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AFFAIRS AT HAVANA.
General dos VIII Probably Com
~ mand Rural Police.

HAVANA, April 16-The Cuban Gen
eral Pedro Dias of the Sixth Army
Corps, in the Province Of Pinar del Rio
was offered $50 month and the COM
mand of 200 rural police in his prov
ince. He declined, declaring the amount
too small. The offer was them raised to
5000 and General Dias asked time to
consider. He will probably accept.
The decree constituting the Supreme
Court has been prepared with elaborate
care by Senior Lanuza, Secretary of JUS
tice in General Brooke's advisory cabl-
net and after thorough consideration
by the cabinet, is ready to be promul
gated.
The Ninth Illinois Volunteers and the
Second Artillery were reviewed to-day
by Governor General Brooke and GEN
eral Lee. There were $40 men in the
ranks and they made an admira BILE
showing. General Lee, in the farewell
order which he read, said, among other
things, that it had been the purpose of
President Mckinley to assign the Sew
enth Corps the duty and honor of lead
ing the assault upon Havana had that
been necessary
After the parade General Gomez and
his daughter paid visit to General
Lee. Senorita Gomez will return to
Santa Domingo this week. but her
father will remain here indefinitely.
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HAD TO FLEE.
John L. Sullivan Narrowly Escaped
Arrest for Violating the Law.

ASTORIA (Or.), April 16.--John L.
Sullivan, whose company appeared here
tonight, was compelled to flee In order
to avoid arrest. The church people Of
the city swore out a warrant for the
arrest of Sullivan on charge of vio-
lating the law by appearing in a boxing
contest ON Sunday. Manager Selig of
Fishers Opera house was also charged
with the offense of conducting a thea
ter on the Sabbath. The warrant for
the arrest of Sullivan was placed IN the
hands of Constable Wickman and that
officer tried to serve it. Sullivan, how
ever, had been told of the officers COM
ing and he was not to be found.
When the performance was at its
conclusion Sullivan stole quietly out of
the stage entrance and made his way to
his special train, which was scheduled
to pull out at II o'clock for Victoria
Officers We're al the depot to arrest him.
but he took refuge in the engine and
thus eluded his pursuers. Sullivan don
ned the garb of an engineer at the depot
and was at the throttle when the train
pulled out.
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Diversity of Crops.

For several years prices have unite
generally, been unremuneratiye and
production consequently limited. Farm
ers have refrained from hiring helm and
have contented themselves with what
could be produced by the family 7
know of no farm that is. yielding to its
fullest capacity; yet some are produc-
ing more than twice as much per acre
as adjoining farms equally good.
To illustrate: A farm of 200 acres
100 of which are improved, receiving
careful treatment and above the aver
age condition of farms in the vicinity.
has cash income of from S6Oc to 800
yearly as the result of the work of two
men. An adjoining farm of forty acres
with the same labor averages about
$500. A river" farm of forty acres.
with little more work, gives about
81 900
Small holdings, diversity of cro,s and
profitable prices will more than double
our production without any increase in
the area of improved land France.
with nine times our population to the
square mile, produced over eight bush
els of wheat per capita for the five
years ending with 1897. Our produce
ton for the same period was but lit
tie more than seven bushels per capita
North American Review
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Rising Wages.

1t is encouraging to note the fact that
with the returning prosperity IN BUSH
ness is coming the news from all parts
of the country of increasing wages. The
cotton operatives of Fall River Mass,
have received an increase of 1919 per
cent, which is a restoration of the re-
duction that took place a little over a
year ago. This is the more significant
because in the cotton industry Fall
River leads New England, and, after
the rise of wages in Fall River was an
nounced, similar rise took place
throughout practically the whole cotton
industry of that section. Similar news
comes from the mining field The
united mine workers of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois have. since
1897, received an increase of SO per
cent. in wages, and, what is even bet
ter, they have obtained the eight-hour
work day. The officers of the union
have just issued a buoyant proclama-
ton asking all the miners through that
section to join in concentrating the
event as conspicuous landmark in the
Improvement of the miners condition.
1t adds that the eight-hour day "has
not only proven a priceless boon to
our craft but is now also looked upon
with favor by our employers = This
is real rogress.-Guntons Magazine.
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MADAME NEVADA KISSED.
Spaniards at Seville Showed Their
Want Of Breeding.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Paris cor
respondent of the Daily Mall" re-
counting an interview he had with Ma
dame Emma Nevada. the first Ameri-
can operate singer who has visited
Spain since the war, says:
Madame Nevada's managers had ar
ranged an operate tour, but on the
first night at Seville, though the house
was bought up, the curtain rose on
empty seats. The opera was Lucia de
Lamlnermoore. In the second act ali
the elite arrived together. but turned
their backs to the stage and talked os-
tentatiously until the end of the opera,
when, on returning to acknowledge
burst Of applause, Nevada was roundly
Kissed.
At Madrid the Queen Regent was in
formed of the occurrence. Her males
t. invited Nevada to a soiree at the
palace, and presented to her a diamond
and sapphire bracelet. Nevada arrived
here III state of the greatest indigna-
ton.
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FRATERNAL EAGLES.
Sacramento Lodge, No. 8, Organized
Last Night

AT Changers Hall last evening j. z.
Mitchell, Grand Organizer of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, instituted Sac
ramento Lodge, No. g. The new lodge
starts out with ninety-seven charter
members, showing that very few fra
ternal bodies can make. Officers were
elected as follows:
Past President, C. f. Curry; Presi-
dent, G. w. Baker; Vice President, j.
w. Elder; Treasurer, Fred Trout; Sec
rotary, H. C. Muddox Chaplain. En-
met Phil ps; Conductor. Geoege Wander
mark; Inside Guardian, AL Wulff: Out
side Guardian Thomas Bohan; Trus-
tees-George Eagan, M. F. Odell and H.
T. Silvius.
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OLYMPIC WHEELMEN.
They Opened Their New Bicycle
Track Yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. = The
new bicycle track of the Olympic Club
Wheelmen was opened to-day by race
meet, which was we'll attended. The
results were as follows:
Mile, handicap, amateur, Ralph Robi-
son (33 YARDS won, Ed McNess 40
YARDS second, T.. H. White (55 YARDS
third. Time-2:26 %.
Halfmile, scratch, amateur, E. F.
Russ won, C. Tartan second, r. Robi-
son third. Time-1 100 4-5
One mile, handicap, professional, John
Lawson (scratch) won, John Chapman
90 YARDS second, Turyille 60 YARDS
third. Time-2:1 So.
The tandem pursuit race was won by
Barnaby and Cotter.s who defeated
Lawson and Julius IN two straight
heats. y"
The half-nile footrace, for the cham
pionship of the Olympic Club. between
Klaman and Burgess, was won by the
latter in 2:10 20 by margin of about
five yards.
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Fell From an Elevator. 3

SAN FRANCISCO, April s16.-Albert
Falck, a 10-year-old boy to-day fell
from one of the temporary elevators
used in the construction of ST. Lukes
Church, at Clay street and Van Ness
avenue AT the Receiving Hospital
DR.. Rumwell stated that the lad was
suffering from conclusion of the brain
and possible internal injuries, but as
the patient remained unconscious it was
impossible to give satisfactory diagno-
sis OF the case.
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Result of the Capital City Clubs
Try-Out Yesterday.

1t is now quite definitely known who
will represent the Capital City Wheel
men in the fifty mile relay race on the
Both of this month between that club
and the Stockton men.
The Capital Citys held their ten-mile
try-out yesterday over the road lead
ing from Patterson's Station to Elk
Grove, starting at point a mile and
half south of Patterson's and finish
ing one mile north of Elk Grove There
were forty or fifty wheelmen at the out
come who had gathered there to see the
finish.
Though the roads are rough the men
made most excellent time, Gil Eldred
covering the distance in % minutes, 80
and two-fifths seconds. Fourteen men
started, but not in bunch, there be-
ing five minutes between the starts. The
seven making the best time will be Sc
lected to go in the relay race. but owing
to the uncertainties attending the train
ing of the team some may have to give
way to others before the date of the
race. The time made yesterday is
rarely beaten on the road, even where
the going is comparatively smooth. If
the Stockton men win the coming race
they will have to do some fierce read
burning. Following is the time made
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The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest. temperatures
Yesterday to have been 6S and 40 de-
grees, with high to brisk northerly
winds and clear weather prevailing. The
wind reached twenty-four miles an hour
during the early morning hours.
The barometrical readings at a. m
and 5 p. m. yesterday were BOIL and
30.O1 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were I3 and 40
degrees, and one year ago to-day 81 and
AZ degrees.
The average temperature was 5S de-
grees and the normal So degrees. show
ing yesterday to have been , degrees
warmer than usual for the 18th day of
April.
River. D feet inches and falling.
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Children deprived of fats
and mineral foods have
weak bones, Aabby flesh and
thin watery blood.
The milk of nursing
mothers, enfeebled by chron-
&c diseases, or long contin-
ued nursing, produces the
same results.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
with the hypophosphites,
forms fat food which acts
on the infant through the
mothers milk, giving rich
blood, strong nerves and
sound flesh and bones to both.
soc. and st.oo, all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists. New York
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GRAND MASONIC BODIES.
They Will Assemble in San Fran
cisco This Week.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
Grand Council of Royal and Select Ma
sons will assemble tomorrow at the
Masonic Temple in the thirty ninth an
nual assembly Many matters of i'm
portance to the order will be discussed.
On Tuesday morning the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons will be
called to order in the temple and it will
be in session two days. On Tuesday
evening the order of the high priest
hood will be conferred.
The annual meeting of the Grand
Commandery, knights Templar will be
held at Sacramento beginning on Thurs
day. The session will last three days.
Elaborate arrangements have been
made by the people of the Capitol City
for the reception of the visitors.
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Is Preparing for an Important Land
Expedition.
Objects Of His Expedition Accom-
plished by Capture of the Boats,
Distribution of Proclamation
and the Lesson of American
Power-No Fighting, for Fast
Three Days on the Lake.

MANILA, April 17.-QO:5O a. nj
Major General Lawtons expedition 10
the Laguna de Bay district re-empark-
ed last evening, anchored for the might
at the head of the river Pasig and
reached Manila this morning, bringing
all the men and the captured insur-
gent boats.
Its objects, namely. the capture of the
insurgents boats and the distribution
of the proclamation, emphasized by a
lesson of American power throughout
the lake region, have been attained.
General Lawton immediately began
preparations for an important expedi-
tion on land.
There has been no fighting on the lake
for three days.
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SHIPPING OYSTERS EAST.
Scheme for Sending Them From
Puget Sound.

TACOMA, April i 16s Edward H.
Wagner of New York is here, investi-
eating the opportunities offered for the
shipment of Sound oysters to New
York in refrigerator cars. Mr. Wagner
was formerly a Holland FISHERMAN,
and supplied the darge cities of Eu-
rope. He says the flavor of Puget
Sound oysters resembles that of the
European oyster nearer than any other
raised in this country
If his plans carry he will select the
larger Sound oysters for shipment di-
rect to New York, and for distribution
there among the larger cities of the
Atlantic seaboard. He has been in San
Francisco and on Willapa harbor, in
vestigating oyster conditions.
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DO NOT RE-ENLIsr.
Volunteers Are Not Tempted by the
Bonus In Travel Pay.

WASHINGTON. April 16.-The desire
of the volunteers to return to this coun-
try is evidenced in a report which
shows that of those who have been Of
fered opportunity to re-enlist with the
offer of a bonus in travel pay Of over
5000, only about Z per cent, will ac-
cept.
The volunteers. it is said, desire to
come home by organizations instead of
individually Some discharges of in
dividual soldiers have been brought
about by Congressional pressure, but
as rule General Otis has been disap-
proving all applications for discharges
except in the case of sick or wounded
and disabled soldiers
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FALL MEETING.
Stakes of Louisville Driving and
Fair Association.

LOUISVILLE Ry), April 1.-THE
following stakes will be announced to-
morrow by the Louisville Driving and
Fair Association for it's fall meeting.
The Kentucky Matron stakes, for
three year-old trotters, $4,000; the
Final Championship, open to all stall
lionns, $1,000; the Douglas, open to 2: -
trotters, $1,000: the Commercial Club,
open to all POS PAGERS, $1,000: the
Falls City, open to all 2:15 trotters.
$1,000; the Louisville. open to all 2:20
trotters, $1,000; the Zelbach, open to
all 2:1S PAGERS, $4,000; the Preparation.
open TO all two-year-old trotters, $5,-
600, and the Klatawa. open to all three
year-old PAGERS, 81, LOCO.
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THE vArICAN's PROTEST.
Papal Internunoio Will Not be
Present at Peace Conference.

ROME, April 16-The 'Tribuna" as
serts that the papal internuncio at The
Hague has been ordered to absent him.
self from the city before the meeting of
the peace conference on May 18th.
Assuming that the statement of the
"Tribuna" is correct, the instructions
to the internuncio are the Vatican's
protest against representation at
the peace conference which the Italian
Government insisted upon as a condi-
ton precedent to sending an Italian
delegate. t
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Fear always springs from ignorance
Emerson
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ing at the northern end of the lake. near
Pasig and the American scouts report
that several thousand; are already there
General Lawton's expedition is now
on its way back
Two hundred and fifty Chinese from
Santa Cruz have arrived here. They
left the town owing to the fear that
the rebels on e-entering 1t would wreak
vengeance upon them for fayoring the
Americans
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SUNDAY NIGHT sEANCE.
A Lodging-House Episode on Third
Street.

About 10 O'Clock last night the Neigh
borhood of Third street, between K and
l., was aroused by the screams of a
woman. They came from the White
House, on the west side of the thor
oughfare, and Officers Douglas and
Bagley, who were in the vicinity, has
tended there.
The officers found Florence Graham,
woman of the half-world, in company
With a man who said his name was G.
Steen. The woman said her companion
had torn her clothes from her back and
choked her.
Steer, who said he was a sailor ana
oniy recently arrived in this city, was
locked UP on a charge of battery, md
the woman was held as witness
against him.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A Stocktonian Throws Himself Be-
fore a Moving Locomotive.

STOCKTON, April 16.-John Gam
BETA. member of the Horticultural
Board, and well known for years
throughout this country, at one time
quite well-to-do. was taken to the De-
tention Hospital to-day, having shown
unmistakable signs of insanity
He threw himself in front of NOV
ing locomotive. which was stopped in
time to save his life. He declared that
had he been run over every train in the
United States would have stopped in
fifteen minutes. Brooding over finan-
cial reverses drove him insane.
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Wait-a-Little Won.

SAN JOSE, April 16.-Wait a Little,
a San Jose dog belonging to George
Sherman, won first money in the forty
eight dog stake at Agricultural Park
to-day, with Rest Assured, from San
Francisco, second. This is the largest
stake that has ever been run off here
and was big success. Many San
Francisco hounds We're entered.
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The Badger Being Repaired.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
United States steamer Badger has gone
to the Union Iron Works for repairs
there being no room for her at Mare
Island. The work will be rushed, so
she can sail for Apia with the Samoan
Commission on the 25th inst
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REBELLIoUs CHINESE.
They Attack British Troops and
Are RepuIsed

HONGKONG, April 1.-THE villagers
of Tai Poo Su, one of the newly ac-
quired places in the British territory
on the Hongkong mainland, who broke
out in rebellion on Friday, burned some
of the British mat sheds and then re-
tired to the hills and fired upon the
British troops who were sent to quell
the disturbances. The British returned
the fire, scattering the Chinese and kill
ing some
The British suffered no casualties.
AS the result of the conflict, the Gov
ernor of Hongkong went Immediately
In the cruiser Brisk with another regi-
ment, landed, and hoisted the British
flag in the Kow Loon extension The
Chinese headmen sent a deputation to
apologize for the disorders.
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DIR. SoIf Will Wait.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-Dr. w.
Fl. Solf recently appointed President of
the municipality of Apia, has arrived
here, en- route to Samoa AS it is pos
sible that the new commission may af-
feet his position, he says he will await
instructions here before leaving for the
islands.
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Bryan's Movements.

NEW YORK. April 16.-W. ]. Bryan
received a number of callers to-day at
the Hotel Bartholdi, among them Sena-
tor John P. Jones of Nevada He
attended DIR. Parkhurst's church in the
forenoon. Mr. Bryan will go to Schnec-
tady Monday morning and not return
until Tuesday. Tuesday he will go to
New Jersey for a brief rest Wednes-
day afternoon he will return in time
for the laboring mems dinner at the
Grand Palace. On Thursday he will
go to Buffalo, where he will speak on
Friday night
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STILL THEY COME.
Regular Soldiers Pass Through En-
Route to Manila.

The Twenty-fourth United States In
fantry passed through this city last
night on their way to Manila They
came from Plattsburg, N. Y. -Four
trains were necessary to carry the reg
iment, the first one reaching Sacrament
to about IL o'clock last night, and the
others following.
A portion of the Sixth Artillery will
pass through for San Francisco to-day
The troops will sail on the transport
Warren for Manila tonight or To-
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
Yesterday: Frank Sprague, Ed r..
Hamilton, Sacramento; A. M. Buchan-
an, J. Michel, Cleveland; John 9. JEFF
frey. H. C. Van Ness, New York; j. G.
Boggs and wife, Newcastle; P. nj Rose,
Omaha; William Friend, Oakland; ]. q.
Nicely, San Diego; B. G. Rosenberg, w.
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STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY.
A Witness of the killing of Mrs.


ALAMEDA, April 16.-Mrs. Dennis
WEIGH, daughter of the police officer,
who was first on the scene Of the Won
Schmidt double tragedy last Sunday,
was stricken with apoplsxy while wit
Messing a pretended stabbing in a
melodrama at an Oakland theater last
night
1t is now made known for the first
time that she saw the killing of Mrs.
Won Schmidt and the suicide of the as
sassin from window of her residence.
but because of her nervous condition
the fact was concealed
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Personal MENTION.

Governor Gage came up from the bay
last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. Boggs of Newcastle
are at the Golden Eagle.
Lieutenant Frank Sprague, the law
yer, law-maker, soldier and genial gem
tleman, came up from San Francisco
last night. He is stopping at the
Golden Eagle.
Colonel d. M. Burns came up from
San Francisco yesterday and went out
to his stock farm to look at some young
thoroughbreds that have come there
since he was last here
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TO DRAMATIC "BEN HUR.v
General Lew Wallace Has at Last
Consented.

CRAWFORDSVILLE Qnd.), April 10.
Pen Hur" is to be dramatized with
the consent of General Lew Wallace,
The author made this statement here to-
night With the accompanying assertion
that the religious features of the fam
GUS book will be carefully safeguarded
when it is rendered on the stage.
General Wallace has given his CON
sent only after great pressure Ever
since the publication of Ben Hur, he
has received numerous applications
from actors and managers to permit its
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Large Dressed Beef Contract.

KANSAS CITY, April 16.-One of the
largest contracts for dressed beef ever
placed by the United States has just
been arranged with local packing
house The contract is for 1,5O00Oo
pounds of beef to be shipped to the
Philippine Islands for the Government
troops.
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wIDE-AWAKE WHEELMEN.
Capital City Club Soon to Have It's
Own Home

The cooperative association famil-
iarly known as the Capitol City Wheel
men, is by notice given elsewhere,
called by its Trustees to meet this even
ing and approve or reject proposition
submitted by the Trustees to purchase
certain property and club house.
The Trustees urge a full attendance
and state that the matter is of first inn
portance and promises highly for the
club and to give new value to every
membership certificate in it.
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Strike Disturbances in Wheeling.

WHEELING CIV. Va.). April 1e.-It
has been Sunday in name only on the
lines Of the Wheeling Company. There
were several disturbances. The most
serious occurred in Martins Ferry. A
car was surrounded and spectator at
tempted to pull Deputy Marshal off
the car, but the officer pulled his re-
volver and the crowd retreated. After
much difficulty the car got back to
Wheeling. The tracks in Martin
Ferry and North Wheeling have been
loaded down with Instructions.
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Another Smallpox Case.

LOS ANGELES, April 16.-The first
case of smallpox to develop in Los An
geles in nearly two weeks appeared to-
day. Patrick Doyle, foreman Of wipers
in the Southern Pacific roundhouse is
the patient, and he was taken to the
City Hospital and his home quaran-
tined.
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Lon Edwards Acquitted.

i PORTLAND fOr), April 16. - The
trial of Lon Edwards for the murder of
his mining partner, S. c. Evans, at
a Fairview mining claim, near Ashland,
March Sth, resulted in a verdict of ac-
quittal by the jury this morning Both
Evans and Edwards resided in Los An
geles before coming to Ashland.
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GOOD PROSPECTS.
Frank ZanazEi Has Several Claims
in the Atlin District.

Mrs. Zanazzi of 1901 Sixth street,
whose husband, Frank Zanazzi is in the
far northern mines. has received very
encouraging letters from him lately He
has several claims ON Moose Creek
Consolation Creek and Chelis Creek, six
ty miles from Atlin, the new mining
center
Zanazzi writes that he expects to re-
turn about next September. In his
last letter. dated March 9TH, he says
they were then having fine spring
weather there.
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This morning about 1870 the proprie-
tor of the fremont House caught a man
trying to pick the door lock and took a.
couple of shots at him, but the fellow
ran away and disappeared down the
alley and the police could find no trace
of him
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The Englishman Won.

PARIS April 16.-In the fifty-mile
bicycle race to-day Walters of England
won in l hour "a minutes 43 seconds,
lowering the record made in 1886 by A.
D. Frost of London, whose time was l
hour 81 minutes As q seconds. J. Frank
Starbuck of Philadelphia abandoned
the contest midway.