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cludes, Il have too much confidence in
the great qualities of the American
people to doubt that it will be uiti-
mately adjusted on a sound and honor
able basis
That Sir Julian's argument in sup
port of the British contention met with
the approval Of his official superiors, is
evidenced by the following extract,
which is made from Lord Salisbury's
letter to him written on the 31st day
OF August last: Il neeed scarcely say
that the arguments which you bring
forward in support of the validity of
those claims have the entire approval
and concurrence of her majestys Gov
ernment The attempt made by Sena-
tor Morgan to dispute them seems 10
be largely founded on miSapprehen-
sion, and her majesty's Government
cannot doubt that when the full facts
are before the public in the United
States, the liability of that country to
make compensation, which has never
been denied by the Government, will
be generally recognized both in and
outside of Congress"
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FUNERAL OF FIRE VICTIMs.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Many Deaths Result From a Powder.
Explosion.

BARCELONA, Nov. pa terrible
accident, resulting in a sad loss of life,
occurred to-day at Palma, the Capital
of the island of Majoroa, 130 miles
south of this city. Eighty persons, most
Oe whom were women, were employed
in emptying old cartridges, which ex-
ploded in some unknown manner There
was a large quantity of powder that
had been taken out of cartridges lying
about over a large area and this was
ignited by the discharge of the cart
ridges. A tremendous explosion fol-
lowed which scattered the masonry of
the town walls, which are extremely
thick, and did considerable damage to
houses.
a large number of people We're killed.
but what the exact loss of life was has
not yet been ascertained. The bodies of
seventeen dead have been found, but it
is feared that many more were killed.
Perhaps their bodies have been blown
TO atoms. as a number of those who
were at work have not been accounted
for.
Forty persons were seriously injured,
and some of them viii die.
Many of the dead and wounded were
found at considera bic distance from the
scene of the accident, they having been
hurled bodily through the air by the
force of the accident. Some of the dead
were terribly burned and mangled. so
much so that in a number of cases the
Identification viii be extremely difficult
if not impossible.
An official inquiry into the cause Of
the disaster will be held
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RAILWAY COLLISION.
Two Trains Come Together and Two
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
ALBUQUERQUE On. Nj, Nov %
What came near being one of the worst
smashups in the history of the Santa
Fe line, occurred at Shoemaker, a small
station just north of Las Vegas. The
fast Chicago express from California,
train No. 4, was laundering along at its
usual speed, when, without warning, it
collided with west bound fast freight
No 80. Both engines and the mail and
express cars Were bauIy wrecked and
piled up in the river. The Wreckage
took fire, and it was with great dit1l-
Guilty that any lives were saved from
the cars that left the track.
So far as known no California pas
sengers were injured, although a lady
and her two small children, who We're
seated in the chair car, had very mar
row escape. All three were thrown in
to the river, but were rescued. Several
Eastern people were quite seriously
injured, but none were fatally hurt.
The wreck occurred at 4 p. m., and
the injured were Immediately sent 20
the company's hospital at Las Vegas,
where they had their wounds dressed,
and at q late hour tonight all were re-
ported doing well.
AS sudden as was the collision the
train crews succeeded in jumping and
saving their own necks, with the eXcep-
ton of Conductor Robb of the freight
train, who is charged with having
caused the wreck, by allowing the train
TO proceed upon the passenger train S
time in order to make a meeting point.
He was caught under the wrecked
cars and is supposed to be fatally in
jured. The two postal clerks, Harry
Russell and f. D. Pitney. went down in
their cars and were instantly killed.
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STEAMSHIP STRATHNEVIS.
News From the Overdue Vessel Anx-
iOusIy Awaited.

fOusly Awaited.
VICTORIA (B. c., Nov. 25.-The
Northern Pacific steamship Tacoma,
expected here from the Orient tonight
will, it is hoped, bring some tidings Of
the long overdue steamship Strath-
nevis, which left here for Yokohama
over six weeks ago and which has
since been unheard of. When the Cap
tain of the Strathnevis left here he
stated that he would be fully thirty
days on the voyage, owing to the poor
running condition of the steamers ma
chinery, but as this time has long since
elapsed, anxiety is beginning to in
crease with fervor.
The Strathnevis is a new vessel of
tremendous carrying capacity, having
during two trips she made for the
Northern Pacific Company carried the
largest freights ever borne across the
Pacific. Her present cargo only
amounted to 1000 tons, and this was
made up of flour, canned goods etc
There is no fear of her crew starving
nor from its size is there any danger of
the vessel sinking from being over
loaded. The only feasible theory is
that the steamer broke her machinery
far out from land, and is probably
drifting about, making as good use OF
her Short sails as possible, in hopes of
another ocean liner All trans
pacific liners now follow one course
between here and the Orient, and
hence news is expected by the Tacoma.
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ALASKA BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
The Question as Viewed by United
States Judge Delaney.

States Judge Delaney.
SEATTLE CWash), Nov. 25.-Alas-
ka's Judge, Hon. A. K. Delaney. recent
ly appointed by the President, believes
that England in the matter of the
Alaska boundary dispute is after trade
and territory, particularly the former.
and that she will be none too conscien-
tious in her efforts. Concerning the
boundary agitation, Judge Delaney
said:
Il am one of those who believe that
EnPland would like to capture a por-
ton of Alaska which does not belong
to her | do not think she can succeed.
but | do think she would like to- nv
opinion is that England wants to get a
dispute up as to the boundary line get
the matter before a commission and
urge a compromise she Offering to take
that little strip of land known as Pyra-
mid Channel If she gets that England
Will hold the key to the upper Yukon
country. Instead of the United States
controlling things England will be boss.
A trading post will be established and
the United States Will lose the enor-
nous business growing out of the de-
VelOpment of the Yukon gold fields. [
think, though I don't know, that if such
d move is on foot that the Canadian
Pacific Railroad Company, through Mr..
Van Horne, its President. is back of it.
If the deal is ever worked no corpora
ton would be so greatly benefited as
the Canadian Pacific"
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THE MAYNE CASE.
Defense Allowed Thirty Days to Pre-
pare Papers on Appeal.

Los ANGELES, Nov. 25.-In Depart
ment One this morning Judge Smith
granted a certificate of probable cause
in the Mayne case and thirty days in
which to allow he defense to prepare it's
bill of exceptions on appeal.
Mr.. McComas objected to the grant
ing of the certificate, and the court
stated that he agreed with him, but the
Supreme Court had left him no dis
cretiOn
Mrs. Shipton has been found living in
Tia Juana, Mexico, at the residence of
Mr.. Sabin. and is accompanied by her
two daughters, Della and little Florence.
Constable Manning Of San Diego went
to Tia Juana last Saturday and re-
quested Mrs. Shipton to return to Los
Angeles, as it was desired to have her
present when trying to obtain a new
trial for Mayne. The publication of the
papers sworn out for her arrest. and the
news of Mayne's Incarceration, have
nearly scared Mrs. Shipton to death.
and she now lives in a state of trembling
fear. She emphatically refused to ac-
company Manning back across the lire.
but said that if Attroney James L.
Copeland would come down after her she
would go. Constable Manning left at
once for this city to see Copeland. and
he viii probably return with Manning
and exert his power of persuasion on the
fugitive
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Three Americans Thrown Into Jail at
AScencfCi4.


DEMING On. NJ, Nov. 25.-Tsrael
King, ex-member of the Legislature
and one of the most prominent men in
the Territory, and two of his employees,
Henry Coleman and John Ward, are
under arrest and Imprisonment at As
cencion, Mex, in a filthy and unhealthy
prison without proper food, and refused
bail and not permitted to communicate
with any person, because two head of
cattle belonging to an American, who
traded for them, but claimed by the
authorities to be owned by a Mexican,
strayed into a herd which King was
shipping to the United States The ar
rests were totally unjustified. The au-
thorities at the City of Mexico and
Washington have been notified in order
that the men may be protected. King
had no personal knowledge of the
stock, and had complied with every law
and regulation in making his ship
ments. Thirty-siX charges have been
preferred against the men in all, and
all messages which they sent out have
been intercepted. The people here are
indignant, as this is the second or third
affair of the kind.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25.-The
Call tomorrow will print the following:
At it's last meeting the Merchants AS
sociation took up the project OF estab-
fishing a public market in this city,
whereby the producer and the con-
sumer can meet and do business with
out the intervention of the middlemen.
The advantages of public market
were set forth recently in an interview
with w n Mills. 1t was argued by
the merchants that free markets are
success in the East, and there is no
reason why one or two should not be
success in this city.
The Merchants Association took up
the matter in earnest, but there seemed
to be two or three obstacles in the way.
The first was that the commission mer-
chants would fight the project and
bring strong influences to bear upon the
Supervisors, who would have to estab-
lish such a market. 1t was feared that
the argument that the commission
merchants cause thousands of tons Of
produce to be dumped into the bay,
while hundreds Of people in this city
are almost starving to death because of
life, would be of no avail. A second
obstacle was the belief that there are
not enough small farmers in the Vicin-
ity of San Francisco to supply large
public market with vegetables, and
that the gardeners near by who peddle
around the city would prove danger
Gus rival to such market.
In order to secure further infOrma-
ton, a committee was instructed TO
,aIy irn nd q
dressed to Mr.. Mills. His reply which
is given below, is a complete answer to
the second objection. He wrote:
"In reply to yours of November I'D /
inclose herewith copy Of an interview
published in the Gail of rscent date L
have recently made an insY ection of the
Sacramento Valley, and my observa-
tions convince me that San Francisco
should have a free market; that large
number of persons who have planted
lands in garden stuffS, or who are rails
ing poultry and dairy products, would
get a reasonable price for their products
if there was one place in San Francisco
where they could sell by their own
agents: that in their locality number
of producers could join together and
employ agents to sell their products. /
have taken some pains to ascertain
what the people of San Francisco pay
for garden stuff, for dairy products, for
b1eadstuffs, etc, and discover that
while the producer is producing these
things at a loss, so far as the prices
paid for them by the commission men
so, the consumers of San Francisco and
the rest of the State are paying a very
large price.
The interview discIoses some in
stances l found on the Sacramento
River upon certain reclaimed lands and
other lands reclaimed from aforesaid
condition, a capacity for the production
OF 10000 pounds of potatoes to the
acre. It is not unusual to have potatoes
sell for a cent pound, which would be
$500 per acre, and yet a farmer in
formed me that the prices at which he
was enabled to sell potatoes did not pay
for their cultivation. l should be much
pleased in a private interview to meet
your committee and give it the benefit
of any information ] possess on the sub
ject. The Call interview, however, pre-
sents the full round of the theory"
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CARSON MINT sCANDAL.
Testimony in the Case Closed and Ar
gument Begun.

CARSON CNev.), Nov. 25.-The testi-
mony in the mint case closed this morn
ing and the arguments were begun.
District Attorney Jones opened by
showing that Heney had sold gold of
mint fineness to the Reno Reduction
Works, and had jumped the country
thirteen days before any warrant had
been issued for his arrest.
The attorneys for the defense de-
nounced the system of espionage prac-
ticed by the United States. They
claimed that Government Inspector
Mason had exceeded his authority in
investigating the shortage, and had
been over-zealous Woodburn charged
the shortage to Harris, the successor OF
Jones, and claimed that he had broken
his word to Jones, his subordinate, in
weighing up the bullion when he was
absent The Government detectives
and officials were denounced for trying
to railroad innocent people into the
penitentiary.
Heney, the defendant did not go on
the stand.
The case will be submitted to the jury
tO-n0TrOW
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ALL WERE MURDERED.
Four Dead Bodies Found in Il Trading
Boat in Texas.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. PA special from
Paris. Texas, to the Scripps McRae
League. says that later developments
concerning the finding of dead man
on a trading boat below Arthur City
yesterday evening, reveals the fact that
four were murdered. About three
weeks ago three hunters purchased a
boat and with a hired boy moved two
miles below Arthur
For several days the boat was OBJ
served anchored without a human be-
ing in sight. Yesterday parties con
cluded to investigate and the cOrpses Of
three men and boy were all seen lying
in bed and undressed. a ferocious dog
prevented the parties from entering.
The victims had evidently been dead
for several days. One had been killed
by his skull being crushed When the
trappers purchased the boat they were
known to have $500. 1t is supposed they
were followed up and murdered for the
money
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SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25.-John
Ford, painter, fired five shots at his
wife Lizzie early this morning. Three
J took effect. The Receiving Hospital
surgeons say the woman cannot re-
cover. Ford is under arrest.
The couple lived at the Mozart lodg-
/ ing house, 80 Ellis street. Ford ac-
cUsed his wife of undue regard for
younS man with whom she was ac-
quainted. He returned to his room
shortly after midnight and accused his
wife of inhdelity at the same time
drawing d pistol and opening fire upon
her. After the shooting Ford leaped
through window, but was caught by
neighbors and turned over to the po-
lice.
Such in brief is the story of the shoot
ing as told TO the police. Mrs Ford is
in a very critical condition. Her recov-
cry is possible, though hardly probable.
She has not made an ante-mortem
statement to the police. She told the
SUI geons that her husband was drunk
and jealous. From a woman who occu-
pIed an adjoining room the police learn
| that the couple INDUCED IN FREQUENT
quarrels This witness says that Mrs
Ford was in bed when the first shot was
fired. Ford told the police that he
found another man in the room with his
wife. II there was such a man ne must
have been a witness to the shooting.
and the police would be pleased to in
terVieW him.
Immediately upon his arrest Ford
toIu the police he had shot his wife and
| had been driven to the deed by ieal-
ousy- He told how he had borrowed a
revolver and returned to the room in
tending to make a good job of it." The
rest Of his story was this:
Poor Lizzie was sitting on the
lounge when l entered. and without
waiting for her to speak [ accused herof
being unfaithful 10 her marriage vows
She only smiled. when | commanded
her to speak, and in a moment of des
peratlon l drew my revolver and fired
My God how | wish / had dropped dead
before my finger pressed the trigger
Just before his wife was taken off
to the hospital he said to her: Il did
not mean TO kin you. You know it was
an accident, don't you, Liz?"
The wounded woman did not reply at
the time, but as she was being carried
down stairs she told one of the police
officers that 1T was all an accident"
In the City Prison Ford told Sergeant
Shields that his wife had attempted to
shoot him. and that while he was strue-
ghng to get possession of the weapon it
went off accidentally He could not ac-
count for the five shots being fired, ex-
cept that his finger caught in the trig-
ger, and in eXtricating it all but one of
the cartridges exploded
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A Merchant Killed.

MADEIRA, Nov. 25.-A. Cavignaro, a
well-known merchant, WIS killed this
afternoon at Fresno Flats. in this
county, by Abe Speckerman. Coroner
Coroner Payne was notified by tele-
phone and has gone to the scene. The
particulars are not known. CaYignaro
conducted a store at Fresno Flats and
another at Yosemite Mile Valley
Speekerman bears the reputation of q
quiet, peaceable citizen. The scene OF
the killing is near that of the Baker
murder and the Victor Adams lynching
last summer.
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Kansas and Oklahoma Reports from
the former territory indicate a regular
blizzard at Emperia and west and
south from that point.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, reports re-
markable snowstorm, a thing hereto
fore unknown at this season in that
country Several inches of snow have
fallen, and one of the hardest snow
storms ever known is now prevailing
there. Hennessey also reports an un-
usual storm for this time of the year.
Snow commenced falling at 4 o'clock
this morning, and had not abated up
to tonight. The storm was accom-
panied by a high wind. Stock will
necessarily suffer, as will families in
remote districts, who are poorly pre-
pared at this time of year for such
severe weather
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Chicago VIII Have TO Put Up Money II
She Expects to secure 1t.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-William ].
Campbell, the Illinois member of the
National Republican Committee, re-
turned to-day from his visit to Wash
ington. He had long conference with
J. Irving Pearce. who has taken the ini
tiative in working for the National
Convention prize TO be awarded Chi
cago. Although neither gentleman
would disclose the information which
Mr. Campbell no doubt brought with
him from his fellow committeeman in
Washington, it was learned that MIR.
Campbell told the Chairman of the Chi
cago committee that immediate action
OF Il definite character must be taken
by Chicago's business men, and g guar
anty of the payment of at least $4,000
made to the National Committee before
the claims of this city would be consid-
cred. II ii is not done in few days.
MT. Campbell thinks the convention
VIII go TO Pittsburg. II is understood
meeting Of the business mems com
rafttee VIII be held a. once
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tions of Acts of Congress, State laws,

etc.
Judge Minor concludes: "A large part
of the moneyed capital of the State is in
vested in bank shares and probably no
mode of investment is more profitable.
The property of all other corporations
and individuals bears the burden of
taxation. The Constitution expressly
states that the stock shall be taxed; the
Acts of Congress permit it; the revenue
laws of the State are framed for the
purpose of reaching property of every
description, and l do not believe that
the State Legislature has been so pow
erful for evil or so futile for good as to
overthrow the plain provisions of or
ganic law and at the same time to de-
feat the object it started out to accom-
plish in the enactment of revenue laws.
namely, the imposition of the burdens
Of the Government upon all property
alike. In my opinion the assessment is
valid"
The case will be appealed.
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Attempted stage Robbery.

CHICO, Nov. 25.-The Forbestown
stage was stopped by highwaymen
near Oroville this morning. The driver
paid no heed to their commands to
hand over the express-box, and
whipped up his horses. The robbers
opened fire, and the horses bolted, run
ming into Wyandotte before being
brought under control. Two bullets
struck the rear of the fleeing stage, but
no one is injured officers have been
dispatched to search for the highway
men.
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MONTGOMERY CoNFEssEs.
Admits That He Murdered His Father
and Mother.

ALBANY orr, Nov. 25.-Lloyd
Montgomery has fully confessed to the
murder of his father and mother and
d. V. McKercher at the Templeton
farm, three miles from Brownsville, on
Tuesday morning. He says that the
deed was done in q moment of passion,
and that he was beside himself and did
not know what he was doing at the
time. His father asked him to get him
a drink of water, and upon the boys
refusal the father slapped him i'll the
face. He went into the house, secured
his rifle and shot his father down. Nc
Kercher turned to flee, but the infuri-
ated boy brought him down with his
second shot Mrs. Montgomery endeaV-
ored to escape by running into the
kitchen, but young Montgomery sent
two shots after her with fatal effects
He then placed the rifle upon Mcker-
cher's knees, thinking that when people
found the bodies they would think
that McKercher had done the shooting.
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DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Death of the Man Who Built the f

Death OF the Man Who Built the Ia
nous Geiger Grade.
BISHOP, Nov. 25.-D. NJ. Geiger left
his cabin, a few miles east of here,
last Friday to visit a neighbor. That
afternoon his riderIess horse came
back, and search was begun for him,
but was unsuccessful until Saturday
morning, when he was found lying in
the road. The horse had SHE'D and
thrown him off, dragging him to death.
Mr.. Geiger was a California pioneer
and a Mexican War veteran, and the
builder Of the famous Geiger grade be-
tween Virginia and Reno, New. He was
wealthy in the earlier years, but was
in very reduced circumstances at the
time of his death. His age was n
Years
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Seizure OF the Louis Olsen.

PORTLAND (Or). Nov. 25.-In the
United States District Court to-day
the Government secured conviction in
the case of the sealing schooner Louis
Olsen, on trial for fishing within the
protected zone. Judge Bellinger de-
creed that the schooner and her cargo,
valued at $4,000, were forfeited to the
Federal authorities. The Olsen was
boarded by officers of the revenue cut
ter Rush in Behring Sea on September
Sd last, and sufficient evidence OF
poaching was found to warrant her
SPiZure
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MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
Severe storms on the English and
French Coasts.

LONDON, Nov. %. = The northeast
storm which set in Saturday continues
and a large number of vessels on the
eastern and southeastern coasts Of
England and on the French coast have
been wrecked. In most cases, however,
no lives We're lost.
The Norwegian ship Isbaaden
stranded at Yarmouth yesterday and
broke up before the lifeboat could reach
her. An attempt was made to get a line
to her by means of a rocket, but this
failed and the crew, about a dozen in
number, perished.
A number of TOrbay trawlers We're
caught in the gale and made for home.
While running into the harbOr three Of
them We're dashed upon the rocks and
one sank Twenty were seriously in
iI1red
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WINTRY WEATHER.
snow Falling in Missouri. Kansas and
Oklahoma.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. 25.-Kansas
CITY awoke this morning to find snow
as 2 gloss to the covering of ice on the
ground caused by the sleet storm of
sunday. The asphalt streets were as
slippery as skating ponds, and traffic
and travel We're generally impeded At
noon snow began falling in earnest,
and was driven by a gale from the
north 1t continued TO fall all the
afternoon and up to q late hour to-
night. The storm is general all over