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The record-union., 1892-12-13
Special to the RECORD UNION.

Special to the REcoRD-U UNION.
PARIS. Dec. I2.-The Panama scandal
continues to engross public attention.
All the papers publish long articles on
the scandal, the tenor Of which depends
entirely upon the political view point Of
the journal. The Figaro urges the Gov
ernment to get Herr, one Of the partners
III the banklng-house Of which the late
Baron Reinach was the head, to speak re-
gardiDg the connection Of that house
with the affairs of the Panama Canal
Company, the inference being that Herr
would be able to explain many points
about which doubts now exist. In the
course OF its article the FFgurO recalls
how, thanks to CIemenceau and Sarrien,
Herr was enabled to have an electric force
franchise toisted on the company with
capital Of l., ,O001, and that through
this and other transactions in which he
assisted, by connection with men hold
ing ministerial positions, lie accumulated
a considerable fortune.
y The paper further says Baron Reinach
spent the greater part Of the last hours Of
his life with Herr. Only a few minutes
after leaving Herr, Rcinach returned to
his residence, and that night he died
mont to make an autopsy to determine
whether he died from natural causes or
committed suicide. on the same night
that keinach died Herr started tor Lon
don, and the F5gUr0 expresses a strong
desire TO have the public informed as TO
what caused his sudden departure.
In the Senate to-day Nj. Lacombe uues-
toned the Government as to its attitude
toward the Panama investigation. Bour-
geOls, Minister OF Justice, declared amid
the cheers Of supporters OF the Govern
nent that lie desired the most complete
and searching light thrown upon tile
affairs Of the company. He added, how
ever, that he and his colleagues would
oppose tile passage Of any special law that
threatened to involve a possible conflict
between the executive, legislative anu
judicial authority.
The Chamber Of Deputies to-day
adopted a proposal made by NJ. Debois-
serin to invest the Panama Investigation
Committee with judicial powers. This
action was taken despite the opposition Of
M. Bourgeois, Minister OF Justice.
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BLooD-HoRsE MEETING.
Entries ana Weights for To-Day.
Events.

Entries ana Weights for To-Day's
Events.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-Following
are the entries for to-morrow:
Nine-sixteenths Of mile-Nipper (1l6),
Nelly Van Ql4j, Mountain Boy Q09l, Nc
Ginness' I. (96), Jennie Mitzner ql9),
Gold Dust (96), Dewdrop q03), Rosebud
(95), Sir Reel (99), Mount Carlos ql9,
Lottie y. Il0, Stoneman 900, Lodalia
(96), Nellie G. (i09).
Thirteen-sixteenths Of mile, selling
Sympathetic's Last 400, Andie Moore
l9N, Red Prince 1l3), Regal t99), Cyclone
QZ2>, Altus lO2), Initiation q05).
Three-quarters ofa mile-Aerolite (9D,
Reta (t6), Elair Q09), Bonnie Blue Ql4,
Huguenot (94l, Little Tough QO4), Gladi
ator 400, Lady Walter 114.
Handicap ior two-year-olds, three
quarters Of mile Wicklow 1l5), AlH-
ance Q1I, Castro (l0jl, Charmer 103),
Genoa (I03), Iris filly 400, Lady Marion
200, Thermidor (97), Donna Lila 81.
Five-eighths of mile-Queen B. (l06),
Joe Cotton 1l5), Waif 92l, Ida Glen Q09),
Gypsy Girl 900. Mackey 1I3). Tigress
l98l, Jack the Ripper 40, Charger q03),
Jim II. ll3)
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for this interference with the distribution
OF trade journals is the desire TO keep the
mails from being loaded down with ad
yertising matter for which people have
not subscribed; yet during the months
preceding the election many millions of
campaign documents were carried in the
mails at rate not allowed publications
issued for business purposes or in the
interest of temperance or religion. 1t is
asserted that the Postmaster-Ganerala and
superintendent Of Census have each
taken personal advantage of the oppor-
tunity TO use the mails in the manner the
department pronounced illegal for other
citizens. The Committee on Postotlices
was directed TO investigate the charges.
bill was passed for the disposition of
certain abandoned military reservations
in Wyoming.
Adinnrnen
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GAME sLAYERs.
Protest Against Butchory by the Prince
Of Wales Party.

Protest Against Butchory by the Prince
OF Wales Party.
LONDON, Dec 12.-The siclzenIng sue
cess Of the battue at Whitley Court, the
Earl Of Dudley's estate, has evoked ex-
pressions Of Indignation and disgust
from all classes. The three days slaugh-
ter was concluded on Saturday.
During the hunt the Prince Of Wales,
the Duke Of DevonshireA he Earl Of Dud-
ley, the Earl Of Cadogan and i've others
killed 1000 head Of game. The birds
were killed oil like hens in a coop. Most
Of them were 50 tame that the beaters had
to throw them into the air to start them
of. Sportsmon throughout the country
are protesting loudly against the murder
GUS exhibition.
The leaders Of the unemployed intend
to make capital Of the hunt in their
Tower Hill speeches and TO make de-
nand upon the titled ''sportsmen" that
the spoils be divided at once among the
starving Londoners.
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CONDITION OF THE SICK.
Both General Rosecrans and Ex-Sec
tary Blaine improving.

Both General Rosecrans and Ex-Sec-
tary Blaine Improving.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I2.-Early this
morning Rosecrans was so much better
that the lights in his room were extin-
guished, the General resting quietly. He
spent good day, and was so much en-
cOuraged in regard to his condition that
he announced that if he felt as well to-day
as he did yesterday he intended to take a
brief stroll on Pennsylvania avenue.
But it is not probable the General will be
allowed to leave his room for some time,
under the most favorable conditions.
Rosecrans was not SO well later in the
day as he was yesterday, being rather
nervous, due, it is said, to having received
50 many callers, who came to inquire as
to his health yesterday.
BLAINE's CONDITION.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. l2.-It is said at
Mr.. Blaine's house this morning that the
ex-Secretary of States condition has i'm
proved very much since his relapse last
week, and that he is better this morning
than yesterday.
New YORK, Dec. I2.-The Posts Wash
ingtOn special says: The proposed Cali
fornia trip of Blaine has been practically
given up, and it is beginning to be sus-
pected that his recovery is not going
ahead as rapidly as represented, and that
the newspaper accounts which pro-
nounced him in a serious condition are
nearer right than interested parties are
willing to admit.
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Special to the REooRD-UN1ox.

Los ANGELES, Dec. 12-Ernesto Qunti,
an Italian, aged "a, met horrible death
this morning. Qunti was a laborer en-
ployed in the Italian paste factory on
Also street. He was working at large
tub where the paste is made, at o'clock
this morning. There is in the tub a large
grindstone, twenty-five feet in circumfer-
ence, whose revolutions harden the
dough. While he was fixing the dough
this morning the wheel began to revolve,
and catching his hand dragged him in
between the grindstone and the side Of
the tub, grinding him to death. The
grindstone was stopped, but too late
Qunti was single man. He had been
in this country but few months.
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Operators Strike Growing Serious.
Killed by Masked Robbers.

CHEYENNE (Wyo.). Dec. 12.-Last Mon
day night three masked men entered a
grading camp on the Burlington. road
near the Montana line and ordered the oc-
cupants to throw up their hands, at the
same time firing indiscriminately. Daniel
Sullivan and A. J. Case were in
wounded, and boy had is wrist broken
by bullet. The robbers took $3.50 in
cash from Case and several watches and
a small amount of money from other peo-
pie, after which they escaped with a
stolen horse.
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RECKLESS SHOOTERS.
A Resident of Chico struck by a Stray
Bullet.

BERKELEY, Dec. l.. = The reckless
shooting which has been carried on for
some time within the limits Of Berkeley
resulted yesterday in an accident which
might have terminated seriously. B. N.
Helphinstine, a resident Of Chico, had
just arrived from the north on the Oregon
train, and was on his way to Berkeley on
one Of the cars Of the electric road. Just
as the car turned the curve into Center
street he felt sting in his side, followed
by adult pain.
Investigation showed that a bullet Of
small caliber had cut through his thickly
padded overcoat, coat. vest and shirt, and
had been stopped by the undershirt. The
skin was not broken, but a black and
blue spot the size of a dollar showed
where the bullet struck.
The conductor Of the car searched for a
considerable time for the careless sports
man, and spent moro time looking for an
officer, but neither could be found.
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THE STORY GIVEN BUT LITTLE CREDENCE.
HOMESTEAD, Dec. 12.-The report Of
the wholesale poisoning of the men en-
ployed by the Carnegie Company, last
September, is given but little credence by
the people here generally. DR.. Barton, a
prominent physician, said he attributed
the sickness to typhoid fever, and the
idea Of the men being poisoned was
absurd. All of the physicians and drug
gists soon expressed themselves in like
manner.
A small sized strike occurred at the
mills to-day. Eighteen men employed
in the transportation department struck,
and were Immediately discharged.
ANOTHER DEATH REPORTED.
TORONTO, Dec. 12.-Charles Stanford
died III this city to-day. He worked for
the Carnegie Company as bridgemaker at
Homestead during the recent strike. He
posed to have been caused by drinking
water which it is alleged had been poi
soned by strikers at Homestead.
REQUIsITIoN FOR BEATTY.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 12-Captain Breck,
counsel for the Carnegie Steel Company,
and Deputy Sheriff Farrell left for Louis
Vile tonight with requisition papers
from Governor Pattison for Robert j.
Beatty, who is under arrest there for
completely in the Homestead poisoning
conspiracy. They had with them the
confession of the cooks. Before leaving
Breck said no more arrests would be
made until his return, unless something
unforeseen should happen. Notwith-
standing the denials of prominent mem
bers OF the Amalgamated Advisory
Board, he said it would be shown that
members of that board and members of
the association and Knights of Labor
were implicated in the plot.
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NEW CABLE LINE.

Service Opened Between Brazil and
the Coast of Africa.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The Bureau of
American Republics has been informed
of the formal Inauguration Of the South
American Cable Company's service be-
tween Brazil and the coast of Africa. The
new cable has total length of 2, 103 ma
rine miles. At the island of San Luiz de
Senegal, on the coast of Africa, it con-
meets with the Spanish National subma-
rine line to Cadiz, touching at Teneriffe
and the Canarles. At Cadiz, the messages
are passed to the marine telegraph lines
for Great Britain and to the cable svs-
TENS Of the Mediterranean. Tolls are SIX
to seven francs a word from Pernambuco
to the principal points in Europe.
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Fearful Tragedy.

COLUMBIA Is. g., Dec. IA fearful
tragedy occurred tonight at Aiken, a
well-known winter resort. Thomas g.
Lamar shot and killed Mayor r. A.
Chaffee. Lamar i'll turn was rnortally
wounded by Chaffee, and the report is
that Marshal Robert CASTOR was likewise
fatally shot. 1t is stated that Chaffee and
the Marshal were trying TO arrest Lamar.
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THE COUNTRY ONE HOSPITAL.
Typhus Fever and Smallpox Raging
Throughout Mexico.

TyphUs Fever and Smallpox Raging
Throughout Mexico.
CIECIESATI, Dec. 12.-Health officer J.
w. Prendergast has just returned from
trip through Mexico. He says that
country is one hospital, sickness prevail
ing al 50 many places. Typhus fever is
epidemic in the City Of Mexico, ard the
deaths from smallpox average from forty
to fifty a day.
Nothing i being done to check the
progress of the diseases and they have
full swing. At least 800 per cent. Of the
population have been stricken. Women
carry their allpox-stricke children to
the depots and other public places with
out hindrance and scatter the infection
broad cast. Leprosy is not intrequent.
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SANK TO THE BOTTOM.
Andrew Monahan Drowned at the
Benicia Wharf.

Benicia Wharf.
BENICIA, Dec. 12.-Andrew Monahan,
who has been employed as boss at the
railroad coal bunkers at Port Costa, was
drowned at IL o'clock to-day at the grain
wharf in this city. He had been over
here making arrangements for the funeral
Of Mrs. Simms Of Port Costa, and not
having completed his mission was re-
turning with a friend in a skiff. In at
tempting to land the sl1iff was upset, and
both were thrown into the water Mona
han sank, while his friend managed to
grasp the boat and hold on until rescued.
Monahan's body was recovered after a
halt-hour's search, but life was extinct.
The Coroner took charge of the BODY.
Deceased was native of Ireland, aged
about 40 years and leaves a wife and four
children at Port Costa
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PACKING FIRM IN TROUBLE.
Petition Asking That Its Members Be
Declared Insolvent.

Declared Insolvent.
FRESNO, Dec. ia petition was fled
in the Superior Court this afternoon by
the Farmers Bank of this city, the
Kings River Lumber Company, Kutner,
Goldstein & Co., and others, asking that
the court declare Cook q Langley, the
well-known packers and commission
merchants of Fresno and Santa Barbara
Counties, insolvent debtors. The claims
against the firm aggregate about $3.50
Petitioners allege that Cook & Langley
have committed an act Of insolvency
within the meaning of the law by con-
veying on November 18th last TO the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los
Angeles all their lands, tenements and
hereditaments Of every description for an
alleged consideration Of $4,000. This
transfer, petitioners claim, was made by
Cook Il Langley with intent to delay, de-
fraud and hinder their creditors.
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GERMAN ARMY GUNS.
Cnprivi says the Quality OF Rifles Used
is Good.

is Good.
BERLIN, Dec. Notwithstanding the
conviction Of Rector Ahlwardt, the anti
Semitic, who accused the Hebrew gum
making firm Of Loewe 4 Co Of furnishing
the army with detective rifles, there seems
to be some doubt in the minds Of certain
members Of the Reichstag regarding the
quality Of arms borne by the infantry.
At the session Of the House to-day sew
eral questions were aslzen on the subject.
Chancellor Won Caprivi said the quality
of rifles in use by the army was thor
oughly good, both rs regards pattern and
execution. He added that tie weapons
were fully equal % the requirements Of
the present conditions Of war lie in
cluded in his description Of soldiers
arms weapons manufactured by Loewe 10
Co.
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BURGLARY at Winters.

WINTERS, Dec I2-The residence Of J.
II. Wilgus in this town was entered by
burglars last night while The occupants
were at church and Sl05 in coin and some
jewelry were taken. The house was
turned topsy-turyy by the burglars i'll
searching for plumber. There is no clew
in such cases, are looking for one.
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strike at san lose.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1I.-Bowman q Brook
field, San Francisco contractors, hired a
a man not member Of the Bricklayers'
Union to do tuck pointing on a building
here, and the local union fined them 500.
They refused to pay, and all the union
men struck. Further action will be
taken Thursday if the fine is not paid.
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PANAMA CANAL SCANDAL,
1t Still Continues to Engross Public
Attention in France.
GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE TOWARD
THE INVESTIGATION.

Public Feeling in the German Empire
on the vorge of an Explosion
Talk Of an Imperial Message Dis
solving the Reichstag - Smallpox
and Typhus Fever Raging Through-
out NIexico-Cabinet Crisis in Port
uGal.
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A MN Hand AccIdentaIlv KllIed.

FoRT BRAGG (Cal.) Dec, l2.-While en-
gagged in launching logs from the road
into the millpond at the Cleono mill to-
day by means Of team and a rope at
tached to the rear end, the front end Of a
log caught against a skid, swinging it
swiftly sideways, catching Samuel G.
Sankey between the log and the bank
killing him almost instantly. Deceased
was thirty years Of age, and leaves wife
and four little children.
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NO MORE srEERAGE TRAFFIC.
Steamships to Carry Only Saloon ant
Second-CIass Passengers.

steamships TO carry only saloon ana
second-Class Passengers.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-Peters, Secretary of
the North Atlantic Steamship Associa-
ton, has given out statement, in view
of the American regulations in regard to
Immigrants, that the association has to-
day decided to carry on its vessels only
saloon ana second class passengers from
January lst next. 1t had also decided TO
materially reduce the number of sailings
during 1888 and raise the saloon and sec
ond-cabin rates, in order to make up the
loss that will be incurred through aband-
oning steerage traffic. All the special
excursion rates for the Columbian t,xhi-
bition have been withdrawn by the asso-
citation, and there is no doubt this action
will result in large falling off in the
number Of foreign visitors.
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placer grounds on the San Jua river.
Trainmen and telegraph operators are
deserving the railroad, crippling it. Even
officials Of the Atlantic and Pacific have
caught the infection, and yesterday a
party left Canon piablo en route 10 the
mines. Business is seriously intertered
with. Friday one man washed out 500,
and another reported $1,000 as the result
Of thirty-siX hours work.
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Run over by a Passenger Train.

RENO New, Dec. IA Virginia and
Truckee passenger train, which left Reno
this morning, ran over w. w. Beals and
cut his left leg off between the ankle and
knee, besides cutting a hole i'll his
head. The wounds are not necessarily
fatal. Beals is about Is years Of age and
very deaf. His father and mother reside
at Oakland
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A SANTA CRUZ BURGLAR.
Made His Headquarters at Residence
Of WcalthY peonle.


OF Wealthy People.
SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 12.-Several weeks
ago a tramp was discovered in the coun-
try house of Claus Spreckles at Aptos, in
this county, where he had been living
for some time on the best the house af-
forded. lie had appropriated suit of
clothes and had prepared large bundle
Of plunder to be taken away. When dis
covered he fed through the window,
hatless. The same tramp was afterward
discovered in the vacant summer resi-
dence of DR.. A. Lilleincranz Of Oakland,
also located near Aptos. He escaped
again hatless. This morning. he was
found in the summer cottage OF James
Phelan, near this city, where he had evil
IDENTIFY been located for several days. He
was without hat, but otherwise well
fixed when caught. He threw up his
hands at once, showing that he was used
to the proceedings.
From the articles found it appears that
he had burglarized the summer resi-
dence of j. P. Smith, in this city.
Gold Excitement IN Arizona.
PHGNIx (Ariz.), Dec. 12.-Excitement
fever is high over gold find in the new
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AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.

Decision in n suit Involving 100000
Acres of Land in Oregon.
OAKLAND (Or.), Dec. 12.-In the United
States Circuit Court Judge Gilbert to-day
decided the case Of the United States
against the Willamette Valley and Cas-
cade Mountain Wagon Road Company in
favor of defendants. The controversy
was about 900, 900 acres Of land granted by
Congress for building the roads. The
had never completed the road, and that
the land should revert. The court held
that the west end Of the road was COM
pieted, and since the suit was commenced
the remainder had been finished.
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Fire at MADEIRA,

MADEIRA, Dec. l2.-Early this morning
a row Of frame buildings occupied by c.
A. Dworack's harness shop and shoe
shop were robbed and set on fire and to-
tally destroyed. The probable loss is
81, 900; partially insured.
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An Indian Shot and Killed.

HEALDsBURG, Dec. 12.-Sam Laun, an
Indian, was this morning shot and killed
by another Indian named Macmillan.
Maximillian claims that Laun was pur-
suing him with knife intending to kill
HIM.
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Death of a Wealthy Farmer.

CARSON New, Dec. I2.-Jacob Win
ters, a wealthy farmer of Jacks Valley.
died yesterday at his home. He was a
resident Of the valley thirty years, and
one Of the largest land owners.
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GERMANS EXCITED.

Rumors OF an imperial Message Dis
solving the ReIchstag.
BERLIN, Dec. 12.-1he town is full Of
rumors. One is to The effect that an i'm
perial message dissolving the Reichstag
will soon be read, and another that the
army bill will be put into effect without
consulting the Reichstag. The public
feeling in the empire is on the verge Of
explosion, particularly if the Kaiser in
sists on retaining Caprivi. IL will be re-
membered the Kaiser formerly expressed
his determination to keep Bismarck in
spite of anything that might happen.
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MEETING OF TOILERS.
Twelfth Annual Convention of the
Federation of Labor.
REPORTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND
SECRETARY READ

officers of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton EmphatfcalIy Deny the Story
That the Organization Counte-
nanced a Plot to Poison NOn-Union
Workmen at the Carnegie Mills at
Homestead-Th Operators Strike
on the Rock Island Road Growing
Serious.
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Cabinet crisis tn PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Dec. 12.-The Minister Of War
has resigned, owing to the failure ofthe
Cabinet TO agree upon the proposed army
reforms. The stability OF the Cabinet is
threatened. Prime Minister Ferreira
viii refer the matter to the Cortes and
ask vote Of confidence.
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THAT POISONING PLOT STORY.
Officers OF the Anaigamated Associa-
tion say 1t Is Preposterous.

Oincefs OF the Amaigamated Assocfa-
tion say 1t ls Preposterous.
PITTsBUBe, Dec. I2.-The offices of the
Amei"amated Association say that the
.stor ,hat their organization counte-
nancei y. plot 10 aoison the non-union
men No we're orr the Carnegie
MI -ioqt1roue.>>
The al. aroeys for Il = Carnegies, how
ever, says that the chan eSfaenc,
against the leaders is grow ing stronger.
daily and promises to be so complete tnat
none of them Will be able to escape.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. l2.-R. J. Beatty.
who was arrested here for alleged com
plicity in the Homestead poisoning plot,
secured a writ of habeas corpus this
morning, which was made returnable
tomorrow.
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Another Pioneer Passes Away.

UKIAH, Dec. I2-J. B. Mcclure, a
prominent citizen Of this county and
pioneer, died to-day.
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Penny Postage for Great Britain.

LONDON, Dec. I2.-The statement is
published that the Government has prac-
tically decided to adopt penny postage
throughout the empire
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
A LabOrer Ground to Death in a
Paste Factory.
HIS BODY MANGLBD BEYOND
RECOGNITION.

The Explosion of a CoaI-On Lamp
Causes the Destruction of a Dry
Goods establishment at Martinez
Man Run Over by a Virginia and
Truckee Passenger Train and SerI-
ously Injured-A Winters Resi-
dence Burglarized.
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Argentine's Ministry.

BUENos AYREs, Dec. Ex-senator An
tonic Beanajo has been appointed Min
lister OF the Interior.
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wv. rem Suffocated.

YORK IS tec. i2--During the alb
sence Of the pale ~, some paper took fire
in the homg 6 Albertson, and two
children We're SUM, "a. Mrs AIbertson
is now a raving maniac.
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Training Ship Bancroft.

ELIZABETH N. j.. Dec. 12.-The new
training ship 1or the United States Navy,
Bancroft, started on her trial trip this
morning. She will go out beyond Sandy
Hook to test the steering apparatus, and
make other observations in the open
water. Rough anchorage will he found
and the anchors will be dropped and
tested and the machinery for raising and
lowering them will also be thoroughly
tested. She will return tonight.
Shooting ARRAY in Georgia Town.
SPARTA (Ga.), Dec. u. - A shooting
affray occurred on the streets here this
afternoon. DR.. Gilmore, who wrote
thir l-party political letters, was killed;
IN i3'' West, member of the Legis-
i;4yl se. shot in the arm; Ed Brown, AS
sstant Marshal, shot in the finger, and
Bert An,os Shot in the groin. Gilmore S
soma r''ased n the shooting.