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MOTHER MCKINLEY.
Still Alive, but the Patient De-
cidedly Weaker.

CANTON, Dec 10.-Friday marked
the ninth day of the sickness of Mrs
Mckinley since she was stricken with
paralysis. During these nine days she
has taken but little nourishment, ano
during that period has been conscious
only a few times. The case has beer
pronounced by the attending physician
as a very remarkable one.
Several visits We're made by DR.. Phil
lips to-day. and at each one it was re-
ported that there We're clear indications
that the patient had become decidedly
weaker. Relatives in attendance art
forced to believe that the hour is neal
at hand, and so serious has the condi-
ton became that death has been al
most momentarily expected for severa
hours. DR.. Phillips called at the house
at 5 o'clock, when he found the patient
SO weak that evidences of life were
barely evident.
President Mckinley has been almost
constant in his vigil to-day. 1t was with
the greatest difficulty that the relatives
prevailed upon him to take even brief
rests. 1t is evident that he has realized
the near approach of the end for the past
twenty four hours, and he manifests his
great devotion of his mother by being
with her all the time.
At II o'clock tonight the family have
no hopes that the aged Invalid will last
through the night. and they are sorrow
fully awaiting the end. The President
continues his vigil by the side of the
mother that has been a guardian angel
all through his life. His self-control
now, however, is standing him in good
stead. He shows but little of the deer
emotions that are stirring his soul.
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BLANCHE LAMONT MURDER.
An Arkansas Lawyer Says B1an-
ther Committed the Crime.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), Dec. 10
Judge Marriman of this city, who once
defended Joseph f. Blanther under the
name of Forbes, and who was charged
with crime in this city, gave out
public statement to-day, in which he
reiterates his previously expressed be-
lief that Blanther and not Theodore
Durrant murdered Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams in San Francisco.
He declares that the execution Of
Durrant will be judicial murder. He
insists there can be no question but that
the confession produced in Texas is IN
the handwriting of Blanther, ana ne
declares that this confession must pc
accepted as true, as against the merely
circumstantial evidence involving Dur
rant.
The fact that Blanther was seen IN
Atlanta, Ca, between April 18th and
Is, 1895, Merriman puts aside with the
argument that Blanther may nave
been in Atlanta at this time, and still
been the murderer of the two girls. he
argues that there is no PROOF lhat
Blanche Lamont was murdered on
April Sd and Minnie Williams on the
night of April 18th, as opposed TO blan-
ther's alleged confession that both were
killed at the same time, and he MAN.
tains that Blanther might have been
seen in Atlanta between April l2th and
18th, and still have been in San Fran
cisco ito do this bloody work. He
argues that Blanther could have left
Atlanta on April 4th, and been IN San
Francisco in time to murder the TWO
girls on the night of April lZth, or pos
sibly the night before, after whlch ne
might have returned Immediately to
Atlanta.
The lawyer expresses the belief that
Blanther committed these crimes as the
hireling Of some one who wanted 10 put
the two girls out of the way
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BOXING CONTESTS.
Seven Matches Brought Off at the
Olympic Club Rooms.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-The
Olympic Club gave a boxing tourna-
ment for amateurs at it's club house
tonight, witnessed by 1900 members,
under the rules governing amateur ath-
letfc contests, by which body it was
sanctioned. Seven matches were de-
cided, six of them being either knock
outs or were stopped only because one
of the contestants was unable to con-
tinue the bout.
The most entertaining from point
of cleverness, was that between J. Nc
ing 40 pounds. McFadden secured
the decision, but it was SO close that
half the audience thought Smith should
have had it.
w. Otis and J. Kenney put up a most
interesting fight. OTIS winning out in
the fourth round.
The climax Of the nights entertain
ment was reached in the last thirty
seconds of the last contest, when J..
Virgins. who was being we'll punched
throughout the entire four rounds, land
ed chance blow on McAvins chin, re-
suHing in a complete knockout. Re-
suits:
McFadden. Manhattan Club defeated
A. Smith, San Francisco Club, in four
rounds.
Jennis, San Francisco Club knocked
out A Pollock, Olympic Club, in the
first round
j. Granfield, San Francisco Club de-
feated p O'Meara, Manhattan, in the
fourth round.
F. Schueler, San Francisco Club, de-
feated C. Erickson, Imperial Club, in
the second round.
w Hodgkins. Acme, defeated E.
Nelspiel, Oakland Club, in the second
round.
w OTIS. Manhattan. defeated ]. Ken
ny, Reliance, in the fourth round.
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which pelagic sealing has brought into
San Francisco and Port Townsend has
been dearly bought.
Such bill would have given us a.
great commercial advantage. The
United States has been the chief mar
ket for the dressed skins of female fur
seals. To close this market is to de-
stroy the great incentive to their de-
struction, and the consequent destruc-
ton of the herd. The killing Of the
males on the land, the legitimate way,
tends only to help the growth of the
herd, and the consequent increased pro-
duction of killa BILE males
In those facts lies the whole Amer
lean case. The Canadian case lies in
the admitted rule that freedom of the
sea can only be restricted by inter
national agreement. This bill should
be a great step toward securing it."
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CANNOT RETURN.
Ruling in the Case Of Chinaman
Who Wishes to Visit China.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-A singular
Chinese case has come to the attention
of the Treasury Department.
A former member of the Chinese firm
Of Hong Chung & Company, merchants
in New York, now desires to visit China,
and later return to this country. AS a
merchant he was not required to register
under the Act of 1898, but, meeting with
business reverses, he is now compelled
TO perform manual labor.
Under the regulations made pursuant
TO the provisions of our treaty with
China, providing for the departure and
return of Chinese laborers, certificates
of registration must be furnished in
each instance. The matter was referred
to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who
held that the Chinaman had no right to
return should he leave the country.
Another question involved in the case,
but not yet passed upon, is whether the
Chinaman is legally in this country.
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RAIL ACCIDENT IN NEVADA.
A Wreck Occurs on the N. G. and
O. Railroad.

RENO (Nev), Dec. 1O-A wreck oc-
CURED on the Nevada, California and
Oregon Railroad about five miles north
of this city this morning, and two or
three passengers We're injured, among
them S. o. Wells of Reno. who is badly
cut in the back Of the neck.
Wells returned from the scene of the
Nevada, California and Oregon wreck
this morning. He has a slight cut in
the back of the head, and wrenched his
right leg slightly by jumping from the
train. He reports four or five cars
in the ditch, and /. Friedlander of San
Francisco quite badly bruised. but
nothing serious. Beyond that there
were no casualties worthy of mention.
j. Virgins. Manhattan, defeated j.
McAvin, Acme, in four rounds.
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NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
Japan Exercised Over the Recent
COreau Events.

TACOMA, Dec. 1O.-The Northern
Pacific steamship Tacoma brings but
little news of recent happenings in the
Orient.
Japan is exercised over recent Corean
events, which indicate the strengthen
ing Of Russia's hold upon that country
and is losing it's bellicose attitude on
the Hawaiian annexation question.
A committee of the Shanghai Cham
ber Of Commerce has recommended the
adoption of the gold standard by the
straits community. The sovereign is
recommended as the unit, and silver
relegated to the position of token
coin. japanese papers state that there
is little doubt concerning the adoption
Of the recommendation by the straits
community
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A JUROR ARRESTED.
1t Is Charged That He Accepted
Bribe.

1OS ANGELES, Dec. 10.-Upon affi-
davits presented by other 1uryhieh'
I,,,.or G I. Mcintyre, who hung the
Jury in the Compton forgery case mas
80, 'a,-,ested for contempt of Super
g.. Iudoe smiths court Frank Mich
.,Js,o, was Yesterday fined $500 for at
tempting to bribe juror IN TINS case
The affidavits against Juror MciltSre
allege that he stated 10 the otIiels
,,,hiIa the Jury was locked up making
e.. 7acieion that Judge Smith himself
had said to him that compton was III
.,aca,+ An attempt will be made to
-. tbat Juror Mcintyre was bribed
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WEATHER STATIONS.
Secretary Wilson Thinks More Are
Needed in the Far West.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The men,
bers of the House Committee on Agri-
culture had a conference with Secretary
Wilson respecting the needs OF the Ag-
ricultural Department. and have been
informed that the Secretary desires in
creased appropriations for weather sta
tions in the far West, and in the vicinity
of the great lakes
The establishment of additional fore
cast stations, the Secretary thinks,
would be greatly to the benefit of the
fruit industry of California. which suf-
fers considerably when there are no
proper warnings of approaching storms,
while on the lakes extra stations are
needed for the protection Of the mari
time interests.
Another branch of the service which
requires more money is that of the mic
roscopic division, which inspects all
meats designed for export.
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SANTA CLARA MOVING.
Her Horticu1turists Will Assist in
Maintaining an Exhibit Abroad.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1O-C. w. Childs,
one of the members of the committee
appointed by the recent State Fruit
Growers Convention at Sacramento
and Chairman for this county, has
called a meeting of the horticulturists
and all others interested here to meet
tomorrow forenoon for the purpose
of making plans to carry out the wish
of the State convention. 1t was deemed
wise by the convention to maintain
exhibits of California fruits in sew
eral European cities, and with that
object in view it was determined to
try to raise $4,000 for the purpose.
1t is believed that Santa Clara County
will do her share
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Indicted for Criminal Libel.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10-William
Walter Miller, erstwhile publisher of a
weekly sheet known as the California
Illustrated World" was charged by the
Grand Jury to-day with criminal libel
for publishing an article in his paper
derOgatory to the character of a woman
of this city. Miller has been in trouble
before on similar charges, and is now
under sentence of one years imprison-
ment at San Jose for libeling a resident
of that city
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pELAGIC SEALING.
Prof. Jordan Favors the Passage OF
4Lo R;II BEFORE Congress.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. lo.
pr David Starr Jordan, in an inter
view on pelagic sealing and a discussion
of the Congressional bill introduced
said this evening:
$50 far as / can judge from the re-
->o,+c of the Associated Press the bin
should be passed. If such bill had
been passed Immediately after the
paris award. the who'll matter would
have been amicably adjusted before
sbss TO have ourselves take the ini-
tiative in the action we have urged
npon others would have given us
moral advantage which we have hith-
erto lacked. The few thousand dollars
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ernment on the plan of those portions Of
the Central Pacific Railroad which were
built with the aid of bonds issued by
the United States for the assistance of
the railroad company to avoid the ex-
penses of a receivership, and to bring
about a reorganization of the company
in such a way that a new issue of bonds
may be put out at the lowest possible
rate Of interest.
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An Overdue Steamer.

SEATTLE, Dec. 1O.-The non-arrivaI
Of the steamer Cleveland from San
Francisco has caused no uneasiness
here, although she is two days overdue.
Z. E. Caine, the local agent, thinks that
she has been delayed by the heavy gales
which have recently swept along the
coast. No incoming vessels have re-
ported sighting any wreckage
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Fell Forty Feet, but Uninjured.

SALINAS, Dec. 10-A. NJ Packet, a
workman at the Spreckels sugar fac
tory, While working On the immense
smokestacks fell a distance of forty
feet In the fall he struck the second
platform, midway to the ground,
turned two complete somersaults, and
alighted on his feet in a pile of sand,
and he miraculously sustained no in
iurieS.
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Vessels for Yukon River Trade.

STOCKTON, Dec. 1O.-A contract was
secured to-day by w. d. Delaney, mas
ter builder for the California Naviga-
ton and Improvement Company, to con-
struct river steamer and two barges to
be used by company Of which Captain
w. r. RideOut is President on the Yu-
kon River. They must be delivered by
March 10th on the wharf in San Fran
cisco, as they will be put together here
and taken apart for shipment to Alaska.
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The Lynching of Uber.

CARSON. Dec 10-A bloody sledge-
hammer found in Ubers cell in the
County Jail shows that the brutal mob
of lynchers must have struck their
victim with the heavy hammer before
dragging him out to be hanged. There
now seems to be some question as to
whether or not the iron doors of the
Jail were locked, and the Sheriff is
quoted as saying that the keys had been
lost
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Met Death in a snowslide.

GLENDALE (Mont.), Dec. 10-Whle
coming down Lion Mountain, John
Benuerhassett and Frank Webber
miners in the Hecla Consolidated, start.
ed a snowslide which killed them, max
ing twenty-six who have been lost ir
snowslide.s since the camp was estab-
lished.
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William Jeffray Hangs Himself at His Resi-
dence on Vallejo Street.
John Troutte, Half -Cfazed From
Long Continued Illness, Places
the Muzzle of a Short-Barre1ed
Shotgun at His Heart and
Sends a Heavy Charge OF Buck
shot Into His Body.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-Another
case of self destruction occurred this
morning, when William Jeffray, a
Scotchman 66 years old, deliberately
hanged himself at his residence, vi
Vallejo street.
Jeffray resided with his wife and two
grown-up sons. and for some months
he has been very despondent on account
CT sickness. He formerly worked as a
porter for the Bosqui Engraving Com
pany. but was compelled to give up his
position owing to sickness.
Jeffray recently left st. Luke'S Hos
rital, where he underwent an operation
and returned to his home. Last even
ing he was missed from his residence by
his family and, though they searched
the neighborhood for him up till mid
night. no trace of him could be found.
This morning his son, John Jeffray,
had occasion to go into the woodshed in
the rear of the house and was HORNED
to find his father hanging by a thin
rope from a rafter overhead.
The Coroner's deputies who examined
the body gave their opinion that JET
frev had been dead some hours ana
that he had slowly strangled to DEATH
From the position of the body 1t was
evident that the suicide had lifted his
feet from the gorund and allowed the
ppessllre of the moose around his neck
to slowly Strangle him.
When the body was searched sheet
of paper was found in vest pocket, on
which was written in pencil the follow
ing:
.sThis world is a failure to me. If
die if is by my own hands.
"WILLIAM JEFFRAY."
In a pocketbook was found the sum
of 81 60 The sons of the deceased,
William It. Jeffray and John Jeffray,
stated that the only reason they
could give for their fathers suicide was
that he was despondent through SICK
ness.
Francis A. Schmitt, an old soldier %
years old, shot himself through the
head last night at the Preside GEM
etery.
Schmitt had a barber shop on Dupont
street. near Bush, and resided with MS
wife at 126 Green street.
Despondency through i'll health Is
supposed to have been the cause OF the
suicide.
SUICIDE AT OAKLAND.
OAKLAND. Dec 10.-Half crazed by
long continued illness, and bellevlng
that he would never recover, Jonn
Troutte living at Eleventh and Folsom
streets. this morning placed the muzzle
Of a short barreled shotgun at his heart
and sent a heavy charge of buckshot IN
10 his body. Death must have been IN
Simultaneous, as when friends living near
heard the shot and fastened TO the
scene Troutte was already dead, and the
great hole over his heart told the story
of his end. .o
Deceased was a native of France, 40
wears of age, and unmarried. he mas
one brother doing business as a tailor at
ooO1 Mission street, San Francisco, ana
another brother in the butcher business
at SauSalito.
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Miller & Lux Estate.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 10-The heirs Of
the Miller & Lux estate placed on rec
ord here to-day a large number OF
deeds conveying lands to the Miller &
Lux corporation. The deeds show that
lands in various counties are being con-
veyed. The total value of the lands
conveyed will run into hundreds Of
thousands of dollars. The convey
ancing of the land is but carrying out
the determination of thei heirs to man.
age their interests through a corpora
ton.
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Quietus Upon Prize Fighting.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-The
Health and Police Committee Of the
Board of Supervisors put the quietus
upon the prize fighting industry in this
city for some time to come to-day, by
refusing to issue any more permits for
pugilistic or physical culture" exhibi-
tions to the big clubs. This disposes
of the GrfffoL Lavigne, Hawkins Con-
nelly and Smith Kelly matches.
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Decided in Favor of Plaintiff.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 10-Judge
Van Dyke in the Superior Court rem
dered a decision this afternoon in the
case Of Abila against Sepulveda, which
involved large amount of land in the
town Of San Pedro. now owned by ex
Collector John T. Gaffey. Russell Ward
(deceased) and others. The decision is
in favor of the plaintiff.
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GALENA Qll), Dec. 1O.-A flood
caused by heavy rains last night prac-
tically destroyed the Government locks
at the mouth Of the Galena River to-
day. The locks were built seven years
ago at cost of 100000. The dam
age was caused by a great ice flow
swept down the river by flood.
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Guilty of Inhuman Treatment.

SEATTLE, Dec. 10-Captain d. o.
Killman of the American schooner Ly-
man n. Foster was in the United States
District Court to-day found guilty of
cruelty and inhuman treatment toward
John Mcdonald, an ordinary seaman.
The jury made recommendation for a
light sentence, and Judge Hanford fined
Killman $50 and costs. Mate Robert
Wall was acquitted
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Young Child Killed.

STOCKTON, Dec. 10.-An infant child
of q family named Loomis fell off a
porch at Lodi to-day and broke it's neck,
dying shortly afterward. The father
of the child was killed several months
ago at the town by Constable Jones.
while he was endeavoring to make his
escape from the officer
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charged with having overcharged per
diem to the Government for his services.
He is paid by the day, and it is charged
that instead of reporting the exact
amount he gauged on the days he actu-
ally did gauging, he divided up in his
reports the total amount he gauged
among more days than he was actually
employed, in order to advance his pay.
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CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
Keen Competition for This States
Product at London.

LONDON, Dec. 10.-There was keen
competition to-day for the consign-
ment Of California fruit which has just
arrived here in perfect condition. The
1000 cases of peaches. Bloch's pack
ing. were sold Garcia and Jacobs s
half cases brought 9s to los and whole
cases were sold for las to 1Ss. One
thousand six hundred cases Of Califor-
nit Newtown pippins were auctioned
off at from los to lbs. Two hundred
cases of navel oranges brought from
It's Sd to 1Ss. The fruit was the best
ever seen at this time Of the year.
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Spreckels' Purchase at King City.

SALINAS, Dec. 1O.-There was filed
for record in the County Recorders
office to-day a deed from G. H. King
and wife of Oakland, conveying to the
Sprekels Sugar Company 9,1SS.92 acres
of land near King City, for which the
nominal consideration was SO, but the
actual ONE is understood to be in the
neighborhood of 100000.
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Alameda's Oldest Voter Dead.

OAKLAND. Dec. 10.-George Lowrie
of San Lorenzo the oldest registered
voter of Alameda County, died yester-
day morning. He was over 81 years
Of age, having been born in Scotland
in 1900. He came to California in 1880.
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August Grand Not Murdered

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 10.-Sheriff John
son to-day received a telegram dated at
Fallbrook from August Grand, the man
supposed to have been murdered here
Wednesday. The receipt of this tele-
gram deepens the mystery as to the
identity of the corpse.
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ROME, Dec. 10.-The Marquis Di Ru-
DIM has completed the task of construct
ing the Cabinet. Marquis Venesta has
accepted the Foreign Office portfolio.
The list of members of the new Ministry
will be officially issued tomorrow.
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Ladies' 0vergaiters
at l8 cents,

Ladies Heavy Thibet Cloth
Overgaiters, buttons, all
sizes Worth considerably
more than our SATUR-
DAYS SPECIAL PRICE. 1sc
A PAIR.
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San Jose Woman's Club.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 10.-The San Jose
Woman's Club, organized three years
ago, is holding its annual convention
Good programmes are arranged. The
convention will close tomorrow even
ing
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Northern Pacific Road.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-The Direc-
tors of the Northern Pacific Railroad
declared a quarterly dividend of one
per cent. on the preferred stock. This
is the first dividend since the reorgani-
Zation.
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A Death at Santa Rosa.

SANTA ROSA, Dec. 10. ID. Bar
nett, a prominent capitalist and poll
tician, a Union veteran and a Director
of the Soldiers Home at Yountvile,
died here this afternoon
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A Murderer Lynched.

WESSON (Miss.), Dec. 1O-Charlie
Jones, the negro. who, on Wednesday
murdered Mrs. Brown Smith and her
four children, near this place, has been
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CENTRAL PACIFIC.
Plan for Reorganization Of the
Company.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-At the re-
quest of holders here of large num-
Der of shares Of Central Pacific Rali-
road Company and of the members OF
the London company, of which r. u
Banbury. NJ. p, is Chairman, Messrs.
August Belmont, John G. Carlisle and
John Coppell have undertaken to act
as a committee to prepare plan OF re-
organization for that company. the
purpose Of the committee is to procure
an equitable settlement with the Gov
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than YOU would likely find in all
other stores combined in Sacra-
mento. Reasons for this, too
we sell more yards than all Sac
ramento stores combined. We
want YOU to take a look at the
counter full of pretty dress
goods displayed to-day at soc
per yard.
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A U. S. Gauger Out Of a Job.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10--J. s.
Lambkin, United States Gauger at
Fresno, was suspended to-day from duty
on telegraphic orders of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. He is
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Mr.. Magee!
A Montana Man Has No Use for
Tobacco.

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