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inches; right wrist inches; left wrist 71s inches
 Ryan's pet blows are duck and counter with right; a right hand punch at chin in the breakaway. IL was with this blow that Walcott wu.l 1he battle from George Green: a kidney blow, which he will use on Friday night. This he described by placing his left hand glove over his opponents right on breast and then by ducking inside left swing at neck he sends his right hard on the kidneys. The kidney blow which George Dawson used to such ex- cellent advantage was somewhat diff ferent from that which Ryan uses The latter ducks inside the left swing and then delivers the blow. Dawson side stepped to the outside and then shot in his right.
 The fighters last night selected Jim Mcdonald, the well-known baseball expert and umpire, as referee. The choice lay between Mcdonald and Hiram Cook.
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A Live Miner Objects to the Probating of His
 Estate.
Strange Case of Jeremiah Pen- dergast, Long ReckOned
 as Deceased.
Owner of African Mines

One of the most peculiar cases ever admlnistered on in the probate courts or this city is that of Jeremiah Fender gast, long supposed to be dead.
 It came to pass that just at the mo- ment when the Public Administrator felt the most secure in conducting the affairs of the supposed dead capital ist the latter gave a war-whoop in due legal form, away over in Africa, which has been heard here in such a way as to stop proceedings.
 Pendergast supposed to have died long years ago and to have left some- thing like $15,O00 in the Hibernia Bank. is now known to be alive and we'll in the Congo Free State, where he has hired a lawyer to communicate with Attorney Oscar T. Shuck of this city and make protest against the distri- button of his estate while he is on earth.
 The story is somewhat romantic. Nearly thirty years ago the man SUD- posed to be dead opened his account at the Hibernia Bank and soon there after disappeared. He was known to have been pioneer miner and was supposed to have perished in a fire up in the mountains, though the bank could not dispose of his money with out positive proof that he was dead. Year after year the bank advertised his name among the dead and asked for his heirs to come and claim the eS- tate. Oscar T. Shuck undertook to find the heirs, but found him instead.
 "The old fellow is rich in Africa now,' said MT. Shuck yesterday, "and he writes to me that he hopes nobody will assume that he is dead one He is making money in mines and has made a great fortune since he left California. Martin Pendergast, who shot Mrs. Rose Rice many years ago, is a brother of the rich African miner The shooting was quite a sensation in 1878. The old man whose estate is ad- vertised is now well known as an un- usually prosperous miner in the great African districts. It is probable that he will allow his money to remain where it is for an indefinite period.
 'In all our correspondence the old fellow has never said why he re- mained silent so long, except to inti- mate in a way that he believed the money was safe and he did not care to disturb it."
 A case involving the whole matter is now pending in Judge Stacks court, where proof will be introduced to show that the owner of the bank account is still alive and that the Public Admin istrator has no right to interfere in the administration of the estate.
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with his head last Saturday and loosened two teeth, which were ex- tracted on Sunday. I next caught the heel of a glove on my nose, which skin- ned the smeller, and to cap the climax I was boxing yesterday with big Jim Jeffries and by some means which l am unable to properly explain 1 bumped my head into his eye and in simultaneously he did the same thing to me. The result is that we both wear 'shanties' now and In all my fights. which number almost one hundred, I have never left a ring as badly disfig- ured about the face as I am at pres ent. Don't you think a Jonah is here somewhere?
 Well I may not be a pretty looking fellow when I enter the ring with Green on Friday night, but you can rest satisfied that I will be well up in the game at the finish nevertheless, or else I will be the most surprised man in America.
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Green will enter the ring at 156 pounds from what I can learn. All 1 want here is a square deal, and then the people can judge for themselves which is the better man."
 Ryan's right name is Tommy Youngs. His father is a French-C Cana dian and his mother is a German. He has fought fifty odd battles as a welter- weight and his only defeat was at the hands or fists of Kid" Mccoy two years ago in Maspeth, N. Y. Mccoy knocked him out in fifteen rounds. Ryan has whipped Danny Needham, outclassed Jim Hall, the Australian middle weight; whipped Henry Baker, heavy weight; Mysterious Billy Smith five times; Shadow" Maber, Billy Mccarthy of Australia, Tom Tracey, Jim Ryan of Australia and many others of less fame.
 Ryan's reach is 2S1a inches; he meas ures 111s inches from tip to tip of fin gers: neck Is inches; chest over thin shirt 3S inches normal, inflated 411a
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The Whereabouts of the Missing Heir of the
 James Estate.
Georde Williams Supposed to Have Been Killed in the
 Civil War.
IS HE DEAD OR ALIVE :?
Briefs Are to Be Presented To-Day bv Attorneys for Both Sides of
 the Controversy.

An exciting chapter in local history, In which a lost heir constitutes the cen tral figure, will be read at o'clock this afternoon in the Probate Court of De partment g by Judge Coffey. and refers to the argument on petition TOT the final distribution of the estate of the late Dr. James Williams.
 pr. Williams died testate in this city March l, 1897, and since his death no end of trouble has been caused by George Williams, a brother and one or the principal legatees of the estate left by the decedent at his death, whose whereabouts Is unknown and whose death every one concerned in the pres ent suit (except a doubtful few. who think they have a trace of him) believe occurred some twenty years ago.
 The residuary clause in his will reads: "In addition to the last-named bequests (that is, bequests made to persons out side his own family), I give, devise and bequeath unto my brothers, George Williams and William Frederick Will Hams, share and share alike, the resi- due of my estate, after all debts and all bequests are fully satisfied. unto them and their heirs forever"
 This residue mentioned in the will amounts to $25, 900 and is ready for dis tribution according to the dictates of the will, but since both men to whom the property was originally bequeathed are unable to claim it owing fo the fact that one is dead and the other is miss ing and can't be found, and is conse- quently supposed to be also deceased, the point at issue is, can the estate be settled before the whereabouts of Geo. Williams is ascertained, if living, and if dead, before positive proof of the fact is set before the court?
 The only thing that prevents the pres- ent petitioners (the widow of William
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widow and her children should be de- clared the legal heirs to the entire es- tate.
 To combat this argument, that Will Hams is dead the attorneys represent ing the litigation are equally hopeful of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he is alive and can be found if sufficient money is awarded to institute further search.
 The leading spirit in favor of estab fishing this fact, and convincing the court of the truth of his argument that Williams is alive, is Attorney A. Boyer, a central figure in the opposition, who at one time, so Oliver Evans, who rep resents Mrs Frederick Williams, claims, was anxious to prosecute the suit for her against the people for whom he is now fighting.
 Many conflicting stories are told by both sides as to the probable fate of the missing man, and sketch is given
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Frederick Williams and her two sons) from receiving the estate Is doubt as to whether this brother is dead or alive, although a thorough search has been made for him from one end of the country to the other without avail, not the slightest trace of him having been found.
 As TO trace of the missing heir can be found and as he left no wife or children, having never been married, the natural inference Is that the en- tire bulk of the property should pass into the possession of Frederick's wife and her children.
 The law presumes that when a man is absent or away from a certain com munity for a certain space of time, and his whereabouts has not been heard of for the period of seven years, he is dead. If this be true and George Williams cannot be found his brothers
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rests the whole litigation, and if it can be proven the estate and property of James Williams will be awarded to his brothers wife and children.
 But since the war, and in fact 1m- mediately after it, the missing man was reported to have been seen at Memphis, and ten years later in New York.
 This little romance to account for the disappearance and the possible death of the Union soldier who is the present cause of so much judicial wrangling i'll the courts, is cited by Evans as truth beyond denial.
 The litigation contends that George Williams has been found, but Judge Coffey, quoting from an authority other than legal, says that if such is the case he must have been found south of hades.
 A point upon which the litigation bases its argument is the fact that
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JI wish you would state that I have always fought in the welter- weight class against all corners, and l am ready at any time to fight Kid Me- Coy for the middle weight champion ship of the world at 154 pounds, which is the middle-weight limit"
 Ryan was informed that Fitzsim- mons now holds the middle and heavy weight championships, but he said that 'it made no difference about 'Fitz,' as he has retired from the ring and that Mccoy claims the title"
 "Yes, 1 want another go at Mccoy and I will compel him to fight me at 154 pounds. He defeated me the first time we fought, but the second time we met I was having all the best of the mill when the police stopped the game.
 My match with Green is at catch weights. 1 expect to enter the ring on this occasion weighing 154 pounds, which is nine pounds over the weight l have fought in the East. I guess
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of his life from the time he left his home to enlist in the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War, until he was last heard of.
 At the age of 16 years" said At torney Evans in his complaint, George Williams, anxious to join the Union army, left his home and applied for enlistment, representing that he was IS years of age. He was admitted and stayed with his division until just be- fore the attack on Vicksburg, when he deserted"
 The attorney here describes the dan gers and perils to which a soldier bear ing the Union uniform was exposed from the rifles of the Southern soldiers and particularly that branch of them called guerrillas. It was at this time and while trying to get away that he was supposed to have been shot and killed.
 This is the argument upon which
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William Frederick Williams sometimes signed his name as w. F. Dickinson Williams, which they will try to prove was not the same man mentioned in the testators will. This name is sup posed by some to have been adopted by w. F. Williams out of respect to either his uncle or a friend
 Reviewing the suit in all it's phases from standpoint of conservatism and judging from the remarks of positive truth expressed by both sides of the case, indications point strongly to the fact that there is going to be a ''hot time' when the opposing sides come together this afternoon for the final battle.
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Important To Mothers.

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MISSING LINKS.

Aguinaldo. the Philippine insurgent
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commemorative tablet was recent
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the place where the famous colonial
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The Empress OF Austria. at one time
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Il noticed that Miss Seres curls are
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The receivers of the Baltimore and
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These rails were originally bought for
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lei the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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and to become an important factor N
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he Il. {: O.
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Real Warm weathsr Re.t and Comfort.

Real Warm Weather Rest and Comfort.
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Reduced Rites to Dixon.

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On her wedding day every woman
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A man works harder trying TO get political
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All am or can be L owe TO my angel mother.
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No man can either live piously or die right
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No attention is paid to a chronic liar when he
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There are such things as tears of JOY, but few
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II may seem an easy task to shop, but II isn't
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Love makes the Young man on che rear seat OF
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Tbs softer the road the harder it is
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Wagner's music is not synonymous with snor-
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To Cure Constipation +

Earth has nothing more tender than pious
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COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP
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Possession is pursuit with the pith
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Some artists find it harder to draw salary
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What is mans record but big eX-
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