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tOed the bill for Il S150.OOO state house
George Green defeated Charles Nc
Eeever AT San Francisco in fifteen
hard-fought rounds.
The Harvard college crew defeated
the Boston Athletic association crew
in Il mile race by one length.
The Lutheran Women'S Mission so
cicty at Dayton, Ohio, has elected Mrs
\. V. Hunter of Indianapolis presi
dent.
Gaudaur defeated Rogers by three
lengths in the race for the Sculling
championship at Orilla, Ont. The
time was slow.
The 500 weavers in the Ashley Il
Bailey silk mills at Paterson, n. j.,
who have been on strike, have re-
turned To work.
Tom Williams of Australia has
signed articles for a twenty-rOund con
test with Tommy Ryan at the Empire
Athletic club. Syracuse, June ~.
The Uruguayan revOlutionists, ac-
cOrding TO the statement of Leader
Lamas, have obtained fresh supplies
and are about to resume operations.
The Curd q Sinton Manufacturing
Company of Louisville, Ky, wholesale
dealers in harness, %saddlery, etc. one
of the largest mercantile establish
ments in the city, has assigned.
Tom Jenkins of Cleveland. Ohio, de.
feated w. L. Malone of Chicago, the
heavyweight champion wrestler of the
Northwest AT Cleveland, best two out
of three.
About 200 electricians are on a strike
at Milwaukee because contractors re-
fuse to grant their demand Of 81 II
cents n the minimum wage scale per
hour, eight hours to constitute IA days
work for journeymen.
In the first event of the fistic carni-
val ut WOOdward's Gardens, San Fran
cisco, under the auspices of the Ma
tional club, Ryan of Cincinnati was
given he decision over Elmer of San
Diego in the tenth round.
A human skeleton has been found
on Lumber island. a mile below La
Crosse. by a party Of boys who were
playing on the island. The skeleton
was partly covered by sand, but was
intact. There is no clue to the identi-
~.
The seventh annual convention Of
the Association of Railway Claim
Agents vas called to order at ST. Louis
in the Southern hotel by President w.
r.. Jones. general claim agent of the
Missouri Pacific. Ninety delegates are
present.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
American Institute Of Civics was held
in Washington. Senator Hawley pre-
siding. The object Of the institute is
TO promote n higher standard of citi-
zenShip through education and by 9TH
or means.
y ten-rOund go at Louisville. Ky,
between Jim Watts. cOlored, of Louis
vile, and Peter ePterson. the Terri
bic Swede.' Of Chicago, was stopped ut
the end Of the fifth round by the police,
who declared it too brutal. The ref
cree gave the fight to Watts.
The president expects Mr.. Calhoun
will have completed his mission in
Cuba and be on his way back to Wash,
ingtCn in the course of a week or ten
days. 1t will take a little more time
to reduce to form and embody in an
official report the conclusions he has
formed as TO the conditions in Cuba.
The board Of directors of the Ma.
tional Board of Trade of Cycle Manu-.
f%acturers. has decided that no national
or local cycle exhibitions shall be held
of sanctioned between June l, 1897,
and June |. 1898. and designating Feb
- as Il general opening day through
out the country.
One thousand miners at the Milford
Fraser and Lehigh coal camps, within
Il few miles Of Boone. Iowa, have
struck because of an attempt 10
change paying by the Frazer by Civ
ing them - cents II ton for mine run
coal instead Of 81 cents for screened
coal. as has been the rule.
Judge Woolson. in the federal court
ut DcS MOincs. has instructed the jury
TO return 4 verdict for the defendant
in the case of Hattie Warford vs.. the
Milwaukee railroad. She sued as adj
ministratriX for S20,UOU damages fol
the death Of her son. who. while head
brakeman, leaned out of the engine
and was struck by the piling Of 4
bridge near Perry.
So well has the distribution Of the
relief for the flood sufferers i'm the Mis-
sissippi and Red river valleys been ad
miniStered that of the total a%ppropria'
ton of 100000, about one-half now
remains uneXpended. although the
field has been fully covered. Secretary
Alger attributes this economy to the
excellent work Of the officers of the
department. who gave their personal
attention to the relief work. At pres
ent most of the relief stations are
closed and the laborers are returning
to the fields.