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silver May Go Lower.

Mexico City, Aug. 1s.-New York ex.
change sold to 1870 premium Tuesday.
but the majority of the transactiona
were at 1874 and 1875. 1t is believed here
that silver has not yet reached it's lowest
level. There is growing feeling that
with the reaction in silver there will be
q tremendous burst of enterprise with-
In the country and there will be a re-
markable growth of home and tropical
planting and that everything that can
be grown for export will be produced.
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Zig Order for Armor Plate.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Aug. 1.-THE Car
ncgie Steel company has received an
order from Cramps, the Philadelphia
shipbuilders, for 30 tons of diagonal
armor to be used in the construction of
the battle ship Alabama. The price is
not made public. but it is probable that
builders will pay Carnegies more for
the armor than they will get for it from
the government.
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Troop. Must lie Withdrawn.

Berlin, Aug. 19.-The Nossische Zeit-
ung says that Minister Woodford will
impress upon the Spanish government
that autonomy for Cuba must be pre-
ceded by the withdrawal of Spanish
troops from the island. If Gen. Wood
fortl's mission fails President Mckinley
has decided to take further steps, which
he will announce by special message
to congress-,
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FATE OF A TEACHER.

Found mt Galveston, Tex, with Her
Throat Cut.
Galveston, Tex, Aug. 17.-At an early
hour in the morning MRS. Kate Gala
CHER, for IL years school-teacher in
this city, who lived with her son Virgil
at Thirteenth and X streets, was found
with her throat cut from ear to ear
and the body churred beyond recogni-
ton. After killing her the murder
err set fire to the bed. No arrest yet,
though the police have n suspect under
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TO TEST THE LAW.
salenmen Arrested for Selling Con
vict-Made Shoes in Wisconsin,

6a1esmen Arrested Tor Selling Con.
vict-Made Shoes in Wisconsin.
. Madison, Wis, Aug. 14.-Vint Connel-
ly, of Saltwater, Mimi, was arrested
here Friday for offering convict-made
shoes for sale without having first COM
piled with the law passed by the last
legislature, which provides that con-
vict-made goods, manufactured outside
the state, shall be branded or marked
in certain way. with penalty of 81
to $500 fine as violation. Connolly is
the salesman for the Minnesota peni-
tertiary shoes, and the suit is brought
or the purpose of testing the law. Con-
nelly was bound over to the circuit
court.
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Madison. Wis, Aug. l0.-1n the as
senlbly Wednesday both the express
company and sleeping car taxation bills
were passed over the governors veto.
The senate passed the bakcries' bill
over the governors veto providing for
cleanliness of bakeries. but the bill ON
reaching the assembly was killed,
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All About Alaska.

Alaska is two and one-half times as
large as Texas.
1t is eight times as large as all Of
New England.
1t is as large as the South, including
Texas.
1t is as large as all the states east
Of the Mississippi and north OF Ohio,
Including Virginia and West Virginia.
It makes San Francisco east of our
center
Its coast line is 10000 miles.
It has the highest mountain in North
America.
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Flames In a Michigan Mine.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Aug. 10.-Clif-
ford shafthousc at the Traders mine,
Including all the timber and tracks to
the first level, were consumed by fro
early Wednesday.
The shaft engine is also total loss.
The fire was caused by some one drop
ping candle. recnniary loss not
stated
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New York. Aug. 17.-Thc Morgan limo
steamer Eel Rio, Capt. Quick, which ar
rived Monday afternoon from New Or
leans, made the passage from bar to bar
in three days, 20 hours and 81 minutes,
being the fastest on record and low
ering her best previous time by two
hOura
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Eldora, Ia, Aug. l6.--The 12-year-o1d
son Of John Lane was caught by q
CAVERN at the gravel pits of the Iowa,
Central railway atiGiffod and instant.
ly killed. severaf others had narrow,
eSCapce, I,t
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Was Probably Lynched,

Carlisle, KY. Aug. 1e.-The body Of
George Wilson (colored) was found
hanging to tree in the woods near
Myers, in this county. Wilson's reputa-!
ton has been bad and this gives rise to
the supposition that the hanging was.
done by mob. No other theory has
been presented, I
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Washington, Aug. 1s.-The post office
department has prepared advertise
ments for contracts for nll star and
steamboat mail service in all of the
stetes west of the Mississippi river, ex,
cept Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri,
These contracts, embracing about $40
routes, will run for four years begin
ming July /, 1893. Bids will be opened
in the second assistant postmaster-gen-
erals Office Dece1nberl. !
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Must Pay Roxalties.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 14.-The dominion
government are fully determined to
collect royalties from miners in the
Klondike and elsewhere in the Ca
madam territory in the Yukon. Ar
engagements are now being made to see
that ROYALTY fees are collected
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six inches or so.
The heaviest rain and snow are on
the southeast coast.
In its I:w tenpo:rtur IS gold films
in teeth contracts and falls out. Use
amalgam.
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Jailbrenkuf Cauubt.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Aug 1e.-Officers,
captured Henry ELMER, one of a party,
of six prisoners who broke Jail few
nights ago at Green Bay. He gave in
formation which win lead to the arrest
Of the others. Jt ,af
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Syracuse. n. Y, Aug. 19.--At Kirk
park Wednesday, Crescens won the
third heat of the 2:22 class, trotting, in
2:l7A, breaking the worlds record for
three-yenr-olds on half-mile track.
The previous record was 2:19Z.
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Killed HI. Brother-in-Lev.

Middlesboro, KY, Aug. IA special
from Nasbie, Letcher county, states
that Caleb Lane shot and killed his
brother-in-law, Robert Stanley, for dog
ging hogs. Lane fled to Virginia, but
was captured and lodged in Wise coun-
ty Jail.
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Last Hindrance Removed.

Milwaukee. Aug. 16.-The injunction
sccured by A. B. Meyers and others pro-.
hibiting the Milwaukee & Wnukcsha
electric road from reducing it's capital
stock from So .0O0, 900 to 500, 900 was dis
solved Saturday by Judge johnson.
There is now no legal hindrance to the
building Of the line.
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burglars at Kewanee, Ill.

Kewanee, ILL.,, Aug. 14.-kewaneew was
the scene of numerous burglaries
throughout the residence part of the
city Friday. They were evidently COM
mitted by the stragglers or followers
Of a circus exhibiting here. Many
houses were entered during the parade.
Such a state of affairs has for years
been unknown in this place.
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Instantly Killed.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 17.-At Della
van, ILL.,, Thomas Handy, engineer Of
the electric light station. was caught
in fly wheel and instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was broken.
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bullion Value of Our Dollar.
New York, Aug. 10.-At Wednesdays
New York price. the value of the silver
in the standard silver dollar u 4O.lS
cents
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Sent Farewell Telexram.

Rome, Aug. leIsignor g. Costa, min-
lister of justice. il ,dead. Shortly be-
lore he expired he sent touching DEATH
bed telegram of farewell to King Hum
bert. Marquis d Rtpqdini. the premier,
will temporarily assume the portfolio.
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"You have injured my reputation,
young man. You said in your paper
that had got off new joke" beg
sing your pardon, DOCTOR" SAID the soft
eyed reporter, you are under a misap:
prehension. l said you got the joke OFF
for tha frat time
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F.nou. Tenor Dead.

New York, Aug. 16.-Albert L. King,
the famous orntorio tenor. died at tho
home of his sister, Mrs. Edwin Quick,
Saturday. (
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TRIAL OF JOHN DODGE.
Is Charged With the Murder of
RanCher Mudgett.

NAPA, Jan. 12-The trial of John
Dodge. charged with the murder of
John A. H. Mudgett, a wealthy ranch
er of Usal. in the northern part of this
county, began to-day. Dodge is ac-
Cused of having, on October 18th last,
killed Mudgett on the latter's ranch and
subsequently in company with his wife,
Ida Dodge, set fire to his victims house
in an attempt to cremate the body.
Two weeks later Dodge confessed at
Willis to Deputy Sheriff Hart, District
Attorney Sturtevant and Court Report
er Held. He described in detail the
shooting of Mudgett, as well as the
subsequent robbery and the burning of
the body, but stated that he shot Mudg
EFT in defense of his own life. The con-
fession was repeated to Sheriff Johnson
was at that time told by Dodge's wife.
The regular venire of forty talesmen
was exhausted late this afternoon, ten
jurors having been sworn. AT the
evening session the remaining two ju
rors were sworn from a special venire.
The case is being tried before Judge
j. NJ. Mannon. A large number of wit
nesses are in town, Rube Noble, a
picturesque character and a brother of
Ida Dodge, arrived late last evening
with two Of his sisters, all mounted on
spirited horses.
The town presents much the same ap-
pearance as during the Littlefield-Pal
mer- White feuds
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six votes being necessary to elect. Five
Democrats voted for Claggett, and Du-
bois simply polled the full strength of
the Silver Republicans.
The Populists are now making strenu-
Gus efforts to reach an understanding
with the Democrats, but the latter are
holding off, in the hope of securing the
election Of a Democrat, Johnson being
the favorite. The Dubois men are con-
fident that they will get the eight votes
necessary to elect their man from the
Democrats, with the aid of Secretary
Walsh of the Democratic National Com
mittee, who is in Boise apparently work
ing for Dubois.
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BUSINESS MEN MEET
AT INDIANAPOLIS
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
ing that legislation was necessary for
the maintenance of the gold standard,
cancellation of United States legal ten
der notes, the simultaneous creation of a
safe and expansive currency upon the
basis of the Baltimore plan.
). I. Scatden offered a resolution IA
Voring the establishment of a postal
savings system.
Joseph S. Wood of Mount Vernon, n.
Y, offered a resolution declaring that
international bimetallsm was imprac-
ticable and could not be maintained so
that silver dollars could be legal tender
at par for no larger sum than $50; tina t
silver dollars, silver certificates and
Sherman treasury notes may be ex-
changes for bonds bearing 2l2 per cent.
interest. convertible on demand into
notes which shall be received for Gus
tom dues; that silver bullion now IN
the treasury shall be sold within the
next five years
NJ. L. Crawford of Texas submitted u
paper conceding that the fate of silver
as redemption money was sealed, that
it occupied the same relation to the
commercial world that slavery did to
the civilization of the nineteenth CEN
tury. He proposed nothing new in his
plan for Congressional action.
r. j. Lowry of Georgia presented 4
scheme prepared by a bank official Ct
Atlanta which included a revival of
State banks and banks of issue, to be
under the control of the States, while
Congress should pass laws which would
keep all kinds of money upon parity.
Joseph Wharton of Philadelr hia Of
fered a resolution declaring against any
reduction of currency or the with
drawal Of any circulation currency. He
said it was the duty of the Govern
ment to provide good stable currency;
it cannot go out Of the banking bEsi-
ness.
w. r. Trigg of Richmond, Va, ad-
vocated the repeal of the 10 per cent.
bank tax.
Representative c. N. Fowler of New
the appointment of a committee con-
sisting of one member from each State
represented in this convention. t. &C
operate with the Congressional mem
bers, to secure action at the present
session of Congress.
The Toledo Produce Exchange sent
a request declaring it to be the duty
of Congress to provide a safe and ample
currency.
Pringle of Jackson, Mich, offered a
resolution favoring the repeal of the
State bank tax.
E. V. Smalley of Minneapolis, refer
ring to the institution of the Non-Par-
tisan National Sound Money League
Immediately following the late election,
and setting forth it's object. offered d
resolution recommending the league
and its work.
The convention then at 1880 ad
iourned until tomorrow.
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FIGHTS IN NEW YORK STATE
Creedon Given the Decision Over
Williams.

ALBANY, Jan. 12-The boxing
events under the auspices of the Mey-
ers' Athletic Club tonight were attend
ed by 1000 people.
The preliminary go was between
Charley Johnson of Minneapolis. and
Tony West of Boston, at $50 pounds.
John B. Eckhart of New York was ref
cree The fight was on the Queensbury
rules, three minute rounds. In the sew
enth round West forced Johnson to the
ropes. In the eighth Johnson was
knocked down three times and the de-
cision was given to West. The police
were about to stop the contest.
The event Of the evening was the bat
tie between Champion Dan Creedon of
Australia and Jim Williams of Salt
Lake at 100 pounds, for the middle
weight championship of the world.
The first round was either mans, al
though Williams was forced to the ropes.
The second round was in favor of
Creedon. The third was also in the Aus
tralian's favor.
The fourth round showed two clear
knock downs for Creedon before the
men were moment going. Williams
clearly showed himself no match for
his opponent, and was repeatedly forced
to the ropes and smashed by Creedon
again and again.
The decision was given to Creedon
amid great excitement, the police, as in
the first bout, stopping the fight.
SMITH WHITE FIGHT.
NEW YORK, Jam 12.-Solly Smith
of Los Angeles and Tommy White of
Chicago met in a twenty-five round
bout at the Bohemian Sporting Club to-
night After a spirited contest Referee
Frank Abraham declared the result a
draw. and his decision was loudly ap-
plauded. 1t was a hard and fast bat
tie from start to finish, and clean
throughout, although the referee eau
toned Smith about using his elbow, but
the fouls We're mostly accidental. The
betting was 100 to so on White.
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THOMAS HARRIS DEAD.
Was One of the Best-knOwn News
paper r1en on the Coast.

MERGED, Jan. 12-Thomas Harris,
the senior partner of the firm of Harris
Brothers, proprietors of the Merced
Star" died at his home in Merced this
evening, after a long illness. During
the past year his health had been fail
ing, and during part Of the summer he
sought the mountains to recuperate.
After returning to his desk he was again
compelled to take a rest when he went
to San Francisco about six weeks ago
for medical treatment. A week ago he
returned home, and since then had been
slowly sinking.
Mr.. Harris was one of the best known
printers and newspaper men on the
coast. In years gone by he was COM
positor on the leading dailes in San
Francisco, Sacramento and Virginia
City. He had been a resident of Mer-
ced for twenty-one years and had been
in the newspaper business during all
that time. In 1880 he established the
Merced star" in company with his
brother. and since that time he devoted
all of his energy to that paper.
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VALUABLE GIFT.
Thousand Volumes of HebraiC
Works for the State University.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA
library gift of particular significance
was made to the University of Califor-
ria to-day by Alfred Greenebaum of
this city. Through the Board of Re-
gentS, in session for the initial meet
ing Of the new year, he presented the
State institution at Berkeley with some
thousand volumes comprising a choice
selection Of Hebraic works that shall
form the nucleus of a new library Of
Semetic languages. They had been the
reference books of the late DR.. Greene
baum of Germany a prominent rabbi,
student and literadeur.
Accompanying the books was check
for SoSI % from the Jewish Temple
Emanuel Of this city, with the request
that 1T be used in properly arranging
and labelling the new collection, and in
making certain additions to ut during
the present year.
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Said to be Planning Reelection as
United States Senator.
While the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations is Said to be Favor
able to the Ratification of the AM
glo= American Arbitration Treaty,
the General Sentiment is That No
Action VIII be Taken by the Senate
at the Present Session.

CANTON (O), Jan. 12.-The Ohio
Presidential Electors came in body
from Columbus and called on the
President-elect informally to-day. At
o'clock an elaborate luncheon was
served. Before their departure the
electors were photographed with the
President elect.
General Grosvenor spent an hour
with Major Mckinley this afternoon.
He said he did not know whether Sen
atOr Sherman was to be in the Cabinet
or not.
Colonel A. T. Bridesmaid of C1eve-
land, who is a devoted friend of Sen
ator Sherman's. and who has taken
active part in the management of sew
eral of his Senatorial campaigns, pub
Hcly announces to-day that he is or
GaniZing a movement to secure the re-
election of Mr.. Sherman to the Senate.
The Legislature which chooses Mr..
Sherman's successor is to be chosen
next November, and the next Ohio SEN
ator VIII be elected in January next.
II this movement is authorized it is not
likely that Senator Sherman will be in
Major McKinley's Cabinet, for if he ex-
pected to join the Cabinet he would
hardly go to the trouble of organizing a
campaign for reelection
The rumOrs connecting Charles
Emory Smith with the Treasuryship
We're very generally and pleasantly
discussed here to-day.
GOV. LONG HAS HAD NO OFFER.
OMAHA, Jan. 12.-In view of yester-
days dispatches to the effect that
President elect Mckinley has ex-Gov-
ernor Long in mind for a Cabinet posi-
ton, it is regarded significant that
General Osborne, Secretary of the Ma
tionaI Republican Committee. should
have been closeted with Ex-Governor
Long yesterday in the latter's law
office
Just before that meeting Mr. Long
said TO reporter: Il have had no offer.
and until 1 have I do not see why T
should say that I will or that I will not
accept Cabinet portfolio
General Osborne and Governor Long
then retired for a conference.
CHARLES EMORY SMITH.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12-Charles
Emory Smith of this city, who was
Minister to Russia during the Harrison
administration, said to-day that the
story telegraphed from Canton last
night to the effect that his name had
been presented to President-eIe Nc
Kfnley as a candidate for Secretary OF
the Treasury is news to him. If he is
being favorably considered by the
President-elect for a Cabinet position il
Is without solicitation on his part, and
if any of Mr. Smiths friends have
urged his name upon Major Mckinley
as a candidate for any office Mr.. Smith
has not been consulted in the matter.
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CHAIRMAN HANNA.
Evidence That His Health is Fast
Breaking Down.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 12.-Chairman
Hanna is not the man with the piercing
eye, the ruddy cheek and the springy
step that went to Washington a month
ago. He supervises headquarters in
half hearted way. Care is pictured in
every line of his pallid face. The list
less air with which he works at his
desk is noticed by everybody, and there
is abundant evidence that his health is
giving out under the terrible load of re-
sponsibility. He strenuously denies that
he is on the verge of a breakdown, but
admits that he has a severe cold. He
had almost made up his mind three
weeks ago to take a short vacation at
his winter home in Thomasville, Ga,
but decided to stick to the field until his
work was over. Since then he has been
working ten hours day.
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BOGARD'S INSURANCE.
The Widow Suing for the Amount of
His Accident Policy.

RED BLUFF, Jan. PA trial of un-
usual Importance is this morning pro-
oeeding in the Superior Court 1t re-
wives remembrance of the combat of J..
J. Bogard, the heroic Sheriff of Tehama
County, with train robbers near Marys-
Vile in April, 1895, in which the life OF
the brave Sheriff was lost in defending
the passengers against the attacks of
robbers. One of the robbers was at
that time killed by Bogard, and Brady,
the other, is now serving a life SEN
te1-ce in Folsom for his crime.
Bogard carried an accident policy for
5000 with the Fidelity and Casualty
Insurance Company. which they refuse
to pay, claiming that the premium on
che policy had not been paid, and that
Bogard unnecessarily placed his life in
jeopardy by opposing the attacks of the
robbers.
Bogard's widow sued the company,
and the case is now being tried before a
jury.
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PENNSYLVANIANS ALARMED.
Experience a Good Shake-Up From
an Earthquake.

BLAIRSVILLE (Pa), Jan. 12.-What
was evidently an earthquake caused
alarm in this vicinity about 10 o'clock
this morning. Persons indoors heard
doors and windows rattle, felt the build
ings shake as though struck by heavy
gust of wind and heard a low rumbling
sound as Of distant train. Those with
out felt the ground rock beneath them,
saw buildings sway from side to side
and heard a sullen roar like the NUT
terings of distant thunder. The large
public school building here was rudely
shaken, as were a number of other
structures. Reports have come in
covering a radius of ten or twelve miles
north and south of here and all tell the
same story. AS yet no reports of damage
have reached here
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CR0CKER WOOLWORTH BANK.
The Present Directors REFLECTED fOi
Another. Term.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Crocker- Woolworth Bank was held this
afternoon at the banking rooms in the
Crocker building.
The election for directors resulted, as
was anticipated, in the selection of the
members of the present board, which
consists of the following: Charles F.
Crocker, E. B. Pond, Henry ]. Crocker,
G.. w. Scott, G. w Kline, w. H. Crocker,
William Z. Brown
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DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.
Better Examine Twenty-DOllar Not es
of the Issue of February %, 1878,

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The banks to-
day received information Of a danger
Gus counterfeit of the $40 note author
lied by the Act of February %, 1878.
The counterfeit purports to be signed
by D. N Morgan, Treasurer The most
rpOtable defect in the bill is the portrait
of Daniel Manning, which does not
stand out in bold relief as in the gem
uine, but appears TO be sunken in the
background. In the counterfeit the
nose appears sharp and pointed. while
in the genuine it is round and brad
at the end. There are other defects.
The counterfeit is printed on a good
quality Of paper. but lacks tie distri-
button of fiber found III the genuine.
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ious to obtain knowledge regarding the
treaty of arbitration just signed by the
representative of the United States and
Great Britain.
The Chronicle" claims to be in a po-
sition to declare that the American
convention holds that with Great Brit
ian's support the United States becomes
supreme on the Western Hemisphere.
This the paper says was one of the chief
reasons that caused the United States to
secure the treaty. If Russia had any
influence in Washington it would be di
rected to preventing the ratification Of
the treaty by the Senate.
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Fatal Accident i'm a Mine.

WILKESBARRE Pa), Jan. PA
serious accident occurred to-day in No.
> colliery operated by the Delaware and
Hudson Coal Company in Plymouth. A
number Of mine repairers had been at
work at the foot of the shaft eighty-five
feet from the surface when a pump
rod broke. killing one man and injuring
three others. r. G. Lyons was struck
on the head and instantly killed. Will
lam Whaley escaped with bruises. Will
lam Humphrey had his right leg broken
in two places. Richard Sanders had his
shoulder dislOcated