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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-04
BOLD BANK ROBBERY.
Safes Blown Open and $40. 900 in Cash
Taken Away.

CoLDwATER (Aiich.), March 3.-Last
night the Coldwater National Bank of
this city was robbed. The safes were
blown open and $40, 900 in cash taken. in
addition to a deposit Of $4,000 of PhiIa-
delphia and Reading deferred bonds.
One thousand dollars reward is offered
for the arrest of the robbers.
The job was the boldest and most com
plete ever performed in this portion of
the State, and is evidently the work OF
experts. They took every cent Of cash
they could find. The robbery caused a
great sensation here, and the bank was
visited by hundreds Of people this morn
ing. There is no clew to the robbers.
The robbers drilled the outer doors of
the vault, and with a punch broke the
lock off. The middle door was secured
with a paddock. This was broken with a
sledge. Inside, the vault contained one
burglar-prOof, com bination-lock safe and
also a steel safe with a time-lock These
were drilled and charged with dynamite.
The doors of both safes were blown com
pletely of, wrecking both safes and Ieay-
ing nothing but the shell of each.
The two explosions were heard bv
people living short distance from the
bank about O'Clock this morning.
About 800 in gold that was badly mutt
lated and bent cut of shape and also a
quantity of silverware We're left by the
robbers, together with some of their tools.
Two suspicious looking men were seen
In the vicinity OF the bank last evening
AS they cannot be found, they are prob
ably the men wanted.
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WORKING LIKE BEAVERS.
HILL PERSONALLY SOLICITING
FOR HIS NOMINATION..
His Anxiety, However, Said to Be
Operating Against Hfm-Cleve-
lands Prospects.
srecial 10 the REcoRp-UxIoN.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Senator David
B. Hill spends good part of his time in
cultivating the friendship Of Representa-
tives in Congress and the prominent men
of his party from the Southern and West
ern States.
Recently several influential newspapers
in the South have declared for Hill. The
Forth Worth Gazette was Cleveland
paper year ago. Now it is for Hill.
The latter's friends assert that he will
have majority of the Texas delegation.
Senator Hill spent some time in the
House yesterday buttonholing Dem
ocratic Representatives and begging for
their assistance and support. one OF
them read to him a COPY of some resolu-
tons adopted at q Democratic meeting in
his State in which, among other deciara-
tions, was one to the effect that nothing
but an earthquake can prevent the NOM
ination of David b. Hill for the Presi-
dency. Hill listened with attention, and,
when the reading was concluded. he
asked, DO you know OF any way to pre-
vent earthquakes?''
His personal and persistent solicita-
tions have disguised good many Demo-
Gratis. one OF whom said to a tribune cor
respondent: HIPS methods may win,
but they are disgusting 10 me. l have
De6n DOrGu Dy O4lce-SeSk6fS, men who
wanted TO be Postmasters, or Consuls, or
to hold other offices until was nearly
distracted. until | have become used to it.
But | never expected to see a man openly
using the same means to obtain support
and pledges of assistance in behalf of his
own candidacy for the Presidential nomi-
nation. Times have indeed changed for
the worse il such methous can succeed. -
The news from town and municipal
elections in New \ ork has caused
considerable uneasiness among some of
the Hill men from the other States, and
they made many inquiries in regard TO
its significance. Of course the New York
| Hill men assured them that these local
elections possess no significance what
ever. The New York men who still re-
main true to Cleveland asserted that the
result indicated simply that a great many
Democrats are weary and disguised with
"Hillism'' and gang ruie,' and that
with an uneXceptional candidate like
Cleveland the Democratic party would be
stronger than ever next tall. Some OF
the questions asked by Southern Demo-
cratic Representatives clearly indicated
that they would drop Hill Instantly, I'M
less they can be assured that the recent
Democratic reyerses in his own State can
( be repaired and the State carried by him
in November. In other words, they in
dicated that HIPS availability real or
assumed, is his only hold upon the
Southern Democrats, a good many of
| whom openly or secretly prefer German.
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CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-In the Senate
to-day consideration of the Idaho cleo
ton case contest was resumed. Gray adj
dressed the body in support of the claims
of Ciaggett, the contestant.
Higgins argued in favor of the majority
report. and Stewart spoke in behalf of
Claggett.
Mitchell closed the debate with speech
in favor of Dubois, and the voting began.
The question on the minority resolu-
ton in favor of Claggett's right to a seat
was decided in the negative-yeas Z, nays
80. The yeas We're: George, German,
Harris, Kyle, Morgan, Pasco and Stew
art. The majority resolution, affirming
the right of Dubois to Il seat was then
adopted-yeas 80, nays 3. The negatives
were George, Harris, Kyle, PascO and
Stewart. The Democrats who voted in
the affirmative were: Bate, Berry, Call,
Carlisle, Chiffon, Cockrell, Coke, Col
quit, Gibson of Maryland, Hill, Kenna,
Mcpherson, Morgan, Palmer, Pugh, Tur-
pie, Vest, Villas. Voorhees,, Walthall and
White.
The pure food bill was taken up and
some minor amendments We're agreed to.
Several bills were reported from commit
tees. and placed on the calendar, includ-
ing the following: TO establish a mill
tary post at Helena, Mont; to set aside a
tract of land in California for the use OF
the Lick Observatory of the astronomical
department Of the University of Califor-
MIA. The Senate then adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March BIN the House
the opening of the proceedings this morn
ing were not noteworthy. Watson of
Georgia rose to q question of personal
privilege TO make a statement in regard
10 criticism on his vote in contested
election case.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the District of Columbia
bill. The unfinished sections were con-
sidered without amendment. The com
mittee arose and reported the bill to the
House, and it was passed.
The House resumed the consideration
of the bill allowing railroad companies to
give special rates to commercial travel
erS.
O'Neill of Pennsylvania offered an
amendment providing that nothing i'll
the bill should be construed to prohibit
any common carrier from granting re-
duced rates Of transportation to passen-
gers or making reduced rates for freight.
Harris of Minnesota offered an amend
ment providing that any common carrier
may give reduced rates to members OF
the Grand Army of the Republic travel
ing TO ana from annual encampmentS.
In speaking to the bill Simpson of Kansas
referred to the author of the Interstate
Commerce Act, Senator CulIOm, as an
''iniquitous railroad attorney"
He was promptly called to order by
Lind of Minneapolis. Simpson eX-
pressed a willingness to withdraw the
'"iniquitous," but this wouldn't satisfy
Lind, and Simpson Withdrew the entire
expression.
a demand for the previous question was
voted down, and pending action the
House adjourned
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Special to the REcoRD-UNIox.


WASHINGTON, March 3.-There was a
lively scene in the House to-day when
Watson, the leader of the Peoples party,
arose TO a question of privilege and de-
nounced the correspondent of the At
lanta Constitution for accusing him of i'm
proper motives in voting with the Repub-
Ecans in the Craig-Stewart election con-
test. The dispatch nquestion stated that
Watson voted so because he expected
financial aid from the Republicans in the
next race for Congress.
The correspondent in question is a clerk
to Speaker Crisp.
Watson denounced the article in I'M
measured terms. He said it was false
the Speaker Of the House knew it to be
false; the man who wrote it knew il to be
false, as did every member in the House.
Ever since l have been here" said Wat
son, this clerk of the Speaker has
thought it his duty to deride me, ridicule
and misrepresent me. In the article
which have sent to the Speaker desk the
climax is reached; the time when silence
was prudent and good policy is past;
the time when any man, be he ever so pa
tent, would feel driven to denial and de-
nunciation has gone, and, here, Mr..
Speaker, | denounce that insinuation,
cowardly as il is, as a base and infamous
falsehOod." [Great applause.l The mat
ter was then dropped.
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FEARS OF A PANIC.
British Coal Miners Fighting Against
a Reduction.

British Coal Miners Fighting Against
Reduction.
LONDON, March 3.-The Worcestershire
coal mine owners to-day gave notice of a
further advance in the price Of coal. The
latter advance makes the total rise seven
shillings per ton within one month. This
increase falls heavily on the poor. The
rise is attributed to the already deter
mined intention of 10000 miners to cease
work in less than a fortnight in their
efforts TO prevent q reduction of wages.
Should these intentions of the miners be
carried out and strike inaugurated the
coal branch of the industries will be seri-
ously affected, and it is estimated that
100000 men will feel the effects.
The action OF the miners in announcing
that they would go on a strike on the 18th
inst, and the rapid rise in the price of
coal following that announcement are
leading to a panic. The cold weather,
which led TO the consumption of larger
quantity Of coal than usual, continues to
prevail. and this fact caused the alarm to
become greater than would otherwise be
the case. No one knows where the adj
vancing prices will stop, and conse-
quently everybody is anxious to lay in
enough coal now to tide over a TWO
weeks strike. The merchants declare
that if the present demand is continued
the stocks will last only for ten days
The newspapers all publish articles in
reference TO the situation, and urge the
public not to become panic-stricken, as
prices cannot make much further adj
vance, owing to foreign competition.
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Special to the REcorp-unror.

/
SAN DIEGO, March "a few minutes af-
teri o'clock this afternoon the community
was electrified by the report that J. w.
Collins, President Of the defunct Califor.
MA National Bank, had shot himself.
Crowds gathered on the street and hur-
rled to the Hotel Brewster, where Collins
has been residing the past eighteen
months.
1t soon became known that Collins,
General e. II. Murray and Attorney
General Hart had been at lunch together
at the Brewster. Collins looked very
pale, but chatted pleasantly. He was
asked how he was feeling, and replied,
"Oh, about as well as could be expected"
In few minutes Collins left the table
and went direct to his room. A few min
utes later the report of pistol was heard,
and when the door of his room was
opened Collins was found lying on the
| hoor with blood streaming over him and
pistol in his hand.
He expired almost Immediately. He
was not alive long enough to speak to
anyone.
The deed was not wholly unexpected.
lie had evidently been laboring under q
great nervous strain and mental depres-
his entire family was drowned in the bay,
and now that he was financially ruined
and with Il charge of enlightenment
hanging over him, 1t was thought he was
brought tc the point where he considered
! he had nothing to live for.
| The California National Bank, which
closed its doors on November 18th last,
was considered one of the strongest in
! situations financially in Southern Cali
tornia 1t had paid-up capital of $500, 600,
and surplus of 500, 200. The officers of
| the bank claimed that the suspension
was due to a shrinkage in deposits and
! temporary inability TO release its notes
and accounts. National Bank Examiner
| Chamberlain took charge Of the bank,
and hlr. Pauly Of Los Angeles was APP
! pointed receiver by the Treasury Depart
ment. AS result OF the latter's inVesti-
| cation warrant was sworn out tor Col
Inns arrest on a charge Of appropriating
100000 OF the banks funds, and il was
also sworn to that deposits were being re-
celVed up to the time of closing the doors.
1t is understood that Collins was 10
have been taken to Los Angeles to-day
for trial. Collins was interested in a
number of enterprises for the develop
ment of the southern part of the State,
and was always considered wealthy
man. lie came to San Diego from Chey-
enne, where he was President of "a bank
that was at one time also financially en-
! DarraSSed
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WILLIAMS LACK OF EDUCATION
CAUSTICALLY REFERRED TO.
Secretary Foster Visits the House of
Commons Fears of Panic in
Great Britain on Account of the
Approaching CoaI-Mfners' Strike
Prices Are Running Way Up.
Special to the REcoRp-Uv1ov.

BERLIN, March 3.-The entire issue of
the FraahJtTter Zeite11g of March 1st has
been coniiscated on a chare of Lese majestic.
The charge is based on an article headed {:
Grown Words" which appeared in the
paper. having reference to the Emperor s
Brandenburg speech.
The paper said the Emperor ought first
to have written the address and then
submitted it in confidence TO capable
adviser.
The Zeitang further said that, as a
Prince destined for the crown he had re-
ceived an education which could only
have made him a military expert, and yet
the Emperor desired to appear versed in
all branches by an extensive and compli-
Gated activity.
The article concluded with a suggestive
reference to the Emperor Nero, saying
the Emperor had mania for greatness,
was impulsive, and has Authorizations
with excuses of geniality.
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WHISKY TRUST.

The Defendants to Take the Case to
the supreme Court.
Boston, March 3.-Charles A. Prince.
counsel for defendants in the whisky
trust cases, says: 1--WE shall take our
case to the United States Supreme Court.
The case is to be tried here, but we shall
accept no decision as final that does not
come from the Supreme Bench. These
gentlemen who have been indicted have
not been running a trust. They have
formed a company which owns certain
property. 1t does not control the entire
output Of the product manufactured. 1t
is not monopoly, and has not conspired
against competitive interests"
Prince did not believe the cases would
come up Monday, as there has been no
time to prepare them.
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GETTING SERIOUS,
Condition OF Congressman Springer
He May Die.

CONDITION OF congressman Springer
He May Die.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The condi-
ton of Congressman Springer, Chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee. is so
serious to-day as to excite the gravest an
prehension Of his friends.
His family and most intimate friends
are evidently prepared for the worst, as
there is fear that theerysipelas hereto
fore confined to his face has gone to the
brain.
physicians coneede that this being the
case, the result is almost inevitably fatal
DIR. Vincent of Springfield, H., an Old
family physician of Springer's, has been
teiegraphed for at the request of the
patient and with the approval of the at
tending physicians in this city. While
Mr.. Springers family has the greatest
confidence IN the attending physicians,
| they hope the presence OF Dir. Vincent,
who IS an Old friend as we'll as a Skillful
physician, may buoy up the patient and
! help him TO battle against the virulence
OF the disease. This view is shared by
Drs. Curtis and Verdi.
During most OF the time Springer is
conscious, and although suffering most
intense pain, day and night, he is fully
apprised Of the gravity of his condition.
LATERAL midnight Congressman
Springers condition was unchanged.
I! That lie is no worse, gives renewed hope
to his friends, the nature Of his malady
! being such that every hour in which he
| succeeds in battling away death means
that he is gaining over the disease.
Learning from the bedside watchers
that an Associated Press representative
was in the house, he requested that he be
admitted TO the sick ROOM and said to
him, after grasping his hand: Il am no
worse tonight, and believe | am going to
get fresh hold. If | can just keep down
this cough, which is sitting me, Pm all
right"
Further conversation was stopped by
the recurrence of a lit of nervous cough
| ing, which convulsed the sick man $
frame in agony.
The attendant physicions believe that
II no change for the worse takes place be-
fore tomorrow noon there will be a
chance for his recovery. Inability to
sleep and a nervous desire Of the patient
to talk with anyone within reach, are re-
garded as but indications of the harraSsed
and restless condition OF his brain, and
the physicians now find in this inability
to take repose the greatest menace to his
/ life. AS long as the sick man cOnyerses
with those around he is perfectly con-
sciOuS and coherent in his speech, but as
soon as the conversation dies out or he is
enjoined to silence he rapidly drifts into
delirium, talking at random of pending
legislation i'll the House.
MILLS IS BETTER.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Mills is much
! better to-day his rest last night having
been very beneficial.
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PapaI ssires.

ROME, March 3.-The Vatican recently
sent instructions to Paris for the forma-
ton of Republican-C Conservative party
in the Chamber of Deputies to act as the
mouthpiece of the Vatican, in order to
fight kadicalism. When this fact came
to the knowledge of representatives OF
the Vatican in Austria, Germany and
Portugal and Spain, they requested an
explanation of the Pope's abandonment of
his monarchical policy. In reply they
were told the instructions would only
apply to France, and that the Vatican did
not intend to display hostilities 10 the
existing mOnarchieS
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Another Trial Necessary.

SAN Francisco, March 3.-The jury in
the case of Abe Jones, who is under in
dictment for stage robbery, came in this
afternoon in the United States District
Court and reported that it was impossible
to agree upon verdict. Judge Morrow
discharged the jury and set the case for
May I'd. On that date the third trial will
begin. On the first trial the jury stood
eight for conviction and four for acquittal.
The jury on the second trial, which re-
ported to-day, stood seven Tor conviction
and five for acquittal.
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ould oppose any attempt 10

ent law and would oppose any attempt to
change the system.
1t was explained that during the early
discussion of the Mckinley bill hun
dreds of petitions We're sent in from Wis
consln and Minnesota, asking that lun-
Der be placed on the free list. The pc
titions We're signed by Republicans as
we'll as Democrats, and served to con-
vince Senators Sawyer and Washburn
that their constituents demanded free
lumber, especially as no protests were re-
ceived. through the efforts and elo-
quence of Major Mckinley and others the
lumber tariff was maintained
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No Famine in Russia.

CHICAGO, March 5. = Four Russian
priests of the Greek Church-Bishop
Leveque Nicolos and Monsignors Metro
plane, Ambrose and Soulcowsky-
stopped here to-day on their way to San
Francisco, where they are going to estab-
lish Greek Church. IN an interview
they said the reports of suffering in
Russia from famine are all false. They
admit the crops are very short, aud that
the people occasionally have not sufficient
food, but over that there Is no actual sui
fering, and they say the Car and the
more wealthy citizens are doing all that
is necessary to relieve the suffering.
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WASHINGTON, March 3.-The joint
English and United States Commission
on the Behring Sea fisheries held a long
session this afternoon and practically
concluded its deliberations. The mem
bers are pledged to secrecy and it is i'm
possible TO obtain any information as to
the result of their conferences. There is
good reason, however, for the prevalent
belief that the commissioners failed en-
tirely in their endeavors to reach a salts
factory agreement as to the best method
of conducting the seal fishing industry
with view to the preservation of the
species.
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Captain Greenwood Uncertain.

UKIAH, March Captain Greenwood
arrived from Napa at 12:45, and was
driven at once to the Jail to see e. A.
Martin. who is suspected of being one of
the Greenwood murderers. After an
interview of a few minutes Greenwood
came out, and, with Sheritfs Mckenzie
and STANDBY, returned to San Francisco.
10 an Associated Press reporter Captain
Greenwood said he did not know Martin,
though he might be the man wanted.
Greenwood SAID he was not sure OF his
man anYMaY.
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YUBA City, March 3.-The jury in the
case of DR.. Noble, arrested for selling
liquor in violation of the prohibition
ordinance, found him guilty late last night
after an exciting trial of three days, be-
fore Justice Rogers. The sentence was
suspended until tomorrow, when the
case will probably be carried to a higher
court. This is the second conviction in
the county since the ordinance has been
i'll force. The WOmen's Christian Tenn
pefance Union have a standing reward of
$50 for information leading to the con-
Viction Of any one violating the ordi-
NANCE
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WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Saw
yer, from the Committee on Postoffices
and Post Roads, to-day reported to the
Senate bill in the nature of a substitute,
providing that after the lst of July next
all articles of mail matter of the third and
fourth-class will be comprehended III one
class, to be known as third-class matter,
postage to be at the rate of one cent for
each two ounces or fraction thereof.
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sugar. Rounties.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The state
ment of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue in regard to the sugar bounty
shows that 1923 claims for bounty
amounting to S6,9l4,6j4 were received,
and S25 claims, amounting to s., 90, 900,
were paid. The beet sugar bounties were
S2l5, 406.
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Nraber whips Lawson.

Los ANGELES, March Billy Maber,
the Australian, knocked out Jimmy Law
son, colored lightweight, in six rounds
tonight at the Pastime Club of this city.
The fight, which was for a purse of $500,
was q very one-sided affair, Maber, who
had the advantage in hight and reach, be-
ing altogether too clever for his opponent.
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Forcing His Ahdlcntion.

VIENNA, March 3.-An Austrian news
paper hints that King George of Greece,
who sometime ago desired to abdicate and
made no secret of his wish, has adopted
the present course of an apparently high
handed overriding of the popular will as
line of conduct more likely to hasten his
Withdrawal from the reign of the Helenes.
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New England Deal Denied.

NEW YORK, March Walter Webb,
Third Vice President of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad,
states that he received telegram from
his brother this morning saying there is
no truth in the reports connecting him in
any way with the New York and New
ENGLAND deal
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The Reading Deal.

HARRISBURG, March 3.-The hearing
in the Reading deal was opened to-day
by Attorney-General Hennel Neither
Powderly nor any of the representatives,
of the Pennsylvania road were present.
Many ofiiciaIs OF railroads interested in
the combine were on hand. The lease of
the New Jersey Central and lehigh Val
ley was handed TO the Acknowledgement.
with the request that it be not given out
for publication. Counsel for the Read
ing and Jersey Central argued against
the complaints which have been made.