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NICARAGUA CANAL
Bill for the Reorganization of the
Maritime Company.

WASHINGTON, March IS The
subcommittee of the House Commerce
Committee, which has been engaged for
several weeks in the preparation of a
Nicaragua Canal bill, finished its la
bors to-day, and will report to the full
committee on Friday next.
The bill agreed upon is substantially
the Mahon bill, with certain amend
ments. 1t provides for reorganization
of the Maritime Canal Company. 1t
permits the company to issue bonds to
the amount of 100000, 900. of which
SI00O000 shall be held by the company
to reimburse it for money actually ex-
pended in Nicaragua for their fran
ehise. The United States guarantees
the principal and interest of the bonds,
which latter shall be sold as needed
to complete the waterway
The United States is protected in its
liabilities by an issue of S100 600 900 of
stock, which is to be sole property of
the Government and which is to be
deposited in the United States Treasury
at Washington. Ten of the fifteen di-
rectors shall represent the Government,
the remaining five representing the
company and the Republics of Nicar-
aqua and Costa Rica
The bill requires the company to call
in and cancel all its outstanding obli-
cations except the bonds issued to the
two republics, which aggregate 4,000,-
600 and 81, 100000 each, and which. un-
der the new bill, they will be permitted
to retain.
All the bonds will bear interest at
per cent. per annum, the net earnings
of the canal to be placed in the sinking
fund for their extinguishment from
time to time. Additional security is
given to the Government by a first
mortgage on the canal The work will
be constructed under the supervision of
the War Department.
The bill reserves the right to the Gov
ernment to purchase at its pleasure the
81 100000 of bonds held by the corpora
ton.
A hearing will be given by the COM
mittee to ex-senator Warner Miller of
New York on Friday next.
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GREYTOWN, Nicaragua, March 4,
(via New Orleans, March 1S)-Special
correspondence United Press-Official
proclamation is made in the "Boletin
de los Debats," the official journal, that
a convention has been agreed upon be-
tween Lord Salisbury and the Sal
vadorean Minister in London, acting
for Nicaragua, to "settle amicably the
claims of divers British subjects for
losses sustained by them on the Mos
quito reserve" 1t was supposed that
with the payment of the S75, 900 smart
money to the British Consular agent,
Hatch, all further claims for damages
had been dropped, but this seems not
to be the case.
The convention retains the words
which were regarded as rejecting on
the United States in the original de-
mand. Article / privides for the ap-
pointment of the commission, which is
to consist of representative of Eng
land (well versed in Spanish), a repre-
sentative of Nicaragua (who knows well
the English language) and a jurist not
citizen of any American State. This
last shall be President of the commits
sion
The commission is to meet at Blue
fields as early as possible Both Gov
ernments have ratified the convention
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WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
Meet in Milwaukee and Select Dele
gates to st. Louis.
Resolutions Adopted by the Conven-
ton Instructing Them to Sup
port Mckinley.

MILWAUKEE, March 1S.-Ex-Sen
| ator Philitus Sawyer won out in the
Republican State Convention this af-
| ternoon, and his victory demonstrated
| that Notwithstanding the fact that he
has nearly rounded his eightieth year,
he is still a master of the art of politi-
cad manipulation. Against admitted
| odds, the venerable statesman was pit
ted with Governor Hoard, the recog-
| Rized leader of the younger and ag-
sressive element of the Republican
party in the State, for the honor of
heading the delegation at large to ST.
| Louis.
Last night and this morning his op-
ponents were confidnet that they had
| retired him from the political arena,
and when a third of the Congressional
| districts on the roll had been called it
looked as though their claims were
we'll founded. The upper districts, how
ever, came nobly to his support, and
after the figures had been filed he was
declared the winner by a majority of
80 in a total vote of 673.
Tonight his supporters are enthusi-
astic over the outcome, and insist that
| the victory makes him the logical can
didate of the party to return to the
United States Senate as the successor
of Senator Villas.
The remaining significant feature of
the convention was the voting of Nc
Kinley resolutions, despite the action
of the Committee on Resolutions decid-
ing to remain silent upon this point
1t was the largest convention of the
party in the history of the State, and
by the same token the platform was
the shortest.
An audience that taxed the Academy
of Music greeted Colonel ]. J. Esch of
Milwaukee when at 1890 he was pre-
sented as temporary Chairman of the
convention His speech was a vigorous
denunciation of the policy of the pres
ent national administration and a
eulogy of Republican doctrines The
applause that greeted the names of the
various candidates ranged from three
seconds for Allison to six for Reed.
seven for Morton and thirty-six for
Mckinley. Three cheers for the Ohio
man were demanded by a delegate in
the body of the parquet and given with
will Then the recess was ordered
When the convention reassembled at
5 p. m. the temporary organization was
made permanent. The report of the
Committee on Resolutions was short,
and to the point. 1t read as follows
THE Republicans Of Wisconsin, in
convention assembled, renew their de-
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FRUSTRATED BY OFFICERS.
Attempt to Hold Up Passenger Train
Near Goshen.
Both the Officers and One of the Ban
dts Wounded, One of the Former
Perhaps Fatally.

TULARE, March ia desperate at
tempt to hold up Southern Pacific train
No. 20, north bound, between Tulare
and Goshen, last night "wednesday
was frustrated by the presence on the
engine of two officers.
About week ago the Sheriff was in
formed that north-bound train No. 20
on the Southern Pacific would be held
up on Wednesday night by three men.
Tonight a posse of six, consisting of
and Thomas and two assistants, were
dispatched to Tulare by team Under
Sheriff Daggett and Deputy Vic. Reed
were instructed to take south bound
train No. IL at Goshen.
At that station the two men mounted
the end Of the tender with their backs
to the baggage car. Engineer Wright
states that on arriving near Tagus he
happened to look around and saw a man
wearing a black mask come over the
coal toward him with a revolver N each
hand. The robber fau worked his way
half the length of the tender when he
discovered the two officers, who had
their backs toward him, and he fired
two shots at them.
Earl Daggett is dangerously shot in
the right side. Vic Reeds wound is a
slight one, the bullet just penetrating
the left shoulder
Reed states that the first he knew of
man point his revolver at him. Quickly
drawing his own weapon, he shouted
to the robber, Throw up your handsl"
and in reply he received a shot in the
weapon. Quickly recovering it, he sent
bullet after the bandit, but not before
the robber had shot Daggett.
Reed is of the opinion that the road
agent is badly wounded, for he jumped
straight in the air and fell over and off
the coal bunker.
The train proceeded to Tulare without
stopping to search for the wounded ban
Cit or his supposed companions, who did
not make their presence known.
Physicians quickly extricated the
ball from Daggett's side, finding it to
be a 3S-caliber. The wounded Sheriff
is in critical condition, and his father,
Hon Alfred Daggett has been sum
moned The pistol of the robber, which
was picked up on the tender, is COW
cred with blood.
At 2:15 a. m. a posse Of officers left
Tulare for the scene of the shooting.
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votion to the doctrine of protection.
We believe in an adjustment of tariff
duties for the two-fold purpose of pro-
viding sufficient revenue to meet the
requirements of the Government and to
furnish reasonable and adequate pro-
lection to American industries and
labor-a tariff both for revenue and pro-
lection.
I'VE also renew our allegiance to the
doctrine of reciprocity We favor as a
logical and beneficial result of protec-
tive tariff laws mutual trade arrange
ments with foreign countries that will
provide for our manufactures and pro-
ducers a market for their surplus pro-
duct, and at the same time enable US
to buy from them under advantageous
conditions such articles as they produce
and we need to purchase.
The Republicans of Wisconsin are
unyielding in their demand for honest
money. We are unalterably opposed
to any scheme that will give to this
country a deprecated or debased cur
rency. We favor the use of silver as a
currency, but to the extent only and
under such restrictions that its parity
with gold can be maintained
Lie pIdlIOfIn NdQ scarcely Deen
adopted when Delegate H. G. Adams of
Milwaukee asked unanimous considera-
ton of a resolution which he waved in
the air. Numerous objections were
raised, but they were withdrawn when
he explained that the subject matter
related to "a distinguished son of
Ohio" Then in stentorian tones he
read the following:
Resolved, That the Republicans of
Wisconsin recognize in Hon. William
Mckinley of Ohio the most distin-
guished champion of the Republican
policy of protection and reciprocity:
that we honor him as the defender of
a sound system of finance, and believe
in him as a type of the best American
citizenship in both private and public
life, and we hereby express to the dele
gates elected to the st. Louis conven-
tion our judgment that they should use
all reasonable effort to secure his nomi-
nation for the Presidency"
Fifty seconds came from all over the
auditorium, and when the question was
put the affirmative shout and the ac
companying cheers produced a deafen-
ing climax.
The convention then proceeded to Sc
lect delegates -at-large to the National
convention and Presidential electors.
at the conclusion of which it adjourned
sine die
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CENSURING BAYARD.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

America had grown to the greatest and
most significant majority that ever
spoke their independence at popular
election in this country"
In conclusion, Cousins said: When
we ask our history for such an ex-
ample it gives us ba ck no answer. We
look in vain for such ignoble precedent.
II was reserved in the fullness of time
for this period of calamities. No citi-
zen of the United States, claiming the
protection of the American flag and en-
icying the distinguished honor of repre-
senting this Nation at a foreign court,
can be excused for publicly condemning
either the principles CT the powers of
Abraham Lincoln, and who does it
should either be recalled for his imbe-
cility or censured for his impudent mis-
conduct
Cousins was followed by Dinsmore
Dem) of Arkansas in opposition to the
resolutions. He said no good ground
for the proposed action had been stated.
1t rested alone upon partisan prejudice
and clamor. No practical result could
be secured by the action of the House.
The ambassador was the creature of
the President, and responsible alone to
him for his confirmation by the Senate
At the conclusion of Dinsmore,s ad-
dress, at 5:25 o'clock, the House ad-
lourned until tomorrow
The resolutions will be the subject of
consideration tomorrow, and vote
will not be reached until the close of the
session, and possibly not until Friday.
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FIVE MEN KILLED.
Fatal Results of an Explosion in Pow
der Works.

KINGSTON IN. ", March 1S.-The
Latin & Rand Powder Works at Rifton
exploded shortly after / O'Clock to-day.
The upper glaser first exploded, setting
off the dryhouse and wrecking the corn
ing mill engine-house and lower glaser.
Five men We're killed and an unknown
number hurt
The names of the killed are: John
Jones, Solomon Smalley, Elias Peterson,
Emery Decker and Naaman Decker.
All leave families.
The cause of the explosion will never
be known. The works were destroyed
in similar manner in January, 1894,
and were afterward rebuilt. They ex-
tended for half a mile along the Waikiki
Creek. The loss will exceed $50, 900.
The works are seven miles from King
ston. The shock, however was felt
strongly in this city, and caused small
panics in several factories where female
help is employed.
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TOOK CARBOIIO ACID.
Bertha Abbott Commits Suicide at San
Francisco.

Bertha ADDOtC commits suicide at san
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1S-Ber-
tha Abbott, aged between 16 and II,
committed suicide some time last night
or early this morning in room 40 of
the Surville lodging-house at POT Post
street by swallowing carbolic acid.
John Greenhalge, proprietor of the
house, went to the girls room shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning, as usual,
to awaken her. AS he received no re-
sponse to his repeated knocks he forced
an entrance to the room and found the
girls body stretched across the head of
her bed, while on the bureau was a
small goblet, which had contained car
bolic acid.
The girls mouth had been severely
burned by the drug.
Deputy Coroner Hallett searched the
room and found a letter on the bureau
probably written by the suicide. The
following is a copy:
MY life has been a complete failure
and / am tired of it, so take measures
to finish it.
March II, 1896, II 80 p. M
There was a gold wedding ring on the
third finger of her right hand and an
other ring which had probably at one
time had a stone in it. There were two
purses in her pockets, but neither con-
tained any money. A small doll was
also found among her effects.
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TWO BuNKo sHARPS.
They Victimized the superintendent
of an Angel Camp Mine.

III al AuSG1 SduiD Nul00s
STOCKTON, March 1S.-The police
here have been notified by Harry Rout-
ledge, superintendent and part owner
OF the Pure Quill mine, Angels Camp,
that an attempt was made to bunko
himself and his partner out of the
mine. Two men giving their names as
A. w. st. Clair and Frank Worsley
went to AngePs Camp short time ago
and represented themselves as wealthy
Englishmen. They said they had just
purchased a mine in Colorado for $40,-
Geo, and offered to buy the Pure Quill
The offer was accepted and the papers
drawn up. They came here on Sunday
TO meet a man who they said would
come from San Jose with $4,000, the
first installment of the purchase price
The two men borrowed money from
Routledge, who also paid their expenses
during their stay at Angels In the
night the men decamped, taking the
papers and specimens of ore and with
out paying what they had borrowed
It is thought that they may attempt
to alter the papers and sell the mine
on the strength of the specimens, and
so bunko some one else.
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REVOLT IN NICARAGUA.
Government Troops Capture Three In
portant Points.

Government Troops Capture Three I'm
portant Points.
NEW YORK, March 1S.-The Her
ald' tomorrow will print the follow
ing:
PANAMA, March 15.-The sHeralds"
correspondent in Managua, Nicaragua.
telegraphs that the Government troops
took three important points to-day
Matpa, which was occupied by 800 reb-
els under Generals Chevasa, Tallavera
and Lopez, fell into the hands of the
Government. The enemy left a large
quantity of ammunition and dead and
wounded on the field. The rebels fled
to Matagualpa.
Ginotega el Vejo, town three miles
north OF Chinandeg, was taken by the
Honduran troops without resistance
Pueblo Neuvo was also captured after
slight skirmish, the enemy fleeing to
Estelli. Leon is virtually surrounded
on all sides.
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PACIFIC RAILROADS DEBTS
General Hubbard Reports His Plan OF
Settlement to the Committee.


WASHINGTON, March 1S-General
Hubbard, representing the holdings of
the Searles estate in the Central Pa
cific Railroad, reported to the House
Pacific Railroads Committee this morn
ing his plan for the settlement of the
debt of the Central Pacific to the Gov
ernment. He explained his plan at
length, and compared it with that pro-
posed by the Smith bill. pointing out the
defects in the latter which We're rem
edied by his plan.
W. S. Pierce, in behalf of the Union
Pacific Company, proposed an extern
sion of the Hubbard plan, providing
for the organization of a new company
to take the place of the Union Pacific
Under the new company the principal
of the Government debt would be ex-
tinguished as the subsidiary bonds ma
tured January /, 1897, and January /.
1899. The interest would be liquidated
by the issue of fifty-year = per cent.
mortgage bonds.
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BUTTE (Mont.), March 1S.-Police
Officer Fred Parlin was shot and almost
Instantly killed about 1 O'Clock last
night while attempting to quell row
In a cabin in the low district Of Butte.
The cabin was occupied by Rodda
.Jrdoa and Edward Edwards, alias
Campbell, tough characters. Parlin was
attracted by a row, and was shot
through the head Half an hour after
ward Judges body was found on the
sidewalk with a bullet through the
heart.
Judge and Edwards, alias Campbell
were identified as two men wanted IN
Colorado for the murder of an officer
at Cripple Creek during the big strike
two years ago. CampbelPs right name
is Edward Bixley, and he is native OF
Missouri.
Judge killed himself accidentally last
night after the row, while trying to
reload his revolver.
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DISTRESS IN ARMENIA.
More Funds Needed to Relieve the
Sufferers.

Sufferers.
NEW YORK, March 1S.-Spencer
Trask, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the National Armenian Re
lief Committee, has given out the fol-
lowing: The International Armenian
Relief Committee has cabled from Con-
stantinople as follows:
"All our available funds exhausted
Thirteen distributing centers calling for
help. People perishing. What shall we
answer?'
In reply the National Armenian Re-
lief Committee forwarded by cable to-
day 81 900 through Brown Brothers &
Company of New York, who are the
authorized Treasurers.
The needs and facilitIes for immedi-
ate and safe distribution are greater
now than ever. Every dollar goes to
the survivors of the massacres whose
supplies are exhausted. and who are
weakened by starvation, exposure and
sickness Thousands of them will per-
ish unless foreign aid is sent until they
harvest the new crops
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CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.

The Senate Committee VIII Stand by
the Conference Agreement.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
decided to-day to stand by the agree
ment reached by the Senate conference
and support the House Cuban resolu-
tions as a substitute for the Senate res
olutions on the same subject.
Sherman, as Chairman of the COM
mittee, was requested to keep the Cuban
resolutions as we'll to the front as pos
sible and get vote at the earliest pos
sible date.
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Both Died by strangulation.

BRENNAN (Tex), March 1S.-Clem
Strauthers, who murdered Louis Peter
last November, and Buck Chappell,
who murdered Mrs. Dora Emshoff on
December 1S, 1895, were both hanged
at Belleview to-day. The drop fell at
1855. Neither neck was broken, and
both died by strangulation. They were
cut down twelve minutes after the drop
fell. Strauther confessed his crime, but
Chappell declared his innocence to the
last.
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Fire at Snokane.

SPOKANE (Wash) March 1S.-The
immense air compressors Of the Poor
man and Tiger mines at Burke, Idaho
were totally destroyed by fire this
morning. Loss, 100000, fully covered
by insurance. The mines will be shut
down for six months, until repairs are
effected
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of Cincinnati, was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Bell to-day
on a charge of being implicated in
smuggling diamonds into the country.
After the case had been argued at
length Keck was held in $4,000 bail for
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More Troops for Fo.vnt

LONDON, March 1S.-A dispatch to
the "Globe" from Cairo says that i'm
the opinion of the authorities more
British troops are urgently required in
Egypt. The dispatch adds that strong
hopes are expressed everywhere that
Great Britain will rise properly to the
emergency
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PAINTERS STRIKE.
All the Union Men in the City Called
Out.

Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, March ia call
was made this morning for every union
painter in this city to quit work, ana
with few exceptions all responded. A
few objected to do so. A mass meeting
of the union painters will be held to-
morrow evening to decide upon future
actions.
The Executive Committee of the union
visited several paint dealers, and were
assured that they can get all the ma
terial they want when they desire to
take contracts in the open market for
themselves.
The strikers and master painters are
equally confident of winning.
Another strike is among the possi-
bilities The District Council of Car
penters and Joiners tonight instructed
its walking delegate to call out all
union carpenters working on jobs with
non union men. This may cause trouble
between a dozen or more contractors
and the union carpenters.
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Shot THROUGH THE HEAD.
A Police Officer Killed While Attempting
to QuelI a Row at Butte, Mont.
One of the Assassins Afterward Acct
dentally Kills Himself.

A Young Lady Commits Suicide at San
Francisco by Taking Dose of Car
bofc Acid-Two Bunco Sharps DO
Up the superintendent of Mine at
Angels Camp-An Old Resident of
YoIo Puts an End to His Existence.
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Bank Cashier Arrested. .

COLUMBUS eeO), March 1S.-John
Kaight, Cashier of the Fifth-avenue
Savings Bank, was arrested late this
afternoon, charged with embezzling
$4,000 of the banks funds. Kaight was
released on a 81 900 bond
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FINE WEATHER AND A FAST TRACK

Results of Yesterdays Races at the
Ingleside Course.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1S.-The
weather was fine and the track fast
Four and a half furlongs, Rowena b
won, Dura second, Jane Andrews third
Time-0:5712.
Six furlongs, selling, Schnitz won,
Walter ]. second, Tobey third Time
Iii.
Six furlongs, handicap, Mobalasco
won, George Miller second, Sam Leake
third. Time-1 :1612.
One and one-quarter miles, over five
hurdles, Hello won, Bassanio second,
Nellie G. third Time-1 :2334.
Seven furlongs, Derfargilla won, Cab
rillo second, Dungarven third. Time
80
Seven furlongs, Magnet won, Benham
second, Boreas third. Time-1 3015
Six furlongs, selling, Charm won, Art
ist second, Olive third. Time-1:1612.
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Failure at Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.), March. 1S.-
Martin l.. Sweet, one of the oldest busi-
ness men of this city, has assigned for
the benefit of all his creditors His ia
bilities are about $4,000, and the as
sets largely in excess of that amount.
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Treasury Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of
business to-day stood at S127, ,o1S,94.
The Withdrawals for the day were
S16l 100
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Prospect of a Beet-Suear Factory.

VENTURA, March 1S.-E. Weston,
representing the Chino Beet Sugar Fac
tory, is canvassing Ventura County Sc
curing contracts for sugar beet acre
age, the object being to locate a beet
sugar plant in this county in the vicin-
ity of Hueneme. Capital is waiting in
vestment when the required acreage can
be secured. Farmers are signing con-
tracts, and a factory seems an assured
fact
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THREE-YEAR-oLD CHILD DROWNED.
Fell Into the Tuolumne River and Was
Swept Down stream.

STOCKTON, March 1S.-A special to
the Independent" from Chinese Camp.
In Tuolumne County, says the three
year-old daughter of Alexander Keith
at Jacksonville, on the Tuolumne River.
was drowned there to-day. The little
one and a companion wandered down to
the river bank and little Mabel fell in
and was swept down the stream.
When her mother went to search for
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SmuggIed Diamonds.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1S-Her-
man Keck, a member of the firm of
Cendesman, Keck & Company, brokers
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her the companion was found near the
water looking into the stream and when
asked where Mabel was, said: "She's
in there"