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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-03-27
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Special Nugget Ser''oe
 wAsHINoTON. March 25--Yester day afternoon President Taft sent Co congress special message. contain ing the report of the tariff board per taining to various articles on which duty should be lowered
 The present tarif schedule pro1i ide- a surplus for running the affairs "l the government. and general reduc ton on certain goods is recommended by the tariff board.
 The president suggests that consres pass a tarif bill providing a reduc- ton on cotton goods and raw material similar to the bill recently introduced in the house for reduction on wool by the republicans as an offset to the free duty bill of the democrats.
 Under the present scientific tarin
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Special Nugget SerV'~s.
 INDIANAPOLIS March 27-In the republican state convention held yes- tcrday. the Taft men proved to be master of the situation. and contr"ll- ed the same from the very first.
 The appointment of various commit tees were made in such manner that Taft men were in the majority, upon crcdential. temporary and permanent organization.
 After the organization had been perfected resolution indorsing the Taft administration was passed then
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ine state wide primaries yes'rrt !. and 9 large vot. was boiled th,. o, ...i. wishing to express their npini"1 Ir preference in selection of ehoi.. "' 'H, canhdat. to receive the nominate.
 Just as Expected Says Barnes.
 NEW YORK. March = Chairman William Barno-. jr. ot tho republican ~tato committee. iu commenting on th" result or the preference prinari'- hold throughout the state yesterday stat cd. Just as I expected. only % itti" better than dared Co hope. 'r ox. pres uy beliel Teddy with his schcmml r, tacaa. dictator HiH never secure the support of the New York state republicans His present defeat in hla own state hould hring the colonel to hls s,u-es n, .- being showed under at every turn Of tn" same If his enemies hal stacked the cards in his %o-ealled square deal
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STRIKE AGAINST
 ALASKA PACKERS
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SAN FRANCISCO. March eT-The Alaska Packers Association this morn ing refused to grant the minimum scale of s2O0 for the season in the North. the rate demanded by the men who go to Alaska every summer to engage in the canning industry of salmon.
 The refusal Of the Packers associa- ton to grant the minimum rate Of s2O0 for the season has resultd in fifteen hundred men ready to ship go ing out on strike
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served for the people That potash is one of the great commercial need~. and thousands upon thousands of dol lars worth of this commodity for uses in the arts. and manufacturing indus tries. are imported every gear from foreign countries
 The large deposits uf potash recent t- Iy discovered in California is believed will supply the market "f the United States for many years to come and the same should he conserved for tho people. and congress should pass i'm mediate laws to protect the deposits from private entry allowing title to remain invested in the government for the benefit of the people [" prevent monopoly
 Placer Locations at NuJaet Office
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commons. Premier Asquith. confessed the government had made a failuer of bringing the strike 10 an end through the medium of the conference. and that the only remedy lay In measures to he passed by parliament
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Nugget Special Service.

WASHINGTON. March @7.-rhe commission of corporations has hand
 ed into President Taft report oil the water power sites of the tnrt"'t States and the information contained therein proves there is no natural IT. dustry nor commodity exempt fr5n the grasping influence of the intere !.
 The report states that all the water powers and other water sites in the
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S2 WERE KILLED
 IN THE JED MINE
speelaI Nuaas, ssr.l.s

5pecIaI NU99et oersI-e
 BLUEFIELDS. W. Va. March 2;-- Eighty two Of the ,ntombed miners who Were caught tn the United statez Caal and Coke Company'- mine in au ..xrlostau ts-t-ritt morning have bear aaaud and they 9r a' d'a9. Th. ra- explosion killed han h.f"'' nrv ,"u'd uo,, from n" Flae.- as.r. ta... wrr, w"reinc wh.n 1.ssa"at appen.i
 T#s ..li.- 1r, hiu- removed from h.. ln...r ..ycl- and sent tu Inc sur ',t... eh,i. w.-rinp rratives gre wait ml "a identify them
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Special Nugget Service.

NEW YORK March 21.-At tn" conclusion of the arguments of the attorneys for the defense in the case of the United States vs. the officials of the sugar trust. indicted for yio- lation of the sherman antitrust law, Federal Judge Learned Hand. stated
 Unless the district attorney can con vince me to the contrary. or otherwise I will direct the jury 10 return a yer
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TAFT SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES A
 WATERLOO FOR ROOSEVELT

rh.s could unt Gtt, ram. sat nars decidedly against him
 The people are wuiius tH endorse fh. Taft administration and do not take Kindly ta T-d1v.- backing and aHul Th,> 'I.. t mH Who can say ua and -tlrl Go .t Tie trouble with Eeasevet, s |. cannot -ls naand n,a ID to .t end this caused a whole .a, af friction turin. th, taas he was ths sseeutls.
 Raa. oyeft d.d m- best ea scar Tat snta N8thirtval But Taff would not scar. worth peck of b,an- nr stood rat and told Teddy tp do his best hut he vau}l ind him olvay =tripp,d and in the ring ready Tor action.
 Remember the Nome Kennel Club kerress at the Eagle Hall next Friday night
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SPOKANE BANKER
 PASSES AWAY
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Special Nugget Service
 SPOKANE. Wash. March 26.-John l.. Brown. one of the best known men in the city. banker of considerable wealth. passed away at his home this morninv after several weeks of sick ness.
 The deceased Is one of the pioneers of Spokane. being one of the founders of he city's constitution.
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Bring all the gals to the x. K. c. Kermess next Friday for there won't be nothing to pay for them: only the bucks will he taxed fifty cents. four bits. half of dollar. Don't forget.
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AsoUlTH REPORTS
 CONFERENCE A FAILURE
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Special Nugget Service.
 LONDON. March 27.-Premier As quith reported to the members of the house of commons yesterday that the conference he had called for Monday had turned out to be a complete fail ure. SO far as bringing the present coal strike to an end.
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MILL HANDS STRIKE IN LOWELL
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 LOWELL Mass. March ei.- Twelve thousand cotton cloth hands working in the mills of the city have gone out on strike demanding a raise similar 10 that granted the textile workers Of Lawrence. which is some thing like five per cent. with four hours of Saturday afternoons.
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All your old tiIlieums from Punk'n Center Cow Hollow and the roads will be at the kermess Friday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-03-27

You can get all choice cuts of beef. Reindeer piokIsd and saitsd meats; slso Nome dairy butter.
 AT REINDEER MARKET.
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Bring your bes. girl to the Nome Kennel Club kerness and have the time of your life.
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WANTS REDUCTION ON COTTON
 WOULD CONSERVE POTASH

revision of the Payne bill. which was regarded by Taft as a step in the right direction. even. though not perfect measure. has turned a S5S.000 O0O deficit into s3o.000.O00 surplus and the president is after further improvement Of. the scientific revsiinn of the tarin to even m natter iu favor If the peopl"
 Would Protect Potash Deposits.
 WASHINGTON. March 27.--Presi. dent Taft has sent a special message to congress. urging the passage If i'm mediate laws to protect from private entry the large potash beds. or de posits recently discovered in the state of California
 The president calls the attention af congress to the fact that this valua blc natural deposit. should be con
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The paper that ls read and rssssd by al parties and tsotions is the Mug get
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Placer Locations a, NuSse, Office
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Arrangements were made for noid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-22
TELLS STORY ON ROOSEVELT.
MH jor Day Relates Incident Of For
mer at Ogdensburg Fair.

Major Hiram W Day OF Hermon. y. &,
one Of the ol d time Democrats of 81. Law
renee county. who is now in his Severt,-
eighth year. tol d u story about the Git T
Bul Mooser the other day which Is NO.
without point at the present time. As thn
Ma ior told II il runs like this:
when Roosevelt was Governor Of the
State OF New York the ORdensburr Fair
was in the hands of the leading Republicans
of the county. and Major Daniels. then the
leader in vitcd Gov. Roosevelt to attend the
fair and make an address. The Governor
accepted and on the appointed day appeared
and was conducted into band stand which
had been erected ON the racetrack opposite
the grand stand. While he was making y
speech about the dairy industry. butter and
cheese making, about which he did not
appear to know very much. the Major was
busy marshalling the folks to pass along In
line and shake hands with Governor Roose-
welt Among others he rounded up an old
gentleman from the Black Lake district
This old man was OF Scotch English descent
and nearly eighty years Of age. his six feet of
manhood Somewhst stooped Ne wore =
pointed collar. and an old fashioned black
wolverine plug hat. His wife. apparently Of
birth t. ssns ToMSsn S,.s. aS9
black hood.
Daniels was urging them up the four Or
i've steps into the hand stand. and the old
gentleman. who was lame. was slowly
limping along. As no started up the steps
the Governor was discussing the dairy
intrrcsts, and turning as he talked he va.
| facing the old man. and hie front teeth, as
usual. were prominent. The old gentle
man appeared to resent some OF his state,
ments, and turned to 20 down the steps
without having shaken hands with the
dovsrnor, His wife said TO him: u.
Father. what an awful set OF double
teeth that man has got In front
| Yes, said the old gentleman. the dentist
! has made m awful mistake
/ Well father. said the good wife as they
stepped down and turned away, 1T seems tn
me that man will chew on more than he can
sw allow
| And" added Major Day. "I guess thi'
il the time he has done II.
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bringing Lieut.. Charles Becker to trial
on ctober I
John r. Mcintyre. chief counsel for
Lieut.. Becker, said yesterday that he
would reply ready" on October 4.
There is no occasion for further delay
said Mr.. Mcintyre. "We have prepare
sur case and ! am prepared to say now
that We are confident Lieut.. Becker will
be acquitted.
Il should like to say that ! am dis
gusted with Mr.. Whitman's course in at
tempting TO try his case in the news
papers. This morning there were reports
that Mr.. Whitman had found evidences
in Hot Springs that witnesses there had
been tampered with by persons working
for the defence; and that n private de
tective reported to him that efforts had
been made by persons working for Becker
To get witnesses to say that Schepps
eyculpated Becker. There was the fur
ther charge that our motion before Justice
Bischofl which resulted in getting "A com
mission appointed to take testimony in
Hot Springs was fraudulent.
81 notice that Mr.. Whitman gives me
"A clean bill Of health Well that is
kind of him. But IL he asserts that ooun-
sci for Becker were guilty Of anything
questionable or shady he says what is
not so and he knows that he is making a
false statement. The public will find out.
when the caso comes to trial. that Schepps
Is u discrrdiied witness -disCredited by
his own words
Il received to-day telegram from
John W. Hart to the effect that four more
witnesses have been discovered who can
saw that Scheprs while there held Becker
gul'less II was too late to-day for me
to get an order TO include the names Of
these new witnesses. but ! shall get the
order on Monday"
Mr. Mcintyre makes light Of several
witnesses considered important by the
Dist riot Attorney
Whitman has collection Of grand
ident iIicrs." said Mr. Mcintyre. but am
inclined to think that these iaenti itiers
won't be 40 sure Of the mselves under the
iip of crosse Naminat ion. In the news
paIers, Whit man has made out that he
has a great case. but you will find that II
will crumble and go to pieces when the
test OF law is applied
Mr.. Mcintyre said that Lieut. Rocker
in his cell in the Tombs il cheerful anC
confident Of acQuittal. Becker is anx
I iolis for hi. case to go To trial as soon as
/ possible and has advised against delay,
or efforts 10 obtain "A change ofvenue.
! His spirits are good" said the law
yer. and his health does not appear tC
have suffered 10y confinement
The secret inquiry before Justice Con
asked for by acting District Attorney
Moss on informal ion that the police sup
pressed evidence, will bc resumed or
Monday.
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TWELVE WHIPPED IN PRISON.
Ten to Twenty Lashes for Convicts
In Delaware wOrkhOuse.

WILMISoToS. Del. Sept. 81 Twelve
prisoners. practically all convicted Of
theft. were whipped at the New Castle
county workhouse to-day Nine OF them
were negroes. Charles f. Chamberlain. a
white man. received twenty lashes for
burglary. He suffered severely hut stood
the ordeal hravely.
Prince T.. Lee. a negro. got the same
number Of lashes for highway robbery.
Robert Washington. William Hempsley
and Ebert Patton. all negroes. each got
twenty Tho other victims. all of whom
were whipped with ten lashcs each. were
Edward skinner. Joseph Jefferson. Will
lam Cummings. Ernest Wharton, Samuel
Fisher. Robert T. Simpson and Luke
Naylor. The latter two are white m en.
Although lashings have always been
conducted publicly since the institution
of the whipping post. the trustees Of the
workhousr TODAY refused to allow u
woman reporter to be witness
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CHASED A TROLLEY CAR FIRE.
Apparatus Pursued Motormnn, who
Pat ON speed Ia Get Away.

Two battalion chiefs. two old style
fire engines and hosc carts. two modern
high pressure engines. three trucks and
an insurance patrol had a spirited chase
after a runaway fire yesterday. They
,augh, II after winding In and out of
Greenwich Village for about fourteen
blocks They were too late To save IT,
The fire in question was on ear 10I
Of the Christopher street ferry line.
which Is known as the scasick line be-
cause IL twists and turns so much
Tho chase was due to the fact that the
motorman and conductor did not know
about 1t and as II was Saturday nich,
the passengers did not know Il either.
\ useful citizen who was somewhere
in the neiGhhorhood of Washington and
GanScVoort streets about dusk saw IN"
car turn corner and at the same timc
saw spurt of flame in the region of tn"
trucks. He turned in n fire alarm. As
this is dangerous nptghhorhood tho
alarm brought out all the apparatus
mentioned. and when they came ClanC-
Ing up few minutes later there was
only small boy. who finally thought II
must he the car.
The hoy pointed south in the dircc-
tion the car had taken and the flrcnon
whipped up their horses or turned on
their motors. They hit the next turn
ing. to he told that there was n fire IN
the car. which was about n block ahead.
Again they started. and again they wen,
again in Washington street the motor
man of l0I heard them coming.
, Having been stalled by hlockades be-
fore, the motorman threw ON all the
power he had and sent his car zig
tagging through the streets AZ full
speed. The firemen caught sight of the
car and started after 1t. The more they
yelled and the more they whistled the
more power did tho motnrr,an use. He
had a good lead when he got to Christie
pher street and the field behind him
struggled for half mile.
Nobody knows whether the man
would have stopped at the ferry Il "A
policeman had not Jumped IN the plat
form and softly told him that his car
was on fire. Tho motormRn jumped up
and said II looked like "A ground. which
ne ended by turning a switch just as
Battalion Chief I.ongfnrd arrived with
painting horse. He and the motorman
talked earnestly for a few minutes and
the firemen went on home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-22
VERY EASY NOW TO GET
SCHEPPS ON THE PHONE
just Call Columbus $40 il You
Have Any White silk
Socks to Sell.
THIS AMCSES MINTYRE
Thinks Whitman Ought To I'm.
stall His Witness in Wal.
dOrf Suite.
THIS AMUSES MINTYRE

"IIcllo. Hello. Hel-sla columuus
please.
Hello. Is this 3l9 Columbus,
What? Murray Hi, 26O6? That ism,
close enough"
business Of jigaling the hookl
"Dperator. ! want three one nine 60.
lumbus It's easy. You won't have to
strain your memory. Excuse mo. NV
fault of course
Hello, Is this 3Io Columbus
Who's talking? Why. how dye dn
Mr. Schepps Feeling pretty chippcr
to-day? That's good.
"This thing of having private wire
is u great convenience to retired husi.
ress man. isn't 1t? That's right. The
District Attorney is good fellow.
Kind and thoughtful In little things.
Need anything in my line to-day
a fcw pairs OF white silk socks or some.
thing nifty in ncckwear? have some
imported effects that would brighten up
n dull prison immensely. No? Well,
some ohtcr day then. I'll call again
"How's Rose and Vallon and Web
bcr? That's good. What? They've
been saying that all afternoon to you7
Well. don't take too much of their
small change. Good-by. Mr.. Schepps"
The foregoing Is pretty fair sam
pie OF conversation with Witness Sam
Schepps, n prisoner In the West side
court Jail. according to Lieut.. Becksr's
lawyer. John +. Mcintyre.
For in addition To enjoying such neces-
saries as silk socks. silk underwear and
scented shaving soap Mr.. Schepps now
on ioys a priyate tplephone Anv porsons
having business or social intercourse with
Mr.. Schepps. neglected perhaps because
of the exigenc les OF the RosenthaI oass
and Mr.. Schepps's temporary retirement
from Broadway. may speak at leisure
to him over the private wire-Columbus
$40.
Mr.. Mcintyre as lawyer for the de-
fendant most concerned with Scheppe.
, was not angry when he spoke Of the
:. thoughtfulness of the District Attorney
in providing Sam with a private wire.
But he was amused. much amused.
"I'm blamed if it isn't an unhesrd of
proceeding" was Mr.. Mclntyre's com
ment. Il don't zee why Whitman keeps
! Schepps in prison. Why on earth doesn't
he hire suite at the Waldorf or at Sher-
ry's for this exquisite,
well. fashions are changing even as
prosecutors change But 1t strikes me
az mighty queer that confessed mur-
derers Schepps. Rose. Nallon, Weh-
her crowd should he permitted to have
such advantages"
! When a reporter for THE SUN called
Columbus 3I9 last evening the call was
answered ny "a person with II husky voiC'
who said he was a keeper. He rxpl'iled
! that MIR. SChepps was not N the roorN
but that he would he glad TO ,ANe nm,
message.
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DUKE SAYS WE'LL PROSPER.
Doesnt Matter Whose Elected, Dc
clarcs "No.t Democratic Peer"

CHICAGO. Sept. 2l.--Aftcr withstand
Ing tn" verbal batteries uf "A score ut
newspaper men for twentyfcur hours
the Duke of Sutherland evide ently
firing of his task. assumed n COM
municativc mood just before leaving
Chicago TO-DAY.
Incidentally Great Rritains wealth.
lest noOleman gave added proof of hts
reputation as the most democratic peer
OF England"
His Grace hrcakfasted In the i'm
perial suite at the blackstone Hotel
with the Duchess and his daughter.
Lady Rosemary Levison Cover. Soon
after he went for stroll about the
foyer OF the hotel. wearing a loose
jacket, soft shirt, and bedroom slippers.
"You know" said England's largest
land owner. "rve found one Of the
greatest dir'cu'ties in American travel
to be American journalists"
His Grace chuchled amiapiy after this
remark,
"The three cornercd political altla =
tion here is undoubtedly very interest
Ing TO the onloukcr." he continued.
I'VE all realize there are great issues
at stake hut have little doubt that
tHP results bl lD' tNtllln Will IMAM
for the continued prosperity ~ the
United States md her people I have
the pleasure Of knowing Col. Roosevelt
and consider him 10 he one of Amer
icas greatest men.
During my tour Of the Canadian
Northwest ! noticed indications every
where of great prosperity. | have
found also that this condition extends
into the Northwestcrly portion Of the
United States. Washington and other
States OF the American Northwest are
among the most prosperous points
around the globe. That country Is In
deed land of promise"
The Duke then explained his plan
for urging immigration Of Scots and
Hritons into the Canadian Northwest
saying that In n few years Canada viii
be comparatively filled up, and unless
more British subjects emigrate there d
majority of the voters will he lost ,c
Great Britain.
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sheridan Agency Gathering Evil
denrr for District Attorney.

C;,,oo Di.,ric, .tt,r,,oy Whitman has
ho., :, unt Srrirgs tbn story has heen
rersis,ent,y circulated that William ]
purrs "a M Io,,gor ,ctiy,lv inyestiysting
IN. ,r.f, aid. of tn, Kosenthul case
ACCORDING tn the story Mr. Viii, man
h.c.r,. dis.a,i.fed with IN. renor,s
turned in NV Mr. Burns and hired william
y sheridan Camera Eve sheridan n
,noL. secre, ir rvcs,ica,ion to deter
,,,;na uh,., M olicome, . ere tho nrincino
orsf, ORG and Who wore tho mon higher nm
Sevsr,l re,sops were advsrcsd 10
occou,, FOR tho alleged hrenk he,veen
Mr. Whitman and Mr. BURNS One was
tba, Mr. Rurns vns not satisfied TINT
orougb money Ind been guaranteed bv
citizens interested In the invest iration
tn nav for work that would require 4
long tirne and that would necessarily Ir
extensive
Another was tina, Mr. Whitman had
said To several friend. that Mr.. Burns
was no, giving enough of his personal
attention to the work and that the reports
submitted by the detective gencv showed
tbat little progress had been made toward
getting evidence against the Crarters.
Mr. Burns was not accessible yesterday
and nobody in his office was in a position
TO deny or affirm the story
The fact that Sheridan. formerly Of
the Detective Bureau and now the head
of an agency of his own was employed
by the District Attorney to make an
vestigation in Hot Springs and has
reported to the District Attorney that
,,,ost ionab,e tactics vera used thcre nv
,...e,s ,,or,,inn ror I;,r, po,L,r ,,o,,o
pere'''9 "on"k ''' '""' I'm, XIV w
some color 10 'he rnihor that whitman
and Burns have severed relations. II
was said also that if Burns and the Dis
tr,ct Attorney hadn't narted comnanv
.. ,,,a La,,, o,,,sn ,,,
'h''e "ou'" nav "'e'' 'o e"."e' '"'
the employment IN any capacity OF another
detective agency. because the Burns
people could easily have attended to
uba,ayor work the District Attorpev
""".',o W." Wv, ''"''
wanten oohe w i'o' ol''hRs
Nothing was known at tn" District At
torneys Office yesterday concerning the
ronorted substitution of Sheridan for
p,,- p,,, ,ho D;s,r;,, ,,,orno,, h,s
"u'"e n", Wv Wv .'''' ~"
not con'ided important parts OF ms h'isl-
ness to Assistant District Attorney Frank
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Thursday reported that the revolution
lists are aGsn using steamers belonging
to an An,ri,an t,rporuti N Tor the pur-
pose Of bombarding towns on Lake Mica
raCla The town ot ,anjorge has been
bomlarded Ivy the rebels operating these
improvised gunhoats Ieledon has s"ut
a force to attack Rivas, which has also
been bombsrded by the rebels. from the
north. This town was captured recently
by the Government troops and the Federal
commander there has reported that he
has succeeded in repusing this la'est
attack upon the town. tie asserted that
he defeated the rebels in the battle. dur
ing WHICH both sides lost heavily.