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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-26
Hurs, Murder TrinI.

Waxahachie, Texas. June 25.-Fifteen
witnesses of Ferris and Dallas were ex-
amined yesterday and last night in the
Fred Hurst case. Mr.. and Mrs. Hurst.
mother and father OF defendant. testified
They claimed that there was insanity in
the family and that Fred had inherited IT,
Las. year al brckyard in Ferris, Fred
Hurst sho, aud Killed William Thaison lie
is now being tried on charge of murder
and defense Will endeavor TO prove that ht
was insane at the time OF the killing. The
trial will last several days.
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Seguin. Texas, June ESP. s. Sowell has
eturned from Floresville. where Judge
Kennon is holding court. Judge Kennon
granted writ of habeas corpus for j. g.
Williams under arrest here. as detailed in
today's Post. The trial is set for next
Thursday at seguin. Officers from ST.
Louis are expected tomorrow for identlfi-
natlnn -.
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FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Synopsis Of Decision in the Case Of
Stewart VS. Harris County.
". AND n. W. LAND SUI DECIDED
Live stock Quarantine Line Es-
tablished and Proclaimed.

Austin, Texas, June s5.--The supreme
court today answered the questions eerti-
fled to Il by the court Of civil appeals OF
the First district in the case Of Harris
county VS.. John s. Stewart Stewart. the
city attorney Of Houston. sued the county
10 recover OF 1t costs which had eecn ad-
judged in his favor by the recorders court
OF the city for prosecuting misdemanor
cases under the state law in the recorders
court. the convicts having worked out their
fines and costs on tho county convict farm
The supreme court holds:
/. That the legislature has the power
under the present State constitution to
confer Jurisdiction upon municipal courts
10 hear and determine offepses against the
state law. and that when exercising such
Jurisdiction ttey are state officers"
.. That the oily attorney Of city sit
uated in a county which has no county at
,orney may prosecute such cases and is en-
titled to the same fees therein as are al
lowed county attorneys in similar cases.
3. That written complaint is essen
iial 10 the validity OF ,he Judgment q Il
city court in such cases ana tina; its judg
,nent Is void without such complaint
on the frs; proposition the decision is in
dlrec; connic, with IA decision of the
same question by the conr; Of criminal an
peals in the cases Of Leach vs.. the state
and Knox vs. the State.
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Court of Criminal Appenl..

Austin. Texas, June 25.-Procesdi,n !
the court OF criminal appeals today.
Afiirmed-Ex parte Bill Jones. fron nj
Lehman; ex parte Rome Ransom. AZ
Hunt.
Reappearins retused-Tom Murphy n;
Henderson, Arthur Morris. from S,rpha
The motion for rehearing in the nu,s
case. from Travis county, was submi,,E
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New We'll for Cnmerou.

Cameron, Texas. June 2i,--Contraet will
soon be let for an artesian well at Cam
eron. 7. A. Robinson, ex- postmaster. has
secured $4,000 of the $4,000 necessary to
drive the we'll. from which the city Will
probably be supplied with water, though
a patatorium Is the chief end In view.
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OTHER HANGiyGs.
'"'h Tor hurdcring the Husband of
His pnrumuur

Fayetteville. " Va. June 25.-Ciark
Lewis was hanged today al 1870 in public
before large and orderly crowd in a nat
ura grove. The condemned man sang on
TIDE scafoid. There was no disorderly dem
onstUhon Lewis was hanged for tho rnu--
der u Charles Gibson. whose death an
nrsred u be desired by Mrs. Gibson 20
enable her to continue Uninterrupted her
carousals with Lewis and one or two others
Who were convicted Jointly with Lewis.
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MArnRs. PIERCE CASE.

Judge Brooks of the Twenty-slxth judi
cial district this morning overruled tho
motion of the Waters Pierce oil company
for new trial in the case brought against
them by Attorney General Crane, 10 for
felt their charter to do business In Texas
Tho state secured judgment against the oil
company some days ago. from which they
peiitlonea for another hearing They viii
take an appeal
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Austin, Texas. June Proceedings of
the supreme court today:
Certified questions answered - Harris
county vs.. John S. Stewart, from Harris.
Motion granted--Texas and New Orleans
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THE BRENNAN BUDGET.
ENDORSEMENT FOR OFFICES ny
HErt pLICAN LEADERS.
Coroner Returned Verdict of Sui
eide In the Case Of Heinrich
Mcbbcr, Found Dead.

Brenham, Texas. June 25.--Among other
things done by the republican executive
committee in session Thursday was the
Endorsement of W. u. nwyer for post
master at this place and c. 5. Williamson
for a consular position in Mexico. together
With recommendations for an the import
ant postofnees Of the county.
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CHARTERED.

Chartered The Huntington Automatic
Railway Car Coupler company OF Weather
ford Parker county. Capital stock, $780,
600. Interpretations: George p. Levy. Ed.
H. Lysaght. C. W. Gillespie, all OF
Weatherford,
Southwestern Business College and Uni
yerslty academy OF Paris. Lamar county.
Capital stock $4,000. lncorporators: r. NJ.
Charter. John W. Wilkinson, J, NJ. Ste
phons, j. Il. Burke and others
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A nly Lnn.I ncnI.

Beeville. June 25.-one OF the largest
land deals made in this part of the State
in a long time was contaminated here yes
terday tract Of land known as tho
Thornton ranch. situated In this and Live
Oak aud San Patriotic counties. was sold
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Cnught a nurnlnr.

Bryan. Texas. June 25,--Mr. JEFF Roberts
captured negro by the name OF John
Jones in his residence last night The
negro was lodged In Jail and complaint
Tor burglary filed against him.
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Mcneil Ark. June 25.--ThS legislative
party VIII reach Austin some time tomor-
row. All the party arc aboard except Pro-
fessor Carlisle and wife. who failed to
reach the depot in time and were left in
Nashville
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SUPREME COURT.
Rights of II Trustee When nisposinv
Of u StNCk In Trnst.

Of IL stock In Trust.
Following are synopses OF the opinions
deliveked by the supreme court today:
II. b. SUMNER VS.. w. Il. CRAWFORD;
injunction suit. from Hill county, Fifth
district-Atfrmed.
The question in this case is, can a
trustee in POSSESSION of stock OF goods
conveyed TO him by firm to be sold to
raise funds TO pay certain partnership and
individual debts of such firm and its mem
bers, by injunction compel the restoration
of certain staple goods of such stock seized
and taken from his possession by virtue OF
an execution against one of the partners
upon showing by such trustee that, by
reason OF the taking of such goods. the re-
malnder of the stock would be greatly de-
preciated in value and the trust estate
thereby greatly damaged? We are OF the
opinion that this question must be an
swered in the affirmative. The partner
ship property being lawfully in the posses
sion OF the trustee, could not be levied
upon by actual seizure, butt only by notice
under the statutes. (Rey. Stat, articles
2Sie and 2S52.) The levy was therefore
unauthorized and unlawful. The statute.
providing a proceeding for the trial OF the
right of property, affords adequate rem
edy to the trustee for the unlawful sell
cure. because by resOrtlng TO II lie Would
have released all damages against the
sheriff. both as 10 the goods seized and as
TO the remainder, and because the property
when returned 10 him would have been in
custodia legls, subject to such other write
as might have been levied before the trial
and his boudsmen would probably have
had the right to require its preservation by
him in kind to be returned in satisfaction
OF The judgment against him. (lev. Stat.
articles 53ll. 52S1 and 53l0) BY such pro-
ceeding the trust estate would BE- dimin-
shed by the amount of the damage done
by the levy. and the trustee and his bonds
men exposed to great hazard In attempting
10 protect the trust estate. The principles
OF equity do not require US TO hold that
such statute affords the trustee an ad-
eQuate remedy.
The trustees remedy by suit for dam
ages against the officer making the un-
lawful seizure is doubtful and inadequate,
because II is not clear that he could re-
cover in such suit the loss tho trust estate
would have suffered by reason of the
trustees not being able to sell the goods
sold them for II the goods levied upon had
not been taken out of the stock, and be-
cause even If the right 10 recover such
damages be conceded, It would be very diff
ilcult to estimate the amount OF the loss
We deem 1t proper TO say that we are
strongly inclined to the opinion that Rev
stat, Art. 2sS9. authorizes the Injunction
in this case. though the proceeding for the
trial of the right of property and the ac-
ton for damages should be held adequate
remedies within the rule denying an In
junction In such case at common law
opinion by Denman, j.
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Railway company VS.. Dernilly IA, Va
erty, for ten days time to file errur ~, IL
License to practice was ordered ,.ss,s !,
W. 7. Donaldson. Esq, Of San M,mos I
div '-'eN Y
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Kincd n Mmn over "A DOG

Atlanta, Ga. June a5-Terrell Hudson.
nesro. died on the gallows at Decatur
today. Hudson killed Snaborn Melon. au-
other negro, IN a quarrel about a rabbit
dog
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LAND CASE DECIDED.

Judge BROOKS Of the Twenty sixth ju-
dicial district court handed down de-
cis.ou today in favor Of plaintift in the suit
c; the Houston and Texas Central Railway
company against ". J. Quinlan. testing the
validity OF five sections OF the Waco and
Northwestern railway land grant in Has
kel county. the same having been patented
by defendants in 1887 The case was
brought here by arreement, and two years
later the company secured a Judgment.
which was affirmed by the court OF ap-
peIls. but reversed on n writ of error ny
the supreme court the main ground being
ina; defendant had not shown THAI the road
had been organized prior to the adoption
Of the Constitution of 1863.
They were able md ala prove that the
Waco Tap. sfterward Waco ana Northwest
ern railway. was in existence more than
two years prior to that time. This prac.
iically tests the validity OF the entire Waco
and Northwestern land grant. over 450, 600
acree Defendants will appeal.
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W, n. Mullen. The tract contains over
soooO acres and Mr.. Wade paid So. IS per
acre for H.
Sherman, Texas, jams ~ Yesterday
Jones Reinhardt os whi;ewright purchased
a tract OF is,50o acres Q, land in Leon
COUNTY. known as the Black Hardin place,
for which he turned over as partial pay
mcnt $4,000 worth OF Whi;ewrisht reh
estate. The total consideration WAS
SlO0. 600
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STATE TEACHERS MEETING.

Dir. Joseph Baldwin, president OF the
state Teachers association. left Austin
yesterday for Waco, where he viii deliver
a series of lectures this week before the
school OF Methods and where he will next
week conduct the exercises of what prom
ses 10 be the largest mee.ng OF the State
Teachers association held for many years.
The programme for this great occasion.
prepared by DR.. Baldwin. has attracted
wide attention and has been highly
praised
Tho association meets on June 30 and
continues in session four days. ending
july ..
Persons desiring to attend" Dr. Bald
win says should notice carefully the
dates upon which tickets win be sold by
the railroads. so that there viii be no die
appointment on account OF mistake in
these dates. Nearly. II not quite all, the
| roads sell tickets on June rs and 20. good
| 10 return July g."
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Throw physic to the dogs logs, &c nd B
Angostura Bit,ers, II you . ass"v soIe 81,
restion and healthy appetite so,,
n p DR.. j. C. b. sisser. . -
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stuck on the Ways.

Orange. Texas, June 25'--Tno p's - q,
or Martha. which has been on ", .
NJ Nelson's ship yard since LIST i' W., 1
"a he launched this afternoon al ' ~ n
A large crowd was present IA, ss' hi, nd
star,ed into the water all rlsa' sa ~. IA
before getting in ana al ' no, Ne, ID y
the reporter LEFT, she "a' NV
Wafpr
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4 SUICIDE.

When the shower OF rain came UP at >
p. m. today Mr.. A. Felscher. who keeps
a boarding house on South Ant street, sent
his hoy up stairs 20 close the Windows,
one Of the room doors WAS locked and the
boy could not get in. He informed Mr.,
1elscher, who went mp immediately 10 the
room occupied by Heinrich wobber, There
was no response to repeated knocks and
calls, and Mr., Felscher looked through a
crack and saw Weber lying ON he bed.
but he did not appear to be breathing y
haichet was procured and the door was
forced The body was cold and rom ap
pearances the man had been lead several
hours
Justice Ewing was notified and led an
inquest. a verdict OF suicide icing rem
dcred a box in which there had been
morphine was found and II was presumed
that Weber had taken quantity Of the
deadly drug
The dead man was about 60 years OF
age was a native OF Switzerland. hui
has been in this country for about a quar-
ter OF a century. He was iist known In
BRENNAN about twenty years ago. ii,
fsrmed a while on LAM belonging tS
Sohmid Bros.
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DEATH or MRS. W. b. NORRIS.

DEATH OF Mrs. W, IT. MUKKiS,
After lingering Illness of several weeks
duration with typhoid fever Mrs. Morris.
wife Of Mr.. W. b. Morris. died at their
homo in the southern part OF the city at
o'clock Friday morning. sho was about 2s
years OF age and a daughter OF Mr.. u
IL. Clark of Chappell Hin. where she was
born and raised. and her many friends
there as well as here will regret to learn
OF her untimely demise.
Her remains viii be taken to Chappell
Eill for inierment tomorrow morning,
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season. andit is believed the plan may be

season, andit is believed the plan may be
adopted.
Slagle, of Grand Rapids, continues to
nit and field in great shape.
Hamilton and Lange are tie for the
base-stealing honors, with sixty-two each.
Eddie Burke is improving very much and
will be able to don a Cincinnati uniform
III few days.
orth has burt the little finger of his
lett hand and may be forced TO undergo
an operation.
Patsy Tebeau will play second base
nn the All America team which goes West.
with the Baltimores.
Before leaving Roston Dahlen, Iange and
Donahue, OF the Chicagos. signed to play
with the All America team.
The Hillsboro and Lynchburg, Ohio, teams
played nine innings in fifty-three minutes.
Hiilsioro wou by score of 10 /.
We should take two out Of the three
from Tom Browns men.-Louisville Post.
The Colonels should not have game.
Willig, a pitcher on the Milton team of
the Central Pennsylvania League, let the
VILLA msports down without hit on
Saturday.
KecIer has regained the lead In the race
for batting honoTs. Clarke, of Louisville,
is second and Delahauty tmrd-all over the
400 mark
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Foar weeks more of ball playing and the
season of 1897 will be at an end. lii
that time many changes in the standing of
clubs can and viii take place. The race
for the champ pionship VIII be between the
present leaders-BoStOu and Baltimore
The orioles have the greatest number of
games To play, and Manager Hanlon will
play every one he possiblycan. He starts
today two points behind the Bostons, and
having two games with Pittsburg, his
chances for winning both are better than
The Beaneaters', as they have the Cincin-
natis as opponents
The New YoiRs have now very little If
any chance TO improve their present stand
ing. hnt Joyce will make gallant struggle
10 finish very close third. He viii have
an opportunity of Keeping either one of tie
leaders out OF first place, In tba he viii
play 10th Boston and Baltimore another
series. He Will meet the Seleeites on their
own rlounds, while the Orioles must go
TO Gotham TO contest with the Giants. IL
Is thought ti,aJ these series willpractically
settle the championship.
The Cincinnatis cannot better their stand
ing, aud they will do well TO hold their
present position, as Cleveland has started
on their annual Garrison finish and may
give Buck's braves d merry chase
The Chicagos are at the head OF the
400 list Only is points separate them
frora the Senators, who are still in
eleventh place The race between the
bunch VIII be almost as interesting as
the Championship They VIII battle for
! first division honors, and the next best
place-aI the top of the second division.
Tie Senators have the chance Of years
to 20 To the front or TO better their
! standing Of last year OF course, they
/ viii have hard work and must show d
/ big Improvement over the game they put
up on Saturday, when they saved them
selves from defeat by tie. Sixth place
/ is within the poss Utilities, and If Wash
ington s not in that position at the end
! OF .!e SEASON. It viii be poor marage-
/ ueut on the part of the club owners
/ ia rot getting men that would strengthen
the team in its weak points. With a little
/ bit OF sudden drafting from the Toronto
! farm the Senators can be made d first
! division club, plqce which the representa-
! tivas Of the country's capital ought to
occupy if for ne other reason than that
tie baseball club here is literally patron
I lied.
The start for the first division can be
made today The Senators play two
games This afternoon with the Louisville:
/ and the tie Of Saturday will be played
off tomorrow An three should be Won
by the locals If there is good Judgment
used an the field at all times. Three vic
] fI.a linz
at a lively rate, and there would be another
teau. in eleventh place. The question re
mains, however, will they get together
ana do it2
Through the kindness of Presiden
Pulllam ladies win be admitted free today
and AS tomorrow is regular ladies' day thu
fair fans viii have a feast of bali games
But then they are consistent and loyal
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Among the Boxers.

Charley NICK eever and Young Griffo
will meet in fifteen-round bout at A thens,
Pa, tomorrow evening.
Joe Butler and Tom Carey will meet in
Philadelphia tonight.
Kid Lavigne is to be matched against
Joe Waicott for purse Of $4,000. The
fight viii take place before the Occidental
Club, Of S an Francisco, about the middle
of October.
George Siler, who was referee in the
Fitzsirnnons- Corbett fight, will do the same
work in the Mccoy Ryan fight.
Mysterious Billy Smith says that if
Tommy Ryan defeats Kid Mccoy whef
they meet at Syracuse next week ne will
fight hiu. Should Mccoy come out victor
ious Smith will then sail for England and
engage in contest with either Dick Burge
or Tom Causer.
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DuKE-McDoSALD FIGHT.
Both of the Men In Prime Condt-
tion for the Bout.

The Duke Mcdonald fight viii take place
this morning at Steubner's suburban road
house. The preliminary event viii be
pulled off promptly aU 1890 o clock, and
is an eight-round 80. { viii be iEnmedi-
ately followed by the main event-a
twenuy-round 60 Both men are here
and are ready for the fray. Mcdonald
is most thought of, and as the men have
already fought draw they ought to put
up q rafting go.
Duke announces that should he be sue
, cessful in defeating Mcdonald he viii be
ready to meet any welterweight in the
country. He will be handled at the ring
side by George Pearee, of New Orleans, and
Wal Bon and James O. Hara, OF Baltimore.
Mcdonald will he takea care of by Pat
o. Connor and Hugh Lyons, of this city.
Young Dougherty, of the Washington
Athletic Club, will box Arthur Jones.
Busses VIII run from the end of the II
street line.
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DIAMOND DUST.

Stafford has a sore foot.
The ST Louis played at Hoboken yes
terday.
The figure seven marked six of satur-
days scores.
George Yeager has been returned to
Boston by Providence.
Mccreery heads the league in sacrifice
hitting with twenty-five.
Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia have
each made over 1000 hits.
Frank Bancroft quotes President Young
asin "a vor Of three trips for each teamnext
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B. & o. BULLETIN.
REnrCEn RATES

Luray and return, special one-day ex-
cursion, Thursday, September 8, $3.50,
including admission TO the caverns. Train
leaves Washington, $50 a. m
Niagara Falls anu return. Specially
conducted ten day tour, September 8, $40.
Special train of coaches and Pullman cars
leaves Washington $40 a m. Tickets
good TO stop off returning at Watkins Glen,
Rochester, and Buffalo.
Bay Ridge and return, go cents.
Baltimore and return, 81. Sunday,
September l2- se6, ,7,amse6 pm
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WASHINGTON Law AND CLAIMS COMPANY
Rooms 5 s 7, 472 La ave-nw

hoOiilS . q - r . = Id ANS-HN
This company VIII purchase Real Estate.
the title TO W hich is defective or In dis
pUte, or viii clear up said titles for the
owners. VIII pay back taxes at a discount
VIII furnish bonds in criminal and civil
cases viii act as receiver, assignee.
guardian, or trustee. VIII prosecute claims
OF all kinds and Will BUY AND SELL such
as are assignahle-
Street and Steam Railroad Accidents
Cases a Speciality. No charge for Consul
tation. Financial A ssistance Furnished to
Litigauts on Reasonable Terms.
Telephone No. 111S. JOHN SLATER,
1y1-tr President
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THE SENATOR'S CHANCES.
With Coed Playing They Can Get
Into the First Division.
SIX OF TIE CLUBS PUNCHED

The Chicagos, Who Stand Sixth In
the PeDnnnt Race, Only Sixteen
Points Ahead of the Senator's,
Who Are Eleventh Two Games
Today-LadIes Admitted Free.
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the 2:20 viii have six. Messrs. Brown and
Hays wiz see that the crowd is well
taken care Of. Great sport is expected
Ladies Will be admitted free.
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Racing at Brightwood Today.

The trotting and pacing at old Bright
wood today bids fair to be the most closely
contested that has taken place this sea
son, and speculation runs high that the
track record viii be broken IN the ego
class The 2.35 class has nine starters and
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RolIin Hoods Funeral.

The funeral of Rollin Hood, the fifteen
year-,ld hoy who accidentally shot himself
at Boyd's, Nd, on Friday Y, will take place
at the home of his parents this afternoon.
Intern.ent VIII be made in the family lot
at Rock Greek Cemetery.
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At Buffalo
Buffalo . ......4 o11O1 o011o-1S
Springfield. = . so 0123 24o--1S
Game called on account of darkness.
Hits Buffalo, 81; Springfield, 10. Er-
rors-Buffalo, 6; Springfield, .. Batteries
Gray and Zahner: Dolan and Duncan.
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Bay Ridge

Will remain open up to and including
September IL. Rate, 90 cents for the
round trip. For schedule of trains, see
this paper. sea-
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Eastern League Games.

At Syracuse
Syracuse. =. -. .....1O10 2o6ox-1o
Toronto. =. ...........0o 0O0011 o. 2
Hits Syracuse, 13; Toronto, 6. Errors
Syracuse. l: Toronto. ]. Batteries Willis
and Ryan; Dlneen and Snyder.
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$4,000 People Congress Heights
Today.

Members of the National Guard have
volunteered their services today in the
battle between Spain and America over
Cuba, at Congress Heights, which will be
fought this afternoon from to p. IN.
Members of the United States Marine Band
will furnish music during the charge of the
Americans upon Spain Take new electric
cars from Navy Yard Bridge, via Capital
Traction and Anacostia lines.