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P.+bbo,s Sisters

sa- Francisco Temple 10. Il OF this
.-r PAS arranged Tor az entertainment
.rs dance @ be given IN its lodgeroom
:. Igtaia1 castle GA next Friday night
-r admirable programme has been ar
ranged ly -Ee committee. consisting of
1--s E--a r. Te.ch. Mrs.. Drusa =. Rob
----r N-s n NoTatt. Mrs. Nauts 3.
e. 1I-s. Lay Kidd and Mss Mae
Llrl.
sr-he Temple no. G gave an enter
.1er- and ban i1 Oakland last TNies-
E H-.e- attracted au audience which
e1 --e lll g. rhe doors. There were
resent -ary members q The order from
rr-
rasr F-3ay -iFht East Oakland TEN
gave "a social which was attended BY
Elra.v number o. The members and
-aelr friends and q proved a very enjoy
able lca.r. IlIs temple IS noted for the
excel lerce ~ --s social functions and Tor
its hosp.tc..-v
A rev temple q ere Rathbone Sisters
VIII soon Be- instituted ~ Fowler.
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odd Fellows and Rebekahs.

Thomas X. Kase OF Farnsworth Lodge
has been appointed a district deputy
grand master FOR district No. G.. vice
Flint. resigned.
David Newell. one OF the trustees OF the
odd Fellows Home. IS az one OF the
springs. undergoing treatment for rheu-
matism.
Occidental Encampment on the 14th inst
conferred the patriarchal degree on nine
candidates. That night was the twenty
eighth anniversary OF the institution Of
iAe encampment, anu the announcement
was made that u now has q membership
OF 80 and $4,000 IL its treasury. On the
sth ~ next month the royal purple degree
new lodge OF Rebekahs organized b.
ldrs. Minnie r. Dcbbins VIII be Instituted
!n this city within the next TWO weeks.
California Rebekah Lodge had sixteen
applications 10 act upon last night.
AmIty Rebekah Lodge viii have an en-
tertalIment and dance on the night OF the
18th OF December.
a new Rebekah ledge IS 10 be Instituted
II few days IL Westside, Santa Clara
on he 10Th inst. the trustees OF the
Orphans Home az Gilroy paid = visit 10
The home and there held business meet
ing. II the evening there was an enter
tainment given By the children OF the
home. which was little cut or the usua!
ruD Ot entertainments given BY fraternal
societies. and 4 proved q most enjoyable
strumental music and the Gilroy quartet
furnished vocal selections. There are now
. thiTty-seyen children IN the home, and q
visitor % IL recently SAID: There IS not
10 be found anywhere in California a
haCcsomer and more intelligent group OF
children, numbers being equal"
President Mrs. Carpenter has announced
the following VisitarCns f0r December.
. toviua Lodge, C0viDa. December !. Una
Lodge. Los Angeles. 2; Valley Queen
. Lodge, Chino. :. Center Link Lodge. Col
ton. s. May Queen Lodge. Ontario, =:
| Magnolia Lodge, sapphire Lodge, Red
lands. e. Monrovia Lodge. Monrovia, i;
f Pasadena Lodge, Pasadena. y; White
. Rose Lodge. Santa Barbara, a. and
Flower City Lodge, Santa Barbara, Is.
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Ancient Order Foresters.

Court Apollo gave very enjoyable
complimentary entertainment and dance
in Social Hall OF the Foresters' build
ing on the 18th inst. The programme was
a very good one, and IL was appreciated
by all present. Dancing followed, and
served
Court ST. Gottardo was instituted on the
Iith inst at Oakland By High Chief Ran
ger Boehm and members OF the executive
council. assisted by members OF Court
MazZini @. Moresi was the organizer.
Court Holland was visited last Thurs
day by High Chief Ranger Boehm, and
last night the high chief ranger. high
sub chief ranger. high court treasurer and
high court senior woodward paid an off,
clal visit 70 the court at Halfmoon Bay.
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Fraternal Eagles.

San Francisco Aerie OF the Fraternal
Eagles has completed all its arrangements
for the grand masked ball that II will
give in the Mechanics Pavilion on the
night OF Thanksgiving eve. This aerie
now has a membership OF 6s4.
Sacramento Aerie No. 9 has been re-
organized and II is now adding rapidly
10 its membership.
A new aerie will be instituted IN Fresno
within The next two weeks.
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Friends Of the Forest.

The committee appointed TO arrange FOR
the entertainment and banquet 70 be given
on the night OF the 1lth OF December in
celebration Of the third anniversary OF
the institution OF Lincoln Lodge consists
Of a. r. Craig. J. Renner. c. Lundin. W
a. DalZell and Jules GetZ. At the meet
ing held last Monday night committees
were appointed 10 prepare letters OF con-
dolence TO be sent 10 Mrs. Rosa Baraco
and Miss Irene Dexter. members OF the
lodge, who each lost a parent by death.
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companions OF the Forest

The ''us girls and US boys" committee
Of Loyal Circle have arranged for a fine
domino party 10 be given IN its hall in
the Shiels building tomorrow night
bohemian Circle was instituted in this
city last wee. with a good charter list
by Mrs. VI. =. Falconer, S. G. c. C, as
sisted by a number OF other officers Mrs
II +. Flick IS the chief companion of the
cording and NJ. Fuetcher the financial
secretary.
J. Falconer. s. G. c. c.. paid a fra
ternal visit last week TO Alba Circle in
Vallejo
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Ane-can Gnild

Iast "wednesday right san Francisco
chapter cf the American Guild elected
Past Governor II. T. Asher as a delegate
-o the district convention 20 be held in
rhis district next yea-. Dr. A r. Derby
wls elected as alternate. The chapter
during the evening was visited bv Past
supreme Deputy Governor u. vs. NcGa--
rie. who related his experiences IN the
county 90 Hu-bold since last August.
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cials There were songs and music. and IL
was o'clock in the morning before the
party broke UP.
From reports received Il appears that
Calico Grove has during the term made
a gain OF 3s members; Sacramento Grove
2s; Cypress, 10, and many others have
made smaller gains. This term so far
has been a most prosperous one.
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RACING! RAGING! RACING!
1sse-CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB-1s0O
Winter Meeting. November 20 10 December 4
1899. inclusive.

Winter MeetIng November 70 20 December Z
1899. inclusive.
OAKLAND RACETRACK
Racing Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
day FRIDAY and Saturday. Rain or shine.
Five or more races each day.
Races start AT 2.I5 p. m. sharp.
Ferry-boats leave san Francisco at u m and
1850 $50 ? 2:s0 and 3 p. m. connecting
with trains stopping at the entrance 70 the
track Last two cars on train reserved for la q
dies and their escorts. no smoking. Buy your
ferry tickets 70 Shell Mound. All trains via
oakland mole connect with San Pablo avenue
electric cars at Seventh and Broadway. Oak
land. Also all trains via Alameda mole con-
meet with San Pablo avenue cars at Fourteenth
and Broadway. Oakland These electric cars
Returning-Trains leave the track at i:i5 and
4:s5 p. m. and Immediately after the last race.
THOMAS II. WILLIAMS JR- President
r y. MILROY. Secretary.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND 0PERA=HOUSE
TELEPHONE VAN ~
LAST NIGHT OF THE MERRY MONARCH.

-'- -'I'4I4 OF TIT II-IsI9L 11-''' "
Commanding TOMORROW tNONDAYD
EVENING. November 20.
COLOSSAL. SUMPTCOCS COSTLY AND
THOROUGHLY UP-TO-DATE PRODUCTION
OF RICE'S WORLD FAMOUS EXTEAvA-
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PLAIN WORDS ON THE
TRANSVAAL SITUATION
Secretary Cham berlain Declares Eng
land Will No Longer Tenn
porize With Beers.

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, Aug. 26-In
throwing open his own gardens here
this afternoon to the members of the
st. Bartholomew Ward Liberal Union
lists, Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of
State for the Colonies. was drawn into
the most important speech on the
Transvaal situation he has made since
the adjournment of Parliament
But what am I to talk about ?" ask
ed the Secretary.
Cries of the Transvaal," were made
Yes" he replied Il know there is
one subject which is very deep in all
your hearts and about which l cannot
talk or say much, lest 1 do harm. That
is the relation of our race with the
TransvaaI Government. l wish that l
could tell you to-day that the Difficult
ties existing for so many years between
Her Majesty's Government and the
oligarchy in Pretoria, which has as
sumed such an acute form during the
past few years, were happily settled
But, unfortunately, that is not yet
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FOUR SOLDIERS
WERE AMBUSHED
Three Killed and the
Fourth Escaped.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MANILA, Aug. 26-Four men Of the
Twenty-third Regiment, stationed al Ce-
bu, were ambushed by natives in the hills
and three of them killed. The fourth man
succeeded in making his escape. Details
are lacking.
WASHINGTON, Aug 26.-Orders were
issued to-day directing the Thirtieth Vol
unteers, commanded by Colonel Gardiner,
to move from Fort Sheridan to San Fran
cisco on September 10. Orders were also
issued moving the Thirty second Infantry,
commanded by Colonel Craig, from Fort
Leavenworth TO San Francisco on Sep
tember 20. The four regiments which were
previously ordered to move are making
active preparations TO leave. The Thirty
first is leaving Fort Thomas, KY, to-
day; the Thirty-fourth will leave Fort
Logan, Colo, on the 2Sth; the Twenty
seventh will leave Camp Meade on the
29th and the Twenty-sixth will leave
Plattsburg on September s. These regi-
ments will sail from San Francisco as
soon as transports can be provided.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. Pa cablegram
to the Star from Manila to-day says:
THE Twentieth Kansas Regiment and
Colonel Funston have been assigned to
sail on the United States transport Tar
tar about September ;. The Tartar will
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"@|~ - -" o 80
BOER BURGHERS READY TO TAKE THE FIELD.

in my power. AS you know. for three
months we have been going. President
Kruger has made, perhaps some little
progress, but 1 cannot truly say that
the crisis is past
President Kruger procrastinates in
his reply. He dribbles each reply like
water from a squeezed sponge. His Of
fers are accompanied with conditions
which he knows to be impossible, or he
refuses to allow us to make satisfac-
tory investigation of their nature.
Il do not think it will be denied that
we have exhibited unparalleled pa
tience in the relations between para
mount and a subordinate state. The
situation is too fraught with danger;
it is too strained for indefinite PROPOSE
ton. The knot must be loosened, to
use Mr. Balfour's words, or else we
shall have to find other ways of unity
ing it.
IF we are forced to do that, then I
would repeat now words used by Lord
Salisbury in the House of Lords. | say
that, if forced to make further prepara-
ton. If this delay continues much long
er, we shall not hold ourselves limited
by what we have already offered. but
having taken this matter in hand, we
will not let go until we have secured
conditions which, once for all, will es
tablish us as the paramount power in
South Africa and secure for us cur OBJ
jects there, equal rights and privileges
promised by President Kruger when
the Transvaals independence was
granted.
IF it comes to this, if the rupture
which we have done everything in our
power to avoid is forced upon us, l am
confident we shall have the support
not only of the vast majority of Britons
but of the whole empire. In all
this bad business there is one thing
upon which we can congratulate our
selves, and that is the unity of the en-
pire. No British subject can suffer in
justice anywhere without awakening a
responsive chord in our most distant
colonies which stand together in main
tanning the honor and integrity of the
empire"
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CYCLONE FORMING IN
MARTINIQUE ISLAND

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 26.-The
island of Martinique reports a cyclone
forming south and moving toward Do
minica and Guadalupe.
PONCE, Porto Rico. Aug. 26-All pos
sible preparations are being made against
the predicted storm. Meanwhile the mill
tary authorities are doing all in their
power to alleviate the conditions which
followed the recent cyclone There is a
daily distribution of rice, beans and cod
fish and supplies are sent to other dis
tricts as rapidly as the transportation IA
cilities will permit Official wages have
been fixed at five centavos an hour. Many
men have refused to work on these terms,
but some assistance is obtained from
boys.
The water is foul. Four thousand cubic
meters of mud and debris are piled in the
streets, the hospitals are oyercrowded and
the temporary hospitals are filled; there
is a good deal of fever and malaria and
some typhoid; such houses as are stand
ing are overcrowded and there are thou
sands who are altogether homeless.
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mately back down, but there are no
signs, judging from the military activ
ity at the British war office and the
same activity in the South African Re
public, that such is likely to be the
case, though both sides may be using
the movements of troops as a bluff
That Mr.. Chamberlain is not in pa
cific mood, is evidenced by the publica-
ton subsequent to the reception of
Kruger's reply. of the correspondence
between the Beers and Sir Alfred Mil
ner. According to the Speaker this &C
ton has immeasurab bly, increased the
difficulty of keeping the peace. Com
menting upon this fact, the Speaker
says:
Unfortunately neither in Downing
street nor at Pretoria is the value of
moderation and good temper sufficient
ly appreciated. The consequence is
that every day the situation becomes
more dangerous and may yet see the
two races locked in a sanguinary
struggle, simply because the leading
men on both sides have failed TO keep
sufficient command over their own
tempers and those of their immediate
supporters"
All that can be said is that in a very
short period, probably less than week,
the world will know definitely whether
President Kruger finally acknowledges
British suzerainty and its potentiality,
or whether he really intends to resort
to arms in order to defend his conten-
ton 1t is palpable that the British will
now refuse to accept any evasion of
their suzerainty claims whatever other
President Kruger might
make.
The Transvaal correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian. a well-knCwn
writer on economics, says that he finds
willingness among the Jo-
hannesberg Outlanders to take the
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HAYES
SUDDENLY DROPS
OUT Of SIGHT
Evades His Nurse and
Disappears.

Joseph Hayes, a well-known liquor deal
er, who lives at 20 John street, is among
the missing, and his family and frlends
are greatly perturbed. He disappeared on
Sunday last, and since then no trace mas
been found of him. When last seen he was
staying at Paraiso Springs, where ne had
gone on the 18th inst, to recuperate.
Searching parties have secured the hills
in the vicinity of the resort, and re-
ward has been offered in the hope of find
ing him, but UP to the present without
success.
Mr.. Hayes had been drinking heavily,
and was prevailed on by friends to go to
the springs and recover his natural con-
ditiori He took their advice, and in com
pany with DR.. Perrault, proprietor OF the
resort he left on August 16. Shortly after
his arrival the alcohol he had imbibed be-
gan to show It's effects, and an attendant
was placed over him.
On Saturday he developed symptoms
of delrium tremens and the watch on
him was drawn closer. The next morn
ing the nurse, seeing Mr.. Hayes appar-
emily asleep, withdrew for few minutes
and on his return. found his patient gone.
He Immediately instituted a search, but
could not find him. Approaching his
condition and fearing that he might be-
come violent and do himself or others an
injury, the now affrighted nurse notified
The last trace they got of him was that
he was headed up the mountains hatless
ana wiz eyed. "A Oh SdllQdS
who was encamped In the vicinity
vouched for this fact. A searching party
was Immediately set out in the hope of
finding him, but the missing man had
disappeared as If he had been swallowed
up by the earth. Old hunters who know
every path and trail in the hills secured
them, but without avail. The Sheriff of
the county was also notified and he sent
telephone messages and deputies in all
directions but was unable to locate
Hayes whereabouts.
1t is feared he crawled into the brush
and perished This theory is based on the
fact that the brush is extremely thick in
the mountains, and If he did come to his
senses it would be a difficult thing for
him to find his way out. The only water
to be had in the hills is said to be alkali
and unfit for drinking purposes.
Another theory advanced by the hotel
people is that Hayes, objecting to the
close surveillance kept on him, watched
his opportunity and slipped out. and in
stead of heading up the mountains went
in the opposite direction and boarded a
freight train at Soledad
Mrs. Hayes was Immediately notified of
her husbands S disappearance, and she took
the first train for the springs. Seeing that
she could not improve on the efforts made
to find him she came home.
Mrs. Hayes called at police headquarters
last night and gave detailed description
of her husband, and asked that every ef-
fort be made to find him.
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FAST MAIL TRAINS
COME IN COLLISION
An Engineer Disregards His Orders,
With the Result That an Acct
dent Occurs

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 26-Two fast
mail trains on the Rock Island road, run
ming at speed of fully thirty miles an
hour, collided this evening at Muncie
Station, ten miles west of Kansas City.
Both locomotives were demolished and
one of them telescoped a mail car but
not a person was hurt. The engines
came together with whistles blowing. The
engineers and firemen jumped after
sounding the warning, which reached the
mail clerks and baggage men in time, and
they also jumped. None of the coaches
were derailed. The train men on the
eastbound Denver train had ignored
orders which gave the westbound train
the right OF way.
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Mrs. Townsend's Generosity.

The WASP'S souvenir number, illus
trative of the arrival of the First Cali
fornia Volunteers, has attracted so
much favorable attention that Mrs. A
S. Townsend has subscribed for twelve
hundred copies so as to present each
of the returning heroes with one. The
gift cannot fail to be appreciated as
the WASP'S special number contains
one of the most complete collections of
war pictures of general interest that
has been issued by any publication in
the country. The WASP deserves spe-
cial credit as being the only local week
ly which issued a special number
illustrative of the arrival of the volun-
teers. Mrs Townsend will present the
volunteers with the souvenirs on Tues
day at the Presidio.
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= OORENZO MARQUES,
l. Delagoa Bay, Ang, 20
Segeral persons suspected Of
being e'nisSayies of the TranS0aaI
Government haze been arrested
here. Excitement brevailS, and in
aic7v Of a contemplated TranSVaaI
raid the Portuguese troops are kept
in readiness for an emergency.
LONDON, Aug. 27.-A dispatch from
Johannesburg says word has been re-
ceived there from Pretoria that Presi-
dent Kruger and General Joubert favor
sending a special peace commission to
England composed of members of the
Volksraad. headed by f. w. Reitz,
State Secretary.
Though no actual developments have
apparently taken place in the Trans
Vaal situation, as previously reviewed
in these dispatches, public interest in
the crisis has been wonderfully quick
ened. This is due to the dawning real
ization that Great Britain is making
the most methodical preparations for
war. The utter lack of official news
and the serious outlook have made the
week one of tension. Contradictory re-
ports from home and abroad have flour
ished, and on the strength of these the
newspapers have see-sawed from peace
TO war and vice versa, hopelessly at
sea. Endless supposition has been in
dulged in regarding President Krugers
counter propositions, but from a broad
point of view such details are not i'm
portant. as compared with the fact that
President Kruger has refused-some
say evaded-the 'irreduCible minimum
of Sir Alfred Miner, the Governor of
Cape Colony and British High Commits
soner of South Africa.
1t is now nearly a week since the
British Government has been in pos
session of President Krugers reply.
Whether, in the interests of peace,
powers higher than Mr.. Chamberlain,
the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
are still temporizing, or whether or not
a decisive ultimatum is already on the
way to the President of the Transvaal,
is pure conjecture. The most conserva-
tive opinion is that the Beers will ulti-
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franchise insisted upon by Mr.. Cham
berlain, but no eagerness. He says the
Outlanders' grievances are genuine,
but greatly exaggerated and not keenly
felt except by the hot-headed politi
clans.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 26-Com-
mandant General Joubert, addressing
meeting of Burghers to-day, said they
would never cease to strive for peace,
but that the Transvaal, if forced to
take up arms to maintain its independ-
ence would fight to the death.
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large numbers, and every available
white man in Mcintosh County is depu-
tized by Sheriff Blount, but still ne
could not muster very large posse
The negroes number five to each whlte
man. Business is suspended IN Darie1
foT the time being. and il is reported
that farms in the county have been
temporarily abandoned.
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nounced that James N. Hill, vice presi-
dent of the Eastern Minnesota. Is to be-
come general manager of the Great
Northern, a position newly created.
Lewis NJ. Hill, who has been assistant
to his father, will succeed his brother
with headquarters at Duluth.
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rial, all that remains of the Derby favor
lite, has been so great that policemen
were specially engaged to keep the crowd
moving.
Sloan is TO have pair of the boots him.
self, though this is considered rather un-
lucky by the sporting fraternity. Sloan
says Holocauste was the best horse he
ever bestrode.
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ARKANSAS TOWN WIPED
OUT BY A STORM
Not a House Has Been Left Standing
in the Village of New
port.

port
LITTLE ROCK, Aug. ga special to the
Gazette from Newport, Ark, says: News
reached here to-day that the little vii
lagc OF Pleasant Plain, situated in the
hills of the southern part of Indepenr
dence County, about twenty-five miles
west of Newport was struck by a storm
last night and literally wiped out of ex-
istence. Not a house was left standing.
AS the town has neither telegraph nor
telephone connection with the outside
world the details of the storm are vague
and cannot be learned at this hour.
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VICTORIOUS END OF
A FAMOUS HORSE
The Hide of the Speedy Holocauste
to Be Made Into
Boots.

NEW YORK, Aug. GA World cable
from London says: Holocauste, the
French crack on which Tod Sloan rode his
first fatal Derby, has met with an inglo-
rious fate. His partly dressed skin has
been hanging outside OF boot store in
Queen Victoria street for the past few
days, with the announcement that 1t will
be made into boots at Sc a pair.
The interest excited by this sad memo
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27
HUNDRED MILLIONS SPENT
BY AMERICANS IN LONDON
Flood Of Gold Poured Into the Golfers Of the BritS
Metropolis by Wealthy Tourists From
the United States.
pecaI Gable to The Call The New Herald Cop
James Gordon Bennett.

n 26' tina
a head
in
of the
o
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PLAGUE IN RUSSIA.
Many Deaths Have Occurred in As
trakhan

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26-Many evil
dences point to the fact that the out
break at Astrakhan is really bubonic
plague. Many cases have resulted fatally.
The Duke of Oldenburg who is president
of committee for combating the plague
has been sent to Astrakhan, accompanied
by some distinguished doctors.
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Plague Is Spreading.

at Lisbon telegraphs to this city that two
fresh cases OF the plague were to-day dis
covered between Lisbon and Oporto He
adds that one new case has occurred in
Oporto City.
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go to San Francisco by way of Hongkong.
Mine officers and $50 men of the regi-
ment have been discharged. to date and
$50 are sick. None of the invalids are in
danger"
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Ore Underneath the Streets.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 26.-A Butte.
Mont, special to the Pioneer-Press says: