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Won Over by a Woman.

A member of the Camera Club tells
with some pride of an incident which
happened while he was travelling in
South America, and points out the re-
suit of it as triumph for photography.
1T was in one of the cities of Peru,
and an American acquaintance of mine
who was there temporarily on business
was trotting around among the sights
of the town. After we had visited
most of the show places he said one
day: Now l want you to see the old
dungeon of a prison which they have
here, but it is place where you can't
take your camera. The rules are very
severe against that l wish you could,
though for you would get some mighty
interesting pictures. These people are
unrelenting jailers, and some of their
treatment of the prisoners is pretty
mediaeval in its character. Why, they
have an American there now for some
alleged insult to the Government, and
he is kept incomunicado, as they call
it-that is, in a cell removed from those
of the other prisoners, and SO strictly
guarded that he can communicate with
nobody. They don't care much about
having visitors see him, but as you
pass his cell, if he happens to be near
the front, you can sometimes catch
glimpse of him through the bars. His
friends are trying to get him out, but
none of them have been able to see
him, and there is some difficulty in
proving that the prisoner is really
their man..
See here said I, this is a chance
g. !,
me which folds almost fat-it is a de-
vice of my own-and 1 will guarantee
that l can get it by the guards. When
we are drawing near to the Americans
cell. you give me a sign and I will be
ready. Perhaps luck will favor me-.
well, smuggling the camera in was
easy. Even if those keepers had found
it they wouldn't have recognized it as
one AS we came near the incomuni-
cado' cell my friend nudged me, and.
without attracting attention from the
accompanying guards, / prepared the
machine for an exposure. A moment
more and I nearly jumped at our good
fortune. There, a little distance IN
front of me stood my unfortunate
countryman, leaning wearily against
the bars of his cell and looking full
at us. The guards, seeing him at the
front of his cell, seemed anxious to
hurry US by, but they did not do so
until after my quiet and unobserved
snapshot was made. And the best
part of the whole story is that the
man was actually released by means
of that picture. When developed and
printed it was an excellent likeness,
and through it his friends were able
to prove his identity. Within a short
time the injustice of his arrest was
established, in spite of the authorities,
and he was free."-N. Y. Tribune
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SAN JOSE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The Board of Trustees Held a Meet
ing Yesterday.

SAN JOSE, July 19.-The Board of
State Normal School Trustees met
here to-day to make arrangements for
the work of the school during the COM
ing school year. All the board We're
present-Dr. II. c. Brown of San Jose,
Chairman; George A. Sweigert of San
Jose, Frank w. Leavitt of Oakland, G..
w. Pierce of Davisville. Frank H. Short
of Fresno and State Superintendent of
instruction T. J. Kirk.
The election of teachers did not re-
suit in as many changes as was ex-
pected N. E. Daley City Superin-
tendent of Schools at Fresno, was elect
ed Vice Principal. Professor r. s
Holway. former Vice Principal, was re-
tanned, but was made the head of the
scientific department Paul Arnerich,
q brother of Assemblyman Arnerich,
was elected janitor of the school.
The charges against the character of
the newly elected Principal, Professor
James McNaughton, recently of Tempe,
Ariz., came up on the reading of the
extended report that was filed by the
committee that was appointed by the
Normal Alumni to investigate the mat
ter.
President A. H. Suzzalo and Commit
teeman Eli Wright of the Alumni AS
sociation, were present at the meeting,
and reiterated the demand for the res
ignation of Professor McNaughton, on
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peared at the White House with a
proposal to end the war almost before
the army had been equipped to take
the field. Now, at that time, in July,
1898, we had sent to the Philippines
nearly 10000 men. Commodore Dewey
had advised the Government that 5000
would be sufficient. 1t was General
Miles opinion that $4,000 were surely
enough, but the President, acting upon
his wise judgment, had dispatched 90.
OCO The only work then expected of
them was to fight and defeat the Span
iards at Manila
Continuing, the statement recalls the
negotiations of the peace protocol
through the French ambassador, re-
calls the subsequent battle at Manila.
by which the American forces gained
by force what the protocol had peace
fully conceded, and says: "If, under
the terms of the peace protocol, the
Spaniards had quietly marched out of
Manila and we had quietly marched
In, the two forces in it's full strength
peacefully awaiting the conclusions OF
the negotiations at Paris we might per-
maps. nave Withdrawn from the Philip,
pines with dignity and without the
II.
But having destroyed their authority
over the Philippine peoples, and having
placed ourselves in their stead this
status quo became impossible of re,
storation and from that moment the
withdrawal of the American army and
navy would have meant the abandon
ment of the island to utter anarchy,
misery and misfue"
1T was the I'd of March before Com
gress passed the army bill, and the
war in the Philippines had been going
on for four weeks. When the country
considers this fact. and realizes that
the $4,000 American troops then in
Manila had been assembled there, not
at all in anticipation of a campaign
against the Filipinos but wholly and
solely for the purpose of defeating the
Spaniards, and that the President had
been told by no less an authority than
Admiral Dewey that for the purpose
5,OOO men would be sufficient, surely
his foresight and good judgment will
be everywhere approved
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But 0le Returns to Tell the Story Of the
Trials in the Northwest.
Two Died From a Disease Resem-
bling Smallpox, a Third Com
mitted Suicide, While the
lember of the Party Are I'm
known.

SEATTLE, July 19.-Out of party
of five which left New York five years
ago in search of a mythical diamond
mine on the western coast of Alaska,
but one has returned. He is H. C..
Hoffman, a machinist, formerly in the
employ of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. Three of the party-Walter
Dodds of Paterson, n. j.: James la
Belle of Canada and a man named
French-died of disease. The fate of
the fourth member, Henry Martin Of
New York, is unknown.
According to Hoffman's remarkable
story, the party left San Francisco in
June, 1894, in a small trading schoon-
er bound for district lying between
the Kuahoo and Ikpik Pong Rivers,
known as the Black Hole, where the
richest diamonds in Uhe world were
said to exist. They had two years
provisions. At Kaakak La Belle died
from a disease resembling smallpox.
DoddS and French were stricken with
the same disease. Rather than Suffer
as La Belle did, French shot himself
through the heart, and Dodds, with
ample supply of provisions was left
to care for himself, with the under
standing that he was to overtake Mar
tin and Hoffman should he recover
Nothing was heard of him again. Mar
tin and Hoffman pushed on to Revolt
kog. a Russian Indian village near the
Black Hole country The village was
made up of Russian refugees from the
prisons of Siberia. They robbed Mar
tin and Hoffman of everything of val
ue, and kept them prisoners. Hoff-
man was separated from Martin and
taken to another village, where he was
compelled to do menial work. At tbs
end of month he escaped and reached
the small town of SiSinan, on the
Koyuk River, where he was i'll for sew
eral months. He never received any
further tidings of Martin.
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The Grangers' Bank.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-The Di-
rectors of the Changers Bank of Cal
ifornia have applied to the Superior
Court for it's dissolution. and for the
appointment of ]. Daizell Brown, J. w.
Hellman, Jr., and Albert Meyer as
Trustees to take charge for the pur-
pose of closing it's affairs. The bank
has only three unclaimed deposits,
amounting to $36. and the depositors
cannot be located. 1t has cancelled
2,232 of it's 10000 shares of stock.
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of the man having been in trouble, and
the knowledge of the cause of death
was obtained through an autopsy which
showed that the cartilegeS of the
throat had been crushed. The injury
showed that it had been inflicted some
time before death resulted, as puss
sac had been formed in the throat,
which was terribly swollen. The man
came to the institution about nine
years ago from Sacramento, and none
of his relatives or friends are known.
He was 81 years Of age, and was never
known to have had any trouble with
either patients or attendants.
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SILVER DEMOCRATS.
Plans Which May Lead to Forma-
tion Of New National COMMITTEES.

CHICAGO, July 19.-The Tribune
tomorrow will say: Plans have been
arranged by the uncompromising Silver
Democrats which may lead to the for
nation of new National Committee.
After several conferences, in which
John P. Altgeld, George Fred Williams
James P. Tarvin and several other
leading bimetalkSts were the principal
participants, a program for to-day
proceedings was promulgated 1t calls
for respective meetings at noon of the
three bimetallic organizati tions having
authorized committees, all of whom are
now in Chicago, and of the Illinois and
New York Chicago platform Demo-
Gratis. Thereafter a joint conference
will be held to confirm whatever action
may be taken by those bodies. Then a
committee will apply to the National
Committee for hearing. They expect
to be given an opportunity to present
their wishes. No action, however, will
be taken by the National Committee
until the visitors have retired
George Fred Williams will move that
the proposition of the bimetallists to
cooperate with the National Commit
tee in organizing campaign work be ac-
cepted. If the motion is adopted every
thing will go along smoothly. If it is
rejected, they will be prepared to act
independently. 1t was said that their
plans contemplate, in the event they
are turned down by the National Com
mittee. the organization at once of a
National Committee Of their own. 1t
will be formed before they quit Chi
cago. Then an address will be issued
to the Democrats of the country, in
forming them that this new National
Committee is the one that stands for
the Chicago platform, and the only one
that should be recognized by the simon
pure Silver Democrats of the land
William Prentiss, one of John p. Alt
geld's most intimate friends. called on
Acting Chairman Stone of the National
Democratic Committee tonight and
delivered him the ultimatum of the al
lied bimetallic forces Mr. Prentiss
came direct from a joint conference
with the Executive Committee of the
Ohio Valley Bimetallic League, and
committees representing the Chicago
platform Democracy of Illinois, the
Chicago platform Democracy of New
York and the National Bimetallic
League. He told Mr. Stone that if the
National Committee at its meeting to-
morrow removed P. J. Devlin from his
position as Press Agent of that COM
mittee the act would be construed by
the bimetallists as hostile to the Chi
cago platform.
Neither Mr.. Prentiss nor Mr.. Stone
would give the result of the conference
in Stones room, but the -Altgeld men
declared that P. j. Dev1in would not
be removed, and that Thomas Gahan
and Carter Harrison would not tri-
umph.
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TICKET SCALPERS.
Will Contest Judge Shaw's Deci-
sion Before u. S. Supreme Court.

LOS ANGELES, July 19-The decis-
ion which was handed down by Judge
Shaw in the Superior Court here yes
terday afternoon, in which he grant
ed the Southern Pacific and Southern
California Railroads application for a
perpetual injunction against the ticket
scalpers of this city will be contested
by the scalpers, backed by the Ameri-
can Ticket Brokers Association The
ticket brokers' attorneys here an
nounced to-day that the case will be
taken to the United States Supreme
Court. The railroads claim the in
junction is upon the sale of all tickets
reading mot transferable" while the
brokers say that it only applies to the
National Education Association tickets
mentioned in the complaint. A long
legal battle is in sight over the matter.
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OREGON VOLUNTEERS.
Portland Citizens Wish Them Sent
~ Home in q Body.

PORTLAND (Or), July 19.-General
Charles F. Beebe of this city has re-
ceived a telegram from Secretary Alger
stating that General Shafter, at San
Francisco, has full power to act in the
matter of sending of members of the
Second Oregon Regiment to their homes
after muster out at San Francisco. Gen.
eral Beebe and other prominent citi-
zens will leave this evening for San
Francisco to confer with General Shaf-
ter, and endeavor to arrange for the
Oregon regiment to be sent to Portland
in body, after being mustered out,
thus allowing the regiment to be dis
banded at Vancouver Barracks, as
originally intended.
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the ground that he had never been vim
dicated of the serious charges that had
been made against him while he was
superintendent of Public Instruction at
Council Bluffs, Ia.
After the reading of the extended re-
port of the Alumni committee of the
school, State Superintendent Kirk in
sisted that the serious charges should
be thoroughly investigated by the
board, and July 31st was set as the date
for a meeting for that purpose.
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Corcoran Murder Trial.

WALLACE Qdaho),s July 19.-In the
Corcoran murder trial to-day Maggie
Murphy, a siXteen-year-old white girl,
said she saw Corcoran in Burke at
II 80 on April Doth. She thought it
might have been few minutes later,
but she was setting table for dinner.
On cross examination she admitted
that she was a sympathiZer with the
miners union. Others testified as to
the times they had seen Corcoran.
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Brewers Strike Ended.

CHICAGO, July 10.-The Chicago
breweries and their striking employees
have come to wage agreement, and
all the breweries are reopened to-day.
The brewers have allowed their en-
ploys a slight increase in their pay by
the hour and a shorter working day.
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Chautauuua Assembly.

PACIFIC GROVE July 19. = The
Chautauqua Assembly to-day re-elect-
ed the present officers. A Board OF
Managers consisting of DR.. McClish.
Rev. H. Bevier, D. D., of San Fran
cisco: Mrs. Dawson and DR.. Filben
was also elected. The conservation OF
American forests was discussed during
the afternoon. Mrs. w. Henry Games
of Portland, Or, gave an interesting
talk at the afternoon session on Our
Army Nurses and the day closed with
a concert
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Birching for Cycle Punctures.

At Wallasey, England. three boys
from Hoylake were. ordered to be
birched by the court for stealing four
pounds of nails and placing them on a
bridge over which hundreds of cyclists
passed. Dozens of punctures occurred,
and the boys, who confessed their guilt.
were found behind a hedge near the
bridge, whence they commanded a good
xyiaU of their...yictirnS
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Rehearing Denied.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19-The Su-
preme Court has denied a rehearing of
the case relating to the number of
deputies allowed by law to the County
Clerk. The lower courts decision
largely reduced the number Of deputies
for the County Clerks office. whose sal
aries We're payable out of the public
treasury.
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Iuheritauce.

sshall inherit the earth!''
The Law bowed affably.
mo objection to that.' protested the
Law "None whatever! The meeker
the better! Oh. yes, indeed
In fact, apart from the injunction
against stealing, religion cannot be re-
garded as being particularly inimical
to success in this noble profession
Detroit Journal
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Carr b. Neel the Winner.

CHICAGO, July 19. = The Western
tennis championship reverted to Carr
B. Neel to-day, when he defeated
Kreig Collins in the championship
round of the tournament at the Ken
tested match the champion of 1898 and
1896 regained his. lost title and came
into permanent possession of the
Spaulding trophy cup. Collins, who
has held the cup two years, lost to
Neel as challenger to-day in three
straight, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-3.
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Found Out.

81 succeeded in getting my husband
to go to church last Sunday for the
first time in three years. feel so
happy"
Il should think you would. What
church did you attend?''
"Dr. Goodling's."
"Oh. that was where Nine. Highsea-
the operatic star, sang. How did you
like her?''
IT don't know. Now I understand
why John wanted to sit where he
could see the choir. Oh, the wretch!"-
Chicago Times Herald.
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Seven Years at San Quentin.

LOS ANGELES, July 19.-Eugene B.
Storke, who was found guilty of forg-
cry, was sentenced this morning to
serve seven years in San Quentin. 1t
was found at his trial that he forged
the names of A. G. Nave and wife to
a contract, whereby the Nave's agreed
to trade valuable California property
for worthless land in Missouri. Before
the deal was consummated, however,
the crooked work of StOrke was dis
covered.
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Crocker's Proposition Indorsed.

SANTA ROSA, July 19.-At a meet
ing of the County GraSge to-day
resolution was passed indorsing the
proposition of Henry J. Crocker to the
grape growers, and urging it's accept
ance. A resolution was also passed in
favor of a permanent organization of
fruit-growers to handle fruit.
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Colonel Evan Miles Retired.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The retire
ment of Colonel Evan Miles, First In
fantry, was announced to-day Lieu
tenant Colonel A. A. Harbach becomes
Colonel, Major Sumner Lincoln Lieu
tenant Colonel and Captain George l..
Brown Major.
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Volunteers Enrolled.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The re-
ports of recruiting yesterday show that
41O men were enrolled, making total
of 261S. The Thirty first Regiment
leads with 566, and the Twenty-seventh
follows with 505
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WASSERMAN, KAUFMAN & co. !
Elkes Does a Fast Mile.

WASHINGTON, July 10. = Harry
Elkes of Glenn Falls, N. Y, the mid
die distance champion bicycle rider of
America, to-day covered a mile in 81
fiat, thus lowering the record for that
distance, held by Eddy McDuff1e of
Boston, of 1:31 2-5. He was paced by
a motorcycle quad operated by Henri
Fournier.
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Cruelty to Animals,

officer Jerry Payne of the Humane
Society yesterday arrested William
Reed of Yolo for alleged cruelty to his
horses. Payne says the team were left
standing for several hours on one Of
the streets
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A Magazine Writer Fatally Injured

DENVER, July 19-James Mccarthy,
magazine writer and novelist, whose
writings under the nom de plume of
''F'itz- Mac" are well known, especially
in the West, was struck by an electric
car at the corner of Broadway and
Colfax avenue late this afternoon,
knocked from his bicycle and so badly
injured that he will probably die.
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TRAGEDY AT STOCKTON.
An Inmate of the Asylum Choked
to Death.

STOCKTON, July 19.-J. W. Thomas,
an aged inmate of the State hospital
for the insane. was found dead in his
room this forenoon, and the inquest
which was held this evening developed
the fact that his death was caused by
a choking which he had received some
time during the preceding two days. No
witness could be found who had known
The record-union., 1899-07-20
Cleveland Longshoremen's Strike.

longshoremen who went on strike at
the Erie docks yesterday are still out.
A number of vessels loaded with iron
ore are tied up waiting to be unloaded.
The indications are that the strike will
be of short duration
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Ladies' Rough
Straw Sailors

Late arrivals. Three new lots,
three styles-those nobby sorts
which we sold for 75c and could
not get them fast enough to sup
ply the demand. They're the
rough straw sort, plain white,
with black or red silk band
around; also, white crown, with
red mixed brim and red silk
band around. These late-comers
go into this sale at
CLEARANCE 40.
SALE PRICE, 4OC
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Mrs.
Johnson

says that "spider leg" she gets
at Curtis & Co.'s Market has just
the finest tea flavor of anything
she has ever used. She buys all
her coffee there, too.
3o8 X STREET,
half block below WeinstOck,
Lubin & Co., same side of street.
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Metallic Skirts

The most popular new UNDER
skirt on the market. These
quoted in this item are the reg
ular $3.50 quality, with bias
striped, corded Spanish hounce;
the co1ors of stripes are red,
blue, green and silver com bina-
tions, contrasting black.
CLEARANCE r1>n0
SALE PRICE, QI.UU
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The Best Prescriptton for Malaris

The Best Prescription Tor Malaria
and Fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine
Price. Soc,
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Imperial Ties

For ladies are the very newest
In the neckwear line; they're af-
ter the four-in-hand style, with
broad howing ends, and tie in
neat sailor knot style. The lat
est arrivals are of medium and
navy blue, with large white pat
terms, scroll and unique designs.
This Is quite the correct tie for
golfers.
CLEARANCE m
SALE PRICE, UUC
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]Sl!lzl22l; E{lIll3|
SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
Madras Cloth

About 25 pieces of pretty, soft
finished, 15c quality of madras,
to go at 11c the yard; patterns
are all neat checks and striped
effects, in delicate colorings of
pink, blue, green, etc; splendid
for waists, wrappers, shirts and
chi1dren's dresses. See show
window.
sa1Anaaoz sa1A sn1oz, lie yard
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Colored Piques

All of our remaining 15c quail
ity of pique to go at 1Oc the
yard, also; they're principally in
pink and blue grounds. striped,
polka dot and figured; will prove
desirable for waists, skirts, full
suits and children's Summer
time dresses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-12
LIVE NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
MAKEUP OF THE D., L. q w.
BOARD FOR TODAY.

Coal Operators in the Vicinity of
Pottsville Are Having a Serious
Time Getting Enough of Men to
Operate Their Collieries-scheme Of
the Philadelphia and Reading to
Ventilate a Tunnel - Lackawanna
Fitting UP Cars for Construction
Work Along the Line.
Following is the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western board for today;
Scranton, Pa, Dec. u, 1899.
No. ST.. Ennis.
No. 80 Kearney.
Extra-W. II. Nichols, with w. d. War
fels men.
Extra--J McCue.
No. 24-P Gilligan.
No. ST.. Murphy with Larkln's men
Extra--M. B. Nauman, with +. J. OMal-
ley's men.
No. 3S--George Rafferty,.
Extra-w. II. Bartholomew.
No. 4O-F Hallett.
Extra-C. Townsend.
No. 2iO-B. Bennett.
No. 236-J. Mccain.
No. 42-J. Rowe, with wandalrs men.
Extra-A. G. Hammitt, with Polhamus'
men,
No. 40. Miller.
Extra-A Gerrity
No. ii. Hopkins Train 1s.
No. Al Mosier, with Finertys men.
Extra-W. McAlllster.
No. POE. Van Fleit.
No. 4S-V. Van FlCit.
EXtra-H. V. Colvin.
FXtra.-T. Nauman.
No. 50--M. Hennigan.
EXtra-A J. Mcdonnell.
EXtra-James Gahagan.
SUBMITS.
a. m, north-G. Frounfelker
T.30 a. M, north-M. Hosle with Warricks
men.
II a. m, north-S. Carmody.
II a. m, south-O. Randolph.
p m, south--H. Bush.
$50 p. m., south-M Madgan,
PULLERs.
10 a. m.-Peckins
PUSHERS.
p. m, souih--C. LampinS.
D. M, sCuth--E. Duffy.
10 p. m, south-O. Case.
PASSENGER ENGINES.
z a. m.--Widener.
10 p. m.-MCGovern.
NORTH.
Wild cat, engines, a. MT. Doudican.
Wild cat, 2 engines. i a. nj. O'Hara,
No. %, engines-C. Kingsley.
No. %, 2 engines--J. SwartZ.
Extra, 2 engines, II a. nj. Gahagan.
No. 81, . engines-J. +. Masters.
Extra, 2 engines, 3 p. ma. EetChum.
Extra, engines, $50 p. me-. S. War
fell with Bisbing's men.
Wild cat, 2 engines, p. ma Mullin.
Extra, 2 engines, I p. mr.. Castner.
Wild cat, engines, p. MT. Fitzpat-
rick.
Wild cat, . engines. 10 p. MI Henni-
gan, with George Hilrs men.