The Dickinson press., 1897-08-14
Saturday, Aug. Z.

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the market.
Saturday, Aug. Z.
Joe Patohen paced the second heat Of
. race at Columbus. O., Friday in 2:0l11f.
The daily output Of cedar shingles In
the state Of Washington is placed at
100000.
Jack Everhard of New Orleans was
given the decision over "Spider" Kelly,
after 40 rounds Of fighting, at San Fran.
cisco.
John Jacob Astor has donated $l8, 900
to purchase Elmwood, the home of
James Russell Lowell at Cambridge,
Mass, which will now be turned into q
memorial park.
F. I. Smith, the "borax king" will es.
tablish million dollar refinery near
New York to employ 200 men. The
Dingley tariff bill placed a duty Of S8 O
ton upon imported borax.
Monday, Aug. o.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland will
marry Prince Albert Of Flanders.
The project to connect New York and
New Jersey by tunnel has been re.
vived.
Charles Trautmann, famous rifle
shot, is dead at Elizabeth, N. j., aged
SO years.
A dispatch from Simla says that an.
other outbreak is officially reported on
the Afghan frontier.
The 46th annual Nmeeting Of the
American association for the advance.
ment Of science is in session at Detroit.
The Plunger, q torpedo boat of the
Holland type, designed for the United
States navy was successfully launched
at Baltimore.
Daniel Duncan, second lieutenant Of
Company F, Fourth infantry, was
drowned while baAling in the lake at
Fort Sheridan, Ills.
Tuesday, Aug. 10.
The Prince Of Wales fast yacht Brit.
tania has been advertised for sale.
Mining regulations on the Klondyke
have been changed by the Canadian
government.
The case Of Murderer Durrant Of San
Francisco is to go to the national su.
preme court.
Armenian agitators from Persia in.
vaded Turkey and killed 200 people,
according to Turkish reports.
One Gardner has been arrested on the
charge Of having murdered Farmer
Boxen and wife at Howard Lake, MINI.
Two bicyclists were struck by Union
Pacific train east of Topeka and one
was killed and the other badly injured.
A Massachusetts, young man tried to
help his brother, condemned mur.
derer. escape from the state prison.
Both brothers and two guards were shot
and one Of the brothers will die.
Warning notices, evidently directed
against the Chinese society for English
education, have been posted on the dead
walls Of Chinatown, San Francisco, and
the police look for moro Chinese mur.
ders.
Wednesday, Aug. II.
Japan will have a gold currency
April 1.
Bulgaria will probably declare her in.
dependence.
Frank o. Conroy, wife murderer, was
executed by electricity at Dannemora,
N. Y.
Kentucky Republicans in state con.
vention declared against civil service
reform.
King Milan of Servia is 80 i'll that
some anxiety is felt by his friends as to
his recovery.
Secretary Of the Interior Bliss has is.
sued warning to those who intend be.
coming Klondyke pilgrims.
The government report places tho
spring wheat condition at 66.7, which is
higher than the August average for 10
years.
Shipbuilders Cramp & Sons have
sued the government for heavy damages
in connection with the construction of
battleships.
The executive committee appointed
at the Indianapolis will appoint cur.
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financial system and present it to con.
gress.
Thursday, Aug. IN.
The vessels Of the North Atlantic
Iquadron have left Newport, r. l., to
continue the cruise to the eastward.
The American line steamer St. Paul,
which arrived at Southampton Wednes.
day, reduced her own eastward record
about 45 minutes.
Columbus, O., has been selected as
the place for holding the national con.
vention Of mayors and councilmen,
which will be held Sept. 20 to Oct. /.
Harry F. Marcy, president of the
Ftchburg railroad, was found dead in
the bathroom at his home at Belmont,
Mass. Death was due to apoplexy.
Alderman Mangler of Chicago was
sentenced by Judge Dunno to pay a fine
Of $1,000 and serve 90 days in the
county Jail for contempt of court.
Mangler refused to answer certain cues.
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