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Big Irrigation Scheme.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Oct. 2S-A big
irrigation scheme was started to-day
on the southern boundary of this coun-
ty. The plan is to tap Santa Maria
River, to get a flood of water for irri-
cation purposes. The company has
been organized with a capital stock of
100000 to lay an irrigation system to
supply large territory. In the bed Of
the river an excavation twenty five
feet deep has been made. For this pit
a heavy wooden flume four and one
half feet square of the heaviest lum-
Der Will be laid underground to reach
the surface at distance of two miles
from the river. The water gathered
comes up from the bottom of the river
bed. and when the fiume is full it will
have pressure that will send 1t over
a big area
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Monster Ocean Steamships.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 28.-A Duluth
special to the journal says that J. J.
Hill has contracted in England for
the construction of two immense steel
ships for the Trans-Pacific trade be-
tween Seattle and Japan. 1t is stated a
Clyde firm has the contract and that
the ships will be monsters, forty-six
feet longer than the new Oceanic of the
Atlantic. Each will be 750 feet and of
10000 tons burden. They cannot be
in service until late in 1900, and if the
Pacific trade continues to expand they
will not be out of place there. Reports
also state that these two are but the
first Of a large fleet.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

JUBILEE SERVICES CONTINUED
TODAY. Rev. VIM. RAIDER of San Fran
w
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formally arraigned in the Circuit Court
to-day. He entered a plea of not guilty.
and in the presence of the court
signed an affidavit alleging prejudice
against him in Monroe and Marion
Counties and asking for a change of
venue. The third day of November was
set for arguing this application. The
defense also asked that Jester be dis
missed from custody, on the ground
that the Circuit Court Of Monroe
County has no Jurisdiction in the case.
Judge Eby took the motions under ad-
visement.
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GLOVE CONTESTS.
SIT. Louis Chief of Police Will Try
to Put a Stop to Them.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 28.-Chief of Police
Campbell applied to the Prosecuting
Attorney to-day for a warrant for the
arrest of Charles Houghton, manager
of the West End Athletic Club, under
whose auspices the fistic encounters at
the Coliseum last night were given.
The Chief said the contests were prize
fights, and he had refrained from stop
ping them by express orders from the
Board of Police Commissioners. He
was instructed to apply for warrants,
if he found the contests were really
fights.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John
son told the Chief that if he issued
warrants for Houghton he would have
to issue them also for the officers and
directors of the Exposition Company,
in whose building the contests took
place. He said that he would take the
matter. under advisement, and decide
Monday.
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Admiral Dewey.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Admiral
Dewey was entertained at dinner at
the Metropolitan Club tonight by a
coterie of friends whose guest he was
at a farewell banquet just before his
departure to assume command of the
Asiatic squadron. The dinner was of
twenty covers. The same room was
occupied and the same menu enjoyed as
at the farewell dinner of October 27,
1897, and all but four of the original
party attended tonight. Judge John
Davis, of this city, presided. Admiral
Dewey, in responding to toast, re-
ferred feelingly to the ovations given
him and expressed keen pleasure at
being once more at home among his
old friends.
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Not Guilty of BIacklisting.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S-A verdict of
mot guilty was returned to-day by
the jury in the suit of Joseph O'Day
for $4,000 damages against the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway Com
pany and the Wabash Railway Com
pany for alleged blacklisting. The spe-
clt1c charges We're that through an
agreement of the various railroads
throughout the country O'Day and
others, who had participated in the A.
R. U. strike in 1894, should be refused
employment unless they could secure
permission from the road by which they
We're last employed
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ment for the Philippines, but this will
be allowed to go over until the insur-
rection has been quelled.
All of this forecasts a return of the
commission to the Philippines, even be-
fore the expiration of the present dry
season, if the result of the present mill
tary operations warrants, and a cir
cumstance that tends to corroborate
this belief is the fact that the commits
sion has left behind at Manila, installed
in it's headquarters. the entire force of
employees and officials, save Secretary
Macarthur
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Minnesota Corporation Tax Law.

DULUTH, Oct. 2S-In the light of
the recent Iowa decision, an effort will
be made to overthrow the gross earn
ings tax laws under which the railroads.
express, sleeping car, telegraph and
other corporations in this State are now
taxed. It is held that the Minnesota
law is open to the same constitutional
objection as that found in the Iowa law,
viz: Corporations should be taxed ON
the same basis as individuals. The
Duluth local Assessors will assess the
valuable railway terminals and other
property at the next valuation, thus
bringing the mater into court.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TIrlELY PLUMBING THE THE

season is here. Attend to your roots
Other plumbing also at reasonable flg-
ures CARLOW & MILLER, 1890 st.
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Emit Shinments.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2S.-With the
exception of about 1000 carloads of
grapes still to be shipped, deciduous
fruit shipments to the Eastern markets
are about over for the present season,
and the results are eminently satisfac-
tory to the growers and shippers of
Northern and Central California. Up
to the present time 6.100 carloads of
green fruit have been marketed in the
East, and with grapes still to be
shipped, the total shipments for the
season will aggregate not less than
6OU0 carloads, as against 4,500 last
year. These figures do not include ap-
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Winter Feed for Stock.

MONTEREY, Oct. 2S.-The heavy
rains during the past month have
brought out a phenomenal growth Of
new grass on the stock ranges in Mon
terey County, and have assured an
abundance of winter feed for stock.
Vegetables have also been greatly ben
Gifted by the early rains, and ranchers
and stockmen are anticipating a very
prosperous year.
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The Story Pure Fabrication.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 2S.-Colonel Nicholas
M. Bell, ex-Superintendent of the For
eign Mail Service, returned to-day
from Washington. He said to the AS
sociated Press: 1.-THE story going
around to the effect that I had by
authority of some members of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee rendered
to Admiral Schley the Office of Vice
President of the United States is pure
fabrication. The committee has surely
no such authority individually or coll
lectively. The convention will attend
to that"
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Fatal Rail Accident

HOUSTON (Tex), Oct. 2S.-Tn a.
wreck to-day near Langtry, caused by
a double-header freight train breaking
IN two, John r. Constable of Hannibal
MO-, and Patrick Cullen of Delroe
Texas, were killed Trainman B. l..
Besitti may die from internal injuries
The Southern Pacific track is badly
torn up, and the California Express is
tied UP.
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pies, the shipments Of which will
probably be very heavy.
Advance i'm Freight Rates.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-All of
the transcontinental railroads, in con-
nection with their affiliated trans-Pa-
cific steamship lines, have inaugurated
a big advance in freight rates on ship
ments from the Missouri River and
points East to points in the Orient The
advance went into effect a few days
ago, and is said to effect an average
increase of about 20 per cent. One Of the
important commodities not affected is
cotton, which will continue to carry the
rate that has been in effect for a year
past An increase in rates via the Suez
route is said to be responsible for the
advance.
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Both Legs Broken.

PLEASANTON. Oct. 2S.-Butcher F.
Stobel had both legs broken to-day as
the result Of an accident two miles from
town. Stobel was on his wagon, and
met hay team. His horses got fright
ened and tipped over the wagon, which
fell on StobePs legs, breaking them be-
low the knee
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San Franciscos Won.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S-Santa
Cruz played an .errorless game, but
their inability to hit Fitzpatrick put
them out Of it. Score: San Francisco
3, hits Z, errors 3; Santa Cruz l, hits
?, errors 0. Batteries-Fitzpatrick and
Sullivan; Whelan and Morrow. UNI
pire-Sheridan.
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Forty-Seventh Infantry.

WASHINGTON, October 2S.-The
Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, now
at Camp Meade. Pa, has been ordered
to proceed to New York City November
4th, and there embark for the Philip
pine Islands on the transport Thomas.
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Costly Fire at Philade1nbia,

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2S.-The D.
M. Osborne Farm Implements Com
pany's plant and the w. S. Cooper
Brass Works. adjoining, We're destroyed
by fire to-day, causing a loss of $140,-
600. The Osborne Company's loss was
100000.
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Condition of Della Fox.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-While the con-
oltlon of Della Fox, the actress, was
apparently no worse at midnight than
IT had been two hours before, her ply
slcian ended his statement for the
public by saying: Practically no hope
for her life."
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A Carpenters Fatal Fall.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %. - H.
Dunston, carpenter, was killed to-
day by falling from a building which
he was working on. He was using some
old timbers for supports, and although
warned Of the danger, persisted in using
them until they broke, precipitating
him to the ground, a distance of thirty
feet.
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A Cattleman Meets With Death.

COTTON, Oct. 2S.-A. N. Goudy ar
rived here this afternoon with three
carloads of cattle from Wilcox, A. T..
and was riding on top of the car, when
a sudden jerk threw him off, His head
struck the rail, causing a fracture of
the skull. He died shortly afterward.
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Decision Of Lower Court Affirmed.

preme Court has affirmed the decision
of the lower court in the case of the
Vineyard Irrigation District VS.. the
Azusa Irrigation Company.
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Death of Santa Barbara Pioneer.

SANTA BARBARA, Oct 2S-Mrs
Harriet Heath, wife of Hon. Russell
Heath, died this afternoon. Mrs. Heath
came to Santa Barbara in the early
fifties, and was the first American wo-
man to settle in this Mexican town.
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The Cruiser BROOKLYN.

GIBRALTAR, Oct. 2S-The United
States cruiser Brooklyn, from Hampton
Roads October 10th, has arrived here
on her way to Manila
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A British Bark Wrecked.

KINGSTON (Jamaica), Oct 2S-The
British bark Greenland, Captain An
derson, from Philadelphia for Turneks
Island, is a total wreck off the Turneks
Island coast. The crew was saved. She
was of 626 tons register.
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Inventor of the Linotype Dead.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2S.-Ottmar Mer-
genthaler, the inventor of the linotype
typesetting machine, died this morning
Of consumption. He was born in Ger
many on May 10, 1854.
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Cruiser Marb1ehead.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 2S.-The cruiser
Marblehead, which has been here for
several days, received orders to-day to
cruise south to Corinto, and thence to
Panama
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An Author Commits su;o;da

BERLIN, Oct. 2S.-The well-known
author. Franizisk Bluemnechich. com
mitted suicide this evening by jumping
from the fourth story Of hotel
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Yellow Fever in Florida.

JACKSONVILLE (F'la.), Oct 2S.-
Reports received from Key West show
that there are six new cases of yellow
fever there to-day and eight new cases
at Miami. No deaths are reported.
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commodore Perkins Daaa

BOSTON, Oct. 2S.-Commodore Geo.
H Perkins, U. S. N, retired, father of
Mrs. Laird Anderson. died of heart
failure at his home in this city to-
night Y
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Accidentally Killed Himself.

TACOMA. Oct. 2S.-Robert MINES,
manager of the wholesale department
Of the Peoples Store, accidentally shot
and killed himself tonight.
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Kansas Volunteers Mustered Out.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2S. - The
Twentieth Kansas Volunteers were
mustered out to-day. They will leave
for home on a special tomorrow.
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The TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.
Final Session of the Convention at
Red Bluff.
harSVille Unanimously Selected as the
Meeting Place for Next Year.

Yesterdays Sessions Made Notable
by the Presence Of DR.. David
Starr Jordan, President of
Stanford University, and Presi-
dent Wheeler of the State Uni
Versity, Both of Whom Deliver
ed Addresses.
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Rev. Edward Lyon Berther Dead.

LONDON, Oct. 2S.-The Rev. Edward
Lyon Berther, the inventor of collap-
sible boats, is dead.
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The Case Of Alex. Jester.

PARIS (Mo), Oct. 2S.-Alex Jester,
who was indicted on Tuesday for the
murder Of Gilbert Gates in 1871, was
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

BAKER & HAMILTON. WHOLESALE
hardware, bicycles, carts. buggies, car
riages, phaetons. Balm farm and header
wagons. Send for catalogue.
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Grand Entertainment and Ball

GIVEN BY THE GERMAN REDMEN's
Singing Society, Mrs. .. A. Wilhelm,
leader, assisted by the Woodland Lieder-
kranZ, SUNDAY EVENING, October %,
1899, at Turner Hall Tickets, admitting
gentleman and lady, 80 cents; extra lady's
ticket, 20 cents. For particulars see pro-
gram. o2S-2t(B.C)
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AUCTIONS.

AUCTION SALE OF A SPLENDID
ranch-By order of the Superior Court
we will sell at public auction on WE'D
NESDAY, November 1st, al 1880 "a. m,
i75 acres, known as the STRORTHAIAN
RANCH, situated four miles below Free
port, Sacramento County. We will also
and personal property. This ranch clear
ed nearly $500 last year. ID. ]. Simmons
& Co.. auctioneers. McKune & George,
attorneys for estate. ]. J. Bauer, referee.
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ALIFE TERM FOR MRS. B0TKIN
Tho Judge Holds That California Has
Jurisdiction In the Poisoning Cese.

The Judge Holds That California Has
Jurisdiction In tho Poisoning Cese.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6-Mrs. Cor
della Botkin was sentenced to-day
to serve the term of her natural
life in the San Quentin peni-
Tertiary for the murder of Mrs.
John 1. Dunning of Dover, Del, whom
she killed by means of a box of poi
soned candy sent through the mails as
a gift. Mrs. Dunning's sister, Mrs.
Joshua p Deane, also died from the
effects of the arsenic with which the
catdies were loaded.
Judge Cook. who pronounced the
sentence, refused to grant the appeal
for a new trial, made by Mrs. Botkiu's
attorneys, who held that the state had
no Jurisdiction in the matter. In COM
prehensive review of the Ease Judge
Cook showed that this state did
have jurisdiction in the matter.
Mrs. Botkin, when asked if she wished
to say anything in her own defense,
stated that she was innocent of the
horrible crime. Her attorneys gave
notice that they would apply for .
writ of probabl cause.
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NEWS CANE like 4 SHOCK.
FILIPlNoS SPANISH SUBJECTS.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6.-Tae Manila
news came like a shock, for the adj
ministration, though appraised that an
ugly situation prevailed in the Philip
pines, had chung steadily to the hope
that. by tact and. patience, actual
fighting might be averted, and even
those public men who felt that HOSTILE
ties would follow should the treaty be
ratified and the United States attempt
to occupy the islands believed that
Aguinaldo would not force the Fl ght
ing when the treaty of peace was in
its most critical stage, Some SEN
atorial opponents of ratification of the
treaty adhere to their position, but
the general opinion in Washington is
that the news from Manila insures the
ratification of the treaty.
It seems to be Dewey's fortune al
ways to be able to report favorable
news, and, like all of his messages that
have gone before. his cablegram told
of the success of the American forces
in the action. It was with real re-
greet, however, tnat the administra-
ion learned that the insurgents had
forced the issue. 1t had hoped all
all along that they could be brought
to see the advantages of placing their
trust in the American people and re-
lying upon the President to deal justly
with them.
The situation is regarded here as
rather anomalous from diplomatic
standpoint. Legally, the Filipinos are
still Spanish subjects. Therefore, if
operations continue outside of the
limits of Manila. as laid down in the
protocol, it will amount to resump-
ton of the war with Spain, at least
technically.
Officials noted one little flaw in
Dewey's dispatch, in which he spoke
of the American army as generally
successful" conveying just the least
intimation that at some points the re-
suits were not as satisfactory as at
others.
No one here knows the real strength
of the insurgents opposed to General
Otis. The accounts of their number
ale conflicting, and none of them
comes from reliable sources. Still,
the best belief of the authorities
at the war department is that
they number about 30, 900 men, bnt
they are not comparable to the Amer
lean forces in personnel, discipline, or
quality of arms
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HOUSE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL

Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Has Agreed on . Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce, directed favorable report
upon the Hepburn Nicaragua canal
bill to-day, with amendments as a sub
stitute for the Morgan bill passed by
the Senate.
The essential feature of the bill as
reported is that it authorizes the
President of the United States to &C
quire by purchase from Nicaragua and
Costa Rica the territory necessary to
build the canal and then to proceed
with the construction Of the canal.
One hundred and fifteen million dol
lars is appropriated for the compile
ton of the work authorized
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thousand. of Fillplnos Killed.

LONDON, Feb. 6.-The Post pub
fishes the following from Manila:
Saturday and Sundays engage
ments have proved a veritable slaugh-
ter for the Filipinos, their killed
being reported as amounting to thou
sands. The American forces could
scarcely have been better disposed. It
is now known that the attack was
fully expected and that every prepare
tingency.
"Aguinaldo's private secretary has
been arrested as spy in Manila.
Perfect quiet now reigns in the city.
More than 100 wounded Filipinos,
taken from the trenches. are being
cared for in the American hospital.
''The splendid police system pre-
vented a general outbreak in the city,
though several soldiers were attacked
by natives in the streets. Lieutenant
Charles Hogan and Sergeant Wall
were shot by three natives, the former
being seriously wounded and the lat
ter slightly. Lieutenant Colonel Col
ton was attacked by a native with q
sword while riding in q carriage to
the front. He killed his assailant
with his revolver.
"a sharpshooter within the American
lines, shot and killed sergeant while
he was sitting at a window of the Sec
ond reserve hospital. Colonel William
C. Smith died of apoplexy.
Many of the insurgents were driven
into the Pasig river and drowned.
Several hundred were taken prison
ers."
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Rupture Between American Troops
and FiIipinos Saturday Night
FIERCE ATTACK BY FILIPIN0S.
Deuey's Warships Get Into tho
Game -Aguinaido's Troops Re-
puIsed-Amcrlcan Loss Was
Twenty Killed and 126
Worn led.

MANILA, Feb. 6.-The long expected
rupture between the Americans and
the Filipinos has come at last. The
former are now engaged in solving the
Philippine problem with the utmost
expedition possible. The Filipinos at
tackled the American line from Calvoo-
can to Santa Mesa Saturday evening.
There was heavy fusilade on both
sides, and the artillery was used.
The United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord bombarded
the enemy. The Americans, after
magnificent charges, captured several
of the enemy's position. The Ameri-
cans lost twenty killed and 125 wound
ed. The Filipinos lost heavily.
The clash came at $40, when three
daring Filipinos darted past the Ne
braska regiments pickets at Santa
Mesa, but retired when challenged.
They repeated the experiment without
drawing the sentries' fire, but the
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NEBRASKA DEATH LIST.

Eight Members Of the First Regiment
Killed at Manila.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb 6.-The follow
ing is the list of killed of the First
Nebraska regiment in the battle of
Manila:
John Pierce, musician, David City,
merchant.
Harry Hull, Company A, hotel clerk,
Hastings.
Davis Laccer, Company I, lawyer,
was a lieutenant in state militia
Sergeant Orrin T. Curtis, Ashland,
farmer, was at one time a member of
the legislature.
Charles Keck, Chadron, wealthy
stockman.
doctor at Beatrice, and young society
man.
Lewis Becler, Lincoln. clerk.
Edward Eggers, Fremont, lawyer.
The information regarding the regi-
ment's losses was received in Lincoln
in private kilograms.
Tho Idaho Dead.
Boise, Idaho. Feb. 6-The following
Idaho men are reported killed in
= anila:
Major Edward McConville, who was
in command of the Second battalion,
Idaho volunteers
Corporal Frank Caldwell. Company
B, "a years old. born III Chicago. en-
listed at Harrison, Idaho.
Private George Hall, Company B,
aged Is, Sweet, Id.
Private Ernest Scott, Company B,
aged 81, born at Ashland, Wis.
Private James Hensen, Company 81,
! Is years old, born at Overton, Tenn.
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DEWEY HAD A RIGHT TO CUT II

A British Cable Company's Claim Ruled
Against by the Attorney General
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. - Attorney
General Griggs, in decision
rendered to-day, upholds the right
of a military commander to cut
a cable within the territorial waters
of an enemy without making his
country liable in damages. Tho
question arose upon the cutting by
Admiral Dewey at Manila of the cable
Of the British Eastern Extension
Australasia and China Telegram COM
pany. who fled claim with the State
department for $4,000 damages. At
torney General Griggs finds that under
the law of nations there is no ground
for claim for indemnity.