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The record-union., 1898-12-18
Mystery Surrounding a Woman's
Death at San Diego.
Mrs. A. B. Coles Chaned Remains Found
in the Ruins Of Her Home.
Her Husband, Who Was in the
the House When the Fire Broke
Out, Tells a Singular Story,
Leading to the Belief That He
Has knowledge of a Crime.

SAN DIEGO, Dec lin a dwelling
house fire last night Mrs. A. B. Cole
was either burned to death or killed
before the fire was started. Her huS-
band tells a singular story, and there
are suspicious that he has knowledge
of a terrible crime
Cole, a man of 81, occupied a sepa-
rate sleeping room from his wife, and
a ten-year- -old son also slept alone.
The fire started at 2:30 a. M, Cole
says; he don't know how, but that his
wife smoked cigarettes and a pipe The
charred trunk of her body was found
this mornig in the ruins.
Cole said the boy and himself went
to bed early, Mrs. Cole being out. He
was later awakened by the boy, and
found the house full of smoke He
broke a window and got the boy out,
but forgot all about his wife, after he
he had locked her room and found it
full of smoke. He says:
II never told anybody that I thought
she might be in her room, and l dom t
remember that anybody asked me. 7
knew if she were in her room that she
must be burned up, and did not think
any more about it,
Cole and his wife were not on good
terms.
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VIRDEN MINE TROUBLE.
Governor Tanner Explains His Po-
sition in the Matter.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-John r. Tan
ner, Governor of Illinois, talked with
a newspaper reporter to-day in his room
in the Waldorf Astoria, to which he has
beer confined for two days by an at
tack Of the grippe. The subject
preached was the recent trouble be-
tween mine-owners and their workmen
at Virden, III.
I'VE have in Illinois, Governor Tan
ner said "45,00 miners and 10000 rail-
road men. The late labor trouble in
my State was not fight against negro
lahorers, as it has been reported, but
was simply fight against the principle
Of men invading our State from other
States under armed protection.
I believe the laws of immigration
should apply as between the States as
well as between the different countries.
1T was a fight against bringing in
criminal classes under the Pinkertons
not Pinkertons, but thugs. There is
class of men in this country who hire
themselves out to kill and to be killed,
and this condition has been tolerated
too long
They made a great howl about my
violating the Constitution when I OBJ
Jected to this Importation Of labor, but
L found a warrant in the Constitution
for my act and I stopped the practice.
II was simply a question of interpreta-
tion Of the Constitution; that is all.
Buchanan found no warrant for sup
pressing State sovereignty, but you will
remember Lincoln did
L was called a demagogue for pro-
tecting the interests of the working
men. But 1 won out. The men got the
40 cents for mining which they asked
for. Obnoxious men in charge of the
works were discharged, and the stock
ade was torn down. 1 feel that 1 did
my duty as Governor"
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INGLESIDE RACES.
Napamax First Under the Wire in
the Hobart Stakes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Results
at Ingleside:
Six furlongs, Horton (Turner), 13 to
10, won; Casdale (H. Martin), 8 to 10,
second; Olinthus (J. Reiff, 10 to /,
third. Time-1:16R. Racivan and An
chored also ran.
One mile, Prince Blazes Gray. 4 to
1, won; Tom Calvert (Martin), IL to 10
second; Edidad (Jones), 4 to /, third.
Time-1:46 New Moon, Guilder, Col
Inns and Mistleton also ran.
One and one-eighth miles, hurdle,
Granger (Kerrin), to /, won; Major
s. (McAuliffe), u to 1, second; William
OBJ. (Trimlets), to 1, third. Time
2:10. p F., Ockturuck, Ferrier, Tor
toni, Rossmore, Diablita and Redding-
ton also ran.
Mile and a quarter, Hobart Stakes,
81, 800, Napamax (Thorpe), to /, won;
San Venado (Spencer), to 1, second !;
Morellito CH. MARTINI, 8 to 10, third.
Time-2:11A. Sardonic also ran.
Mile and a sixteenth, Normal (Spen-
cer), to 1, won; Imp. Mistral II. pig
gott), to /, second; Don Quixote (Tur-
ner), / to =, third. Time-1:52H.
Five furlongs, Jinks (H. Martini, 1
to 8, won; Rey Hooker (Turner), to
/, second; Earl Islington (Stimpson), 40
to l, third. Time-1:03A. Ann Page,
Watossa and Britomaris also ran
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OREGON PRUNES.
Denied That They Are Shipped I'm
der a California Label.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 17-San Jose
Grange to-day discussed the alleged
shipment of Oregon prunes from Cali
fornia under a California brand. The
matter came up on a communica ton
from Napa Grange, asking what the
local grange proposed doing in the
premises.
The representatives of a local firm
of large packers was present and ad-
dressed the grange. He said that nis
firm had never shipped a pound of
Oregon prunes under a California label.
The firm does, however, buy prunes
in Oregon, but they are packed there
and shipped under an Oregon brand.
After considerable discussion of the
subject, it was dropped without ac-
ton.
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AS for the banks, it IS the greater
volume OF business alone when en-
ables them, with SO great a reduction
in the paymaster transacting the buSi-
ness, to make a fair return upon the
capital invested. All this thing ben
efltS more than any one else the great
body of consumers. However sappar-
ent on the face of things combinations
may seem to be at" present tor the
benefit &C capital, an analysis Of the
real effect Of them will show that the
consumer is the largest gamer. The
danger in such combinations lies in
their inviting more or less speculation,
thus affording opportunity to managers
to sacrifice interests of TIE great body
of shareholders to their own personal
gain. Then, too, the very great re-
sources vested in them tend to invite
rclitical attack and cause participation
III Iolitics by them.
However, these features can all be
Safeguarded, and in time combinations
made within the lines Of laws and fair
ness, conducted upon legitimate busi-
ness principles, will be accepted here
as much q part of everyday CONNER
cial life as they are in other countries,
where this evolution was long since
fixture and an accepted benefit.
1T is known that German institu-
tions have paid in the last five weeks
AS high as 4 per cent for six months
loans, made in Wall and La Sale
streets, which is not excessive, when
it is recalled that the discount rate
of the Reich Bank is per cent Mon
ey being dearer in France and in Eng
land than n the United States, the
represe ntatives who are negotiating q
large loan in this country are acting
for the Cars Government"
Late this evening Mr.. Eckels was
asked by the Associated Press if he
could give any intimation as to which
of the European Powers had made
overtures for a ,oan. He replied that
he had no definite information in the
matter. but that the whole subject had
been suggested to him in Il converSa-
ton in New York in the course Of
which the name of the applicant had
not bean mentioned.
Cf cC1r:t, the whole matter is IS
yet har1ly anything more thal a ru-
NOR" said Mr.. Eckels. 'It true it
would be of vast significance as show
ing the tremendous value that Euro
pean countries are beginning to set
upon the United States as a source Of
financial aid. Beyond this l have
nothing to add to the interview printed
i'll the DAILY News this aftern 1on."
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WILL BE DEPORTED.
Judge De Haven Disposes of Two
Chinese Cases.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Judge
De Haven, in the United States District
Court, to-day remanded Hui Gnow
Dogs for deportation and dismissed the
writ Of habeas corpus, on the ground
that the petition was only supported by
the testimony of Chinese witnesses, and
he was not satisfied that the petitioner
was born in the United States. A sim
liar decision was rendered with refer
ence to Jew Wong 10y.
The decision in these cases was ex-
haustive. In the latter case Commits
siCner Heacock was disposed, by the
testimony brought before him, to dis
charge the defendant but sent the
papers to the United States District At
torney, who upon presenting the case
to the court, set forth that all the tes-
timony had been given by interested
parties, and was uncorroborated.
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PEACE TREATY.
Will Probably be Presented to the
President ON December gath.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. Ito the
interviewers who besieged the Ameri-
can Peace Commissioners here to-day
before they sailed for New York on
board the American Line steamer ST.
Louis, they said they could not dis
cuss the terms of the treaty of peace
with Spain.
Whitelaw Reid and Judge Day were
very much interested in the interview
with the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press with Agoncillo, but they
would not discuss the matter.
Judge Day said the treaty of peace
would probably be delivered to Presi-
dent Mckinley on December 24th, but,
he added, it was impossible to say
whether it would be presented to the
present Senate or that which comes into
office in March next. This, he added, is
matter. which the President will de-
eide
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INDICTMENT DEFECTIVE.
The Supreme Court Grants j. f.
Turner New Trial,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IL. j. F.
Turner of this city held out, it is said,
that he was the owner of a ranch IN
Fresno County, and secured SIS, 200 for
it, passing deed. 1t was found that
Turner was not the owner of the land,
and he was arrested for fraud.
At the trial of this charge Turner
testified to certain matters connected
with the transaction, which, it was
claimed by the prosecution, was per-
jury A conviction followed. The Su-
preme Court has reversed the jude-
ment of the lower court, and remanded
the case for new trial.
The court holds that the indictment
was fatally defective, in that it did not
specify that the testimony given was
"willfully'' false, as commanded by the
code and while it concluded with the
assertion that the testimony was will
fully false, that was only conclusion
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GUILTY OF MIsDEMEANoR.
A ST. Louis Judge Fines the Mana
ger of an Athletic Club.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.-C. w. Whitney,
the manager of the Commercial Club,
was adjudged guilty of misdemeanor
and fined $500 and costs in Judge Will
lis Clark's court. He was found guilty
Of ''unlawfully aiding and abettIng
and furnishing a place for public
sparring exhibition between George
Kerwin and Eddie Connolly, which
took place on November Goth at the
Fourteenth Street Theater'
In the decision Judge Clark terms
the scheme of the club IAN attempt to
defraud the law" and holds that sim
liar exhibitions could be stopped by
injunction. Through his attorney, c.
M. Napton, Whitney filed a motion for
a. new trial
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HER ACTION CONDEMNED.
Red Cross Leaders Resent Intem.
perate UtteranceS.

SAN FRANCISCO, December IT,
The sensational statement made in
Honolulu by Miss Schaefer, supposed
to be Red Cross nurse, in regard to
conditions in Manila, has stirred up the
Red Cross leaders of this city, and
they condemn her action in no uncer-
tain terms. The women say they are
in no way responsible for such intem-
perate utterances.
But they find some consolation in
thinking that Miss Schaefer may no
longer be in the employ of the Gov
ernment Soon after the departure Of
the young woman from this city on the
Scandia word was sent to the managers
of the Red Cross at Manila to get her
resignation. This action was taken, as
it was feared that Miss Schaefer might
get the society into just such trouble
as she has by lack of judgment.
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EXPANSION OF CIVILIZATION.
Assistant Secretary HilFs Plea in
It's Favor.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-"Expan-
sion of Civilization" was the topic of
the address Of Hon. David J. Hill, AS
sistant Secretary of State, last night at
the annual banquet of the Baptist So
cial Union.
This year" said Mr. Hill, sis one of
the most important of the century.
From this period appears the beginning
OF a period of imperialism. A malignant
disposition could not have selected a
worst word than imperialism. A bet
ter word which expresses the true con-
dition is expansion. 1t is not a new
one, and the idea is not novel. 1t has
existed since the inception of national
growth. Civilization must go on until
there is not one province, one island,
one individual upon which its benign
light does not fall. Europe, congested,
is seeking new outlets for trade and
commerce. After each has been taken
up, new European nations are dividing
the empires of the East. If not now,
when and how can America expand.
when three-fOurths of the globe are
appropriatede 1t is a choice between
expansion now or expansion never
But L am asked what is to become
of the principle of self government, if
the people to be governed are not ac-
corded the right to say what shall be
their form of government and who shall
administer to it. To this 1 say that
nations as well as individuals must
pass through the periods Of minority. 1t
was so with this nation. All lawyers
agree that the franchise is not a nat
ural right, but that it is a legal gift.
The natural rights are life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, and L cannot
believe that it is an evil for the Stars
and Stripes to float over any people, and
it is therefore our duty to extend the
blessings of our civilization to all men
capable of receiving them
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A Volunteer Badly Injured.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ,11.-Elmer
Elderkin, a private of Company F.,
First New York Volunteers, was
caught under the wheels of a Market
street cable car tonight, and prob
ably fatally injured. Though the
wheels of the car did not pass over
him, he was dragged for some distance
along the street, and suffered a bad
fracture of the skull behind the LETT
ear He was also bruised about the
body, and internal injuries are eX-
pected to develop.
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Oaklands Defeated.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II. - The
San Joses defeated the Oakland base
ball team this afternoon by the score
of Z to g. The Oaklands were by this
defeat deposed from second place, and
are no more dangerous to the Santa
Cruz team, which is in the lead for
the place. The game was a remark
able one, because of the amount Of
heavy hitting and freak fielding done
Score: San Jose Z, hits II, errors 4;
Oakland 3, hits 6, errors 6. Batteries
-Whalen and Keno, Moskiman and
Sullivan.
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stationed around Savannah, took a
trip down the Savannah River, and
was entertained this evening at q
grand banquent rendered by the Cham
Der OF Commerce and association of
citizens.
The enthusiasm of the citizens and
the 10000 persons who, it is estimated,
came to the city from the surrounding
country to greet the President, was
fully equal to the demonstrations
which have distinguished the trip in
other cities.
At the banquet tonight at the De
Soto Hotel, where the Presidential
party is staying, President Mckinley
amid frequent applause, addressed an
audience of over 200 persons.
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LIEUTENANT HOBSON.
He is Given an Enthusiastic We'll
come at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE (Ky), Dec. 17.-Lieu-
tenant Richmond p. Hobson, the hero
CT the Merrimac, stopped Off here to-
day on his way from Nashville tC San
Francisco, where he will sail on the
City of Pekin on December oath for
Hongkong, thence to Manila to assist
Admiral Dewey in raising some Of the
sunken Spanish ships.
Lieutenant Hobson was given an en-
thusiastic welcome when he stepped off
the train, and was induced to remain
over night. Tonight he was the guest
of honor at theater party, and after
ward banquet was given in his honor
at the Louisville Hotel. He is being
entertained as the city's guest
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Twenty Lives Believed Lost.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Dec. IL
The British steamer Pierremonte,
which arrived here on December Sth,
and subsequently sailed for the Medi-
terranean, has been in collision with
the British steamer Ilios. which ar
rived here on December 9Th and also
sailed for the Mediterranean. The
collision took place in the North Sea,
under conditions not explained. The
Ilics foundered, and the Pierremonte
was badly damaged. 1t is believed
that twenty persons were drowned
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Attempted Escape of Convicts.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON.. Dec. IL
Two convicts are now in solitary con-
finement for attempting to escape from
the prison. They are Axe JOS, who is
serving a burglary sentence from Santa
Clara County, and j. Zoniakosky,
serving a sentence from San Francisco
on a similar charge. They obtained
some tools from the jute mill and cut
through the floor of their cell, intend
ing to tunnel under the outer wall
Their discovery spoiled the scheme al
most at its inception
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Revenue Cutter Perry on a Rock

ASTORIA (Qr.), Dec. 1.-THE United
States revenue cutter Commodore
Perry, which left this city this morn
ing for Portland, struck on a rock near
st. Helens in thick fog. The Perry
lies on the rock about amidships on
the starboard side, and is slightly
listed. The steamers Telephone and
Undine attempted to pull the cutter
off the rock, but were unsuccessful.
At high tide tonight it is thought they
will succeed in getting the Perry off.
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National Educational Association

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE Legislative
Committee of the National Education
Association met here to-day to decide
upon the location for the meeting of
the annual session to be held in July
1899. Invitations have been received
from several Western cities, including
Salt Lake City, Portland, Or, and Los
Angeles. The committee is said to
favor Los Angeles.
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Japanese Cruiser Chitose,

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1.-THE
cruiser Chitose, built at the Union Iron
Works for the Japanese Government,
was out for her preliminary spin on the
bay to-day. She will have her official
trial trip in the Santa Barbara cham
mel next Saturday, when she is ex-
pected to make twenty-five and one
half knots an hour or better.
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Distributing Appropriation Bills.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE sub
ject of distributing the appropriation
bills to various committees of the SEN
ate has again been brought forward.
Sixty Senators have signed the agree
ment to vote for the change and about
ting same number have united in a re-
quest to Senator Allison that he bring
the matter up in the Senate and pro-
pose rule to that effect
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A Gruesome Find.

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 1.-Two
boys found fresh dirt thrown up in
the mountains near the mouth of Bear
Creek, and after digging a short time
they uncovered the arm of a man
Upon returning home they reported the
gruesome find, and a party of men
went to the scene and found the body
of an unknown man. Coroner Keating
has gone to the grave of the unknown
to make an investigation
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Colonel Enos Wood Dead.

LANCASTER (Pa), Dec. 17.-Colonei
Enos Wood died at the Star House,
New Holland, last night, aged 67 years
He was Captain of Company B, First
California Volunteers, and later Col
onel of the Forty-fourth Regiment,
California Volunteers. He was a mem
Der of G. A. r. Post, No. 259, of Pitts
burg.
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M'KINLEY AT SAVANNAH.
The President Given an Enthusi.
astic Reception.

SAVANNAH (Ga.), Dec. 1.-THE re-
ception of President Mckinley and
members of his Cabinet by the people
of Savannah has to-day more than
equaled in hospitality and complete
ness of arrangement any previous ex-
periences which have marked the
Presidential trip in the South
The party arrived from Montgom-
cry at II a. M, reviewed 10000 troops
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A Youthful Female Burglar,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Lizzie
Franz, aged IA, has the distinction of
being the youngest female burglar
ever arrested by the police. She is be-
hind the bars, charged with having
broken into a lower fiat and carrie0
off number of household articles.
some curios and jewelry belonging to
the occupant
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Ten Thousand Acres Of Wheat.

STOCKTON, Dec 17.-Next Monday
the Woods Brothers will begin the
work of cultivating ten thousand acres
to wheat, the land being situated on
Roberts and Union Islands They are
sure Of a crop as far as any damage
from drought is concerned, because T.
000 acres of the land can be irrigated
from the waterway along the levees
protecting the land from the encroach-
ment of floods
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Suicide by Hanging.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Charles
L. Schwerin, an expressman, this
morning hanged himself in a stable at
the rear of his home on Folsom street.
Schwerin has been respondent ever
since his wife died, about six months
ago. He was a German, about 40 years
Of age, and leaves a daughter
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Death of Michigan millionaire

NILES (Mich.), Dec 17.-Henry A.
Chaplin, the ti-millionaire mine
owner and richest man in Michigan,
died last night at his home in this
city. He was So years of age. De-
ceased leaves a widow and a son, C.
A. Chaplin of Chicago. He was esti-
mated to be worth from S1O,0O0G00
to $50 100000. Death was caused by
old age.
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Russia Not to Build a Ship Canal.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-In a COM
munication to the State Department,
United States Consul Holloway, at ST.
Petersburg, says that the Russian Gov
erpment has no purpose of building q
ship canal to connect the Baltic Sea
with the Black Sea, and he suggests
that the American newspapers be in
formed of that fact.
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British Steamer Founders at Sea

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Danish
steamer Thingvalla, from New York
for Christina, passed Dunnet Head to-
day, and signaled that she had on
hoard the crew of the British steamer
Govine. which foundered at sea on De-
cen,ber 1th. The Govine, Captain
Diexinson. sailed from Leith on No
vamher 18th for Baltimore.
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A Workman Seriously Injured.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.-Samuel
Watts, an employe of the Alcatras
Paving Company, was caught in the
machinery of a mixer this morning, and
his left leg was cut off near the ankle.
He was taken to the Receiving Hos
pital, and is resting easy.
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Batt1eships Oregon and Iowa.

VALPARAISO (Chile), Dec. 1.-THE
battleships Oregon and Iowa, which
sailed from New York on October 10Th
for the Pacific, touched at Bahia, Rio
Janeiro and Montevideo, sailing from
the last named port on December I'd,
arrived here to-day, en- route to Callao
ond Honolulu
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A Despondent Clerk Suicides.

a clerk, aged 40, commit
ted suicide Friday night in his room on
Ninth street He stuffed the crevices
in his room and turned on the gas
Barkhausen was despondent through
lack of employment.
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Coal Mining in Alaska.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II. - The
Alaska Commercial Company has re-
ceived advices from it's agent at Circle
City stating that coal mining is being
successfully prosecuted, and from one
strike a daily yield of 100 tons is prom
iSed by next summer.
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New York Volunteers.

SALT LAKE, Dec 1.-THE First
New York from Honolulu, under COM
mand of Colonel Barber, passed through
here at noon over the Rio Grande
Western en- route to New York.
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Five Years at San Quentin.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Myron
H. Azhderian and Elsie Williams were
this morning sentenced to five years
each in the State Prison at San Quen-
tin for having extorted $1,000 from
Captain Nevils of the Rawhide mine.
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MONEY A DRUG
ON The MARKET.
The Demand for Securities Far Ex-
ceeds the Supply.
Issues Absorbed, and No Discrimination in
Funds Seeking Placement.

United States Placed in the Unique
Position of Desiring to Buy
American Stocks and Bonds
That Are Held Abroad-Repre-
sentatives of a Foreign Power,
Supposed to Be Russia, Now in
This Country Making Overtures
for a Big Loan.
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of law, and did not avail to cure the
defect in the charging part of the in
dictment.
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GEN. MERRITT ON
THE PHILIPPINES,
The Climate by No Means as Bad
as Has Been Reported.
Mortality Among Our Troops Not as Great
as Some Would Believe.

Thirty Thousand Soldiers, One-
Half American and the Others
Filipinos and Spanish, Could
Govern the Islands With Credit
to This Country-Praise Be-
slowed Upon the Volunteers
Who Fought at Manila.