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Paris-A prospectus OF the Russian loan
mas been issued. The subscription opens
May %. The price of Issue is 9Si5 "a
tenth payable on application, a fifth on
allotment, and the balance Oct. and
Dec. 2.
Cleveland-Geor Lavigne. tho dock
foreman who was shot in the fight with
handlers, Saturday night, Is dead His
home was in Port Huron, Mich. No ar
rests have been made.
Asheville, N. C.-The twenty-fourth an
nual session of the supreme council.
Royal Arcanum. began here. Ninetv1
four delegates from various states and
Ontario are present The meeting will
continue until May 20.
London-J. Pierpont Morgan has start
cd Tor Paris. AT his firms London house.
definite information as to Mr.. Morgan's
future movement, but it is expected he
Will return to AiX-les-Ba MS
San Francisco-Rumors circulated I'm the
East that Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith contemplates retiring from
the cabinet. and that H. Clay Evans
United States commissioner Of pensions
Is scheduled to succeed him, were de-
MED by DR.. Smith
San Francisco-The Alaskan, the larg-
est merchant steamship ever built on
the Pacific coast has been succe sfully
launched from the yard of the Union Iron
Works. 1t was built for the American
Hawaiian steamship company and IS OF
1900 tons gross burden
New York-The condition of DR.. Win
field Scott Schley, the son OF Rear Ad-
miral Schley. is said to show improve
ment. James A. Herne, the actor, who
is SICK at ms home. continues to i'm
prove, and his physicians say he has a
good chance Of recovery.
Pttsburg-lt was officially reported at
the mills OF Mocrchead Bros, Sharps.
burg, that the wages Of the puddlers
viii be increased from "a 81 to So per day.
The change win affect 200 employees. No
change In the rate Of wages will be made
at the other amalgamatcd mills until July
], next.
Washington-James r. Ayres, twenty,
enc years old, Of Port Arthur Mich, was
found dead in his room at a hotel here.
lie had been shot II, several places about
the body and the police claim that all
the circumstances point to murder. Ayrcs
belonged to well-to-do family in Grand
Rapids, Mich.
st. Louis, Acknowledgements show that
not more than five lives were lost I'm the
wreck of the steamer City Of Paducah,
IN IN the mississippi river, Sunday night. OF
: the seven persons reported missing all
but one have appeared at the office Of
the packet company in this city. The
missing man Is q white fireman.
New Yorl-Wiliam +. Sherlock. editor
of the J'nionist a labor journal. who was
recently convicted of criminal libel upon
ar employee of newspaper, and SEN
tenced TO the penitentiary for three
month S, is dead from pneumonia, in
Brooklyn. Sherlock was pardoned after
serving twenty days of his sentence.
Lick Observatory. California-A comet
discovered at Queenstown, Australia, on
April "A, was seen here Tuesday night. In
the strong twilight no tail could be seen,
only the head OF the comet. Its position,
observed by Mr.. Aitken at s D. m. was
right ascension, hours and SO minutes,
declining three degrees, thirty-seven min
utes
Springfield, O.-George w. Thatcher
was arraigned, and ertered a plea OF
name Of p. P. Mast. the late millionaire
10 notes amounting to $4,000 Bond
the Mercer Heirs association, are making
arrangements to sectre the prisoners re-
lease.
New York-The National Plano Manu-
factT ers' association began its third
annual convention here Officers we're
elected as follows: President, E y Con-
way, Chicago; vice presidents, William
Dalliba Dutton and Charles Fl. Parsons,
Ct New York; secretary. W. d. Price,
Chicago; treasurer, Frederick P. Stief,
Baltimore.
Detroit-Interest in the great steam,
boat race between the City of Erie and
Tashmoo, which is to come of on Lake
Erie rext month, is becoming intense.
Frank e. Kirby, who designed both the
City of Erie and Tashmoo said that IN
his opinion the race would be very close,
with the odds slightly in favor Of the
Tashmoo
Munford, Ky.-Currency amounting to
over 5000, and a number Of valuable
pape,s and bonds, rewarded d gang
of burglars who blew open the vaults
Of the Hart County Deposit and Trust
bank. The vault was completely shattei-
ed by a heavy charge Of nitro glycerine,
and such confusion was caused inSlde
that the full extent Of the loss has not
yet been learned
Upper Sardusl1y, O-Charles Foster
was sentenced to serve ten years In the
renitentiary at hard labor and TO pay
the costs Of the trial for the murder or
oyerruled motion for a rev trial The
case attracted widespread attention as
the result Of an order issued by Judge
Young prohibiting the publication Of tes-
timony
Hamilton, Bermuda-The experiments
with the old coast defense ironclad Scor-
Dion as target for sea firing began
Tuesday. The hrst-class cruiser Crescent
first used her three-pounder and six
FOUNDER quick-fring guns at 1000 yards
Then, steaming at full speed. she open
ed fire ON the Scorpion with her six-inch
guns at from 5000 to 5000 yards The
shooting was accurate and the operations
were satisfactory.
shingtCn-President O'Connell, Of
the International Association Of Machin-
lists, stated that three hundred frros
throughout the country, have signed the
nine-hour day agreement. Telegraphic
reports from Boston show that a large
number signed there today and in FL
steam fire engine company outside of the
trust, has come to terms. The Machtn-
lists association will meet here Friday,
and remain until after the Goth inst
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