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scratched hands and face.-New York
Press
RUBBER OYSTERS.
The Tidbit That Helped Business
in Washineton.

Speaking Of oysters" said the Major,
puts me In mind Of the time I went
into the patent oyster business 1t was
when was with Smith & Coleman,
formerly 'proprietors Of the st. Nicholas
and Astor houses. New York, respect
lively. but at the time running the Met
ropolitan in Washington. Business was
bad, and we cudgled our brains how
to build 1t up without incurring extra
expense. Finally they left it to me-
concluded to try q plan that would
either make or break business
There We're some old rubber mats in
the storeroor1, and I had the boys wash
them thoroughly, and then cut them up
IN pieces about the size of a domino.
Taking about two hundred of these
pieces, I went to De Mar, the chef of
the hotel, and famed for his fried oys-
ters, and asked him if he could cover
the chunks Of rubber with butter and
brown them without getting the rub
Der SO hot it would smell He tried
1t, and succeeded Beautifully and when
I had placed the patent oysters in a
chaf1ng- dish behind the bar they looked
as appetiz7ng as the real bivalve ever
looked when properly fried.
My first customer was Smith, one OF
the proprietors. He saw the oysters.
and said: Good heavens. Major, we
can't stand that Fried oysters will
break us. Why. know fellows who
win stand here and eat a dozen
II told him ] didn't think they would,
and as he wanted to try one I passed
at out on a. plate with the regulation
fork, He chewed on 1t a while. and
then took it out of his mouth and looked
at it. Just what he said doesn't mat
ter, but he went out and sent, Coleman
in for an oyster. In an hour or two
the run had commenced, and every fell
low that got an oyster went out to get
Ia victim. General O.Burns brought in
Frank Turk John Chamberlin intro
duced Chester A. Arthur to the dish;
Sunset Cox, Sam Randall, Allen e.
Thurman and a host of others were
brought in, only to say Don't give ME
away. want so-and-so to have an oys-
ter and they'd go and get them.
Teddy Quinn came to me and says
he: Major, want a dozen of your oys
ters put up in box for my friend F'lan-
nigan, of Troy, N. Y, to- take with him
for lunch on his journey home to-mor-
row. Flanagan had his wife with
him, and they did not open the oysters
until they got to Wilmington, and
there Flanagan. went out to- get some
coffee for her while his wife opened
the. lunch.
She. good, kind soul, asked several
ladies sitting near to help her eat the
oysters. and in truth she needed help
to cat them. When Flanagan came
back with the coffee there was coach
load of about as angry women as can
be imagined. Flanagan tried an oys-
ter TO see what the trouble was, and
when. he got home he wrote me a.let-
ter. But the patent oysters boomedtthe
business, and I was known for many
a day as the rubber oyster man.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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TAKING BIG CHANCES.
Captain Andrews to Cross the At
lantic in a Twe1ve-oFot Boat.

ATLANTIC CITY IN. j., Junue 1S-
Captain William A. Andrews left this
city this afternoon in a little craft
named 1.-THE Doree" to cross the At
1antic Ocean. He headed direct for the
Azores Islands, where he expects to
stop for few days to reprovision. This
makes the fifth attempt of the Captain
to cross the ocean in similar small craft,
three of which attempts he claims We're
Successful.
The boat he is using this time is
twelve feet long, five feet wide and
twenty-five inches deep. It has been
painted black for the purpose, the Cap
tain says, of not attracting the atten-
tion of whales and sharks, as he claims
to have had trouble with these mons
tiers during his former trips.
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COAST BASEBALL.
San Jose Defeats Watsonvi11e and
Oakland and San Francisco Win.

WATSONVILLE, June 1S.-Watson-
vile suffered defeat again to-day by the
San Jose team. Nine innings were
played, the score standing 3 to in IA
vor of the visitors.
Courtney made a two-bagger for the
home team. 1t was fine game The
visitors did not score until the sixth
inning, when, by some good batting and
a little good luck, they scored three
runs
Watsonville scored one in the first
and one in the eighth. A large num-
Der attended the game
Watsonville 2. hits 6. errors 3.
San Jose 3. hits Z. errors /.
Batteries-Whalen and Morrow, Bor-
chers and Kent. Umpire Rube Levy.
FRESNO BEATS SELMA.
FRESNO, June 1S.-Fresno and Sell
ma BALI teams crossed bats on the To-
cad diamond to-day, the raisfn eaters
being the victors. Score: Fresno g.
hits 8, errors 2; Selma .. hits 6, errors
4. Batteries-Maul and Chance, Rus
sell and Bustifios.
WIN ONE EACH.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S-The
Oakland baseball nine defeated the San
Franchises this morning on their home
grounds by score of to j. The AFTER
noon game in this city went to the local
team, the score being 5 to 2.
Morning game: San Francisco 5, hits
2, errors 2; Oakland Z. hits IL, errors
a. Batteries Shea and
Hammond; Iberg and Swindels Um-
pire-Cahill
Afternoon game: San Francisco 5,
hits 6, errors 1: Oakland 9, hits Z, err
rors ,. Batteries-Fitzpatrick and
Swindels; Moskinan and Hammond
UmpireCahill.
ALTOS BEAT TERMINALS
STOCKTON, June 1S.-The baseball
season opened here to-day at Good
water Grove with a game between the
Altos of San Francisco and the Termin-
al City Wheelmen team. The Altos
won by a score of ) to l. Errors Of
the home team lost them the game
Dummy Murphy, the visiting pitcher,
was touched up frequently, but the
fielders handled things too we'll for the
home team. Moreing, in the box for
the Terminals, did not pitch his usual
game, and was heavily batted in the
latter innings.
VISALIA WON IT
BAKERSFIELD. June 1S-vfsalia
defeated Bakersfield in the Valley
League baseball game played here to-
day by score of Is to H.
SAN DIEGO DEFEATED
SAN BERNARDINO June 1S-San
Bernardino baseball club defeated San
Diego in a tournament game to-day at
Athletic Park by score of 13 to 6.
Attendance. 800 Score by innings:
San Bernardino. i / / 0 o 1-13
San Diego. -. % 2 o 2 o 0 O 2
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
They are Somewhat Unsettled Over
the Plateau Region.

= ASy 8IS SOMC - MAJ ~ OAAoC SSASe~ = -
the Plateau Region.
SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 1S, 5p. m.-
Weather conditions and general fore
cast:
The following maximum temperatures
are reported from stations in California
to-day:
Eureka Sc, Fresno 102, Los Angeles
"a, Red Bluff SO, Independence 92, San
Diego 70, Sacramento 102. Sam Luis
Obispo go Yuma 102.
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature 60, minimum 80, mean So.
The weather is generally cloudy over
IdahO Northern Nevada and along the
coast from San Francisco north. Thuf-
der storms are reported from Nevada
and Idaho.
The pressure has fallen slightly. ex-
cept along the southwest coast, where
there has been slight rise.
The temperature has fallen over
Northern California, Northern Nevada
and Idaho; elsewhere on the Pacific
slope it has remained about stationary.
Conditions are somewhat unsettled
over the plateau region and, scattered
showers and tl1understorms will occur
in Nevada, Utah and Northern Arizona
Tonight and Monday morning.
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GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN.
CANADA's sULTIMATU1 TO
ENGLAND.
She Must Choose Between tie
United States and the
Do1nfnion.

NEW YORK, June ia special to
the Journal and Advertiser from
Washington says: Canada has served
notice on England that she must choose
between the United States and the
North American Dominion in the set
tlement of the Alaskan boundary ques-
ton. 1t is stated on the highest au-
thority that this Statement represents
accurately the condition submitted to
England, which has delayed the nego-
tiations OF Embassador Choate and
Lord Salisbury in the provisional line
Of the modtls vivealdi.
This position of Canada is known
here officially. The official to whom
1t Is known feels authorized in saying
that there are only two ways out of
the difficulty first, that Canada will
voluntarily recede from her demands
for a Pacific Underwater port; or, second,
that the United States shall surrender
the principle laid down by Secretary
Hay i'm his tentative boundary line that
Americans will not grant Temporarily
or otherwise any port facilities to the
Canadians. That Canada win yield is
considered by the State Department
officials who have discussed the new
and acute phases Of the sitaution as
improbable.
1t is asserted on authority that En-
gland has been forced to yield to Can
ada and that the United States and
England are wider apart to-day in thl
controversy than since the adjournment
of the High Joint Commission.
There is also official warrant for The
Statement that Lord Salisbury and Mr..
Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the
Colonies, had until the close of the
week, expressed to Mr. Choate in good
faith the conviction that an agreement
would be reached. State Department
officials are therefore not disposed to
criticise England in the premises, but
on the contrary, admit that Canada S
practical and dangerous ultimatum to
the mother country. is ample justifica-
ton for England's inability to proceed
with the negotiations.
The present situation, in the light of
this important news, is that the con-
ffict which the provisional boundary
line was intended to prevent, maybe
precipftated at any moment and with
the greater show of probability when it
becomes known that England has de,
cided to stand irrevocably behind
Canada.
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IF OTIS WANTS MORE TROOPS
He Can Have Them and Volunteers
VIII be Called for

NEW YORK, June ia Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald"
quotes an influential member of the
Cabinet as making the following state
ment:
The slightest intimation from Cen
eral Otis that he wants more troops
in addition to those he now has with
him, and those who are to be sent to
him under the recent order, will be
followed by prompt call for volun-
teers. There will be no further par
leying with Aguinaldo and his follow
ers, and no let-up in the aggressive
campaign which General Otis is con-
ducting.
THE President stands ready to call
for as many volunteers as may be nee
essary to subdue the F'ilipinos, and
there is every reason to believe that
he can secure, without delay, all the
volunteers he may call for. This is the
true situation so far as the Admins
tration is concerned, and it is unfair
and unjust to charge the President
with the want of aggressiveness in
dealing with this subject"
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ATLANrA's MAYOR.
City Council Asked by a Minister
to Impeach Him.

ATLANTA, June 1S.-In a sensa-
tional sermon tonight, Broughton, pas
tor of the Baptist Tabernacle, called
upon the City Council to impeach
James G. Woodward, Mayor of Atlanta,
The clergyman's references to alleged
acts of the Mayors private life and
conduct were sensational in the ex-
treme. The audience of 1900 people
cheered the minister.
Mr.. sBroughton said: "If the City
Council does not impeach the Mayor,
will take steps myself
Mayor woodward was informed of
DR.. Broughton's remarks late tonight
The executive said: Il regard the
Statements of Dr., Broughton as RI
diculcus. I ask the public to suspend
judgment"
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the "Tribune' from Monida (Monts)
says: Near Dweils (Wyo.), just south Of
the Yellowstone Park, this morning, the
park scouts captured the three men
supposed to be the Union Pacific train
robbers The men were surrounded by
the scouts just before daybreak.
The men are now being taken across
the country to the Mammoth Hot
Springs. This news was brought to
Mondda tonight by. the driver of the
Monida and Yellowstone Park stage.
The names Of the men are not known.
They were captured without the firing
of a gum
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TOWING THE PERrHsHIRE.
The Taulane Bringing the Disabled
Steamer to Port.

NEWCASTLE (N S. W.), June 1S.-
1t has been learned here that the
steamer Taulane is towing the disabled
British steamer Perthshire to this port
It is expected the vessels will arrive
here tomorrow. The steamer Perth
shire, Captain Wallace, sailed from
Sydney. N. S. W., April 26th, for Blur,
N T., and was spoken by the schooner
Northern Chief 4JO miles east of sgd
ney, with her shaft broken. She had
been drifting some time, although tugs
had been sent out to find her.
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HEROIC SECTION HAND.
Gives His Life to Save a Woman
From Death.

CLEVELAND, June 1S. Blase
Patrie. railroad section hand, proved
himself hero to-day, and was fatally
injured in an attempt to save a woman
from death. Mrs. Jennie Price, who
lived on Webster street, was riding n
wheel across the Lake Shore track at
the entrance to Gordon Park, and fell
in front of an approaching train. Pat
rie who had been detailed to assist the
ffagman at the crossing, ran to Mrs.
Prices assistance, but both he and the
woman were run down. Mrs. Price
lost a leg and an arm and suffered a
fracture Of the slkull while her rescier
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A Grocer Missing.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1S.-John ].
McInerney, a well-known grocer of this
city, has been missing from his home
since Friday. He was known to have
had considerable sum of money on
his person, and his family and friends
fear foul play
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PORTLAND (Or.) June 1S.-An east
bound Northern Pacific freight train
which left this city at 8 p. m. colaided
with am excursion train returning from
Astoria ait 8 O'Clock, one mile east OF
Linton station. The cause of the col
lision is said to have been a misunder-
standing of orders on the part of the
trainrnen. One man on the Astoria
train was killed and five persons in
jured. The man killed is P. D. Bell of
this city, who was engaged in serving
lunches to the excursionists The
wounded are Homer Darling, severe;
Birdie Putnam, Mrs. Bell, wife of P. d.
Bell; Jones Mallfn, engineer; E. R.
Barnes. brakeman. r
Both engines were badly damaged
and two cars containing live stock
We're demolished, all of the stock being
killed.
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ALGER AT HoUGHToN.
Asked to Allow Major Sears to
Remain Where He Is.

DETROIT. June 1S.-A Tribune
special from Houghton, Mich, says:
Secretary of War Alger arrived early
to-day and spent the entire day view
ing the Government improvements on
the Portage Lake waterways The en-
tire channel from Portage entry to
Ship canal was traveased. He will
spend tomorrow in viewing this dis
trict
Every possible argument is being Of
fered him to cancel the proposed trans
fer of Major C. B. Sears to Porto Rico.
The import amt marine interests of Lake
Superior are a unit in their desire that
he be retained here in charge of the
work he has so successfully managed
for some years past.
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Unknown Man Drowned.

OAKLAND, June 19-An unknown
man was drowned about l o'clock this
morning in Oakland Creek near the
California Yacht Clubhouse, by the
capsizing Of small boat. He was not
known by his two compa Mons. G. A.
Craig and c. S. Moore, both of whom
were rescued. They had started to row
him from the clubhouse across the
creek when the boat was upset in some
unknown manner
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Result of a Row.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.-As a
result of row in the Camp Fire dance
hall, Washington and Keanry streets,
this morning, Mrs. Ida Lowenthal,
known as Rose Bradford, lies at her
home in critical condition and M. J..
Michael, a recruit of Company E, of
the Eighteenth Infantry, is under ar
rest for assault to murder. He is ac-
cused of having struck the woman over
the head with beer bottle, inf1icting a
wound which may prove fatal.
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Lowered the Fsve-Mi1e Record.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1S. r. A.
Coulter, of the California Cycling Club
lowered a record over the five mile
course at San Mateo to-day which has
withstood repeated assaults for several
years. He rode the five miles from the
scratch mark in IL minutes and -
seconds. The former record was 1903
made by Peter G. Alexander.
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PORTO RICO FRANCHISES.
War Department Will Announce
Who Cen Grant Them.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-The War
Department will announce this week
what franchises In Porto Rico can be
granted by military authority and what
can be granted only by Congress. Ar
my engineers viii prepare maps show
ing the wharfing and dockage needed
for the different Porto Rican ports. The
insular commission has furnished in
formation relative to the interior need
of the island.
A Paris syndicate is seeking a fran
chise for railway line in Porto Rico.
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REooED-uNIoN. An1ENTo, MONDAY JUNE 1s 1920

Yale men that they have been chosen
to make up the training table which
will begin on Tuesday. They are:
F.. A. Blount 1900. Dixon Boardman
1902, r. r. Fisher 1899. and W.. D.
Brennan 1900, sprinters and short dis:
tance runners J. p Adarns 1900, e.
B. splitter 1899 and II. r Smith 1900.
long distance runners. E, G. Walleck
1899, high jump. William Fincke 1901,
and C. K. Palmer 1899, hurdles. Charles
Dupee 1901, hundred yard dash.
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Will Have Opposition.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S. = The
Examiner states that the Pacific 4
Mail Steamship Company will soon
have. opposition on the route between
Panama and this city. 1t states that
the Spanish-American lines of the Kos
mos Steamship Company of Hamburg
are to be extended to San Francisco
and as far north as Vancouver. The !
service will probably be semi monthly
at first.
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Win Have Two Coaches.

BERKELEY, June 1S.-The University
OF California football team WIZ have
two coaches this year. Cochran, who
has just been engeged viii be assisted
this season by A. w. Kelly, one of
Princeton's veterans who has won fame
as a halfbaek throughout the East
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The Governor at the Bay.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1S. = Gov
ernor Gage arrived from Sacramento
this evening and registered at the Pal
ace. 1t is his intention to go to Lake
Tahoe for a, week. He will attend the
session of the State Normal School
Board in Los Angeles on the 10Th of
July.
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Two Steamers Collide.

ROSARIO, June 1S. The British
steamer Castilian Prince, Captain Cole,
from London, and Amphitrite, Captain
Maloney, from Sutherland, for Buenos
Ayres. have been in collision. The Cas-
tilian Prince arrived here in a badly
damaged condition. The damage to the
Amphitrite is unknown.
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Fire at the Presidio.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S.@The fire
call was sounded at the Presidio to-day
and the troops mustered to extinguish
a fire that for time threatened to de-
stroy a whole row of the officers quar-
ters. 1t broke out in a large build
ing known as the Corral" in which
the families of eight officers have quar-
ters, but by the prompt and effective
work of the military fire brigade, was
subdued before much damage was done.
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School Board Election.

REDDING, June IS. "A special cleo
tion has been called for July 10Th for
a popular vote on the proposition for
the Board of Education to bond the city
for $4,000 for the purchase of and
erection Of new school building.
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Farrell and webster Improving.

of Saturdays explosion at the Unitea
States Powder Company's works was
visited to-day by many people, who
watched the workmen clearing away
the debris. John Farrell and Frank
Webster, who were badly injured, are
improving and their recovery is now
tolerably certain
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will Fight It Out at Home.

LONDON. (Ky.), June 1S-A messen-
ger Just from Manchester says all is
quiet there. Judge Eversole will not
go to Hyden tomorrow to open court,
owing to the danger in passing through
CLAY County. Sid and Lee Baker, and
friends of the White and Howards,
passed through here tonight going
back home to fight it out if necessary.
More bloodshed is the opinion of the
best informed men.
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missionaries Reported SAFE.

HONGKONG, June 1S-The reports
that Rev. H. S. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips
and Miss Sears, missionaries of the.
Church Missionary Society, with three
native converts, were recently killed
by rioters in the Province of Ngan Hwei
is contradicted and 1t is announced all
are safe.
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Automobile Company Formed.

CHICAGO, June 1S.-The details OF
the organization of the Illinois Elec-
trio Vehicle Transportation Company
are now all but completed, and the COM
many expects within month to have
automobiles running in Chicago. The
company will have an authorized CAPT
tai of S2O.OOOOOO, of which $2,O00,O0O
will be paid up by October I'd, $1,000, 900
being called for now. Each subscriber
is to pay $40 share.
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Johnson's Island sofd.

PORT CLINTON (ohio), June 49,
Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, which was
famous as a prison for rebel soldiers
during the Civil War, has just been
sold at auction for $4,000. The island
lies in Sanduslxy bay few miles from
the city of that name.
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saenserfest Building Dedicated.

CINCINNATI, June 1S-The building
in which the National Sangerfest is to-
be held was formally dedicated to-day.
The exercises consisted Of a musical
program with chorus and orchestra and
speeches. Over 5000 people paid 25l
cents each to be admitted to the build
ing.
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Death of Simon Frx.

NEW YORK, June 19-The death is
announced Of Simon Fry. Grand COM
nander of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of the United States. He
succu1nbed to an operation for appen
dicitis at hospital. He was 46 years
old
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YALE ATHLETES.
rhose who Are Chosen TO Compete
with Oxford and Cambridge.

NEW HAVEN, June 1S.--In prepara-
ton for the international athletic meet
between Harvard and Yale athletics
and representatives Of Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, Captain Fisher
has given notice to the Following narned
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was struck by the pilot Of the engine
and was picked UP insensible from a
bad wound in the head The woman
retained consciousness, but the physi
clans say both will die.
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WILL PROBABLY ABDrcATE.
Duke or Coburg and SAKE Gotha
May Leave the Throne.


May Leave the Throne.
LONDON, June 18.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Daily Mail'' says:
In the course of a secret session of the
Diet Of Sake Coburg and Gotha Satur-
day, the Minister of State, Councillor
C. f. Van Strenge. made confidential
communication containing the sensa-
tfonal announcement that Duke Alfred
of SAKE Coburg and Gotha, the reign
ing Duke, would probably abdicate thia
year. The reigning Duke, Prince Al
fred Of Edinburgh, who married the
Grand Duchess, daughter of Emperor
Alexander II. of Russia, succeeded his
uncle on the throne Of the duchy in
August, 1893 His only son died last
February The English Duke Of Con-
naught is now the heir apparent.
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Death of DR.. Wood.

LONDON, June 1S.-Rev. DR.. Wood.
former President Of the Wesleyan con-
ference. is dead.
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In India elephants over II and up to
45 years OF age are deemed best to pur-
chase and will generally work weil till
they are so years DID.
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From the Sound.

Grimpus is that your tennis shirt?
Crimpus What did you think it was?
GrimpussA tennis racket.
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Governor Roosevelt has been elected
an honorary member OF twenty-seven
New York clubs and societies.
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Secretary Long is a good shot with
the rife, and is soon to do some hunt
ing in the Maine woods
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READ END COLLISION
NEAR PORTLAND.
A Freight and an Excursion Train
Meet.
One Man Was KIIIed and Five Were
Wounded.

Cause Said to Be a Misunderstand-
ing Of Orders ON the Part Of the
Trainmen-Both Engines Badly
Damaged and Two Cars OF Live
stock Killed-F9re at the Pre-
: sidio Threatened the ofacers'
Quarters.
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THE ROBBERS CAPTURED.

YelIowstone Park Scouts Took
TAem w3thout Firing Cum
9AIr LAKE, June 1S.-A special to
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Strategy.

Gracious, what is Percy Perkins
wearing long hair at golf for?"
"It gives him a chance to say that
football is really his game"
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Quinfne is wonderful-it has even
been known to knock unrequited love
endways.