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CHAPTER ".

The next morning was sad aud dresry.
dTiZZhng Tain fell from the dull, leaden
clouds.
All nature seemed to weep at the mourn
ful spectacle about to be enacted.
The Colonel was calm and stern.
Not a sign Of the tumult within his breast
was visible in his almost mpGssiYe counte-
nance.
Lead forth your prisoner" said ne to me
in ley tones.
left his presence, and soon returned with
horror depicted on my visage.
''Oh, sir" cried l, kneeling before him,
''she is deadp'
"Ah! deadw exclaimed he.
"Yes," continued !, ''She lies cold and in
animate in her cell. She has poisoned her
self. for l found this phial in her hand. See,
1t is marked poison"
Heavens will be doneT CALCULATED he.
''Sir," said l, she is now dead. You
have Kept your faith to your country. viii
you allow Us to prepare for an interment
worthy Of the daughter Of our commander? ?"
"Do with her as you may" sighed he,
sinking glOomily into a chair.
81 left him thus to make the neces sary
arrangements for the funeral.
Il vas grand affair, but the father did
not attend it.
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General NIerchar dise.

BAGs-Caicutta, June and July. 797I4c: Wool
BAGS. 3693Sc
SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Company
quotes as follows terms net cash: Cube, Crushed,
Extra Powdered aud Fine Crushed, all 51sc . ID;
Dry Granulated sac; COnfectiOners' a, o$sc;
Extra G. Age Golden G, 414c . ID; Bags, 14c mora
than hblS
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Wholesale rates from slaughterers TO dealers ara
as follows:
BEEF-Choice, Sic: first quality. 51&9jc $50
opd quality, sc; third DO 494I5c.
VEAL-Large 5@16c; small Calves. 69!c-
GON-Wethers. sc: Ewes z 12c.
SPRING LAMB-SG9c = 70.
PORK-Live Hogs 5D5Isc p 70 for heavy hart
granted. $685. zee for light average DO; SOCK
Hogs, 412G4$sC 2 ID; dressed do, I12qoc 8 10.
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Lnok ont for One Counterrelt.

Look Out for the Counterfeit.
A very dangerous counterfeit CT q $40
silver certificate Is In circulation, and the
bankers are receiIng warning from the
Treasury Department at Washington. The
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English Wheat Market.

LIVERPOOL, June l. - The spot market Is easy
at IS 6s4d. Cargoes are dull at 44s Sd for off
coast 44s cd for just shipped and 44s Sd for nearly
due
FUTURE9
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpool quotations. June IS 8 I'D; july, IS I'D;
August, IS I'd; September IS Sd october, IS l4a
SECURITIES
LONDON, June 1.-Consos, So 7-16. United States
Bonds-4's l2li4; DO 4La's. l02: Silver, "A "A ::
Rentes 95f &c. Bullion into Bank of England.
f30b 900.
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MORNING SALES.
B0ard-65 Cal Electric Light, 1914
Street-4O Safety Nitro Powder, 75s.
AFTERNOON SALES.
Board-50 Safety Nitro Powder, so, tn; so do
ia bu do s 10. IL.
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More DiDhtberIa.

The late rains seem to have had the effect
Of giving diphtheria a new start. Five
deaths from that disease were reported at the
Health Office yesterday and considerable
sickness prevails.
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FRACTURED His Skull.

Hugh Mcguire, a laborer, fell down an
embankment at the corner of Hilbert and
Sansome streets yesterday afternoon. He
was taken to the Receiving Hospital, having
sustained a fracture of the skull, caused by
his head striking against rock.
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Chicago NarHets.
CHICAGO, June l.-HOliday.
Exchange and Bullion.
Receints ofLumber

The receipts of Lumber, etc., at san Francisco
during the month of May, as reported by the
Pacific Coast Wood and Iron for June, were as
follows:
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
Dates of Departure From San Francisco.
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RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.

FOR sEvES TY-Two HOURS
MONDAY. June 1.
Flour or sks. 6 1901 Mustard Seed, SKIS, 33
do,Oregon, do. 1,S4S Rye, sks........-... 50
wheat 20, 2B3 Bran. SKIS ......... 1900
Farley ctis - II "a g Nldditngs sxs TO
Oats ctis ~ 185 Hay tons .....,. 1913
do, wash, dO..... 81 Straw, tons
Corn cts - - 10, 644 WOOL. DIS. ......... 772
Potatoes SKIS $3.50. 7,70ll do Wash do. 2OA
do, Oregon do. 307IQuicksiIver, nsx3... ID
Onions sks - l2YS Hides no ,.,....- A3l
Beans SKA . 9l4jWine, gals ........7I 300
Flaxseed or skis 349lBrandy gals,...... 100
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Buyer '91-lOO,$l 1880; 900, 81 rs. Seller 81
100, 81 6212 800, 81 b.; 200. 81 6l$s. Buyer 81,
after August 1st-2O0, 81 68s4; 100, 81 G9i 800,
81 6SI2; 400, 81 5S14.
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RAND HOTEL


Ii + NOIcrOss, San Diego
A Kahn, TomaleS
I ; Burdick, Fresno
j w Dumas, Fresno
w \ Plummer, san Jose
A Hebron, Sacramento
j c Holloway, CioYerdaIe
r. A Stiefel, Rutherford
Mrs h w Stietel. Baltimo
Z ) Woodbury. Watsonyll
j + Woodbury., WatsonYll
f PeTiue. fetaluma
DR. G II Gibbons. College G
Ii | Seymour, sacramento
X Vincent, Grass Valley
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Per Arcrta-O Il y Co: Wells, Fargo & Co; o B
& Il Mfg Co; TnOS LOughran; Codey; Davis;
J. Howard.
Per Sonoma-WiIlams, Dimond & Co: NJ Green
baum & Co.
Per Haytian Republic-BlSSnger & Co; Rack Dia-
mond Coal Co; w Sumner & Co: Getz Bros * Co;
Brown Bros Il Co: ID y & Walters: ID Ladd;
Chevaiier; Seby SIN ltIlg and Lead Works;
Jackson; C whitney & Co: Murphy. Grant Co;
j Wolf a. Co; Lane a Connolly; Roebling Bros;
Friedman: Amett & Rivers; VIM Kelly.
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FLOUR-Net cash prices Family extras s5 40
@e5 so; Bakers extras, 80 4095 so; city superfne
S. 1904 30: interior brands, So 2595 50 for
extras, IS 1904 30 = Dbl TOT superfne.
WHEAT-The stock In Call Board warehouses
June LIST 49, 7O tons, against 82,0l3 tons May
LIST. The receipts in May were 1858 tons. The
market was dull and weak yesterday, with marked
tendency toward lower prices and options fell off
l@Is4c No. I, 81 72ls9l 10 p ct; choice. 81 771a :;
lower grades, 81 70; choice for milling 81 80
al So = ctI.
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That Is, 1t Will Take Millions
TO Settle the Cana
dian Elections.
The Corruption Funds on Both Sides
Said to Be Enor-
nous
Further Concerning the Now Fa-
nous Watterson-Hill
Correspondence

MONTREAL, Que, Feb. IA million
alre miller to-day further augmented the
Manufacturers association election fund
by II check for s25. 900. Many other ma
tional policy manufacturers have sub
scribed all the way from $1,000 To Sl0,-
600. II Is said that the Canadian Pacific
railway has given $50, 900, and that the
fund now reaches about 5000, 900. Why
IL should he necessary TO spend such
large sums Of money In order 10 carry
the election for the dominion govern
ment is not clear, II protection
and the national policy are as de-
clared by Sir John Macdonald.
believed In and supported by the
farmers as well as manufacturers. Pre-
mier Mercicr has borrowed a million and
half To aid the liberals, so that corrup-
tion will be rampant until after the elec-
tions The Hon. Wifrid Laurier, leader
Of tSe liberal party, In the course OF an
opening speech to-day, ridlculed the
charge OF disloyalty and reasonable
desire for annexation hurled against his
party By his opponents, as well as the
contention that unrestraned reciprocity
meant direct taxation, arguing that free
trade with the United States would re-
store the prosperity which the conserva-
tives had failed to give To the country
with their boasted national policy, and
which IL had enjoyed during the former
reciprocity
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ANOTHER CHAPTER.
The Man Who Held ui. Girls Mother Is mn
Adveutursr.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Feb. l4.-There IL a
sensational sequel to the elopement OF an
alleged New York merchant, who gave
his name rs Walter Eaton, and Miss
Maud Lillionthal OF Yonkors, n. Y. 1t
appears that Eaton has another name.
that OF sydney Lascelles, and that he is
an adventurer who met Mrs. Lillienthal
and her daughter while enroute to Eu-
rope In the fall OF 1889 He followed
them over the continent and being pol
ished and refined soon captured the
young lady's heart. The engagement
was broken OF by the mother when
she learned that Lascelies' claims OF
ancestry aud fortune were bogus.
A month ago be turned up I'm New York
and the affrghted mother brought her
daughter To the home OF friends In
Sewickley, "A fashionable suburb of Pitts
burg. Lasceles followed and held Sc
cret communications with the young
lady. On the day OF the elopement he
prevented any further hesitation by
brandishing a revolver and threatening
To kill the girl aud himself Then he
held the mother while the daughter ran
10 the carriage In waiting. They were
married I'm Beaver and returned Sewick-
ley for a reconciliation, which was re-
fused, Mrs. Lascelles being dlsinherIted
by her mother, who returned to New
York, followed by the elopers a day
LATER
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Additionai Light Thrown the Bou
Ioene NegotiatI ons-Parnen . winner.

LONDON, Feb. l4.-lt Is the general
opinion that the balance of advantage
resulting from the BOulonge negotia-
tions remains with Parnelt Mccarthy
and his colleagues publicly say they are
satisfied with their position. Privately
they are indignant at being chcckmated
by the tactics OF the Parnellltes. Their
meeting to-day disclosed depression and
apathy Only fifteen members were pres
cnt, and they appointed a committee 10
organize the party In Ireland To combat
the ParDellites. The latter say they are
RAPIDLY gaining strength and the bulk of
the nationalists will resume allegiance
To Parnell
The Speaker publishes a story OF the
Boulogne negotiations which says that
Parnel at the outset declared that be
had finally abandoned the notion OF
leading the party. Assurance was re-
ceived from Gladstone on the question
OF land and police, both being accepted
as satisfactory by the parties to the ne
gotiations At the last moment Parnell
demanded that the pledge that Ireland
should have final control OF the police,
should have mandatory force pro-
vided the conservative lord lieuten-
ant was In power. This curious demand
puzzled the Gladstonlans, who replied
that they failed 10 see how they could
bind a conservative majority In the i'm
perial parliament, which would be nee
essary corollary OF a conservative vic
tory Parnell then ended the negotia-
tions
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FOOD FOR GOSSIP.
An Iowa weddipg dc ssions Coed Deal
of scnsati NAL Talk.

BURLINGTON. Ia, Feb. i4-Rev
Euclid II. Rogers, pastor OF the First
Baptist church of this city. was married
TO-DAY 10 Miss Jennie L. Ross, OF Frank
lin, Pa. The ceremony was performed
at the residence of MIR Rogers friend and
former classmate, Rev. c. j. Greenwood,
at Washington, la, where Miss Ross has
been visiting. The marriage has created
an intense sensation among church
people here on account OF his recent sen
sational divorce from his first wife at
Franklin, Pa. She secured the divorce
on serious charges Of cruelty aud con
spiracy 10 marry young lady In his
congregation while Mrs. Rodgers was
yet his lawfully welded wife. These
chyges were SO serious that the Baptist
chdrch people here appointed commit
tee to investigate them. This committee
adopted resolutions generating Mr..
Rodgers of all evil charges against his
god name. The matter created an in
tense sensation at the time IL soon died
out bat the surprising news of to-day
has caused IL 90 break out afrcsh. Mr..
Rodgers will continue as pastor Of the
Baptist church here.
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LIFE IN BITTER CREEK.
Montana Furnishes "a Case or wild west
srn shooting,

BUTTE, Mont. Feb. "A murderous
shooting affray took place tn the Board
OF Trade gambling house this morning,
William Sheerin, n salookeeper had been
playing during the night and lost about
$3.50. He had been drinking. also. and
was In bad humor. About o'clock he
went up TO Tony Leyan, the dealer at
the table where be had been playing,
and asked for 5000 Levan replied that
he was only an employe, and had no au-
thority 90 loan the money OF the trm.
Sheerin then went TO the bar and drank,
calling the dealer To come up To the bar
and have drink. The latter complied
and went back TO his seat, which he had
hardly resumed before Sheerin drew his
pistol and, with an oath, fired at Levan.
The shot brought him 20 his kness, but
he drew weapon and returned tho fire.
Both revolvers were emptied. {. j.
Bayer started for the door at the hrst
shot, but ball from Sheerins pistol
struck him. Levan only received one
wound. Sherln was hit three times and
Is dangerously wounded Bayers con-
dItion l. critical. Leyan and Sheerln
were placed under arrest
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OFFICIAL RESPEC
II IL Paid to the Dead AdmirsI-The Pres
dents Mexsag~s

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE funeral
Of Admiral Porter will take place on
Tuesday at o'clock p. m. from the late
residence, and he will be buried at Ar
lington cemetery with the highest mill
tary honors.
The president, when notified of Admi-
raj Porter's death, sent a message Il
sympathy To the family. He subse-
auently sent n message to congress noti-
tying that body OF the death, and later
In the afternoon issued an executive or
der closing the executive department OF
the government on the day OF the funeral
and directing the flags 10 be placed at
half mast during that day,
The following Is President Harrison )
message To congress, announcing the
death OF Admiral Porter:
To the senate aud House OF Representa-
tives: Admiral OF the Navy David Dixon
Porter died At his residence ln the city Of
Washington. this morning, at s:la o'clock,
Ia the 18th year OF his age. He entered the
naval service as a midshipman Feb. ;. ie2o,
sud has been since continuously in the SER
vice, having been made admiral Aug. Is.
1870. lie was "a son OF q mnodore David
Porter. one OF the greatest OF our naval
commanders. His service during the
civil war was conspicuously brilliant
and successful aud his death eLds q
very high aud honorable career. Hls
countrymen will sincerely mourn his loss
while they cherish with grateful pride the
memory OF his deeds. To the officers oi
| the navy his life Will continue To yield In
| spIration and encouragement.
BEHJAsIS HARRIsoS.
The secretary OF the navy has ISSUED
an order announcing the death OF Ad
mjral Porter aud recitiug his dis
tinguished services To the country. Of
the day OF the funeral the navy depart
ment will be closed, the flag To be- dis
| played at half mast at all navy yard
and stations and on. board OF all the ship
In commission and seventeen minut'
guns will be fired at noon at each nav
yard The navy department will b
iraped In black and all the officers Q
the navy aud marine corps will wear
badge OF mourning for thirty days.
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A STUFFED DANIEL.
That is what the New York sun Dubs
Ci~vriand

NEw YoRK, Feb. 1.-THE SUMS ed
itorial on Cieveland's letter contained
this.
Mr. Cleyeland's letter 10 the anti-silver
mass meeting at the Cooper union Il as dis
ingenious aud amusing a dornment as has
recently pr ceeded from his industrious
pen. While primarily Intended for the
piacation OF his mugwump friends, who
have been lnconveaiently persistent la
their demands that Mr. Cleveland should
''dare 90 be Daniel on the silver ques-
tion, the let er squints at the southern and
weste n democrats. The peril in Mr.. Cleye-
lana's present view, Is not In a liberal OK
tention of the silver currency. for 1--WE
have demonstrated the usefulness of such
an Increase" IL Is In free, unlimited
ana inde endent silver coinage" that he
snlfs disa ter. Who demonstrated the use~
fulness of such an increasef True to the
last to his destiny Grover Cleveland dares
; only 20 be stuffed Daniel on the silver
question. y
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CiBSON'S EXPLANATION.


PEORIA, Feb l4--Although the
whisky trust people still maintain that
George Gibson Is entirely innocent of the
conspiracy to- destroy the Schufeldt dis
tillery, the general public has come 70
the conclusion that he is guilty. There
Is great excitement At the trust head
quarters and agents are going out on
every train 10 cities where the trust
members reside. Nice-Pfesideht Wool
ner left this afternoon for Chicago. where
he will meet President Greenhut, who Is
coming home from Washington. A meet
ing OF the trust directors has been called
for next Monday and an interesting
action Is expected then. Gibson main
tains dogged silence but says he Is in
nocent. He says the bottle In his valise
contained an antiseptic fluid, patented
by a chemist OF the trust, and he was on
his way 10 sell the secret OF the com
pound To q stock company.
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Wells OF Moderate Depth Yield
Quantities OF Lubri-
eating Oil.
This Feature Likely TO Be a Leading
One in the Cherokee
Strip.
A Tender Conscience in q Sin-pol.
luted Body at a Mis-
souri, Jail.

WICHITA, Kan. Feb. 1.-THE recent
presence here OF number OF experts
from the oil regions OF Pennsylvania and
Virginia has been kept exceedingly
quiet, but IL leaked out to-day that they
were here in tho interest OF corpora
ton, TO be known as tho United States
oil company, which will be ready for or
ganizatlon In a day or two. Martin Hell
lar, OF this city, Is the prime mover.
While prospecting for coal In the Chero-
kee Nation last fall he accidentally
stumbled on to oil signs. and quietly
sunk a couple OF wells, from which u
heavy flow OF lubricating oil was OBJ
tanned, equal, said the experts, to any
thing found In Virginia. MFR. HeIlar
got some capitalistic friends inter
ested, and he quietly proceeded
until he secured from the Cherokee
government a twenty-year lease to i00,-
900 acres of land lying about sixty-five
miles northwest OF Tahlequah, and on
tho Atlantic & Pacific railroad. His
lease has just been ratified by the inte-
rior department at Washington. so,
feeling that his title is secure, Mr.. Hell
lar Is inclined to give some information.
In all five wells have been sunk, and in
each one oil has been struck In paying
quantities, the depth ranging from forty
eight feet In the first TO nlnety-six feet
In the. last well, from which Mr.. HeIlar
says he has pumped at the rate OF twelve
barrels a day. The lease Is owned by
four men, three OF whom live here, and
IL Is understood they intend to work the
field themselves. and Will start In on a
large sale In the spring. Pennsylvania
oil men say the wells are the richest ever
kpnun
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President Harrison Declar . the Indi IN
Service to he on the Up Grade.

service to he on the Up Grade.
BosroN, Feb, 1.-THE Cambridge
Civil Service Reform association has re-
ceived from President. Harrison n reply
to their recent address, saving:
Your suggestions will have my respectful
attention. Your refe ence TO the recent
outbreak among the Sioux, AS affording con-
vino ng evidence Of the necessity Of a
change In the manner OF appointing the Of
n iais of the Indian bureau, leads me To
cay that have not found Ia very full ex
animation of all the facts from all source :
ev dence of any deterioration In the Indian
service. On tho uther hand, the board of
Indian commissioners, through Merrill =.
Gates. their chairman. have. as the re-
suit OF close observation, declared - me,
under date OF January, 10 last. ''that upon
the whole. the Indian service is now la
better condition than ever before"
TIL object of their communication was
90 urge the extension of civil service rules
10 the Indian service, but they were care
ful Co recognize that the argument wBs not
GO be found In any special or recent Incl
dent. bat la the broader fact that the work
among the Indians Is educational aud phil
anthrOpic and shonid. therefore he sep
arated from party politics. | may add that.
before any special appeal had teen made
90 me from any source, the subject OF In
Guiding Indian agency clerks and employees
Ia tue classified service had been under con
slderation.
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

THE deficit occasioned by the trans
actions OF Cashier Spauldng, OF the
Aver, Mass, bank, will reach at least
S25, 200.
AN Arkansas legislative committee
finds that ex-Troasurer Woodruff IS
short over s63, 900 in his accounts, and
recommends criminal proceedings
against him.
RICHARD MANDLEBAUM, OF the hrm or
+. Mandlebaum x Sons, wholesale liquor
merchants of san Francisco, left sud
denly for Australia, leaving the firm
embarrassed 10 the extent OF 100000.
A NEW trial has been ordered In the
supreme court of Texas in the case OF
c. f. and O. j. Cook and five others who
were convicted OF murder in No Mans
Land and sentenced TO be hanged.
WILLIAM III. SIsTARE, Of the Wall
street banking firm Of Slstaro Bros,
bankers, has been locked up, charged
with swindling August Hecksher, OF
/ Philadelphia, out OF SGO,000 The his
L tory Of the case Is well known.
II w. w. TREADwELL., the postmaster at
| Sheepshead Bay, n. Y, has decamped
| IL has been discovered that he broke open
| registered letters aud has not settled his
accounts with the department for some
| time.
JUDGE ALfGELp, OF Chicago, has do
cided that Frank Cole must Bc restored
10 membership IN the Northwestern
| Travelling Mems association. Cole was
dropped from membership after suffer
ing a paraletic stroke and losing his rea-
4 son.
THE National Miners convention at
| Columbus, o, has adopted resolution
that all miners and mine workers in the
| United States demand the eight hour
work day May /, next aud that no
miner remain In the mines longer than
| eight hours.
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MINNESOTA MATTERS.


ST. PAUL, Feb. i4.-The members of
the house of representatives evidently
mean 10 cling 10 their railroad passes,
for the bill prohibiting members and
state officials from receiving them was
indefinitely postponed yesterday by a
vote OF so to az.
some Points on Convict Labor Contracts.
SALTWATER, Feb. l3.--The senate
committee on state prison investigation
began investigation at the prison To day,
the object seeming To be to get TO the
bottom OF the assignment OF the
labor contracts with the old North
western Car company and its
successor, tho Minnesota Thresher
company. The day has been taken up
by an examination and cfbss-examna-
tion OF ex-senator Sabin on the history
OF prison affairs. Much latitude has
been given and WIDE range OF subjects
gone over. The nub OF the whole mat
ter, however, u the fact that the con-
tract system has never been profitable
one 10 contractors except during very
brief time. Much money has been lost
by the thresher company, owing TO the
failure TO collect for manufactured ma
chimes. In answer 10 Senator McMil-
lan's Inquiry this amount was shown TO
be 81 $50, 600. Sabln thinks the bucket
and tub shops a failure. OF the binding
twine plant he says nothing.
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HE SAID THAT SAID.
Also, Hiil Says That ~ watterson Says,
That HIll .ays. Ad LIbitum.

New YORK, Feb. l4.-When Gov Hill
was shown Henry Watterson's statement
he said: II am very much surprised
that Mr.. Watterson has gwen for publ
cation the statement which you give me.
II is very strange indeed that letter
mailed three months ago has never
reached me. | have only To repeat what
| said before-that have never received
the letter. II Mr.. Watterson says he
wrote the letter, and that II contains the
statement which he says II contains, al
have To say Il that have the less res
pect for Mr.. Watterson.