New York Force'
Paid $4,000 for Promotion.

Creeden, of the New York Force'
Paid $15, 900 for Promotion.
! Thomas J. Creeden, Police Captain OF the
Morrisania Precinct, New York City, went on
the witness stand before the Lexow Commit
tee and swore that he paid $4,000 to be
promoted from the rank OF Sergeant
to that of Captain. He was ap-
pointed Captain BY Police Commissioner
John r. Voorhis. The money was paid
to John W. ReppsnhaSen, the leader OF the
Tenth Assembly District, in the New YORK
Democracy organized by John &. WORMS:
ReppenhaSen swore that he paid 80, 600 OF
the a15. 600 to eS-Assemblyman John Mar
tin, the intimate friend and political lieuten-
nm. of vourhis, for the purpose OF having
Creeden appointed Captain.
The Police Board suspended Creeden, anu
both President Martin and Superintendent
Byrnes were called before the committee,
where they admitted mistake had been
made, but said 1t would be rectihed, prop
| ably by Creeden's reinstatement.
| The committee thanked Captain Creeoen,
| who they declared, had rendered great
public service, and decided that the 1uliest
protection should be accorded to him. he
was applauded by the spectators after making
his confession.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

ANDREW CAasEorE employs a, 900 men.
TIE Pennsylvania Railroad has 1895 loco
motives. 80 sf-,i ~
THz lowest paid to any American mail
carrier Is $50 month.
LIvERpooL, England, Is to have the largest
watch factory In the world. s5
SHIPMENTS Of Mediterranean Iron ore to
Philadelphia have been resumed.
THE striking cloakmakers at New York
have decided to continue the strike until
spring q. e, e
TIE last census puts the number OF men
employed IN the sugar refneries or the coun-
try at 1900. 49, Z!
JoHN BURNS, the En- glish labor leader, de.
clares New York to be the worst managed !
city he has ever seen. & IS, S
LOCAL Judge Sn Germany has aroused
general dignatioi by fning working man
1or appearing In cSurt in blue blouse.
In Franceand Germany the wool combine
mills are contemplating running short time
In the hope OF drresttng q further fall OF !
prices. X, -, .;s- a E5sR 4
PLAN has been formulated BY philan.
thropio persons ih New York City whereby
It Is hoped that strikes and lockouts may be- 8
LABOR CoMn1ssIoSHR DowLMa'S report
says labor-savingi machinery Is running some
trades, and that labor organizations have
Kept wages up and hours down. ];
The Swiss Federal Council has been re-.
quested to resume negotiations With foreign
Governments for the establishment Of inter-
national regulations upon labor questions.
TIE British postal employees are subject to
police duty and may at any time be sworn IN !
as special const8bles to assist In maintaining
order. There IL a well-dfilIed fire brigade
In the London office.
THE Locomotive Firemen's brotherhood
Magazine contains farewell from Eugene
v. Debs, who sewers his connection with that
magazine as editor. The headquarters Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firement has
been moved 10 Peorin, Ill, from Terre
Haute, Ind. III 5:s z
JApANEsE wdrkmen bathe the whole body.
once a day and some Of them twice. Public
baths are provided IN every street, They
are fed by constant current OF cold and hot
water. The bAther plunges In, remains fm-5
mersed some ten minutes, then comes out
and receives d warm douche OF fresh water.
W. W. RANpELL, bod carrier, became in.s
sane at Baltimore, Md, and was sent 10 Bly,
view Asylum. His insanity Il peculiar, for,
according to an expert, the man has become
mentally deranged by carrying the hod.
The heavy weight constantly affected the
shoulder nerves this was communicated to
the brain, and the result Is insanity ii q
dangerous form. One OF the strange teakl,
OF his insanity Is 9 rayenous appetite. r
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POLICE CAPTAIN O0NFEssEs
Creedcn, Of the New York Force,
Paid $15, 900 for Promotion.

Thomas j. Creeden, Police Captain OF tbs
Norrisania Precinct, New York City, went ca
the witness stand before the Lexow CoHn!t-
tee and swore that he paid $4,000 TO be
promoted from the rank of Sergeant
no that OF Captain. He was ap-
pointed Captain by Police Commissioners
John R. Voorhis. The money was paid
10 John ". Reppsnhagen, the leader OF the
Tenth Assembly District, in the New York
Z Democracy organized by John r. Yoorhis.
,RsppenhaSen swore that he paid $40 ,OO0 OF
she S15, 900 to ex-Assemblyman John Mar
sin, the intimate friend and political ieuten-
n. OF voorhis. for the purpose OF having
Creeden appointed Captain.
The Police Board suspended Creeden, and
10th President Martin and Superintendent
Byrnes were called before the committee,
where they admitted a mistake had been
made, but said it would be recttfed, prob
: Ably by Creeden's reinstatement. ~
The committee thanked Captain Creeden,
Who they declared, had rendered o great
public service, and decided that the fullest
protection should be accorded to him. De
vasapplauded by the spectators after making
Z his confession. 9,FSS
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Foreign.

TIE body OF Sir John Thompson, the de-
ceased Prime Minister OF Canada, was taken
from Windsor Castle to London, where 1t
will be embalmed preparatory to its removal
to Canada. ...- .-.......'
TIE United States cruiser Detroit, with
the Vatican relics which were exhibited at
the Columbian Exposition In Chicago last
year, arrived at Naples. Italy.
. A BAND of about twenty Yaqui In
dams visited the ranch OF Ruiz Borcena,
near Hermosillo, Mexico, and massacrsd
four cowboys employed on the place. The
Indians burned all the ranch buildings.
LORD ABERDEEN invited Mackenzie Bowel
to form new Canadian Cabinet.
JOSEPH TRUsKEY was executed at Sand
wich, Canada, for the murder OF Constable
William Lindsay, on the night Of May last.
TIE Japanese garrison at Feng- Huang
defeated a Chinese force three times its size.
TIE Sultan STAYED of inquiry into the
Armenian massacre until the snow has
obliterated many evidences Oft.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, the novelist,
died OF apoplexy at Apia, Samoa, aged forty
four years.
TIE financial situation In Newfoundland
Is said to be growing darker.
The designations OF the Bulgarian Minis
ters were accepted by Prince Ferdinand
There is Crisis tas:s.
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Kurds Turn Csnnibals.

For nineteen days the residents OF the
Armenian villages, where the late outrages
were perpetrated, fought against the Kurds.
The Armsnians lost only ten warriors whilo
the Kurds lost $50. ~
When the regular troops under zskh
Pasha appeared the Armenians were COM
pelled to sucoumb. After Zskki Pasha's
sreachery In Offering peace sixty Armenian
young men were seized and tortured horrt-
bly, for three days. Then all were murdered
and their bodies were buried In a ditch.
Among the Armenian heroes who lost their
lives the writer mentions Derbedros, who
With his own hand killed seven Kurds IN faii
fight.
He was captured and hayed to the waist.
Pieces OF his flesh were cut of, brolled and
eaten BY the savage Kurds while he was still
alive. .N.. 5 O.. ~
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SWITzERLAND'S NEW HEAD
Joseph Zemp Elected President of
the Federal Council.

Joseph Zemp, the Utramontane, has been
elected President OF the Federal Council for
1895. He Is now Vlce-President. NJ.
Lachenal, Radical, has been elected Vice
President.
The President and Vice-President OF the
Federal Council are the first magistrates OF
the Swiss Confederation. Both are elected
by the Federal Assembly in joint session Of
the National and State Councils for the term
OF one year, January to December 81. and
are not re-eligible to the same off1ces until
after the expiration Of another year. the
vice-PresIdent, however, may be and usually
is elected to succeed the out-goipg Presl.
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GlFH[A|IN'SFINESFPROBHI
THE LEX0W COMMITTEES
INVESTIGATIONS.

Charges of Corruption Preferred on
the Witness Stand Against the
Rank and File Of New York's Po-
lice Force--Many Inspectors and
Captains Smirched.
By Testimony adduced before the Lexow
Senatorial Investigating Committee in New
York City during the last days OF its session,
Dcne ot, the money which has been taken
eat Of the pockets Of policemen was traced
b Police Headquarters.
Sergeant Jchn J. Taylor, now Yorkville
Police Court official, declared under oath
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THE COLLEGES WIN,
Judge Truax's Decision Regard
ing the Fayerweather Will.

Judge Truax's Decision Regard
ing the Fayerweather Will.
Judge Truax handed down decision on
the contest over the will OF the late Daniel
B. Fayerweather, the leather merchant, OF
New York City. By this decision number
OF colleges, including Yale, Princeton, Am.
herst and Dartmouth, will get Large be-
quests.
Mr. Fayerweather died on Novel imber is.
1890. He left an estate valued at about e.
100000. In his will he left about half OF his
estate to relatives and the other half TO
number of colleges and hospitals. Thomas
G. Rtch and Justus L. Bulkley wefe named
Us executors. TO the will four coo lctls were
made.
BY the fourth all that remainef Of the
estate after the payment OF the be4uests ana
legacies was 10 go TO the e1 ecut4rs. IBIS
would have taken consideH bic from the
colleges, which, by the tern(9ct the original
will, were to receive in ado 70 tner
!egacies all ofthe residue.
Dartmouth, Amherst, VIII 5oS.
and the University OF Roch
the will and the decision
was in their favor.
BY tho decision OF Judge
lowing institutions will hd
divided among them, beside
quests they have already
will, as follows Bowdoin,
mouth. $100, 100; Amherst
leyan University. 100000
Columbia, 5000 900 Union
mary, $50, 900; Hamilton,
slty OF Rochester, 800, ,0Oq
| 900 Lafayette. $50, 600
UniYersl 4 Virginia,
I9d oO. 900;
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Feeds His Hogs Horse Meat.

P. ". Sohenck, New York banker, who
has large interests in Montana, tells
of an acquaintance OF his buying
1000 range horses tnr. Fergus, Nom
tana. for $3 head, killing them, boll-
Ing the meat in huge caldron and using
It to feed q large number OF hogs on his
ranch.
The ranchman claims he will get more
for his hogs than he would If he had In
vested the amount he paid for the horses In
corn. a,a '