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launched ut West Superior.
Settlers on Northern Pacific lands get
Il favorable decision from h national
supreme court.
The Burlington road, ii is said. will
extend TO the Pacific Il through the
kootcnai mining country.
Fruit in Illinois. Indiana and South
ern Wisconsin has probably been killed
Hy trCSt.
After eighteen rounds of rapid fight,
ing Frank E,rne got the decision over
Joe Hopkins ut Buffalo, n. Y.
The Central Iron and Steel Company
of Harrisburg. Pa. has been incorpOr-
atcd. The company is capitalized al
S1.0OO,OO0.
The Italian Geographical society has
received news of the safety of the
Bote@o expedition reported to have
been destroyed by the Ab~yssinians.
In the peninsula section of Virginia
there was Il heavy frost recently and
some damage 10 early fruit and veg
etable resulted.
The strike ut the American Tube and
Iron cOmpany's plant at Youngstown,
Ohio. has been settled. The men de
cided to accept the cut of 10 per cent.
The ore dock managers have de-
cidcd to reduce the wages Of ore
handlers for unloading ore vessels at
all Lake Erie ports 10 per cent.
a ten-round fight between Jack Me
Clelland and Pat Murphy at Carnegie.
Pa, was decided in the third round
when McClelland Knocked Murphy out.
The order d~etaching Rear Admiral
Beardslee from command of the Pa
ciiC station has been modified so that
he will continue III command until
July.
y life buoy marked Samaria has
bcen washed ashore at Long Beach,
Wash. The Samaria is Il British bark
long overdue from Puget sound for
San Francisco.
The st. Paul and Northwestern lines
unite with the Wisconsin Central in
reducing lumber rates about = cents
all around, which will be equal to a re-
duction of 80 cents per 1000 feet.
The New York senate has passed the
bill taxing inheritances. The assem-
bly, has already passed the bill and it
is understood that Gov. Black will
sign it.
The Southern Pacific company is
making arrangements to build Il bridge
to cost S5,O00.OO across the Mississippi
river ut New Orleans. 1t will do away
with the transfer by boats.
1t is estimated that the heavy frost
has destroyed fruit and vegetables in
lower tidewates Virginia and Eastern
Carolina to the value of probably a
million dollars.
From $50 to 300 employees Of the
AddystOn Pipe Company of Cincinnati.
Ohio, have struck against Il new reg
ulation requiring them to work by the
piece instead of by the day.
The tube works ut Youngstown, o..
has taken an unexpected turn. and
now the management has announced
that the plant has been sut down i'll
definitely.
Billy Vernon of Haverstraw. y. y.
was Knocked out in the fourteenth
round by Leslie Pearce of Camden ut
the Olympic Athletic club at Phila-
delpl!ia.
Billy Birch. the old time minstrel.
died at his home in New York of
paralysis of the brain and chronic
Bright's disease. He has been very i'll
for over Il month.
The resignation of Frank l.. Palmer
of Wisconsin. chief of the division Of
accounts in the Indian bureau. and
formerly chief If the education divis-
ion III that office. has been rendered at
the request of the secretary and takes
effect at once
Cleveland. Ohio. parties Incorporated
the Mexican Investment and Manufac-
turing Company Of Dubuque. with an
authorized capital of SJ.OOO.OOO. to re-
"eivc concessions from Mexico, raise
coffee. cotton and fruit. build rail
roads and 90 everything else.
Jim Watts. the Louisville negro,
made a poor showing with Joe VOL
cot at the Broadway Athletic club.
New York. being handicapped by weak
legs. lie frequently slipped to the
floor to ave himself. Watts went down
frequently in the fourth round. The
police inspector interfered and the ref
cree decided TO call the bout Il draw.
Judge Severns. in the United States
at Grand Rapids. Mich, held
thar Henry Anderson and John Foster,
of the defunct Bank Of Green
vile, are fable for all losses sustained
by the bank, through President More.
between July 1892 and 1893, the date
of suspension.
The Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers union of Chicago has de-
cided to strike for an increase i'm
wages on May 1. The men demand
cents an hour instead Of the old
scale of Al 1-2 cents. About 1900 men
will be involved.