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same intervals.
| SaN Francisco. April I'm the 20
mile trotting race at Oakland Park to-
day, Matte Howard was beaten by
Stewart. Time SO min. 81, sec.
| New YORK. April 6.-Mr. Stern, one
of the Commissioners of Charities, says
that Tweed is in the safest and most
strictly guarded portion of the prison.
from which he could net escape unless
twenty-five keepers, Constantly on guard.
were bribed. Furthermore he does not
think it devoived upon the Commission.
ers to make a martyr of Tweed, or to
exercise any unnecessary severity toward
him during his term of imprisonment.
Foster s. Dewy, formerly Tweed's pri-
vate secretary and now his business
agent, says that the room occupied by
Tweed is certainly more comfortable
than the cell. bat its furniture was not
worth more than $50.
Boston, April 6.-The ballot to-day
resulted as follows: Whole number, 1914;
necessary to a choice, 9S; Dawes, 67;
Hoar, 81, Curtis, SO; Adams, z; Banks,
s; Washburne, Whittier, Phillips and
Pierce each.
SAN Francisco, April 6.-J. Bern
steine. an old citizen of Corinne, Utah,
who was murdered by an unknown per-
son to-dsy, has relatives in this city.
WASHINGTON. April 6.-Sanborn ap-
peared before the Ways and Means
Committee to-day, but acting under the
advice of counsel declined to submit
written statement. Sanborn said he
had received between $4,000 and
$211, 900 under his contract. of which
be has probably paid $160, 900 to others
and had yet more to pay. He paid $685.
600 to $4,000 as counsel fees. but no.
thing to Internal Revenue officers. He
made his entire arrangements with
Boutwell,. The additions to the contract
were obtained from Richardson while
Boutwell, was in Boston. Witness had
no doubt Richardson knew perfectly
we'll what he was signing.
Secretary Richardson said to-day that
when he decides to retire from the
Treasury he will notify the public.
Efforts are being made tori a combina-
ton in the Senate to defeat the inaa-
tionists. 1t is still uncertain, therefore,
that the scheme will succeed for increas-
ing legal tender and national bank cir
culation each by $400, 100000 unless
accompanied by some plan looking to-
wards gradual contraction.
Pacific Coast people here attribute
Mitchell's uniform voting with the in
fationists, to desire to conciliate Nor
ton, Chairman of the Committee on FL
ections, in whose hands rest the mem
orials relative to Mitchell's case.
San FRANc1sco, April 7.-Greenbacks
8sH a SO.
Another murder was committed to- day
in saloon onThird street near Mission.
Michael Fahey and three other men
were playing cards in the back room Of
the saloon when the barkeeper heard
loud words then the report of pistol
and three men ran out of the room into
the street. He went in an fourd Fahey
on the floor dead, shot through the tenn
Piles and money scattered in all direc-
tions. If the name of the man who
committed the murder is known. the Of
fcers and bavkeeper decline to divulge
it and no arrests have yet been made.
The case of Capt. Kirsey, Dow and
Mclean Brothers, convicted of killing
Harvey Green at Pescadero, is still be-
fore the Twelfth District Court on mo
ton for new trial.
New YORK, April IA Washington
special says the financial bill, passed by
the Senate last night goes to the House
where it cannot be reached under the
rules by any meaus whatever before
next Monday. and then it will require a
| two-t thirds vote either to take it up for
action or to order it to Committee.
Therefore the final passage of the finan-
cial bill is yet distant.
CHICAGO, April AT the municipal
elections held in Illinois, Michigan and
Iowa yesterday, the temperance ques-
ton entered into the contest in most
places. and except in Ohio the temper
ance ticket met with little success. Gin
cinnati elected Democratic city ticket
with majority Of the Council by over
1000 majority. Both parties had license
platforms.
In Iowa the anti-monopoly and anti
temperance tickets were generally sue
cessful.
In Ohio the anj-temperance people
carried Washington Court Honse, where
the women's crusade began, Dayton,
Sidney, Pomeroy, Bucyrus, Shelby.
Cleveland and Chillicothe; while the
temperance tickets were elected inLima.
Mansfield, Dennison, Kenton, Marion,
ana Batavia. tGa'9l4s. l
WASHINGTON, April THE Commit.
tee on Ways and Means cross-examined
Sanborn at great length without elicit
ing anything Of importance. He stiA
refuses to give detailed statement of
his expenditures and all efforts have
failed 10 make HIM admit anything con :
Meeting Gen. Butler or any other Mem
Der Of Congress with his contracts. He
either denies that Butler had given him
advice or influence or else he could not
remember.
Boston. April T. The twelfth ballot
for Senator to-day was as follows: No.
votes cast. 269: Dawes. 81. Hoar. 7S: