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CHASED BY A SPANISH CRUISER.
A British steamer Mistaken for
Filibuster.

BOSTON, March 19.-An officer of the
British steamer Ethelred, which ar
rived this morning from Jamaican
ports, reports that on March 1lth, on
the outward passage from this port to
Jamaica, the steamer was chased for
an hour and a half by Spanish
cruiser.
The Ethelred was steaming about
eight miles off Cape Maysi, the eastern
end of the island of Cuba, on the way
to her destination. She was going about
twelve knots an hour, when a Spanish
ship was sighted evidently on the look
out for a supposed filibustering steamer.
The cruiser hoisted a flag, and the
fruiter did likewise. The latter con-
tinued on her way, but the Spaniard
started in pursuit, and kept it up for
considerable distance. The Spaniard
could make but nine knots, and was no
match for the fruiter
When first seen by the Ethelred, an
other cruiser was in company of the
aggressive one, but apparently took no
interest in the proceedings. No shots
were fired from the warshlp, as the dis
tance was too great for any display of
gun practice.
1t is claimed that as the Ethelred was
outside the three-mile limit, the cruiser
had no right to attempt to stop her.
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DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CAUCUS.
The Only Subject Discussed That of
Patronage.

patronage.
WASHINGTON. March 19.-The
Democratic members of the Senate held
a caucus this afternoon at the adjourn
ment of the Senate for the purpose of
discussion of the subject of patronage.
Senator German, representing the
Democrats, and Senator Elkins, rep
resenting the Republicans, have been
working for several weeks on a revis-
ion which was submitted to the caucus,
and appeared to meet with considerable
opposition. This was in the nature of
an equal distribution of patronage.
There were a number of Federal en-
ployes, who, from long years of expe-
rience, have become invaluable to the
Senate. Other places will then be dis
tributed equally. There were ten Dem
ocratic Senators who ceased to be mem
bers of the Senate with the last session,
and their successors have no one in Of
fee through their influence The same
can be said of the new Republican Sen
ators.
Of course a revision of this sort means
that some of the employees will have to
go, and they will probably be those
whose Senators have lost their seats,
and are therefore no longer with Sena-
torial backing.
The whole subject, after discussion,
was left to the steering committee. The
committee will confer with a similar
committee from the Republicans, and
after caucus it is believed that the
whole matter will be settled on the basis
indicated herein. No other subject was
brought up in the caucus.
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FIELD MARSHAL YAMAGATA.
The Commander of the Japanese Army
En- Route to America.

Il
En- Route to America.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-Field
Marshal Yamagata of the Japanese
army will arrive in San Francisco on
the Oceanic steamship Coptic on March
2Sth. He will probably remain here a
few days, and then continue on his
journey to Russia, where he will partici-
pate in the ceremonies attending the
coronation of Emperor Nicholas. At
this function the Count will represent
the Mikado.
Sabre Koya, Japanese Consul in this
city, received a cablegram from Toxic
yesterday announcing that the distin-
guished commander and statesman had
sailed for this city, accompanied by sew
eral officers of the Japanese army, all
more or less distinguished as a result
of their service during the late war.
While the Marquis goes to Russia
ostensibly to attend the Cars corona
tion, it is believed that he is commits
stoned with authority to arrange for
the placing of Corea under a Jap-Rus-
sian protectorate. Whether Russia will
accede to the plan suggested is a matter
for speculation. Anyway, it is known
that the Corean question will be dealt
with in an amicable way for some time
to come. The Marquis carries instruc-
tions to this end.
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VENEZUELAN QUESTION.
The Commission Discuss Conflicting
Points I'm the Controversy.

WASHINGTON, March 19-The
Venezuelan Commission held a formal
meeting this morning for the transac-
tion of routine business, Justice Alvey
presiding in the absence of President
Brewer All the other members were
in attendance.
Having been in possession Of the Brit
ish blue book since Monday and of the
Venezuelan documents for over a week,
the Commissioners had made copious
notes of their reading, and to-day took
up the discussion of various conflicting
and inharmoniuos points in the two
cases as presented, referring also to the
great accumulation of evidence bearing
upon the different phases of the ques-
ton.
A complete photography of the books
and maps in the Lenox Library, New
York, was presented to the commission,
naming some 800 works, covering the
correspondence from the years 1900 to
1899, to which access is offered; also a
ca atalogue of 16I manuscripts relating to
Spanish American missions, settle
ments and similar matters which are
held ready for the commissions inspec-
ton.
A report was also received upon the
Tank collection of the Wisconsin Histo-
rical Society's library, consisting of
Dutch records, some of them of great
value.
The commission was informed by the
State Department that the Govern
ments of Holland and Spain had ex-
pressed willingness 10 assist in the in
vestigation of their archives. The ques-
ton of sending someone to make an in
vestigation in Europe was deferred for
the present.
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SUGAR BOUNTY CASES.
1t May be Some Time Before They
Come Up for Hearing.

WASHINGTON March 19-The
trial of the sugar bounty cases, involv-
ing the constitutionality of the law,
and incidentally sustaining the con-
struction of the law as announced by
Comptroller Bowler, may not come up
in the Supreme Court for a hearing
for some time to come.
They were set down for yesterday
in the Supreme Court, and all the coun-
sci for the Government and for the
parties were present, but the cases were
not called, as Justice Brewer had been
summoned to Texas by the severe ILL
ness of his daughter, and Chief Justice
Fuller desired to have so important a
case tried before a full court 1t is
understood that Justice Smith of Louis
lana will not sit in this case
AS the sugar bounty cases now stand.
they may be set for trial at the pleasure
of the Chief Justice, and if he becomes
satisfied that a full bench may not be
obtained to hear them, and the urgency
demands speedy trial. he may set the
cases for trial at an early day before
an incomplete court
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cisco

vTSALIA. March 19.-The man who
attempted to hold UP the train last night
was riddled with buckshot. His body
was later found near the scene OF the
shooting.
The two Deputy Sheriffs, Reed and
Daggett. are in the doctors hands.
Reed was shot through the muscle of
the left arm near the shoulder, and his
wound is not serious. Daggett was shot
through the right side, just above the
hin bore. The bullet went almost
through. and was cut out just under
the skin by the doctors here.
The robber was killed with a shot
gun. both barrels taking effect in his
abdomen. Some of the shot passed
through his right pants pocket, shat
tering a knife, and then ranged on
through the body.
officers this morning arrested ST Low
ern. the keeper of a notorious deadfall,
and Charles Ardell, a barkeeper, and
placed them in jail.
John Haynes, a Salvation Army man,
was also arrested at his ranch, eight
miles north of here, and it is supposed
there is one other member of the gang
yet at large.
Lovern, who was arrested as an ac-
complice, is a notorious character. 1t
was in his place that Assessor Frank
Coffee was killed two years ago.
WHO THE ROBBER WAS.
OAKLAND, March 19.-Train No.
2G arrived in Oakland to-day. It was
the crew of this train that found the
body of the dead robber.
Pullman Conductor E. c. Cunning
ham says that the man shot had two
pound can of dynamite tied on his per-
son, under his coat at the right side.
News Agent J. w. Christie, who
helped to place the body in the baggage
car, says that the officer recognized
the man as Joe Mccall, not McCole, as
at first reported. The man had former
~ worked for Picks in Fresno. He was
a regular church attendant, and the
last one they would suspect of such an
act had he not been killed while COM
7nitting the deed. In the dead man $
pockets were found fourteen cartridges
of 44-caliber, a knife, a cigar, but no
money.
Mail Clerk z. Hiskie of train No. 10
returned on No. 20. He says that the
Deputy Sheriffs were seated in the ten
der with their backs to the train when
Mccall ordered the engineer to stop,
covering him with a, revolver and the
fireman with his rife. Then, seeing
the men below, he dropped his gun, fir
ing point blank. The men were taken
by surprise, as they were only going to
Tulare to join the posse on No. 20.
BORN IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.
SANTA CRUZ, March 19.-Dan Nc
Call, the train-robber who was killed at
Goshen early this morning, was born
and raised in this community, and was
always considered a steady, honest,
hard-working fellow. His relatives are
still in Santa Cruz.
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SMELLS MURDERER.
Henry Tascott Believed to Have Spent
Several Years in Alaska.

Henry Tascott Believed to Have Spent
Several Years in Alaska.
SEATTLE CWash.), March 19.-An
afternoon paper publishes a Port Town
send special stating that in an inter-
view there to-day with ]. Meyers, editor
of the Juneau Mining Record" that
gentleman expressed his belief that
Tascott, who murdered Millionaire Smell
in Chicago in 1888, made his escape to
the Yukon country, where, under the
alias of George Hayes, he spent four
succeeding years as miner Tom Nell
son, a pioneer Alaska miner, who knew
Hayes well during that period, concurs
in this opinion.
With the influx of prospectors in 1892
to the Yukon, Hayes suddenly left the
country, having in four years cleaned
up about 100000 The striking like
ness of photographs of Tascott to HAYES
was often commented upon, and it was
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WIRETAPPER M'NUTT.
He is Now Behind the Bars of Chi
cago Jail.


CHICAGO, March 19.-William H.
McNutt, the most notorious wire-tap-
per in the United States, was arrested
at noon to-day in the Brevort House
en- Madison street by Central Station
detectives, on suspicion of being i'm
plicated in the sensational wire-tap-
ping case at New Orleans last Satur-
day This was the case in which the
bookmakers all over the country were
hit for $150,000 on the substitution of
Royal Nettie for Plug as winner of the
last race McNutt was locked up at
the Central Station, but was not booked.
McNutt claims that he had nothing to
do with the wire-tapping, but that he
knew all about it.
The police do not think McNutt is a
professional wiretapper, and are of the
opinion that he knows very little about
telegraphy They believe, however, that
he is a confidence man, and on pledge
to tap wires has had money advanced
to him. He will have q hearing to-
morrow
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BANKRUPTCY BILL.
1t Will be Laid Before the House Ju-
dietary Committee To-day.

1t VIII be Laid Before the House Ju-
dietary Committee To-day.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The sub
committee of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, which has been engaged in the
preparation of a bankruptcy bill, fin
ished its labors at a late hour this after
noon. Their bill will be laid before the
full committee tomorrow The original
Torrey bill as amended in the Fifty
second and Fifty-third Congresses
served as the basis of the new measure,
which provides for voluntary and invol-
untary bankruptcy. The only ground
OF insolvency bankruptcy in the new bill
is fraud, actual or implied, on the part
OF the bankrupt. The involuntary feat
ures of the new bill do net apply to Ia
borers or farmers engaged in tilling the
soil
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obtained the land from the Great Spirit,
he said, and wished to preserve their
tribal relations, and not be obliged to
take up separate farms and become civ
ilized They had, therefore, come to
Washington to see the Great Father to
secure redress.
The President replied in kindly tones
that the severalty Act was a law of the
land, and he was obliged to carry 1t out.
The white man had emdeavored to i'm
prove his condition, and the Indian
should do the same. He hoped the
Kickapoos would realize the wisdom of
this, and advised them to abide by the
| law and become civilized.
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CARSON MINT SCANDAL
The Jury In the Jones Case Unable to
Reach an Agreement.

The Jury In the Jones Case Unable to
Reach an Agreement.
CARSON (Nev.), March 19.-At 6:30
o'clock this evening the jury in the case
OF T. j. Jones, the former Assistant
Meter and Refiner at the Carson Mint,
who is charged with completely in the
embezzlement Of bullion valued at S23,-
000, notified the presiding Judge that
there was no possibility of an agree
ment being reached, as they stood six
for acquittal and six for conviction,
and that they wished to be discharged.
The Judge thereupon dismissed them,
and adjourned court until Monday next,
when it is expected a date will be set
for re-trial of the case.
A special Grand Jury was called to-
day to consider other cases in connec-
ton with the mint steal.
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BAY DISTRICT RACES.
Opening Day Marked With shower
and Slow Track.

Opening Day Marked With showers
and Slow Track.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-The
weather was showery and the track
slow. Five furlongs, selling, Faro won,
Middleton second, Zoolein third. Time
1:4015.
Four furlongs, two-year-olds, Tor
pedo won, Gordon second, Early Notice
third. Time-0:5134.
One and one-sixteenth miles, Gunst
stakes, 81, 800 to winner, Service won,
Rosebud second, Wheel of Fortune
third. Time-1 1872.
Seven and a half furlongs, inside
course, Sea Spray won, Ike l.. second,
F'avory third. Time-1 :4012
Six furlongs, Strathfiower won, Flash
light second, Charles A. third. Time
1:16a.
One mile, Lobengula won, Collins
second, Flirtilla third Time-1 A.
Five furlongs, selling, Robin Hood 1.
won, Crawford second, Jack Atkins
third Time-1 OH.
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New Mexico Statehood

WASHINGTON. March 19.-The SEN
ate Committee on Territories to-day fa-
vorably reported the bill for the admis-
sion of New Mexico to Statehood. One
or two of those who voted for the meas
ure are not, however, committed to it.
Several minor amendments are made
to the bill. The election of delegates
to the Constitutional Convention is to
be held on the eighth Tuesday after the
passa ge of the bill.
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STARVED TO DEATH.
A Woodchopper Found Dead on the
Floor of His Cabin.

RENO (Nev.), March ia. J. Chal-
mers and Fred. Gould, surveyors, re-
turned last evening from the site of the
old town of Galena, three miles north
west of what remains of the once pros
porous city of Washoe, and report the
finding of the body of Evan Davis dead
on the floor of his cabin. Investigation
showed that death was caused by star
walton.
Not morsel of food of any descrip-
ton could be found in or about the
place. Davis was ood-chopper, and
had long since grown morose and sour
toward the world and did not mingle
with his fellows.
Coroner Peers will hold an inquest.
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Coronation of the car.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 19.-The
ceremony of the coronation OF the Car
has been finally fixed for May 10Th. The
official programme has been published
The Car and Czarina will make tri-
umphal entry into Moscow on May 2lst,
and will leave that city on June 1th-
The interim will be filled with cere-
monies, religious services, receptions,
balls, fetes and reviews. The prepara-
tions for the event are on the most
lavish scale, and the ceremony of coro-
nation will be one of the most Impress
i've and magnificent ever seen in the
old Russian Capital
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pion Jerome r. Keogh of Scranton, was
played here in the Great Northern Bill
lard Hall day, and resulted in a score
of 21O for Clearwater and 21S for Keogh.
Three games are to be played, the con-
test ending Saturday night 1t being
necessary to clear the table is the rea-
son Clearwater scored the extra ten
tonight
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Killed by an Electric Car.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-Julia
Peshon, a female resident of the Bar
barry Coast, was struck and instantly
killed by a Kearny-street electric car
this evening. The unfortunate woman
was intoxicated, and attempted to
cross the track in front of the car, when
she was knocked down and terribly
mangled.
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CHICAGO STRIKE.
Contractors Refuse to Sign an Agree.
ment of the Garment Workers.

Contractors Refuse to Sign an Agree
ment of the Garment Workers.
CHICAGO, March ia delegation
from the striking tailors visited the
shopof Klein& Marks, 12SFifth avenue
this morning, and called upon the 1OO
men and girls employed there to Quit
work and join the big strike They were
also asked to join the union. and so
much excitement followed among the
strikers, sympathizers and employers
that the proprietors closed the
place and called the police ia
clear the rooms ard passageways.
Some of the employees went to the strike
headquarters, but the firm expects most
of them to return to work tomorrow
saying they were scared out.
a form of agreement was drawn up by
the United Garment Workers Union to-
day for the contractors to sign as a ba-
sis of settlement for their part of the
strike. The proposition was considered
by the employers and rejected, the most
obnoxious part being requirement of
bond of 5000 by each contractor to
keep the agreement
The contractors claim that only five
shops are closed, and the strike leaders
say all are closed except one. All OF the
shops that are running are under police
protection.
Great Britain and Bimetallism.
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Beaten to Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-C. F.
Mars, a lathing contractor, was assault
ed and beaten by strikers yesterday
who claimed that Mars was working
for less than union rates. After linger-
ing in an unconscious state Mars died
this morning.
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Died From the Effects of a Blow.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19-John
Buckley was walking on Mason street
last Sunday when he saw two men
fighting. In endeavoring to separate
the combatants, Buckley was struck
in the ear, and died from the effects of
the blow this morning. Charles Gercken
will be charged with his murder
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Short in HIS Accounts.

SAN PEDRO, March ia shortage
of $3.50 has been found in the accounts
of Fred. Leach, the Southern Pacific
agent here, who disappeared on Mon
day. Leach was very highly thought
Of here did not gamble and had no ex-
pensive habits. He was unmarried and
sister kept house for him. His friends
stoutly maintain that he has either
committed suicide or has been foully
dealt with.
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WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Almost Total Destruction of WASH
ington Mining Town.

SPOKANE CWash), March 10
Northport, small mining town in this
State near the Canadian boundary, was
almost totally wiped out by fire last
night. The property loss is roughly es-
timated at $4,000, with no Insurance.
In order that the homeless children
might obtain shelter from the storm
which prevailed, a number of railway
coaches were hastily transferred to the
town by the Spokane and Northern
Company and placed at the disposal of
the unfortunate citizens The sufferers
are well supplied with clothing and pro-
visions, and no destitution will follow
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metallic resolutions adopted by the
House of Commons by taking any steps
toward an international conference;
nevertheless, it is willing to consider
the question of reopening the Indian
mints if the Latin Union could be dis
posed to favor such action. Informal
negotiations on this basis may be at
tempted. The Indian mints were
closed in 1898.
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Murder in the First Degree.

OAKLAND, March 19.-The jury in
the case of Benjamin Hill, charged with
the murder of his wife, brought in a
verdict of murder in the first degree
tonight, after five hours deliberation,
and made no recommendation for
mercy.
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Strike situation Unchanged.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19-The
strike situation is unchanged tonight.
By vote of over nine hundred ma
jority the men decided to stand by their
guns, and not allow single job to be
finished until the Controversy is ended
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Championship Pool Match.

PITTSBURG, March I9-The first
game of the pool match for the cham
pionship of the world and 81 900, be-
tween worlds champion Clearwater Of
this city and Pennsylvania State cham
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KICKAPOO INDIANS.
A Delegation Visits the Great Father
to Protest Against Division.

to Protest Against Division.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-There
was a picturesque gathering in the
Presidents Office in the White House
this morning when delegation of Kick
apoo Indians from Oklahoma Territory
had an interview with Mr. Cleveland
about the severalty law
The venerable Chief White Water ex-
planned, through an interpreter, that his
PEOPLE were dissatisfied with the law di-
viding their lands in severalty. They
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generally believed that Hayes was the
murderer of Smell.
Mr.. Myers concluded: Personally, l
am convinced that Hayes was, in fact,
none other than William Tascott."
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The salvation Army Leader.

LONDON, March 19.-Commander
Bcoth-Tucker, who has been appointed
to the command of the Salvation Army
in the United States, and his wife will
sail from Southampton FOR New York
Saturday.
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An Iowa Bank Robbed.

DES MONIES, March 19.-Robbers
blew up the safe of Whitlock & Fields
private bank at Ladora, Ia, at 2 o'clock
this morning. They secured $1,000 in
cash and notes. Two unknown sus-
pected as being the robbers bought
tickets at Marengo this morning for
Davenport.
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RIDDLED WITH BUCKSHOT.
The RObber Who Attempted to Hold Up
the Train Near Goshen.
His Body Found Near the Scene of the
Shooting.

Northport, a Mining Town in the State
of Washington, Almost Totally De-
stroyed by Fire-A Nevada Wood
chopper Found Dead in His Cabin
Having starved to Death-No Change
In the strike situation at San Fran
cisco.