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The morning call., 1890-04-11
A CANOE VOYAGE.
From New York to the Pacific Coast in
Frsil Creft


NEW YORK, April 10-The Mail and Ex-
press to-day started member of its staff
in canoe up the Hudson River, with in
structions to proceed to the Pacific Coast
and empty bottle of water taken from the
Atlantic Ocean at Sandy Hook into the Pa
citic Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia
River. 1t is expected that he will end the
trip next October. The route is 1000 miles
long and passes through or alongside seven
teen States, between the starting point at
the Statue of Liberty and Fort Candy,
Wash. The principal waterways TO be
trayersed are the Hudson River, Erie Canal.
Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and Columbia
rivers The first carry will be from Lake
Erie into Chautauqua Lake; the next will be
at the great falls of the Missouri, and the
third over the summit of the Ro, ky Noun
tains. The voyage is to be made in the
first seamless paper canoe ever constructed.
1t weighs GO pounds, is Is feet in length,
80 inches beam, depth amidships inches,
storage-rOom 4:6 feet at both bow and
stern, and six feet amidShips is clear for
state-room. The sail is a standing lug"
s feet on tie boom, 6 feet and inches on
the head, aud feet gaff The leach is 10
feet inches.
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motion to take up the Chinese enumeration
bill while the Montana election case was
undi sposed of either by being postponed,
laid aside informally or other action.
Senator Hale said: "Then the Chair rules
that the Montana case is to proceed until
completed ?"
The President pro tem.-Until completed.
Hale gave notice that as soon as the Mon
tana matter was disposed of he would ask
the Senate to take up and complete the
Chinese enumeration bill
AT 1890 o'clock the Senate proceeded to
consider the Montana election case. Call of
Florida having the floor in favor of the
minority report. He finished his remarks
at o'clock.
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CANADIAN SCHOOLS.
Archbishop Clearys Circular to the Clergy on
cub

Archbishop Clearys Circular to the Clergy on
the Subject.
KINGSTON (Ont.), April 1O-Archbishop
Cleary has issued a circular letter to the
clergy Of his diocese respecting the relation
of Roman Catholics to separate schools,
which has created decided sensation. The
Archbishop charges the priests to call upon
every rate-payer who sides with the enemy
and announce to him in the name of the
Bishop that his action is rebellion against
the church, and that the Archbishop re-
serves to himself alone all the power of
absolving such rebellious Catholics from
sins unless he shall lave signed a written
declaration that lie heartily repents of hay-
ing injured the church and scandaliZed his
neighbOrs by the withdrawal of his taxes
from Catholic education, and shall have
promised to become supporter of separate
schools at the earliest opportunity.
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A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
Indiana White Caps Again on
the Rampage.
A Respected Grand Army Veteran Whipped
Into lnSenSibility.
The Long Canoe Voyage Undertaken by a
New York Reporter and
MCCaffrey Matched.
Special by the California Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, April 10-The White Cap
organization of Southern Indiana is about
to get into trouble with the Grand Army of
the Republic. Isaac White, vet eran, who
lives on small farm near Leavenwor:h,
has always been considered an honest and
worthy man. On Monday night the White
Caps took him out and lashed him into In
sensibility with switches. His condition
is critical and his Grand Army post pro-
poses to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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The Pension List

WASHINGTON, April 10.-The following
Californians have been granted pen
sions: Original, George W. Myers, Oak
land; increase, navy, d. Rodney Browne,
San Diego; reissue, James G. Ketchum,
Nipomo; Mexican survivor. William NJ
Short, Oakland; Mexican widow, j. Annie.
widow of James G. Williams. San Fran
Charles w. Cooley, GOldendale; Joseph
Cassin, Sehome. Issue of March 2S, 1890:
Original increase. Benjamin Parker, Port
land.
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SAFE IN CUSTODY.
A Mississippi Dsfaulter Run 10 GrOund at Wiz.
niusG


nipsg.
WINNIPEG, April 1O.-Pinkertou detect
ives have arrested here E. w. Smith, de-
faulting clerk OF the COTbin Banking Com
pany Of New York. Smith left New York
with woman OF questionable character,
and in few days turned up at Natchez,
Miss. Smith started a plantation on his
own account, and after losing a great deal
of money failed. He then drew out a num-
Der of drafts on the bank he represented, in
the name of old customers, and in this way
secured $4,000, with which lie fed, in coLl-
pany with the woman. a detective fol-
lowed the parties from New Orleans to New
Mexico, then to California, and proceeded
along the coast to Victoria, 3. c., and across
the straits OF Vancouver, where Smith was
arrested for bringing stolen money into
Canada. He, however, consented to volun-
tarily return to Mississippi, but on arriving
here showed a disposition to fight the ex-
tradition proceedings. The detective. how
ever, Induced his man to 20 as far as St
Paul, for which point the trio left this
morning. Smith has only a small portion
of the $50 600 with him
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TELEGRAPHIC TOURNAMENT.

Operators in Attendance From All Sections of
the Country.
New YORK. April 10.-This afternoon at
2 o'clock the National Fast Telegraph
Tournament was begun at Hardman Hall.
The knights Of the Key from all over the
country started in to see who could trans
NIT the greatest number of words in given
time.
Some of the scores made in the tourna.
ment in the allotted five minutes were:
Miss Molie Moss, 195 words, 4 characters
Miss I. V. Froschel, 200 words, characters
Miss Dennis, 2l2 words, characters; Miss
x. b. Stephenson, 217 words.
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MARYLAND's Ex TREASURER
The Crime Of Forgery Added to That of EN-
b. bszzlement.

BALTIMORE, April 1O.-The Legislative
committee investigating State Treasurer
Archer's defalcation discovered that besides
about $4,000 in bonds and coupons miss
ing there is S56472 in registered bonds
missing from a box in the Safe Deposit
Company's vaults. In dsposing of the reg
lstered bonds Archer added the crime Of
forgery to that of embezzlement. Charges
have been preferred for malfeasance in
office and embeZzlement. Governor Jack
son has summoned Archer to appear before
him at Annapolis on Tuesday. In the
meantime the officers are keeping a watch
on Archer to see that he does not leave the
State
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A FATAL DINNER.
Sixteen Persons in Arkansas Poisoned
From Eating Wild Turkey.

LITTLE Rock. April 10.-Advices received
here tonight from Conway, small town
in the interior of Faulkner County, give
the particulars of most singular poison
ing, which happened near there last even
ing and which it is feared has resulted in
the death Of several persons. Sixteen in all
were stricken down in single hour. and
no twithstanding the attention of the best
physicians to be had, at last accounts their
efforts seemed unavailing to save at least
half the number.
Two families, Hayes and Brownings,
gave turkey dinner, viii Browning hay,
ing killed large wild gobbler. The tur-
key, 1t Is thought had eaten strychnine Just
before il was killed
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A QUICK PASSAGE.

Successful Initial Trip Of the White Star
Lines Steamer Msjestic
New YORK, April 10-The White Star
Liner Majestic has arrived on her maiden
voyage from Liverpool. The great vessel
is $50 feet long and nearly 10000 tons gross.
She made the passage from Queenstown in
six days, ten hours and thirty minutes, the
fastest maiden "trip ON record. She brought
1856 passengers.
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PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Consideration of the Bill Providing for the
Payment Of Their Indeb. edness.

Eyment OF lnelr lndeDt edness.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The House Com
mittee On Pacific Railroads to-day entered
upon the formal consideration of the bill
providing for the settlement of the Govern
ment Indebtedness of the Union and Gen.
trail Pacific railroad companies. The first
I'VE sections covering the case of the
Union Pacific Company were approved,
with few changes. the most important of
which is on reducing the interest from per
cent TO y per cent, to be paid by the COM
pany upon bonds falling due during the
next five years. This is a partial con-
cession to the wishes of the company,
which desired low rate of interest to pre-
vail for the first ten years. Provision is
made, however, for capitalizing the differ
enee between the IL per cent rate and the
full 3 per cent rate after five years, 80 that
the effect OF the change is to reduce the
amount Of payments for a time, but to
make the final payments heavy enough to
cover the difference. The committee also
struck out OF the fourth section the clause
relative to the Government guarantee on
bonds
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MINNIE STARR CoNFEssEs.
She Explains Her Motive for Poisoning the
Eewlands Family


CHICAGO, April 10.-Minnie Starr, ar
rested for poisoning Mr.. Newlands' family
in EnglewOod last week. has made full
confession. She said she put the poison in
the corn to see what effect it would have on
others. so that she could be sure of success
in an effort to commit suicide.
Minnie was servant in the house of Mr.
Newlands She bought rat poison last
Friday, and Saturday she placed il in the
food which she cooked for the family's
dinner canned corn being one of the dishes.
Mr New lands and his wife died from the
effects Of the poison, and their daughter was
made seriously i'll. She had previous to her
confession told several stories, none of
which were found to be true. The police
were satisfied that they had the culprit, but
were at a loss to account for the causes
which led to the girls crime.
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THE UBIQUITOUS REPORTER.
French Detectives Tell Why They Failed to
Capture Eyraud, the Murderer.

frenen detectives Iell why They Failed to
Capture Eyraud, the Murderer
New YORK, April 10.-The following
Frenchy story comes by private cable from
Paris: Detectives HOndair and Hoiller at
trib ute their failure to arrest Eyraud to
American reporters. The officers tried to
avoid them, but the reporters disguised
themselves as detectives, walters and hotel
porters, and even accepted fees. On leav-
ing New York very gentleman-like re-
porter presented HOndais and Hoiller with
two scarf-pns as souvenirs, they having
been bought with the detectives own
money, having been given as fees when the
newspaper man had acted in the capacity
of waiter,
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testified generally about the importation of
contract labor. He said the coal-mining
companies, steamship lines and other agen-
strumental in the importation of contract
labor. The laws are strict enough If exc
cuted. BE would not recommend any more
stringent immigration laws, but would ad-
wise that the present laws should be strictly
enforced
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Spring
Medicine

Seems more than ever necessity this season, after
the mild, unhealthful winter, and the unexpected
prevalence OF influenza, pneumonia. typhoid fever.
etc, leaving nearly everybody weak, exhausted and
tired. Hoods Sarsaparilla is Just the medicine to
overcome that tired feeling, to build up your whole
system, purify your blood, impart good appetite
and promote healthy digestion Try It this spring.
81 have been taking Hoods Sarsaparilla for four
five years a spring medicine, and feel perfectly
satisfied with its effects My sister, too. has taken
it for rheumatism, and has been much bene hted by
it."-MRs. E. C. ERICKSON, % Union ave-, worces-
ter, Mass.
"Feeling langud and dizzy. having no appetite
and ambition to work. took Hoods Sarsaparilla
with the best results. AS health lnvlgorator and
for general debility think it superior to anything
eIse."-A. A RIKER, Utica, N. Y.
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THE HOUSE.
Ths Entire Day Spent in Considering the
Navy Appropriation Bill.

The Entire Day Spent in Considering the
Navy Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, April TO- = The House
spent the entire day on the Navy Appro-
priation Bill. Vandever made short
speech in favor of the fortifcation of the
western coast.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the
House an estimate for the appropriation of
$500 for the purchase of sets of standard
measures for the use of States and Terri
tories as follows: Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, South Dakota. Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and New Mexico.
The Secretary also transmitted an esti-
mate for the appropriation of $500 for im-
proving. the American cemetery at Aca-
pulc0, Mexico. This is made on the recon-
mendation of r. w. Loug hery, Consul at
the place named.
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A SMALL FIRE.

Twenty five Hundred Dollars Worth OF
Property Consumed.
A S2500 fire started 4 fhe frame building
109 and Ill Fremont street at o'clock last
night, and spread to the adjoining building,
three-story frame, owned by Mr.. Whit
tier, of Whittier. Fuller & Co., who was
also the owner IL the building in which the
fire originated r'he first building was oc-
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Edison Dafeated.

NEW YORK, April 1O.-Electrician Edison
recently sued Gilliland & Tomlinson be-
cause they parted with Phouograph Com
pany stock. receiving $4,000 as alleged,
for which Edison received only S25O,O0o. A
decision to-day was rendered in the United
States Circuit Court sustaining the de-
murrer OF defendants, thus defeating Edi-
ann
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The weekly meeting of the National Club
was held last evening, with President
Charles NJ. Troll in the chair. ComInunica-
tions were received from Paris Kilburn
and Thomas B. Reed accepting honorary
memberships conferred upon them.
Speeches were made By A. S. Isaacs, Dr. f.
7. Muffe. Henry A. Wolfe and Charles M.
Troll
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ALL HANDS SAVED.

a British Passenger Steamer Run Into and
Sunk in the Irish Sea-
LONDON, April 10-In a collision be-
tween the steamships North Cambria, from
Baltimore, and the Avoca, bound from
London to Dublin, last midnight, the
Avoca was sunk. The Avoca was pas
sepger steamer. No lives were lost. The
North Cambria reached Dover this morn
Ing with her bow stove and forward COM
partment full of water.
The Ayoca was struck with such force
that she was cut half way through amid
ship. She had only twelve passengers. All
were saved by boats from the North Cam
bria. She carried a crew of thirty-seyen
persons in all.
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CONTRACT LABOR.

Strict Enforcement Of the Laws Necessary to
Prevent Unlaw:ul Immigration.
NEW YORK, April 10.-Samuel Gompers
President of the American Federation of
Labor, testified before the Congressional
Committee ON Immigration this morning.
He claims to represent 630, coo persons. He
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A HANDSOME PRESENT.
President Harrison thu Recipient of Gold
Headed Cane.

WASHINGTON, April 10.-Seymour L.
Rau of Philadelphia called at the Executive
Mansion this morning in behalf of A.
LoudOn Snowden of Philadelphia, now
Minister to Greece, and presented to the
President a gold-headed cane Engraved
on the head of the cane is this inscription :
This cane was cut from the yoke which
supported independence in 1776. To PreSi-
dent Harrison"
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Failed to Keep His Coptrac,

l.. Thiergarten was brought down to this
city last night by Sacramento Constable
and charged with obtaining money by false
pretenses. The arrest was made on conf
plant of G. Augustine. who says he paid
the accused $500 to hold section of land
Tor him in the interior, and that Thiergar-
ten did not fulfill his agreement.
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Frank Robinson, an habltual thief. is
locked up at the Folsom-street Station. He
is charged with stealing a child's dress
waist from dummy in front of n. Gold
smiths store. S. 2. Lannon will also enter
q complaint against him.
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IHE FLOUR PRODUCT.
Decline ip the output-The Domestic Marke
Mora

Decline ~ the Output-The Domestic Market
More Active.
CHICAGO, April 1O.-There was quite a
heavy decline in the flour output last week,
says the Northwestern Miller. Only twelve
mills were run, and their aggregate product
was 111,640 barrels, averaging 1867 barrels
daily, against 137, ,450 barrels the week be-
fore and SO, $50 barrels for the correspond
ing time III 1889. About the same number
Of mills and the same capacity are in opera
tion this week, the daily output being not
far from Is, 500 barrels.
The advance in wheat has infused con-
siderable strength into the domestic mar
ket, and there has been an increased de-
mand. The export market is wholly devoid
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STEELRS PUNISHMENT.
Sentenced to Reprimand and Three Months
Confinement

WASHINGTON, April 10.-General Scho-
field to-day, us Acting Commander of the
Division of the Missouri, made public the
findings Of the Chicago court-martial which
recently tried Lieutenant Steele of the
Eighteenth Infantry for conduct uubecom-
ing an officer an d gentleman, in striking
Private Wild of that regiment. The court
adjudged Lieutenant Steele guilty of an as
sault upon private and sentenced him to
reprimand and three months confinement
within the limits of the post. General
Schofeld has approved the findings of the
court, and willprepare the reprimand to be
issued later.
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DIsGUsTED CHlNAMEN.
Unsuccessful Attempts to Enter the United
States Via Canada.

NIAGARA FALLS (Ont), April 10.-Four
Cinnamon made two unsuccessful attempts
to smuggle themselves into the United
States yesterday. once i'll the closet of car
which crossed the bridge during the day.
and again at night, when they were rowed
over the river. They left for Toronto in
disgust. They had failed to get into the
United States at Detroit.
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Coloma Released

NEW YORK, April 10-Miguel Coloma.
the wealthy tbanker and coffee planter of
Guatemala, who was arrested ON n charge
of smuggling, has been discharged from
custody by Commissioner Shields, there be-
ing no proof that he intended to smuggle.
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Favorable Reports Ordered

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The Senate
Military Committee to-day ordered favor
able reports on the nominations of Assist
ant Secretary of War Grant, Maj0r-General
Miles and Brigadier- General Grerson.
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Star Tips.

New YORK, April 1O-Star tips: Cliff
ton-First race, Ten Rocks or Jennie Nc
Farland; second, Monsoon or Little Jak g !;
third, Sparling or Speciality; fourth, Ken
wood or King Hazem; fifth, st. John or
Esau; sixth, GallUs Dan or Savage.
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Arrested for Murder

CHICAGO, April 10.-The police have un-
der arrest two colored men, named Rice and
Daniels, on charge of numbering Jennie
MeGaryie, the white woman who was found
qead on Garfield boulevard some weeks ago.
Daniels says Rice killed her with a club
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PIERCED IN THE ARM.

A French Duel With Swords Results in Blood
she'd
PARIS, April 10-BOrrigtone, ex-member
Of the Chamber of Deputies, and Edwards,
Director OF LIE Matin, fought duel with
swords to-day. Edwards was wounded in
the arm
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cupied by the Eureka Machine Works, the
California Novelty Works and R. w. Jack
son. manufacturer of shell jeweIry. The
second building was occupied by the
Ohmen Engine Works. There was some
insurance, but the loss will not be fully
covered,
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MANY PERSONS HURT.

q Serious Riot Between Tyrolese and Czech
Sold ers
VIENNA, April 10.-Advices from Inns
bruck state that a serious riot has occurred
between Tyrolese and Czech soldiers. Many
received bayonet wounds. The town is in
arms,
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A LACERATED FAcE.-B. ii. Dawson came
INTO the Receiving Hospital at 40 O'clock last
night with badly lacerated face. He said that
ne lived at 2524 Mason street. but failed TO state
how he received his wound. Alter IL was dressed
he went TO his home.
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Chinese Eaum ration Bill.

BosToN, April 1O.-The Boston Chamber
of Commerce met this afternoon ana
earnestly indorsed the vigorous resolutions
against the pending Chinese enumeration
law adopted by the New York Chamber of
Commerce.
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New YORK, April 1O.-The machine and
smith shop of the Lewis g. Foller Manu-
featuring Company, Brooklyn car-makers,
was burned to-day. The loss is $780, 900.
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ANTRIM On. H.. April 1O-Governor
Goodell for several days has been growing
perceptibly worse, and this morning was
reported much weaker.
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THE SUGAR WAR.
Suit for an Accounting and Dissolution of the
Great Tfust

UTeaL Trust.
NEW YORK, April 10-Henry Winthrop
Gray, Receiver of the North River Refining
Company, has instituted another procee u
ing against the sugar trust, all the MEN,
bers OF sugar refinery co mpanies being the
defendants. 1t asks for an accounting of
the reeeivership of all the companies in the
trust, the dissolution Of the trust and the
distribution of the assets. The defendants
have interpOsed demurrer that the plain
tiff has not legal capacity to sue. Argu-
ment upon the demurrer was heard by
Judge Ingraham and his decision reserved.
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TRANs-PACIFIC STEAMERS.

4 NeW Line 10 Be Established Between
Mexico and China
CITY OF MEXICO, April 10.-Gee Horn
and Wee Pack. representatives of the six
companies at San Francisco, completed ar
rangements before leaving here with the
Company Martina Asiatica and Mexicana.
which holds concession from the Mexican
government Tor steam line between Mex
leo and Asia. The steamers viii bring
Chinese immigrants to Tehuantepec, to
which place railway will be built in less
than one year.
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MIDDLE-wEIGHTs MATCHED.
Dempsey and Wall to Contest for the Worlds
Championship

BUFFALO, April 10. - Arrangements are
about completed by the Arlington Athletic
Club for fight between Jack Dempsey and
"Tof" Wall, the champion middle weight
OF England, for purse of S25OO The fight
will be to finish for the middle weight
championship of the world. Negotiations
with Dempsey are so far advanced that his
acceptance is deemed certain.
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THE PRIZE RING.
Articles Signed for Match Between Corbett
and McCaffreY.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Jim Corbett and
Dominick McCaffrey tonight signed arti-
cles to fight four rounds with four-ounce
gloves at Brooklyn on Monday night The
entertainment will not, as first announced,
be a benefit to Corbett, but genuine
match. 90 per cent of the gate receipts to
the winner and 80 per cent to the loser.
Although McCaffrey is somewhat bjgh in
flesh 1t is expected he will make credita
bic, display. Corbett is in splendid form.
and still lionized by local sports, with
whom lie has made himself very popular.
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Read the great Russian novel, "The Ace
of Clubs,'' in next Sundays issue of THE
CALL.
The morning call., 1890-04-11

Read the great Russien novel, "The Ace
of Clubs" in next Sundays issue of THE
CALL.
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BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS.

Rejected suitor Commits Suicide in Mill.
ionaire's Parlor
OMAHA, April 10.-Gottleib Benson pro-
posed marriage to Tillie Nelson in the par
lor Of Millionaire J. n. II. Patrick's resi-
dence at Happy Hollow to-day, and when
she refused him he blew out his brains
Benson was Patrick's coachman and Miss
Nelson was domestic
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On Trial for Robbery.
Robert Newell was placed on trial yester-
day before Judge Finn on charge Of hav-
ing robbed George Gear of sos in saloon
on January 9th last
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LOOKING AHEAD.
Detroit Planning to Secure the Next National


Democratic Convention.
DETROIT, April 10.-Don NJ. Dickinson
and Mayor Payne are to-day canvassing the
city for subscriptions for a 100000 hotel.
Mr. Dickinson SAYS he thinks the National
Democratic Convention of 1892 can be
brought to Detroit if the people can assure
the National Committee that hotel accom-
modatlons can be furnished,
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was considerable disturbance between the
opposing factions of the church, and thirty
two ministers withdrew to hold separate
conference.