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JOHN P. REESE.
Refuses the Offer for Better Jail
Accomm0da

FORT SCOTT (kan.), Nov. 29.-John
utive Board of U. M. w. A., sentenced
to jail for three months for contempt
of the Federal Court, has refused the
offer of United States Judge Williams
for special Jail privileges at Topeka,
saying:
An innocent man has no preferences
of prisons in which to be unjustly con-
fined'
Reese had been sentenced to the Fed
eral prison here, but when Judge Will
Jams learned that the accommodations
were poor he ordered him taken to the
sole use of a corridor.
In Jail to-day Mr.. Reese said he was
opposed to the plan of attempting to
secure his release on writ of habeaS
corpus in the United States Circuit
tourt, because he thought all Federal
Judges were alike" His only hope, he
said, was to have President Mckinley
commute his sentence.
My conviction and Imprisonment"
added Mr.. Reese, will not weaken the
strike. as is hoped by the local compa-
MES, but will strengthen and solidify it.
Debs' six months Imprisonment made
more union men than his speeches
could have made in years. Many min
ers were present at the trial, and there
is no doubt in their minds as to my
innocence" az
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THE MALARIA MOSQUITO.
A Medical Skeptic Scores a Point
Against It.

The discovery of the malaria mos
quito at Sierra Leone is nothing Won
derful; the wonderful thing would have
been that this genus Anopheles, of the
gnat tribe, widely distributed in Eu-
rope-from Scandinavia to Italy, from
England to Russians we'll as in India
and in the United States, should not
be found on the West Coast of Africa.
As one who knows something of India
and of fever, l quite agree with your
views on the question in your notes of
lax week. When the expedition re-
turns triumphantly from Sierra Leone,
it might with advantage visit Rangoon,
the place you give as an example of the
apparent failure of the theory, for
study of the other side of the ques-
ton. Rangoon is an alluvial soil, in
the delta of the Irrawaddy, with rice
fields, luxurious vegetation, moist heat,
in fact, everything necessary to form a
"hotbed of fever" in Netley phraseol-
ogy-to say nothing of mosquitoes. And
these, as you remark, swarm and bite
with a vigor exceeded nowhere in the
tropics. What an ideal place Cor dis
covering the malaria mosquito!
But, fortunately, there is no fever in
Rangoon, and troops that have come
from some high and dry station in In
dia, saturated with fever get rid Of 1t
entirely after a few months in Ran
COON. One might almost imagine that
mosquito bites were an antidota to :na-
laria- Can the reason be that the genus
Anopheles, so widely distributed else
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SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Take Action Practically Fusing
With Democrats and Popu1ists.

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The special
meeting of the National Committee of
the Silver Republican party adjourned
to-day to meet again at the call of the
Chairman, after having taken action
tnat practically assures the fusion of
the party with the Democratic and
Populist parties, with the Endorsement
OF the Democratic platform and the
presidential candidate of that party.
The sub committee appointed yester-
day to decide on the most practical date
and place for holding the National Con-
vention, and also to report on matters
of practical organization for the
campaign, including the appointment
of delegates from the various States to
the National Convention, submitted its
reports to the committee to-day, and
after lengthy discussion its recon-
mendations, with one or two minor
amendments. We're adopted
The subcommittee recommended that
all OF the matters in question be re-
ferred for action to the Executive
Committee, of which former Senator
Fred dubois of Idaho is Chairman.
who gave out the following statement
Of the action of the committee:
"A resolution was unanimously adopt
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STANFORD VS.. CALIFORNIA.
Line-Up for the Football Game BE.
tween University Elevens.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29-For the
ninth consecutive time the big football
teams of the Stanford University and
the University of California will meet
tomorrow on the field at the corner
OF sixteenth and Folsom streets. in this
city. The largest crowd of spectators
IN the history of the game on this coast
Is expected to be present The weather
promises to be pleasant, though the
forecast official thinks there NAV be
showers in the evening.
Two months or more the riya,
eievens have been at practice under the
care of famous coachers, and each is
said to be fit and ready. The California
men have wagered money on them
selves at heavy odds, and outsiders
favor the blue and gold The injury to
Murphy proved a setback to the car
dinais, but the plucky Captain insists
on playing in a patent corset.
An excursion train from Palo Alto
will carry the students to the conflict.
and If roofing does any good Stanford
may stand an equal chance
In weight, the essential thing of mere
physical measurements, the two teams
are virtually equal, the difference being
but ten pounds in a total of almost a
ton of muscle and bons. Every year
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His Reputation Saved.

They tell a funny story in the army
about Captain Patillo, the crack shot,"
said one of a party of late diners ''Ac-
cording to the yarn, General Miles and
a high Washington official once visited
a Western post where the Captain was
stationed, and sent word that they
would like to see a little exhibition of
his skill. Patillo happened to be quite
sick at the time, but he couldn't very
we'll refuse, and presently appeared on
the long-distance range. He blazed
away, and an Irish Sergeant, who had
been sent out to act as marker, waved
a small flag. What does that mean?'
asked the distinguished visitor. 1T
means. missed the whole target re-
piled Patillo, gloomily. He tried again,
with the same result. don't know
what's the matter with mel he ex-
planned in deep notification I never
did such work in my life.' /
Eat the third shot the distant figure
varied the wigwagging, and the as
sembled officers applauded. The sig
nal meant a bulls-eye. Thereupon he
fired twenty consecutive rounds, and
each time the flag waved back the
news that he had pierced the inner cir
Gle. 1t was a marvellous record, an I'M
parallel score; the distinguished WIS.,
itor was very gracious in his congrat-
ulations.
Later on Patillo, still beaming, met
the marker crossing the parade
grounds. Hello! Sergeant he said, L
wonder what the deuce made me miss
the target those first two shots?
Whist. Captain, replied the Irishman.
drawing close, It's divil the tonne we
hit it at all, at all!' Didn't hit it at
ALI! cried Patillo in amazement; then
why did you signal all those Bulls
eyes?' Faith, sor.' said the Sergeant
reproachfully, I knew yer ripytation
was at stake New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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Extinction Of the Maoris.

Judging from a recent report of the
Registrar General of New Zealand, that
fine martial race the Maoris, is going
the way of all aborig.nes whose country
has been colonized by the whites. They
may not become absolutely extinct for
a few more decades. but their doom is
sealed. Among the causes officially as
signed for the thinning of their num-
bers are the high infantile mortality re-
sulting from improper food, exposure
and the want of ordinary care, consti-
buttons debilitated by past debauchery,
the belief in native doctors and neglect
of the sick, and the adoption OF Euro
pean habits and costumes, leading to
diseases of the respiratory organs. A
Maori NJ. A., Mr. Ngata, in address
ing recent conference of his country
men, said that drink was pauperizing
them and sapping their vitality.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
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Llgh.shlp No. SO Goes Ashore Just
Inside Meksszie Head,
AA:u. One nils to the North Of the Mouth
Of The Columbia River.
The Kawser Parted When She Was
Being Towed Into Port at AS
toria, the Vessel Driving Onto
the Sauds-Very Doubtful If Her
Crew o. Eaeht Mep Can be
Saved.

ASTORIA, Nov. 29.-Lightship No.
so is ashore Just inside Mckenzie Head,
one mile north OF the mouth of the
river, and 1t is doubtful ii her crew OF
eight men can be saved.
the llghtship went adrift Tuesday
night, and the tugs Escort and Walluia
and the lighthouse tender Manzanita
went out after her this morning. She
was sighted ten miles off shore head
ing in under her sail. The Walluia
reached her first, and brought her near
~ to the entrance, when the haWSer
parted. The ManZanita then took hold
OF the lightship and started in with her.
but the hawser again parted and be-
came tangled in her propeller.
The lightship was drifting toward the
rocks, when the Escort managed to get
a hawser to her assistance late in the
afternoon. The rope 1alled to hold IN
the heavy sea, but 1t did not part until
the helpless vessel was pulled around
the point.
When the hawser parted the last time
the tug could only watch the hghtshIp
going in toward the shore. During
this time the Escort stood by until Z
O'Clock tonight, and When she LETT it
looked as though the lignIship had gone
on the sands. The tug WalluIa was
ready to go out when the Escort came
To the dock tonight, but the latter re-
ported that nothing could be done in
the darkness. The Walluia will leave
early in the morning.
There are no rocks under her, and
no bnf
tain Howes of the Escort speaks hope
1uliy OF the chances of the crew, put
all seamen agree that the situation at
the best is desperate. The life saving
crew have gone to their assistance,
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where, even in Europe, is absent in
Ransoon? Must all the sorts and kinds
of mosquitoes for which it is famous
be harmless species, in whose circula-
ton bold and vigorous phagocytes
watch ready to 4devour the imbibed
haematozoa of imported malaria, and
thus keep the mosquitoes, freed from
the depressing parasite, in health.
strength on the wing, and attention to
business? Rangoon, with Tonghoo and
other military stations in Burmah, Of
fer evidence that will have to be de-
molished before the mosquito theory OF
fever can be accepted.
And Rangoon is not the only Eastern
place where medical theories Of fever
break down before facts. The teach
ings of Netley have always afforded
amusement to medical officers. Show
me a. place in which there is no fever.
and it will probably be enc of the huA-
beds of fever of medical docrrinarairry
and vice ersa.-Army Surgeon in the
Spectator.
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Wo1cott Got the Decision.

UTICA IN. Y). Nov 29.-At the
Genesee Athletic Club tonight Joe
Walcott got the decision over Dan
Creedon at the end of the twentieth
round. Creedon's right arm gave out
about the fourteenth round and from
that time to the finish he simply acted
on the defensie, and was fortunate
in escaping knockout. Walcott will
meet Tommy Ryan before the club for
fight of twenty rounds and purse of
$1,000.
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ed that National Convention of the
National Silver Republican party be
held, and the Executive Committee was
instructed to confer with the Demo-
cratic and Populist National Commit
tees in an effort to secure, if possible.
the holding of all three National Con-
ventions at the same time and place,
and at the earliest practicable date, to
the end that complete cooperation of
the reform forces may be had.
The Executive Committee was au-
thorized to determine the number Of
delegates to the National Convention.
the same to be not less than 1000, to
arrange the basis of selection and to
allot the representation from each
State. 1t was decided that the call
for the convention shall include as eligf-
BILE to representation all those voters
who heretofore, prior to 1896, or since,
have acted politically with the Repub-
lican party, but are bimetallists and
favor the unrestricted and independent
coinage of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio and who are OPP
posed to the policy of extending the
gold standard in the United States by
retiring greenbacks, destroying the full
money power of the existing silver dol
lar, providing for the payment of all
Government obligations, and the re-
demption of all forms Of paper money in
gold alone and surrendering to a bank
ing combination the sovereign function
OF issuing paper money.
Pledges were made covering the ex-
penses of holding the National Con-
vention, and Hon. Edward S. Corsen of
Minneapolis was chosen Treasurer of
the committee, with instructions to
maintain relations of practical cooper
alton with the Democratic and Popu-
list National Committees
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
to Engage in Extensive
Construction Work in Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-The
Southern Pacific is said to be making
active preparations to engage in some
extensive and costly construction work
in the State of Sonora, Mexico.
Quite recently the Southern Pacific
acquired by purchase some extensive
undeveloped coal fields in Sonora, lying
about seventy miles south of Ortiz,
station on the Sonora Railway, which
latter is now a Southern Pacific prop
erty 1t is understood to be the COM
pany's intention to develop the coal
beds as soon as tracks can be laid from
Ortiz, and ship the product to Guaya-
mas, where an immense coaling station
will be established. The company, 1t
is said, is planning to ship coal in large
quantities to Southern California and
Mazatlan, at which points fuel will be
furnished to Pacific Coast steamers.
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Los Angeles Oil Well Ordinance.

LOS ANGELES, Nov pa suit was
brought to-day by the State of Cali
fornia, through the Attorney General,
and at the instance of c. N. Sterry of
this city. against Calvin Green ct al,
to restrain them from operating oil
wells within a district where an ordi-
nance of the city prohibits the opera
ton of oil wells. The suit is to be
test of the validity of the ordinance
prohibiting the boring of oil wells with
in the district known as the Westlake
Park tract
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NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Maritime Company VIII Not
be Granted Time Extension.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
MANAGUA ,(Nicaragua), Nov g.
The Government of Nicaragua has re-
fused to grant a time extension to the
Maritime Canal Company, but agrees to
accept arbitration as to the concession
granted to Eyre. and Cragin. 1t is re-
quired that the arbitrator be citizens,
and that the process be conducted I'M
der the laws of Nicaragua enacted SUBJ
sequent to the granting of the conces-
sion. The agent of the canal company
protests against these conditions, and
declares that the arbitration clause in
the company's- anneession gives full lib
erty for the selection of arbitrator to
the State and the company.
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PRESENT DtY THOUGHTS.
BY "Grosvenor."

Washlngton'S Moral Courage.-In less
than two weeks the centennial of the
death or George Washington will have
psen commemorated in hundreds of
communities throughout the land, but
more notably in the District of Column
bla and at Mount Vernon. Much doubt
less VIII be said regarding him that
would seem extravagant if we could
come in personal contact with this
plain, unassuming leader Of the -aevolu-
Ton. But the extravaganza of others
need not deter us from adjoining his
memory with a few humble wreaths of
appreciation.
Two phases of his character seem
almost contradictory. Where public ut
terance was required, he was diffident-
almost bashful When he risked his
estates and offered his sword in the
service of his country, he said emphat-
ically, Il this do declare with the ut
most sincerity 1 do not think myself
equal to the command that 1 am hon
ored with" When he wrote his fare
we'll message he deferred to the judg-
ment of others as to what it should
contain. He was quick to recognize his
own limitations and to lean on others
But this distrust of self was not always
his.
Two acts. evince beyond all refuta-
ton the. lion-like courage and self poise
of George Washington. With whom had
there been eight years of war? Eng
land. From whom had there been TWEEN
ty years and more of abuse and all
wrong? England. What country had
sent hireling soldiery to the highways
a,,d t1o ~
Yet when it came to the point of set.
Ting policy that should exist-not be-
tween the mother country and her colo
MES, but between one sovereign nation
and Washington dared, in the
face of ten thousand threats, to approve
the commercial treaty that resulted
from the envoyship of Chief Justice
Jay. His character was attacked with
violence. Even impeachment was sug-
gested. Hounds of defamation tried to
drag him down There is but one
straight course, said he and that is to
seek truth and pursue it steadily.
Again. What nation had given us
of its blood and of it's treasure that we
might fight it's own hated foe? France
She had done for us-often Intellectually
the best she could, and throughout the
country there was a feeling of intense
gratitude toward her; for she had given
Lafayette, Rochambeau and De Grasse.
Yet it was against France and with
England that Washington dared to
stand during his Presidential occupancy.
Even as there had been ten thousand
threats against our treaty with Eng
land, there had been an equally intense
feeling In favor of joining forces with
France; but the anxious Washington,
ever seeking for the good of his coun-
try-not the immediate good only, but
the present and the future good-saw in
the French revolution and it's leaders
something very different from the
American revolution, and he would not
give support to what under the name
of revolution was actually retrogres-
sion.
Without any others these two acts
are and will never fail as signal proofs
of the independence and farseeing char
acter of his judgment.
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Rural Postal Delivery.

FRESNO, Nov. 29.-The "Republi-
can has a special dispatch from Con-
gresham Needham tonight saying
that the Postoffice Department had or
dered Inspector Howard to examine the
Fresno district with view to establish
ing rural delivery. An agitation for
rural delivery has been in progress for
some time.
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The Lord Mayor of Dublin.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The Right
Hon. Daniel Talon, Lord Mayor of
Dublin accompanied by his Private
Secretary, Mr.. Kennedy, arrived in
Washington to-day. Tonight by APP
pointment the Mayor and his Secretary.
accompanied by Hon. Dominlck
Murphy Of this city and Commissioner
Powderly of the immigration Bureau,
visited the White House and spent hall
an hour in conversation with the Pres
ident. The Lord Mayor will leave the
United States for home Saturday next
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tude regarding the course Of events
since Monday.


tude regarding the course Of events
since Monday.
SITUATION AT LADYSMITH.
LONDON, Nov. 29-The STANDARD"
publishes the following from Lady
smith, Tuesday. November Dist:
Last Saturday 1 had a whole sack
full of my correspondence returned to
me, showing the difficulty of commune
eating with the outside world.
The Beers cannonade continues al
most daily, but there have been few
casualties. Evidently the object of the
enemy is to exhaust the spirits of the
British troops by incessant harassing.
The prospect of the British advance
from the south has impelled them TO
redouble their efforts They are mount
ing more guns, and drawing the lines
of investment clo.er."
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Destroyed United States Mail.

KANSAS CITY, Nov 29.-Fred A.
Mckinney, a night clerk in the Kansas
City Postoffice, was arrested tonight
for destroying United States mail At
ter mysterious fire in the postoffice
early Monday morning, fragments of
the contents of a registered mail pouch
were found in the debris. To-day the
clerk confessed that he had rifled the
pouch and kindled the fire to destroy
the evidence of his crime Over $500
in currency was found in his room.
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Fatal Explosion of Coal Oil.

SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. 29.-Lillie
T. Bonadurer. aged 10 years, died from
the effects of an explosion of coal oil
caused while attempting to light a fire
by pouring the oil into an open fire.
The legs Of the little girl were burned
to a crisp, and her body was otherwise
terribly burned.
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Death From Lumpy Jaw.

FRESNO, Nov %. = Jose Maria
Uharte. a sheepherder, died at the
County Hospital to-day of lumpy jaw,
or actinomycosis, a disease common
among cattle and sheep, but very rarely
contracted by human being This is
the first case of the kind in the history
of the county
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A HoId-Up at Tacoma.

TACOMA, Nov. 29.-Three masked
men held up the West End saloon here
tonight about II 80 o'clock, and rified
the pockets of eight men who happened
to be there at the time. Two of the
robbers came in through the back en-
trance, and the other came in the front
door. All had revolvers, and stood the
crowd up The robbers got about $50
in money, two gold watches, and re-
volver taken from the bartender.
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New Oil Strike.

FRESNO, Nov. 29.-News of the
strike of oil in the McKittrick district
was received here to-day. Oil shot into
the air a. distance of eighty-four feet
over the top of the derrick. The flow
lasted twenty-five minutes, until
sand clogged up the pipe Much excite
ment prevails among oil men
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The Buchanan Trial.

NAPA. Nov. 29.-In the Buchanan
case to-day a number of affidavits were
read from the family and friends of
Buchanan in Georgia and other South
ern States, showing that Buchanan's
mental condition was unsound from
1880 to 1887. 1t was the result of a
blow on the head, which caused brain
fever. The trial was continued until
next Friday.
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Southern California Orange Crop.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29-Robert
Graham of Los Angeles says that prob
ably 1000 carloads of oranges will be
shipped from Southern California to
the Eastern markets for the holiday
trade and from 100 to 800 carloads
from the northern citrus belt during
the same period. According to the most
reliable estimates from all the average
districts in the southern part of the
State, the orange crop this season Will
not fall short of 5000 carloads.
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Death Of a Prominent citizen.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 29.-Henry
Giacondo Giannini is dead. aged 66
years. He was a member of the Vigil
lance Committee of 1857, and was the
oldest Druid in the State. He was also
one of the founders and a director of
the Swiss Mutual Benevolent Society
and the Swiss Relief Society.
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Deputy Sheriff Ward Dead.

SAN LUIS OBISPO. Nov. 29.-Deputy
Sheriff W. J. Ward of San Diego, who
had his skull fractured on November
18th at Port Hartford on board the
steamer Santa Rosa by Bert Ross. a
convict whom he was taking to San
Quentin, died this morning. Ross will
be brought from San Quentin at once
and tried for murder here.
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Brooklyn Police Censured.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29-The Kings
County Grand Jury to-day in pre-
sentiment to the Criminal Court CEN
sured Brooklyn police for what it terms
their laxity in allowing William F.
Miller and Cecil Leslie of the defunct
Franklin Syndicate to escape. The jury
holds that these men could easily have
been arrested after their indictment,
had the police been more active.
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Rail Accident Near Baden.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. pa San
Jose passenger train from this city was
partly derailed near Baden to-day.
Some damage was done to the mail and
baggage cars, but no one was injured.
The accident is said to have been
caused by the spreading of the rails.
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Last This Last

perature IS, minimum 81. mean ~
The pressure has risen ranidlv over
the Pacific Coast, and Thanksgiving
LAY promises to be bright over the
greater portion of the Pacific Coast.
Hlgh winds have prevailed generally
WITH the passage of the storm west
ward westerly winds prevail off
shore, and conditions are more favora-
Die for making port than for MANY
days past
me temperature has fallen over
Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho