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johnson CHALLENGED.

Toronto March 9.--Tom Eek has chal-
lenged, on behalf of John S. johnson,
Angus Mcleod, the Canadian champion,
to match race on bicycles. best two in
three heats. The heats must be ridden
inside of 80. The race is to take place
in June for the largest purse offered IN
Canada and $500 a side. Mcleod said
to-day that he would accept the challenge.
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in addition has been told to enlist
landsmen under the same conditions.
The purpose of these orders is to Sc
cure the men needed to meet the in
crease of the enlisted force from the
best material. Heretofore the navy de-
partment was obliGhed to discharge
many of such men who wished to stay
in the. naval service owing to the re-
qulrement of the old law.
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New Haven. Conn. March 9,-Professol
Russell IL. Chittendon of Yale has re-
Ceived notice of his appointment by the
war department as one of two chemists
who have been asked to analyze spect-
mems of the beef furnished to the Ameri-
can troops in the Cuban campaign. The
professor has accepted the appointment.
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Won Meyer Elected,

Boston. March 9.-The republican state
central committee elected George Won
Meyer of Hamilton as member of tho
national republican committee, to sue
coed George H. Lyman. resigned. Mr..
Meyer was formerly speaker of the state
house of representatives.
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A Fight With ConvictS.

Madrid, March 9.-In conflict to-day
between the Spanish soldiery and a
number of mutinous convicts at San
tonia, 16 miles east Of Santander, the
site of an important arsenal, and of
several military magazines, one con-
vict was killed and several wounded.
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depth of 400 feet. A. +. Sheppard. who
was coming UP the shaft at the time of
the accident. was hit by large rock and
badly injured. The entombed men have
sisnalled that they are alive by rapping
on the steam pipes, and /; is thought they
can be reached and rescued by to-mor-
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VIII Meet MAY Is.

The Hague March 9.-The peace confer
ence, otherwise the conference of repre-
sentatives of the powers. called by the
ear to discuss the possibility of taking
steps toward a general disarmament, will
meet here on May Is.
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TACOMA AROUSED.


Tacoma, Wash, March 9.--CitZens,
indignant at the many recent robberies
and holdups, held public meeting at
the chamber Of commerce this morning
and decided to form a vigilance com
mittee. The incompetency of the p0-
lice was denounced and a citizens pa
troll organized A committee of 10 call
ed on Sheriff Mills after the meeting
and asked him to act as head of the
vigilantes. 1t was decided that all sus-
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Rumor Unfoundcd.

Pekin, March 9.-The report that the
Italians have seized San Nun on San
Nun bay, province of Chekiang, which
the Italian minister. Signor MARITIME.
had demanded as a naval base and coal
ing station, is officially declared I'M
founded
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Topeka Mail and Breeze, who charges
McNall with misconduct in office, oppres-
sion and boodling. The charge of hood
ling grew out of the operations of the
special agents employed by McNall to in
vestigate the standing of Eastern insur-
ance companies. McNall is populist APP
pointee and his term would have expired
in July next. His successor has been APP
DOinted
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Los Angeles, Cal. March 9.-Detec-
tive Steele arrived here this morning
with William O'Keefe, who, more than
a year ago, shot two men here in d
saloon, and after being arrested jump
ed his bail. He was recaptured in Sc
attic, WASH, a few days ago.
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Washington, March 9.-The president
las appointed George w. Garrett Of
A arkansas a commissioner to design and
classify the lands within the land grant
and indemnity land grants of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company in
he Missoua land district in Montana
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LeadviIle, Colo, March a cavern
occurred to-day in the shaft of the Bon
Air mine of the Downtown group, that is
being unwatered by the Leadville Pump
ing association. entOmbng Charles Reuss
and Bert Frye, miners, in d drift a Il
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Brisbane. Queensland, March 9.-The
northeast coast is now being swept by a
severe hurricane Already there has been
much loss of life and property and Sc
rious fears are entertained regarding the
safety of the pearl shelling fleet, which
employs 1000 men.
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Havana, March 9-The North Allan
tic squadron under Rear Admiral
Sampson will sail at l o'clock to-mor-
row. proceeding by way of Clenfuegos,
Guantanamo and Kingston, Jamaica,
to Porto Rico.
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Will Hang Together.

Montreal, Que, March AT the re
quest Of the Catholic priest, it has been
decided to hang Sam Parslow and Cor
della Porier at St. Scholastique to-
morrow, back to back and with a heavy
black curtain between them.
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Madrid. March "a vast quantity of
rock overhanging the village of Ru-
GUERRA. near Albaceto in the province
of that name fell to-day, destroying
many houses and killing II people.
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Six Hundred Killed

Washington. March Administer Samp-
son of Quito has reported to the state de-
partment that in the battle that ended
the revolution in Ecuador 600 were killed
and several hundred MORALLY wounded
and also 400 prisoners taken.
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Beester Captured.

Laredo, Tex, March 9.-Beester. the
Wells Fargo express messenger charg-
ed with absconding from San Antonio
with $4,000 in his charge. was captured
at Bustamente, Mexico, to-day.
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London, March 10.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Mail says
that japan is supporting China in her
resistance to Italy's demands for a
concession at San Nun,
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New York, March Eddie Connolly
and Kid Mcfarland We're matched to-
day to fight % rounds at the Broadway
Athletic club March A. at 1875 pounds
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Accused of Boodfing.

Topeka, Kan, March 9.-Charges
against Insurance Commissioner Webb
McNal were filed with Governor Stanley
to-day by Arthur Capper publisher of the
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Madrid. March 9.-General Jimnez
CastellanOs the last governor general of
Cuba, has been appointed captain general
of Madrid
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| Was
Completely
Helpless
With Rheumatism

Could not move, the least bit of
jar would make me shout with
pain. l was afraid ! should be q
cripple for life, as prescriptions
did me no good. Finally l sent
for a bottle of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla which helped me much and
two bottles more put me
feet SO that l would walk
out crutches. I was 500
enough to work on my
w. H. Rhodes, Windham,
Hoods Sarsaparilla is E
all druggists. Price 81
Hoods.
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explained by dispatch sent by Gen
eral Otis to the War Department to-
day. This dispatch stated it was re-
ported that the insurgent representa-
tive at Washington telegraphed Aguin-
aldo TO drive out the Americans before
he arrival of reinforcements. The
authorities through the secret service
obtained information showing the
character of practically all the dis
patches sent to Aguinaldo. They re-
garded the Filipino as too insignificant
to notice, and besides, the President did
not wish to influence the action of the
Senate upon the treaty of peace. Agon-
clio was therefore allowed to believe
that he was sending dispatches to Phil
lpplne Juntas and to Aguinaldo, but
few of them reached their destination
Anticipating that his advice would be
followed, he left this city on Saturday
night, February D, believing he would
have ample time to reach Canada be-
fore hostilities commenced, and from
Montreal proposed to cable the result
of the vote on the treaty of peace. It
was deemed wise to let him get out of
the country, and so far as can now be
learned it is not intended at present.
at least, TO make any representations
to the British Government to obtain
the expulsion of Agoncillo from Canada
unless evidence should be obtained
SHOWlHS Indt he is actlng as spy
Besides General Otis states in his dis
patch that it lis reported" that Agon-
clio sent = telegram. ara unIeee he bod
specific information the authorities
could not take action. SO far as the
two Filipinos here are concerned, they
deny that they had any knowledge that
such a dispatch as that attributed to
Agoncillo was sent. They are being
sharply watched and their kilograms
and mail are thoroughly examined be-
fore delivery: 1t is not proposed by the
authorities, however, to permit them
TO aid Aguinaldo in this country. and
if they should attempt to do so they
will be expelled or placed under arrest
1t is the expectation of the authorities
that General Otis will take measures
to attack the force gathering twelve
miles north of Manila on the railway,
as the plan under which he is proceed
ing is to destroy every organization of
insurgents reported to him.
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CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 12.-There is every rea-
son to believe that the Southern Pacific
Company, having taken the matter Of
a Senatorial caucus in hand, will at
tempt to force the members of the Leg
islature to do what the corporation
wishes.
In other words, if the dictates of Col
lis P. Huntington, as promulgated in
the Record Union and other railroad
organs, are followed out it will be ap-
parent that a majority of the Repub-
lican members of the Legislature are
owned and controlled by Coils P.
Huntington and his political agent,
William F. Herrin.
HUNTINGTON has directed his
ringmaster, Herrin, to crack the
lash and line up for Burns
fornia The issue of the Senatorial
contest is now clearly defined between
the people on one side and the railroad
on the other. simultaneously the or
gans of the corporation, beginning with
the Record Union of Sacramento, fol-
lowed by the Oakland Tribune and sup
ported by every paper in California
that is controlled by the road, cry for
a party council or caucus to settle the
Senatorial contest by dropping the
lowest man in the list on each ballot.
The scheme emanated from the corral
of Burns and when the word was given
out to the touts that the railroad had
at length thrown off its disguise and
openly proclaimed for the caucus. the
parasites began to boast of success.
The Burns shouters even go so far in
their misguided zeal, or their supreme
confidence in the power of the railroad.
to call off the names of Senators and
Assemblymen who must and shall be
whipped into line by the lash of the
ringmaster The names of Senators
Simpson, Morehouse, Luchsinger and
Dickinson, Assemblyman Cosper and
five others are mentioned as men who
will not be allowed to further exercise
the right of individual choice in the
selection of a Senator, but must go into
a council engineered by Dan Burns to
promote the election of Dan Burns
Last evening there was a good deal Of
talk in the Grant, Bulla and Barnes
camps in favor of some reasonable
movement to break the deadlock, but
since the railroad managers have shown
their hands the sentiment has under
gone a marked change. Tonight the
Grant men are as resolute as ever that
Burns shall not be elected United
States Senator. The Barnes men and
the Bulla men will not be hoodwinked
into the support of a scheme that prom
ises to exclude by machine process
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sent to go in, but one factor that has
developed during the past few DAYS
stands in the way, Of any such agree-
ment on the part of a good many of the
balance. That potent factor is Thorn-
as K. Bard of Ventura for whom
Thomas Flint, president of the Senate
has been voting since the first Joint
ballot. Nearly dozen of Grants sup
porters who hail from the counties
south of and including Santa Cruz are
pledged to the Venturan as second
choice, and they are largely inclined to
stand upon their pledges: Until they
can come to some agreement that will
assure Bard of a fair chance in: eau
Gus they will not consent to any such
proposition. Grant knows this as well
as any one in his camp, and when he
says he will caucus he. speaks solely
for himself, although it is probable
that Assemblymen Crowder and Works
and Senator Mutt will stand with. him
on any proposition he is forced into
making. Concerning the balance of his
votes, Mr.. Grant. in an interview has
the grace to say that he does not think
he can control them if he should. try
to. At the same time he says that he
will not try. If he cannot win he will
not try to direct his strength. SO much
for Mr.. Grant.
Senator BuIla, on the other. hand.
says he will not caucus if it be the
price of his election as Senator The
doughty candidate from the southland
says he does not see what can. be
gained by a caucus, secret or. otherwise,
more than has already been won on
the open floor in the half hundred joint
ballots that have been taken. Like Mr.
Grant, Mr.. Bulla' does not speak for
his supporters. There are a half dozen
of them who are anxious for anything
that will settle the. matter for one or
the other of those in the field. Melick
of Los Angeles has gone so far that
he is broaching a plan of caucus that
is meeting with considerable favor,
albeit it is as unique political pro-
ceeding as has been brought out in the
open. Melick wants general, clean
ing up, dice-shaking proposition. with
the low man out, or one tie all tie. He
proposes that first a general confer
ence, which shall bind no. one to any
thing, shall be held and some agree
ment reached upon the proceeding to
Follow. Then he. proposes that on the
floor Of the Assembly the clans shall
come together in the fullness of their
strength, agree to be bound by the uI-
innate decision and then hold success
sive ballots until all but one of the con-
testants is frozen out
On the first ballot, according to- Mr..
Melick's plan, the one receiving the
lowest number of votes is to retire
from the field, leaving his strength to
go where fancy dictates. The second
ballot will drop the next low man, and
so on until they are all bowled down
but one and he will be proposed as the
caucus nominee in open session and
duly elected.
1t is said that Valentine of Los An-
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-o0eeoee0-0o ao-aeAn

the candidates who are not highest on
the list
For more than a month Dan Burns
has sought by every means within his
power. and with the aid of the South
ern Pacific Company and the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, which
latter organization has been turned in
to an agency for the promotion of
Burns Senatorial ambition, to secure
his own election as United States Sem
ator. He has been unable to do so be-
cause nine men out of every ten in the
State of California believe it would be
a lasting disgrace to the State if Burns
were selected to represent it in the up
per house of Congress, and majority
of the legislators who have been sent
to Sacramento have not dared to cast
their votes contrary to the wishes of
the peoole whom they represent
Now that all other means have failed,
Burns has notified his political hacker,
the Southern Pacific Company, that
the hope of election must be aban-
doned unless the Republican legislators
can be forced into caucus where the
secret ballot and the superior filibuster-
ing abilities of such of his lieutenants
as Johnson and Dibble might enable
him to achieve that which is beyond his
power to achieve on the floor of the
joint assembly, where every move he
may make is open to the scrutiny of
all who care to see.
Heedful of it's own interests. the cor
poration that boasts of Burns as its
Senatorial candidate has responded to
this appeal by putting the screws on
all the members of the Legislature who
can be reached by it's underground
methods. and has supplemented its eff
forts in this direction by calling upon
the members, through the editorial col
umns of its organ, the Record Union.
to go into caucus and agree upon a can
didate for United States Senator.
Ulysses S. Grant says unequivocally
that he will agree to caucus. but that
1t must be on the floor of the Assem-
bly, and with no secrecy. He further
stipulates that the caucus. If one be
had, shall be preceded by a general con-
ference In which all the clans shall par
ticipate, but that none of them shall
be bound by any decisions that shall
come of it. Mr.. Grant does say. how
ever, that he will abide by any decision
obtained by the open caucus and will
consent to stay in it until the present
difficulty is settled one way or an
other
The San Diegan. however, arrived at
this conclusion alone and single-hand-
ed. His present followers are not with
him; not as a unit at any rate. There
may be some among them who will con-
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Insane People Met Death
in q BurDiDg Building
at YuDkton.
ODe Of the Cottages attached to
tbe Asylum Destroyed q Third
of It's IDDotes Cremated.
Special Dispatc h to The Call.

upon the direct pressure from the
tank. But two streams Of water could
be thrown on the building and these did
but little good.
Fifty-two persons were in the build
ing-forty patients and twelve attend
ants. The structure was three stories
and an attic high and had two en-
frances. There was one stairway from
the second and third floors which led
into the main halls, thus giving but one
egress for those above the first floor.
Patients and attendants fed with ter
ror, confusion resulting, especially
among those on the upper floors. Many
heart-rending scenes were enacted as
the inmates, clad only in their night
clothes and barefooted, rushed down
the narrow flight of stairs and finally
out into the snow. The temperature
was 23 degrees below zero, and further
loss of life from freezing was prevented
alone by prompt work of the attend
ants from the main building. The at
tendants escaped, as did the others
who were saved, with none of their per-
sonal effects, many losing all they pos
sessed.
Portions of charred remains can be
seen in the debris at the bottom of the
basement which appear to be near the
northeast wall. The work of removing
the remains and debris will begin in the
morning. The four walls of stone still
stand, black and grim, and will make
the work of removal dangerous, as
total collapse is liable to occur without
moments warning.
An inquest is now in progress. IT is
not thought that blame will be attached
to any one for carelessness.
The institution was destroyed by fire
in 1882. when six lives were lost. The
pecuniary loss at to-day's fire is SIS, 900,
uninsured
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SArPS0N WILL NOT
BE SENT TO MANILA

. NEW YORK, Feb. IA Times spe-
cial from Washington says: The Bureau
of Navigation of the Navy Department
manifests amused surprise at the ru
NOR that Admiral Sampson is to be
sent with. fleet to Manila. The
fleet at Manila, or Asiatic fleet, is con-
sidered to be quite large and strong
enough for any possible demands on
the station.
There is no intention to make a gen
eral order to change the present fleet
of Admiral Dewey for another to be
picked out of the North Atlantic SQUAD
ron. The Navy Department has offered
to Admiral Dewey to recall him and
grant him leave or new orders. but
the Admiral's request to be permitted
to remain on duty on the Asiatic sta
ton has been promptly complied with
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LAWTON AND STAFF
HAVE REACHED SUEZ

SUEZ, Feb. 12.-The United States
transport Grant, bound for Manila,
having on board General Lawton and
staff, has arrived here. General Law
ton has telegraphed the United States
Consular Agent that fifty members of
the expedition had deserted at Port
Said and would be brought to Suez by
train. A guard of Egyptian soldiers
was marshaled in the depot to prevent
their escape. But only two men ap-
peared. These said that neither they
nor any of the others wished to desert.
They had gone ashore and got drunk,
but were willing to return. The trans
port will wait for them here
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YANKTON, S. D., Feb. PA most
horrifying fire occurred this morning
at 2 o'clock at the State Asylum for the
Insane, when one of the cottages was
completely gutted and caused the loss
of the lives of seventeen inmates. The
names of the missing are:
AUGUSTA BOERST.
JULIA ERICKSON.
ELLA LOKKEN.
MARGARET LYNCH.
JOSINA OBEN.
MARTENIA TENNYSON.
ELIZABETH S. TOLPE.
MRS. Rampant.
MAGGIE FLYNN.
LUCINDA GOSSAGE.
ADELINA HURLEY.
CHRISTINA JOHNSTON.
JENNIE KRONIG.
LUCIA KEENE.
CAROLINE LINDBORG.
KATIE PLAVITZ.
GAINI SWANSON.
The cottage was erected of stone and
granite walls with wooden interior and
intended for laundry purposes. Owing
to the crowded condition of the main
building forty of the female patients
were placed here in the laundry base
ment. The fire originated in the dry
room of the laundry. Here was a coil
of steam pipes, and the theory is that
either fine particles similar to lint set
tied on the pipes and ignited. or that
clothes which were thickly hung close
by dropped ON the pipes and were fired.
The fighting Of the fire was greatly
hindered by loss of power. The only
source of water was an artesian we'll
400 feet distant, the pipes for pumping
which ran through the cottage. The
intense heat soon caused these pipes to
burst, thus leaving the firemen without
power and dependent entirely
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Otis Regards tbe Situation
at Manila as Very
Satisfactory.
Now Known That $500 Filipinos
Were Killed and tbe WouDded
Exceeded That Number.
Special Cable to
= by amesG

! MANILA, Feb: I2-AIaor General Ewel S. Otis to-
day regards the situation here very satisfactory The
American forces now have firm grip the positions they
gained in the three heavy engagements in which they de-
feated the insurgents during the week The ultimate and
complete defeat OF the Fipnos merely matter of
time Upon the arrival of renforcements the Americans
are confident of making their victory Aguinado
forces complete The apprehension that felt the
Possblecessaton OF the citys supply has been
trely removed.
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BULLET FINDS JOE LOWE.
Killing of Coloradan With a Re
markabl. Record.

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 12-Joe Lowe.
keeper of roadhouse near this city and
a professional gambler, was shot and
Killed early to-day in saloon in this city
by Charles A. Kimme, an ex-policeman
There had been bad feeling between the
two men over an arrest of some friends
of Lowe by Kimme. and the shooting re-
suited from drunken quarrel. Lowe was
Y years old. In the '70s he Conducted
Wichita, Kan. andf at Fort Worth Tex
Before coming to Colorado in 1878 he had
killed three men. He had been married
seven times.