, 1897-04-24

ton in the Russo Turkish wal by his
defense OF Plevna against the Russians.
He vas born at Tokat, Asia Minor, in
1882, and received his education at the
military schools Of Constantinople. He
has had great experience as a fighter and
was in the Crimean war, the Cretan cam
the outbreak OF the war between Turkey
and Russia he was placed in command
Of the Seventh army corps, which did
great fighting.
He was defeated at the battle OF Scol-
eritze, and then entrenched himself ut
Plevna. which he held from August 81
to December 10, 1877. He surrendered
with $4,000 men. He has since been
minister Of war several times, and also
occupied the post Of grand marshal of
the palace. Osman Pasha is in personal
appearance and character a typical SOL
der Of the Ottoman empire, being fan
atical and brave. and very frugal. He Is
regarded as n Of the most %invincible
soldiers OF Europe in a fight behind
earthworks, being more OF a defensive
than an offensive general.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
New York, April 23.-R, G. Dun's
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
II either Turkey or Greece had been
wholly buried in the sea he markets
might have been affected less than by
the outbreak Of war in Europe. Like
a fire in the heart OF a crowded city 1t
raised h question whether a general
~confagration may spring out OF it. To
this possibility and not to the direct in
fiuence Of either Turkey or Greece UPON
the worlds money or produce markets
Was due the excitement in grain and
stocks. AS the unknown is magnihed,
American markets were much more
Eighty than European, where the posi-
bilities nave been discussed and partly
discounted for months. Since Russia
and the Danubian states will be likely
to ship wheat scantily, especial needs
and much higher prices being possible
there. a large share Of the requirements
Of western Europe may naturally be
drawn from this country and the chance
Of war between the great powers has
great influence because the supplies
there are not large. The past week, like
others Of late, has witnessed the start
ing Of operations by several large iron
works, especially in black sheets for
thinning and yet the prices of pig iron and
unfinished products are lower, the de-
mand not yet equaling the supply. Fail
ures for the week have been 218 in the
United States, against 23s last year, and
q in Canada. against "A last year.
BANTAM WEIGHTS FIGHT.
San Francisco, Cal, April 23.-Five
thousand people saw Jimmy Barry and
Jimmy Anthony, the bantam weights,
fight 20 rounds before the National Ath-
letic organization that conducted the
Fitzsimmons-Sharkey flasco. The ar
rangements we're very poor and the big
crowd was exceedingly uncomfortable
in he hot arena The fight wal for a
$4,000 purse, rs per cent to the winner,
at lis pounds. The men were we'll
trained and entered the ring at 10
o'clock. Very little time was wasted as
Barry set the pace. He led time and
again and got away without return. In
the second round Anthony led, but fail
ed to land. Barry jabbed his right and
left into his face. 1t was evident that
Barry was the clever man Of the two,
but the blows did not seem to hurt the
Australian. The Goth and last round
was all Barry's as he smashed his oppo-
nent on the eye and Jaw repeatedly. AL
though Anthony was still on his feet,
when the round was closed, the referee
announced that as the contest was for
points, Barry was clearly entitled to
the decision, and the purse, and was
champion bantam weight Of the world.
In order to boom business, an enter
prising grocer on a certain day adver-
tised several thousand scent loaves of
bread for sale at one cent each. His
rival wa in despair until a brilliant idea
come into his head. He hired a small
army of boys and girls to buy up all the
leaves at a cent each. At 2 o'clock groc-
er Nc. l had sold all his bread, and those
who came later denounced him as a
fraud who had fooled them with a lying
advertisement. Meanwhile the foxy
grocer around the corner. with more
than a thousand one-cent loaves stack
ed up on his kitchen floor, put out a big
sign: Fresh Bread-A Five-Cent Loaf
for Two Cents. We Never Advertise
What We Have Not Got" He thus not
only discounted his rival and turned
the tide in his own favor, but made a
profit On the bread as we'll.
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