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THE MONEY QUESTION.
Speech of f. G. NewIands in Favor
of Silver.

Speech of f. G. NewIands in Favor.
of Silver.
New YORK, Dec. 3.-The Baptist Social
Union of Manhattan Island this evening
held its annual meeting and banquet, the
topic of discussion being the silver ques-
zion by Senator w. NJ Stewart of Nevada.
Professor J. Lawrence LaughIin of Cor
nell University, and Francis G.. New
lands of San Francisco and Nevada. Mr..
Newlands said this was an age of trusts,
combines and corners. One of the most
gigantic combines formed was in 1873.
which had for its object the limitation of
the money crop from the mines, and
even to destroy the efficiency Of half of
the present supply existing in the form
OF silver, In order to increase the pur-
chasing power of the remaining money,
but could limit it by legislation, and the
conspiracy organized was to make bonds
payable in gold and then to increase the
value OF every unit of gold by DESTROYING
the use OF every unit of silver.
The effect OF this destructive legislation
was financial contraction in the coun-
try almost unparalleled in its history, and
vast fortunes were accumulated by a few
at the expense of the many. The adj
herents OF gold had since been driven
from their intrenchments silver had been
restored as a legal tender and provision
MADE Tor the coinage OF between two and
four million dollars per month The pre-
dictions made that gold would be with
drawn from the country and it would be-
come silver country were not verified.
! The opponents OF silver asserted that the
countries of Europe would flood us with
| silver, forgetting or ignoring the fact that
| such transfer would involve the loss to
/ Europe of at least three cents on every
| dollar in circulation.
| Even if this We're attempted it could
only be prevented by legislation. The
| United States needs more money than
any other country in the world, and can
easily get it by borrowing or by coming
it. 1t owes to-day more than the entire
volume of money that exists in the
/ country.
Professor Laughlin of Cornell Univer-
slty and p. 81. White of the EOenaag Post
spoke on the gold issue.
Rain and Snow in the Northwest.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 3.-Heavy rains, with
some snow, are reported from all over
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Bold Robbery.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 3.-About 10 o'clock to-
night burglar smashed in a plate
glass window of j. E. Ingham, a
Jackson street jeweler, seized tray
containing 5000 worth of diamonds,
and fed up an alley. He soon slipped
and fell In the mud. A mob of people
was quickly on the ground, fighting over
the rings. When the police reached the
scene the burglar had gone, and only
twenty-five of the rings were recovered
How many of them the crowd got is con-
lectural.
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Fieht at L.ns Anneles.

Los ANGELES. Dec. 3.-Solly Smith of
this city defeated Dan Mahoney of San
Francisco in the fifteenth round in a
fight tonight for the lightweight cham
pionship of the coast. It was hotly
contested fight from start to finish. In
the fourteenth round Mahoney. after
labbing Smith to the floor with his left,
fell back groggy. He was knocked out
IN less than a minute after time was
called for the fifteenth found,
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HONDURAS INSURGENTS.
Domingo Vasquez Threatens to At
tack the CAPITAL

Domingo Vasquez Threatens to At
tack the Capital.
City OF MEXICO, Dec. 3.-A telegram
from Honduras just received here states
that Domingo Vasquez, commander of
the Honduras insurgents at Naicome, has
said if President Leyva does not attack
him he would march on the capital at
once and make another attempt to cap
ture Leyva, who Is lntrenchng himself
at Tegueigalpa, where he is awaiting re-
inforcements before following Vasquez.
The same telegram also states that num-
Der of American miners are coming to
the aid of Leyva, and were expected to
arrive last night, while the rebels count
on Salvadorean refugees to aid them. An
other telegram, however, states that Vas
quez is retreating.
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ADULTERATED FLOUR.
Advantages Taken of the Poor in RI
STA by Dealers.

Advantages Taken of the Poor in Rus
sia by Dealers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 3.-A number of
dealers in grain III the provinces OF Riazir
and Kazan mixed fine earth with their
flour, which added greatly to its weight.
and then sold it to the poor of the PROV
inces. This came to the ears Of the al
thorities, and resulted in an investigation.
All dealers found selling adulteratcd
flour were sentenced to weeks iinpris-
onment. Another class in trouble are
spectators in grain, who seek to put (,
fictitious value upon cereals. \ number
of these have been arrested on a charge
of buying rye in the markets, and I'M
mediately afterwards raising the price to
would-be purchasers.
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The Usual Result.

TACOMA (Wash.), Dec. 3.-At Eagle
Gorge, fifty miles east of Tacoma, one
man met his death and another
was frightfully mangled this after
noon by an explosion of giant
powder. The dead mans name
is Charles Rodgers, and his companion,
who is fatally injured, was Henry
O'Neill. The powder was frozen. and
attempted to thaw it out, both
men being hurled several feet into the
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The French Senate.

PARIS, Dec. 3.-The Senate to-day, on
motion of Roche, Minister of Commerce,
rejected the Tariff Committees pro-
posal to impose tax of three francs on
foreign sugars.
The Government is inclined not to o2-
pose the preliminary steps taken by the
Radicals to bring about separation of
the church and State. In the meantime
it is not probable that any appointments
will be made to the vacant bishoprics
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Tin and Terne Plates.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-In reply to an
inquiry the Treasury Department has in
formed Philadelphia firm that the de-
partment holds imported black plates
dipped in this country for the purpose of
making tin and terne plates, included
within paragraph 143 of schedule of the
Tariff Act. Black plates rolled from i'm
ported bars or billets should be similarly
classified. There is no provision in the
law restricting manufacturers to the use
of American tin
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Land Patents

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. During four
and a half days of last week the General
Land Office issued 1852 land patents.
This is the highest record ever made bv
the Office. There has now been approved
for patent $50 mineral entries in various
parts OF the West, and the force of clerks
has been detailed to write these patents.
so within ninety days it is expected the
whole number will be in the hands of the
pDfrvtOnTl
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secretary ROSTER I,nprorinc.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Secretary Foster
was able to sit up for several hours to-
day, but is still too weak to leave his
room. Surgeon Hamilton, of the Marine
Hospital, in charge of the case, saws the
Secretary is out of danger, but insists
that he be kept perfectly quiet, as a re-
lapse might come from any rexertion.
doctor may let him start South by the lat
ter part OF next week.
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LoNDoN's LATEST SCANDAL.
Interest in the Russell Separation Case
Shows no. Sign of Abatement,

interest in the Russell Separation Case
Shows no. Sign of Abatement.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-The interest in the
great Russell separation case shows not
the least sign of abatement. When the
court opened this morning the room. was
densely packed with an eager audience.
Sir Charles Russell continued his presen-
tation of the case for the Earl, which was
interrupted by an adjournment yester-
day. He declared the petitioner, Count
ess Russell, had not only exaggerated
such of the facts as she had brought for
ward, but had suppressed others which
she thought would be detrimental to her
claims. Sir Charles ridiculed the idea
that Russell kept pistol convenient for
the purpose of shooting his wife. The
quarrel between the Earl and the Count
ess, which occurred at the Albemarie
Hotel at the time they came up to Lon
don to attend a leyee, was due, not to the
Earl's compelling the Countess to act as
valet to him, as the Countess testified.
but to the fact that the Earl had re-
fused to allow his wife to go to the Ascot
races in company with a man whom he
had every reason to forbid his wife asso-
ciating with.
Sir Charles Russell's address, he called
the first witness for the Defense Professor
Roberts. mathematical master at Bath,
who was in the habit of staying frequently
at the residence of Earl Russell. Pro-
tessor Roberts made a very emphatic de-
NAL of the actions imputed to him by the
Countess in relation to the Earl.
The letters that passed between the
Earl and Professor Roberts were then put
in evidence to show the relations that ex-
listed between them.
Earl Russell followed the Professor on
the stand. Witness testified that he never
heard the slightest objection made to the
presence of Professor Roberts in his
house. He (witness) objected to his wife
going to certain lady's house, and based
his objection on the fact that the lady was
divorced. Countess Russell was very
nluch put out by his obiecting to her visit
ing the lady's home, and in Quarrel that
followed witness said to her: F'If you say
such things you will soon be sorry you
married me.' The Countess replied: $50
am sorry" The Earl declared he never
insisted that the Countess should dress
him. If she had not requested him to
allow her to dress him he would not have
let her done SO. He was very much at
tached to her, and had tried to make
things pleasant for her. He objected to
her going to Ascot for the reason there
were several persons there whom he did
not wish her to meet. With references to
the charge that when the Countess on one
occasion asked him, after a row, for e25
he threw her half sovereign, the Earl
said it was not true. He was about to
give her the money she had asked for
when she said: Il don't want your dirty
money"
The Earl denied the Countess state
ment that upon the occasion when he had
written letter to his solicitor complain-
ing about her extravaganza he treated her
in a brutal manner.
MUST OBEY WITHOUT a MURMUR.
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Miners Sufocated.

LONDON, Dec. 3.-The Agercoat Col
liery, near Manchester, became filled
with choke damp to-day. The men, be-
coming aware of the presence of the
deadly Gas, made rush for the entrance,
but six were overpowered, four being
suffocated to death and two are lying in
critical condition
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Gas Explosion at Glasgow.

GLASGOW, Dec. 3.-There was an ex-
plosion Of gas in the new underground
railway beneath Anderson Cross, in this
city, to-day. The force of the explosion
was SO great that the street was torn up,
compelling the suspension of traffic Six
persons were injured.
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Disastrous aFira.

PrA1NFIELD On. J.), Dec. 3.-This city
was visited tonight by one of the most
disastrous fires in it's history, and the total
loss viii foot up between S150,000 and
100000. The Boyce estate loses fully
100000. The individual losses are not
vet Obtainabla
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Good Market for western Crons,

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 3.-The bill
granting the President power to decree
suspension of duties on cereals and all
classes of animals coming from foreign
countries, so as to meet the emergency
caused by the loss of crops i'll the various
States, passed the Chamber of Deputies
without dissenting vote, and was at
once sent to the Senate, where it will nm
questionably be pushed through with
haste. The passing of this bill will
furnish the farmers of the West good
market for their crOp
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Depot Buildings Burning.

New YORK, Dec. A A. NJ. The
Pennsylvania Railroad depot buildings
in Jersey City are burning. The sky
over the river is illuminated. The entire
Jersey City fire department is at the
scene and it is thought will save some
thing.
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Australia in Panicky Condition

MELBOURNE, Dec. 3.-A paniclly feel
ing prevails in financial circles here,
arising from the suspension of five small
banks and building societies. The situa-
ton, however, is not thought to be very
serious, and it is believed the suspended
banks will be able to meet the demands
JpOn them.
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PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Annual Report of Postmaster-Gener
ManNunn L4.I.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.--The annual re-
port of Postmaster General Wanamaker
is very lengthy. It shows that in spite of
the fact that over 81, ,000, COO worth Of lot
terry revenue was lost during the past
year, the postal deficit OF six millions is
surely disappearing, provided the same
rate of revenue and expenses obtains
July ], 1855. The extension of the merit
system of promotion, so successfully put
into operation in the department lately.
TO the larger postoffices and railway mail
has begun. Much is expected from it.
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No Indian Disturbanccs.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 3. A telegram
was received at the War Department to-
day from General Brooks saying that
there had been no Indian disturbances
as far as he was able TO learn. and the
Coroners inquest in the case of Mcdaniel
showed that he was killed by white men.
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THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Contract Let for Rebuilding the Ma
Line Ont of Yuma

Contract Let for Rebuilding the Main
Line Out of Yuma.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 3.-The contract
for the rebuilding of thirty miles of the
main line of the Southern Pacific from
Yuma to Adende has been let to A. A.
Grant 81 Co. of San Francisco. The new
line will be laid along the plateau or
mesa north of Yuma, so as to be out of
reach of the annual floods of the Colorado
River, which have caused so much dam
age to the company's property and such
an impeachment to traffic over the Sunset
route in winter seasons gone by The
line will be completed in time to avoid
the washouts this winter.
CHANGE OF GAUGE.
San FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.-The Southern
Pacific has number of men mt work
near Smithfield, Oregon, few miles
north of The Dalles, to change the gauge
on the southern end OF the West Side
Division of the Oregon and California.
The bridges on sixteen miles of this
division below The Dalles are to be re-
newed. and the cuts and fills widened for
standard-gauge track. The change
from narrowgauge will not be COM
pleted before next summer.
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the Northwest. DEVILS Lake, N. D., re-
ports blizzard, with drifts fifteen feet
high, and the thermometer at zero. Heavy
snow is reported from other parts of
North Dakota, but there has been no de-
lay to trains. In Minnesota hard and
general rains are reported, although nine
and half inches of snow fell at Hallack,
and heavy snowfall is reported else
where. At Winnipeg heavy snow-storm
has greatly crippled train service.
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Relief for the Distressed.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. "a plan has
been started to send relief to the famine
stricken peasantry of Russia next Janu-
ary, in the shape of shipload of flour,
and 5000 merchant milIers of America
will be asked to help. The cargo will be
g (tO tons
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Hill Gets in His Work.

ALBANY On. ", Dec. 3.-Governor
Hill has removed the County Clerk of
Onondaga County. who refused to coun-
tersign certificates Of election to Demo-
cratic candidates to the Legislature.
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Naval Forces of Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. "a census of
the vessels comprising the Russian Navy
shows that the naval forces of the Car
consist OF a total of 1872 vessels of all
kinds.
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The Two Greatest Nations.

LONDON, Dec. 3.-At the inaugural din
ner of the Shipping Exchange last even
ingS toasts were proposed to the health of
the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the
President of the United States. In pro-
posing the aforementioned toast the Chair
man said: I'VE must love our dear cou-
sins across the water, and should stand
shoulder to shoulder and whip creation,1
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Mother and Child Burned to Death.

DENVER Coli, Dec. 3.-At the resi-
dence of Mrs. George Masten last night
lamp was upset by an eighteen months
old child. The oil caught fire, which
was communicated to the child's cloth
ing. The mother grabbed the child and
rushed screaming into the street Both
were burned to death before assistance
reached them.
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The san TrancIscoa Won.

Los ANGELES, Dec. 3.-The fifth game
of the San Franciseo-Los Angeles series
to-day resulted in victory for the visit
ors bY a score of 9 to s.
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Dismissed from Omce.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.-Messrs. Hat
ton, Houseman, Crawford, Dill and
Hunter, mercantile appraisers, indicted
for fraud in Office, have been dismissed
from Office.
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Burned to Death.

BURLINGTON Qa.l, Dec. 3.-A Rawkeye
special from Creston says: Jasper Maus,
wife and three children, were burned by
an explosion of gasoline Two children
are dead, and the man and wife cannot
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Five Workmen Killed.

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-Five workmen We're
killed and number injured, six of them
it is thought fatally, by the explosion of
eight kilns in the Briquette Factory, near
Halle to-day
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Express Train Hold rn.

BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), Dec. 3.-The ex-
press train on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia road was stopped last
night. near Rome, by waving lantern.
Two masked men got on, entered the ex-
press car and robbed the safe. 1t is said
their booty will not exceed 81, COO.
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Secretary Proctor's Resignation.

WASHINGTON, Dec. .S.-Secretary Proc
tor expects to sever his connection with
the department tomorrow evening or
Saturday. His resignation has been in
the Presidents hands since November
Sd, and will take effect at the Secretary's
nlpaSnrp
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Three Women Burned to Deatb

| LONDON, Dec. "a dispatch from Sun
! derland states that fire in drinking
shop there to-day burned three women to
DEATH
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Dom Pedro,s Condition.

PARIS, Dec. 3.-The condition of Dom
Pedro, the deposed Emperor of Brazil, is
improving, and his physicians believe all
danger is past.
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Death IRON Reart FaiIure.

WOODLAND, Dec. 3.-John Gwinn, a
carpenter, and an old and respected resi-
dent of this city, dropped dead on top of q
two-story building, where he was work
ing, this morning. The cause was heart
70 ilr1ra
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Yictorious Miners.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. "a special to the
Sentinel from Washington, Ind, says:
The strike has ended here at last. At a
meeting of Cabel IL Co., and representa-
tlVeS OF their men, an agreement was
reached on the basis Of seventy cents per
ton for screened coal, and the laborers
are proportionately advanced. This is a
virtual concession to the miners de-
nau6s
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Murderer HANGED

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.-John Nc
Manus was hanged this morning for the
murder of Eugene McGinnis, February
u, 1890.
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u. E. Brown Yer,- IIl.

At an early hour this morning it was
reported that b. b. Brown, of the Capital
Hotel, had suffered relapse and was in a
critical condition
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The American HOG win
Death of a Scottish Earl.

VIENNA, Dec. 3.-A formal announce
ment will be made tomorrow of the pro-
hibition from American pork.
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Normal school Burned

SHENANDOAH Qa.), Dec. 3.-The West
ern Normal College was burned to-day.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, S2S,O 600.
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The jury Failed to Agree.

SAN BERNARDINo, Dec. 3.-The Jess
rang trial for setting fire to Holcomb's
barn a few weeks since was concluded
yesterday noon. The jury was out all
night and was unable to agree. They
were discharged to-day, standing eight
for conviction and four for acquittal. 1t
has been recently learned from Sheriff
from Montana i'll this city that Jessrang
served 4 term in the Montana State
Prison, and his brother was lynched in
that State. There are two other indict-
ments against Jessrang for setting fires,
and this case will be tried again.
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blanchard Perjury Case.

MODESTO, Dec. 3.-All the witnesses
and principals in the Blanchard perjury
ease have gone. The jury stood seven
for acquittal and five for conviction. The
case will not probably be reset at this
term of court,
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Cruiser Rosfnn.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - The United
States steamship Boston arrived at Mon
tevideo Yesterday.
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LONDON, Dec 3.-The Earl of Enroll
died to-day. He was the hereditary
Grand Constable of Scotland.
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Orogon salmon Output.

SALEM (Or.), Dec. 3.-The report of the
Fish Commissioner was filed with the
Governor to-day. During the past sea-
son there has been packed in Oregon over
Is, ,0G0,090 pounds OF salmon, valued at
Sl,500,000. There is IN the State thirty-six
canncries, and thirteen hundred mon
were employed in tho industry.
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Victims of the Canton Landslide.

TACOMA (Wash.), Dec. 3.-The remains
Of two more victims of the recent land
slide at Canton, were recovered to-day.
Their names were David Mclean and \.
Erickson. Four bodies have thus far
been uncovered. The workmen still in
sist that there are a number of bodies
sill buried beneath the debris A wing
dam will be built to turn the channel Of
Green River so that the entire slide may
be uncovered. 1t will take fully three
weeks to complete the wing dam.
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RAIN And SNOW.
A Storm General in Northern and
Central California.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN NEVADA AND
UTAH.

Snow Also Falling In the sisliyou
Mountains-Fatal Shooting at Los
Angeles-The Remains of Two More
Victims of the Recent Landslide on
the Northern Pacific Recovered.