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New Mexico.

The President has appointed Edward II.
Hall to be marshal of the territory.
Cattle are being shipped out of New Mexico
at the rate cf about 100 cars each day.
A new postofIlcc has been established at
Amizett, the new mining town In Taos noun
tains.
Ten A. & P. freight cars were smashed up
spreading rails.
The wool washing establishment of George
Ludcmann at Las Vegas burned down Mon
day night. Plant valued at f25, 900. There
was on hand $4,000 worth Of wool The lat
ter was fully Insured He employed eight
men. The place will be rebuilt.
Governor n. T, Thornton has made the
following appointments: T.. A. Cohen, of
Roswell, TO be a member o. the Board OF Re
gents of the Military Institute Of New Mex
leo, vice Robert s. Goss, resigned; !. IL.
Sloan, of Santa Fc, to be member OF the
Territorial Board OF Worlds Fair Managers,
to serve out the unexpired term OF w. 7.
Thornton; d. Field, of Albuquerque, to be
member OF the School Of Mines Board, to
serve the uncxpircd term Of w. 4. Thornton.
J. Plocldo Romero lost his life Thursday
night while trying to ford the Rio Grnndc
river. MIR. Romero left Las I.unas to cross
the Rio Grande for his home Mt Peralta, and
he WIS drowned the team being found In
quicksand near the river bank. The river Is
very high, swift and treacherous, oycriowing
Mr. Romero was one OF the best known Mexi-
cans In Central New Mexico, was quite
wealthy and Democratic politician.
Through the efforts Of G. A. Hall, United
States pension agent at Colorado Springs, ex-
tensive pension frauds have been just brought
to light ut Socorro and Monday, in the Unit
ed States court there, p. A. Marcillino, q
widely known citizen, was so closely cornered
that he pleaded guilty and received SEN
tcncc OF seven years In the penitentiary. New
far haJ
soldiers during the war and under cxlstin z
pension laws many OF these or their widows
are entitled to pensions. In many cases these
parties are ignorant Of their rights, and Mar
cillino secured the names OF many, and after
forging their names procured their pcnsion
money. In some he gave the rightful
pcnsioner one-third of what he got, and in
others he kept It all, forging the name Of the
party to the certificate. There were twenty
seven indictments against him. He is an ed
ucated italian and WAS formerly n dealer in
musical instruments at Las Vegas and Albu-
qverque.
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smallpox su.prot, at ~ew York.

smallpox suspects crowd HoiTmsu and
Swlnhurnc Islands. At the later observa-
lion station there are already 400 steeragc
passengers who were exposed - the conis-
giOn on the steamships ticrg and Lain. which
arrived last week, and more than ,G01 per.
sons, the passengers and crew OF the French
steamship Alcsia were transferred 10 swim
hurne Island on The 10th. There was YER
table fed day Of precautionary work at
quarantine on that day. Tho Alesia arrived
on Sunday morning from Naples She had
been twenty days ~ sea. Her captain re.
ported oGe death from heart disease and one
1'ild ca'e OF smallpox. DR. Jenkins at once
decided on m investigation. In few hour !
Il second case was discovered, and the paticn
was removed ut once This increased the
necessity for extreme precau,ion. Vacclna.
ton was begun on Sunday and Monday the
bulk of the work was done. The hlesia car
1ied sig stccrage passengers and forty.twc
officers and seamen. With few exception.
the passengers were vacclnatcd.
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THE ROADS COMPROMISE.
The Rio GrAnds and Santa 70 win Now
Restore Local Rates.

Restore Local kAtes.
Al result Of the conference between
Messrr. Jeffercy and Reinhart II, Chicago, the
long standing differences between the Colo
RADIO Midland and the Denver .v Rio Grande
have been finally settled and rates In Colorado
were restored Mt midnight on the 10th.
The matter of running one or two trains
each way every day will be left TO each ruad
to do as IL pleases about, and all other mat
ters not bearing strictly upon the points At
issue will also be left To presidents OF diifer-
ent roads. The line OF the Colorado Midland
between Rile Springs and Grand junction
will be owned half and half by the roads, ac-
cordIng to the original agreement made be
tween the Colorado Midland and Denver q
Rio Grande when the former roads we're con
strncted
The rates to Santa Fe and Ogden cannot be
raised untll the a5th.
The effect of the settlement Of the Colorado
troubles means a stlffenng OF Worlds Fair
rates east OF the Missouri river but they will
not reach the point which 1t WAS originally
Intended that they should. The Santa Fc's
notice OF withdrawal from the Western Pas
scnger Association expires on Saturday, and
a meeting Of general managers has been
called for Friday to see u matters cannot be
arranged so that the Santa fe will remain In
the Association.
The Santa Fc has all along been In favor OF
lower rate to the Worlds Fair than that OF.
dclally adopted by the Association, and 1t
will now insist that some concessions shnll be
made to It's wishes in this regard. 1t will ask
that the round trip rate, Denver To Chicago,
be not over s3I and that from Kansas City
Fva FNt fn thas
rates or their equivalents It's notice OF with
dranal from the Western Passenger Associn-
ton will hold good and their Will be lively
tines in rates east OF the Missouri river The
anxiety OF the Burlington and Rock Island
for higher rates Will be n potent factor In Sc
curing the Santa Fe victory in this respect
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SUNDAY CLOSING PEOPLE
VIII Fight the Proposed Opening OF the
IuIr,

VIII Fight the Proposed Opening OF the
FAR.
The Rev. Wilbur F Crafts, the chairman OF
the national commission on the Sunday
Worlds Fair closing. recently organized Mt
Columbus by officers of the American Sab
bath Union, the w. c. T, L., the Endeavor
societies, 1--WE state Sabbath associations, and
other bodies, was 10 New York to-day ar
ranging by telegraph for an earnest resist
ance during the coming week to the proposed
Sunday opening OF the Worlds Fair on the
olst, which was voted by the directors OF the
fair. The committee expect that hundreds
OF mass meetings, by resolutions, aud thous-
ands Of individuals by letter viii appeal to
President Cleveland and Attorney General
Olncy to defeat the law by Injunction or
otherwise in the courts. Mr. Crafts has a
letter from President Palmer OF the Colum-
hian commission. Chicago. saying that he
will defend the law. He Will be supported by
resolutions and the letters. The committee
expect to employ able counsel also. The
secretary of the committee. Rev. II. IL.
George, of Beaver Falls, Pa, IA sending out
an appeal to the public.
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VIII watch the Nank..

"Whcneror you IND that ATTY hark exam!n-
er Is guilty of apparent neg,e of duty, or
shows an ignorance Of the situation respect
ing any bank in his district, ask for his resis-
nation at once" Such was the instruction
recently given by President Cleveland 10
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels.
II may be stated positively that this an
nouneement will be followed by more rigid
bank examinations throughout the country
than have ever been practlcci before.
The President believes, according to the
statement OF several prominent Democrats
who have called on him recently, that bank
examiners have not been IN many cases. strict
enough In their examinations, and lie means
to reform tho service. The movement In favor
Of increasing the list of bank examiners was
the first step in the direction OF reforming the
sctnllh
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wyoiiiin g..

A sensational affidavit skctchlng the line
OF defense has been filed In the case OF the
Gatlins, who arc to be tried for robbing the
mails It is a statement by the woman, who
40 far stands convicted OF nll the stealing
She recites that she ia and has been all her
life n kleptomaniac. She was left an orphan
at the age Of three and raised TO girlhood In
n careless fashion by strangers. Her hFst
husband left her when she dsgrnced herself
by shopliftlng. She has managed, she says,
to keep her Vice from her present husband.
In Fremont county the assessment roll
shows that II has one company that pays taxes
on ii 600 head; two on 5000 and over; avc
on 1900 and over; SIX on 9, 600 and over; nine
on 1000 and over; twenty-ono on 800 and
over; twenty-three on 400 aud over; twenty
, Ave on 300; thlrty-seven on 80; sixty on 100;
100 on 10, and l62 on 25. Whole number OF
persons and companies assessed, 40: whole
number Of cattle, 81, 5,l96-Ldrdnsis Rspse-
lcan.
Joseph Gatlln, with his wife, hss been IN.
dicted on about a dozen counts for robbery Of
the postoffce At Myersville, this stats, has
proposed that he enter plea Of guilty and
allow the woman 10 staud asiie bIame1ss.
0Atlin, Who VISA postmaster, eays hts vile
couduStcd the ONCE. aad that ~ kpowe DoeA-
ing Of the v6istsrsd stten - ynefe1es
pIisesd. The WOMAN vbe = - 1ee44e
:'ss =: = i's:;:i e: a s f :
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GLUCOSE WORKS nLown sp.
SIX Werkmen Instantiy Killed by the
Terrible Cltp.t-opb..

IFrrlbi" Catastrophe
W!th roar that was heard three miles
away and conclusion that shook every
house and shattered half the windows Of the
town, the plant of The Charles T.. iirpe gia-
rpse works nj -rurys, IilInOl- blew UP on
tho l5ih. SIX men we're Instantly Killed
eud one ether bruised badly
TIE cause Of the cxplolioa i not known
The explosion occurred In the third story.
The only muu who could give any lnforma-
tlon regarding the explosion Il lying dead
beneath tons OF brick and machinery INT,
i August J'a,en, Who mad charge OF thai,
portion Of the factory, and he wa, the only
man in The Immediate vicinity Of Tie gcner.
ator when the explosion occurred HIS as.
s!s'anf, Victor Anderson, Is al % dcal.
The mill wa a strongly built brick struc-
tnrc- he explosion took out the entirc
western 'llc Of the building, hurling the
bricks and hcugy machinery fuily leo fec
FROM ihe bisc liue % be ruildinr ! wild
psnic tu-Uel among the scvcnty-iiyc employc.
who were a' WORK whom tie panic occurred
and scycra! Of them sustained serious bruises
In the mad rush for tho open alr Many Of
thOse IN The second story jumped from tho
windows to tAe ground aud to The roof Of
several sheds which stand close to the main
building,
A dense crowd was 4uiekiy around The
wreck and the work pf rescue began at once.
Al! the bodies, save that Of Jansen, werl
| quickly recovered and removed to q planning
mil across the street Jan.cn's body +
buried deeply beneath the debris.
| Charles l.. Pope, The head of the concern,
said tonight that his loss would h. ahcnt
sl5G,Oo0 and that. while he was fully protect
ed "sains' Dire, he carried no accident insur,
| nncc. The mill will bc rebuilt at once
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4 stock Company for tile .iHerald. =

James Gordon Benne;t, proprietor OF the
New York Hsr1ld, has decided 10 form n
stock company with capitalization OF g.
000, ,009 and transfer OF II TO the Her1h prop
eriy. The s2,0o0.001 capital stock will he
divided into 1000 shares o! 500 each. OF
which Mr.. Bennett will mold 500
Mr.. Gardiner &. llowland, Mr.. Benefits
lawyer says that John W. Mackay will have
no interest in the company, either direct or
indlrec, Nj. Bennett IA L. no fnanca DIFF
fcuity. He does not need money. nor Is this
new plan proposed that lie may procure more
mnuer wlthoat losing control of the Hgd'd
and without mortga: :i:.s T. Mr.. Bennett has
decided to take the step because the news
paper property, MS n corporation, could be
much easier disposed of at his death rs per-
soaal property than realty. 1t could also,
Of cour.c, be easter disposed of in such shape
during his life. 1t Is this alone that led Mr.
Bennett TO decide upon his present plan.
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Nevf.np.i,.aii. fndcrenden..

Special cable adviGes from st. Johns, New
foundlsnd, announce that the resolution in
favor OF the union of Newfoundland with the
Tie Dominion of Canada has been defeated In
the Newfoundland Assembly by a large mnjor-
ity. The premier, Sir Wbitcsay, said that
although he had been In favor OF n union be
tween Newfoundland End Canada for the past
twenty years. he would not attempt to force
the cuuntrr In that direction without the peo-
pie requesting such n step. Neither was he In
favor OF passing confederation net without
4 large majority. Just now he thought con
federation was iinpoltic and he believed the
hmlk Of the nnMcr ngalnsL IL.
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The Cu,,,u Revolt.

4 Key Wet dispatch snys Advces from
Cuba 10 the Insurgents hefe BID then not to
despair or give up hope. The province of st.
iago Is virtually held by the insurgents and
they cannot be easily d!slodged. The Cubans
tonight had IA parade and speech making. 1t
was stated that 800 TO 1900 men IN line
were ready to embark for Cuba The Mas
cote arrived at 8 p. IN. She brings news of
raids In the province of Havana last night by
reTulutonjsts, notwithstanding the report Of
the spanish atith5,i;ics that everything Ii
quiet. The federal officials hete haze reiia-
bie Information that there are large ruanti-
ties Of arms and ammunition stored on this
Island destined for the Cuban insurgents.
Eycry pIccauticH v M be taken 10 prevent the
-hipncu.
General MART, 1, Is said, has collected Sl5,-
600 since las, Monday IN this city for the Gu
i,In pa,i.g
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, A LITTLE British propeller has been
spoken off the Carolina coast, after
having been nearly seven months out
from London. She met with heavy
storms which smashed her boats,
washed hor sextsnt overheard and
fouled her drinking water. She had
ever since been battling with heavy
sess. and when spoken had no knowls
edge OF her whereabouts nor the day
Of the week. She was provisional by
her discoyeror and proceeded to her
dsssiuAtion. finally reaching It in safe
~ This explse Of the uttI4 Siren 10
e1eN ~ psss rsnssrkshls fp record
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Enyernor XYaItr,s Nenneat.

dispatch from Washington says that Sec
retnry Hoke Smith has received from Cover
nor Waite of Colorado copy OF his letter to
the President protesting against the custom
OF permitting the Ute Indians to periodically
wander of thsir reservation And slaughter
deer for the hides and antlers and stating
that the agents made a good thing Of 1t by
buying the hides from the Indians. Secretary
smith said that he intended TO give the gov
crn0r's request careful consideration. and he
was inclined 10 the belief that his complains
was we'll fnunded. As to the agen1 trading
With The Indians, that must b stopped 4
eass. The gessfaos WI soop htW hen ~
0ty1yHNNG Il IL
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a Mexican TcuGi

The mail courier from Maza'lan brings
news OF n desperate aifray between the work
men Of two camps of charcoal-hurncrs in the
Sierra Madfc mountains. about sixty miles
this side Of Mazatlan. A fcad has existed for
sometime between the rival companies, and a
few nights ago an cmpioyc from each com
pany met on the narrox mountain road One
threw the other over precipicc and he was
dashed to pieces on the rocks below. The
fatal encounter led to n general conflict be
tween the two camps, in which ten men were
killed and n number badly wounded.
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ll.ina N.i. I.einita,c.

Rev. Dr. W ). Baldwin, for twenty-five
for nearly quarter OF century secretary Of
the Missionary board Of the Methodist Epis-
copai Church, which has large moncycl In
tcrests In China, rays that he has positive ln-
formation from disniiarlcs OF the Chinese
gnyernmelt Gnd from his own Chinese mis-
siona,lss tit, II the Chinese exclusion nc; is
carried into effect aiid tl.l.cse are shipped
from this country to China, dcportc1 simply
because they are here without having taken
ont certificates, that Americans In China will
be likewise dcportcd from that country 10
the United States
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small ferry boat on the river Mrsta near
Boroyjtchec, government OF Novgorod, Russia,
became unmanaseable In midstream and was
swept from her course by the current on the
18th. The passengers who filled her deck
were panic-strickcu. The surglng OF the
crowd made the boat list, and several passen-
gers Jumped overheard. Others launched 2
boat which was at once overcrowded and
swamped Dozens Of persons aie known to
have been drowned and many more are miss
ing. About fifth Of the passengers made nc
effort In leave the bunt md were saved.
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Rates To Chicago.

The Santa Fe road has announced that II
prefers round-trip rate between Denver and
Chicago of S35 and of SIG between Chicago
and kausGs City. These figures several OF
the western roads consider too low. and when
The meetings are called they will submit !.
proposition to bring the rates 10 about 80
for the Denver round-trip rate and SIS for
that between Kansas City and Chicago The
fact that the rush to the exposition il not as
heavy as Was expected for the month of May,
will have strong tendency to bring rate
down. Several OF the roads are inclined 10
make a rate that will bring the people to the
fair at once
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As SHOWING how high they really
come, statistical genius has made
figures on the amount OF money and
the number of titled marriages
America has been depleted by. Re
suit; Marriages, forty-eight; Doodle.
300, O0O,00D. Widow Hammersley
paid the highest price for the duke
of Marlborough, one of the most
noted roues and blackguards OF
Europe. the consideration being
G,000.00o, and he didn't wear well
ut that. being now a cold and clammy
occupant of the tombs OF his short
line OF ancestors.
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SIR JULIAN PAuNcEForE has a nice
sense of the proprieties. He has
adjusted himself to the pleasant
dignity that hedges an ambassador
about and to entirely harmonic with
his new environment has acquired
case of gout that, it is confidently
stated, could hardly be eXcelled
ABROAD, and is a distinct honor to
this Grade and youthful republic.
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4 Mexican IRA wi.

At n bo,iiny celebration at Durango, Me1i-
70; desperate SfTray occurred between n
mob OF intoxicated Mcsicans u1d the police,
which resulted in the killing OF four of the
mob and ala one policeman. A large number
Of the lower class of Mcxicans were paradiag
;hc streets, committing depredations OF Il
serious nature when the police attempted to
-uppress the laslcssness. The mob fired upon
th, officers, killing Federico Ccrralvo, and
yuunding two others. The police returned
tie FIRE. Killing foar leaders of the outlaws.
The others were captured and will receive the
seycrcst punishment for their oIense.
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Magnificent, Truly.

"Chappic's married Snip the
iailor's dauShter'
"Yes, anl did you hear OF tho mag
niiiocnt present Ships professional
brethren made the happy paire'
No"
~ ful. set of Chappie's unpaid
. tailor bills. roceiptc3-"-Voguc.
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An IncoInc Tax.

a Washington dispatch says; 1t is under-
stood that the entire cabinet will urge upon
Mr.. Cleveland the de-irabiIity of making q
strong recommendation In his first annual
message in favor of an income tax.
OF the four measures which the Democratic
leaders desire TO get through the next Con.
gress-thc tariff, the income tax, the repeal
of the election law and the repeal OF tho
Sherman law and the bank tnx-the income
tax was the only thing, It Ia said, that Mr.
Cleveland hesitated about. II is believed
Low that on the advice of his cnbInet he will
take decided position in favor of the In
come tax.
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Electricity and prownlng People.

Electricity has been successfully
applied to the resuscitation OF ap-
parently drowned persons. man
in Scotland whilo bathing was seized
with cramps and sank, remaining
below water for two minutes. When
rescued he was believed to be dead.
but two applications of the electrical
current. passed between the napc of
the neck and tho heart, restored him
to animation and ultimate recovery.
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s,.tr Omorr In Trouble.

SECRETARY Of statc Il. y. Osborne has been
bound over to the District Court at Topeka,
In the sum Of 1900 on the charge Of libel. On
the fifteenth Of April Osborne was inter
viewed in local paper In which he charged
that Ex-Governor Humphrey. cx-secretary OF
State Higgins and other Republicans were
stopping at the state penitcntiary ut state cx-
pensc. Osborne nlso charged Cy Leland, the
United States revenue collector for Kansas,
with buying slack for conl at the state mino
at g. ton and selling 1t to the people AS
coal Leland tcstiaca that be never bought
or received bushcl OF state coal and the ex-
warden corroborAted the EVIDENCE.
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The authorities of Chicago will
probably find it to the advantage Of
the city to devise ways for rcgu-
lating the extortionists in hotels and
restaurants precisely as they rcgu-
late charges which hack and cabmen
may make. The one class is no
more greedy than the other. The
restaurants have it in their power to
inJure the world fair prospects a
hundred times more than the hack
men or cabbies, for il is only Il mat
ter OF luxury to ride, to cat is a ne
cessitv
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MusIc hall at the worlds fair has
been dedicated, and Paderewslti the
human chrysanthemum. did the Job
Those who do not know about such
matters may take it for granted that
the hall was dedicated all right.
Mr. Paderewsli can knock a bigger
job lot of assorted noises out OF n
piano in given time than any other
man in the world. Moreover he is
held in such high esteem among mu.
sicians that for him to enter a hall
and merely shake his ambrosial locks
there would be :, lficient to dedicate
it.
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THERE is no further doubt about the
decadence OF base ball The days OF
the diamond kings are numbered.
Their proud spirits are broken. A
league pitcher has asked for his re
lease on the grounds that ne cannot
stand the "guying" in which the
crowds indulge when he makes an
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) ASA POTTER, notorious bank
wreeiicr',of Boston, is serving SEN
tence of sixty days for his rascality
and doubtless laughing in his sleeve
But If Asa thinks that justice is alto
gether blind and never grips the
transgressor let him get hungry and
steal u ham sandwich.
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1r is 4 most significant as well as
encouraging sign of the times that
popular attention is everywhere be-
ing awakened and directed to tha
overshadowing curse of American
politics, the power of tho "boss. Il
Is an evil which has grown euor-
mously with the growth of the conn
try and with the gradual formation
of the class OF professional politicians
oi low type, who follow politics as
a trade and simply for the sake OF
the power and profit there is in it.
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Caused a seaman'. Death.

Captain Crawford and Mate Fitzgerald OF
the British bark Watchman have
been committed for trial Mt the Liverpool as
sizes, each on the charge Of manslanghtcr
During the voyage OF the Watchmsn from
New York 10 Rio Grande do Sui. between
September go and January 81, Crawford and
Fitzgerald treated George Orr, n seaman, with
inexcusable brutality Each beat him re-
crawford had him handcuIed to the mast
during storm. Orr was but half dressed AMI,
w's exhausted by lis punishment. He tainted
iI0ascd - "
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ANOTHER man who never dis
covered how very crazy he was until
he had carved his wife to death is
now candidate for sympathy or the
rope. Without desire to prejudice
his case, it may be said that no solu-
tion of the lunacy question other
than BY means of an autopsy viii
ever DC wholly satisfactory.
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The agents from Canada who are
meandering about the West trying to
induce people to move over into the
dominion are shortsighted that they
never tackle any of the 1000, 900 Cam
adams who have come among us to
live with Inducements to return to
their native land, and they seem
equally powerless to check the tide
still Rowing across the border from
the Eastern provinces.