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JEFFRIEs AND SHARkEY.
THE HEAVYWEIGHTS TO AGAIN
MEET IN THE RING.
Matched to Fight Twenty-Five
Round Battle for the Cham
pionship of the World.

NEW YORK, June 17.-Jim Jeffries
and Tom Sharkey were matched to-day
to fight twenty -fve-rcund battle for
the heavyweight championship of the
world. The match will take place be-
fore the club offering the largest purse,
the winner to take all. The match
will take place about October 23d.
Bids for the fight must be submitted
by September 1st
The managers of Sharkey and JEFF
fries-Tom OfRourke and William
Brady-met at the Vanderbilt Hotel
and partly fixed the articles of agree
ment. The articles will be signed Mon
day, and the men will each post a for
felt of $1,000 to bind the match. AL
Smith was agreed upon as official
stakeholder and Matt. Clune receiver Of
bids 1t was decided that all bids
must be accompanied by a certified
check for 5000 as guarantee of good
faith.
The referee will be chosen at the
meeting on Monday, and George Siler,
who refereed the recent fight, prob
ably will be the man.
1t was also decided that the club Sc
curing the fight must deposit the en-
tire amount Of the purse with the
stakeholder ten days before the fight.
There was a dispute about the band
age question, ORourke being in favor
of it. All these things will have to be
decided Monday
The Coney Island Sporting Club and
the Lenox Athletic Club are both in
the field as bidders. One of the two
is likely to secure the prize. William
A. Brady, on behalf of the former, Of
fered O'Rourke $4,000 for the fight If
he would sign Immediately, but
O'Rourke refused. He said that the
Lenox would probably draw more
money.
The contest will be for twenty five
rounds for a decision. Another detail
which was left over till Monday was
the size of the ring. Jeffries wants a
square eighteen feet. while O'Rourke
favors the regulation twenty -four feet
Billy Delaney, who was present, said,
I'VE want an eighteen-foot ring. Shar-
key ran away from Jeffries in San
Francisco. 2
Queensberry rules will be observed.
Each man will be allowed to hit with
one hand free, and must protect him
self in the breakaway and in the
clinches.
On behalf Of Mike Morrissey, the
Irish giant, $500 was posted tonight
on q wager that Jeffries cannot stop
him in four rounds. Jefrries covered
the money, and the bout was fixed for
June 30th at Denver.
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Chesterfield and Mrs. Arthur Page on
the subject The latter said: I'VE
have practically got every noted fam
lily in London interested Mrs. Bradley
Martin has brought choice silver OBJ
jects and art from Tiffanys and Whit
ings.
Mrs. Ronalds has been in Paris all
week buying things for the bazar; the
Misses Dreel and Swift and Mrs. Clar-
ence Mackey are getting together a fine
collection for the American stall, at
which the stall holders will be attired
in white gowns, lace fichus, sashes of
the national colors, and large picture
hats
Professor Mazzoni revisited the Pope
early this week to examine the scar
from which the bandage was removed
only three weeks ago. The Pope asked
him how long he thought he would live,
and the surgeon replied: 81 believe your
holiness will see the new century"
The democratic tendencies of the
times were we'll exemplified in the
Cambridge mathematical tripos list, is
sued few days ago, in which colored
man was bracketed senior wrangler,
another senior being the son of poor
parents, who began his education at an
elementary day school, and the third
and fourth wranglers were Australians.
Paranjype, exbracketed senior, was
the first Indian who ever secured the
honor He is a Mahratta Brahmin,
educated at Poona, Bombay, and was
sent to Cambridge in 1896 with Gov
ernment Indian scholarship.
Archbishop Ireland is expected in
London June Dist, and the United
States ambassador, Joseph H. Choate,
will give big dinner July 9th in honor
of the Archbishop, and Senator Mark
Hanna and all the leading Americans in
London will be present Archbishop
Ireland will be the guest of the Duke
of Norfolk and Cardinal Vaughan.
The theatrical season is entering upon
its final stages. Eight theaters, includ'
ing the Criterion, ST. James and the
Doke of York's will close during the
next few weeks Beerbohm Tree re-
wives "The Musketeers," with the orig
inal cast on Saturday. Nat Goodwin
replaces the Cowboy and the Lady,
with '.An American Citizen" on Mon
day.
Charles Frohman has just concluded
all arrangements regarding Sir Henry
Irvings American tour. Irving con-
cludes his English season in the middle
of October, at Liverpool, and sails d.
rect for New York. where he will pla.
for three weeks. Laurence Irving
leaves England in early September to
look after the arrangements and to en-
gage 200 supernumeraries. Ellen Terry
not only appears with Irving, but also
gives special matinee of a new play,
yet unnamed, in each city visited.
Mr.. Frohman's contract with George
Alexander for the season of 1900 has
been cancelled and changed to 1901.
William Gillette sailed for New York
ON the American line steamer St Paul
June 18th.
Mr.. Frohman's London Criterion
season opens in October with My
Daughter-in-Law," an adaptation of a
French comedy. His New York Cri-
terion season opens September 9TH with
THE Girl From Maximes."
MIR. Trohman starts for Paris Tues
day to initiate very important theat-
rical scheme there
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MCKINLEY AT HoLYoKE.
The President Given q Big Recep-
tion at the Massachusetts City.

HOLYOKE .(Mass.), June lift
only for the great crowd here, it would
be grand success" said President
Mckinley as he stood upon the review
ing stand here this afternoon awaiting
the arrival Of the parade. There were
fully 25, 200 people upon the street.
The arrival of the Presidential train
at 10 o'clock this morning was the first
event of the day. The second was the
big parade, which was reviewed by the
President in the afternoon. Afterward
the President and Mrs. Mckinley were
driven by ex-Congressman William
Whiting to his stock farm and log
cabin on the banks Of the Connecticut,
at Chicopee, where they rested and en-
joyed the first quiet moment since their
arrival Dinner was served Immediate
ly on their return, and the evening was
spent quietly at the Whiting mansion.
No visitors were received.
The President decided to-day that HI.
would make no address either at the
exercises at Northampton on Monday
or at the commencement exercises at
Mount Holyoke College on Tuesday.
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do not occur annually in these grades
through natural causes.


do not occur annually in these grades
through natural causes.
The Judge Advocate General holds
that the Act requires that a sufficient
number of officers and no more are to
be placed on the retired list Ito cause the
prescribed number of vacancies. and.
applying this rule to the existing naval
lists, he finds that there win be no
Captain retired. because. there are al
ready fourteen vacancies above the
grade of commander. There are only
thirteen contemplated by law; that two
commanders will be retired, there being
eighteen vacancies now. two less than
required; that seven Lieutenant Com
manders will be retired, there being
twenty-five vacancies. and the law pre-
scribing twenty nine, and NO Lieuten-
ants retired; the total number of va
cancies, forty in the higher grades,
meeting all the requirements of the raw.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
NEW RICHMOND DISASTER.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Lives We're Lost.

NEW RICHMOND CWis.), June IL
To-day, five days after the New Rich
mond tornado. it is possible to give a
summary of the death and destruction
with accurateness The official list of
known dead contains 1O2 names; five
unidentified bodies have been buried.
beside some parts of bodies. A con-
servative estimate of the bodies still in
the ruins of people not reported missing
would be fifteen. This brings the loss
Of life to about 125.
The best estimate on the loss of prop
erty in the city of New Richmond. COM
piled from a list of Individual prop
erty owners who lost everything.
reaches total of $sI50,OOO To this
may be added about $200,OOO for house
hold goods and other property de-
stroyed in this immediate vicinity not
included in the buildings totally de-
molished- The relief fund is growing
rapidly. having reached S35 600 to-
day.
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Union Pacific Joins Association.

OMAHA CNeb.), June 17.AIt was an
nounced authoritatively this morning
by General Passenger Agent Lomax of
the Union Pacific, that his road had
definitely decided to become a member
of the Western Passenger Association.
This road has been outside the fold
for number of years. just what con-
cessions have been made to the Union
Pacific to induce it to join have not
been given out, the officials being un-
willing to talk beyond mere confirm
alton of the fact.
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YACHT FREELY.
Captured with Four Thousand
Arms Aboard for Carlists,

MADRID. June 11.-Official conf1rma-
ton has been received here Of the seiz.
ure of the yacht Firefly at Arcachon, a
popular summer bathing place, thirty
five miles by rail southeast of Bordeaux,
France, with 1000 rifles said to have
been intended for the Carlists 1t is
claimed the Firefiy belongs to Lord
Ashburton, who is looked upon as being
the representative of Don Carlos. the
Spanish pretender, in England. well
known Carlist who has been inter
viewed on the subject said Even il
1000 rifles have been seized, 5000 have
already entered the country The rifles
are of the Chassepot pattern The
Firef1y arrived at Arcachon from Dart
mouth, England"
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Imports and Exports.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-The Bu-
reau of Statistics has issued a corrected
edition of the May statement of the i'm
ports and exports of the United States,
which shows that during the last eleven
months the exports of merchandise ex-
ceeded the imports by Sc, 452, ,131.
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ROBBERS CAPTURED.
The Men Who Held Up the Pitts
burg and Gulf Train In Custody.

KANSAS CITY, June ia Star
special from Mena, Ark, says: The
three train robbers who held up the
Pittsburg and Gulf train Friday morn
ing have been captured after g. run
ming fight A number of shots were
exchanged between the robbers and the
posse. but no one was injured. The men
gave their names as Burns, Peters and
Tate, and have been working in the
coal mines in that vicinity. The cap
ture was made by Inspector Hank Of
the Postoffice Department and Charley
Copeland, chief of the secret service
department of the Gulf Road. Burns,
the leader of the gang, is an ex-railroad
engineer, and this accounts for the IA
miliarity with which he handled the
engine
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Conflicts ON Turkish Frontier.

BELGRADE, June 1I.-Serious con-
fiicts are reported to have occurred ON
the Turkish frontier. According to the
advices received. the Servian post at
Propachtida has been plundered and
burned and several strategic positions
are occupied by the Turkish troops and
Alybanians. Great excitement prevails
here.
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Chess Tournament.

LONDON, June 1.-THE chess play
ers continued play in the international
tournament to-day when the four
teenth round was played. The first ad-
journment was made at 4:30 this af-
ternoon, when the state of affairs was
as follows: Pillsbury and Showalter adj
journed their game in an even posi-
tionl Macrocsy and Schlecter had
drawn. Stenitz and Bird had also
dawn LaEker and Tschigorin ad-
journed their game in an even posi-
tom Blackburne had the better game
against Mason. Janowski had beaten
Lee
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Strike Ended.

GLOUCESTER (Mass.), June 1.-THE
strike at tH Rockport Granite Com
pany's quarries at Rockport has ended
in favor of the strikers, and the men
will return to work next Monday. An
agreement of nine hours day for five
days in the week with eight hours on
Saturday and time and one-half to be
paid for all overtime was made. The
company agrees not to discriminate
against any man who took part in the
strike.
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VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.
An Opinion Constituting Meaning Of
Neval Personnel Act.

WASHINGTON, June 17.--Judge Ad-
vocate Lenley has rendered an opinion
constituting the meaning of the Naval
Personnel Act relative to voluntary re-
tirenents. The section in question
Section B-aulthorizes the President to
retire officers of each grade, providing
q certain spec3fied number OF vacancies
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Big Cotton Mill for chattanooga.

CHI CHATTANOOGA, June lis. NJ.
Mounre and s. Coolidge of the Stark
Cotton Mill Company of Manchester,
New Hampshire, are in the city for the
purpose of selecting a site on which to
build cotton bleaehery and mill to
cost 81, 100000. The mill will contain
1900 spindles.
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Kruger,s Attitudes Indorsed.

JOHANNESBURG, June IA
meeting of 4OO0 Burghersx at Parde
Kraal indorsed President Kruger's at
titude regarding the franchises and
deprecated war. There were no dis
turbances.
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Automobile Club Show Opened.

LONDON, June 1.-THE Automobile
Club show was opened by Prince and
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimer, at
Richmond this afternoon. The process
sion of motor cars. including pleasure,
business and traffic vehicles, went from
Whitehall to Richmond. After lunch
con a series of trials occurred Th,
show lasts a week. In order to popu-
larize motors. visitors to the show were
taken about the neighborhood in motors
and motor car service of four trips
daily has been organized between Ira
falgar Square and Richmond
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Proceedings Of the Supreme Lodge
in Session at Detroit.

in Session at Detroit.
DETROIT, June 17.-At the meeting
of the Supreme Lodge Knights Of
Honor, to-day the Committee on Good
of the Order recommended that a doc
ument introduced by the Kentucky rep
resentatives, looking to the reduction
of travelling expenses, mileage, salary
per diem of Supreme Lodge representa-
tives, be disapproved. The committee
reported that the Supreme Lodge rep
resentatives were given only fair al
lowanee at present The committee
also disapproved of a motion that here
after biennial sessions be held
The matter of the establishment of
a reserve fund was brought UP for
consideration, and was ordered referred
to the special committee of fifteen.
which is expected to report on the re-
serve and assessment questions Mon
day.
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Ancient Order United workmen.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 1.-THE Su-
preme Lodge of the Ancient Order OF
United Workmen to-day elected the fol-
lowing the Supreme Court: Master
Workman, John C. Bickford. Manches-
ter, N. H; Foreman, William A.
Walker, Milwaukee; Overseer, A. c.
Harwick, New York; Recorder. M. W.
Sackett, Meadville, Pa; Receiver, John
!. ecker, Albany, N. Y; Guide, Alex
ander Pratt, Winnipeg; Watchman, A..
B. Jones, Wilmington, Del; Medical
Examiner, DR.. D. H. Shields, Hannibal.
Mo-; Trustees, w. K. Hare, Hillsboro,
Oregon; A. C. Bishop, Salt Lake, Utah;
Thomas Liggett, Montreal.
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Continuous Series of Earthquakes.

KINGSTON (Jamaica), June IA
continuous series of earthquakes ex-
tending from Colon through the Corri-
beas to Curacum and Maracaibo have
been reported since the middle of May.
The most severe action was felt at
Montserrat and Guadalupe, causing
much damage. A curious shock was
felt throughout Jamaica on Wednes-
day comprising five movements during
fifteen minutes. No damage was done,
however.
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Bunker Hill Day at Boston.

BOSTON, June 1.-THE 123d anni-
versary of the battle of Bunker Hill
was celebrated to-day. The center of
the demonstration was at Charlestown-
Marines and sailors from the North
Atlantic squadron, which arrived in
port yesterday, participated. Thou
sands of sightSeers witnessed the par
ades, and the marines received an ova-
ton.
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Australians Won.

LONDON, June 17.-The All England
eleven in the, cricket match with the
Australians was ali out to-day in it's
second innings for 24O runs. The AUS
tralians won the match by ten wickets
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Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.

LONDON, June 1.-THE Cunard line
steamer Lucania, which sailed from
Liverpool for New York to-day, takes
among her passengers Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Remains Of Augustin DAILY.

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE body of
Augustin DAILY, who recently died in
Paris, was brought home to-day on the
American Line steamer New York.
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warships Reported. At Delasoa Bay

+ LONDON, June 17.--According to a
dispatch to news agency here from
Pretoria, seven British warships ar
rived at Inyack Island Tor St. Mary ISL
and at the entrance of Delagoa Bay.
There is no confirmation of the report.
and in semi official circles it is looked
upon as being untrue.
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Condition Of the rrea.urv.

WASHINGTON, June 17-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
S2I2, ,060, ,305; gold reserve, $235, 226, ,525.
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The GERMAN
CANAL BILL
Is the AII-Absorbing Topic in Politi-
cal Circles at Berlin.
The Ultimate Fate Of the Measure Of Much
Concern to Americans.

The Construction Of the Canal
Would Cheaper and Facilitate
Freights Of American Exports,
Besides the Passage Of the Bill
Would be Signal Defeat for
the Agrarians, Who Are Always
Hostile to American Interests.
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THE CANTEEN
Must be Suppressed at A6ilitary
Camps In Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG Pa.). june r.
Judge Sfmonton of the County Court to-
day decided that canteens for. the sale
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Anglo-German A Treaty.

BERLIN. June 17.-In the Reichstag
to-day, the Anglo German commercial
treaty passed its second reading.
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FROZEN IN FORMS OF ICE.
Posters. Fishes and Flowers Put up
for Purposes of Display.
New York SUM

Artificial ice Is commonly frozen In
blocks l1X22X40 inches, weighing 5zo
hounds. Into such or even larger
hlocks theatre posters are sometimes
frozen for the purpose of novelty in
lisplay. the blocks being placed lying
fat or standing on end upon the side
walk. Even when thus exposed
block of such size will last for con-
siderable time. Now and then a florist
has a bunch of flowers frozen in cake
II ice for the same purpose.
butcher may have a leg Of lamb frozen
N an ice block and sometimes fish
dealer has a fish frozen in block Of
fee. which is set on edge, the fish
showing its natural position in the cen
ter Of the block.
Occasionally flowers are frozen in ice
TO make a decorative piece for dinner
cable. the moulds used for such pur-
doses being more or less ornamental
IN design or decorative in effect. one
mould that is used for this purpose
produces an Ice form having n square
nasc. slightly tapering. surmounted by
a dome. This piece Is about Il inches
square at the base and about 80 inches
IN height. Another form used for this
purpose j. i pyramid, another is an
obelIsk. and still another Is a column
supported on a base.
It takes care and labor to freeze the
flowers IN the Ice in an attractive ana
suitable shape. Separate buds may
have to be held In position in the wa
ter untl the gradually freezing ice
comes up to support them where they
Nav. 6aan haI1 Poses ana various
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CHINOOK JARGON WON.


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Every old-timer in Tacoma, or, in
fact. in the state ot Washington, either
remembers or had 4 personal acquain-
tuncp with Attorney Frank Clark. Clark
mas been dead some eight years. but
during a conversation between attor-
u,yS his name came up followed by the
narrative W. this incident in his career:
"TWylye years ago" said the lawyer
telling the story. CLARK had as q
client man arrested on the charge Of
cutting timber on government land.
The United States was represented by
Two Federal attorneys. brought from
distance. either Portland or san Fran
cisco. if / remember Alright. When these
lawyers came into court there followed
behind them porter who unloadcd
upon the table fronting the judges
bench armiul after armful Of books.
Clark strobe in With three volumes Of
law under his arm. The jury WAS COM
posed entirely IF loggers ami ranchers.
Opening the case. tn" imported law
ycTs deiy.d deep into the tones Of law
before them ANA cited decision after
decision bearing on the case on trial
Then using lungUa%ue. nne-half Of the
words If which We're 100 extensive for
tEe jUry's understanding. they launch
wa into their argument.
As The United States attorneys fin
ish.d clark arose. picked lip one If his
INV books, ana. without opening the
volume. threw it aside. The next book
shared Chs same fate The third was
opened only to b. east aside. Clark
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"The lawyers from afar were awake
to the disadvantage they were pelhs
placed under An objection was enter
ed To Clark's use of Chinook or any
other language which the opposing
counsel could not understand.
".Your Honor answered clark, the
inrv here is to decide this case. Inc
eminent gentlemen for the prosecution
has used language 50 grandlloquehl
that not one of the jury has understood
its purport. | am speaking to them IN
the simple talk of the Western from
tiersman. understood alike by both IN
dian and white man who traverse ana
have been intrumental in the develop
ment of the Northwest. My language
can it jargon if you wish, explains TO
the Jury, and if | mistake not, also'
your Honor, the situation. ! have but
few words more to say, and, with the
court 5 permission, will continue in chi
nook
THE permission was granted ana
Clarks client acquitted without the
Jury leaving their seats