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WILL NOT BE TAKEN ALIvE.

Murderer Hiding in the Mountains of
INo[uHHe.
STOCKTON, Oct. 20 During a drunken
quarrel on Monday morning Hank Smith
shot his partner, Ernest Carols. He is
now defying arrest in the mountains of
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-21
Trotting. 2:24 class purse $500
AEneM SLOCk farm,a b Ea.nrnln hu

Runnin~, purse $3.50, IN ee-furlOng heals Chan
cey 100 (r. jones' won fir and third heats,
X D:ck Ia doe Weber, second heat and
second mon y. Tim. :35I2-:56-: :3S Selkirk
III Bourbon ia, Lady Kern IA and Jessie o
ll4 also
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Running. purse 1925. one mile Major 1913
(McDonald1 first, 1boetif bbet "a (Frawley) sec
ond Arundel l03 (McNichOlsI third. lime, IA.
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DETROIT. Oct. 20.-ResuIts at Windsor:

Five /, nugs, sell ng, Gasperone won, a
second, DR.. Work third. Time / :05.
Five and half furiongs, selling, Bouquet
won, Laura Nav second, Margaret Eastin
third. Time. 1:12.
Five and hall lrlongs selling. Negoncie
won, John Carr second, Braxey third. Time,
1:13
Five and a half furlongs. Skillman won,
Sierra Gordo second, Earl Fonso third. Time,
1:1315.
One and quarter miles. Frank Jauoert
won, Frontman second, lockwood third.
Time 2:I6
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RACING AT HOLLISrER.

Large attendance on the Opening Day
Of the Fair.
HOLLISTER, Oct 20.-The fair opened
to-day with Il ge attendance. Every
stall at the track is occupied. The races
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by Ashland Wilkes, b. m. (Hussey). won in
straight heats. Time. 2:10 -2:ll -2:1lA
Satin Slipper, Quedriga, Classic aud Spanish
Boy also started.
2:2s class, trotting, purse $1,000. Alves. bv
Alertou, b. g. (French), won second, third
and fifth heats. No time. Caracslla won first
started. Fourth heat declired off.
2:40 class pacing, purse $1,000 (unfnished).
Joe Bailey, by Cyclone, b. g. (HusDD won
ANNE Lee won third heat in 219ll. Blue
Bird, Wilkes Bel e, The Shah, AIcido, Quickly
and Minnie Warren also started.
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ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal Noonan 1911 Mis- sion
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WHAT CAN | Do

To be cured2 1 do want to be
strong man once more. The
answer is, Consult the Hudson
Medical Doctors, either pri-
vately or in a letter, which is
the same. Tell the doctors just
how you feel, do all you can to
help them, and If the great
remedy treatment HUDYAN
is good for you the doctors will
allow you to have it. Just TO-
900 men claim TO have been
cured with HUDYAN. Can
they be 10000 fools or worse2
DR.. Johnson says that what all
believe to be true must be true.
Well, if it is true that HUD-
yam does cure, you ought to
have it. Don't get it yet. Wait,
learns be patient. Write for
Circulars and Testimonials, or
consult Hudson Doctors free.
The address is
MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Stockton. Market and Ellis Sts.,
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
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THE EAST.

In New York the Citizens union has
placed Seth Low. president Of Columbia
college. in nomination for mayor.
The centennial anniversary of the
founding of WaynesbOro. Pa, was OBJ
served with appropriate ceremonies.
IT, Buffalo, y. Y, the twenty-fOurth
annual convention Of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will be held October % to November ,.
Flames in the paper mills of Manning
& Paine in Troy. y. Y, damaged the
building and machinery o the extent OF
100000.
BY the derailing of a train near Cort-
land, y. Y. Mrs. g. NJ. McQuillan was
killed and eight persons were seriously
injured.
1t the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 81 aggregated
s. 129. pa, $40. against S1.O47, OBS, AL the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 36.3.
In New York company has been in
corporated with a capital of S75.OOO,O0O
to construct ship canal from the At
lantic TO the Gulf Of Mexico.
Jack McAuliffc. the pugilist, after ten
years If comparative luxury, has re-
turned 10 his old occupation, that of
cooper.
Dr. F. II. Andrews. who resigned the
presidency of Brown university at
Providence. r. l.. has. il is said. accept
a - r. . he
Cosmopolitan university. founded by
John II. Walker and TO open on the 18th
inst. in Providence.
The national executive board of the
United Mine Workers agreed TO recon-
mend TO the miners a proposition from
the Pittsburgh operators for straight
price Of - cents q ton. 10 continue in
fierce until the end Of the yer.
II the national league the percent
ages Of the baSenall clubs for the week
ended on the 4th were: Boston, 500;
Baltimore. .694; New York. .639; Gin
cinnati. .5s3; Cleveland. .5I4; Chicago,
.446: Brooklyn. AL; Pittsburgh. .439;
Louisville. ass; Philadelphia. .43S;
Washington. 434; ST. Louis. .243.
During the ten weeks the miners
strike has been going on the strikers
have lost In wages StO.50O.OOO.
BY the upsetting of boat Forest Fl.
Parker. president OF the Produce Ex-
change bank Of New York. and his wife
were drowned in the Chain lake in the
AdirondackS.
The death Of BENJAMIN Brewster,
president of the KeOkuk & Des MOines
railroad. occurred at his summer home
in Cazenovia. Y. Y. aged 50 years.
Near Newport, Nc. an excursion
train was wrecked and one rsn was
killed and four other persons were ia
tally injured.
The city Of New York has now pop
ulatiOn of 2.OOO.9l6.
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4 White Mru Lynched.

Raleigh, y. G., Sept. "A special
from Mount Airy, n. C., to the News and
Observer says that Sunday afternoon
near Friends Mission, Va, Miss Sadie
Cook, young white girl, was outraged
by Henry Wall (white). aged about 2l.
After accomplishing his purpose, Wall
dealt his victim several blows over the
head with a hoe, rendering her uncon-
scious, and then placed her head on
n log, crushing it with stone, which
was left lying bloody near by. Wall
then cut the girls throat, severing the
wiudpipe, and dragging the body some
so yards up the ravine threw it into
a branch, where it was afterwards
found. Meantime, he went to a spring
and was found washing the stains from
his clothing. The excitement became
50 intense that Monday afternoon Wall
was taken from the officers and lynched
near the scene of the crime.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The proposal of Lord Salisbury for a
icint guaranty of the indemnity 10 be
paid 10 Turkey by Greece has fallen
through owing TO Russia's reluctance
and Germany's jealousy.
In Brussels Gustav Daubenspieck was
arrested upon suspicion that he is con-
cerned in a plot 20 assassinate Emperor
William.
In Naoetsu, Japan, high water flooded
1000 houses and 500 persons were
drowned.
Spain's queen regent will receive Gen.
Stewart /. Woodford, the new United
States minister. on the 18th inst.
Insurgents at Crete fired upon the
Turkish troops. and the latter re-
turned the fire, but no casualties oc-
CURED.
In ST. Petersburg special commits
sion will meet to discuss the introduce
ton of compulsory education in Rus
STA.
The liberal candidate, Gen. Ignacio
Andrade. was elected president of the
republic of Venezuela.
In the Nicaraguan congress a bill was
introduced to establish a gold stand
and in that republic.
Gen. Lee. United States consul gen
eral. left Cuba for New York on a leave
of absence.
The sultan, it is said. agreed never to
use his influence against Russia in
central Asia and the ear has pledged
himself TO uphold Turkish rights in
Europe.
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fCf the various kinds of work to be done
by the printer of congress.
\ joint resolution was passed on Au-
gust ,, 1916, dispensing with the services
OF a congressional printer, and reviy-
ing the old contract system. This meth
cd of printing the work of congress
continued until 1852, bat it grew to be
expensive and unsatisfactory, and an
act was passed providing for a superin-
tendent of printing, whose duties were
etc advertise for proposals from dealers
in paper, and buy all paper used by the
government, and superintend all the
printing done for the government, by
the house and senate printers" The
act also fixed the prices to be paid for
composition and press work.
II is a significant fact that the gov
ernment printing was regarded as a
matter of such importance at this early
day that on one occasion ii Utmost led
TO duel. In 1S41, Senator King, of
Alabama, and Senator Henry Clay, of
kentucky, became involved in bitter
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At the Sunshine coal mine near Glen
wood Springs, Col, an explosion killed
u men.
Helen Lewis died at her home in ST.
Joseph, Mich, aged 107 years. She
was born in slavery in Delaware in 1890.
Populists of Colorado met at Salida
and nominated William Gabbert for the
supreme court bench.
Flames destroyed All but Two business
houses AT Hillsboro. Ia
The president and his party were the
special guests of the Ohio state board
Of agriculture at the fair grounds in
Columbus.
Explosions of natural gas at Broad
Ripple. Ind. killed eight persons and
"a others were badly injured.
The official estimate of the corn crop
of Kansas this year places il at los, Off,
go bushels.
Many business men in Bloomington.
Peoria and other Illinois cities were
victimized through two-dollar bills
raised to ten-dollar bills.
At Conway. y. D., three tramps Sc.
fire TO the Jail and persisted in the
flames.
Gov. Schofe!d opened the sixteenth
annual exhibition of the Milwaukee
Industrial Exposition association.
The two little sons of Adam Majewski
were drowned at Stevens Point, Wis.
At Ocean Springs. Miss, yellow fever
was reported, and the place was quar-
antined.
Masked men held up train at Irwin
Mountain. Col, and, took $4,000 from
the express car.
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out the labors of those seeking
a radical and genuine reform in
that department. The mere partisan
does not want the door of the
treasury closed against him just as he
Is about to lay hold of its keys; and as
the printing spoils have been regarded
as among the most valuable under the
government, mere politicians have al
ways hac strong desire TO retain
them"
Public Printer Palmer is a splendid
executive officer who has had great
experience in the printing business and
who occupied the position of public
printer under the Harrison admins
tration. He says: IL am not a spoils-
man in the strict sense of that word,
although / believe that the political
party placed in power by the people
should dominate the affairs of every
administration. While | am not a
spokesman, | am at the same time OPP
posed TO the application of the civil
service law to the government printing
office. think il is absurd to require
printers and bookbinders to pass school
Of folly to require laborers aud
skilled workmen in the various
branches of the printing office to pass
civil service examinations. The civil
service commission knows nothing
about the printing office, and certainly
has but a faint conception of the adj
ministration of the office of the public
printer, with his 5000 assistants
Therefore think that appointments to
the government printing office should
be made solely upon the judgment of
the public printer. as to their fitness
and character. Under existing civil
service rules il is not possible for the
public printer to select his assistants
for the most important positions in the
office. Only old men, who served in the
union army, are given preference over
school boys"
Every member of the printers craft
in the country who is connected with
any department of the "art preventative
of all arts" should insist that one of the
noblest temples on the globe be erected
at the capital of the American republic,
which would serve not only the purpose
of a practical workshop, from which to
issue all the public printing, but as
stately monument to that noble art
which more than any other has contrib
uted to the advancement and progress
of humanity.
Its site should be on a lofty elevation,
above the possibility of flood or damp
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TestImOny In Lnetgert Case.

Chicago, Sept. 6.-The strongest blow
of the week was given the defense in
the Luetgert trial Saturday. Mrs.
Christine Feldt, in whom the state pre-
sents the motive for the alleged crime,
took the stand for the prosecution and
furnished the most sensational episode
of the hearing. She related declara-
tons made by the defendant which
tended strongly TO show that he pur-
posed doing violence to his wife rs soon
as his business troubles were over and
settled. She produced letters which he
had written to her while in Jail. They
contained expressions Of love, devotion
and vows of fidelity. They informed
the woman that if she would stand by
Luetgert he would 60 away with her
when the trouble was over and they
would ever after be happy in each others
company. LuetgeTt was placed in the
strong light of a lover who was wait
ing to gain his freedom to join the
woman with whom he was infatuated.
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ness. or conditions not in harmony
with the splendid architecture of the
building. The people OF this country
will approve large appropriations 10
carry out this purpose, and this im-
proyement would give employment to
thousands of the unemployed, and en-
tail a burden upon the taxpayers
trifling in comparison to the great and
permanent benefits secured.
The first public printer was John d.
Defrees, of Indiana, who was appointed
early in 1861 by President Abraham
Lincoln. He held the office until
August 81, 1850, when he was removed
by President Andrew Johnson and
Cornelius Wendell was appointed, but
lis tenure of Office was very brief. The
congress was at that time i'm contro-
versy with President johnson, and in
the winter following the congress
changed the method of appointment
and on March /, 1869. Mr.. Defrees was
restored to office by the senate under
the title of congre ssional printer.
On April "a, 1869, A. NJ. Clapp. of New
York, was appointed and held the po~
sition until June /, 1877, when John ID.
Defrees was appointed by President
Hayes. During his second term of
office Mr.. Defrees did a great deal of
work in the matter of organization,
and he held his position until April IA,
1882, when Sterling +. Rounds, a we'll
known type founder of Chicago, was
appointed by President Arthur.
President Cleveland appointed
Thomas +. Benedict, of New York, on
April 10, 1856, and President Harrison
appointed Frank w. Palmer of Chica-
go, to succeed him. On May z, 1894,
Mr.. Benedict again became public
printer, and held that position until
he was succeeded at the beginning of
the Mckinley administration by the
appointment of Frank w. Palmer, who
now holds that position.
The original building erected for the
use of the public printer in 1856 was
purchased by the government in 1860,
including the entire printing plant, for
Sl46,545, although the original owner,
Mr.. Wendell, claimed that the build
ing and outfit cost him S1s0,0O0.
The buildingas it now stands is about
five times as large as the original build
ing. 1t has grown in size by the con-
struction of additions, but the entire
place is in a ramshackle condition, and
every public printer for 90 years has
urged the congress to make oppropria
tions for the erection of a safe and suit
able building.
SMITH d. FRY.
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ANDREWS DECIDES.
VIII he Head of the New CosmopoIi-
tan University.

tan University.
New York, Sept. 4.-Dr. Z. Ben jamin.
Andrews, president of Brown univer-
sity, Providence, Il. l., whose resigna-
ton as head of the faculty of that in
stitution is still in the hands of the of
ficers, has accepted the position of
president of the new Cosmopolitan
university, founded by John Brisben
Walker.
DR.. Andrews resigned from Brown
university because of his radical views
on the silver question. His resigna-
tion was taken up recently by the
trustees, and the learned president was
requested to reconsider his action. Not
that Brown university accepted or
stood sponsor for his economic ideas.
but that Brown university wanted DIR.
Andrews.
In the meantime Mr.. Walker had Of
fered to DR.. Andrews the presidency of
a university that, it was promised,
should be worldwide in its scope-a
university without fees, without di-
plomas, without red tape and expo nses
of any kind Friday night DIR. Andrews
gave out statement in which he an
nOunced his acceptance of the offer.
and said that the work to be done by
the new corporation is in the nature of
the university extension already car
ried on by Brown university, so that
the head of Brown university might
conceivablv be the same person who
had charge of the new work. He, how
ever, did not deem such union desir-
able. and if resorted TO it will only be
device to tide over temporary diff
Guilty..
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The News Of the Week.
By TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

The statement of the public debt is
sued on the 1st shows that the debt in
creased SASS AIS during tine month of
August. The cash balance in the treas
INV was Ss5s.I45,367. The total debt,
less the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts TO S1.OOs, 1856. l2I.
The district tax collectors safe in
Washington was robbed Of $1,000. and
Varick Hawkins. the negro messenger,
was charged with the crime.
The government receipts from all
sources during the two months Of the
present fiscal year were SIS, l0S,71s, and
the expenditures were Ss3, 6Ss. $50, show
ing a deficit for the fiscal year thus far
Of SIS. 5S0, 237.
In July 1874 immigrants arrived in
the United States, against p, AL in July,
1896.
Government exports for the first
seven months Of the calendar year were
valued at s549.943,s70. against s5OO,572,-
COS Tor the first seven months of last
year.
In the United States there were 1911
business failures in the seven days
ended on the Sd. against 223 the week
previous and 334 in he corresponding
period Of 1896.
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DEADLY BLASTS.
six Persons Killed and Many Injured
in an IndinnnpoIis suburb.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 6. ~ Broad
Ripple, a suburb of Indianapolis, ten
miles from the city proper, was Satur-
day morning the scene Of one of the
most terrible disasters that has ever
visited the state. Six persons were
burned to death and many people are
lying in the homes of neighbors
burned, SCARED and racl1ed with pain
from broken bones. Four buildings
occupying a block of the town are i'll
ruins. OF the six dead nothing but
charred and blackened bones with
hanging strips of foul-smelling flesh
remain.
At ten o'clock foul odOr was noticed
in the drug store of J. NJ. Watts, and
lamp in a dark room used for amateur
photography went out. 1T was lighted,
and as the burning match was thrown
TO the floor streaks of flame of BLUSH
tint ran along the joints between the
boards, showing the presence of escap-
ing natural gas, and then up the walls.
The next instant the explosion came.
The walls were hurled in every
direction and the top of the building
fell with a crunching, grinding sound,
covering all The ruins were burning
Immediately and shrieks could be heard
from those buried beneath.
\ hundred persons were at work on
the ruins and trying to save Gresh's
grocery adjoining, pulling at the ruins
to save those buried beneath. While
thus engaged and 20 minutes after the
first explosion when the second came
from beneath the grocery it was with
a mighty roar and hurled the building
to atoms Forty people were knocked
senseless, were strewr in all directions
with broken bones and burned bodies.
while many more escaped with small
bruises. The shock made the whole
tpxx-r r,tf-var
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controversy over the appointment of
,bs senate printer, and Senator King
challenged Senator Clay to fight duel.
A compromise was effected by the mu-
tual friends of the senators and no duel
was fought.
Congressman John \. Gurley, of Ohio,
was chairman of the committee on
printing of the house of representatives
in 1850, and he was the author of the
bill to establish government printing
Office, which was passed by both houses
ii congress and approved by President
buchanan on May 81, 1860. Although
his name is not often mentioned now in
public print or in private conversation
all Of the employees of the government
printing Office know Mr. Gurley'S name
and reputation, and speak of him with
profound respect and admiration. On
the day preceding the vote on the bill,
MI. Gurley delivered speech in adj
vccacy of his measure which was con
yincing and eloquent. His speech was
also quoted in the senate in full, and
was Influential in that body also. In
his most imprisoned utterances the
Ohio statesman declared that there
could be no possible opposition to the
founding of a government printing Of
flee, except the opposition of partisan
ship, which he deprecated with scorn.
Epitomizing the history of the public
printing. Mr.. Gurley said:
Sir, the public printing has been
made a subject of general discussion,
strife, and even quarrels, in both houses
of congress, and between the various
political parties, with short intervals.
TO- fun half century, and up to this
very hour is as prolific source of public
debate, personal speculation and com
mon scandal as at any former period.
1t has brought more contempt and dis
grace upon our government than have
come from any single cause that can
be mentioned.
IF we consult the records of 1919 we
shall find as far back as that the con-
gress OF the United States foundering in
the mire of printing rascality, unable
either to get its work done at the prop
e. time, as stipulated. or even with toll
cradle accuracy. 1t was horribly execut-
ed. on poor paper. and never ready when
wanted.
The efforts Of the spoilsmen Of all
PARTIES have ever been TO crush
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Canton. O., Sept. president and
Mrs. Mckinley arrived at their home
town Sunday night. When the Balti-
more q Ohio train steamed into the
station at GEO O'Clock Saturday even
ing they expected to take carriage
and go quietly to the home of the presi-
dents mother out the station ground
and the street in every direction were
crowded with a surging mass of hu-
manity. The old Mckinley reception
committee of the historic campaign
days greeted the party, part of the
committee having met the presidential
train at Akron. Men, women and
children made rush for the Mckinley
car. aud it as with difficulty the off
GERS could leep a line open TO allow
the party and their escort to reach the
carriages. Later in the evening the
earlier crowd was surpassed, when the
reception committee, headed by the
Grand Army band. which was at the
St. Louis convention and the recent
Buffalo grand army encampment, ten
dered President and Mrs. Mckinley
serenade. After Home, Sweet Home"
had been rendered, Preside mt McKin-
ley, in response to thousands of calls,
appeared on the stoop. He spoke brief
~, thanking his townsmen for their
warm welcome.