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larger per cent OF the whole amount
than ever before.
The whole OF the republic Of Hon
duras has been placed under martial
law, pending the settlement Of the civil
revolt in Nicaragua, in which the
president Of Honduras has espoused the
cause Of the Zelaya government against
the rebels. The near approach OF the
contending forces in Nicaragua to the
Honduras forntier. and the disposition
Of the president Of Guatemala to inter-
pose for the settlement of the war, are
the considerations that made the step
seem advisable Of placing the country
under martial law.
It is reported that the sugar refiner-
les in the vicinity Of New York will
probably shut down. John A. searles.
treasurer. said that some Of the re-
fineries might be closed. but that there
was no special significance In this.
Times were dull and it il said the pirce
may be reduced again. The Cuban
controversy in congress is giving the
sugar trust some concern, for il the
belligerency Of the insurgents is recog-
nized the trust may Be cut of from re-
ceiving supplies from that source for an
indefinite period, whereas. If the de-
bate on the resolution is postponed the
shipment Of sugar from Cuba will con-
tinue for while longer.
| Frank Robinson, of Spokane, who
was possessed of comfortable home,
an estimabla wife and three interesting
children, and who had always borne
good reputation, was shot by Horace
Mann, q lawyer, while in the act Of
burglarizing his residence. He is dead,
but the strangest part of the thing is
that the shot fired by Mr.. Mann and
which took effect in his right breast.
was not the shot that caused his death.
He escaped from Mann's residence, ran
| two blocks. and was found after day
light with bullet through his brain.
Who fred the second shot, which must
have caused instant death, will proba-
bly, never be known.
Two young men, named Montgomery
and Fox, rivals in love affair, fought
duel with rcvolvers on Birch creek,
Alaska. Fox received two wounds,
neither Of them fatal
Complete arrangements have been
made by the Princeton Athletic Asso-
citation to send q team to represent
America In the Olympian games, to be
held in Athens. Greece. April 9 to Il,
A Cairo dispatch says: The Egypt.
/ ian troops have started for Wady
Halfa, where the entire Soudan expe-
dictionary force is expecs led 70 assemble
April /, when the advance on Eongola
will be commenced.
Kid Thompson, convicted of partici-
pancy in the Roscoe robbery, was
sentenced by Judge Smith. in the Los
Angeles superior court, to be hanged at
Folsom on May 22, between the hours
of 10 and o'clock.
The case of the United States vs.. the
state Of Texas, involving the owner.
ship of Greer county. has been decided
in favor Of the United States. Justice
Harlan handed down the opinion. The
case involves ! 300, 900 acres
The New York Herald correspondent
in Rio Janeiro says that the Brazilian
government viii present to congress an
agreement with France upon the Ques.
tion Of the contested territory in
Amapa, on the border Of French
Guiana.
A powder mill which gives employ
ment to seyenty-tive men at Rifion,
| Ulster county, N, Y, blew up. The
Imangled bodies Of five men have been
i found In the ruins. The same mill
blew mp eighteen months ago, killing
4 four men.
4 A Paris paper says IL has been in
formed at the ministry Of the interior
THAT John L. Waller Is still in prison