The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Botego expedition reported to. have
been destroyed by the Abyssinians.

Botego expedition reported to have
been destroyed by the Abyssinians.
In the peninsula section of Virginia
there was a. heavy frost recently and
some damage to early fruit and veg
] etable resulted.
The strike at 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-
cided to reduce the wages of ore
handlers for unloading ore vessels ut
all Lake Erie ports 10 per cent.
A ten-round fight between Jack Nc
Clelland and Pat Murphy at Carnegie,
Pa, was decided In the third round
when McClelland knocked Murphy out.
The order detaching Rear Admiral
B%eardslee from command of the Pa
cific station has been modified SO that
he will continue in command until
July.
A life buoy marked Samaria has
been washed ashore at Long Beach,
Wash. The Samnria Is n 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 2 cents
all around. which will be equal to a re-
duction of 50 cents per 1000 feet.
The New York senate has passed the
bill taxing inheritances. The assem-
bly, has already passed the bill and 1t
is understood that Gov. Black will
sign it.
The Southern Pacific company IL
making arrangements to build u bridge
to cost $5.OOO.OOO 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 tidewate. 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 a new reg
ulation requiring them to work by the
piece instead Of by the day.
The tube works at Youngstown, o.,
has taken an unexpected turn. and
now the management has announced
| that the plant has been SUIT down in
definitely.
Billy Vernon of Haverstraw, N. Y.
was knocked out in the fourteenth
round by Leslie Pearce of Camden at
the Olympic Athletic club at Phila-
| delphia.
Billy Birch. the old time minstrel,
| died Mt his home in New York of
paralysis of the brain and chronic
Bright's disease. He has been very i'll
for over a 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 in that office. has been rendered al
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 $5,OO0,OOO, to re.
ceive concessions from Mexico, raise
coffee. cotton and fruit. build rail.
roads and DO everything else.
Jim Watts, the Louisville negro,
made a poor showing with Joe VOL
colt at the Broadway Athletic club,
| New York, being handicapped by weak
legs. He frequently slipped to the
floor to save himself. Watts went down
frequently in the fourth round. The
police inspector interfered and the ref
| cree decided to call the bout a draw.
Judge Scverns. in the United States
court at Grand Rapids, Mich, held
that Henry Anderson and John Foster.
directors Of the defunct Bank of Green
vile. are fable for all losses sustained
by the bank. through President Mo2re.
between July 1892 and 1893, tho date
of suspension.
The Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers union of Chicago has de-
cided to strike for an increase in
wages OIL May 1. The men demand
As cents an hour instead Of the old
| scale of Al 1-2 cents. About 1900 men
| will he involved.