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TIE FUTURE RAILROAD.
Proposed New Electric High Speed Transi

Proposed New Electric High Speed Transit
From st. Louis to Chicago.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The Empire State
Express. which flies from New York to
Buffalo. is soon to be entirely eclipsed by
the Electric Express. travelling at a thunder
bolt speed over a road as straight as an
arrows course, If the story be not a
dream. when DIR. Wellington Adams
unfolded tonight to members OF the
Electric Club. This wonderful train of the
future, according to DR.. Adams. is to run
between ST. Louis and Chicago, and in COM
parlSOn with 1t all present "tbunderbolr,
and lightning" vestibuled expresses will
fade into the insgnifcance OF way trains fit
only for third-class traffic.
DR.. Adams is the engineer of the proposed
road, and as company OF St. Louis cap
itaiists has raised $4,000 0O0 10 build the
road, the dream stage Of the project, at
least in their minds, appears to be passed.
The tremendous speed OF this new railroad
Is not its only curious feature. The shape
and nature of its cars, track, roadbed
aud mode of propulsion are equally curl
Gus to those who have been accustomed to
steam railroads, and not the least curious
thing about the whole scheme Is the calou-
lati0n which DIR. Adams made to the effect
that one-tenth OF all the visitors TO the
Worlds Fair are expected to pay SO apiece
for round trip on the road
He says: 1--WE have already acquired
over 60 per cent OF the right Of way between
st. Louis and Chicago, aud we will soon
have the rest. The road will cost Sc 0000 600.
ana will be in operation when the Worlds
Fair opens. We expect TO transport 8. 100000
Worlds Fair visitors at So apiece for the
round trip, we will have two central sta
tions on the line, one at Wilmington or
Fairbury H., and the other at Edinburg,
and we will use 70-pound California con-
tinuous overlapping rail with stone ballast,
and all the crossings will be overhead on
nur rnad -
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THE PRoHIBTTIONIsTs.
Delegates Chosen by Several State Cor
Ventiuns.

Delegates Chosen by Several State Con-
ventiuns.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 2.-The Prohibit
tion State convention has chosen delegates
at-large to the national convention. They
were not instructed.
CONCORD. y. H. June 2.-The Prohibit
ton State convention has chosen delegates
to the national convention. The platform
brands officers as criminals who fail to en-
force the pr0hibitOTy laws, and demands
woman suffrage.
WORCESTER, June 2.-The annual con-
VentiOn of Massachusetts, Prohibtionists
was held here to-day. The following State
ticket was nominated: Governor, WalcOtt
Hanlin; Lieutenant-GOvernor, Edwin Ken
dali Secretary of State, Samuel B. Chap
leigh; Treasurer, W. ID. Farnham; Aud
itoT, A. b. Evans; Attorney General. Rob
ert F. Raymond.
The platform adopted holds that the
liquor traffic is the prime issue before the
American people, and says: The Demo-
cratic party is the open ally of the saloon
and the Republican party is hopeesslY
divided on the question; no public money
Is to be used IN tile support Of sectarian in
stitutiOns; tariffs are to be equitably fixed,
immigration restricted, free coinage is
wrong, and women shall have equal pay
for equal work with men. The Kepubii-
cans ia the State are charged with an effort
to crush the Prohibition party. Delegates
and Presidential electors were chosen.
NASHVILLE. June 2.-The Prohibition
State convention met this morning. A full
ticket for Presidential electors was nOmi-
mated, and delegates appointed TO the na-
tiOnaI convention.
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THE SANTA FL ROBBERY.
Brave Resistance Of the Express Messen-
gerS-Oyer 200 Shots Fired.

GUTHRIE, o. T., June 2.-The details OF
the robbery last night of Wells. Fargo q
Co.'S express car on the Santa Fe train
make a story Of unexampled outlawTy on
the part of the bandits and Of brave resist
ance on the part of the custOdans Of the
compaDy's property. The robbers were at
work nearly an hour attempting to intimi-
date the messengers into submission. and
during the battle between the messengers
and the bandits over 200 shots were fired
though not a man was wounded. The roO-
berry was doubtless committed by the noto-
riOus Dalton gang, for whom large rewards
are still outstanding.
Two masked robbers jumped into the en-
gine's cab from the tender, and cover
ing the engineer and fireman COM
manded them to run the train TO the stock
yards and stop there at a given signal. The
engineer and fireman obeyed. as to have re-
sisted would have meant death. When the
train stopped the two robbers were 1olned
by five masked companions and the leader
commanded the engineer and fireman 10
walk back to the eXpress-car and there tod
the fireman to break open the car. u. u.
WhttleSey, the messenger, and j. A. Rlehl,
the guard anticipating what was going on,
had blown out the lights and refused TO
allow any one to enter the car.
The bandits then opened fire upon the
car from all sides. Dut the TWO men Wlthln
responded promptly, aiming all their shots
at the DOORS The hlghwaymen shot INTO
the ear from ali quarters. firing. however, TO
no effect, for the messengers STOOD tner
ground. In the meantime the robbers had
chopped a hole in the door large enough to
admit q mans body, and the fireman was
told to crawl into the car. This placed him
between the two fires, and Engineer Mack
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AFTER THE CONVENTION.
Lively Fisticuf in the San Francisc c
COntingent.

A Lively Fisticuf in the San Francisco
Contingent.
STOCKTON, June 2.-J, G. Gore, a dIgni-
fed delegate to the Peoples party conYen-
ton who labors as collector for the
Spring Valley Water Company, will return
home with two patches on his face, which
cover scratches made by j. B. Mccormick.
a fiery reformer, also of San Francisco. The
trouble occurred about j. A. johnson of
San Francisco. Mccormick remarked that
johnson, who is editor of the San Fran
cisco Peoples Press, had gone back on the
party and was a dead weight to carry.
Gore is friend of the editor, and prom pity
called Mccormick liar. Then Mccormick
kicked at the big man, and Gore reached
out with his strong right and sent
the reformer to grass. By this time
Gore had his blood up, and he
sat on his enemy to thump him, although
some say that they fell together. Gore was
or top. anyway, and Mccormick scratched
his face viciously. Gore then grasped the
Mccormick throat and the mans face was
colorIng lovely blue when outsiders sepa-
rated the fighters and spoiled a very inter-
eSting incident.
johnson says Mccormick is disturbing
element and nobody knows what he is in
the party for. The editor adds that the
man has been in the party but short time.
yet he has been following up johnson all
the while.
Gore says he believes Mccormick is a
railroad man sent into the party to make
trouble. He says further that Mccormick
seems to be idle and he believes the man
means mischief for the Peoples party. Nc
Cormiek, of course, retorts to all this in
kind. saying as many uncomplimentary
things of his foes as they possibly can Of
him
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CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
Stewart Discusses the Silver Bill at Con-
siderAb BILE Length.

Stewart Discusses the Silver Bill at Con-
siderable Length.
AsHINGToN, June 2.-On motion of AL
lison the Senate agreed to adjourn from tc-
day till Monday.
Notice was given by Vest of his intention
to address the Senate on the wool tariff,
and by Morgan of his intention to speak on
the free coinage of silver next Tuesday.
Turpie's resolution calling for the cor
respondence with Hayti. Colombia and
Venezuela regarding reciprocity was called
up, and Turpie addressed the Senate upon
the resolution. He said there was a strug-
gle between two statesmen as to which was
entitled 10 the honor of having devised the
scheme of reciprocity. He found, however,
that neither of those prominent statesmen
could lay the slightest claim as the orig
inator of the policy. The reciprocity treat
les date back to 1908 when what was known
as the Methuen treaty was entered into be-
tween Great Britain and Portugal. But
under the so-called reciprocity treaties with
South America the Secretary of State has
substituted his own power fer that of Con-
gress, and he declared that the purpose OF
reciprocity was not commercial, but wholly
political.
The Senate bill providing for holding
terms of courts In the district OF Montana
was then taken from the calendar and
passed.
Tho Senate bills creating two additional
land districts in Montana and 10 amend the
statutes relating TO appeals 10 the Supreme
Court were also passed.
Stewart resumed his argument in support
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PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS.
The Hydraulic Mining Bill lpprOpria
items Pensions Granted.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Representative
Holman has intimated to Caminetti and
Geary that possibly an appropriation of
$4,000 may be allowed the hydraulic miners
under CaminettPs bill. 1t Is considered
doubtful whether the bill can pass in the
present shape. as some of the Democrats
still urge that there ara constitutional OBJ
1ections against it.
Representative Geary appeared before the
House Indian Affairs Committee to-day to
urge the adoption of his measure to reduce
the Round Valley Indian reservation and
open the surplus acres TO settlement. 1t is
probable that Geary's bill Will be amended d
in some particulars and reported 10 the
House on Monday.
In the House to-day during the consider
alton OF the pOstoffiee appropriation bill
Loud made repeated attempts to secure
some increase in the appropriation aud
made several speeches. One of his amend
ments proposed an appropriation OF S120, 600
for mail-messenger service. This the House
reduced by 0ne-half An amendment pro-
posing an appropriation of $500 for repair
of mail lock and keys was defeated and $500
was voted to the mailbag repair-shOp.
The klamath Indian reservation bill is
before the President for signature
5. Z. BigelOw, wife and daughter, of San
francisco, who have been here for day or
two, left this afternoon for Philadelphia.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Original - James ConnOr,
John Tuohy, Thomas Rogers, Ezra Strong,
Albert Burton Butler. AdditiOnai-FrancIs
A. Blanchard. Increase-James II. Whit
ney. Original widows, etc.-Rosina Schmel
and Il. Hurlbut, mother.
Oregon: Orginal-Charles Moore, DAN
iel Neff. AdditOnal-Joseph ID. Hlte.
Renewal and increasr-Franklin U. Hull.
Original widow, etc.-EIiza A. Wiley. Z.
Washington: OrigInal-Gottlieb Frank,
James B. Ross.
Mrs. C. T. Elliott was to-day appointed
PoStmistress at PeraIta, Alameda County,
Cal, vice w. r. Bltten, resigned.
The report of the board that conducted
the examination of applicants for the four
positions at Mare Island Navy-yard, re-
Gently declared vacant by the Secretary of
the Navy, is expected to be given out to-
morrow or next day.
Captain j. c. Watson has been detached
from the Mare Island Navy-yard, and or
dered TO the command of the San Francisco,
per steamer of the 25th inst. for Honolulu
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
National Convention Now in Session at
st. Louis.
ISTEE EXPLAINS THE PROPOSED WORK.
Benefits to California Warner Mller'S address on
the Financial Situation = In American
Canal, Controlled by Americans.
Special to THE MoRN1Ne CALL

ST. LOUIS, June 2.-Quietly. as became
the representatives of the cOuntry's COM
meTcal interests, the delegates from % or
more States and various commercial bodies
OF the Union gathered this morning in the
entertainment hall of the Exposition build
ing to open the first session of the Mica
ragua canal convention, inaugurated by the
business men of California. With only the
Stars and Stripes to relieve the severity Of
the halPs Ornamentation, as became so
patriotic a body. the convention gathered at
1890 o'clock.
The assembly was called to order by Mar
Gus Beruheimer, the chairman Of the local
committee of arrangements, who in few
well-ehOsen words welcomed the delegates
and introduced the Rev. II. A. Steinson,
who invoked divine blessing upon the
gathering and its work.
Without wasting time the convention
chose Ex-Governor f. o. Stauard of ST.
Louis temporary presiding officer.
o On taking the chair Governor Stanard re-
turned thanks for the honor conferred, not
only on himself by his election, but upon
St. Louis by the selection of that city as
the point OF assembly. Referring briefly to
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Convention Notes.
HARRIsoN,s STOCK RISING.
Blaine Believed to Have Given CIarksol
Another Letter.

Blaine Believed tA Have Given ClarksOn
Another Letter.
WASHINGTON, June 2-President Har-
rison's stock has taken another upward
jump and the general opinion in Washing
ton at this time seems 10 be that he will be
nominated on the first ballot. This is due
to the rumor that Secretary Blaine had
practically assured some Of his friends that
he would not under any consideration per-
NIT his name TO be used before the Mime
apOlis convention. The source whence this
information comes cannot be made public
but II is more than ordinarily reliable.
The understanding is that no letter will
be written or interview given by the Seere-
taTy unless the convention or portion OF it
concludes TO make prO-BlaIne demonstra-
ti0u. At present il is urged that Mr. Blaine
could not with any propTiety either write or
speak on the matter which Is so near the
hearts and interests of so many men, but
the story has it that when his name is either
formally or informally placed before the
convention there will be immediate action
by the only man who can be seriously re-
garded by the Administration followers.
Some of the knowing ones even go so far
as 10 say that Chairman Clarkson now has
in his possession a latter from Blame IN
which the Secretary declines most emphat-
cally 70 be ,be paTty's candid ate under any
circumstances Some Of the earnest ad-
berents of Mr.. Blaine seem to be confident
Of the correctness Of this intmati0n and
some are complaining that their champion
has. Without compensation, been used as a
Climb to bruise and perhalS destroy Presl-
dent Harrison in the interest of some other
zood Western man.
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OF the bill providing for the free coinage of
gold and silver. He expressed surprise at
the chairman's statement that he was in
favor of the Bland Allison bill. Sherman,
he said, had criticized that bill while he was
Secretary of the Treasury, and urged its
repeal. Sherman had predicted that the
Bland act would bring the country to sill
yer standard, and Stewart declared that the
law OF 1890 would inevitably bring the
country to paper standard, or to market
value for standard silver, because it was
going to be impossible to maintain gold pay
inents under the existing law. Every weekly
statement of the Treasury showed that the
percentage OF gold coming out was growing
less and less, until 1t is now only IA per
cent of the aggregate receipts.
In response TO query by Higgins IL he
preferred silver basis, Stewart said he
preferred anything rather than the enslave-
ment OF people BY an attempt TO reduce the
whole world to the narrow basis Of gold.
II would reverse the policy of the Admins
tratiOn, which reversed the law. 1t is the
duty OF the Secretary, OF the Treasury to re-
deem the paper OF the Government In the
currency which is the most convenient. /
say the present policy under the existing
law will reduce us not only to silver basis
but to the basis of the commercial price of
silver, because it is Impossible to maintain
on the present volume OF gold the existing
credit fabric the world"
In the course Of his argument Stewart
ridiculed Sherman's expression oil sympathy
for the working classes and for pensioners.
Sympathy" ne exclaimed. There is rot
blood enough IN all the gold trust men for
one mosquito"
At the close Of Stewards speech the silver
bill went over without action.
A resolution was reported from the FL
nance Committee for the appointment of
a committee of five to inquire whether the
law relative to national banks furnishes
sufficient protection to the depoSitors and to
other creditors and to investigate the recent
violation of the law or irregularities.
Agreed to.
Chandler, Higgins, PETER. Harris and Nc
Pherson were appointed as the committee
After an executive session the Senate ad-
j0urned till Monday.
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Florence and was serving on a inry. the bov
being left alone at the ranch. Mr.. Sim
Neighbors want to the ranch on the 30th ult.
and found the house in confusion. the bed
ticks cut uD and torn to pieces aud things
wrecked generally, put the boy was not to
be found. He searched for SOM time and
then started to Florence to inform Mr..
Fraser and the Sheriff Of his discovery. On
the way he found camped at the Whitton
ranch some So cowboys. whom he informed
OF what he had seen aud Of his fears.
They started for the Fraser ranch at once
and Mr.. NeIghbprs hurried to Florence. got
Mr.. Fraser and the Sheriff and returned 10
the ranch. The cowboys had by this time
found the body of the boy some distance
from the house. Messrs. Fraser and Neigh
bors and the Sheriff of Pinal County are In
pursuit of the murdereTs, who are beyond
doubt renegade Apaches and believed to be
the Kid gang. The body of the boy was
buried at Silver King Yesterday.
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NAVY-YARD NOTES.
A Big Sale of Stores to Be Made at Mare
Island.

VALLEJO. June 2.-The paymaSter-gen-
eral has ordered q board of survey TO ap-
praise and sell all obsolete stores on Mare
Island. Commander Glass is chairman. TIE
preliminary work is going on now.
Hereafter n o labOreTs will be registered
at the navy-yard except such as have dis
charge issued in the time of war. The num-
Der on the rolls now far exceeds the number
that may possibly be required in years to
come
There are being shipped by Alden & Co. IS
schooner Shasta about $50 tons OF stores for
the Bering Sea feet. The freight is con-
signed to Oonalaska. where il will be dis
tributed to the various vessels. This is the
largest shipment ever made from the navy
yard, amounting to over 2500 packages.
Ashford, the insurgent now under arrest
in Honolulu, was resident of Vallejo in
1870. where he opened law Office with j.
F. Wendell. who died recently in San Fran
cisco. Ashford was natural kicker against
all existing Institutions He was a great
politician and was the cause OF more than
one political row in the old redhot times.
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THE HOU Sc.
Compensation to Railroad Companies
for Mail Carrying to BE Reduced.

Compensation to Railroad Companies
for Mail Carrying to BE Reduced.
In the House to-day Hatch of Missouri
reported the agricultural appropriation bill.
Ordered printed.
The Senate bill granting 20 acres of the
Fort Sydney military reservation to the city
OF Sydney. Nebr., for cemetery was
passed.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the pOstofflce appropriation bill.
The appropriation for the Star route ser
vice was increased 500. .000.
Loud Of California offered an amendment
Increasing by S123,000 the appropriation for
the mail messenger service.
BlOunt of Georgia offered an amendment
reducing by 81, 3490 600 the appropriation for
inland transportation by railroad routes,
and authorizing the Postmaster General to
readjdst the compensation to be paid after
July /, 1893, by reducing the compensation
tn railroad companies for the transporta-
tion of mails 10 per cent from the rates
based on weight that were fixed and allowed
by act OF June II, 1873. Pending action the
committee rose aud the House adjourned.
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HIGHBINDERs' ARCHIVES.
An Important Find Made by the Sacramento
Pollce

SACRAMENTO, June 2.-The highbinders
have made up their minds to leave this city.
To-day the headquarters of the Bing Hing
Tong, on l street, where the recent tragedy
occurred. were deserted, not heather being
found anywhere about the place. Officer
Higgins and Coroner Clark made search
OF the premises, and recovered, hidden in
the basement, a locked box containing the
records of the organization aud all the insig-
ina of the vi cious society, including the
short sticks passed around TO members
whenever tn o murder or robbery of hated
Chinaman Is proposed, to notify them of a
meeting. No such capture, it is said, has
ever before been made Of the records of one
of these viilainous organizations, and it is
not improbable tn at much inside nforma-
tion of the mysterious workings and oper.
ations of the society may be divulged.
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CHILDs IN VICTORIA.
He Will Be Honored by the Printers Of the


He Will Be Honored by the Printers Of the
Colonial City.
VICTORIA. June 5.-Ons hundred Amer
lean editors arrived tonight on the City Of
Seattle and left again on the same steamer
at $50 O'Clock. During their tour hours
visit they were treated to a carriage drive
by the members of the Victoria press,
Mayor Beaven and the Aldermen extending
to the m the hospitality of the city. They
were also dned at the Dtiard
At meeting Of Victoria typographical
Union this afternoon President Holloway,
Secretary Cullen, j. A. Clark, A. Brock and
w. KurtZ were appointed committee to
make arrangements on behalf of the union TO
welcome George w. Chilis and party.
They will wait on him at the Hotel Dales
tomorrow,
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Railroad Directors Chosen.

CHICAGO. June AT the annual meeting
Of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
to-day the following directors were elected
for a term of three years each: Horace VIII
liams, Frederick l.. Ames, John M. Burke,
Marvin Hughitt. N. X. Fairband. Byron L..
Smith was elected for term of one year.
to succeed William l.. Scott. The board
afterward elected officers as follows: Chair
man, Albert Keep; president, Marvin
Hughitt; vice president. NJ. l.. Sykes; as
sistant secretary, 5. o. Howe, and assistant
treasurer, j. B. Redield.
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Trailing a Mnrdarer-

PHGNIx, Ariz., June 2.-The Sheriff Of
ella County has engaged band of Indian
trailers to follow John See, who murdered
his wife in TontO Basin two weeks ago.
See and his brother Bob have been tracked
into the Four Peaks country, and it is con-
sidered only question of time when they
will be appreheuded.
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AN ARIZONA TRAGEDY.

Killed in an Attempt to Resent an Alleged
Slandsr.
PHGNIx Ariz, June "A telegram re-
ceived from Tombstone announces the shoot
ing of Thomas T. Wach by Wake Benze, at
the Cowan ranch. Walch and Benze, it IS
said, got into a quarrel over an alleged con-
versation in which, Wach claimed. Benze
had talked about him. After dsputing for
some time Walch drew gun and fred TWO
shots at Benze missing him. The latter
returned the fire. striking Walch in the
chest. the bullet lodging in the lungs.
Walch died, after two hours unconscious
ness. Benze is at large, or $1,000 bail
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Forest Fires in New Jersey.

MAYS LANDING, n. j., June IA fire
started in the woods between this place and
Egg Harbor City this morning. and 1t has
been burning fercely In valuable tract of
timber all day. A large force of meu have
fought it all day with little success, and it
is destroying hundreds of acres of timber
every hour.