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LOST AT SEA.
The Hamburg-American Line Steam
ship Servia Disabled.

The Hamburg-American Line Steam
ship Servia Disabled.
LONDON, March 13.-The Hamburg
American Line steamship Servia, from
New York February 18th for Hamburg,
which was reported yesterday disabled in
the Channel, has not yet been found.
Her chief Off er, trho reached Ply
mouth Wednc. lay n-gnl, says the low
pressure connecting engine valve was
found to be broken when the Servia was
off the southern-most point of Devon
shire on Monday. A strong west gale
was blowing and a heavy sea running.
The Servia drifted down the Channel, and
experienced terrible weather all Monday
night and Tuesday. Late on Tuesday her
signals OF distress were responded to by
small London steamer, which, however,
would not attempt to tow the large steam
ship to Plymouth or Dartmouth, for fear
of disaster to the small craft. Finally the
chief officer OF the Servia put off in a
life-boat, and after receiving terrific
pounding from the sea met boat which
brought him to Plymouth.
A powerful ocean-going tug was sent
out to search for the Servia, but returned
last night without finding any trace of
the big liner. Another powerful Channel
tug was sent out from Southampton this
morning
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sounded, amid uproarous applause, and
SO great was Kilrain's exhaustion that he
could not touch the man. who needed but
a touch to go to the floor.
Round 37-Kilrain was too weak to end
the fight, though he essayed to do so, and
this and few following rounds were
productive of little injury to either.
The forty-tirst, forty second and forty
third rounds passed without any special
efforts, but in the forty-fourth KiIrain
woke up and began his long two-handed
drives for the head, speedily rendering
Godfrey groggy. The latter stood feebly
against the ropes, unable to do anything,
taking whatever punishment Kilrain had
strength to administer. The blows. in
deed, were little more than pushes, but
they served their purpose. Godfrey went
through the ropes, landing with his head
in box of sawdust. He gamely strug-
gled to get into the ring, but only sue
ceeded in getting partly back, and hung
his head downward over the ropes. He
was counted out and carried to his chair,
amid the cheers of the spectators, who
admired his gameness in the face of sure
defeat.
Little or no blood was drawn during
the fight. The gloves weighed about half
an ounce over the regulation five ounces.
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THE YUBA RIVER.
1t Carries Great Quantities of Sand
Into the Feather.


MARYsvILLE, March 13.-The sound
ings of Yuba River We're taken to-day
from D-street bridge. The water at that
point is ITO yards wide and averages 3
feet inches deep, the deepest being G
feet. The river is now standing 81 feet
above low water mark. Soundings and
measurements indicate no material
change within recent date, and were
made for future reference
The 4uba recently swung across to the
south side of the channel. 1t left bank
of sand on the north side 200 feet wide, or
about one-third of the channel. Ii is
composed of coarse, white sand, almost
free from clay. 1t is sharp and gritty and
the grains are angular. Such sand is not
found in the natural bottom of the stream
The rough, angular appearance of the
sand shows that it came from hydraulic
mines, as sand long exposed to the action
of running water is worn at the edges, so
that grains are rounded and do not feel
sharp to the touch.
The river carries great quantities of
sand into the Feather River, which in
turn will discharge it into the Sacramento
River and thence into the bay.
Thus hydraulickers, while tearing
down mountains, are incidentally en-
gagged in filling up San Francisco harbor.
The appearance of the river shows hy-
draulic mining is still carried on to some
extent in opposition to the decree of the
courts.
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BANKERS's CONVENTION.
Resolution Adopted Favoring u
form Money Standard.

Resolution Adopted Favoring a Uni
form Money Standard.
Los ANGELES, March 19.-The State
Bankers' Convention to-day adopted the
following:
ReSotved, That it is the Judgment of this
convention that the construction of the
Nicaragua Canal would be in the interest OF
the whole people of the coast, as well as of the
United States; therefore, the convention re-
quests Congress to enact such legislation for
the construction thereof as will procure the
completion of such work.
A paper on National Coinage by
Judge X. Nj. Widney, was read
The following officers We're chosen
President, Thomas Brown, of San Fran
cisco; First President, l.. III. He'll
man, of San Francisco; Secretary, George
IL. Stewart, OF Los Angeles; Treasurer,
George w. Kline, of San Francisco; Ex-
ecutive Committee-A. d. Childress, N.
ID. Rideout, w. M. Eddy, II. S. Hawkins,
White, n. ID. Woolwine and w. w. Phil
lips.
The convention adopted the following
resolution, offered by Judge r. M. Wild
ney of Los Angeles:
ReSotDed, That this convention respectfully
requests congress at its next session to devise
q uniform money system for the people of the
United States with the gold dollar as the
standard or unit of value, using gold silver
ana currency for a circulating medium in suf-
nclent volume to fully meet and keep pace
with the growing wants of the business of the
country; founding the issue of currency upon
the wealth OF the whole nation, making gold,
silver and currency legal fender and ex-
cnangeabe at par on demand, and fixing
by constitutional amendment the legality
the danger of imitation, contraction, repudia-
tlon or change in the standard of values
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General Ordway Orders Two Compa.
nieS DiSbandOued

General Ordway Orders Two Compa-
nieS Disbandoned.
WASHINGTON, March 49, Thursday
General Ordway, Commander-in-C Chief OF
the National Guard of the District of Col
umbia, ordered the disbandment of two
full companies of colored troops who
have heretofore been attached to the Ma
tional Guard. The order naturally Gre
ated very great stir in colored circles,
but it was not Immediately complied
with, as the troops failed to turn over
their equipments and accouterments as
directed by the official order, when an In
spector was directed to make an examin-
alton to find out why it was that the prop
erty of the United States had not been
turned over as ordered. He discovered
that no less than eight full uniforms and
a number OF oyercoats, as well as q great
deal of other paraphernalia belonging to
the Government, but in use by the col
ored troops of the National Guard, had
been ''soaked'' by the thrifty young men,
and now the sentiment is rapidly turning
in favor of General Ordway, because this
alone would be a Efficient reason for the
dlsbandment of the entire body.
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THE TABLES TURNED.

WESTINGHOUSE Interests Again in Con-
troll OF the Union switch Company.
PITTsBuRG, March 13.-Some days ago
this city suffered a slight financial sensa-
ton in the unseating of George Westing-
house in the election of officers in the
Union Switch and Signal Company.
This was done by the questionable meth
obs of one A. T. Rowand. confidential
clerk of Westinghouse, who overthrow
his employer by voting proxies intended
for him in favor of certain Boston inter
ests and at the same time electing himself
disavowed all knowledge of the John
Rowand treachery, upset him and his
position, and with Westinghouse selected
a compromise President in the person of
their former General Manager, Mr.. Good
Win
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> STATES ND TERRI
TOpJ-S
NEW NAVAL VESSELS.
The Philadelphia Said to Be Failure
as a Fighting Ship.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-There now
come whisperings that the famous Phila-i
delphia will be failure as a fighting,
ship for the same reasons that the Boston
and Atlanta are not successes. The ship5
is not strong enough for her battery. She,
carries twelve six-inch high power rifles. |
-Four of these guns are, owing to faulty
design, practically useless in action. Theyi
cannot be fired without danger of doing
more damage to the ship and her crew,
than to the enemy. The new battle-ships
are to be armed with the biggest rifle
guns af1oat, the 13-inch breech-loaders.
These guns are to be fired with $50 pounds
of powder and throw projectile weigh
ing 800 pounds. Unless the bulls and
frames are built to withstand this awful
shock the big battle-ships will be failures,
and unless the Construction Department
has calculated sufficiently well to meet
these objections the ships will never an
swer the purpose for which they are
being built
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FoRTIFIcAT1oN OF SWEET WINES.
The Government Tables for Measuring
Alcohol Found Correct.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Internal
Revenue Commissioner Mason to-day re-
ceived a long letter from Professor Hill
gard, of the University of California, in
which he acknowledges that he was mis-
taken in his alleged discovery of errors
in the departmental tables for measuring
alcohol in sweet wine fortifcation Hill
gard explains that an assistant chemist
was responsible for the mistake. He had
implicit confidence in him as a chemist.
This assistant is not named i'll Hilgard's
letter, and the department officers are dis
posed to regard this omission of no little
importance.
Professor Hilgard gives his investiga-
ton in detail. and arrives at about the
same result as the department, the slight
difference between them resulting from
what Hilgard terms the ''distillation
process which he used, and which he
claims is more correct, insisting that it
should be adopted by the Government.
Concerning this, Commissioner Mason
says his chemists have already recon-
mended change of apparatus to enable
them to make experiments by the dis
tlllatlon process. Commissioner Mason
says he hopes he has heard the last of
the dispute over the fertilization of sweet
wines
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TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Barbarous Treatment of Hungarian
LaborerS in Virginia

Barbarons Treatment of Hungarian
Laborers in Virginia.
RICHMOND (Va.), March 13.-A special
to the Dispatch from Pocahontas saws:
John Herse, a Bohemian correspondent,
who went to investigate the alleged i'll
treatment Of Hungarians on the Elk
Horn extension, in West Virginia, ar
rived here to-day. Herse says that after
careful Investigation he found the report
substantially correct.
The men were compelled to walk the
entire distance to the city mills, wading
creeks and rivers, with only crackers to
eat.
The report of their escape and capture,
being brought back and whipped, is true
and was not denied by the foreman Of the
works: They live in log shanties, with
only bread to eat. After three months
work they were III debt to the contractors
IS u each. Herse secured their release
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indications of Another Indian War
in the Northwest.
AN ATROGOUS MURDER COM
MITTED IN OHIO.
Much Indignation at New Orleans Over
the Verdict of the Jury in the Hem
messy Murder Case-A Tennessee In
sane Asylum in Flames Six Pa
tients Burned to Death.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oS.

special 10 the hECORD-UNION.
CHICAGO, March 13.-Dr. c. A. East
man, an educated Ogallala Sioux, arrived
here to-day from Pine Ridge. In an in
terview in a local paper he says he has
been in the camps of the Indians at Pine
Ridge, and from present indications the
probability of another Indian war is
promised. There is great discomfort
among the Indians. Personally he does
not think they will do anything desper-
ate, but the young braves are holding
secret conferences, and even conservative
men are talking of war. The people out
there are dissatisfied at not having re-
ceived information as to how the hostiles
at Fort Sheridan are being treated, and
fear treachery.
NO ARMS TO BE SOLD INDIANS.
CHEYENNE (Wyo.), March 13.-Acting
Governor Barber has issued a proclama-
ton enjoining the citizens to refrain from
selling arms to Indians. This was done
on request of General Miles, who says
the Indians can be handled easily if not
supplied with rifles.
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COLONEL FORsYTHE.
Belief that He VIII be Promoted
Brfgadier-General.

Belief that He VIII be Promoted to
Brigadier-General.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-It is said at
the War Department that Brigadier-
General Glbbon, commanding the Di-
vision of the Pacific, will, on April Goth
next, be retired for age. His successor
viii be promoted from the line. There
VIII be large number of candidates, but
1t IS believed that Colonel James w. For
sythe, OF the Seventh Cavalry, stands a
good chance to secure this promotion.
and thus vindicate his action at the battle
OF Wounded Knee Creek. The Division
OF the Columbia has had no immediate
commander since General Gibbon was
transferred to San Francisco, and it is be-
heyed that the Divisions of the Columbia
ana Pacific will be merged into one under
tne name OF the department of the Pa
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
The President May Appoint the New
Circuit Judges.

The President May Appoint the New
Circuit Judges.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Presi-
dent and party returned to Washington.
this afternoon.
The first application for repayment Of
the direct tax under the Act of the last
Congress was received at the Treasury
Department to-day. 1t was from Gov
ernor Hill of New York, and the amount.
called for was about 81, 225, 900.
In response to an inquiry from the
Register and Receiver of the Land Office
at Salt Lake City, Commissioner Croft has
expressed the opinion that land contain.
ing deposit of potter's clay is not subject
to entry under the mineral land laws.
Attorney General Miller has rendered.
an opinion that the President has the
power to appoint the nine Circuit Court
Judges created by the last Congress, DUR
ing the recess of Congress.
Six hundred and seventy thousand )
ounces of silver were offered for sale to-
day, of which 100000 ounces were pur-
chased at prices ranging from .9930 to
1850.
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Bulletin by the Census Bureau Of
Viticultural Products.
THE PRESIDENT HAS POWER TO APP
POINT THE NEW JUDGES.
The Work of Taking the Fish and
Fisheries Census Temporarily Sus-
pended on Account of Charges Be-
ing Preferred Against Special Agent, /,
Smiley by tho National Fish Com
mission,
Special to the REoonp-Us1oS.

Speciii 10 the RECORD-UNION.
WASHINGTON, March ia Census
Bureau bulletin upon viticulture shows
the total area of vineyards in 1889 to hayey
been 40l ,26l acres, of which 3O7,575 acres
were bearing. The total product of 1889.
was 572,139 tons, of which 367,27I tons
were table grapes and 24O,45O tons were
used for producing wine, making "a, ,306,-
9oo gallons; IL, ,l66 tons for raisins, max
ing 1,372,19 boxes of twenty pounds
each, and q, ,252 tons for dried grapes and
Tor purposes other than table fruit.
The product of California for the season
OF 1889 was 14,626,000 gallons OF wine and
l,372,195 boxes of raisins. The product
OF 1890 is estimated at 16, 900 gallons of
wine aud 2, l97, ,463 boxes of raisins, with
young raisin vineyards enough to mi
crease the yield of raisins within the next
five years to 100000 or O,OOO, 900 boxes.
The total area and production of vine
yards of the United States during the
year 1889 are given as follows:
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DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
n
Balfour Asks Credit to Prevent Suf-


faring.
LoNDcT, March 13.-In the Commons
last evening in the Committee of Supply
Balfour asked credit of e55, 200 for the
relief of the distress in Ireland. He ex-
planned that the Government has adopted
every possible means to expedite relief
works which otherwise could not have
been begun before April or May. He
spoke highly of the assistance the farm
e-s, priests and landlords had rendered.
which saved the Government much ex-
pense. There had been no case of starva-
ton on the mainland, but great risk of
starvation on tLe islands, and therefore
special steamers had been chartered to
investigate the condition of the inhabi-
tants and convey supplies TO them. The
number OF persons engaged in relief
works February 18th was 1887. The
total amount of wages was e2l, ,I59. The
Government was at present spending
93 900 weekly in wages.
The credit asked was adopted.
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HENNEssY MURDER CASE.
Great Dissatisfaction Expressed at the
Jufy'S Verdict.

Great Dissatisfaction Expressed at the
,IuI.y'S Verdict.
NEW ORLEANS, March 13.-The trial of
the nine Sicilians for the assassination of
Chief of Police Hennessy last October
was concluded this afternoon, the jury
bringing in a verdict of not guilty as to
six of the accused-Machecha, the two
Marchesis, Bagnotta, Incardoa and Ma
tranga-and failed to agree upon the ver-
dict as to the other three-Polizze, Monas-
tero and Scaffedi.
AS the verdict was read each person in
the courtroom turned to the person next
to him, and there were audible express
sions of surprise and dissatisfaction. The
deputies, however, Immediately sup
pressed the noise and then Judge Baker
ordered the jury to be discharged and the
prisoners remanded, as there was still
another charge against them in connec-
ton with the same case.
The jurors refused to discuss with the
reporters what had happened in the jury
room. When the jurymen reached the
street they were hooted at by the crowd
who had already learned of the verdict.
The indignation over the verdict is
general. There is another indictment
against the accused, but it is for lesser
offense, and as it concerns the same
transaction, the District Attorney will
have to enter a nolle prosequi.
There has been a mass-meeting of
citizens called for tomorrow morning,
and calls for the men to come pre-
pared to carry out what justice failed
to do. The case is signed by about hum
dred leading citizens.
All the Italian schooners and luggers
in port, and they are numerous, are dec
GRATED with flags in honor of the verdict
This case has created great interest, not
only in New Orleans but all over the
United States and in Italy. Hennessy
was Chief of Police at New Orleans, and
was assassinated on his doorstep one
night. Wholesale arrests of Italians fol-
lowed, but the Grand Jury implicated
only those mentioned above.
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morning denied rehearing in the Mayor
ailty case. The present Mayor, Lon
doner, was few weeks ago declared il
legally elected, after holding his office for
nearly one year. D. C. Packard, Presi-
dent OF the Board of Supervisors, will
election next month.
The new Police Board is also in mud
die. The law which created it repealed
those articles of the charter which define
the duties of police officers, and now the
police have no authority. The Legisla-
ture will probably remedy the matter.
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CENSUS AGENT SMILEY.
Charges Preferred Against Him by the
National Fish Commission.

-NHolOIIttI II 1sSII NoI1I1IIIoSIOH.
WASHINGTON, March Is. = Professor.
Smiley, special agent of the eleventh
census in charge OF the division of fish. ]
and fisheries, is temporarily relieved,
from duty, the work of his divisions
stopped and the agents recalled from the
field, pending an investigation into theA
charges preferred against him.
The charges are mainly that Professor)
Smiley used his official position and in
luence to discredit and embarass thef
United States Fish Commission, and I'M
consequence of his having occupied a
large part of his time and that of his
special agents, the value of the work of
his division has been seriously impaired.
Professor Smiley makes a positive de-,
nial
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Mexican Development Company.

SILVER CITY On. NJ, March l3.-The
organization of the Mexican Railway De-
velopment Company, which holds val
liable concessions from the Mexican
Government, has been completed, and
active operations have already been COM
menced on the Chihuahua and Guerrero
line. The line will eventually be ex-
tended from Deming to Salt Lake City.
The total length of the system when COM
pleted will be 1000 miles.
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Quebec in Need of Funds,

MONTREAL, March 13.-Premier Mer-
cier of Quebec and Mr.. Shehan, Provin-
cial Treasurer, left this morning for
Europe to secure provincial loan of
Sl0,000,000. They will have an interview
with the Pope at Rome, to whom, it is
rumored, Mercier will make a formal
complaint Of the zeal of the hierarchy dis
played in an attempt to defeat the Lib
eral party in the recent Dominion eiec-
tiop
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Suit Dismissed.

CHICAGO, March 13.-By an agreement
Of the parties to the suit, Judged Blodgett
to-day dismissed the case of Patrick Fl.
Rice against the Val Blatz Brewing Com
pany of Milwaukee to recover 500. 900
commission for selling the defendants
plant to an English syndicate. The basis
of settlement is unknown
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Treasurer Huston.

WASHINGTON, March 13. Treasurers
Huston returned this afternoon from
visit to his home in Indiana, and re-,
sumed his duties at the Treasury Depart-{
ment. He did not know how long he
would remain in his present position-i )
He rendered his resignation to the Presi-'
dent on February 24th, in order that his.
successor might be appointed during the
session of the Senate, and has not heard;
from the President one way or the otherf
since. He said, however, that he wanted
it understood that he had not resigned in;
a pet" and had only the friendliest feel
inps for the PRESIDENT
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Excitement Over a Court Decision

LITTLE Rock, March 13.-The Supreme
Court decision reverting back to the State
over 275,000 acres of land originally do
mated under an Act of Congress to the
different railroads OF the State, is creating
much excitement. Most of the lands
since have been sold by the railroads and
extensive improvements have been
made by the owners.
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Decision Against a Rai,road

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Inter-,
state Commerce Commission to-day de-
cided against the Lehigh Valley Railroad
in the complaint of Coke Bros. q Co. in
the matter of coal rates. The decision in
wolves considerable reduction in the
rates from the anthracite coal regions,
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Fine and Imprisonment,

SEATTLE (Wash.), March I3.-J.J. Me-
Carthy, who acted as second for George
Shafer in a prize fight at the Peoples
Theater on February 7th, in which
Shafer was killed by Doyle, entered a
plea of guilty in the Criminal Court to
aiding and ecouraging prize fight. Me-
Carthy was sentenced to thirty days in
Jail and to pay fine of 500.
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Levees Blown Open,

MEMPHIS, March 13-Major Dabney,
Chief Engineer of the Levee Board of the
District, in which the new Robinson
levee which gave way yesterday is situ-
ated, says it was cut or blown open. and
hat the water now flowing through the
break is 175 feet wide.
Major Dabney said that thirty or forty
laborers on contract were turned away
without their pay recently and they were
heard to make threats of getting even.
1t IS surmised that some of these men ex-
ploded a dynamite cartridge where it
would do the damage. The Major did
not think the damage would be heavy.
Chinaman Murdered for His Money.
DENVER, March 13.-The frightfulIy
mangled body of a Chinaman was found
this morning in a small cabin on little
farm on the Platte River bottom. He
was market gardener, and supplied his
fellow-celestials with vegetables. The
motive for the murder was probably rob-
berry. -Four Cinnamon have been ar
rested, one Of which has confessed to the
crime.
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Did We say that chord ye Jest struck
was a tonic ?o asked the old gentleman
who isn't going to stand in the way of his
daughters education. Eyes, papa" "
We'll, hit it three or four times more,
SOS if there's any bracin' qualities about
1t, We'll git 'em before ye 60 ahead with
the practicin'. p Washington Post.
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Forfeited Railroad Lands.

VANCOUVER (Wash.l, March 13.-The
forfeited Northern Pacific Railroad lands
We're opened for entry at the United States
of settlers have been. laying siege to the
office since yesterday, camping over
night in the street in front of the Land
Office to gain priority of entry.