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LOST THEIR JEWELRY.
A. p. Demorest Believes He Was Robbed
by Thieves.

by Thieves.
New York, March IA. p. Damornst
called at the East Fifty-tirst street po-
lice station and reported that he mad
small safe filled with jewels valued at
$4,000 in the ruins of the fire. He. his
wife and daughter and son occupied
rooms on the third floor near Fifth ave
nue. and Forty-seventh street. They
We're all in their rooms when the fire
occurred. His daughter, when the fire
was discovered, went to the small safe
containing the jewels and tried to open
it, but forgot the combination in her
excitement. Mr.. Demorsst stated that
when he opened the door to his room
he saw three men running about in the
smoke and going into rooms. They
were not firemen and he was certain
they were not employees. He thinks they
We're robbers. He and his family !hen
went out on the fire escape and We're
rescued by firemen Mr.. Dem 1rest was
apprehensive about the safety Of the
safe and its valuab1es.
Thomas Cleary of 911 Third avenue
called on Inspector Harley and stated
that he assisted woman from The no.
tel, whom he afterward ascertailed was
Mrs. Abner Mckinley. He took Der to
the street and put her in cab. Mrs.
Mckinley told him that she had dropped
a bag containing some jeWelry He ran
back and got the bag and gave It to
Mrs Mckinley and she drove off In
spector Harley held Sleary in order to
verify the story. OF three trunks taken
from the debris at Forty-sevelth street
and Fifth avenue Saturday afternoon
two were claimed by Abner Mckinley.
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And California Also.

1~HE California legislature has gone
the way Of its Utah and Della
ware contemporaries to
elect United States senator. This in
wolves the loss of three senator's to the
senate, two republicans and one demo-
crat. If Pennsylvania follows suit, the
total loss will be three republicans and
one democrat. With every succeeding
year, the reasons why the election of
United States senators by popular vote
should be substituted for the present
vicious. corrupt and often fruitless sys-
tenn of election by legislature, increase
and multiply. AS in Delaware and
Utah. the senatorial contest in Cali
fornia engrossed the legislatures at
tention to the exclusion of pretty
nearly everything else. Possibly, how
ever, that is not so deplorable after all.
The Chicago Journal, with fine irony
that suggests the hand of the cele-
brated Mr.. Dooley. observes: "Advo-
Gates of the election of United States
senators by popular vote are invited to
consider one great advantage that oc-
casionally attends the system now in
vogue, an advantage that has attended
it in at least three states during the
most recent legislative season. In Utah,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware the state
legislatures have been so completely
occupied fighting over the election of
senators they have had time for practi-
cally nothing else The plan Of
electing senators by direct vote of the
people has many things to recommend
it, but the beauties of the deadlock are
one of the things that plead for the re-
tention of the present system"
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The Proper Spirit.

~NE of the declarations of princi-
" pies of the republican city con-
vention held Saturday was this:
THAT in the interest of labor and good
government, we demand that the affairs
of this city and it's officers shall not be
dominated or concentrated by any cor
porate power"
The only corporate powers which
have attempted to control the affairs of
the city and its officers during the past
few years are the street railroad COM
pany and the water company These
corporations are constantly before the
city council asking for some valuable
gift or concession. Often they are sue
cessful. Last fall the granting of
freight franchise to haul ore from
Clarks mines to his smelter through
the principal streets of Butte was only
prevented after a hard struggle. The
water company and the street railroad
company are constantly after conces-
sions. The democratic candidates for
aldermen are men who will not vote
away valuable franchises and conces-
sions except on just grounds.
These are the corporate powers"
which the people of Butte have to fear
and the only ones. They are the only
corporate powers which come before
this council for big favors. They are
constantly working in all parties to Sc
cure the nomination of aldermen who
are likely to prove friendly to them.
1t was noticeable that the water COM
pany was represented by surprisingly
large number of delegates in the re-
publican convention on Saturday. The
company will be after some further
concession soon. Elect men to the coun-
Gil who will not yield without just
cause to the demands of these corpor-
ate powers. Elect the men nominated
on the democratic ticket and the in
terests of the people will be safe from
surrender to these persistent corporate
powers"
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TROUBLE BREWING.
Heaith Officers Prevented by Mexicans
From Removing Smallpox Patients.

-S"iSA Winters Ireventeu ny MexlcaHs
From Removing Smallpox Patients.
Laredo, Texas, March 19.-The work
OF removing the smallpox patients to
the pest house under direction of State
Health Officer Blunt was begun this
morning. After 10 had been removed
the officers encountered on East Mata-
moras street a mob of MeXicans, who
menaced them in such a manner that
the chief of police was telephoned for.
Marshal Joe Barthelow and Assistant
Marshal Nye Idar hurried to the scene,
and when they attempted to arrest the
leaders Of the disturbance they were as
saulted with stones. Nye Idar was
knocked down and severely beaten
about the head before he could be res
cued. One of the rioters was shot, but,
aided by his friends, managed to es-
cape. About 20 shots We're fired a dozen
arrests made and the mob dispersed
The health officers resumed their
work, but We're soon met by another
mob of 500 or 600 Mexicans. many of
them armed. As they could not con-
tend with this force. the health officers
desisted and DR.. Blunt opened tele-
graphic communication with Governor
Sayers. AS a result he was instructed
to call on the United States military au-
thorities at Mcintosh in the name of
the governor for such assistance as was
needed, and later he was informed that
the war department had telegraphed au-
thority to use the troops The Mexicans
are much excited and express contempt
for the negro United States soldiers.
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The vindicatiOn of Miles.
~HE war investigating commits |
sion has run into a quantity Of |

THE war investigating commits
sion has run into a quantity of
facts that are absolutely white
wash proof. The presence of those
dead maggots in the canned beef can
never be explained away. In spite of
itself the commission discovered, too
that the canned roast beef was not
roast beef at all, but sort of boiled
beef, from which beef extract had been
gotten out. The packers in Chicago
actually showed the board the way the
canned meat is prepared. The army
officers saw 743 pounds of lean beef go
into the boiling pot, and when it came
out it weighed 500 pounds. The PA
pounds taken out of this becomes beef
extract in due course of time, and nee
essarily leaves the canned beef just
that much poorer The experts from
the packing houses had previously tes-
titled that the shrinkage was "infini-
tesimal." 1t was bad enough to give
the soldiers meat with the nutrimsnt
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$1,000 REWARD
TEN PAGES.
' vERYBODY expected that the

VERYBODY expected that the
r Butte Miner would support the
republican ticket in the Butte
municipal election. That was a fore
gone conclusion. But it is not so clear
why the Miner should find it necessary
to apologize for its course or explain it.
The republican party is the proper
place for it, and if the republicans are
willing to take it, the Miner need be as
sured that there will be no regrets in
the democratic party. The paper of Mr..
Clark has never been of any service to
the democratic party, which it has be-
trayed on repeated occasions. Last fall
it fought the democratic ticket openly,
as it is also doing this spring But
last fall the democratic party marched
forward to splendid victory in spite
of all that the Miner and its owner
could do.
This spring the democratic party will
achieve another glorious victory in
spite of all that the Miner and Mr..
Clark can do. The Miner has never
been of service to any party except the
republican party and not of much to
that. 1t has no part in the democracy
and the longer it stands out the better
1t will be for the democrats.
The Miner denies once more that the
democratic city convention was demo-
cratic. 1t says that mo convention en-
titled to be called democratic would
ever express sorrow or disapproval of
the election of democrat to the Unit
ed States senate" But Mr., Clark is
not "a democrat: he was not elected by
democrats; he is not the choice Of the
democrats of Montana. He fought last
fall to elect the republican ticket in
all the western part of Montana. He
could not have been elected but for re-
publican votes. In public meeting at
Helena on the night Of his election he
declared for republican principles. In
many eastern papers and magazines he
is listed as republican. The Review of
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ago tied in an arm chair on the shore.
about four miles west of Ell Moro, is the
remains of the Spanish admiral. Villamil,
who commanded the torpedo boat DESTROY
ers Furor and Pluton in the battle which
resulted in the destruction of Cervera' 3
squadron.
colonel Valiente. chief of the Santiago
provincial gendarmerie, has resigned his
membership IN the veteran association ow-
ing TO It's action in supporting the military
assemblyin the controversy with General
Gomez. Meetings continue to be held
here indorsing the course of the Cuban
ex-commander-in-ch
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"Red' Pipkin's Abandonment.

Denver. Colo. March ia special
to the News from Albuquerque, N. NJ,
says: Red Pipkin, the noted train
robber who was captured recently at
Moab, Utah, was brought to this city
this morning from Winnemucca, New,
where he was wanted on "a charge of
holding up a Santa Fe passenger train
He will be brought before United STAIRS
Commissioner Whiting tomorrow on a
charge of being concerned in the hold
up of a Santa Fe Pacific train at
Grants last year, and also of killing a
deputy sheriff.
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and officials generally were so anxious
to prevent the reopening of the Drey-
fus case and the exposure of the plot
and why such organizations as the
League of Patriots so readily took up
the cause of the general staff. In fact.
it explains the whole matter much more
clearly and satisfactorily than any
other explanation that has appeared
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AdiudRed Insane.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 19-Mrs. Anna
Hays Byers, widow of the late Eben
NJ. Byers, the millionaire manufacturer
whose last sickness and the events con-
nected with it, few years ago, caused
a sensation throughout the country, has
been adjudged a lunatic, and it is prob
able that she will be placed in the care
of trust company, along with her
property, which she is said to have
wasted. Her husband died some years
ago and it is claimed her mind became
affected by the long fight over the dis
position Of his property.
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New York, March 19.-Funeral services
over Mrs. Warren Leland and Miss Helen
Leland. wife and daughter of the proprie-
tor of the Windsor hotel who died
from injuries received at the fire, were
held this morning at the Church of The
Heavenly Rest.
Mr.. and Mrs Abner Mckinley and a few
other friends of the family We're pres ant.
There were two large baskets of Easter
lilies near the casket, the gift of President
and Mrs. Mckinley. Mr.. Leland and his
son Charles accompanied the remains to
Chicago.
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Decadent Republican Party.

From the Boston Traveller
The prophecy made by Senator Hoar
that the decadence of the American re-
public will date from the Administered ton
Of President Mckinley would sound bet
ter and be much truer if it read: The
decadence of the republican party will
date from the administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley. There is no doubt about
it. the republican party is hopelessy split.
Senator Hoar has more followers than
they would like to admit
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Roanoke. Va. March ia fatal wreck
occurred on the Norfolk & Western road
at Ada this morning, killing Fireman Van
landingham of this city and a brakeman
named E. Graham. A tramp was also
killed. Several trainmen were more or
less injured. Three freight trains were
wrecked. All We're coming east. The first
train had stopped. The second broke in
two and the sections in their flight down
the mountain side crashed into the first
train. They We're soon followed by the
third, which had not been tagged.
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Two Killed,

Auburn, Cal. March ia horse on the
railroad track near Clipper Gap switch
was the primary cause of railroad acct
dent in which two trainmen were killed
and a third seriously injured. Westbound
freight No. 3 struck the horse with the
result that the first engine of the train
was ditched and its boiler broken. The
engineer and fireman were scalded to
death and an unknown helper was badly
burned. Killed:
Engineer Fred Witham Il
Fireman Edward Gray.
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A MusselmRn Riot.

London, March 2o.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Standard says:
News has been received from Smyrna
that 5000 Musselman refugees who were
in desperate lack of work and food. in
vaded and pillaged the Greek and Turkish
quarters of that city, a conflict resulting
in which many persons were killed or
wounded"
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Leadville, Colo, March 1a.-The two men
who have been imprisoned in the Bonair
mine for the past 10 days were again dis
appointed to-day. 1t had been confidently
expected that the rescuing party would
reach them to-day. but when the attempt
was made to connect the rescue shaft with
the level in which the men are it was
found unsafe to do so. 1t will now be
necessary to sink about 40 feet further.
which will take three or four days more
The men are well and in good spirits.
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Shows Improvement,

Calcutta, March 19.-The Indian budget
in almost every department of revenue
shows improvement. 1t is estimated that
there will be a surplus OF SIS, 600 for
the fiscal year of 1883 and s1a, 250. 900 for
1sss-ls00 No reduction in taxation is pro-
posed. The government considers it ad-
visable to maintain the strongest possible
position in view of the expected measures
for currency reform
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Cincinnati, March 19.-The body of
Mrs. John d. Gibson arrived here to
night. 1t is now thought she was nj
the only one from Cincinnati lest in
the Windsor hotel fire. Harry r. Lee,
formerly Of this city, who was en-
ployed as a key and mail clerk in the
doomed hotel, has not been heard of
since the fire. Lees name was printed
among the injured but inquiries have
failed to trace him.
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New York, March ia dispatch to
the Herald from Washington announces
that Mrs. Boyd and daughter and Mr.
Nash, whose names have been included
in the lists of Windsor hotel missing,
are in Washington
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London, March 2o.-The Pekin CORE
spondent of the Times says: "Sir Claude
Mcdonald, the British minister, has been
urging the tsung Ii yamen to grant the
Belgian demand for concession at Han
kow. but China declines, and the British
advocacy of Belgium's proposal is re-
garded as unreasonable and inconsist-
emit
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DIR. krupp Is Alive.

London, March 19,-The Rev DIR.
Knapp. former principal of Queens col
lege, N. F.. who mysteriously disap-
peared from his residence in Bright
house, West Yorkshire, on January IS
last, writes to his friends in this coun-
try that he has reached New York in
a sailing vessel.
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Rome. March 1.-the pope attended
mass to-day in his private chapel and
later received several persons in audi
ence. He occupies his leisure time in
writing Latin verses
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AngIo-Egyptian Expedition.

London, March 20.-An Anglo-Egyptian
expedition will be undertaken next au-
tumn. according to a dispatch from Cairo
to the Daily Mail, to finally dispose of the
hhalifa Abdullah and other Dervish lead
ers in the Souuan.
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New York OfficeNS Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The S. C. Beckwith Special Agency
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington Bureau-1415 G ST., N. W.
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New York March 19-Mrs. A. S. Jar
Wis reported to the police tonight that she
had lived at the Windsor hotel for three
years, She said she had lost jewels worth
$50 900.
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Herschell's BODY Arrives.

Portsmouth. England. March 19.-The
cruiser Talbot. with the body of Baron
Herschell on board, which sailed from
New York March s, arrived .!ere To-
day,
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Santigo de Cuba. March 1a.-After a
careful investigation Major General Leon
ard Wood, the military governor, is con-
WINGED that the skeleton found few days
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New Workers Coming Home.

Havana. March lathe United States
transport Thomas sailed this morning for
the United States with the a82d New York
volunteers.
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NE of the declarations of princi-
" pies of the republican city con-
vention held Saturday was this:
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DESERVING BRYAN.

. ~ good many Democrats, now that they
fully comprehend the import of the cleo
tions of last week, are disposed to express
grave doubts regarding the candidacy of
Mr.. Bryan. Among others the two sena-
tors from Virginia are reported as adverse
to the denomination of Mr.. Bryan because
he would be doomed to defeat at the outset
There has been no more strenuous ad-
vocate of 1G to L than Senator Daniel of
that State. These Democrats who are say
ing since the election that Bryan will not
do"-and there are many such-are not fair
TO the travelling candidate for the presi-
deacy. They were entirely willing that Mr..
Bryan should make an experiment with
nonexpansion or anti-imperialfsm or mill
tarism as an issue. Some weeks before the
election there was a conference in Chicago
OF those opposed TO the Presidents Philip
pine policy. The men of national reputa-
ton. chiefly Independents, who opposed Mr..
Bryan in 1896 were reported to be either
present or consenting to the action that
should be taken. These men then declared
that the silver question should not stand
as a buffer between Mckinley and his
Philippine policy. the expansion policy
of the President was infinitely more dan
gerous TO the liberties of the people than
the free coinage Of silver. Mr.. Carl Schurz
was very vehement in this sort of declara-
tion. Some OF them declared that they
would support Mr.. Bryan against the
war policy of the President. The Spring
field (Mass) Republican declared that each
word Of Mr.. Schurz's speeches was worth
thousand votes against the policy of ex-
pansion In short. all the sympathizers
with Aguinaldo did whatever they could to
induce Mr.. Bryan TO champion the cause of
Aguinaldo In some form. He accepted the
suggestions and advice OF these men. he
wabbled about expansion and the Declare