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EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
Eleven Men Were Severely Burned,
One Fatally.

OTTUMWA Qa-), Jan. 2S.-By an eX-
plosion in coal mine at Foster, seven
teen miles south of here. eleven men
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Ladies 81 Wool Mixed Vests, nat
utral, to close at Csc.
Ladies SOC Cotton Knit Under
skirts. navy and red. to close at 23c.
Ladies' 75c Cotton Knit Under
skirts. Roman stripes, to close at 3Sc.
Ladies' Soc Wool Knit Under
skirts. to close at soc.
Ladies' 81 30 Flannel Skirts, to
close at 9Sc.
Ladies 81 Sateen Skirt, lined. to
close at 1Jc.
Ladies' 81 Embroidered Sateen
Skirt. to close at SOC.
Ladies' 1219c Fast Black Fleece
lined Hose. to close at Sc.
Ladies &c Colored Top Hose, to
close at 10c
Ladies' 25c Hair-line Balbriggan
Hose, to close at 12lAc.
Children's soc Ribbed Wool Hose.
fast black. to close at 1Jc.
Childrens SOC Fast Black Silk
plated Hose. TO close at 15c.
Ladies' 25c White Embroidered
Aprons. to close at 12l3c.
Ladies' SOC Black Lawn Apron, to
close at 25c
Ladies' Soc Tucked Muslin Gown.
to close. pc.
Gown, to close. 43c.
Ladies' 81 30 Embroidery Trim
med Gown. to close. 15c.
Ladies' 6Jc Embroidery Trimmed
Drawers, to close, 35c.
Mems Furnishings.
Mems 81 - Heavy All-wool
Sweaters. black, navy and wine. for
CSC each.
Mems soc Grade of Socks, in small
sizes, English Merino, black. tan.
gray, for 15c pair.
Mems 95c Domet Flannel Night
Robes, heavy and full cut. for 65c
each.
Mems 81 % grade heavy Scotch
wool, mixed colors, Bicycle Hose, for
5Sc pair
Domestic Lots.
20c grade Fancy Art Denim, 33 to
36 inches wide, to close at 15c yard.
22c grade, plain colors. Double
Twilled Denims, heavy and 36
inches wide. to close at 16c yard.
Sc grade. soft, fleecy. Bizarre Flan-
nelettes, light colors. to close at 412c
yard.
16c grade. fancy mixed colors,
Cotton Eiderdown, to close at 1Oc
yard
White Sample Blankets. slightly
soiled from showing. all family size,
81 grade for 81 9S; So grade for
81 2S; So grade for So Co. colored
border and pure wool
Odd Lots in Gloves.
Ladies 81 - Undressed Mosque
taire Gloves, to close at SOC.
Ladies' 81 - Four Button Derby
Gloves. sizes 51a and 524. to close at
65c
Handkerchiefs, Etc, to Close.
Ladies' 25c Pure Linen Initial
Handkerchiefs. to close at 1213c.
Double and 1S-inch novelties in
yelling, 25c and Soc grade, now 10c
yard.
So 80 Gloria Silk Umbrellas for
81 10.
DAVIS & co.
-een Sixth and Seventh.
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THE NONFAREIL
'@&@gm44IK'
Great Short Line and Odd Lot
Sale To-day and Tomorrow.

u Yesterday great remnant SALE the aftermath Winter
rated we'll Big
The
perfect
packages flew right and
potent will be when Rem
shall and
the uO
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BOYS OVFRCOATS.

BUYS OVFRCOATS.
GRAY MINED CAPE OVERCOATS.
Former price, 81 80. DISTRIBU-
TlON SALE PRICE, 75c.
Gray or Brown Mixed CHEVTOT
CAPE OVERCOATS. Formerly sold
at So. DISTRIBUTION SALE PRICE,
ST so.
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TOO LATE.

Another lot of $50 Boys Double
breasted CHINCHILLA REFERS
have arrived, and not wishing to carry
them over into next season this season
being rather advanced we offer z5C
them for this sale only at.....-.........< ~
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Battleship Monarch.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The battleship
Monarch was placed in commission at
Chatham on Tuesday. She will go to
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STATE HOSPITALS.
Medical Superintendent's Report
for the Stockton Asylum.

STOCKTON, Aug. 10.-The most in
teresting subject before the Board Of
Managers of the State Hospitals for
the Insane to-day was the annual re-
port of the Medical Superintendent. 1t
showed that since the institution was
founded there had been IA, 343 inmates,
of which 10,939 were males, and 3,404
females, 5,6S5 native born, S,035 foreign
born and 623 nativity not known.
The percentage of recoveries during
the year to the number who were ad-
mitted was 3425, and the percentage
of deaths was 667. The amount ex-
pended was S196, ,45S SO. of S6,041 64
less than the allowed appropriation.
This meant, according to the average
number of inmates a per capita cost
per day of 35.2 cents, which was the
lowest average cost for year ever
reached in the Stockton Institution,
which has the name OF being the lowest
in the State.
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Strikes a Rock and Sinks Within
Two Hours Time.
Accident Occurs While Going Into Dixon
Entrance From Stka.
The Passengers and Crew Saved
With Their Hand Baggage-The
Vessel, Which Sunk at an Early
Hour in the Morning, a Total
Loss.

VICTORIA (B. c., Aug. 10. - The
steamer Topeka, which arrived here
this evening, reports that the steamer
Mexico, on August 9Th. while going into
the Dixon entrance from Sitka during
a heavy fog at full speed, struck West
DEVILS rock After two hours the
steamer sank in 500 feet of water, stern
first
The Captain exhibited great GOODNESS,
and with the officers did everything
that was possible.
The passengers and crew were saved,
with their hand baggage, in small
boats. After rowing till midnight they
arrived at Metlakala.
The vessel struck about o'clock in
the morning. The ship is a total loss.
The passengers and crew are on the
Topeka
Captain Wallace and his officers quiz
etly waited their turn to be lowered
over the side into the boats. This was
performed without a hitch, splendid dis
cipline being maintained. After the
passengers We're safely off the ship the
officers and crew turned their attention
to the hand baggage, which the pas
sengers had in their cabins and the
treasure and valuables belonging to the
steamer.
There was not time to attempt to
save anything slowed below deck, and
as it was everything in the cabin could
not be secured, although the Captain
and crew stayed on the steamer until
it was no longer safe to do SO. They
had not been away from her many
minutes when she made a final plunge,
and went down stern first.
She struck on her StarbOard bilge keel
and a gaping hole was torn in her side.
Only a short time before orders We're
sent to the engine-room to send her
under full steam, and consequently she
went right through the rocks. Had she
been an iron vessel, very few would
have lived to tell the story.
At New Metakathla, where they had
to spend several days awaiting the ar
rival of the Topeka, news of the wreck
having been sent north by the steamer
Al Ki, the passengers and crew had
their wants attended to by Rev. Mr..
Duncan and his Indians. OF the sew
enty-five passengers, forty We're tour
lists, who made the round trip, and
others We're coming south from differ
GIlE AldShdIl pOIiS. 1IpCtuQto III IAlN AeiI-
ter We're naturalists who had spent the
summer in Western Alaska collecting
specimens for the Columbian Museum.
These specimens, instruments and notes
went down with the steamer.
When she sailed from Seattle the
Mexico carried 27S passengers and
some $50 tons of freight, consisting
principally of the outfits of the attend
ing miners, and carried in addition
thereto sixty-eight horses. which will be
used in packing these outfits.
The Mexico was owned and run by
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company,
and was we'll known ON the sound She
was built in San Francisco in 1882.
Her gross tonnage was LIST, net 1,340.
She was 275 feet long. SO feet beam,
and had a nominal horse-p power OF
800
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JUSTICE COMPANY WON.
Decision in a Nevada Mining Case
of Long Standing.

CARSON (Nev), Aug. 10.-The suit
of the Justice Mining Company against
John Barclay ct al, which has been
pending in the courts for a long time,
was decided in the United States Cir
cult Court to-day in favor of the Jus
tice Company.
The suit was instituted by the JUS
tice Company claiming a triangular
piece of ground located some time ago
by Barclay, Benham, Hills and Dewitt.
1t is located within the patented
ground of the Justice, Woodville and
Alta companies ground, but has been
worked by Barclay and his associates,
who removed considerable ore.
The court awards the Justice Com
pany the suit on two grounds-first, be-
cause the ground in contention was To-
Gated in 1875 by one Cummings, subse-
quently passed into the hands of the
Woodville Company, and when Justice
bought Woodville's ground, the land in
dispute was included in the deed; sec
ond, the apex of the ledge in the con-
tended three-cornered piece is in JUS
tees ground.
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Shoes! Shoes!

We've been making room here
for the past month, and to
judge by the quantity of shoes
daily sold one would think we
had made quite enough room;
mot so, however. Some coIored
goods yet to go, and they'll not
stand long upon the order of
going at the following prices:
Ladies' OK Blood Shoes, lace,
with cloth or kid tops, hand
turned soles, ON the narrow coin
OF round toe; a regular So and
So so grade. They are now on
sale at So 10.
Boys and Youths Shoes, in
dark OK blood ca1fskin, lace,
with heels, all sizes. Regular
price, So so. On sale at ST 85.
Children's CoIored Slippers,
spring heel, one strap and bow,
in tan, OK blood and white. Reg
ular price, 81 rs. Now on sale,
all sizes, from S1a to 2, ST. 10;
sizes 5 to 8, S5c.
Ladies' Cloth Top OK Blood
Oxfords, with Louis XIV. heel,
new narrow coin toe. Regular
price, 81. Sale price, So 10.
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FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT.
Warrant Issued for che Arrest of
an Alleged Defaulter.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-A war
rant was issued to-day for the arrest
of Nicholas Buja, cashier for the firm
of Scatera & Sons, wholesale fruit
dealers and commission merchants of
this city, charging him with felony en-
bezzlement.
For some time past Buja has been
living a fast life, and spending money
at rate that far exceeded his means,
but his employers trusted him implic-
lily, and his defalcations might never
have been discovered had he not at
tempted to destroy the evidence Of his
crime by throwing the firms cash book
and ledger into the bay. Unfortunate
ly for him, they fioated into the hands
of a fisherman, who promptly re-
turned them to the office. Buja, who
saw the man bring them into the store,
fed by a rear door, and has not since
been seen.
The amount of his peculations is not
known. but it will probably reach into
the thousands. The specific charge
against him is the embezlement of ST.
700 on July 22d.
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STRIKE IN WASHINGTON.
Coal Miners at Isaquah Have Quit
Work.

SEATTLE, Aug. 10.-The strike of
the coal miners at Isaquah is now be-
lieved to be partly sympathetic as the
protest at the docking is one of the
causes for the strike among the coal
miners of the East. The men, it is
stated, also think that the scarcity of
labor in the Northwest makes the time
propitious for demands upon the COM
pany.
General Bryant, receiver of the Sc
attic Coal and Iron Company, returned
from the mines this morning. He Of
fered to let the men put on one OF
their own checkers at the company s
scales, they to defray the expense of
salary. They refused to accept, but
it is thought they will return to work
tomorrow.
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CASE OF C. o. BROWN.
Comes Up at a Meeting of the Bay
Conference.

OAKLAND. Aug 10.-The Bay Con-
ference met this afternoon in the First
CONGREGATIONAL Church. The Rev. j.
X Mclean, D. D.. acted as moderator.
The case of the Rev. G. o. Brown, d.
D., the discredfted divine who was ad-
mited to the Dubuque Conference, was
introduced by the report of the COM
mittee composed of the Rev. George b.
Hatch. Rev. ]. A. Curzan, Rev. w. w.
Scudder Professor George Moras of
the Pacific Theological Seminary and S.
w. Congdon.
Prior to the meeting of the conference
this committee had met, and the Rev.
George Hatch of Berkeley had submit
ted a report for its approval.
His report embodied the fact that the
remonstrances of the committee were
of no avail in inducing the Dubuque
and Chicago Conferences not to admit
Brown to fellowship.
He recommended that Browns re-
quest for a new council be granted, but
only upon condition that the question
discussed be, WAS the Bay Conference
justified in suspending the Rev. G. O..
Brown?"
Mr.. Hatch further declared that Mr..
Browns moral character had never
been vindicated, as the latter claimed.
Mr.. Hateh's views were practically
adopted by the unanimous vote of the
committee The report was later
brought before the Bay Conference.
The conference stipulated that the
council be called to consider the ques-
ton, Was the Bay conference justi-
fed in suspending Rev. o. c. Brown?"
To this stipulation was added the re-
quest that the Bay conference ask DR..
to request the mutual council to re-
consider the action of the Dubuque con-
ference in admitting Brown to its
| membership, when he was under sus-
pension by the Bay conference.
Denver was suggested as place
for the council to meet, and a commit
tee Of five was authorized to arrange
| the details.
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"A Toxic journal is responsib bic for the
following: Vlad1voStock, being the
terminus of the Siberian railways, is
most important port in Russia. Not
withstandfng this fact, over four
months during the cold season the port
is blocked up with ice, and the spring
traffic is entirely impossible, and there
fore the railway loses much of its ad-
vantagesl The Russian authorities have
endeavored for many years to conquer
nature, and some years ago ice break
ing ships were introduced to break open
the ice, but it has been found that the
operation is practically useless.
A certain engineer has hit upon the
rather wonderful idea of reclaiming the
narrowest part OF the Tartar Strait, be-
tween Saghalien and the Russian main
land He is of opinion that If this Is
done the cold current which enters the
Japan Sea from the Arctic via Behring
Straits viii be checked, and the passage
of the warmer tide coming from the
south through the Sushima Strait will
make the water on the coasts Of Japan.
as we'll as Vladivostock, warmer, and
the latter win be warmer all the year
around. This scheme was presented to
the Russian Government for approval,
and it is now engaged in its investiga-
ton. There is a probability Of this
piece of smart engineering being en-
tered upon after the completion Of the
Siberian Railroad.
The trial in the Supreme Court of a
number Of persons arrested on the
charge of conspiracy resulted on July
18th in three being sentenced to be
hanged. two others to exile and one to
penal servitude
Having offended the King by oppos-
| ing the engagement of Russian military
/ instructors, Foreign Minister Ii re-
GENTLY rendered his resignation, which
was at first rejected, but on the 25d
inst Cho Pyonggchick was appointed
Foreign Minister. The new holder of
| the portfolio is said to have already
attempted resignation, but without sue
! cess.
Drought prevails all over the King
dom, and farmers are anxious for a
rainfall The current price of rice is
said to have been raised accordingly.
An extraordinary general meeting Of
shareholders of the Japanese Railroad
| Company was to have been held on
August 7th to consider the increase of
the capital by 26,0O0,000 yen
Latest news from F'ormOSa is of
very disquieting nature The battles are
collecting in different parts of the ISL
and, awaiting an opportunity for rising.
The japanese troops are busily occupied
| in guerrilla warfare, but are apparently
unable to exterminate them
Notice has been issued by the Minister
! of Communications to the effect that
ON and after August 10th the trans
mission to and from Formosa will be
/ open only to those messages marked
urgent" Foreign kilograms through
| Formosa will not be received.
Reports Of floods continue to- arrive
from Fukui, Toyama, Niigata and
neighboring prefectures.
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BIG CHUNKS OF GOLD.
Rich Strike of Miners in Trinity
County.

REDDING, Aug. 10.-J. B. and r. B.
Graves boarded the overland train to-
night having in their possession $42, ,OOO
in gold, the result of four days work
ON Morrison Gulch, tributary of Coffee
Creek, beyond Carville, in Trinity Coun-
ty. They have been mining on the
gulch for a year past, and ran a tun-
mel ON the ledge of the red and black
iron formation three and a half feet
wide They struck several pockets OF
pure gold embedded in the ledge, one
of the pockets yielding $4,000, while
several others yielded from So to $500.
On August 4th, at a point 125 feet from
the mouth of the tunnel and twelve
feet from the surface, they uncovered
a large pocket of pure gold. In four
days they took out 163 pounds, avoirdu-
pois weight. The largest piece was
three feet long, two feet wide and five
inches thick. The pocket yielded $42,
000 The ledge is stin intact and av-
erages from $500 to $500 per ton.
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FOOD FOR FAMINE SUFFERERS.
The Steamer City of Everett Ar
rives Safely at Calcutta.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The following
cabqegram has just been received:
Calcutta, Aug. 10th
The City Of Everett arrived safe and
sound. Her cargo III good condition.
Met Bishop Thoburn. Arrangements
for distribution perfect. Cargo is more
acceptable even than expected.
HOBBS.
Rev r. G. Hobbs sailed from San
Francisco on June 18th on the whale
back steamer City Of Everett, in charge
of q. cargo of corn given the Indian
famine sufferers by the people Of the
United States. He viii now turn the
cargo over to the International Mis-
sionary Committee, of which Bishop
Thoburn of the NJ. f. Church is Chair
man, and it will be Systematically ap-
portioned among the missionaries of all
Protestant denominations in famine
districts for distribution among the
suffering natives.
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ing house asking permission to print
10000 copies of the book produced some
time ago in order to give the Christian
Endeavorers an idea of California re-
sources, the publishers to derive their
remuneration from the proceeds of ad-
vertisements inserted.
w. Fl. Mills, G. F. Montgomery and
Secretary F1lcher were constituted a
committee to take action in the matter.
Secretary Filcher reported that he
had received a letter from the Ham
burg Exposition Commissioners prais-
ing the exhibit from California, and
expressing the opinion that greatly in
creased commercial relations would re-
suit
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STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
Will Assist in Entertaining the
Letter Carriers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-The let
ter carriers sent a delegation to the
State Board of Trade to-day asking
that the organization assist them in
the entertainment of the delegates of
the convention that viii be held here
commencing on September 9Th.
Chairman Emery of the Board of Di-
rectors appointed B. n. Rowley COM
mittee TO take action IL the matter, and
TO interest the press and public in the
necessity of according the employees OF
the Government royal reception upon
their arrival here.
A proposition was made to the board
during its meeting from local publish
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THE GOVERNMENT SUED.
Action Brought by Cramp e. Sons
Against the United States.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-WMIia1n
Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Build
ing Company of Philadelphia to-day
brought suit against the United States
Government in the Court of Claims to
recover damages alleged to have been
incurred by the company In building
the battleships Massachusetts, Iowa
and Indiana, and the cruisers New
York, Brooklyn and Columbia. The
complainants cite delays and defaults
of the United States in furnishing the
a1rnor plate and plans under the con-
tracts as the basis of the proceedings.
The amounts claimed in the several
suits aggregate 81, 1856 149.
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so1ly Smith to Fight Palmer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. TO- = Solly
Smith. the California bantam, has
signed articles to meet Peddlar Palmer
before the London National Club on
October 18th for a purse of $4,000 1t
is understood that the men will weigh
in at 122 pounds each. Smiths sigma
ture was secured by w. T. Kibbler,
who represents Doc Ordway of the
London club. It is stipulated that if
Smith is defeated by Griffin in this city
ON August 20th that the match with
Palmer Is to be declared off.
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Not in Jail.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-Acting
upon the advice of his attorneys,
Messrs. Reddy, Campbell and Matson,
Sheriff Whelan to-day decided not to
execute the commitments issued by No
tary l.. D. Craig yesterday, ordering
managing editor A. NJ. Lawrence and
business manager T. t. Williams of the
Examiner" imprisoned in the County
Jail until they answered certain ques-
tions relating to the libel suit institut-
ed against them and w. r. Hearst by
Claus Spreckels.
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PACIFIC COAST GRAIN.
Not Enough Vessels to Handle the
Large Crop.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-Reports
show that there are by no means suffl-
cient vessels TO handle the large crop
Of grain along the Pacific Coast so as
to bring it to this city. The City of
Puebla arrived to-day with full car
go of wheat from Puget Sound, and left
a large amount behind her. The coast
ing vessels are not able to bring all the
grain offered at southern ports. The
Puebla was taken to the already crowd
ed seawall and the work of discharg-
ing her will be continued all night. She
will leave tomorrow for Port Hartford.
where there is a wheat blockade, and
try to bring back a cargo to this port
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Fast Ocean Voyage.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-News
has just been received here that the
record for the fastest trans Pacific
ocean trip was made by the Royal Mail
steamship Empress of Japan on her
last voyage from Vancouver to Yoko-
hanna, the time consumed being ten
days. three hours and thirty-nine min
utes. The distance covered was 4.2lO
knots. Heretofore the quickest passage
was made by the Pacific Mail steam
er China. from San Francisco to Yoko-
hama. in ten days, eleven hours and
forty-eight minutes.
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Storm in New Jersey.

PATTERSON IN. j., Aug. 10-A ter
rife storm struck this city this after
noon. The rainfall was heavy, and
much damage was done by the cyclonic
wind which accompanied it. Trees We're
uprooted in some places, signs and
fences carried away and the trolley
cars were stopped. One crowded car
was struck by lightning. but fortunately
no one was injured. Numerous streets
were flooded
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Election in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10.-The elec-
ton for Congressman in the Fourth In
diana District, recently represented by
Judge w. H. Holman, was held here
to-day There were three candidates,
Marion Griffith (Dem), Frank Lee
(Rep1, and NJ. W. Browder (Pop0
About two-thirds vote was polled
Returns have been very slow in COM
ing in. but the indications are that Mr.
Griffith has been successful by a plu-
raIity of from 1.000 to 400.
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STORMED THE JAIL.
Efforts of a Mob to Get Hold of a
Negro Brute.

ASHEVILLE IN. c.. Aug. 10.-Bot
Bracket, the negro who assaulted Miss
Kittie Henderson near here yesterday
was caught this morning and fully
identified Later he confessed the
crime. He was lodged in the County
Jail here.
Late tonight a mob stormed the pail
and soon battered in the front door
After many attempts the mob succeed
ed in forcing an entrance to the cells
but did not find the negro. 1t is be-
lieved he has been concealed by the
Sheriff. All of the prisoners were lib
Grated.
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Two Hundred Houses Burned.

BERLIN, Aug. 10-A dispatch has
been received here which says that
great fire has destroyed the greater
part Of the Russian town Of Matistavi,
west of Moghiloff, in the Government
of MoheIey, on the River Sozh, an af-
fluent of the Dnieper. Two hundred
houses have been burned, and ia
NOUS Jewish synagogue and six jew
.ish serninaries were ruined.
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Not a Real Enthusiast.

"Pshawl Don't tell me that Watson
is a cycling enthusiast. He is still dumb
to the real joys of the sport"
He's got all the latest improvements
on his wheel, hasn't he?"
Eyes, but the cyclometer got out Of
whack yesterday, and he rode for fully
ten minutes before discovering that it
didn't register"
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WOn1en'S
Kid Gloves.

Mosquetaire Kid Gloves, 8 but
ton lengths and dressed. These
are a regular 81 so glove, but
we have only a broken line of
sizes in some co1ors. The coIors
are mode, tan, gray, brown, red
and navy. The price to close is
95c pair.