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down, but not before Chalmers had put
up a good fight against his assailants.
The woman was killed outright, and
though Chalmers succeeded in driving
off the attacking party, they left him
mortally wounded, and he died before
daylight
This morning the body of Matthews,
an aged white man who lived at Glib
son Station, was found near the Chal-
mers cabin, pierced with a bullet.
Matthews answers the description CIV
en- by Chalmers before he died of one
of his assailants. There were evidences
that Matthews body had been dragged
from Chalmers house to the place
where it was found. A gun lay beside
the body, evidently put there TO give
the impression that the dead man had
murdered the negro and his wife.
Deputy United States Marshals are
investigating the killing, and it is be-
lieved that the murderers will be
brought to justice.
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CATTLE OWNERS.
They Cam Pasture Their Stock on
Government Reservations.

STOCKTON, March 20-In view or
the reported distress of herds in vari-
Gus parts of the State, statement by
J. Walter Smith, Register of the
United States Land Office at this point
is of general interest He says:
Considering the dry season and the
lack of food for stock. it might be
well for owners of cattle to remember
that under an order issued in 1894
the Government allows the pasturing
of any stock except sheep in this State
on the public reservations, including
parks There are about 100000 acres
of land in these reservations in Cali
fOrnia"
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CAPTAIN CROKER DEAD.
He Had Some Experience During
the Late War.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Captain
Aaron Crooker died in Brooklyn to-
day, aged 81 years. He followed the
sea for many years. Before the war he
was Captain of steamship Of the San
ford Philadelphia line running to Cali
fornia He was in command of the
Boston, running between New York.
and Philadelphia, when the war broke
out The vessel was seized by the
Government to transport the Seventh
Regiment from Philadelphia to An
napolis.
A hazardous trip was made by Cap
tain Croker during Sherman's march
to the sea. when he took his boat up u
small river about sixty-five miles back
of Savannah to Kings Bridge, in or
der to reach the army with provisions
and medicines.
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SPANS CONCESSIONS.
She is Willing to Make ALI Possible
For RecinrocitY.

LONDON. March 20.-The Madrid
correspondent of the STANDARD" says:
Senior Polo Y Bernabe, the Spanish
Minister at Washington. has been au-
thoriZed to make ali concessions pos
sible in order to obtain the speedy con-
clusion of fair reciprocity treaty. BY
Americas expressed desire this also in
-cludes the Philippine Islands. Both the
Cuban and Spanish Cabinets are anx-
ious to expedite the negotiations to the
utmost.
Senior Polo Y Bernabe writes that he
has found the American State Depart
ment very favorably disposed on this
point, but that more reserve than ever
is shown on the international question
pending the settlement of the Maine
affair
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DIR. ELIZABETH NoRRED DEAD.
She Was a Member of a Number OF
Medical Societies,

MINNEAPOLIS, March 20. = DR..
Elizabeth S. Dalbey Norred is dead.
She was born in Watts County, Ind,
October IA, 1913. November IS. 1860.
she was married to DR.. Charles II.
Norred, a surgeon in the Seventh Ilh
nOis Cavalry. In 1881 she was gradu-
ated from the Women's Medical Col
lege of Chicago.
Her standing in the profession was
represented by membership in the Hi
nois State Medical Society, Illinois, In
diana and Kentucky Tri-Medical So
cieties, the American Medical Society,
the Society of Physicians and Sur
geons, Minneapolis; Hennepin County
Medical Society and the Minnesota
Medical Society. She was also con-
nected with various hospitals and
church work. The remains will be
taken to Elkhart, ILL.,, for burial.
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FREIGHT TARIFFS.
Transcontinenta1 Bureau Meets at
Monterey To-Day.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-The
Transcontinental Freight Bureau will
hold it's first annual meeting at Mon
terey Tomorrow Representatives of
nearly all the leading railroads in the
United States will be in attendance.
W. A Bissell, who was for years the
general agent Of the Atlantic and Pa
cific, and who is now Assistant Freight
Traffic Manager of the Santa Fe, reach
ed here this evening. In reference to
the coming meeting he said:
My idea is that we shall talk over
tariffs and line them up. | think that
in some directions they should be ad-
vanced, and / should be glad to see
them put up little
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THE NEW YORK'S CARGO.
It is Being Taken Ashore as
Rapidly as Possible.

HALF MOON BAY. March 20.-The
cargo of the wrecked ship New York,
which has been purchased by a syn
dictate for So, 600, is being taken ashore
as rapidly as possible and the pur-
chasers expect to realize a handsome
profit.
The vessel, to all appearances, is in
as good condition to-day as when she
was beached, except for the act that
the swelling of the cargo from water
has bulged her decks to some extent
Her null, however is apparently in
perfect order, and some hopes are yet
entertained that she may be fioated
again when lightened.
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his grandmother's room and on entering
stumbled over the dead body From
appearances it was evident Ramos had
attempted to commit an assault upon
the old woman and she had repulsed him
and that he fell, striking his head An
autopsy was held to-day and Coroner
Heating has decided to hold the in
quest on Tuesday to allow time for full
There appears to be evil
dence that the man was poisoned as
well as injured by his fall. The old wo-
man is too old and too badly frightened
to be able to talk intelligently
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 2o.-Nel-
lie Bray, the twenty three-year-o
daughter of Patrick Bray, laborer
who lives at 1899 F'ilbert street, took
her life tonight by stabbing herself in
the left breast with a knife. Her ia
Their was present at the time, and med
ical assistance was Immediately sum-
moned, but without avail She died in
a few minutes later in her fathers
arms. She was afflicted with consump-
ton, and had become addicted to the
use of morphine.
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A Carpenter Kills Himself

JEROME (Ariz.), March go. W.
Tyler, carpenter III the employ of
the United Verde Copper Company.
killed himself last night by placing
pistol under his chin and discharging
the weapon. The bullet came out at
the top of his head and death must
have been instantaneous. 1t is sup
posed that dependency was the cause.
Tyler came here couple of months
ago and has worked steadily ever since.
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A BATTLE IMMINENT.
Ang1o-Egyptian Army and the
Dervishes May Collide.

KUNAR CAMP (Nubia), March 20
A battle is imminent between the An
glo-Egyptian column and the Der
wishes
The combined forces have started to
meet the enemy, who are also ad-
vancing but who it is believed, are
not aware of the proximity of the
British
ATBARA CAMP March 20.-Later.
The whole force has arrived at the
Hudi forts, after a splendid march of
five hours from Kunar partly through
a duststorm.
There is no sign of the enemy. The
Anglo Egyptian army has formed for
the night. All the forts on the Atbara
are held by the cavalry and the camel
corps.
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The Great Cotton Strike.

NEW BEDFORD (Mass), March 20
The decision of the manufacturers
Saturday leaves the great
cotton strike where it was before, and
the end of the tenth week can be pre-
dicted with no more certainty than at
the beginning of the first week. The
sentiment of the more prominent union
lists. as expressed to-day, is in favor of
the fight. William Cum
name, Secretary of the strike fund, re-
ports the total collection for the week
81, 947, against $2,345 the previous
week
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A WIDE DISCREPANCY.
Arrested for a Libel He Did Not
Commit

LAREDO (Tex.), March Dob. D.
Dickinson, the American correspondent
arrested while on his way to health
resort near Monterey, charged with
libel, is still in Monterey and by order
of the court there was yesterday sent
to the hospital on account of Illness.
1t seems, upon an examination of the
papers in the case and a comparison by
the Judge and attorneys of the tele-
gram Dickinson sent with the article
actually published, a wide discrepancy
is shown. The attorneys for Dickin-
son claim this will make the warrant
fatally defective and expect TO have
him released within few days.
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DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
1t Results in the Deaths of Two
Men and a Woman.

MUSKOGEE q. T), March 20.-A
dastardly outrage was committed last
night near the town of Wybark, five
miles north of here, resulting in the
death of two men and a woman. The
house Of Ed. Chalmers, a negro who
recently married a white woman, was
attacked during the night by six white
men, who Gad evidently determined to
murder both the negro and his wife,
both of whom had been threatened by
white men who disliked the union. A
door of their cabin was broken in and
both the negro and his wife We're shot
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Baseball at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, March 20.-At Cyclers'
Park to-day the California Cycling
Club of San Francisco defeated the
Turnverein Cyclers by a score of ID
to &.
At Santa Clara the California Mar
kets and the College nine contested,
the latter winning by score Of u to
/. The Markets were outplayed on
the bases, at the bat and in the field.
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PROCTOR TO LECTURE.
People of Vermont Want to Hear
Him Tell What He Saw.

RUTLAND Wt), March Ex-senator
Proctor of Vermont has been asked
by Mayor Clement and several other
citizens of this city to speak at a pub
lie meeting Tuesday or Wednesday
evening on his recent trip to Cuba.
In a private letter to the pastor of the
Congregational Church received here
to-day the Senator says:
For Heavens sake place Cuba first
among your objects of charity, at least
now "
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A Wrecked Bark Seized.

VICTORIA (B. c., March 20.-The
steamer Danube arrived from Skaguay
to-day. She brings many miners from
Wrangel who were unable to go in by
the Stickeen route. The bark Canada,
wrecked near Skaguay, has been seized
by the United States Marshals at Sitka,
who refuse to allow the cargo, which
includes much lumber for the bridges
on the Skaguay wagon road, to be dis
charged.
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MRS. THURsToN's FUNERAL.
A Tremendous ConcoUrse Follows
Her Body to the Grave.

OMAHA, March 20-The body of
the late Mrs. John NJ. Thurston was
followed to the grave by a tremendous
eoncourse of people this afternoon. All
Omaha was out and many people
from other points in Nebraska and other
States were in attendance. The body
was brought from Washington in a
special car this morning.
At the house private services were
held, after which the casket was re-
moved to All Saints Church Pew.
DR.. Thomas J. Mackay presided ov er
the rendition of the Protestant Epis-
eopal ritual for the burial of the dead.
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Body Of Florence Ramos Found in
Neighbor's House.

SAN BERNARDINO. March 29.--On
Saturday night last the body of Flor
enzo Ramos was found in the house of
family named Garcia. Grandmother
Garcia, 80 years of age, and two little
children were the only occupants of the
house when the body was found. Ramos
had gone down town with considerable
sum of money and was expected to call
at the Garcia home on his way home.
One of the children heard a noise in
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-21
Schooner Scotia.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), March
2O.-The steam schooner Scotia, en-
route from Seattle to Dyea, with forty
passengers, is still here. having made
two Intellectual attempts to cross the
Straits OF Fuca. Both times the
schooner was forced to put back on
account of the high wind and heavy
sea. AS the wind is going down to-
night she will probably get away in the
morning.
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The Santa Clara Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-The
ship Santa Clara got into port to-day
six and half days from Departure
Bay Captain Lindberg reports having
spoken a boat belonging to the sealing
schooner Widbetta, the crew of which
reported the amount of their catch up
to date as seventy skins.
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Spinal Meningitis Abating.

ASTORIA (Or), March 20.-The
steamer Oregon arrived this evening
from Dyea and Skaguay, making the
passage in five days. She brings four
teen passengers. The passengers re-
port that the epidemic of spinal men
nights in Skaguay is abating, no deaths
having occurred for several days. The
Oregon will leave for Portland to-mor-
row morning.
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Will Mind Her Own Business.

LONDON, March 2O.-The Berlin
correspondent of the Times" confirms
the statement that Germany has no in
elinatio2 to interfere in the Cuban
question. It cites the Berlin Posts
saying that Germany's complex COM
mercial interests as we'll as her regard
for the German residents in the United
States forbid such an interference
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COURSING AT LOS ANGELES.
The Owner of Lucky Jack Ruled
OFF the Track for Life.

LOS ANGELES, March 2O.-Good
sport was furnished at the coursing
matches at Agricultural Park to-day.
In the Consolation stakes there were "A
dogs entered. Shamrock took first
money, Blue Bird second, Grace H.
third, Here We Are fourth, Joe fifth
and Sharkey sixth. Orpheuni Lass
won first money in the Crackeriack
stake of eight entries. D. v. H. was
second.
G. Smith. owner of Lucky Jack. was
ruled off the track for life for doping
his dog with intoxicants.
Romeo and Don Caster ran three
ties and Don Caster won the fourth
race after running the full course.
He was originally from Denver
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: J. B. Sharp, New York; r.
f. Tommerson. ST. Louis; A. D. Levy,
NJ B. Church, New York; w. NJ.
Walsh. Auburn; H. G. Church, Chi
cago: H. C. Kennedy, j. G. Gyle, NJ.
Y. Hoffman, II. G. Weisbood, E. ".
Saunders. f. II. Medbury, A. L. Sayles,
James Warbosse, San Francisco; j.
Leedcs, Chicago.
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Sent Back the Blanks.

BOSTON, March 20.-At to-day's
meeting of the Central Labor Union
subscription blanks calling for con-
tributions to the monument fund for
the victims of the Maine explosion.
which were sent out by Mayor Quincy's
committees, were returned because
they did not bear the label of the AL
lied Printing Trades Council.
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HEAVY SNOwSTORM.
Raging Through Montana and
Making Railroading Difficult.

KALISPELL (Mont), March 90
The most severe snowstorm of the sea-
son is prevailing in this section. AT
/ o'clock this morning it began snow
ing, and at o'clock this evening the
wind changed to the north and the
snow is drifting badly.
Trains are delayed and street traffic
had to be abandoned entirely. The
storm is even more severe in the
mountains and cuts and ravines are
almost completely impossible, max
ing railroading very difficult
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A Banker at Orange Dead.

ORANGE. March 2O.-John Burn
ham, a well-known banker of TINS
place, died here at 3 o'clock this morn
ing. He came to Orange from Batavia,
Ill. about four years ago. He was
man Of considerable wealth and aged
about 81 years.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-21
Wing Wins the Race.

OAKLAND. March 20-The five-mile
bicycle race between ]. Z. Wing of the
Olympics and George Wyman of the
Reliance Club at Elmhurst to-day re-
suited in victory for the former. His
time, 1871 4-5, was good considering
the strong wind which prevailed.
The Olympic Baseball nine defeated
the Reliance players by a score Of y
TO 4
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Steamers Sail for SkaguaY.

SEATTLE, March 20.-The steamers
City of Seattle and Utopia sailed to-
night for Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska,
with $50 passengers from this port.
The ship Yosemite also sailed for the
same ports with 81 passengers and
1000 tons of cargo. She carried eighty
head of burros.
The steamer Excelsior sailed for Cop
per River with 157 passengers.
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BRITISH VESSELS.
They Are Being Sent Unexpectedly
to Halifax.

HALIFAX On. So. March 2O-The
swift torpedo-b boat destroyer Rocket
has just been ordered to this station
from England. The announcement of
her coming caused much comment in
naval circles.
The cruiser interchangeable is also eX-
pected to arrive here soon after coming
from the West Indies, at least two
months ahead of the date at which the
British North American squadron re-
turns from its cruise.
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Does Not Wish to Join.

LONDON, March 20.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Times" reports pas
sages of a conversation with a diplo-
mat, in the course of which M. Hano-
taux repudiated the idea that he de-
sired to join any scheme for the disin-
tegration of Cuba.
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A Bold Bank Robbery.

HUTCHINSON (Kan) March 90
The Bank of Nickerson at Nickerson,
Kan, near here, was robbed last night.
Five men did the job and it required
four or five hours to blow open the safe.
Citizens who were passing. the building
were held up and forced to go inside,
where they were kept until the safe was
blown open and the money secured.
About s., 900 was secured
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-21
oakIanders Badly Beaten.

SAN JOSE, March 20.-The Garden
City Gun Club and the Empire Gun
Club of Oakland had a match shoot
to-day with nine men on each side.
The Oaklanders were defeated, the
score standing 1914 to 169.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-21
Volunteer Artillery Regiment.

AUGUSTA (Me.), March 20-Generaf
I. S. Bange of Waterville has raised
regiment of heavy artillery for an em-
Urgency, should war ensue with Spain,
from members of the Maine Grand
Army who saw service in the army dur
ing the war of the Rebellion. A ten
der of the regiment will be made to the
prac;danf
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Robinson Won the Road Race.

SAN JOSE, March 20.-The five-mile
handicap road race under the auspices
of the Garden City Wheelmen came off
to-day. H. Robinson, with handi-
cap Of 1:10, made first place, while M.
Quincy made first time. 1911. The
scratch men. Bert Smith and Tommy
Delmas. made poor showing.
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War Almost Inevitable.

JOHANNESBURG, March 2O.-The
STANDARD and News" in a seemingly
inspired article, says:
War is almost inevitable unless Eng
land abandons her claim to suzerainty.
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Not Much Discngaged Tonnage.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2O.-The
disengaged tonnage in this port is
smaller than it has been for years. 1t
is question as to whether, since San
Francisco has been a port of any SIZE
there has ever been so few idle ves-
sells in the harbor. The large grain
crop of last year cleaned the port of
deep sea ships, and the gold discover
les in Alaska and the consequent rush
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Ferry House Burned.

NEW YORK, March 20.-The ferry
house and passenger station of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey City
was partially destroyed by fire this
morning Loss not known.
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Professor Zaehos Dead.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Professor
John c. Zachos, curator of Cooper
Union. died to-day at his home in this
city He was born in Constantinople.
He came to this country at an early
age.
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The Rostons Go South.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-The Bos-
tons champions of the National
League. arrived here this afternoon,
and continued their journey south to-
night.
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Stabbed Herself,

to the north have provided occupation
for all available vessels.
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Miss st. John Dying.

LONDON, March 20-Miss Florence
st. John, the well-known actress, is ds.
ing.
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MONTREAL is
IN GREAT DANGER.
Flood of Twelve Years Ago May be
Repeated.
The ST. Lawrence River Steadily
Rising,

River Full of Floating Ice and a
Jam Below the City Which
May Make a Disastrous Over
how-A Dastardly Outrage III
Indian Territory That Causes
the Deaths of Two Men and a
Woman.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-09
HOLIDAY GOODS
at HOLDEN'S

If you buy your Holiday presents
before looking over Grant Holden's
line you will miss it.
Did you see the line of Celluloid
novelties, Medallions and Crest Wave
ware at Holden's drug store? They
are beauts for Xmas.
Xmas cards at Holden's drug store.
If you haye any money go to Grant
Holden and buy a purse or pocket
book to keep it IN. A fine line cheap.
A nice line of bibles and testaments
at Holden's drug store.
If you want fine bottle of the finest
perfume come to Us. We can show
you an exceedingly fine line. Holden's
drng store.
Remember we have tooth, nail, hair
cloth and flesh brushes till you can't
rest. Grant Holden.
Candy, candy. The babies must
have their little stockings filled with
candy for Xmas. We have the candy
and it will pay you to buy at Holden's
drug store.
At Holden's drug store you will find
photograph albums, autograph albums,
scrap books, toilet cases, toilet sets,
dresser sets, manicure sets, vases,
smoker sets, work boxes, photograph
frames, necktie boxes, handkerchief
boxes, collar and cuff boxes, automizers
etc, at prices that no one can beat.
Rnp1on,ber tha r,laca