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NEAR BENG a PANIC.
Many Wheat Brokers Caught on the
Short End.

Many Wheat Brokers Caught on the
Short End.
SAN Francisco, March 16.-There came
near being panic in the Produce Ex-
change to-day. May wheat jumped from
81 10 to 81 los, and closed strong at 81 I5.
This Jump was surprise to the brokers,
nearly all of whom were on the short
end, and there was a wild scramble to
cover. All this excitement was caused
by the operations of L. w. McGlaufiin &
Co. That firm has been buying May
wheat during the past three or four
months, and they took all that was
offered. McGlaufiin IL Co. for some time
have been quietly engineering corner,
aud now have nearly every operator on
the board short on May wheat. No one
knows who is backing them, though it is
rumored that Ed Partridge, the Chicago
plunger, who is in this city, is putting up
the money. 1t is expected that there Will
be lively scramble in the morning. and
more than one grain commission house
may go under. McGlautiin's purchases
to-day were 800 tons, and it is esti-
mated that since December last he has
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HEATH AND EVANS CASES.
Testimony Taken at the Murder Trials
L,r.nSl,n nd -InolcSA1l

Testimony Taken at the Murder Trials
at Fresno and Jackson.
FRESNO, March 16.-In the Heath trial
to-day Professop Thomas Price was re-
called and stated that he had made ex-
periments with pistol shots since he was
on the stand last. 'In company with Mr..
Thompson and Detective McFarlane | Sc
cured a piece of beef, twelve by fourteen
inches square and one and half or two
inches thick, and went to the Belmont
shooting grounds. We put the beef in a
FELLOWSHIP and shot into it with a Colts
pistol of 4l-caliDer, barrel four and half
inches long, with short cartridges. Nc
Farlane did the shooting. For the first
shot the pistol was held against the cloth
and resulted in the cloth being set on fire.
1t would have burned up if Mr.. Thomp-
son had hot put the fire out. The cloth
was ruptured and torn by the bullet at a
distance of three. six, nine and twelve
inches. The cloth was set atire and pow
der marks showed on the arc over six
inches in diameter. Powder marks
showed when the pistol was discharged
as far as ten feet from the CLOTH"
THE EVANS TRIAL.
JACKSON, March 16.-In the Evans trial
numDe of witnesses for the defense tes-
titied that the pipe found near the scene OF
the murder and claimed by the prOsecu-
ton to have belonged to Evans just prior
to the crime was not Evans pipe.
William Shallenberger, the only pas
senger on the outside of the stage at the
time of the murder, was called by the de-
fense. He said he sat immediately be-
hind Tovey, and was sixteen feet from the
murderer at the time he fired. Accord
ing TO his judgment defendant was not
the man that did the shooting.
All testimony was in early this after
noon. The evidence is very conflicting.
The case will 60 to the jury some time to-
morrow.
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NOT A WHEEL TURNING.
a Railroad in Kansas Practically
Abandoned.

LEAvENwoRTH (Kas.), March 16.-The
Leavenworth, Topeka and Southwestern
Railroad, which runs from this city to
Meriden, and which has been under the
control of the Union Pacific and Santa
Fe, was practically abandoned att o'clock
this evening. and not wheel turns on
any part of the sixty-eight miles. Mail
pouches sent to regular trains were re-
turned TO the posto1fice. There are five
postoffices on the road. and only two can
be reached by any other line. The order
to abandon the road came from 5. h. Ii.
Clark, Chairman OF the Union Pacific
Board of Receivers. they refusing any
longer to pay operating expenses, when
the receipts amounted to SO little. The
ex-employes have not been paid for two
months. The road has never paid inter-
est on the investment. The Union Pa
cific and Santa te alternated in operating
it. On February 1st it was turned over
to the Union Pacific. The abandonment
of the road is in conformity with the re-
cent policy laid down by the receivers.
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A GRoTEsoUE FAILURE.
Fry's "Army'' Deserving the Ranks
After a Fiye-NIile March.


Los ANGELES, March 16.-Fry's army
of unemployed, organized to march on to
Washington is a grotesque failure. The
City Council. Board of Supervisors and
officers of the Associated Charities met
this morning and decided to relieve all
meritorious cases of destitution, but to
recognize no organization of unem-
ployed. Five hundred dollars was SUBJ
scribed for immediate use. Work will be
supplied on the streets, and the vagrant
law will be enforced. The authorities
will disperse any army or like organiza-
ton. An army numbering about 800,
on learning the result of the meeting,
abandoned the barracks and marched out
of the city, apparently beginning its great
march. They had no organization and
no leadership. Their leaders are said to
have looted the treasury, and the main
body was without funds or rations. A
large majority was without blankets.
Before they reached Alhambra, five
miles distant, many had dropped out and
retreated to the railroads, in hopes of
catching trains. Deputy Sheriffs and
Constables along the line of march have
been notified, and will vag members OF
the dispersed army as fast as the oppor-
tunity offers.
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Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.


ST.. LAKE (Utah), March 16.-A strange
case of suicide occurred at the White
House Hotel in this city at an early hour
this morning. A man registering as DR..
Charles Ii. Bainbridge of Ohio arrived on
the 9 o'clock train last night from the
East, and expected to leave last night
He retired about II o'clock, and requested
to be called at o'clock. He failed to re-
spond to the call and was found on the
bed, cold and lifeless. He had1eft letter
to DR.. Hughes of this city stating he was
without money, and would not beg or
steal; that he had spent all of his money
in search of health, which he had not
found. and that death was the only way
left open to him. The Coroner's Jury
found that death was caused by an over
dose OF chloral. He was graduate of the
Louisville (Ky.) Medical College.
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Fast ocean Voyage.

QUEENSTOWN, March 16.-The Cum
arder Lucania, from New York. arrived
this morning. She made the trip in five
days, thirteen hours and eleven minutes.
While the trip is one hour and four min
utes greater than that made by the Cam
pania in November, it really makes new
winter record. as the Campanias record
of five days, twelve hours and seven
minutes was made over the northerly
route. which is eighty-hve miles shorter.
The hourly average time of the Lucania
was 2l4 knots. AT that rate she would
have covered the northern route in five
days, nine hours and twenty-tour min
utoS.
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all craft that could in any way hinder the
oarsmen. The betting fraternity favored
the dark blue of oxford. Other expert
opinion was that the Oxfords would have
things all their own way.
When the crews appeared on the land
ings and prepared TO take their positions
a mighty cheer assembled. Both crews got
away fairly we'll together at 9:23 A. NJ.
At "Soap Works" Oxford led. At
LEAD Mills" Oxford led by one length.
Hammersmith, the same, at 9:Z5 A. N.
Oxford won the race.
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ReIeased From Prison.

NEBRASKA CITY (Neb.). March 16.-A.
White, who has been serving out fine OF
500 for hanging Secretary Of Agriculture
j. Sterling Morton in effigy, was released
last evening on an order OF Judge Chap
man. the local Judge, who was moved to
this action by letter signed by promi
nent citizens. This letter was sigued by
a son OF the Secretary and the foreman Of
the Grand Jury which indicted White.
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CoRBETT AND JACKSON.
The Australian Wants a Chance
Meet the Champion.

The Australian Wants Chance TO
Meet the Champion.
RICHMOND Qnd.l, March l6.-Parson
Davies, Joe Choynski and Peter Jackson
spent yesterday and last night in this
city. In an interview Davies said: "We
have no reason to believe the fight be-
tween Corbett and Jackson will occur
before next June, as Mr.. Brady, Corbetrs
manager, does not seem in any hurry to
arrange matters. Jackson is ready to
fight and The reports about his bad health
are untrue.
jackson said: 81 want chance to meet
Corbett and hope the affair can be ar
ranged
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Now Orleans Races.

NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-Weather
ideal and the track shows improvement,
although not recovered from the wet
spell.
Six furlongs. Daphne won. Merry Eyes
second, Mildred third. Time, 1:21l.
one mile, Dixie V. won, Maggie Beck
second, Footrunner third. Time, l:534.
Five and half furlongs, Lucas won,
Palmetto Boy second, Ludlow third.
Time, 1:l4a.
Six and a half furlongs, White Nose
won, Belle p third. Time, 1:2S.
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Lowering Passenger Rates.

KANSAS CITY (Mo.). March 16.-The
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Santa Fe) route to-day announced that
March 18th il will make a limited one
way first-class rate from points in Mis-
souri, and Kansas to st. Louis of So, tick
cts good for continuous passage only on
date of sale. 1t is charged that ticket
brokers have been manipulating tickets
with the consent of competitors of the
Frisco line.
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Falsfned Matrimonial Records.
Fatal street Duel In Mexico.

PUEBLA (Mexico), March 16.-There is
much excitement in the city of Orizaba
over fatal shooting affray between Louis
Torrega and Jose Maria Bringas, two OF
the most prominent merchants there.
The men had always been warm friends
until few days ago, when some trivial
trouble arose between them. They met
again on the street and, after some words,
both drew revolvers and began firing.
Bringas fell at the first shot and his an-
tagonist fired five more bullets into his
body.
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Testimonial to Mrs. Cbilds

NEW YORK. March 16.-A Philadelphia
committee representing the New York
Press Club to-day presented Mrs. George
w. Childs with silver plaque, made in
the shape of heart, as a testimonial of
esteem ior her late husband, who was an
honorary member of the club. On the
face of the plaque was engraved an ex-
nression of coincidence
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RAIN AND SNOW.
stormy Weather In the Northwest
Coast States.

stormy Weather in the Northwest
Coast states.
PORTLAND orr, March 16.-The almost
incessant rains Of the past week have
swollen all streams along the line of the
Washington Division of the Union Pa
cifc, and yesterday afternoon the track
was washed out in various places between
Pendleton and Tekoa, and on the Pleas
ant Valley aud Moscow lines. This
morning it was still raining between
Starbuck and Tekoa, but was clearing up
east of Starbuck, and the indications were
favorable for general clearing up. The
main line of the Union Pacific has been
damaged between this city and The
Dalles, and also in Idaho, greatly delay
ing trains. The Southern Pacific train
due this morning from San Francisco
was delayed twelve hours by a landslide
at Roberts Hill.
RAIN AND SNOW IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE (Utah), March 16.-A steady
rain set in here about 8 O'Clock this after
noon which continued up to 8 o'clock,
when il turned to snow.
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Fire at Omaha.

OMAHA (Neb.l, March 16.-Fire broke
out this afternoon in the cold storage
warehouse of Mullin IL McLain, at
Eighth and Howard streets. After work
ing about two hours the firemen had it
out apparently and withdrew. This even
ing about 10 o'clock the fire broke out
again and destroyed the building, which
was four stories high. The loss is about
100000. One fireman was badly hurt by
the overturning Of a hose-cart.
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Insl,er Wins the First Gane.

NEW YORK, March l5.-The first game
in the chess match between Lasker and
Steinitz. which was adjourned yesterday
after fifty moves. was concluded this after
noon. iasker played with consummate
skill, and forced Steinitz to resign on the
sixtieth move. The second game will be
played tomorrow.
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Stage Robbery in Texas.

SAN ANGELO (Tex.), March 16.-From
party just in from Sherwood, Iron
County, it is learned that the mail and
passenger stage running between Ozena
and Sherwood, when within seven miles
of the latter point, was held up by three
desperate-looking men. The mail and
express matter was gone through, but it
is thought Sl50 will cover the entire
amount secured, most of which consisted
of drafts
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Trinle shooting in Iowa.

CREsToN, March l6.-A special from
Fontanelle to the Gazette reports triple
shooting affair. A rejected lover named
Claynlan shot his sweetheart, Ida Ment-
zer her father and himself. Mentzer's
condition is critical. The young woman
was shot in the forearm. Clayman then
placed the revolver in his mouth, the ball
passing out through the cheek.
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TIE IRISH FLAG.
1t VIII Float Over New York's City
Hall To-day.

Hall To-day.
NEW YORK. March I6.-When Acting
Mayor Mcclellan looked over the resoIu-
ton of The Board of Aldermen calling
for the raising of the flag of Ireland on St.
Patrick's Day, he was puzzled to decide
what flag it was that should be raised.
Had the resolution simply called for the
raising of the ''Irish flag" Mr.. Mcclellan
would not have been puzzled, for then
every body would know it was the harp
without the crown. a number of author
tiles were called, when, with the Web
ster's Dictionary. the thing was settled,
Webster saying: 1.-The word nation
usually denotes body of people speak
ing the same language, or body that has
been formerly under distinct govern
ment, but has been conquered or incor-
porated with larger nation" When the
Acting Mayor saw this he decided that
the Irish national flag was not the flag OF
the British Empire, but that of the nation
of Ireland. The green flag will fly from
the City Hall Saturday.
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Gone Into Insolvency.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.-The Life
and Annuity Association to-day filed a
petition in insolvency through it's Presi-
dent, A. II. Pratt. Liabilities are shown
to the amount of $49, ,597 80, while the as
sets are only S5,7 725.
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spreckeIs Purchases Cadmus.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. - A. B.
Spreckels has purchased the four-year-old
tate. Cadmus was sired by Flood, out of
imported Cornelia, by Isonomy. He was
leased to Thomas Williams last year. and
won races and stakes for him both here
and in the East
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TRAGEDY in WASHINGTON.

Two Men Shot, the Result of a Fight
Over County Road.
TACOMA (Wash.l, March 16.-William
Cushman and w. w. Russell. farmers,
were shot this morning at Lake Tapps.
near this city, by John Arcott and his
son. Cushman was killed and Russell
badly wounded. Both the Arcotts sur
rendered to the Sheriff this afternoon.
The crime grew out of fight over a
county road at Lake Tapps, which has
kept the entire settlement in that section
at war for many months.
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Passing Fraudulent Checks.

SAN JOSH, March 16.-W. B. Lyon, who
was arrested in Oakland recently on
charge of forgery, is wanted in this city
on charge of passing three fraudulent
checks on lodging-house keepers. The
offense was committed last Saturday. He
secured only So each in change on three
checks
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Oregon Populists.

OREGON CITY orr. .darch l6.-The
Populist State Convention adjourned this
morning at an early hour. after arranging
the details of the coming campaign and
the appointment of General Executive
Committee. 1t is expected that Ignatius
Donnelly, Jerry Simpson, Senator Stew
art and II. E. Taubenbeck will make sew
eral addresses each in the State during
the campaign.
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Boss McKane.

New YORK, March 16.-Another effort
was made yesterday to get "the Grave
seud King" John Y. Mckane, from be-
hind the bars at Sing Sing, when an ap-
plication was made to Judge La Combe of
the United States Circuit Court for a writ
of habeas corpus directing the Warden of
the prison to produce Mckane in court.
They allege that he is being detained and
denied the right of bail while his case is
still pending. The application was re-
fused.
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Threatened Lynchlng.

CARSON (Nev.), March 16.-Watkins,
the murderer of old Mrs. Eggleston. in
Antelope Valley, last week, has been re-
moved from the ColeI;lle Jail to the
Bridgeport Jail for safety, as the resi-
dents of Coleville threatened lynching.
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Rich Placer Beds.

GUAYMAs (Sonora), March 16-Since
the discovery of rich placer beds at Tor
ros many prospect borings are being
sunk. Gold comes up on the auger, as
large as grains of wheat and the soil gives
evidence of being as rich in gold as ever
discovered in Mexico. Native and Ameri-
can prospectors are flocking in by hum
dreds and many are meeting with good
Ire
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south and West Trade Congress.

WICHITA (Kas.), March 16. = Hon.
Charles Clemens, President of the Board
OF Trade, issued call to-day for the
South and West Trade Congress to be
held in this city on April 18th. The OBJ
ject of the congress is to adopt ways and
means TO establish closer relations be-
tween the West and South. and to devise
means to facilitate the same.
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PRESIDENT PEIXOTO FIRM.
He Insists Upon the Surrender of
Da Cana and Other Officers.
A PORTUGUESE STEAMER STOPPED
FROM LEAVING RIO.

The British Ministry Threatens to Re-
sign if it Suffers Another Defeat in
the House of Commons-Rumor
That President Dole VIII Cede
Pearl Harbor to Great Britain in
the Event of the United States Prov
ing Unfriendly to the Provisional
Government in Hawaii.
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Herbert Gladstone Rc-Elected.

LONDON, March l6.-Herbert Gladstone
has been reelected to Parliament as
representative from West Leeds without
opposition. This reelection is necessary,
owing to the fact that he has been ap-
pointed First Commissioner of Works,
after relinqhishing the position of Par
liamentary Secretary for the Home Office.
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San Franclsco,s Assessment List.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l6.-The AS
SCISSOR has furnished the startling in
year 1894 80 will be decreased by about
$50, 100000. He estimates the cut
from $40, 10000 to S2l0. 100000. In ex-
planation, he said that bad times had af-
tected property values to a fearful extent.
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Seven Years at san Quentin.

SAN JOSE, March 16.-O. II. Hellgren,
who entered the house of William Moir
in this city and stole about S400 worth of
jewelrys and also looted safe in the office
of wdpd yard, was sentenced in the Su-
perior Court here to-day to serve seven
years al San Quentin. Hellgren was also
wanted at Portland for number of bur-
glarieS.
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A Boot Factory Assigns.

WORCESTER (Mass.), March 16.-The
boot and shoe manufacturing company of
Isaac p Buth &c Co. of Spencer, one of
the biggest concerns of its kind in the
country, assigned to-day. Its factory
employs 1900 hands.
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Put Dynamite in the Cook Stove.

DULUTH (Minn.). March 16.-Edward
Wagner, German laborer, put three
sticks of dynamite in the oven of the
family cook stove to thaw out this morn
ing. In consequence, Otto Wagner, aged
Is, is dead Mrs. Wagner is fatally
burned, and three children badly injured,
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Croker Passes Through Yuma.

YUMA (Ariz.), March 16.-Richard
Croker, the Tammany leader, and party
passed through Yuma to-day on their
way to the Pacific Coast.
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Indiana Prohibitionists.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 16.-The Prohi
bitionists OF Indiana yesterday held their
convention and nominated a State ticket
The monetary plank in the platform oc-
casioned a row. 1t provides for national
currency of gold, silver and Treasury
notes subject to taxation, and in vol
ume sufficient to meet the demands of
the country. The defeated majority re-
port favored the replacement of silver
upon the same basis as II was previous to
its decentralization in 1853.
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verdict of Acquittal.

LOUISVILLE Ky.), March 16.-The
Jury in the case of w. II. Shaw, Deputy
Collector, on trial for violating the civil
service laws, returned. verdict OF ac-
auittal this afternoon.
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OXFORD WINS.
Defeats the Cambridge Crew on the
River Thames.

LONDON, March 1.-THE greatest event
in the English yachting world, between
the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Clubs,
took place to-day in the presence of the
great crowd that always lines each bank
of the River Thames. Everywhere
along the river great enthusiasm was
manifested. The course was clear of
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FISTIC BATTLES.
Rafting Glove Contest Between Mid
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dle-Weight and n Heavy-W Weight.
CLEVELAND (O.), March d6.-A rattling
glove fight occurred this evening. Pat
Raedy, champion middle-weight in the
Southern States, and Elmer Johnson, a
Michigan heavyweight, were the princi-
pals. Raedy proved himself fighter
and outclassed his man in science, ex-
perience and hitting powers. The fight
lasted six rounds, and resulted in Raedy's
favor.
FIGHTS AT HOT SPRINGS.
Hot SPRINGS ARK, March l6-Billy
Myers of Spokane and Charley Jones of
Pine Bluff, Ark, welter Weights. fought
at the Globe Theater tonight, before a
large audience. Myers had all the best
ond round. Porter of Minneapolis and
Moody of st. Paul fought six-round
draw, as a curtain-raiser.
EIGHTEEN CONTEST.
New YORK, March 16.-Frank Craig,
the Harlem cotfee-cooler, defeated Fred
Morris, Bill Madden's Cyclone" in
eighteen rounds on Long Island. The
purse was supposed to be 5000, the win
ner to take all.
MATCH POSTPONED.
CHICAGO, March 16.-Billy Myer re-
ceived word to-day from Stanton Abbott,
England's champion lightweight, that his
match with Denny in England has been
postponed to May 10th, which would
necessitate the caucelling OF the se7.e to
meet Myer i'll Chicago March 10Th. The
Chicago fight will probably take place the
last OF May.
LA BLANCHE KNOCKED OUT.
MUSHROOM lMich.), March 16.-After a
fierce fight early this morning, Charles
Wichey of Saginaw knocked out La
Blanche, the Marine, in the fifth round,
with swing on the jaw. La Blanche
claims he injured his hand in the third
round.
KNOCKED OUT IN THE SEVENTH ROUND.
NEW BEDFORD (Mass.), March 16.-Jas.
E. Scully of Woonsocket, r. L., was
knock ed out in seven rounds in the rooms
of the New Bedford Athletic Club by K id
Mcltoy.
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NINE TROUBLES IN COLORADO.
Precautions Taken to Prevent Out
breaks of Strikers.

Precautions Taken to Prevent Out
breaks of Strikers.
COLORADO SPRINGS (Col.), March 16.-
Sheriff Bowers. who is in charge of a
posse at Cripple Creek to prevent inter-
ference by the strikers with the men who
have gone to work in the mines, sent to
this city to-day for half a dozen more
deputies and quantity of arms and am
munition. 1t is thought that trouble
will break out first on Bull Hill.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS DISARMED.
CRIPPLE CREEK (Col.), March l6.-It is
reported that six Deputy Sheriffs were
arrested and disarmed by the town au-
thorities at Altman, a few miles from
here, this evening, and that several hum
dred armed men are making threatening
demonstrations against the miners who
returned to work yesterday on the terms
offered by the mine owners. All the sad
die horses in town have been ordered by
Sheriff Bowers and 100 deputies will
start for Altman in few minutes.
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In February of 1898 the arrivals were
6,666 and the departures eastward were
4.104, net gain of 2,562. The net gain
last month was 1871.