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FRASER RIVER SALMON.
The Huge Run of Fish in Northern
Waters Continues.

VANCOUVER (B. c., Aug. 3.-The
huge run of salmon on Fraser River
continues and all Gamers have placed
a limit on the number to be taken
from each boat. Fishermen up the
valley only make one drift, and catches
of 200 and 300 fish are quite common.
Six hundred and forty-five fish were
caught in one drift Monday night. A
large quantity of salmon is being salt
ed, and as a result salt has jumped in
price from 81 to $50 per ton.
1t is reported that the representa-
tives of a large English buyer of sal
mon is now on Fraser River investi-
eating the manner in which salmon are
put up, in order to ascertain whether
there is any truth in the reports of UNI
cleanliness. Special inquiry is being
made into the physical condition of the
Chinese employees, and the white work
men hope that as a result of the an
ticipated report Chinese labor may be
dispensed with
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HAROLD MARQUEISE.
The Notorious Crook on His Way
to Utica. New York

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-Harold
Marqueise, alias Harry Kendall, a no.
torious crook, for whom the New York
police have had a chase clear across
the continent, and who is wanted in
Utica, n. Y, for five offenses-two of
burglary and three of grand larceny
left the City Prison this afternoon in
company with Van r. Weaver, Sheriff
of Oneida County, N. Y. The prisoner
was securely handcuffed and Weaver
expressed his determination to see that
he remained so until he had him safely
in prison in Utica.
Marqueise posed in Utica as ply
stefan, and under the cloak of his pro-
fession robbed the houses and offices of
friends, acquaiptances and strangers
unfortunately. He was arrested at
Syracuse n. Y, last January, but es-
capped. He was recently captured at
Los Gatos, in this State.
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SHORT ROUTE TO SANTA CRUZ.
Right of Way for the Coast Rail-
way Acquired.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 3.-An the rights
of way for the coast railroad to be built
from San Francisco to this place have
been acquired, as has also that through
one road in the northern end of the
county. No trouble will be experienced
in securing the other rights of way ne
cessary in this county.
Work will be commenced next Janu-
airy and the projectors, who are Eastern
capitalists, guarantee its completion in
Two years. The distance is eighty miles
and the running time will be consider
ably shortened, the trip being expected
to be covered within three hours.
The line viii follow the coast as close
1y as possible and will tap a very fer
tile country, in which are large dairy
ing, bitumen and lime interests.
The line has been surveyed several
times within the past few years, but
none of the schemes projected have
been so near realization as this, and it is
believed that the much-talked-of coast
line will now be an accomplished fact
within the next two years.
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MASSACRED BY CHINESE.
BRITISH STEAMER CAPTURED
BY PIRATES.
The Captain and Seven Members of
the Grew Put to Death and
Many Others Wounded.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE
steamship Belgic arrived to-day from
Hongkong via Honolulu, bringing the
following Oriental adviceS:
News has been received frem Hong
kong that gang of Chinese passengers
on board the British steamer Pegu
murdered Captain Ross and seven of
the crew, natives, wounded sixteen
others, looted the ship, and afterwards
fed to the Acheen coast with their
booty The massacre occurred ON the
14th of June.
Achin, or Acheen, is a portion of the
island of Sumatra. The inhabitants are
Mohammedans, men of very desperate
characters, and in former times they
held sway over many territories bor-
dering the Straits of Malacca. To-day
they are chiefly notorious for their OBJ
stinate and successful resistance to
Dutch supremacy.
On June 9th the Chinese at Wuchen
attacked and destroyed the mission Of
the Plymouth Brethren, and were at
the Catholic mission when the soldiers
| interfered. The attack on the Ply
mouth mission was brought about by
the report that the missionaries had
killed a child A mob of Chinese at
tackled the ladies' home boarding school,
where five white women had taken ref
uge Just as the mob broke in the
door the women escaped through
back gate to the house of Mr.. Blanford
The mob demolished the ladies' home
and then proceeded to the Blanford
place and attacked it, The people
there escaped into the hills, where they
hid all night in the darkness. The
BIanford place was also looted and
burned The mob then proceeded to
the Catholic mission, but by this time
the soldiers had been summoned, and
they dispersed the rioters. The next
day the five women and Mr.. Blanford
We're taken away on a boat.
News has been received of the wreck
of the steamer Sri Hong Ann, bound
from Singapore to Malacca. The
steamer foundered in a squall ten
miles from Malacca, and ITO people
were drowned. Captain Rawlins and
ninety-six passengers and crew We're
saved.
Cholera is reported as prevalent in
SIAM
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FIGEL CASE.
The Trial of the Case Likely to
Close To-Day

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 3-Ex-
Judge Murphy said to-day just before
court adjourned that the case of the
people against Theodore Figel. as far
as the charges of embezzlement and
forgery were concerned, would prob
ably be closed tomorrow. The muir
der charge will then be taken up.
Edward S. Rothchild occupied the
witness stand this morning and after
noon, and devoted most of the time
identifying numerous exhibits intro
duced into the case by the prosecution
He testified to the fact that F'igel had
no authority to sign checks for the
firm
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
No Stock Allowed to Craze on the
Premises.

WAWONA, Aug. 3.-The Secretary of
the Interior has announced officially
that the order q ening the forestry res
ervations for tue admittance of stock
to Craze on them does not apply to the
Yosemite National Park. Therefore
no stock will be allowed to enter the
Yosemite.
Lieutenant Benson has just returned
from the northern boundary of the
park, where he captured three herders
and one band of sheep, which were
scattered and the herders brought to
Camp Wood, where they We're exam
ined by Captain Rodgers and excluded,
with their dogs and packs, from the
park.
The snow has almost all disappeared
from the high Sierras, so that the park
can now be entirely patrolled.
The large fire in the northwestern
part Of the park, which has been rag
ing for the past week, is now considered
under control by the troops which have
been fighting it for the past week.
A great deal of dissatisfaction is COM
planned of late by the new rule in Yose-
mite Valley by which all liquor is pro-
hibited sold in the valley.
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MARRIAGES AT SEA.
An Important Test Case Before the
Los Angeles Courts.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. "a. C.
Thompson has sued out a writ of ha-
beas corpus, in which Homer Norman
is commanded to produce in court his
f1fteen-year bride, JANET Thomp-
son-Norman, whom he married at sea
yesterday, and stand a legal battle
which shall decide whether or not the
girl is a lawful wife.
For some time the validity of mar
riages performed on boats. just outside
the limit of State Jurisdiction, when
the contracting parties are residents of
the State, has been a question open to
some doubt, and it is the opinion of
lawyers that this will be an important
test case in deciding the validity of
such marriages performed by a per-
son not authorized by the law of the
State to Officiate.
The case will come up for hearing to-
mrrOOW.
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BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Things Are in Frightful Mess at
Manila.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-Follow-
ing is an extract from a private letter
dated Manila, June 9th:
Here things are in a frightful mess.
Spanish dollars have been introduced
at 10 per cent. less value than Mexi-
can Everybody wants to sell out Ma
tive brokers are all over the place try
ing to sell houses, grounds, horses, car
riages, furniture, estates, ETC., and no
buyers.
In the sugar provinces the cane
plants are being burnt up for lack of
rain. Paddy is being attacked by in
sects, and in the northern rice prov
inces locusts are eating everything
up. A few days ago, about forty miles
from Manila, a train was stopped. ow-
ing to the immense mass of locusts on
the track
Fighting is still going on in several
provinces, and the papers here say
nothing about it, which looks bad The
papers have not even mentioned a sin
gle 'glorisosa victoria
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CLoUDBURsT IN COLORADO.
Most Serious Flood Ever Known at
Castle Rock.

CASTLE ROCK (Col). Aug. "a
cloudburst occurred here this after
noon, which caused the most serious
flood ever known in this country. Plum
Creek became a raging torrent in a few
minutes, and not less than 100 bridges
on that stream and it's tributaries were
washed away. The Denver and Rio
Grande and Santa Fe companies suf-
fered some damage to tracks and other
property, not, however. of a serious ma
ture, nor sufficient to interfere with reg
lar train service. The damage to
wagon bridges and roads will cost the
county several thousand dollars, and
some farms in this vicinity are con-
siderably damaged.
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CAVE-IN AT A MINE.
A Workman Seriously IF Not Fa-
tally Injured.

GRASS VALLEY, Aug. "a cave-in
occurred in a small mine to-day, seri-
ously, if not fatally, injuring William
Bunnoy. AT the time of the accident
Bunnoy was the only man under ground
and had just finished putting in a set
of timbers in a drift, when a mass of
dirt and rock fell and almost COM
pleJtely buried him. No assistance be-
ing near at hand, and his cries not at
tracing the attention of his partners
at work on the surface, Bunnoy set to
work to eXtricate himself The task
was a difficult one, but with the aid
Of miners candlesticks he finally freed
himself, and making his way to the
shaft signaled to be hoisted.
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NEW RAILROAD FOR ARIZONA.
A Line to be Built to the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado.

PHOENIX, Aug. 3.-Plans have been
perfected for a railroad to the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado and construc-
ton is to begin soon from a point on
the Santa Fe Pacific at Flagstaff or
Williams. A tenth of the capital stock
of S1,000,000 is already in hand and
the bonds of the proposed road are be-
ing placed in the East. The enterprise
is backed by Lombard, Goode & Co.,
Of Chicago, and is under the manage
ment of Mayor O'Neill of Prescott. The
new line will be known as the Santa Fe
and Grand Canyon Railroad, will be
seventy-two miles in length, and will
tap the canyon at the head of Bright
Angel trail. All that point 1t is pro-
posed to erect a large tourist hotel
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THE HOT SPELL EAST.
Indications That the Kansas
Drought is Broken.

KANSAS CITY, Aug 3.-The hot
spell of weather that has prevailed for
a week was broken this evening. AT
4 O'Clock the thermometer stood at IS
degrees. A few minutes later a heavy
rainstorm broke over the city, and by
3 o'clock the temperature had dropped
to II degrees. The rain was heavy.
Reports received tonight indicate that
showers fell at many points throughout
Kansas and Missouri, at some points
the rainfall being heavy, and the indi-
cations are that the Kansas drought is
broken.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-The hot spell
continues, and as a result humanity,
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Appointed Secretary.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-W. H.
Hotchkiss, a well-known wine man of
Santa Rosa, has been appointed Secre-
tary of the California Winemakers' AS
ISOLATION, vice j. H. Wheeler, resigned.
The resignation of the latter is the
outcome of the recent trouble between
the corpora ton and the Winegrowers'
Association, which charged that
Wheeler and President Rossi dis
eliminated against it in its dealings
with the Winemakers' Association.
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Rail Accident in Arizona.

FLAGSTAFF "a. IT,, Aug. 3.-The
second section of freight train No. 81
was wrecked at a cut just east of town
this evening. Engineer Hammond was
thrown from the engine and badly cut
on the head. Fireman Hugh Mcneil
was badly scalded. and brakeman Rob-
ert Gleason had a leg broken The
accident was caused by running over a
horse
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MAYON VOLCANO.
Reported That Five Hundred Peo-
pie Have Been Killed.

CHICAGO, Aug. "a special to the
Chronicle" from Tacoma, Wash, says:
Five hundred people reported killed up
to July LIST is the record of the terrible
outbreak of the volcano of Mayor on
the island of Tuzone, one of the Philip
pine group. On the night of June 10Th
the volcano began throwing up ashes
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ELKo ovERRUN WITH TRAMPS
Attempted HoId-Ups and Burgla-
ries of Nightly Occurrence.

ELKO (Nev.), Aug. 3.-This town has
been overrun for the past week with
tramps and other hard characters, and
attempted hold-ups and burglaries are
Of nightly occurrence.
An attempt was made last night to
force an entrance into the Postoffice
through a window, but the Postmaster
appeared on the scene with a revolver,
and the wouldbe burglar took to his
heels.
Neither life or property is safe, and
the citizens talk of organizing a Vigi
lance Committee for the purpose of
Kidding the town of this unsavory class.
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declares that the island belongs to him
self, Fred Wundenberg and William
Kinny. They secured their right from
the Pacific Navigation Company, which
purchased the island from the Ha-
waiian Government. The Government
in turn acquired its right through the
discovery and colonization Of the ISL
and by Captain Benton in 1862.
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Colony Coming to California.

BRADLEY, Aug. 3.-Dr. j. M. Ringo
and Edward Stevens of Louisville, KY,
together with P. Fry Of Oakland, have
secured control of the Plyto rancho,
consisting of 5000 acres of arabic land,
situated about fifteen miles west of this
place. They will subdivide the ranch
into small farms for the benefit. of about
100 colonists from Kentucky, who will
leave with their families for California
Immediately
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Nevada's New PIacers.

RENO (Nev.), Aug. 3.-The carload of
placer dirt from the Gill mine at Cling
house Canyon, worked at the Reno Re
duction Works, yielded 1874 ounces of
gold to sixteen tons of dirt. The owners
are highly elated over the result There
will be a carload Of ore from the Hut
Crimson dump here tomorrow or next
day. Olinghouse promises well, and
those who have locations in the district
are dreaming of wealth in the near fu-
t11rp
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CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Mains Loses His Cal1iope and Big
Band Wagon.

YREKA, Aug. 3.-The second section
of the w. 1. Mains circus train was
wrecked at this place this evening by
the spreading of the rails. Three cars
were derailed, ditching the wagons
with which the cars We're loaded, many
of which We're completely wrecked. The
calliope and large band wagon was
among them. Fortunately none of the
cages containing wild animals, were on
this train. A wrecking train has been
ordered from Dunsmuir.
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A Captain Stabbed by a Sailor.

OAKLAND, Aug. "a West Indian
sailor of the ship COmberma stabbed
Captain Barnard of that vessel to-day
in a quarrel. The Captain fought the
desperate fellow for some time in an
effort to keep the knife away, and be-
yond a few bad cuts on his face and
hands no serious damage was done.
The sailor was arrested and charged
with an assault with a deadly weapon.
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White Opposed to Annexation.

OAKLAND, Aug. 3.-The Oakland
Board of Trade recently passed a Sc
ries of resolutions in favor of the an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States. These were trans
mitted to the California delegation in
Congress- Senator White has replied
that he is not in favor of annexation.
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Manuel Chavaz Sentenced.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3.-Judge Tor
renee this morning signed the death
warrant, fixing the execution of Man
ueI Chavaz, who murdered his mistress
at Senator Mining Camp, for Friday,
October s, 1897, at San Quentin pris-
on The prisoners counsel has ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, and if
the appeal is not decided before Oc-
tober Sth, his execution will be stayed.
Chavaz was taken to San Quentin to-
daV
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Ladue aft the Point of Death.

ALAMEDA, Aug. 3-Charles Ladue,
who was shot last night on Park street
by Calara F'allmer, is lying at his home
at the point of death. DR.. Lubbock,
who is attending him, said this after
noon that the bullet fired by Miss Fall
mer lodged in the young mans spinal
column. causing pressure on the cord,
which has resulted in paralysis of the
lower limbs.
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in the downtown portion of
the city. suffers. Last night the Their
mometer rose to % degrees. Several
people had become worn out with the
loss of sleep, and many succumbed to
the heat. So far to-day the following
cases have been fatal: DR.. H. o. Dono-
van, aged 70; Karl Neissner, aged So
The thermometers registered 102 de-
grees in the shade at Alton, H., to-day
and outdoor labor was altogether sus-
pended in the city.
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CHINO SUGAR BEET GROWERS.
Will Receive an Increase in Price
for Their Product.

CHINO, Aug. "a committee from
the Beet growers Union was here a few
days ago and conferred with Manager
Cottman of the Chino Valley Beet Sugar
Company in regard to the promised in
crease in the price to be paid for beets
if a bounty was to be paid or higher
tariff imposed. Yesterday Henry T. Ok
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Creede Will Contest.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3.-The appli-
cation of Mrs. Louisa Creole for letters
of administration of the estate of Nicho-
las c. Creole came up for hearing be-
fore Judge Allen this morning, but was
continued until the 9th instant, as was
also the petition for probate of Creede's
will and the petition of Dorothy
Creede's mother for letters Of guardian
oh
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improved Order of Red Men.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-The
thirty-second session of the Great
Council of California Improved Order of
Red Men convened here to-day at Red
mems Hall There was a large at
tendance, and considerable routine work
was disposed of during the days sess-
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Wheat Prices in Oregon.

PORTLAND, Aug. 3.-The wheat
market continues buoyant, there being
a brief speculative demand based on
the probable needs of other portions of
the world. Nearly thirty cars of wheat
came in to-day about half of it being
new crop. Quotations are 7S@S0 cents
for Walla Walla and 81 cents for val
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and lava in immense quantities and
flames were thrown upward consider
ably over 100 feet. The next day fifty
six bodies were recovered at a consid-
cradle distance; and the most recent
dispatches to Hong Kong up to July
Sth state that not less than 500 were
known to be killed.
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The Y. M. Z. Conference.

LOS ANGELES, Aug 3.-The follow
ing have been elected delegates to the
annual conference of the Young Mems
Institute. which opens at Santa Rosa
August 18th: l. B. Dockweiler. Anthony
SchWamm, Charles Brossart, w E.
flanagan and DR. NJ. M. Cannon. The
Los Angeles delegation will endeavor to
have this city selected for the next con-
VenfiOn
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Death of a Popular Woman.

ST. HELENA, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Annie
Spur. wife of r. Logan Spur of this
place, died yesterday at her residence
of consumption. Mrs. Spur was very
popular in the community, and her death
is generally regretted.
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Santa Clara County Citizen Dead.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 3.--George e
Thomas died this morning, aged 81.
For forty years he had been one Of the
most prosperous orchardists and ranch
erS in the county.
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San hose omciaI Seriously Ill.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 3.-Street Commits
sioner A. B. Bennett is seriously i'll, so
much so that his physicians are pre-
pared for his death, which may come at
almost anyhour.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 3.-Albert Graham,
a fifteen year-old boy, was instantly
killed at Fremont a. Seattle suburb, to-
day by timbers that fell from freight
car.
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PALMYRA ISLAND.
Great Britain's Right to Take Pos
saSs;ou Of IF fo he DISPUTED,

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-The
steamer BeIgic brings the news that the
right of the British Government TO take
possession of Palymra Island is to be
disputed Luther Wilcox of Honolulu
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Emperor Williams Yacht Beaten.

COwES isle of Wight, Aug. 3.-In
the race for the Queens cup to-day the
Prince of Wales yacht Britannia, with
his royal highness on board, beat En-
peror Williams yacht Meteor on time
allowance.
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nard President of the company, wired
Mr.. Cottman that an increase of % cents
per ton would be paid for all beets under
contract This will increase the beet
growers incomes to about $50, 900 this
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General wolseley Seriously Ill.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-Viscount Garnet
Joseph Wolseley, Field Marshal and
COMMUNICATIVE Chief of the British
army, is seriously i'll.
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WRECK ON The
OREGON ROAD.
A Freight Train Goes Through a
Burning TrestIe.
Five Cars Catch Fire, and With Their Con-
tents Are Destroyed.

A Cave-in Occurs at a Mine Near
Grass Valley, Seriously If Not
Fatally Injuring William Bun
noy, Who Was Working Under
Ground at the Time of the Ac-
cideut.
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WELBURN WILL
BE INDICTED.
Understood That Such is the DeGlS-
ion Of the Grand Jury,
Though on Just How Many Distinct Charges
is Not Known.

Elko, Nevada, Overrun With
Tramps and Other Hard Char
acters-Attempted Hold-Ups and
Burg1a.ries Of Nightly Occur
rence-TaIk of Organizing
Vigilance Committee.
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People are suspicious of womanlwho
does not like children.
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Shot His Father.

OROvILLE, Aug. "a boy named
Charley Darge shot ms father in the
back with q rife yesterday while the
latter was quarreling with his wife.
The doctors fear blood poisoning viii
set in
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HIGH WATER IN WYOMING.
Trains Delayed Many Hours on Ac-
count of Washouts.

CHEYENNE CWyo), Aug. 3.-The
Cheyenne and Northern train to-day
was seven hours late. The cause of the
delay was a big washout at Islay, TWEEN
ty-fve miles north of this city. Six
hundred feet of the main track and the
siding at that station were completely
washed away. The station-house was
also moved a distance of a hundred
yards. The damage was repaired suffi-
GENTLY to-day to allow the running of
trains on the usual time
The Sable River is very high, and
wagon bridges and fences are being
washed away. The damage to mead
ows viii be very great. The quantity
of water in the vicinity Of Chugwater
in the course of the Sable is greater
than has been known for Years
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lOII1O.

Or April z, 1897, at his residence, So East
9th st. New York city. Colonel clermont L.
Best, United States Army, retired. In his 73d year.
Funeral services will DO held NJ his late residence ~
0 O'Clock A. NJ. Saturday. April 10. Intermsns AZ
Hudson. N. Y.
BRUINS On Friday, April o, 1897. Helen Eyerden.
wifo OF the late Thomas Bruins.
Funeral services will he held at the residence OF hor
sister. l227 Lexington av., on Monday. April 10.
At II O'Clock A, NJ. Interment at the convenience
of the family.
CUNNINGHAM. On April z. Christopher j. Cum
bingham, beloved husband OF Cathrine Whcalan.
Funeral Saturday, 10th, from 81. AuSustine's
Church. where q solemn requiem mas win 10 OF.
fered for the Eepose OF his soul At 10 O'Clock. In.
terment In Calvary.
April 8. 1897, at Ala West beth st
Helena Lynch. beloved wife OF John Lynch,
native Of Cahir, county Cork. Ireland.
Funeral at 10 O'Clock on Saturday morning. Inter
ment Calvary Cemetery.
POrTER--In London. on tho Gath ult. Howard
Potter.
Funeral services al GraOs Church O AOaaAy. AvEn
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An inheritance.

~ HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRp. ivory seriea.
iomo. 10 oentS-
Tho author describes this Is altogether tho best
story ! have ever written" II 10 q New England idyl.
and tells the tale of Q wtfe'B influence In developing
the character Of an unworthy husband.