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SHEEP CAMP DISASTER
Only Three People Were Killed in
the Snowslide.
MINERS ARE RETURNING
Over a Thousand Men on the Trails
Who Would Get Out If They Could.
Sleds and Dogs Win BE
Put Into Use.

Victoria. B. C., Sept. 25.-Passengers
who arrived down on the steamer City
Of Seattle. some of whom lost thor
outfits in the Sheep camp disaster. say
not more than three, including Maui Ice
choyinski. lost their lives. The other
two Were a man and woman. at first
reported 10 be Dr. and Mrs. Smith of
Seattle. but ID was afterwards said that
the doctor and his wife were further
along the trail
In all ia passengers came down ON
the Seattle. most of them men who
gave up the attempt to get across. the
pass and trails being to a large extent
covered with water. The first two
washed away by high water and all
river crossings below Sheep camp ON
the Dyea trail suffered a similar fate.
Men can move neither way.
Purser Thorndyke says there are over
1000 men i'm all ON the trails who. II
they could get out To the coast would
do so. There We're others among the
passengers who lost their outfits i'm the
avalanche at Sheep camp. and stlll
others who had theirs destroyed by the
incessant rain that had been falling.
Some few sold their outfits. but those
who could not find buyers left theirs
along the trails To he ruined. Those
who came down predict that a still
larger contingent will come down by
the steamers following them. as winter
Is beginning in earnest. Ice is forming
on the river and On the lakes. and if
those at Lake LinJerman and Lake
Bennett don't soon start down they will
he too late 10 do so this year. On the
summit snow ls nearly six feet deep.
and nj last reports snow was still fall
ing heavily there.
With some Of those al Skaguay this
state of affairs seems to find favor, for
there are some of the miners who will
make an attempt To get in with sleds
and dog trains when the snow have
covered the trail and the lakes are
frozen. No one has beeen getting in of
late. and. In fact. very few have been
attempting 10 do so. for the trail is i'm
such bad condition that IL is absurd to
think of doing SO.
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Emperor William Picked Dat Dr. ueilen-
hen q. mn Accomplished Euriish scholar.

Washington. Sept. s-The new Ger
man ambassador Dr. Won iiollcnbcn,
viii arrive here the last part Of noNt
month and viii bc received ny the prcs,-
dent soon after the lattcrs return for the
winter Recent letters lo this eject from
the United States embassy al Berlin
speak ia the highest terms of the new
ambassador. Emperor William said h.
had hccn moved TO make the selection
owing To Dr. Hollsnben's knowledge ~
the English language. which the empc-
rnr regarded as a material advantage at
this time II H. regarded as a favorable
circumstance thai onr ambassador H. an
accomplished German scholar. aud the
emperor In turn has selected AN accom-
plishod English scholar to represent Ger
many here
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Captaia Prevents sailors frem Taking
French Leave.

San Francisco. Sept. sS.-rhc British
bark Cloncaid sailed to-day for Eng-
land with part of her crew In irons and
locked up IN the for.castle. Sh. was
towed out Ia sea by the tug Sea King.
which had aboard u number of longshorc-
men io set the bark's sails outside tho
heads Tn. majority of the cloncaid =
crew are men who mutinied ON the ship
Inch Cape Rock. on her recent voyag.
from SWANSEA. and they were locked up
until the bark got under way In order TO
prevent them from taking French
leave after having received their advance
nav.
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VIII Acquire Gold Mines.

New York Sept. 2s.-A. G. Blair NJ. P,.
of canada. and Lieutenant, Colonel Dorm
viii. NJ. T.. of the Eighth Hussars. ST.
John. \. H.. two Of the DominIon's rep
rescntativ.s at the queens Jubilee, were
passengers on the American liner Paris.
which arrived from southampton to-day.
With them were two London lnanciers
who are directors In a big London com
pany with s.00p.ooJ capital to acquire
gold mines IN British Columbia. They are
A. r. Salishufy-Jones of the London firm
of Jones, Bdwcll a Co.. and Robert
Smith. The entire party Win leave to-
daN for Canada
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sprclsi Dl-patch TO IN. stands I'd.

Special Dispatch 10 the Stdndsrd.
Livingston. Sept. 25.-l.arry Dahonoy, a
freigh, brakeman. had close call from
meeting death az Muir to-day He was
alightmc from "a ilat car to max"
switch. when h" came IN contact with
the running board Of ~" car. ~" fell 10
the ground outside of the rail- ana WAS
caught and crushed under the Journal
boxes. lie WIS bruised IN thr back and
injured internally Df. Alton SAYS there
are no fears ot his recovery. n was
narrow 'Scap, though. and Larry b"-
gins to think 10" possesses charmed
Hfe
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
buchanan Was Madiy Jealous Of Mrs
kossuth aud shot Her.

Victoria. u. c., Sept. 25.-The steam
ship City of Seattle brought the news
of "A murder and suicide at Skaguay.
George Buchanan. foreman of the
Skaguay Bay improvement company.
shot and killed Mrs. Stella Kossuth.
the proprietress of "A lodging house and
restaurant. and then killed himself He
was madly jealous Of her. ON the night
Of the 2lst inst. he called her Ia his
room and as she was running from him
shot her in the back Of the head. She
died i'm IL minutes He turned the re-
volver on himself and the bullet went
crashing through his temple. killing
him instantly. Buchanan was about "a
years of age. Mrs. kossuth was a
widow about ~ years Of age Her
mother Mrs. Crawford. formerly kept
the Continental hdel at Skaguay.
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was stopped by three men about 10
miles from this city. After stopping the
train the robbers took the engineer and
fireman into the brush. A brakeman
made his way TO The engine, and, draw
ing his revolver fired several shots at
the robbers. who returned the compli-
ment. The brakeman then backed the
train a short distance. In the meantime.
the robbers. after relieving the engineer
and fireman OF their watches and "A small
amount OF money. disappeared In the
timber
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Showaiter ~ the federal court 10 Special
Master In Ghanccry Patton for coniirma-
tion. This practically ends the r"oeiV'r-
ship. The f"l,ort covers the oniirc trans
actions of the rcceivership from Jan, p,
isSs. when the hill was filed In court on
June - of this year. The total receipts NJ
Receiver McNulta during the period
were 81, M 30. of this amount ne9.,9,6
was from the sale 81 spirits and - 'Nne'i
from the sale of the plants to the Amer
icAn Spirits company, the suocessor OF
The old trust
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ON rHE TRACK.


Cincinnati. Sept. z.-The fall mectinG
OF the Cincinnati Jockey club AT Oakley
closed to-day. Results. -Four and a half
furlongs-Nirgis Cook won. Ida ". SER
ond. Aunt Maggie thirc. time. .ss1- u1x
and a half nlrlongs-Tswanda won. nan-
In Maria second. Galley West third: tinr.
i.2iis. Five furlongs-founf Navarro
won. First 'all second. sonita third,
tim' lac six fnrlangs. seiing-Master-
piece won, Derby Maid second. Est Ne
Regina third, time. l:le. Six furicuEy.
selling Filibuster won. Harry Thob1rn
second Motilla third: time; i:iA Two
n,ilrs-Big knight won. Bastion secneA
Dominica thlrd: time. 3.ssi..
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SENSATIONAL oEMoUEMGMT.
Two Jurors In the Webster Case Say They
Yielded Prom Exhaustion.

Spokane. Wash. Sept. 2i.-The Webster
murder trial ended In u sensational de-
nouement tonight. The jury. after hay-
ing been out Tor more than D. hours.
came in with verdict OF murder In the
first degree and was discharged. but two
OF the jurors, X. ]. Frasicr and q.
Thomas. Immediately delivered signed
statement To the attorneys for the de-
fense that the verdict was against their
convictions. and they only yielded after
physical and mental exhaust ion from
the long strain In the jury room. Frasier
is Is years Of age and Thomas -. II Is
thought that this will Immediately lead
To "A new trial. Webster received the
verdict with his unbroken front OF stoi-
cism.
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Four Men Drr n-d.

Victoria, u. g.. Sept. 25.-The report
comes from Dyea that large number
Of boats were swamped while running
White Horse rapids and Miles canyon.
and that four men were drowned. No
body seems to know the names OF the
men. but a packer named Reynolds
stated that 1t was fact that four men
had lost their lives.
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WITHOUT wARMsme.
D~puty sh~rias sh~ss Dsvs . Sssno
Gsncls~r ta 1Anhs.

Special Dispatch to the standard
Porstello. sept. es.-When the stage
from Custer county arrived at blnckfsp<
last evening II brought the news that
young Georg. McGowan had been shot
dead by two deputy shsrtns al Houston
th. evening before. He was on horseback
and was shot down without warning. The
deputies claimed to have a warrant Tor
his arrest. but rode on Immediately aftes
the killing and no detalla could ~
learned Young McGswans Wss about -
years old. aud was a son of George No
Gowan. a wealthy cattieman of custer
county.
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Elko nv, Sept. II rich strike has
hccn made az Gold Creek In The mother
lode Assays which have been made show
m" quartz Ia carry much IRE" gold. Al
most - the beginning ~ 'h" drift
which leaves th" tunnel at loo feet, Tho
ore assays S.9.p Work IL now In . feet
aud the ore body improves With every
hot
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DIAMOND RACE.
Meet of the Cleveland Qaiii Club.
Worlds Record Reduc~d.

Cleveland. Sept. 25.-The nrst annual
diamond race meet of the Cleveland
Quill club was held to-day. About 2.eoo
people were present. OF the three pro-
fessional races Major Taylor of Cam
bridgeport. Mass. Won two. the swede
reduced the worlds amateur record for
one mile. unpaccd standing start. by
2-a seconds. making the mile In s:lt s-5.
Jack Crawford of this city. aged n.
broke the worlds half-mile record for
boys covering the distance In ltG a..
Results;
Mile open. Professionalism Taylor
won. .ilaskins second. Callahan third:
time. 2:0s l-s. Two-mile race. profession
al-Major Taylor won. &. &. Aughen-
baugh second, Haskins third: time.
5:o4 -. Five miles. handicap professional
Charles Hoffer won. J. ], Blondin Sec
ond. Seston third: time ii:lG.
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A TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Rabbit shoots Miser Tor Attempt :
ing to Assault Her.

Vancouver. B. e.. Sept. 2s.-Meager de-
tails OF a tragedy at GraniN creek. 10
here. For some time miner named j.
Hamilton has been annoying Mrs. Thom-
as Rabbit with his attentions. and a few
days ago he attempted to assault her.
In self-defense Mrs. Rabbit shot Ham
ilton with "a shotgun. and he has since
died from the wounds. The case is now
being investigated.
The steamer Tekoa arrived al Steveton
to-day from Yokohama. She will load
salmon FOR South America and England
and will also take several shipments OF
British Columbia ore TO Cardiff. Wales.
The German bark Seestern arrived to-
day from Salayerry. Peru. with a cargo
of raw sugar for "a local refinery.
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New York Sept. g.-Resuits at draws
end: SIX furloner. srlllnr-Trplley uon-
Pcacemaker second. Rubicon third: IT,.
i:is. Mile-Rraw Lad won. Triiletfe nsrs
ond. King 7. third. time. i:H's. S<peuns
stakes. six furiongs. seliing-Prevtees
won. Dairan second. Blue Away thiea;
time. i:l5i.. Second special. mile ana =
qusrter-Bcn Brush won. ornam<nf ssr-
ond. Time 2;io Five and a half fnFioes.
High links won. Handbaii second. Airs
Farley third. time, i.osH.. steeptecnee<.
about two aud a half miles-Liou Heart
won. Deeapod second. Flushing thsra;
time, SOC.
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Iva Appplntn,.Uts

Portland ore. sept .5-Two new APP
p0lntmsuts w,r" announced to-day
from the general oihcc ~ th" Oregon
Railway aud Navigation company. Thrf
we're J q Wnudtord g,u,rd fright
agent and a. ~ Miller assistant gen
.f4i freight agent
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Chicago Sept. 2a-ResuI,s at Har>en;
Five-eighths of miie-Fonravaonah
won. Depending second Ruskin third;
time, Los. Threc-anarters of ut1<--
Preston won. W. q. r. second. Stumons
third. time. i:ii Five and a half fur-
iongs-6raxietta won. Flora Louise nrr-
ond. Dave Waldo third; time. INA
Nil. and quarter. Liberty stnker-
Meadow thorps won. carnsrio SECOND. Dr.
sheppard third. time. s.os. rhree-qnnr-
terr of a mile-rath wou. Harry uuEs
second. Albus third: time. LEN. Mibs
and a sixt.enth-serrano won. Gl<n-
moyne second. charley christy third;
time. t.ssA.
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It IS NOW NIP AND TUCK
ONLY FOUR GAMES MORE
A Misplsy Now Means the Loss OF the
Championship Both Teams Are
Strainine Every Nerve to
Win the PennAnt.

Baltimore. sept. si.-It s again nip
and tuck between the champions and tho
I,osions on th" pennant race. with IN"
champions a scanI nosc In the had by
having won to-day's game. With the TN
sh In sight and hut four games left 10
play by the one club and i've for the
other. a misplay Of any kind from th,s
time on will probably cost the maker
OF n IN. distinction % being member
of the hest baseball team an earth and
cause him to get smaller, instead "f
larger shar, of the Temple Cup
money. Mnh this fact In view II u no
wonder the players on both teams are
strainlng every nerve Ia win and that
the outcome of the contest IL Of vital
Importance To them and oi intense inter-
est Ia their partisanr.
Two of the most exciting games In
IN. history of baseball have resulted
from this condition during IN. present
series. and Monday promises "a bring
another. Yesterdays was a nerve DE-
stroyer and u brought JOY To the heart
OF the Boston's followers. To-day was
another. aud although the home players
were never headed. not a soul on the
KfpnndS ftlt that tn' ttruiA Nar "-f't'
doubt until the last man In the ninth had
been retired. More than is1S people saw
n. aud not one OF them would have miss
ed Il Tor a farm.
All but la Of them, who came from
Boston. are supremely happy tonight
aud each aud every lover of the game In
baltimore II prepared 10 swear that
there was never such pitcher in the
world as Iioffsr. for u was mainly by
th. superb work of the "Wixard' that
the victory rests with baltimore lie bat
ted well. hcldcd splendidly and pitched
magnlnc.ntly. ~ the scorc Will show. No
did kIoiendanz for that matter, and
not a man of the IN played badly, Doyle
aud Robinson cut on - run IN tho seventh
In this wise: Lowe. with Hamilton on
third. Was caught bstween hrst and Sec
ond White Doyle and Reltx were running
him down Hamilton sprintod Tor home.
hut. quick as thought. Doyle returned
the ball 10 the plate. II was "A nne throw
and q line catch. and the captain of the
champions sat down good and hard upon
the sliding l,ostonian. almost crushing
him with hts 30 pounds of solid flesh.
The attendance MAS is,o,s: Score by IN
nings:
Balt,mor- ....l .ls""e"xfx-'
"A I. 4 Al , "A
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Iu..ped Iram a MinslaN.

San Francisco. Sept S.-iIcnry Joyce,
Is years Of age. while temporarily insane,
Jumped from q second story window OF
the county hospital and received such IN
juri.s that he died two hours later.
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FIfTfF FUIIF ftWItlHf'FFF |" kF"-F''-'
hits-iIoner. klobendans Long. Robin
son. Jennings 2 Three-base hits-keel-r.
sacrinc. hit-uofcr. Double plays-Jen-
nings aud Doyle, McGraw and Doyle,
Left ON bases-Baltimcre. n. Boston. >.
First base on baiis-on Honer ,. IN
Klob.ndanx. d Hit by pitched ball-Hof-
Ter. L. kiobendanx. I. Struck out-By
Hoffer. 3; by klobendanz. I. Passed b-ils
Robinson. Umpire Emslie and Hurst.
Time of same-Two hours. batteries
Baltimore. iiorer and Robinson, Boston.
klob.ndaux and Bergen.
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Hearing Aaionrne,l.

chicago Srpt. E-Th" Interstate cont
n,rce commission adjourned w. hrhrinS
Of the Warehouse COMPANY eninl'lhih'
to-day on account " the difficulty ot pro-
curing witnesses
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srcciai pispatch to the standard.
vashirgton. Sept .a-wiliiam y. NeR~
r,,l of Michigan has been appointed car-
,ep,er Al the Fort Shaw Indian school.
Nontaua al ssn per annum-
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eLUcKY BRAKEMAN.
lie Illustrates the Ati-mp, Of Robbers tn
Hold IN n Train.

Port land Ore. sept 25.-Mcagcr partir-
ularS were received late Tonight that the
casthound overland %. u. S y. train No.
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iisc-i,-r's R.port,

chicago, Sept. 2.-Thr financial rrport
of Receiver MrNulta of the WhisA,y
Trust was referred to-day by Judge
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81. Louis. sept, 2s-cincinnati had
things their own way In both games to-
day. the Browns not being in II AT any
stage. Only five innings were played In
the second game. First game.
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Pitisburg sept. 2s.-chicago won the
gamo ON a dr"ision which ratified the
homo team completely. In the seventh.
when the score was tied. the battery was
irying 10 send Langc 20 hts base on
balls BY lobblng the hall wide of the box.
i.ango stepped to the extreme limit of
the opposite box and hit one OF the easy
balls Tor two-baggcr, scoring two runs.
The gamc WAS called In IN. eighth inning
on account Of darkness. Score.
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cleveland Sept. si-rhe coionels icst
two games to IN, Indians to-day. cleve-
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brooklyn. sept. s,.-Brooklyn won two
games this afternoon from the Quakers.
Dunkl- was Wild In the first contest and
was hit freely. Payne pitched a strong
game IN the second game Fisher had
IN. visitors completely at his mercy.
Firs, game.
X. A. T..
Brookiyn ........ ...... ........lS II .
Philadelphia .sts ttttt. t..+..tt
Ratteriss-Payue and Burr'll, Dunkle
and Doyle. mpir.-carpenter
Second game
". N. y.
Brooklyn ..r.,,-. ........ .....+.s
Philadelphia l-st.t. .-s...+ .s..-.."
Iiauerlos-Fish"r aud Burrell. Wheeler
aud Clements. 'mpire-sarpentsr.
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Now York sept 5.-The Giants started
ip on sNa Ia the fourth aud kept II
up untl the sixth inning. during which
tim" they managed To make more than
enough runs Ia Win the gains. They slow
I'd down and played hs,lsssly until Lynch
called th" game. The feature Of the game
Was Van iialtreu's aclding OF SWAIN
hH 10 ceuter. throwing the runner out
at hrst Score:
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Call and See Our
New Goods

Orders taken for Wedding Stationery
and Calling Cards. a complete line OF
the latest samples.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
STATUTE OF GENERAL GRANT.
IT'S UNWILLING WILL BE AN I'M
POSING CEREMONY.
All the Members of the Family to be
Present at the Exercises, Which
Take Place on April 9th.

NEW YORK, March 23-At a meet
ing of the Military Committee of the
Grant monument ceremonies a letter
was read from Mrs. U. S. Grant giving
thanks for the honor conferred upon
the memory of her husband, and stat
ing that while her family was scattered
ing in California and others in Europe,
she would endeavor to have them all
present on April 27th the day of the
monument ceremonies.
Secretary of War Alger wrote that it
was his intention to have as much of a
force as possible to take part in the pa
rade
Applications for places in the parade
We're received from the Corcoran Ca
diets of Washington, d. c., the Cadet
Corps of Girard College of Philadel-
phia, and from the Cadet Corps of the
Orchard Lake Academy of Michigan 1t
is the intention of the Military Commit
tee to make a prominent feature of
military in public and private schools
which have uniformed corps.
The Twenty second Regiment Ma
tional Guard of New York, has an
nounced that it will make it's first ap-
pearance in the new State fatigue uni
form.
The troops of the Third and Fourth
Brigades, with headquarters at Albany
and Buffalo, respectively, have offered
their services, and Adjutant- General
Tillinghast and Colonel William Cary
Sander have asked the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate for an appropria-
tion of $4,000 to cover the expenses of
the two brigades. AT a special meeting
of the Board of Education it was re-
solved, on motion of Commissioner
Taft, to accede to Mayor Strong's re-
quest and ask the principals of all the
higher grade grammar schools and the
schoolship ST. Mary's to select children
from their schools to take part in the
ceremonies. 1t was resolved to pro-
vide special music from the children
Commissioner Taft said that a repre-
sentation of from sixteen to twenty
from each grammar school of the
higher grades would make altogether a
quota of about 1000 children, and he
believed that the marching Of those
children would form one of the pret-
tiest sights of the whole parade.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
MCKINLEY AND THE PRESS.
Newspaper Correspondents Given a
Reception at the White House.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Presi-
dent Mckinley to-day gave a reception
to the newspaper correspondents sta
toned in Washington and the repre-
sentatives of the local press. Although
it was a busy day in Congress, at least
$50 representatives of the leading news
papers of the country had gathered in
the east room when the President en-
tered at ; o'clock. His cordial greeting
of his old acquaintance was pleasant
feature of the reception.
The correspondents We're introduced
by Mr.. Bunnell, the Chairman of the
standing committee of correspondents,
and at the conclusion of the handshak-
ing the President mingled freely with
his callers, and again expressed his
pleasure on meeting the correspondents
of Washington, whom he had so pleas
antly known in the years gone by.
Soon after the correspondents retired
the Government Board of Managers of
the National Home for Disabled Volun-
teer Soldiers were presented to the
President and these We're followed by
California delegation of Chinese, repre-
senting the See Yup Society.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
MINISTER TO JAPAN.
Believed That Buck of Georgia VIII
Receive the Appointment.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-It seems
now that Frank Coombs of California,
who desires to be Minister to Japan.
concerning whom Senator Perkins and
Congressman Barham have seen the
President several times, is not likely to
get that appointment. 1t ic understood
that Japan's mission will go to Ma
uonal Committeeman Buck of Georgia.
1t is said to-day that Joseph S. Spear
is probably slated for the appointment
of Collector of Customs at San Fran
cisco.
The probabilities are that Secretary
OF War Aiger will authorize the letting
of contracts for the improvement of
San Pedro Harbor, in accordance with
the provisions of the last river and har-
Dor law and the findings of the Harbor
commission. Colonel Otis, in a state
ment, said that Secretary Alger will
probably visit California for the ex-
press purpose of witnessing the inaugu
ration Of work at San Pedro.