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MAJOR MCKINLEY.
A Day of Good Cheer for the Repub-
IiCan Nominee.

CANTON, Aug. 5.-This has been a
day of good cheer for Major Mckinley
Seated comfortably at home in the cool
of a darkened study, he has spent the
hours reading a mail that was laden
with tidings of hope and encourage
ment He had letters from men of
intelligence in all parts of the country
and the tenor of them was that the
free silver sentiment has reached its
greatest point of development, and
that the natural reaction is beginning
to set in.
The Secretary of the Alger Club of
Detroit has sent a resolution to Major
Mckinley which reads as follows: THE
Alger Republican Club of Detroit, COM
posed of young men actively engaged
in mercantile and business pursuits, is
deeply interested in whatever affects
the business interest of the country,
and we feel that the platform adopted
at St Louis laid down a conservative
and wise policy with regard to the
countrys welfare, and we know that
you can be trusted to carry them out"
Major and Mrs. Mckinley gave a
musicale this evening. About sixty of
their friends We're invited.
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Resulted in the Final Capture of an
Insurgent Stronghold.
COnsul-General Lee EndeavOring to
Secure the Transfer of the Men
Captured on the Filibuseering
Schooner Competitor to Better
Quarters Than They Now Occupy
and Where Better Food May be
Supplied.

HAVANA, Aug. 5.-Colonel Arcesas
mand and a party of 500 insurgents at
Cuchillas de Cagunia near Baracoa.
The battle lasted five hours, and was
ended by a bayonet charge by the
troops, which resulted in the capture
of the rebel stronghold. The insur-
gents lost eight killed and the Span
iards three Lieutenants, and nine pri-
Yates We're injured.
A party of seven rebel scouts under
the leadership of Alfred Punales, for
mer member of Manuel Garcias gang
of bandits, was surprised recruiting
men for the insurgent ranks and fired
upon at daylight this morning by a
squad of police under Captain Calvo
of Guata fame
The shooting occurred at a point in
the suburbs of Havana, between Jesus
Delmonte and Ell Giro. Punales and
two others We're killed, and the remain
der of the party escaped, abandoning
their arms. The citizens in the vicinity
were temporarily terrified, and shots
were fired from the forts at Palatino
and Jesus Delmonte
A Puerto Principe special dispatch
reports the canefelds of the Iugarno
estate, near Minas, as fired. Twenty
i've houses thereon and various labor
ers' huts We're also burned.
The rebels yesterday burned the San
Vincente plantation, one league from
Cardenas, destroying the sugar mill,
rum still and all buildings.
United States Consul-General Lee
has resumed his efforts to secure the
transfer of the men captured on the
h1oustering schooner Competitor TO
better quarters than those they now oc-
cupy. Several of the prisoners are i'll.
and have requested that they be sup
piled with better food The Consul
General proposes that the friends of
the prisoners in the United States be
allowed to communicate with friends
and procure necessaries for the prison.
ers.
Sanchez Orrihuila and Pedro O'Far-
rliI were shot at Matanzas to-day. they
haVlng been convicted of the crimes of
lncendiarism and rebellion.
General Ochando chief of General
Weyler's staff, will sail for Spain on
Saturday on sick leave.
CUBANS CAPTURE A GUNBOAT.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a special to
the Herald from Havana, Cuba. via
Key West, says:
The Government authorities If is
now known, suppressed the truth in re-
lation to- the uprisings in the Isle of
Pines. [ received positive evidence
yesterday that one party of nine Gu
bans, their names being Cuebara. Abas
cal, Orjuela, Miranda, Vega. Herman
dez, Vasquez, Vilato and Jagor. at Jus
tica, attacked the Spanish gunboat
Margarita, captured her, and placing
twenty Of their comrades on board,
steamed away toward the Pinar del Rio
coast, where it is understood they land
ed safely.
The gunboat is reported to have been
afterward sent to Maceo with dis
patches to Key West, Honduras or ia
maica, flying the Cuban flag"
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A FARMERS SUDDEN DEATH.
Expired i'm a Corral While Watering
His Stock.

STOCKTON (Cal), Aug. Go. w.
Jones, a farmer living near Escalon, on
the line of the Valley Road, died in a
mysterious manner this morning. He
arose at an early hour and began
watering his horses. He had a num-
Der Of them to look after, and it took
some time.
Meanwhile the harvest hands preced-
ed him to the field Only his little son
remained, mending old sacks in build
ing close by. The lad saw the horses
start from the watering trough without
any one to look after them, and be-
lieving that they had broken away
from his father, ran out to stop them
He then found his father lying In the
corral, and when he reached him he
was dead.
A physician was sent for and made a
careful examination of the body, but
could find no marks to indicate that any
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THE TIME WAS SLOW.
Wind Interferes With the Racing al
PetaIuma.

PETALUMA, Aug. 5.-The weather
to-day was windy and disagreeable and
the time was slow. The races were not
as interesting, in consequence, as those
of yesterday. Summary:
Running, five furlongs, purse $50,
Seaside won, Stormy A. second, Irma
third. Time-1:03.
Running, handicap, one mile, purse
$500, Two Cheers won, Regan second,
Warrago third. Time-1:411
Trotting, two-year-o -olds, purse S400,
Owyhee won, Lottie Lilac second,
Highland third. Best time-2:41h.
Pacing, 2:30 class, purse $500, Es-
tella Wilkes won, Bonnie Belle second,
Gladys w. third. Best time-2:19.
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House, on the Isle of Wight The
members of his suit, took the train from
London to Portsmouth, where the royal
yacht was awaiting to convey them to
Cowes.
Upon arriving at the latter place car
Tiages We're taken to Osborn House,
where Lord Salisbury, the Prime Minis
ter, introduced Ii Hung Chang to her
Majesty. After the audience had ter
minated Ii Hung Chang witnessed a
series of evolutions by the British
Channel Squadron in Cowes Roads The
weather was sunny and pleasant
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DEED OF A JEALOUS HUSBAND
Shoots Woman He Claimed as His
Wife and Kills Himself.

HARTFORD (Conn.), Aug. 5-An at
tempt at murder and suicide because
o. jealousy occurred on Potter street
TINS afternoon. The man who attempted
murder is dead and his victim, who
was married to him in Austria, is
dolng well. The mans name is Stonna
RonVenitz, and the woman whom he
claims is his wife, is known as Mrs.
FRANK Donovitz. She was living with
man Of that name, and kept a board
lng-house for Austrian laborers. He
came direct from New York, where he
had just arrived from Austria. He had
heard that the woman was living with
another man, and about $3.50 o'clock
RonvenitZ shot the woman in the left
temple and then fired a shot into his
own head, dying. instantly.
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VANCOUVER B. CO, Aug. 5.-Par-
ticulars of a fatal accident to A L.
Abbott, Assistant Manager of the WIS
consin Railway, while he was attempt
ing the ascent of Mount Leroy, on the
main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, were received here tonight.
On the Sd inst. party of tourists, in
cluding Mr.. Abbott, started from Lag
san to attempt the ascent Of Mount
Leroy When about eight miles from
the station Mr.. Abbott fell over
precipice about 1000 feet high. A force
of railway men, provided with ladders
and ropes, are endeavoring to recover
the body, and when this is done it will
be sent to Boston for burial
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COLORED ODD FELLOWS.
The Grand Lodge Closes Its Session
With the Election of Officers.

STOCKTON, Aug. 5.-The Grand
Lodge of Colored Odd Fellows closed
its session to-day with the election of
officers. The following were selected
to serve for the ensuing year: Past
Grand Master, B. Fl. Harris of San
Francisco; Grand Master, G. w. Will
son of Marysville; Deputy Grand Mas
ter J. WySinger of Oakland; Grand
Secretary, A. A Collins of Oakland; !;
Grand Chaplain, Rev. j. H. Burrows
of Stockton; Grand Treasurer, j. b.
Wilson of Oakland: Grand Marshal, w.
Wells of Los Angeles. Grand Warden,
w. B. Grimes of Sacramento; Grand
Directors-B. A. Johnson of Sacra-
mento, A. French of San Jose, John c.
Rivers of San Francisco; Grand Guar
dian, c. H. Overton of San Jose.
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The Congressional Deadlock.

VENTURA (Ca1), Aug. 5.-The Dem
ocratic Convention of the Sixth Con-
gressional District which has been in
session here for two days, adjourned
this afternoon to meet in Los Angeles
on August 18th. The Rose Patton
deadlock remained unbroken, as shown
on the record of the Secretary, while,
in fact, it was fairly beaten by a ma
jority vote of 81 for Patton to 81 for
Rose, Patton's majority coming from
Santa Cruz and Los Angeles Counties
on telegraphic proxies from absent del
egateS
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MOORE BROTHERS. FAILURE
Help Expected From the East II
Enable Them to Pull THROUGH.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5-The local Stock
Exchange Will remain closed indefinite
ly President Jameson said this morn
ing that the Exchange would open as
soon as the Moore stocks can be taken
care of w. Fl. Moore arrived from
New York to-day. Moore Brothers ex-
pect from the East such financial help
that will enable them to pull through
the Diamond Match New York Biscuit
crisis, and allow the opening of the
Stock Exchange in a few DAYS.
Judge w. Il. Moore brought hack
with him from the East to-day certain
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Senator Squire for BRYAN

SEATTLE (Wash.). Aug "a com
mittee recently appointed by the Henry
II. Teller Club of Seattle for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the position of
United States Senator Squire, who is
in New York in the present campaign.
received reply to their telegram of
inquiry this afternoon, in which he.
without qualification, declares for
Bryan and free silver.
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assurances and promises of Eastern
bankers on which he bases the hopes
OF the firm for assistance to a large
amount in exchange for the Match
stock.
On the plea that the statement of the
Moores for the guidance of the Gov
erning Committee OF the Stock Ex-
change and the city banks was not
ready, but really to allow Of certain
correspondence to pass between the
firm and their hackers, the meeting of
the body which was set yesterday
for noon to-day was again postponed.
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CAMPBELL RETURNS.
Peculiar Story Told by the Million.
aire Honolulu Planter.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-James
Campbell, the millionaire planter of
Honolulu. who mysteriously disap-
peared from his hotel in this city on
Tuesday, returned to-day. He told the
police a strange story of his having
been inveigled into an out-of-town sa-
loon and there chained to the floor,
shot at and robbed Of all the cash on
his person. His assailants, who he
says were masked, released him to-
night and gave him nickel to go
home. Campbell exhibits a bullet hole
in his hat in corrobora ton of his pc
culiar story
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JOSEPH LUDLAM DEAD.
A rIan Who Had Been Engaged ir
Many Business Enterprises.

LOWELL (Mass.), Aug. 5.-Joseph
T.udlam. agent of the Merrimac Manu-
featuring Company, LowelFs largest
manufacturing plant, is dead, aged 5S
I,udlam had been engaged in business
enterprises in New York, California
Michigan and in foreign countries. He
had a command in the far East under
"Chinese" Gordon. On returning tc
America he became superintendent OF
the Lake Superior Copper mines. He
came to Lowell about twenty years
ago to accept an appointment as agent
of the Merrimac Company.
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A Steamer Cut in Two.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The pleasure
steamer Hawthorne, plying on Lake
Michigan between the parks, was
struck by the Goodrich liner Iowa in
the outer harbor tonight The Haw-
thorne was cut in two, and sank al
most Immediately. She carried but
five passengers, and these, together
with the crew, were taken on board
tho iowa
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A DEMOCRAT SULKS.
Resigns as National Committeeman
for Washington.

TACOMA CWash). Aug. 5.-Demo-
cratic National Committeeman H. G.
Wallace created a sensation yesterday
by resfgning. He has written a vigor-
Gus letter to Chairman Jones, in which
he accuses the Democratic party of de-
parting from its principles and entering
upon a radical and ruinous career.
Wallace has been committeeman four
years and has always supported Cleve-
land ardently. He was disgusted when
the Chicago Convention refused to in
dorse the administration.
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A Prize Fighter Held for Murder,

SALT LAKE CITY Utah. Aug. .
Bob Thompson, the prize-fighter was
held in the District Court yesterday in
bonds of 81, 500 on the charge of killing
Carter. The argument was on a mo-
ton to dismiss, which Justice Wanger
overruled. The case against the club
and the referee of the fight will next be
tG ken up
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Gaudaur Sails for England.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Jake Gaudaur
sailed to-day on the steamship City of
Paris for England. He is to row STAINS
bury for the championship of the world
on September 7th next. The distance
will be four miles, from Putney to Mort
Lake, for 81 $50 a side, the winner to
take in trust the "Sportsman's" cup.
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FALL OF A SCAFFOLD.
One Man Killed and Another Fatally
Injured.

PIQUA (O). Aug. 5.-The scaffold on
a school building being erected at Cow
inston, six miles west of here, gave
way this morning while several men
were at work upon it. Emanuel Fox
of Marysville fell sixty feet breaking
his neck, and was dead when picked
up. Hamer Maddox of Marysville sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull and can
not recover. The others had narrow
escapes, some clinging to portions of
the scaffold until they could be rescued.
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Fully a Million Deaths.

LONDON, Aug. "a lady, whose
name is not given, just returned from
Armenia, asserts that foreign Consuls
and missionaries there estimate that
fully a million deaths have occurred in
that country as the result Of massacres
and from starvation. The present con-
dition of the Armenians, she declares,
is worse than it was during the massa-
cres. Thousands of the inhabitants are
starving to death
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A HOllister Murder Trial.

HOLLISTER (Ca1), Aug. 5.-The
second trial of the people VS. F. NJ.
Conkling, charged with the killing of
{. y. Hardwick in February, 1895,
commenced in the Superior Court to-
day, Judge William Conley of MADEIRA
presiding in place of Judge Breen, dis
qualified. After an all-day session sew
eral jurors were secured.
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Osen Against a Horse.

PETALUMA, Aug. "a match has
been made between Oscar Osen. the
professional Olympic Club wheelman.
and w. Wood, the famous pacing
horse, to race a mile on the horse
track during the fair next Saturday
afternoon.
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Protective Tariff League.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The American
Protective Tariff League announces the
appointment of Senas NJ. Didge of San
Francisco as State Secretary of the or
ganization for California.
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of the horses had kicked him. The
physician ascribed the sudden death to
heart troubles, though Jones had never
suffered from heart affection. The
Coroner will investigate the case.
Jones had a very fine ranch near
Escalon. He was one of the leading
members of the Lone Tree Methodist
Church
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Won by the Canadian Team.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-In the competi-
tion at Shoebruiness under the aus
pices of the National Artillery Associa-
tion to-day, the Queens prize for garri-
son artillery was won by the Canadian
team, which also secured the third
prize in the No. garrison competition.
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FATAL ACCIDENT TO A
RAILROAD OFFICIAL.
Fell Over a Precipice About One Thousand
Feet High,
While Attempting the Ascent Of Mount
Leroy.
While Attempting the Ascent Of Mount

A San Joaquin Farmer Suddenly Dies
While Watering His Horses in a
Corral at His Home, Presumably
From Heart Disease - peculiar
Story Told by Rich Honolulu
Planter Who Mysteriously Disap-
peared From His Hotel in San
Francisco a Few Days Since.
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We're: Mrs. Adeline Boshen, Alex Ger
der San Francisco; Mrs. W. Bruning
and Miss Bruning, Sacramento, Cal:
John Fischer, Mrs. Emma Fischer, San
Francisco; George c. Price, Palo Alto,
Cal
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Attempted Suicide.

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 5.-Charles
ID. Crowell, an old resident of Santa
Barbara. is fatally i'll from an over
dose of laudanum taken with suicidal
intent.
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Ii HUNG CHANG.
The Chinese Diplomat introduced to
Queen Victoria.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-Li Hung Chang,
the Chinese Viceroy, who is visiting
England as the guest of the nation, to-
day visited the Queen at Osborne
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NOTICE TO HUNTERS.

NO SHOOTING OR HUNTING WILL
be allowed on the Rancho Del Paso. Any
violation of this order will lead to arrest
JOHN NIACKhY Snnerint endant
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WATERHOUSE B. LESTER.

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WAGON AND CARRIAGE MATERIALS.
Hardware, Lumber Iron. Steel and Coal,
Horseshoers' and Biacksmiths' Supplies.
509, I'll, 7I3. 715 j St, Sacramento.
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A New Postmaster.

| WASHINGTN, Aug. 5.-H. Hoge was
appointed Postmaster at Sun, Cal, to-
| n
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Californians Coming Home,

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Arrived to-day
per steamship Havel from Bremen
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thing east Of New York; that the dem
ocracy had everything south of the Po
tomac and Ohio rivers, and everything
west OF the Missouri river and that /,
has got such hold in the North eru
states OF the eastern portion
OF the Mississippi Valley
that the entire Maine election or
the Vermont election have been insult
hclent to make even Mckinley and
Hanna feel secure. The Democratic
party with all the handicape that have
been placed upon it, is in a better no.
sitlon to win victory today than it
has been at this stage of the campaign
IN any contest ia the last twenty wears.
We are going to win this fight. Maine
and Vermont prove that the repubi-
cans were correct in their estimate of
New England, just as Arkansas and
Alabama proved that the democrats
were correct in their estimates as to
the situation in the South and West"
Capt. ID. F. Allen. member of the
State Board of Tax missioners of
Indiana says of his State: II think
that Indiana is almost certain to give
It's ELECTORAL vote to Bryan. There is
no weakening on the part of his al
herents QUITO way; on the contrary,
the cause is gaining force all the time.
1t vote were taken now he would win
by $4,000 majority, and there is every
reason TO thiuk he will defeat Mckinley
by those figures. or even more. The
former vote is for silver and no argu.
nent or persuatioD of the gold crowd |
.an change the minds of the men who
'eed the nation
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-09-25

u Col. Hooker who is now an earnes
and incesse Mt worker for free and un
limited coinage of silver in the interes
Of the debt ridden masses during th
sub,reasury contest IN this state whei
the farmers were seeking an incress,
lot currency ana flexible to snit the de
mands ut fin,oving agricultural product.
said: IF people want money they
| must work for IT," What IL the diff
ference in the situation then and now
| None SO far as the farmer is concerned
The snbtrrasnrv with all It's objection.
able features wonld certainly have put
money in the hands of the farmers, and
| the government could have regulated
the quantity and would have had the
agricultural products which could
have been insured to cover loss, and all
the wealth of the country behind it TO
secure it, u nd sustain its credit. Free
coinage Of silver puts not a dollar in
owner, se he miner or speculator. and
the government is powerless to limit its
market of the world. Farmers own no
bullion and can buy none. and can reap
no benefit. The bullion owner can get
II coined into O'!ar-, buy gret dbacks r
treasury notes, go to the national treas
ury demand gold and invest it in prop
eriy and demand rents for future in
comes in gold, which they will do, and
If free silver does unsettle finances as
the worlds history proves it has al
ways done IL will prove costly expert
ment 10 the poor debt riCden farmer.
He cannrt afford experiments They
mean ruin If resulting badly. Col.
II oker also said England in 1916 de-
silver and by degrees SO in
all other prominent and civiliz
ed nations of the earth. the United
States incended I'd followed her exam
pie, This is strange power for one
nation tn exert over all other nations
rs intelligent aud astute as she is. il it
was not to their interest to de 60. he
urther slated that q comm issiop few
,ears ago was appointed by the British |
20 ascertain the cause of
depression AMI il decided
t was due TO demopi.ization of silver
$ IL not strange that If this was true
lot only EngIand but any other nation
hould adhere to gold standard in |
he face OF such finding IL true. We
ave no desire to disparsge Col Hoo4sr
'ersonall, or any other way. but we
snnot refrain from expressing our
sndid and honest sentiments. and our
esire TO instruct tae farmers TO
'hich class we have belonged
u our lives Let cold facts govern
on farmers and not delusions. We
elirse yon want facts and are Honest
! in srach of them