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it came here to perform. In the mean
time, he said, it would transact such
business as might become urgent.
Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, followed in
similar strain, putting the Republi-
cans in a good humor by his witty
comments on the minority leadership.
The other side, Grosvenor said, was
treating the majority with great un-
fairness. Every now and then,' said
he, they spring something new on US
in the shape of new leader. Oaugh-
ter) When the talented young Texan
(Bailey), who inherited his leadership
rather than earned it, was in command
little f1attery and a few kind words
sufficed, and we got along very well.
Qaughter) Of course, he continued,
I'VE had some trouble with the disap-
pointed leader from Tennessee, who
.grumbled a good deal, but we got used
TO that. But when the great leader
from Kansas (Simpson) suddenly
flashed upon the horizon, and swung
the minority into a solid phalanx, |
thought, perhaps, God Almighty had
decided to wreck the Democratic par
ty under his leadership. But he dropped
out. 1 never knew exactly how. Per-
haps his time was out. Naughter)
Then came the gentleman from Wash
ington Newis). l have not seen his
credentials yet, and don't know who
he represents in this contest. l don't
know whether he will be supported, as
his leadership has not progressed
enough to get a vote"
Branching into the subject of criti-
cism Of the Speaker, he said he had
nothing but contempt for a man who
would abuse the Speaker, who, in vir-
tue of his position, could not defend
himself. Fire paper balls over here at
us, he cried. I'VE can eat them"
Grosvenor spoke of the words of the
wild, senseless imbecile, going to the
country from a certain quarter, evil
IDENTIFY referring to Morgan's speech in
the Senate He said it ought to be
rebuked. The idea that because a ma
jority- of the House saw fit to adjourn
three days at time, Congress was not
in session, he characterized as ridicu-
lous and refused to the author Ibis dis
covery'' as one whose voice sounded 80
sweet to him that he filed the air with
it by the month"
Simpson, replying to Grosvenor, said
there was no leadership on the minority
side, as they were all leaders over
here" They We're not like sheep, who
had to be led over the fence every day
by the leading billy goat
Simpson attempted to read from Nor
gan's speech but the Speaker would not
permit him to do So
Comment on the proceedings in the
other house, the Speaker said, would
lead to disputes and interfere with the
harmony that should prevail between
the two houses
AT 400 the House adjourned until
Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES RACE MEETING.
The Southern City Offers Good In
ducements to HOrSemen.

Los ANGENES. June 1.-The man
agement of the fall race meeting at
Agricultural Park in this city will put
up $4,000 in stakes in the running and
trotting races, and will arrange for
meeting extending over nine days,
whereas six days has been the utmost
limit in former years.
Five new events will be added for
driving horses as follows: A 2:12 class
trot, 2:30 class trot and 2:20 class
pace, for each of which races a purse
of 81 200 viii be offered, and q 2:3O
class pace, with a $500 purse, and an
open-to-all double team trot or pace
for a $500 purse. In these events the
association has been unusually liberal,
and has fixed the entrance fee at only
3 per cent, in order to attract a large
number of horses from the Northern
and Eastern tracks, as well as from
Southern California.
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FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.
George Brown Meets With Instant
Death.

LOS ANGELES, June News has
reached here of 81 sad accident which
occurred at the Good Hope Mine, near
Elsinore, on Sunday morning. George
Brown, the blacksmith of the mine, had
occasion to go down the shaft, and Mr..
Sigafus, owner of the mine, undertook
to run the hosting engine and lower
Brown down. By some circumstance,
as soon as Brown got into the skip, it
began to run down and went like a shot
to the bottom, 110 feet, and he was
instantly killed. Sigafus apparently
either did not understand the engine
or was unable to control it. Brown
leaves a widow and four children, and
it is intimated that a suit for damages
NAV be instituted
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Rules That the Questions Asked Were
Not Pertinent.
Points Out That the Defendant Had
Testified Specifically That No
Money Had Been Contributed by
the Sugar Trust to the National
Campaign, or for the Purpose of
influencing Legislation.

WASHINGTON, June LIN the casa
of John E. Searles, the Sugar Trust
witness, Judge Bradley to-day ordered
the jury to bring in a verdict of acquit-
tai holding that questions asked by the
Senate Committee were not pertinent,
and if so, were not within the jurisdic-
ton of the committee.
The Judges opinion was exhaustive.
1t had been reduced to writing. He
pointed out that Mr.. Searles had testi-
fed specifically that no money had been
contributed by the Sugar Trust to the
national campaign or for the purpose
of influencing legislation or the election
of United States Senator'S. AS to the
local contributions, Mr.. Searles had
testified that he did not know how the
contributions had been used, by whom
or for what purpose.
The questions put to the defendant
were claimed to be pertinent to the
second and third divisions of the Sena-
torial inquiry, namely, as to whether
the Sugar Trust had contributed sums
to campaign funds with the purpose of
influencing the election of United States
Senators, and whether any Senator had
been a party to a compact with the
Sugar Trust
Certainly, the Judge said, simple in
vestigation as to whether the Sugar
Trust had contributed to the campaign
fund would be an unwarranted search
into the private affairs of the company
and plainly beyond the power of the
Senate. The Senate Committee had re-
ported no testimony had been produced
to show that the Sugar Trust had made
any contributions to any national cam
paign fund, or for the purpose of affect
ing legislation. If money had gone for
the purpose of electing members of
State Legislatures, who in time would
elect United States Senator, it made
it beyond the power of the United
States Senate to go behind the election
of legislative members. If this were
true as to State matters, how much
more true was it of local elections? 1t
would be the widest conjecture to as
sumo that the money so contributed in
any way had gone to make up the sugar
schedule.
1t appeared from the report of the
committee that they were not in the
possession of any facts upon which
they could base the most remote hope
of showing an ultimate connection be-
tween the Sugar Trusts contributions
and the sugar schedule. Under these
circumstances, it must be held that the
questions asked were not pertinent, and
if construed to be pertinent, they were
an unwaranted prying into the affairs
of the company, and therefore beyond
the jurisdiction of the Senate. Judge
Bradley therefore sustained the motion
of the defense and ordered the jury to
return a verdict of acquittal. The
jury accordingly rendered a verdict of
not guilty, and Mr. Searles was free.
The cases of E. K Edwards and John
s. Shriver, the newspaper correspond
ents. were postponed until next Mon
daV.
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mits a contractor to levy a mechanics
lien upon property that he has improved
unconstitutional.
The Santa Cruz Rock and Pavement
Company brought suit against Mrs. Ell
len Lyons to enforce a lien upon her
property for street work done in the vi
cinity of her home upon the orders of
her husband, but without her consent.
In the trial court judgment went against
Mrs. Lyons, it being held that Lyons
was the reputed owner of the property.
This judgment is reversed by the higher
court, which holds that no legal con-
tracts can be made by any other than
the legal owner of the property.
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American rledicaI Association.

PHILADELPHIA, June l. - The
American Medical Association began the
celebration of its golden jubilee to-day.
It will continue four days. The conven-
ton was called by the President, Dr.
Nicholas Sem, of Illinois. Members and
their wives to the number of 5000 are
registered. After the Committee on Ar
rangements had reported. President
Sem delivered his annual address. The
report of the committee on the Rush
monument fund, which followed, was an
appeal for means to erect a more suit
able memorial than the present amount
in hand permits
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THEODORE DURRANT.
Not Depressed by His New Sur
rOundings.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Theodore
Durrant, the convicted murderer OF
Blanche Lamont, who now is occupy
ing the condemned cell at San Quen-
tin, does not appear to be at all de-
pressed by his new surroundings. Des-
pite the fact that he was watched by
two guards, he slept well last night and
to-day after an interview with one of
his attorneys he was quite cheerful.
1t is understood that his attorneys
will make a final attempt to prolong
the life of their client by filing q petit
ton in the United States District Court
for writ of habeas corpus, as did
Worden's counsel, and in the event of
the petition being denied, appealing to
the United States Supreme Court,
which does not meet again until Octo-
ber next.
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CUT in WAGES.
Two Hundred Iron Workers on a
Strike at Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG, June IA 10 per cent
cut in wages, affecting all men not un-
der the amalgamated scale, was or
dered at Jones & Laughlin's American
Iron Works to-day. The open hearth
workers and some others employed, in
all about 200, refused to go to work last
night. The firm employs nearly 1900
men.
This morning the strikers gathered
about the gates of the mill and gave
three cheers, evidently a signal, for in
an instant all the men at work, except
the tonnage or amalgamated men,
threw down their tools and walked out
of the mill. At noon 500 men were on
the strike. The night men say they will
not go on duty until the master is ad
justed and this viii cause a general
suspension, as the tonnage men cannot
work without the labOrers.
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FAv0Rs THE SOUTHERN CITY.
General Andrade Advocates Purchas-
ing Goods at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. June 1.-General G.
Andrade, the new Mexican Consul, has
arranged to meet the members of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation on June 21st, when he will
urge upon them the advisability of
sending into Lower California two com
petent and energetic business men,
whose duty it shall be to demonstrate
to the Mexican merchants the impor-
tance of purchasing their goods in Los
Angeles. instead of San Francisco,
thereby saving several days time in
shipping the merchandise. General An
drade says he is strongly in favor of an
independent steamship line between
Los Angeles and the west coast points,
and WILL at the proper time, advocate
the substituting of such a line by his
Government.
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Duty on Window Glass.

PITTSBURG, June president ST.
mon Burns of the Window Glass Work
ers' Associa ton, has forwarded to Sem
ator Quay the largest petition ever sent
out by that organization. 1t urges the
Senate to restore the duties on window
glass to the rates fixed by the Dingley
bill, and passed in the House. Every
window-glasS worker in the country
has signed the petition, and it also
contains the names of many non-mem-
bers, who are dependent upon the glass
factories for employment.
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Died of Yellow Fever.

NEW YORK, June 1.-Angus McClel-
land. second cabin passenger on the ALL
anca which reached this port to-day
from Colon, died of yellow fever yester-
day at sea. He was a civil engineer
from Pictou. n. s., and contracted the
disease at Panama. Herbert Gill, a
waiter on the Alliance, was also taken
i'll with yellow fever on May 21st. He
was transferred to the Swinburne Island
Hospital. The other second cabin pas
sengers viii be detained on Hoffman
Island for five days.
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ON THE TURF.
Results of Yesterdays Races on East
ern Tracks.

ST. LOUIS, June Results: Six fur
longs, selling, Ferris Hartman won,
Vixen second, Laura F. third. Time
1:16A.
Five and a half furlongs, maidens,
Miriam G. won, Barrow second, Guide
Rock third. Time-1 :091a.
One mile, Hawthorne won, Chiswell
second, The Ghost third. Time-1:4 :4415.
Six furlongs, Timemaker won, Gath
second, David third Time-1:14A.
Mile and seventy yards, Anger won,
Florida second, Goshen third Time
1:47.
Six furlongs. Dorah Wood won Hes
ter second, Pelleas third. Time-1:15.
AT INGALLS, PARK.
CHICAGO, June Results at In
gals Park: Five and half furlongs,
Lillian Wiles won, Tenole second, Con-
fession third Time-1:11.
Four and half furlongs, Lizzie Cav
alier won, Dousterswivel second, Hard
ly third. Time-0:55.
Six furlongs. Floreanna won, Preston
second, Cossack third Time-1 :14H.
One mile, Newsgatherer won, Olivia L.
second, Doctor G.. third Time-1:4 :42
Five and a half furlongs, Belle of
Niles won, Ed Overlook second, Vitro-
la third. Time-1:09
AT NEWPORT.
CINCINNATI, June 1.-Results at
Newport: One mile, Panmure won, SAL
setta second, Bleakmore third. Time
1:43A.
Five furlongs, Eleanor Holmes won,
Martha III. second, Lady of the West
third Time-1 :02$4
Mile and seventy yards, Fresco won,
Tenochtitlan second, Ben Naiaid third.
Time-1:41.
Six furlongs, Imp won Byron McCle1-
land second Cannon third. Time
1:14.
Five furlongs, Brazilian won, Oppo-
nent second, Phillip Byrne third. Time
i 1:023I.
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RACES AT WINDSOR.
Six Events Run, But No Sensational
Time rlade

DETROIT (Mich), June 1.-Results
at Windsor: Half a mile, Greenhorn
won, Verna J. second, Clincher third.
Time-0:4912
Seven furlongs, Naughty Girl Won,
Susie Howso second, Bender third.
Time-1 :291.
Six furlongs, Lord Zeni won r. @.
Ban second, Jennie June third. Time
1:15.
One mile, Prima won. The Planet sec
ond, Bill Ellison third. Time-1 40
Seven furlongs, Campania won, Bis
marck second, Homer third. Time
1:29A.
Mile and seventy yards, Seranno Won,
Lufra second, Ondague third. Time
1:45&
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rIet With a Horrible Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-Detelfson
J. Einfeldt, engineer for the Schmidt
Label Company, met with a horrible
death this afternoon, being hurled
around a rapidly revolving shaft which
caught his clothing. Though undoubt-
edly killed almost instantly, the body
was literally torn to pieces before the
machinery was stopped.
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Congregational Missionary Society.

SARATOGA IN. Y), June 1. = The
seventy-first annual session of the Con-
gregational Home Missionary Society
began here this afternoon, and will con-
tinue until Thursday evening. The So
cietys missionaries have organized in
all 6,446 churches, about 1000 of them
being Presbyterian, planted in the ear
1y years when the denomination did its
home missionary work through this So
ciety. During the seventy-one years
of it's existence it has received ST., ,313,-
571 in cash The work Of the past year
shows as follows: Home missionaries
employed, 2,206; States and Territories
occupied, Al: Sunday-schools under
missionary care, 1874; total amount,
II years, $7SS,31S
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SpreckeIs Sues Hearst.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Claus
Spreckels commenced suit to-day to re-
cover 81 600, 900 damages from William
r. Hearst, proprietor of the ''Exami
ner," for alleged libel. The libelouS
matter complained of was contained in
an article commenting upon the re-
cent visit of John E. Searles to this
city. and the deal by which the Salinas
and Watsonville sugar factories passed
into the hands of the combine.
The firm of Johnson, Linforth &
Whitaker. including Grove l.. Johnson,
who has taken up his residence here,
represents Mr.. Spreckels.
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THE A. R. U. STRIKE.
Chicago Liable For the Damages to
Railroad Property.

CHICAGO, June Judge Grosscup
of the Federal Court to-day upheld the
liability of the city of Chicago for
damages to railroad property by reason
of the strike of 1894. The question was
before him on demurrer of the city to
the suit of the Pennsylvania Company
for $50 900 damages at the Brighton
Park yards on the night of July o, 1894,
and a suit of the YaZoo and Mississippi
Valley Company for the destruction OF
$4,000 worth of property at the one
Hundred and Third-street station on
the same night. The demurrer was
dismissed
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Tragedy at Denver.

DENVER, June John Bell, an eE-
convict, aged 80 years, shot Florence
Booth, aged 20, in the back of the neck,
and killed himself by firing a bullet
into his head this afternoon. Miss
Booth may recover. The tragedy oc-
CURED in a lodging-house Miss Booth
had been employed as domestic by
Bells mother He was infatuated with
her. and she refused his attentions.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Five Children Crenated in Their
Home in West Virginia.

CINCINNATI, June IA special from
Welch, West Virginia, says: Five chill
dren were burned to death in the resi-
dence of J. H. White, two miles from
keystone. last night. Enemies of the
family are believed to have fired the
house. Both White and his wife were
away on a visit The children had re-
tired when the fire was started. The
children who met death were boy of
II. one of 10, one of 6. one of 4, and
girl of 6. Bloodhounds will be used to
take UP the scent, if possible, from the
ruins of the house and trace the fiend.
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Attempted rlurder and Suicide.

ROME, June IA man named Rossi,
a discharged stable hand in the Vati-
can. to-day attempted to kill Command
er Martinucci of the Major Domo's of
flee. through whom he had lost his
place. Thinking he had killed his vic-
tim at the first shot, Rossi himself
through the head and will die. The
commander will recover.
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BASEBALL.
Result of National League Games
Played Yesterday.

NEW YORK, June 1-McDermott
gave this afternoons game to the New
Yorks in the latter part of the sixth in
ming because they refused to play ball.
With the score seven to nothing in the
sixth. the Giants got on to Killen and
hammered out four runs. With Holmes
on first, Wilson hit to Padden. Pad
den fumbled the ball, but when he re-
gained it he tried to touch Holmes. He
then threw the ball, but it was too late
to catch Wilson. McDermott declared
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SaIter WOrden,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-Salter d.
Worden, condemned train wrecker,
made another attempt to prolong his
life to-day by applying to the United
States District Court for a writ of
habeaS corpus on purely technical
grounds. 1t is not believed that the
Federal Court will interfere with the
sentence
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San Joaquin Valley Road.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail-
way will be opened tomorrow for
freight and passenger business as far
south as Hanford, where a large force
of men is employed in building a depot.
At the present rate of progress the en-
gineer estimates that the line will be
completed to Bakersfield before Decem-
boY- p cst
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Order of Woodmen.

DUBUQUE Qowa). June 1-Nearl,
every delegate to the Head Camp, Mod
ern Woodmen, was present at the open
ing session. The biennial report OF
Head Consul Northcut showed that dur
ing the past seven years the member
ship had increased from 10000 to 240,-
eco. The Head Physicians report shows
that in the past two years the board has
accepted 12T. ITO applications. and re
jected 1900.
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Death of a Newspaper Man.

BOSTON, June 1.-Charles H. An
drews. one of the proprietors of the
Boston Herald" died to-day. Mr.. An
drews was born in Boston in 1913, and
had been connected with the Herald,
with the exception of few years, since
1857.
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Took Carbolic Acid.

LOS ANGELES, June Miss Lottie
Vieto, who lives on the East Side, and
is a daughter of well-known and pros
porous parents, took a dose of carboi1c
acid this morning and is not expected
to live. The theory of suicide is denied
by the parents, who say the girl mis-
took the poison for a toothache remedy.
She is a. handsome young lady, and
leader. of society on the East Side.
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Luetgert Held to Answer.

CHICAGO, June 1.-Adolph Luetgert,
the rich sausage-maker, charged with
the murder of his wife, was to-day held
to the Grand Jury without bail. The ex-
amining magistrate said there was
strong circumstantial evidence that the
crime had been committed, and that
the evidence points to the conclusion
that the defendant was guilty
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both men safe, and the entire club left
the field and surrounded the umpire.
They continued to kick, and McDer-
mott decided the game in favor of the
New Yorks Score: New York 4,
hits Z, errors 4; Pittsburg Z, hits 3,
errors 2. Batteries-Doheny and War
ner; Pittsburg, Killen and Sugden. Um-
pire-McDermott
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-Philadel-
phia defeated Louisville to-day in
game that was replete in sensational
field plays. Attendance 1,6OO. Score:
Louisville 2, hits 8, errors 1. Phila-
delphia Z, hits 10, errors none. Bat
teries-Cunningham and Dexter;
Wheeler and Boyle. Umpire-McDon-
aid.
BROOKLYN, June 1.-The Brooklyns
and Clevelands were scheduled to play
two games this afternoon. The first
game was about to begin when heavy
shower came up, leaving them in such
condition as to make play impossible.
After wait of two hours the regular
game began. Score: Brooklyn Z, hits
13, errors 1; Cleveland 2, hits s, errors
2. Batteries-Kennedy and Grimes;
Mcdonald and thinner Umpire
Sheridan.
BOSTON, June 1.-The Bostons took
both games to-day with ridiculous ease.
ST. Louis played hfeless ball. The Wis
itors' pitchers were batted almost at
will, and a number of the home team
improved the opportunity to fatten
their batting averages. Score: Bos-
ton IA, hits 16, errors 2; st. Louis 6,
hits Z, errors 2. Batteries-Lewis and
Cancel Donohue and Mcfarland. Sec
ond game-Boston II, hits 13, errors 2;
St. Louis 3, hits Z, errors 5. Batteries
Sullivan and Yeager; Kissinger and
Murphy. Umpire-O'Day. Attend
E00
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Another Pioneer Passes Away.

PETALUMA, June Isaac Bernard,
a pioneer and prominent citizen, died
here to-day.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows Available balance, $751;
1882; gold reserve, $144. 4.319. .662.
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A Child Fatally Burned.

SAN JOSE, June 1-While playing
about rubbish fire to-day, the three
year-old daughter Of John Collins was
fatally burned.
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MECHANICS LIENS.
The Supreme Court Renders an I'm
portant Decision.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The Su-
preme Court to-day decided that the
section of the Civil Code, which per-