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MRS. BLAINE JR.
Judge Thomas Grants Her a Divorce and
Alimonv

MINNEAPoLIs. Feb. 2O.-1he Journals
Deadwood Is. Dak.) dispatch says Judge
Thomas has granted decree of divorce TO
Mrs. James G. Blaine JT.. with the custody
OF her child, 500 TO pay the expenses of the
suit and 500 per month as permanent ali
mony. Mrs. Blaine will leave Deadw00d
Tor Sioux Falls t@morrow.
Mrs. Blaine is apparently happy over The
result and VIII leave tomorrow for Sioux
Falls. There was practically no defense,
tue defendants attorneys simply wa'ching
the case undeE instructions to fight only in
the event Of cruelty and uufaithfulness
being charged.
In the summer OF 1886 Miss Mary New
ins, one Of the handsomest girls Of Pitts
burg, Pa, went 10 Bar Harbor, Me, for the
season. Tie Biines have a cottage at that
resort, and young James was soon a slave
to Miss Nevins' charms. After a brief
cOuTtShip the SeashOre lovers were married
in New YORK City in September 1886
II was generally known that Secretary Of
State James q. Blaine and Mrs. Blaine
were much opposed 10 their sons marriage.
However, the newly made husband took his
! bride 90 PittsbuTg, and, with his salary as a
/ reporter and an allowance from his father
be managed TO keep up a comfortable home.
The young man is possessed of a rowing
/ disposition. and lie soon took his wife to
New York City. lie was reporter there,
but his father stopped his allowance. Then
he went into a brokers' Office. ana shortly
alterWard his parents got cOntr d of him.
In 1888 the couple separated, and Mrs
James q. Blaine JT. charged her husbands
/ family with having induced him to desert
/ her He mad gone to Augusta, Me, and for
/ a while lived at home. The wife followed
and says she tried to induce him to return
| 70 her but TO no purpose. The BlaineS
were eager to get h0ld Of the child. but they
failed TO do so Young Blaine said his peC-
pie would willingly care for IT,
Then the wife began her divorce pro-
| ceedlngs The first step was 10 ask for $500
8ljm0ny and $500 counsel fees. For a long
time the husband pleaded poverty, and said
he was unable to pay the, money. At last
a check VAS sent TO her, il is said, by Secre-
tary Blaine himself.
The wife, having no means Of support as
she claims. prepared to 90 on the stage
She studied for some time and then was
attacked with inhsmmatory rheumatism,
which checked her theatrical career for
awhile. She aiterward appeared before the
fOotlightS, but with no great success.
Mrs. Blaine came here last year TO acquire
residence in this State. Divorces are more
easily procured in this commonwealth than
anywhere else in the United States. Testi-
m9ny was taken IN the case in New ork in
Dpppn her
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principle of stability Of which France is at
this moment in moro need than of any
other Clemenceau represents the impoSSl-
bic. The sO-caled bill of associations,
when led to the defeat of the Ministry
was a bin to reRssert the lust authority of
the Stale over all classes of citizens, cleri-
Gals and Cardinals included. 1t WAS Otfen-
siVe 10 the cleTiCals because it went too far,
and 10 the JacobiuS because It did not 80
far enough. Hence a coalition between the
two extremes Of the Chamber, who have no
principle IN common except the principle Of
hatred. Freyciuet lost courage, temporlZed,
and knew neither his own mind nor the
mood Of the Chamber, and so he fell. 1t
was thought that matters might be patched
M. but this mornings kilograms say the
resignation of the whole Ministry Is def
uite. The most ingenious and ventures0me
pol ticlan has not 4 plausible conjecture tO
offer a 60 the composition OF the next Min
istry.
Combination with ClemsRceau.
Had tie Pope's encycical to the Cardinals
been given to the world three days sooner
IL might have averted the crisis The
clerieaIs would have thought twice before
combining with Clemenceau, just after the
the Pope had, so TO speak, given his bene-
diction to this Government. lie has cut
loose from the monarchy aud mOnarchsts.
He accents the republic, and his per-
cepicn of tile facts and his readiness
20 act on them is statesmdnlke and
in every way honorable to him.
He fails in his handling Of the Ques-
tlOn at issue between the republic and The
cardinals. lie half approves the Cardinals
circular. aud he half approves the refusal Of
the Government to suffer even the Cardinals
20 set themselves above the law. lie has
missed what seemed a great opportunity,
and he Will not carry bis recognition Of the
republic 10 its logical consequence. The
conflict seams hardly less threatening than
before. Yet to the spirit which underlies
this manifesto nothing but applause is due.
Balfour's Irish Bill.
Balfour's bill for establishing a new local
government in Ireland has been received
without enthusiasm by his own party aud
with eXecration by his opponents The
speech in which he explained the measure
to the House Of Commons on Thursday eX-
toTted encOmiums from so bitter an Opp0-
nent as John Morley. The blu, he said,
could not have been presented with
greater Clearness and more lucid
ity or with more admirable frankness.
M0Tleys friends, none the less, hailed
II with leeTs and hOwls. Morley himself
described the bill as q monstT0us imposition.
Sir William Harcourt, who has pucked up
courage and returned to the House, called it
bad joke, an absurdity and farce, and
advised BallOur not 10 waste the time Of
the House in such rubbish. Redmond called
II an insult to Ireland while Mccarthy pro-
nounced it a miserable and an unClean
thing. Healy thought it contemplate, and
some other good lrishmen declared it to
''be rotten from the crown Of its head TO
the Spla of its font -
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Office at San Francisco He has been de-
tailed on special service at Yosemite Park
1t will be his duty TO build up a system Of
roads and look after the hotels, so ttsae
visitors can be accommodated in a comfort
able manner.
Pensions and Postal Changes.
The following change has been made in
the Star mail service: FairmOnt to Ger
mans Station, from March l, 1892
A. A. Carraher has been appointed PaSe~
master at Avalon, Los Angeles County,
Cal, vice II. NJ. A. Elms, resigned
The following persons of California have
been granted pensions: Warren Cash Keith,
FL +. Evans, Christopher G. Fulton, Geerga
Miller, Sanford NJ. Edwards, John Cry1i-
bic. Joseph Tyrrell, August A. BOerenssu.
Cicero Hawley, Samuel II. Watson, George
f. Raylor, Allen Lewton, Delos P. Yogk,
joseph S. Dubois, James Prettyman, GesEga
w. Hughs, John Ryder Walter ElIialt,
Patrick Haggerty, Mary E. Dell, AnaIa
Hussey. William A. Mason and Philip Max
well.
The Secretary of the Navy has authorized
the ninth payment of Sl46. 500 to the Uniaa
Iron Works of San Francisco for work on
the coast defense vessel Monterey.
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sTORNs ABROAD.
Heavy SHOWS in England, Ireland and Wales
Buslness S .rious.Y Interrupted


Business .riously Interrupted.
LONDON, Feb. 20.--Snow- storms prevailed
last night throughout the United Kingdom.
IN London TWO inches Of snow fell. and this
morning the city was enveloped in a dense
fog. The weather remains cold. In North
Wales 10000 quaTrymen have been thrown
out Of work by the snow that has fallen 20
great depth ~ that part OF the country. All
Out-Of-dOUr work in the ship-yards at Hartle-
pool, County Durham, has been stopped
owing 10 the yards being buried ia snow,
ana 1000 men are Idle.
dispatch from Dublin states that the tel
egrayh wires and poles are down in all di-
Tectons through Ireland and railway traffic
is interrupted. Snow is still falling heavily
in Ireland, and IN Cork and the adjoining
places the roads are covered with four feet
Of snow. Anxiety is felt regarding the
safety Of several farmers VINO left the mar
kets bound for their homes at late hour
yesterday evening, and Of whom nothing
has been heard since.
LISBON, Feb. 20.-TwO sailors were
drowned in the Tagus during the gale which
prevailed yesterday. girder supporting
the roof Of the Customs shed, which has a
span Of $50 feet by 80, feel, carrying the en-
tire roof and wreckiug the whole building
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EDISON OUTWITTED.
Practically Powerless in the Management Of
His Electrical Inventions

New YORK, Feb. 2O.-lt is rumored in
Wall street that Thomas A. Edison Is dis
satisfied with the projected consolidation
Of the Edison General Electric Company
and the Thompson Houston Company, and
that he will retire, if indeed he be not prac-
tically frozen out 1t is said he owns only
One-tenth Of the stock of the Edison Company
which controls nearly all his patents, and
with a small portion of the whole stock he
Is practically pOwerless. The fact that he
has only c0mparativel small amount Of
stock IS interesting in itself, as showing
that Edison IS sharing the fate of inventors
generally. Other men have the majority of
the stock, and are drawing the dividends.
1t Is believed that through ignorance Of the
ways OF Wall street he was Outwitted, and
some one else obtained control OF his stock
No one has been able To find out definitely
what Edison thinks of the Consolidation
scheme, as lie refuses to discuss the matter.
by the terms OF the consolidation the total
capital stock Of the Edison Company will be
exchanged for 100000, 600 stock in the new
company, and the Thompson Houston Com
pany gets SlS, 100000 stock in the new COM
DanV,
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FEsTIVITY AT NICE.
King Carnival Takes Possession Of the Pala
Of Pleasure

AAug NdI ulFdl lakes POSSESSION OF the EdlaCe
Of Pleasure.
NICE Feb. 2O--King Carnival took pos
session Of his palace of pleasure this even
ing after trayersng the streets upon an en-
ormous elephant, followed by suite of
merry-makers in fancy costumes, who
crowned him at the Casino as the twentieth
monarch in the reign of folly. The festiyi-
ties of the week begin with a fancy dress
ball On Tuesday there will be a retraite
carnavaIesque, a sort of mumming process
sion by tOrchight, with bands Of music.
colored illuminations and all the noise that
can be made. On Thursday the first battle
OF the flowers will take place on the Prom
enade des AnRlais. This is the prettiest
feature Of the season
Many Americans will take part in the
more popular sports and join the crowd in
the battles of confetti, which take place on
Sunday, the 28th, and Thursday March /.
These sports swili conclude each evening
with highly grotesque fancy pail, and the
whole Will culminate 10 the burning of
King Carnival in the Place de la Prefecture.
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camps children - Albert aged years,
Marie, aged 3 years, and Charles. aged 2
years-were burned to death. The other
members of the family escaped with diff
Guilty.
When taken from the burning building
with babe in her arms and questioned as
to where the other children were likely to be
found the frantic mother could give o clews,
as she had become separated from them in
fought the fire with renewed energy, but
with no avail. The trunks of the little ones
were taken from the ruins this afternoon,
two being found close together about ten
feet from the front of the building, and the
third thirty feet away. Several citizens
were seriously burned in attempting to res
cue the children
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Foxhall Keene Recovered.

LONDON, Feb. 20.-Foxhall Keene, who
has quite recovered from his recent acci-
dent in the hunting-feld in Ireland, except
for the loss of couple of teeth, has been
interviewing dentist to-day. He is very
much annoyed at the exaggerated reports
Of his injuries that were sent to some Amer
lean newspapers. He is so far from being
seriously injured that he yesterday cabled
his entry into the Racquet CLUB tennis
match for the March games, and will sail
for New York on the 1eutOnic March 20.
keene went to Brighton this afternoon to
spend Sunday with Thomas 7. Oehiltree.
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COAST INTERESTS.

The Coast POstofice Sites-DecisIOns on
Customs ana Land Cases.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-AssiStant Secre-
tary Crounse to-day received a long dispatch
from John p. Irish in which he reiterated
all his former statements to the effect that
the price for the San Francisco Postoffice
site is not an ex0rbitant one. This was in
answer to a telegram from Secretary Foster
asking him TO explain the action Of the local
commission in charging S1,040, 900 for piece
Of land which the Treasury Special Agents
have declared is not worth half that sum.
The Attorney General to-day rendered an
opinion affecting the legal status of the Port
land POStoffice site muddle. An effort has
been made to locate the proposed building
at Albma, or East Portland, across the
river from Portland proper. The Attorney
Generals opinion is to the effect that the
POstOfhce may be located in any addition to
the city no matter how remote it may be,
and that its location there would be strictly
legal, though Congress evidently intended
when it passed the act appropriatng the
money for a site that the POstoffice should
be located in the main portion OF the city.
Secretary Foster will probably leave for
Europe on account OF his health before any
action is taken in either the San Francisco
or Portland Postoftice site matters.
Customs and Lands.
Instructions were to-day issued to the
San Francisco Collector of Customs that
unpublished cylinder crown glass and conf
mon window glass imported into this cOun-
try must be shipped in boxes containing
fifty square feet Heretofore it has been
the custom TO import In boxes OF ITO square
feet and that is Illegal.
Assistant Secretary Chandler to-day de-
MED the appeal of George Ii. Matrons, whose
final proof for pre-emption claim in the
Seattle land district had been denied, but
he was given permission to file new and
additional proof at some future time.
The committee of California hydraulic
| mining men has opened headquarters at $40
| Thirteenth street, in this city. The COM
mittee evidently intend to remain in Wash
ingt0n until the end of the session if
| necessary, in order to carry out the plans of
| the two conventions which assemble here.
| Commissioner Carter today appointed A.
j G. Snnnr Snanlal A nent nf the Genprnl I.anh
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Extent Of Russia's Famine.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2O.-The Caro-
witz' Central Famine Committee is publish
ing reports made by delegates sent to tbs
famine districts. Oae delegate sends an CD
timistic report concerning the part Of Sa-
mara which he visited, but admits the peas
ants are obliged to sell their live stock
owing to the lack OF fodder. Another dele
gate, who visited VerOneSs, says over l0,0J0
women in that province are destitute, hSv-
ing sold everything for food. Thirty thQu-
sand horses Will be sent to take the place Of
those sold by the peasants.
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TEN BANKS FAILED.
The Colony of New South Wales Suffers Fl
ial

The Colony of New South Wales Suffers a FL
nancial Crisis.
SYDNEY. n. S. W., Feb. 20.-No less than
ten of the largest local savings banks have
stopped payment during the last fortnight,
and many of the remaining ones are likely
TO follow. Societies that only a few months
ago paid at the annual meetings II to % per
cent dividends to shareholders could not
sec their way after a couple of days run on
them to repay to the poor their few pounds
Of earnings on deposits let alone fixed de-
posits that had matured. Liquidation
Will give the unfortunate depostOrs, per-
hapS, five shilliugs in the pound after an in
definite period of delay. All this has been
going on for years under the very noses Of
Parliament apd the Exec utive Government,
and nobody lifted as much as finger to
Ch eek the sWindle
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PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.
Ex-senator Blair q Candidate Before the
hlnnearolis Convention.

A--c- 1tuL o-dAL L6ulAU&L5 DElDI5 the
Minneapolis Convention.
MANCHESTER y. H., Feb. 20.-Ex-Sena-
tor Blair does not intend TO let such a small
thing as a Chinese suub down him po-
IticaIy, and he is determined 70 see that If
Peking viii not have him the White House
will in letter to Chairman Churchill Of th he
New Hampshire Republican State Central
Committee Published in the Mirror this
evening, he announces himself a candidate
for the Republican nomination at the Min
neaD0ls Convention. After reciting how in
1884 be declined TO be a Presidential
candidate, although he says he had
fifty votes pledged to him, be is now
persuaded by the imDOrtuninE OF several
membsrs, lie says, Of the Republican Ma
tiODal Committee, and viii deeply appreciate
the honor Of any support given him as a
candidate IN the convention. Continuing,
be says personally TO Chairman Churchill
Of the Republican Central Committee: NO
act Of solicitation is pardonabls in connec-
lion with this, the highest Office in the world.
but as Chairman Of the Republican Com
mlttee OF my own and my native State,
which in the past has done me such distin-
Ruisbed honor, feel that / owe to You en-
tire cand0T In the statement Cf my position
and the expression Of my feelings"
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CORRUPTION IN PORTUGAL.
Arrest Of Prominent Bank Officials by Order
of the Government

LISBON, Feb 20.-Senhor Mendoza Cortez,
an ex-Minister and peer OF the kingdom,
who holds the Office of President of the
LusitanO Bank, was arrested to-day on a
warrant signed by the Minister of Justice.
The arrest is probably due to the financial
troubles between the Government, the bank
and the Royal Railway Company. Senior
ReiS Souse director Of che LusitanO Bank,
Is now out on S225. 600 bail, and Marquis Da
F0z. formerly a director OF the Royal Rail-
way, has been arrested as implicated in
the same frauds, in connection with the
railway employees pension fund.
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PANIC-STRICKEN.
A Number of Persons Crushed at London
Entertainment,

LONDON, Feb. 2O.-A magic lantern en-
tertainment held by a club of Unionists of
Kings Cross was broken up last night in a
tragic way. A lad who was present at the
celebration upset parafline lantern. The
burning paraffine set fire to the floor and
caused frightIul panic. Grown-up people
screamed, and the 200 children rushed about
in fright. made all the more desperate by
the example of their elders. Iu the rush
for escape on the staircases twenty were in-
jured five of whom may die. The door of
the exit had been closed and locked, and
this added to the horror of the occasion.
Fortunately. the contagratlon did not
spread,
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THE READING DEAL.
Alleged Violation Of the Laws Of the State o,
PennsYlYania.

Alleged Violation Of the Laws Of the state o.
Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, Feb. Ex-Governor Patti
son to-day made public two letters he had
received, one from Auditor Cassatt Of the
Pennsylvania road. and the other from
Master Workman Powderly Of tie Knights
OF Labor, protesting against the Reading.
Lehigh Valley aud jersey Central deal
Cassat2s letter gives an array Of facts
which he considers sufficient TO prove the
ilegali:y Of the deal, aud PowderIy pro-
tests as a citizen Of this State, and demands
that tie constitution be upheld, The let
ters were referred by Governor Pattison 10
the Attorney General, with instructons>t0
take such action as viii enforce the cOusti-
tuition Of the State and bring all who VIC
late It within us control
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CONDENsED TELEGRAMs,

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 2O.-Goyernor MeKln-
nsy to-day signed Ine bill i0r the settlement Ot
the State debt.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2O.-Addtional gold TO- the
amount Of 100000 was taken Io-day for ship
ment TO Europe, and thus 81, 600 600 Ia ali WeaE
to-day.
NOBLEsvILLE, Ind, Feb. 2O.-J0hn DaRfOrth
WAS sGOt this morning Al riot that occurred aE
a Republican convention aI WeStneld. six miles
west Frono
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CONTAGIoUs DISEASES.

Yellow Fever on an Ocean S.samer-More
Iyphus Discovered in New York
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-The steamer Dalton
arrived to-day from Santos and is detained
at quarantine. Yellow fever was discovered
among the crew shortly after the ship
cleared the Brazilian coast. At one time
twelve men were sick, two of whom died.
-Four new cases of typhus fever were dis
covered to-day among Russian immigrants
Ihey were removed TO the Roosevelt Hos.
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end Of Parker, and several houses on the
banks were washed away, but the Occu-
pants had deserted them before the food
came. Beyond this no damage has been
done.
This afternoon the ponderous gorge broke
In Clarion River and soon passed out. All
danger is now passed.
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Plvmorth Chnrcb Acitatsi

New YORK, Feb, 20.-A tempest has
been raging in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
for some time as to the question Of admit
ting Darwin j. M-serole 70 membership.
MANY women members object 10 M-ser0le
because Il bis past life, aud tie fight has
become so hot taat Neserols c0ntemplates
Withdrawing his application. Meserole
shot Theodore Larbig last spring in Doye
Coustgck's fiat.
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STATESMEN ENTERTAINED.
Arrival Of Congressional and Diplomatic
Visitors al Chicago.

CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-Four special trains
bearing Congressional and diplomatic vsi-
tors arrived late this afternoon The
travellers were met at the depot az the
various trains arrived and were at once
escorted 10 hotels by the Reception Com
mIttee. This evening the visitors weTs
rendered reception al the residence Of Mr..
and Mrs. POtter-Palmer, the latter being
President OF the Board Of Lady Managers.
Monday visit WIZ be made to the World S
FAIR; but the most important feature Of the
visit Is the banquet which the Commercial
Club will give at the Grand Pacific Monday
night % Tie visiting statesmen.
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The Deacon Tragedy,

CANNES, Feb. 2O.-The Public Prosecutor
permitted Deacon, the slayer of AbiellP,
to pass the night with M. Valeourt
Yesterday, after all the formalties of th q
French law had been complied with, he wa S
liberated on his own recOgnizancP, the
Judge only stlpulating that he must reside
IN Grasse until the assizes are held. Mrs.
Deacon is making preparations to go to
Paris with her family.
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JEALOUS HUSBAND.

a Farmland Shot and Killed By BIS En-
rloyeT Near Manchester, Iowa
DUBUQUE, Feb. 20.-Denujs Taylor. a
farmer, living near Manchester yesterday
shot and killed his hired man, Michael
kenna, who, he says was 200 familiar with
his (Iay'0r's wife. After tie murder
TAYLOR htcned up team, drove to Man
chester and surrendered.
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ST PAUL, Feb. 20-Postofice Inspector
Watkins passed through here with j. w.
McMurTay, eX-Faiiwe5 mail clerk, lom
he arrested for robbing the mails between
Helena and Miles City two years ago. Nc
Murray was not suspected while in the
service. which he left last December. He
was arrested in Chicago Thursday and con-
fessed. He returns without a IeQuis,tiOu.
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FALL OF THE MINISTRY.
Successful Combination OF the Radicals
and ReRctiOnarIes.

Successful Combination OF the Radicals
and ReactiOnarIes.
New YORK, Feb 20-Smalley's special
cabl egram TO the Tribune from London
says: The fall of the French Ministry is
discussed as if it were due to the religious,
or rather to the ecclesiastical difficulty of
long standing and lately more menacing
than ever. That was the remote cause.
The immediate cause was Clemenceau He
had suffered Freyeinet and his colleagues to
hold office, and TO some extent power, for
nearly two years. The situation was be-
coming mOnotOnous, and the luxury Of
oyerthrowing one more Government was
one he could no longer deny himself
Clemenceau is a sort Of Warwick turned
inside out. He is not king maker but
klpg-breaker. He has broken up half
owen Ministries already. His system is
simplicity itself He waits until some ques-
ton turns up on which the Radicals and
Reactionarles can be made to unite then
out goes the Ministry
The DepOsed Ministry.
The De Freycinet Ministry, which never
had real majority OF its own, but lived
from hand to mouth, represented the mod
crate and possible republicanism and tie
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New ORLEANS, Feb 20-The two fac
tions Of the Democratic party have reached
an agreement The ticket nominated by
each Will be submitted to a vote Of the party
at the primary elections, and the one re-
ceiviug majority is to be declared the reg
ular ticset and voted as SUCH the other being
withdrawn.