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YOUNG MAN ABDUCTED.
His Aunt, To Whom His Property
Reverts, Took Him Away.

DETROIT, June 2O.-Mose Fowler
Chase, aged q, alleged to be mentally
incompetent and reputed to be worth
$6OOOOO, was abducted from the Hotel
Cadillac last Sunday night. He had
been a patient at samtarium in Flint
and was en- route to his home in La
fayette, Ind, accompanied by his
father, Frederick Chase, a lawyer.
When the father and son arrived here,
the young mans aunt met them at the
depot and hurried the youth to the
Cadillac. Sunday night a carriage drove
up to the hotel and young Chase was
taken to the Cleveland boat, which, in
the company of his aunt and two young
men, he boarded. On reaching Cleve-
land the party took train for Cincin-
natl From there they went east to
Albany, N. Y, where the private de-
tective that the father had employed to
watch them, lost sight of the party
Extradition papers We're to-day made
out in anticipation Of the party's ar
fortune that the boy possesses is re-
vertible to the aunt upon his death,
which, it is alleged. furnished a motive
for the supposed abduction 1t is stated
that upon young Chase attaining his
majority the fathers \guardianship
ceased and that the father was taking
him to Lafayette for the purpose Of
himself being continued as his guardian
by order Of the Probate Court
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JEW VS.. CHRISTIAN.
Children Of Both Nationalities
Have Pitched Battle.

CHICAGO, June 20-A pitched battle
between Hebrew and Christian boys
on Stewart avenue became so fierce
to-day that police interference in force
was made necessary. The fight was
the result of the bitter feeling between
the Jewish and Christian boys of the
ne;ghborhood Several small fights
had occurred during the past few days,
and the leaders ON both sides decided
that a battle must be fought. Imme-
diately preparations for the fight were
made. The Gentiles attended school
in the vicinity of the battle ground
and they allege that the insults cast
upon them by the Jews have been un-
bearable On the other hand. the Jew
ish boys say the Christians have at
tackled and beaten them while they
were on their way to school
Both sides lined up their forces, and
a count showed them about evenly
balanced, there being about 2Ot in all.
At a signal the battle was begun. At
a signal the Christians made the at
tack, and with stones and clubs drove
the Jewish boys down the streets. The
retreating ones, however, were REIN
forced, and recovered some of their lost
ground.
The combatants dubbed and beat one
another right and left Blood flowed
freely, and many of the youngsters
received painful injuries. A riot call
brought the police to the scene, and
both sides fed. One Christian and one
Jewish boy were arrested, but after
ward discharged.
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LIEUTENANT HAYNES REPORT.
An Almost Hopeless Picture Of
Conditions In the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-The Agri-
cultural Department has received sn
interesting report from Lieutenant A.
p. Hayne, California Heavy Artillery,
on agriculture in the Philippines. dated
Manila Lieutenant Hayne had been
able to make no personal observation
beyond the American lines, but he
transmits the translation Of an article
prepared for him by Senior Manuel del
Busto. Chief Of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station in Manila.
The most remarkable feature Of the
report is the almost hopeless picture
painted of the conditions prevailing in
the islands. The great fertility Of the
soil is pointed out, and it is said that in
only a few restricted areas. where three
crops a year have been gathered with
out interruption for several centuries,
is there any apparent need -of fertil-
izers. In spite of this, all attempts at
colonization have failed, either through
the poor class of of-emigrants secured,
the financial instability of the various
companies and the corruption or op-
preston OF the Governors and Gov
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Trade of Fair Proportions In Local
Produce Circles.

sacramento, June TO-
Trade to-day was of fair proportions in
local produce circles.
Following. are the retail prices for the
{ FLOUR-Family Extras. $1.95 per 100
lbs: 81 for so lbs.
FRUIT.,=orsaangss. s. so@75c o per dozen;
10; Prunes.. &c; Peaches, sc per 10, and
40Q65c per box; Apples, 4c per 10; Apri-
cots. sc per 10; Pineapples, 4oa5oc each;
per ID; Raspberries, .10c per basket, Lo-
gan berries, l21sc per fb; Cherries, 15c@sl 25
per box
Cauliflower 10c per head; Carrots, Let
tuce, Radishes, Leek, Green Onions, 12l5c
per dozen, punches; Onions, &c per 10; Ro-
SC per fb; Spinach; Be; Peppers, lac; Ola
SC per 10; Artichokes. 4Oc per dozen:
Green Corn, S0c per dozen.
MEATS-Beef-frim nib Roast 12Ac
per fb; Corned Beef, sQ12c; Sausage. 125zc;
Vienna Sausage l5c: Bacon. 15c;; Loin
SaK soas sR 1se Rump D g. srsk lss Ghuek Ghuck
&c; Sc Roast Veal. l2c MuttonMIeg." "IIa Ia
| gss Ls sd saa Rae ceSDD eS1p s g. Futon
9Gl2lsc; Ham, 12Q131ac.
PoULTRY-Hens, 6Oc each; Spring, 5oc
sasn g each Tame - Ducks 5os5c eaeh heTsse T,sr
keys. lie for live and zoe for dressed per
EGGSLCalfornia, 25c per dozen.
DAIRY PRODUCE-Butter-Pi 2Dc
per ID: Mountain, zoe: Valley Roll. zoe:
roll cheeseNGalifornia. 15c per Is; " Younnr nsr
America, lie; Eastern Creamery, 15@Wc;
Genuine Swiss. 40c American Swiss, 2Oc;
HAY AND GRAIN-oat or Wheat HAY.
60G75c Alfalfa. first cutting. 5Oc: second
ana third cutting, 6Oc: Whole Barley.
81. %: Ground Barley, s1.s5; Feed oats
l;5501s 50; Middlings: sl;o6; Shorts, 81:
Bran, ar sc; Stray, 5SSgSOSm; S - Corn, large.
Ground Corn, $1.35
NUTSNew Walnuts. 15c per NJ; New
Almonds, 15Q20c: New Brazils. 1212c; PEI
cans, 16c; Filberts. 15c; Chestnuts. 15c
per b; Pine Nuts, 26c.
Eocene, 19c; Extra Star. Mc; Elaine, 23c:
Water White lbulkl, 12c,
ELECTRIC LIGHT CANDdEs-10 o..
GRANITE MINING CANDLES10 or,
SIC; II or. &c: IA oz.. 715c; 16 o.. S1zc.
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CAPTAIN CAR1ER3 GAZE.
Attorney General Griggs Investi-
eating It Carefu11y.


WASHINGTON. June 2Q.-Attorney
General Griggs was asked by Post"
reporter to-day when some decision
might be expected in the case of Cap
tain Carter, convicted by court martial
for frauds in connection with the Sa-
vannah harbor project.
TT would. be impossible to answer
that question categorically, was the
reply. "The case involves an immense
amount of testimony and argument and
ever since the adjournment Of Con-
gress, l have been giving it every mo-
ment of nay spare time. | have taken
the papers Wa me to my home and
even on the cars at night when ought
to be asleep I have been engaged upon
them. The President has given me
the very responsible task of determine
ing whether or not Captain Carter has
been justly or unjustly dealt with. and
I propose to make thorough inquiry.
can therefore, only report progress,
although this does not seem to satisfy
the newspapers that are clamoring for
an immediate decision. The Supreme
Court frequently takes months, not 10
say years. in deciding question and no
criticism is made of its delay"
.'But it is said that in this case the
statute of limitations will apply if no
action is taken by next month.
That is not true" was the answer.
1.-The conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment, if there was conspiracy, began
in July, August or September, 1896.
Under the law, however, each contin-
uing act Is a part of a conspiracy and
overt acts occurred up to August or
September, 1897. Consequently, an
other year must elapse before the stat
ute of limitations can be successfully
pleaded"
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hs Made a Close STUDY Of the Conditions
Ii the Philippines.
Says It Will Take From 100000 to
10000 Men to Subdue the ISL
ands-Gives q Gloomy Account
Of the Situation and the Out
look-Praises the Volunteer
General Wheaton Occupies Perez
Das Marinas.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2O.-- DR..
Charles A. MeQuesten, who was on the
staff Of General E. s. Otis. and who
was health officer at Manila, has re-
turned home. invalided by the climate.
Captain McQuesten made a close
study of the conditions of the Philip
Zine situation. He is of the oplnIon
that it will take from 10000 to 100000
soldiers to properly subdue and held
the islands. He also says that the
Peace Commission was an absolute fail
ure, and that its WORK from the start
was without effect. He strongly sup
ports the military government OF the
Islands, except that he thinks more
viii be necessary than mas been esti-
mated.
Dr. Schurman knows that the COM
mission is a failure and is coming home
in July" added Captain McQuesten.
Unless troops, thousands of them,
are sent to the aid of our men there,
they will be driven back into Manila
III the course of the next few months,
during the rainy season. Our men SIM
ply cannot stand the climate. Fifty
by sickness, and the territory overrun
will be in a state of siege again.
Our soldiers, men and officers, have
accomplished wonders and have proved
themselves the best soldiers in the
world But nothing decisive has come
of it, because our men were not IN
great enough force.
"One of the great dangers that OR
men have to face is the climate The
newcomers will be at a disadvantage,
because the volunteers who are RETURN
ing home are Injured to the climate.
This will make more men necessary
than we would otherwise have to put
in the field. AS matter of belief, The
Filipinos think they have the Amer
Jeans licked already.
lone solution of the situation might
be to enlist colored troops from the
Gulf States, and this might settle some
Of the race questions Of that section.
These men would be better able to
stand the climatic conditions around
Manila, and it has proven that they are
good fighters.
Il want to say a word for the West
ern volunteers. They make the nness
soleiers in the world. and their fight
irg qualities are wonderful But the
volunteers all want to return home,
and I hardly think that the plan TO en-
list three skeleton regiments from the
volunteers now in the Philippines viii
be a success The men enlisted to tight
for their country, and they are not the
kind of men who want to stay and night
an insurrection for money or the fun
of fighting"
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OTIS REPORTS.
Tells Of Mondays Battle and the
Success Of American Arms.

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-General
Otis forwards the following:
Manila, June 20.-Adjutant General.
Washington: Wheaton at linus, Cavite
province, with four guns, four battal-
ions, Fourth and Fourteenth Infantry.
Nevada troops cavalry; sent battalion
south on reconnaissance in direction of
Das Marinas yesterday morning, where
enemy reported concentrating scattered
forces; battalion encountered enemy's
force two thousand marching to attack
linus; successfully impeding its prog
1ess Wheaton with two guns and two
tattalions hurried forward; repuis.-d
enemy with heavy loss; enemy leaving
over 100 dead on the field; our loss five
killed, twenty-three wounded. Wheaton
reinforced last night by bartalion
Ninth Infantry; is driving enemy be-
yond Das Marfnas, now IN his posses
sion. Casualties to-day not reported.
Wheaton's qualities for bold and sue
Cessful attack unsurpassed. OTIS"
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military officer and student. He sopke
Of the Transvaal problem entirely as q
military man. He said;
There are motives of fair play and
humanity which make Great Britain
exceedingly reluctant to interfere In
South Africa by force But It is only
candid to say that considerations OF a
military character also operate to make
us chary about rushing into a campaign
which must put the most formidable
obstacles before US and involve qtles-
stions of transport, supply and strategy
that might stagger military expert
I'm the first place the Beers of the
Transvaal are magnificent guerrilla sol
diers. Their history has proved it, and
they are fully up to their standard to-
day. They are expert marksmen, born
rough-riders, such as your own cow
boys, and their courage and tenacity is
undeniable. Individually they are as
good military stuff as the world pos
sesses. They also are thoroughly con-
WINGED of the justice Of their cause and
would die to a man at the word of Oom
Paul.
But, aside from their morals and
their fitness, the Transvaal country IS
one admirably adapted for the purposes
Of defense. 1t is inland, with large un-
inhabited spaces surrounding. An army
invading it must have a distant base.
and its supplies must be brought
through semi-tropical country under
the most dlsadvantageous conditions.
Cape Town is thousand miles from the
Val River, and if an attack were to be
made from Natal there would be moun-
tains to work through and much tcopi-
cal growth
THE question of transportation would
be serious. We would need thousands
of mules, which must be brought from
South America. The ocean distance and
the adverse climate woud kill the ami
mails off by the hundreds and the actual
work would entail even greater losses.
There Is a question of strategy as
WELL The Beers would be difficult to hit
in a mass Indeed they might not be
mobilized in a European sense at all.
In an arid, rocky country filled with
splendid shots, with no real objective
point to capture, with a dfsaffected or
actively hostile population on your flank
or rear, the conquest of the Transvaal
would be one of the most arduous un-
dertakings we ever entered upon. In
my opinion, no less than 6O,OOO men
would be required. Your own Philip
pine war is not so different. Indeed. it
is folly to underestimate the military
strength of the Transvaal, which pro-
ceeds not alone from the character OF
the population, but also from the ma
ture Of the country itself.
"And the Beers are armed to the
teeth. The money raised by taxation OF
Uitlanders has been spent in. arms and
artillery, SO that the republic copies on
small scale the military preparation
which the continental powers exhibit ON
a great SCALE
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GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT TALKS.
Says Our Country Needs Brains
More Than Wealth.

ITHACA On. ", June 2O.-Governor
Roosevelt to-day attended the class day
exercises of the class of '99 in Cornell
Armory The students received him
with cheers. In his address to the grad
uates, the Governor referred to state
ments recently made by several men
who had amassed great fortunes, to the
effect that collegiate education is use
less in the world of to-day. He at
tackled their position vehemently and
sad: u
Our country could better afford to
lose all of the men who have amassed
millions than to lose one half Of its col
lege bred men. We can get along with
out men with enormous wealth but not
without men Of brains.
Governor Roosevelt then discussed the
desirability of college bred men MAX
ing themselves active in the political
world. He criticised the position that
because politics are corrupt good men
should shun them, holding that the
very fact that dishonesty and corrup-
ton exists should be an incentive 20
good men actively participating and re-
moving evils The man who holds aloof
merely because of corruption, he said,
is unworthy of the blessings of Amer
lean citizenship A man should be as
ready to fight for the bSst interests Of
his country in time of peace as in time
Of war. The duties of peace are mona
the less arduous than those of war and
he is, no thoroughly good American cit
izen who sfuns either. Speaking di-
rectly to the graduating class, the
Governor advised that they were no
better than the masses who had not
had their advantages, except insofar as
they utilized their great advantages.
and proved themselves So. Collegiate
education did not make them too cul-
tured and refined for the active work
of life: if it did, it would be curse
rather than a blessing. Collegiate
training offered innumerable advan-
tages but merely of itself, If without
effort. would avail nothing.
above all,'' said the Governor, do
not become Of the class Of so-called
highly educated and cultured, who
sneer at American institutions and
American customs. If you recognize
fault come forward and expose it and
strive to remedy 1t. Do not become
one of the class who lose faith in the
ability of Americans to govern either
themselves or their islands,
This afternoon the Governor ad
dressed meeting in one of the parks
Of the city.
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Royal Hative. sr2O@l.so; Burbank, $1,000
170 Observation-Disclosures, 90c@$1.10 per
box; Hale's Early, $1.05@1.10; Gov Gar
lands, soc. Apricots-Royal, $1.3o@2.45 per
crate
At Boston: Peaches-Alexanders, 51@S0c
per box and S5c per half box; Hale's
Early, 65c. Pears-$1.3 80 per box. Plums-
Clymans, 65cM$150 per crate: Abundance,
$1.45@1.70; Burbank, S1.45Q1.7O; Royal Ha-
tive, s1.55; Satsuma. $125Q1S5. Apricots--
$1X; Royal. $1@1.S5 per crate; Montga-
NETS, sl65; Mixed, s125. Prunes.Trage-
IS0.
At New York: Apricots-Royal, $115@
2.55 per crate. Peaches-Alexanders, 55cet
81 per box Briggs May. soc; Hales
Early 6OM90c. Plums-Abundance 1850
1.so: Burbanks, sl.1oa2.50; Clymans, Coco
$1.15. Prunes-Tragedys, $1@2 per crate.
At New York, June 18th: Cherries
Royal Annes, 60c@$310 per box; Tartar
ians 40cQ$2.05; Bigereaus. 50c@$I. 90 Cleve-
land, SOC; Republicans sOcQ$2. 90 Pears
Wilders, sl.4OQl:s5 s. per box. Peaches-Al-
exanders, 70c@$1 per box; Hales Early,
80c@$1 10; Briggs May, 50Q90c; Eulatis,
85Q90c Apricots-Royal, 65Q$1.S5 per
crate Prunes-Tragedys. $1.30421 10 per
crate; Simoni, s1.55gL79.. Figs-s1.45 per
crate Piums- -Burbanks, $lsO@s-2o per
crate: Royal. Hative, 90c@$165; Album
dance, $1.50QLS0; Clymans, N.10@1.40.
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RIOTS IN INDIA.
Police at Travancore Severely
Beaten and Forced to Retire.

BOMBAY, June 20 = The riots in
Southern India have spread to Travan
core, where the police have been Sc
verely beaten and forced to retire The
rioters have seized a number of guns
and a quantity of ammunition. They
are cutting off the ears of their op-
ponents in order to obtain their ear
rings more expeditiously.
About 450 houses have been burned
at Samboovadagarai Troops ara now
patroling the districts disturbed.
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RUssIA's MERCHANT MARINE.
The Government Preparing Meas
ures to Increase II.


WASHINGTON, June 2O.-The Rus
sian Governmerk from information re-
ceived by the Bureaus Of Navigation is
preparing measures for .la early de-
velopment of its merchant marine. AL
though there are only twenty-four Ru--
san steamships of over 2.CQO tons and
Of them only four are over fourteen
knots, the Russian Government during
1895 expended over 81, 100000 on its
sea- going steamships.
To increase it's navigation on the Pa
cific, the Russian Government for the
next ten years will pay Suez Canal dues
as the Austrian Government has done
for some time on national merchant
steamers. Owing to restrdetfoh of the
coasting trade of the. empire, whether
the ports are on the iBaltief on. BLACK
Seas or the Pacific, the Russian vessels
will not affect apprecdably American
navigation, as for the last two years
no American vessels have entered this
country from or cleared for European
Russia and last year only four Ameri-
can sailing vessels entered from and
cleared for Russian ports on the Pa
cific.
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ENGLAND's HARD TASK.
What She Will Have to Contend
With In the Transvaal.

CHICAGO. June 20.-Lord Cecil
Douglass Compton. an English chaplain
of lancers, after brief stay in Chicago,
left for the East last night with his
wife. Lord Compton served in South
Africa for five years. He did not par
ticipate in the Jameson raid, but he was
in the country at that time, and imme
ddatey after that untoward enterprise
entered the Transvaal country and
traversed much Of it.. He knows the
Beers and their land, and he considers
both critically from the standpoint of q
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Broke Her Shaft.

LONDON, June 20.-The Dutch tank
steamer La Flandre. from Savannah to
London and Antwerp, passed The Liz
ard to-day and signaled that she spoke
the Atlantic Transports line steamer
Montana, Captain Watkins. from Baiti-
more, June 4th, for London with shaft
broken, in latitude 4S degrees. longi-
tude % degrees.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers~to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 74@8Ac; other
grades, 7Q71ac per 10.
VEAL-7QSc for large and SQ9c per ib
for small.
MUTTON-wethers. 7Q71zc; Ewes, 6,a@
&c per 10.
LAMB-71aQS1Ac per 10 for Spring.
PORK-Live Hogs, 54c per 10 for me-
dunn, 55sc for small 5Q51zc for large;
dressed. 7QS1ac per ID.
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Puni.hed for Writine.

PARIS, June 20.-On the instructions
of the Minister of Marine, M. Lockroy,
Vice Admiral de Cuvurville has trans
ferred his command to Rear Admiral
Mallarme. This measure is in conse-
quence of letter which De Cuvurville
wrote to a member Of the Chamber of
Deputies, criticising the alleged inad-
equacy Of the national defense.
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Perez Das Marinas Occupied.

MANILA, June 20, s p. m.-The
troops commanded by General Wheaton
entered Perez Das Marinas to-day
without opposition, except upon the
part of small bodies Of rebels, who in
flicted no losses upon the Americans.
The town is an unimportant place sur
rounded by swamps and General
Wheaton will probably return to linus.
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RE1FF WON THE CROW PLATE.
Lord William Beresford's Boomer
Won Galwick Selling Handicap.

LONDON, June 20-At the first day
of the Galwick summer meeting to-day
A. Bailey's two-year-old chestnut colt
North Crawley, ridden by L. Reiff. the
American jockey. won the Crow plate
of 2OO sovereigns for two-year-olds.
Eight horses ran five furlongs. The
betting was to against North Craw
ley.
Lord William Beresford's three-yeal-
old bay gelding. Boomer, ridden by Tod
Sloan, won the Galwick selling handi-
cap of 500 sovereigns. Zethos was sec
ond and Gentleman Of France third in
field OF five. The betting was 10 l
against Boomer.
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Ca1ifornia Fruit saIes.

The Earl Fruit Company sold California
fruit at auction yesterday at the follow
ing prices:
At Chicago: Simoni Prunes, single
si.3563. average $216; Abundance Plums.
81 3O9210. average $1:97; Royal Apricots,
81 7O@2.45, average $2.07; St. John Peaches.
EARLY averaged 94c: Clyman Plums, sin
gle crates, averaged SIP; Alexander
Peaches, 50Q80c, average re. Eight cars
sold.
AT Boston: Tragedy Prunes. single
crates, H.35@2.60, average $3.50; Burbank
EPlums, 81 .356165 average H.48, Album
dance Plums averaged nA; simoni
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The American BEAT Cri.po.

LONDON, June 20.-In the third
round to-day Of the lawn tennis cham
pionship games, which opened at VIM
bledon yesterday, Clarence Hobart, the
American, beat Crispo three sets to one
by score Of 6-3; 2-6; 81; 6-3 The
wind handicapped Hobart, who bare
ly played up to his usual form. Many
American ladies were present.
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Water Rose Six Feet.

MANSFIELD CO.,. June 2O-Water
rose six feet in the streets in the low
er portions of the city after midnight
as the result Of a heavy storm. Wash
outs occurred on both the Erie and the
Baltimore and Ohio Roads. Two hum
dred people at the Casino were impris-
oned by water, which was too high for
cabs or other conveyances to rescue
them.
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spencer Eddy Promoted.

4 LONDON, June 2O.-It is said here
that Spencer Eddy, who was Private
Secretary to Colonel John Hay. when
the latter was Ambassador here and
who has since been Third Secretary Of
the United States Embassy In this city.
has been appointed Second Secretary 10
the United States Embassy at Paris.
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SAN rRANOIsCo STOCKS.
san Francisco. !;

San Francisco, June 10Th
Morning Session-C Va, H.65; c Point,
2sc; q Is C. 26c; Justice 1sc; Ophir, 81;
Overman, 1Sc; Potosi. acc; Sierra Nevada.
Andes lie: Belcher, SAC; b & B, 3bc; Bull
lion. Sc; Caledonia. 55c; Challenge, soc;
Choilar. 25e; Confidenee, soc; G e Ve, 8. g: !:
2Oc: II & n. SIC; Julia. 2c; Lady Wash
ington. 1c; Mexican. &c; Occidental. 19c;
Opfiir. S5c; Overman, 15c; Potosf. SIC; eav-
age. &c; Seq Bslscnsnsr; Is q g; sierEa 41, Nevsds
Utah. lie: x Jacket &c. 4.
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Rear Admiral Watson Arrives.

MANILA, June 20, 8 p. m.-Rear- Ad-
miral John c.. Watson arrived here to-
day on board the United States trans
port Zafiro from Hongkong and raised
his flag on the United States cruiser
Baltimore. The commanders of all the
war ships called upon the Admiral .iur-
ing the day.