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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30
EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
Many Buiidings Damaged and People
Alarmed.

many boiidlngs Damaged ana feoptS
Alarmed.
Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. HG.-At 4:25
o'clock this morning n severe earth
quake shock was felt over large por-
tion OF southern California. the undu.
lations lasting about twelve seconds.
The entire center of the shock ap-
peared to have been Mt San Jac!nto, u
small town In Riverside country. The
business portion of San Jaclnto con-
sists Of two blocks of two-story build
ings, some OF which are built of brick.
Ten or fifteen buildings We're damages.
chimneys being toppled over and walls
cracked and shaken. The total damage
Mt San Jacinto and Hcmit. small
town near by, is estimated at 10000.
A large tourist hotel Mt Heinit wns
damaged and the hospital at San Ja.
cinto also suffered. The rear wall OF
the johnson block at Hemit fell.
The only loss Of life 80 far ns known
wns at the Saboba Indian reservation.
near San Jacinto. where six squaws
were killed by falling walls A num-
bcr OF Indians were seriously injured.
In this city no damage was done
though the shock was particularly vio-
lent. The houses here are well filled
with eastern tourists and they were in
many instances terrified ut the unex.
pccted disturbances and rushed from
their rooms In fright.
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BRITISH HORSES DYING.
Bosrs Smelling Ladysmith British Destroy
. bridge Over the TugelA.

. hfto80 over the Tu&eh-
London, Dec. 26.-Up to this hour
nothing has arrived from South Africa
that would indicate any change In the
military situation there. The war Of
flee is issuing lists OF further dead and
wounded us well us accounts Of sick
ness. The most serious report Of the
last class Is that horse sickness has
broken out in both British and Boer
camps In Natal.
Four hundred British cavalry horses,
1t is said, have already been shot.
owing to the occurrence OF CHAMBERS,
The disease is likely TO spread with
much greater rapidity among the Brit
ish horses than among the hardy Boer
ponies. and this may mean n con-
siderable prolongation of the campaign.
THE British position nt Frere Is
being strengthened. The Tugela river
Is rising and there il u prospect Of
heavy rains.
"A twO-hour bombarlment OF Lady
smith has been heard from here. Ac-
cording to reliable native reports the
Beers had .DO killed In the fight ut
Colenso."
The news that the Colenso foot
bridge has been destroyed seems to
show that General Butler Is more
anxious to keep the enemy at bay than
to attempt n further advance.
Despite the severity OF the censor
ship. hints are being continually re-
Ceived OF the serious spread Of Dutch
dissaffection In both the Queenstown
district Of Cape Colony and Natal.
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1t has been discovered in St Paul
that electric ground connections, made
by attaching wires to water pipes, not
ocly ruin the pipes by electrolysis. but
seriously interfere with the operation
of the water meters. In one case a
meter through which large quantity
OF water was discharged failed to reg
lister. This was an extreme case and
easily detected. but what the effect has
been upon the Indicators in cases
where the current is not so strong the
officers OF the water board have no
means to determine. To protect them
removal OF all electric wires from the
water pipes.
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sh,purrrhe,, c..x n.o.,.d.

Chicngo. Dec. 6.-A special to the
Tribune from Norfolk. Virginia, says:
The British steamship Ariosto. Cay
tain Bnines. bound for Galveston TO
Hamburg. was wrecked at I o'clock
this morning six miles south OF Hat.
teras, North Carolina. and twenty -one
OF the crew were drowned. Captain
Bnines and eight OF the crew We're
saved by the heroic efforts OF the Ocra.
coke life saving crew. under Captain
James Howard.
Those who lost their lives attempted
to rench the shore In n small boat.
which was swnmped shortly after II
put on from the ship. Captain Baines
ana eight men remained aboard aAi
were landed by the life savers In the
brecches buoy, hut not until after a
struggle which lasted nil day.
Wrecking tugs are on the way here
To the scene Of the wreck and II they
reach the stranded ship In time. may
save II. as the wind tonight is In the
wrecked vessels favor.
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Mor, I,.,.,,. a, A,..,n n,...,.,

Rome. Dec. .G.-Among those Killed
In the Anaih disaster were Miss Weir,
= daughter of James Galloway Weir,
member Of the British House Of Com.
mons for lto-s and Cromnriy. md her
gorerncss. They had escaped. but re-
turning for their vniuabl.s. were killed
together.
II now develops tim, some earth
'rcmorS and other prrmonitions On.
nblci many people 10 get away before
the catastrophe occurred. The mayor
OF Aninin declares his ,s.ilcf that the
landslide WAS due 20 the fnct that n
huge n-surc, left after II similar slip
ten years ngo. had been carcicssiy
iiilcd with fnggots and pieces OF tim.
brr. This hnd always been considered
Z source Of danger.
The Hotel Santa CATERING was cvm.
pIctcly buried aud other buildings src
In ruins.
The peasants. fearing further land.
slidcs. refuse To return 10 their homes.
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THE MOODY FUNERAL.
Large Gathering of weil-Known Mes At
NOrthheld.

East Northfield. Mass. Dec. 81
Funeral services over the remains Of
Dwight l.. Moody were held ut the
Congregational church today before a
large audience. Men who for many
years have been connected with Mr..
Moody's work took part. Rev. Mr..
Schofield officiatesi. assisted by Rev. A.
Torrey OF the Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago. There were services at the
late residence OF Mr.. Moody enrly in
the day, only relatives and close friends
being present. DIR. Schofield read the
scriptures and Mr.. Torrey offered
prayer.
When the family had withdrawn. the
corpse. which had been permitted to
remain upon leather couch. was
placed In the casket, which was Of SIM
pie design. black covered and open at
full length. The body was borne to the
church on nm OblOng blnck-covered bier
by about forty students from the
NOrthfield Institute. Before the bier
was rnist.i white roses were xprinkled
about the casket. DIR. Schoficld and
Mr.. TOrrey led the procession, while
following the bier came the following
honorary pail bearers: Ira II. SHpkey
and George c. stcbbins OF Brooklyn.
Il. c. Morse and u. ". McWilliams Of
New York. Rev. W. J. Herdman and
Rev. George q. Needham OF Philadel-
pliin.
The bier was placed In front Of the
pulpit and the lid OF the cnsket was re-
moved. showing a spray Of palm and
Ivy extending from the feet to the
breast. large number Of villagers
and visitors then beRnn TO file past the
body. Mr.. Mo0dy'x face had every
appearance Of one enjoying peaceful
sleep. The body remained on view In
the church until = o'colck.
At the public funeral service the
music was rendered by the choir OF
1.O students. An invocation was fol.
lowed by the scripture lesson. read by
Rev. A. T. Pierson OF Brooklyn.
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The Col Nine IrAResiy

Brownsville, Pa. Dec. 25.-Thc hor.
ror OF the Brnzpeli mine disaster grows
In intensity with every hour. The
number OF the dead In now estimated
nt forty and may pass that hcurc. Al tho
same time there In N strong prcsunIs
tiou that the laws regulating mining
were carclessly and probably criminal.
~ disrcgardcd.
To-day the first bodies Of the victims
were brought out Of the mine. and ncv.
er In the history OF mine disasters wcrs
human beings so horribly mutilnteti. I,
was nearly II o'clock before the FIRST
nvc bodies were taken out. twenty.
eight hours after the explosion. Al
$40 three more were brought to the
surface. and nEaIn at G:30 three more
came up In the cnge Of the main shaft.
Tint naked light. and unlocked safe.
~ lamps wcrr used In u dangerous
mine wns officially confirmed by Pit
Boss Thomas Jones. who made a state
mcnt which forms the most sensational
chapter on the management Of the
mines which has yet developed.
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CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE.
ossas Damage Doa. to Buildiass ss ~.
Jaelptn.

0SS0S 00@o88 O00& 70 nUU04oR0 ~ -
Jscinto.
San Jacinto, Cal. Dec. 27.-This lit
tie city ID scene Of desolation to-day.
People are beginning to recover from
the terror inspired by the earthquake
which centered here on Christmas
morning and destroyed every brick
building In the town. and some defi-
Mite estimates of the damage wrought
can now be made.
At the Saboba Indian reservation.
near here, dance had been held the
night before and large quantities of
whisky consumed by the Indians had
sent most OF them into 4 drunken
slumber before the shock came. A
number of squaws hnd huddled to-
gether In nm old adobe building and
were sleeping of the effects of the
liquor. The heavy walls fell In upon
them. Six We're killed outright and
two died later, while score more are
badly injured. Those killed were hor-
ribly crushed.
Main street presents sad appear
niice. 1t is impossible to walk along
the sidewalks because Of the heaps Of
debris and overhanging walls. Two
story brick walls were raxed to the
level Of the ground with thousands of
dollars worth OF merchandise buried
underneath. There IL not business
house In town but has suffered.
All wires are down and one Of the
powder houses has fallen In. The
walls Of the county hospital erected re-
Gently at cost Of $4,000 are badly
damaged.
1t is said that rumblings had heen
heard for several days about 1auque;z
peak, In the San Jacinto range. Sup
posed to be an extinct volcano. Be
tween San Jacinto and Hemet. geysers
Of hot sulphur water appeared yester
day and the fumes are no strong that
no one can get near the geysers.
The streets of San Jncinto are being
cleared Of debris and the merchants
nre moving their stocks into ware.
houses. Preparations are already being
made for the rebuilding of most of the
ruined structures.
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The blograph Is doing good service
20 science. A hospital In New York
In adapting machine to record mi
nu,ely the actions OF persons In cpl
leptic fts and similar affections. Nov
Ing pictures have been taken showing
the walking movements In persons af-
fiicted with locomotor atAxia. When
these Aims are reproduced on the
screen doctors can study the symp-
toms carefully In the laboratory. The
movements OF all kinds of microbes
are also being photographed. ax we'll
~ the action OF healthy and diseased
corpuScles. When these pictures are
mAxnined and thrown on the screen
the Improvement or decline In the
condition Of the patient can be told.
One OF the most interesting uses OF
the bloEraph In 10 photograph and
show minutcly the growth and flower
Ing OF plants from the time Of plant
Ing until In full bloom. A picture Is
taken every ha!f-hour continually for
about thirty days and nights. In Or
der TO secure y uniform light for every
view a powerful electric light Is en-.
pioyed. Sometimes 1000 pictures will
bc made OF one subject. Should the
subject bc u lily the pictures At one
stage will show the opening Of the
iiiy. while At another stage Its fading
away is seen. BY quIckcninG tho time
of the pictures on the screen the plant
10 actually seen To be growing.
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1aghts Of asstksev.

Toledo. Ohio. dec. .7.-Judgc Morris.
In Common Pleas Court to-day. rem.
dcrssi nu unusual decision ms 10 the
rights Of striking workmcn. The men,
l'ers Of the Bicycle Workers union
struck At the Standard Tube and Fork.
side works. A temporary Injunction
was granted restraining strikers from
patrolling the works and accosting and
lns'midating employees who took their
places.
This injunction Judge Morris today
dissolved. holding thnt the strikers
had n perfect right to keep pickcts
about the works aad To inik to work.
men and urge them To come out. lie
held that there was no positive svI.
dcnce Of threats, and that the number
of ns~n employed at the works cxccstl.
~ the number of strikers usually kept
on picket duty. 50 there could N. nu
danger 0f personal violence. The cn.c
will b appealed.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30
DUBOIS ,s HOPEFUL.
Bays . ceatiaua.es Of the Dosr war wu
Help the Silver Cause.

help thp silver Cause
Chicago, Dec. 2G-"If the war In the
Transvaal continues for two or three
months longer, the cause Of silver will
have been won." said former United
States Senator Dubois of Idaho, one
Of the Silver Republican leaders, who
was In Chicago to-day.
THE short time II has been In pro-
gress," continued Mr.. Dubois, has fur
nIshed proof OF the contentious Of the
friends of silver that there IL not
enough gold In the world to form the
basis OK the worlds money, and II the
war continues the length of time /
have indicated. the truth OF this will
have become TOO apparent for sue
cessful contravention.
II believe the Trnnsvnal war will be
n mighty influence In the campaign Of
next year In this country. and that
the object lesson will convince the
people of this country that II is not
safe to place on gold the entire burden
OF the monetary volume OF the world.
1T may be interesting to observe
that the panic In New York was stimuli.
taneous with the passage OF the House
gold standard bill. Now, II n panic had
followed the passage OF silver free
coinage bill the wise men and the press
OF the land would have attributed 1t to
the passage OF the BILL"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30

A wheat calendar. giving the time OF
ripening In various countries. shows
how the grain has all seasons for Its
own. Dwellers in the United States.
for example. where so much OF the
land is resting during the winter
months, md by the calendar that
wheat Is at the harvest point OF
growth In December for Burma and
New South Wales aSriculturists. jan
uary witnesses the same stage Of de-
velopment In Australia. New Zealand.
Chile and Argentina: while February
and March are wheat harvest months
for Upper Egypt and India. The list
for June. July and August is the full
est. There is one feature. almost in
evitable. In the worlds annual wheat
story. A shortage. real or fnncied, II
apt to be reported In some quarters,
and then speclation sees It's oppor-
tunity quite as soon as legitimate
dealing
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1'o.iies Of Wsiae vlc,isss.

S"wpor, News. Va. Dec. :I.-Thc
hat'lc-hip Texas. In command OF Cap.
tain sirsisr. arrived her. shortly ts.
fore noon to-day with the rcnaias of
the men who lost their lives by the dc.
struciion Of the batti..hip Main. In
Havana hnrbor. The bodies Of tho
Maine heroes which were brought uy
ON thc Texas will In transferred To .
Chc.atscakc 4 Ohio train tomorrow nj
]: o'clock and will ir taken To Wash.
ingto for intcrmcnt In Arlington GENE.
terry next Thurrday.
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rr..s.ry G, ~ s,.,. ,,.,..

Chicago. Dec. ?7.-Ciydc II. Wallace.
clerk In the United staics sub. treas.
nry 10 this city. WIS arrested to-day ON
the charge of having stolen 81, ,O1s I'm
so!'i from the oiisw. The young man il
said fo have made n full confession 10
the secret service officials.
The gold. = sack NJ &.D gold pi~s~s.
was mlsssri November 18th. but Il was
several weeks before the oftir~rs roujd
obtain . clue 10 the criminal. Wallace
hnsiIy Furnished II by wearing ane
rioth'~ and diamonds and BY pisyins
tue races in 200, rooms. makius al his
l'rts with eSD gold pi~sws. He h il
jail In default Of l0nds oe $1,000,
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30

Personal reserve is sometimes lost
sight Of In the far West, as famous
sugar merchant from the East recently
discovered. He had business in a Mis-
souri, town. and was lunching 1T q
table with a native. III. stranger.
asked the other. where you fromy"
The eastern man. having stud farm
In Kansas City. mentioned that place.
What's your business We'll.
horses" came the reply. Say. what's s
your name?" None OF your business. ''
rejoined the disturbed sugar dealer.
Even In Ohio. settled largely by Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut colonists.
the eastern man sometimes finds him
self in an atmosphere of frankness.
You are all talking about your west
ern reserve" such one recently re-
marked. blessed II see any"
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lA.Ao.. New oo,a District.

Boise. Idaho. Dee. 27.-Thcrc Is ac-
cumuln,Ing evidence that the Miller
mountain gold district. northeast OF
Boise. discovered last summer. is one
Of the best vet found In this state. A
group Of claims there was bonded In
the fall to n Boston Company. which
let contract for development work.
This has disclosed on the Magnolia
claim streak Of orr thirty inches
wide that averages about &ssDO ton In
gold.
The news coming out was brought
hy men who went To work on contract
for the Boston Company. These fought
their way out through the snow. The
district thus far explored ls some five
miles square and large number Of
wide veins have isrn opened. The
orr is uniformly Of paying grade.
while much II fou..d that In rich.
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eaSlosA Msss HspSata.

Washington. Iscc. .i-rhe x,ase Ds.
partinrni has received from the i'~nn.
aylvania Mililn. Company Of New
York. y statement of the facts ioArhins
the seizure of two carxocs Of Hour BE-.
longing 10 that concern hound f0e TOR.
tueuese ports In East Africa. The srjs.
nres WEIR made by British warships on
ths gfosind that The aour Was intended
Tor ths ssoefs. The rompany's Iettee
10 . peesrntntSou NJ the case wishout
peotest and h svStieatly intesded q
eefvs ~ q haats II Q claim fof pecuo.
~ damages asaisst W. bsitish ~.
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wts ns..s. Aa,s.-. !, s.,...

Kanssa CITY. dec. .s.-A mass meet.
Ing Of the ahiptrrs nnd jobi,crs Of the
Aiasosn river towns. 10 take utrf,s
70 RESIST the advance In railroad freight
fates, announced 10 take effect the ist
u Jssuary. has been called by the 10.
eol transportation burcnn. The meet.
~ Vim b. heli In this city nt the roome
e ~ Cou,nsercial Club OH D~cembsr
M. TIE cusnmrrclnl clubs of Omaha.
= 5eeepe. Atchison and iraveuwoetS
nnNe already taken similar actsoa "a
0111 oooavtdual merchants have g
feo4y elvea their in,iersemens b ~
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Yns~,xsss. Ya,as lila.

II II calculated that about $3.50. 900.
up In American capital is invested In
the republic of Mexico. This fnct adds
Interest To III" quiet agitation that IL
Ioln. on. among Mexican. and Aincri.
cans rrgnr'iln. the mnnifcsintion made
recently by the American nnd other
foreign colonies In honor Of General
DlHx, urging him to stand for rc.ci,c.
slon next June. Many Mexican. Of
note think that the public dcmon.,ra.
ton " the foreign colonies may have
the chcct Of cmbsrrns.ln. she admins.
trution.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30

A competitor to the Illinois State
Pawpers' society is in the field. and
there will soon be two Of these low
priced loan associations in active oper-
alton in Chicago. Competition is, in
this case at least. the surest proof that
the new idea Is a success and has al
ready achieved popularity among gen
teel borrowers
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rr.Asss Asssss.. ussss.ss.v.

I>pudon. Der. 27.-The ChrouIcje,
totnmrntinE upon the decision Of ths
United Htat~s government 10 trauapoes
from the Philippines not ouiy The
spanish prisonrra falling Into ths
hands of the Amrrsrnnn. bat their fam.
ilirs ~ we'll. and the Spanish civil oell-
csnls with their families. says:
This action of ts.e uAited states V
rhnrnrtrristicnlly genesoua toward
their late for. II can hardly fall 70
awaken = rrsi,onsive eche ard 10 Do
inssrh To diminish the bittesssss suss9'
inx from the receui war;"
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r.A.,.s.. .s Y.s,A.. c.~r..... ,,..a.

Boston. Dec. 2d.-Dnnici \. Ford.
owner Of the Youths Companion. died
today. aged scvcnty..cvcn ycnrp.
The maine Of Mr.. Ford was never
prtntcd In tho Companion. III. name
Perry Mason K Co.." by whom III.
masaslne purIortrd 90 l- published,
was wholly fictitious. Mr.. Ford looking
after both editorial mud business trans.
acttoos,
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Another cherished theme OF the col.
less orator and essay writcr--ths swift
sxtinction Of the American Indian
receives n shock when studied Ia the
light of statistics. the hxurcs In the
case from the recent annual report
of the secretary Of the interior. Ae-
ccrdinR to that document there are
aov 5s7.>i7 Indians In the United
oeatss. while the census OF 1880 showed
. total aboriginal population Of 49,.
~. Poor 10" has evidsntiy taken
. frssh grip on life and calmly and
With sxcesding stubbornnsss rssuses
- ''pass away With the buGalo."
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called social success is to put fair
value on himself and live up to II
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When men have more money than
they need they think they need more
than they have.
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II General Joubert is dead his soul
is certainly marching on with great
success.
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ssssvsa hustsrs vsrs killed aad seven
voso1sd II ths forests of wiseoesas
- nisnsecta during the ssasoa juss
so1el. Coassdsrins the small asabss
q Dso0ls sAsased in the sport The iiss
g casualties 10 rather worss tAaa hat
g . osatA African battle rspoets1 ~
~ nnGl1sA.
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oBwe1ney nssl nys tat sAses
GoDu11 - sn11aai Fsessns b ~ M
(nGonunA ~ l0tlD - loaeu1s \ ~
I - 411ng ssi1s ~ Dssse3n q -.
R nGv11nn1 HlltD1ae oewae ~
- ennoaAA
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-30

A fool may be able to answer ques-
uons that a wise man wouldn't ask.
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Narrow minds overlook charitable
act and search for the motive.
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Set . bad example and it will hatch
cut mischief.
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some people are never SO happy ~
when they have bad news to tell.
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A correspondent says: The third par.
~ organization In the Scnnie Inns fallen
!" pieces. The most prominent mem.
hers nrr sirrady hedging nnd working
their way i'acx toward the Republican
sid" line. AZ the beginning of The srS.
sion Mr. Kyle of South Dakota. who
dcscri,ss himself In his autobiography
ns nm IhdcusS,,lent. went straight 10 the
Republican camp: hut Mr.. butler of
North Carolina. MIR. lleiifrld 0f 1dals0
Mr.. Jones' Of Nevada. Mr.. Stewart of
Nevada. Mr.. Teller of Colorado. Mr..
Turner of Washington and Mr.. Petit.
grew of kouth Dakota held q caucus.
and by \ unanimous vote decided TO ~
with the Democrats for tlH rr@uon that
they represented the safnc position and
held thr name h~l~f on the most I'm.
Isortant iaste before the country. A
stated In these dispatches ., the time.
Af. rettlgr~w was appointed an esnis.
aary 10 confrr with the IDrn,orrata and
arrange for placrs on the committees.
He DID 10 according 10 bis inatrurt!ouA.
bat In the nseantifne the ipdlviduai
snemhern Of the third party huatied
eround 10 take eare Of themselves. NJ.
Jooea of Nevada aud NJ. Stewart Of
Nevada went straight 10 the R~pub-
Ilran caucua colmmlttee. asked for their
0ld rhairtnanships and got them. while
Senator fritchard Of North Carolina
esked slmilar favoeA for his colleague,
Mr.. nstIer. The caurns committee rrs..
o9nlslng ths si9uldcance Of the nitus.
t!oa,. vosunsesred TO plaes Mr. Teller al
tn head of the commltter ON claims.
whtch ~ has occupied for several
yeafa but ~ Arclined 10 accept any
savon from them. and Mr. Warren u
Wyeoing wes appointsd In biz placa.