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f ' ASTORIA PUBLIC IIBHJRY ASSOCWTw;.'. THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the bluest and best paper THE ASTOPIAN hn the largest circulation of any paper on the Columbia Fiver on the Colombia Elver FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS IV K PORT.. NO. 4. ASTOltIA, OKKOOX: VVKDNKSIUY MORNING, JCLV 2J, 1817. VOL. XLV11. rurarairairajrajiiti WILLIAM ....The Housefurnisher.... n.oadbby Blocks PORTLAND, OREGON Washington and First Streets 2LZlJL 1 i Japanese Rugs :U:l ft 7ft :U feci I M U7 feet J 20 (ix! feel 4 ft" 7'xlO feet ft II U feet 1MK 12x12 feet 12 1 2x1 ft feet 1ft OO WILLIAM The Housefurnisher. EwsjxiiiissswriOT Sole Afcnts for Knox and Wauburton Hats BUFFUM PENDLET9N Hatters and Furnishers 94 Third Street, PORTLAND, OR. ....The Only Exclusive SEASONABLE GOODS Baseball and Tennis Goods Boxing Gloves Croquet Sets Hammocks New Novels and Magazines received as soon as published GRIFFIN S REED Special ON DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING AT FRIEDMAN'S .... See Our Men's Suit for $5.00 j See Our Men's Suits for $6.50 See Our Fine Suits for $10-00 ) GADSBY 75 cents each 'I cut rvprvHcnlN our 75c JlnliiK cluilr. It UcoiiNtruct. cd entirely of hurUwoinl miJ lin n wot vii citim cul, and Ih the r.t chair on the market toJuy itt the price. SOME PRICES trO INTEREST YOU ON MATTINGS Jiipitiicitti .MuttliiK, to vurJ tor $4.50 $5.50 JiipniiCMt Maltlnn. W yurdt fur Jiipiincitc .Muttlnu.llitt tmrp ecti kits lcrtlo rr Hi yard for 0.30 Jitpiiiictc .Mnttlntf. lines itarp owtsot. him aid Cf hi: yard for f.JA Staple Goods I 'Hili.it nil, chalm, tabl a.-.d nt.-lnuird 117 il Ilr.lrootll ult l'"0 I'arlur ulm !. titer table. 3 U Htalid I.W llo.Wi.-iuL 12" Hprliig., woven I 'i Mtlrr, shoddy I.W .Mattre". hnlr lnW Coek lovct. No 7 I W Cook move. No, I I M Ingrain mri per yard IS (illi'l.xh per yard t GADSBY First ana Washington sis g Men's Furnishers. Fishing Tackle Baby Carriages Children's Wagons Garden Tools Rates NOTHING TO EQUAL THEM IN THIS CITY that Friedman is Cutting Prices GOLD SEEKERS RUSHING NORTH Stcwnm Cannot Aaonimmliitc the Thronu of People. new snips iou 'i he service Ciciicmcni Still .liimuiucd in Sua f ra cimu tad bus Kemlitd Ibimjo Sttaat tbip CoBipa.lct UirctKd, is.iti ltuil-i.o, Ji.ly .j.-N.lillitnua-114 lllr t'ki. il"n (.' f"ie in I n. r - an the .I.Ulllll.lti'' "f iruvrlliijr ovirlain). Ill l.xi.ll r. Kiili h will on lhi Zsili, U t-ooklKB ifn!T for I'nwwn Cliy l.y (tin :n', aii't will cluv II t Kik In n tuy ur o. TH .ti.i'n.r tll urtlvn at M. illih.irU vttrly In AiikuiH, In ll'iw t. cuiu.it rtv.r IkhiIk ri.iuiiiit; Ul- ml to Iuoii. .Thr ! r will rrai ti ilulr iUilniiii in .lUmt K.-iiemiHT A Yukon will I m u n y Ucto. I.r I. no "li who lu imt no mX.ii will l.. .li.! lo. rrii.'h I'.twiNjn tlil yvut ly ..) uf St. Mlili.nU. llil)lr..U will wU'iIhIim rinik the Journ-y uvirlum Iroin JiiiH-iiii ufti-c thr cliln uf lite uAMituliln tr'iimii. . 't;.u Al.i'k.l t'oiniiKT' I.J Cvxnialiy I.hk tV ton of upiillx t St. WliiiiM-ln, nil of wliltli will In- lorwunl.'.l to I'uw n ty Unt l)..fot. br cImvIiik of tae flr. Th North AnK-rl.an Tmiiixia. ilait C'oniin h.i .in roJ.il amount of fj. mil rlutliliiic nt t, V.i.-luul. .1 ix.riy f forty nu-n l .r..mrliiK to cliuri.-r .1 ncttt tinrr un l .ill to Juinuu, IMiii wi.l-ti K-lnl tii.y will iiuk.' tin joiirn. y ov.-i.inil to Iiawwn. It Id l.ntil to !) in tlil tlnif how nuiny Bun Krun rl.i. in will Inn it for tlir ni'W UMonulu. il nitiliruw ur loutti.KrliiK th utlou. '. nt ht l.ii.i. r anil thr wlltiliiln of f tlh:rc will krvu many of Uirm from . w.Mi'H I l:o Hj.nIai.'Ti of Inw.in t'Uy or .my of th.' ikw towim which will ;'rinif up, or from j mm. yinu to iotuillili! ir iuil will. It nmy ! illt.iw.-i nl. Th lio..li-m la ii .11111 ult oiif to wilvc. t.ut the clii.nc irw tht a c.upl. of liun lr. will I. avr h.if U'lwv.n now uinl ih'XI K)irliiK. The Wnllii Uiillii millh tlii morning wl.li hut few Yukcit.1. Tl: Wall Wul. I.i lll .oiin.Mt Willi th.- Mrktru, wl.l'.h will t.ikn riot ih- iniurin U.innl for Ji'ti.'iiu. Th Yukon rnli iw OHUH..J tho r.u'illc Co.mt Tr.uiiirtiitloti Comiuitiy iC' :iitiuiko an cxir.i nu-nnii-r trip, willed will lw tho iltoritf W. EIiUt. to leave I'm ilimJ for Juneau oon. toiliiK at tfrxltltf, STLAMtllS crtuWUKl'. CIiIciiko, July ?. P. B. Vtrv. vlo ir'lil.'iit of tlu North Amrrlcnn Truu Intl Company, l rt-crlvlns humlmls of Icttvri ukltiK In.'oimmlon rrganllng Aliirvkit. H ultl totloy: The Ikwuh wlili-h will from Seattle llita month ure full tvery imkxuc tukcti. That me An tlwi any on wlu wnt to BO to Klondyke must wnlt for t.h AiiKH't lioatn. And the Journey U "m nillet. People talk itl-out It at If It wa walking nerOM the ttrtet. Th-y don't nuIlK: what Al.uka t-wht the Yukon It. They will need it map to convince Uirm o the truth that the country of lh Yukon an.l lit trtbutarlct In Alaka and Uritlsh America It a. lars an Oie wholo tiat ot the .llnlppl-lh.U It In loncer tluin trip lo Europe lefoie th.y reftch Itch riiu tea and the mouth of the Yukon; that liy the time they arrive at the Yu. kon the Alaskan Arctlo wlnUr will be uon uiim. liy SeptcmlKT 20 Uio winter nettle down and th Yukon country la fronn wild till next May. The expense of gettln from Chtcaijo to Seattle Ih (tiO and from Seattle to Ik-lirlng"Seu J IV'. Th. re w ill be thousands of Eastern men who will go, but of courto the count peo ple have everytlMff In th.ilr favor. Ono thing m'iit be reniemliervd Unit the Klondyke country I In llrtUah domain and will be governed acoonliiiKly." MORE AllOl'T THE RICHES. Seattle, July 20. There ar ptvmltes of a tteamer torvlce between thla city and St. Michael, contemplating an all-water route Vetween Ptiget tounil and the upper Yukon mining dimrlct, by an additional line of river tenmers. A company In being organlie.1 by local and ejtorn capltallata. The tclwme.lt to - buy or build a tea-going tteamshtp and to buy i llght-drimsht river steamer for the butlueot between St. Mlclia.Js and Iaw. ton City, In the heart of the new dig- glne. . i ft. R. Shaw, formerly a well-known Insurance man of Seattle, hat written a. letter to a business man of this city In which he ttatet frankly that he doc .iol exKot to be believed. The tetter. however, It only In line with others, and indorses th amount ot gold brought down from tho Klondyke. Among other thn'gt, Shaw tayt: "Tlu-re It no nluht here now. It la light as midday for twenty-four hour and neither too warm nor too cold There are not too many file, to bother a yet Thlt It a great mining ttrlke probably th. greatest on the American will not. Iwlleve ins If I tell you u 1 1 a'ut It. 1 It U hot u i-xunxlve n I wbii - mm, r at lemtl tt'M him not lxn found In irr'vil iiylnif unntltl- exo..pt on two crt k, w in r? tlu-re are 'tioit ;w ilulmt, but w.nrj of l(im are very rli.'li-Hn fuft. fume of Uie puy ttrmiki lire nearly h II gold, fine tlnwmmd (lol l.im to I i" fedi I ncii on uiiimnnun lliliu, mid ii MkIi ii one liU'idr.d ounc-t Have '..ii Uikin out lit it ulna It pun. It In no inn onmi iii Uilng to -e men coming In with all the gold duM they can carry. "Vou would nm Ix-llwe me when 1 tell you that 1 went Into one eatIn tnd eoiWted tH nve-gillnn oil can null of gold duxt, but It I d elict. 11 1 -th rem.lt of the work of two men during I lie Winter, fclld the dump I not m.'ch nmr" '.tin ii half Wufkwl out. "Th' re hut Uien nboul I2,i . In duxt taken out 'j fur In the dUtrkt. At H low i uilmntc Vn- will VJi.'tn.'fti tnn o'j: IuiIiik the nexi yi r. , Curpentert ifetllu per day, mi l to do all of the men wl vork In the in! rim. I tMnk I whaJl woik for a wliile. Humv of lh naloont ink" In Vi,iV) to u ilav. All pay In gold diint. and nothing lnw than Ui c ntt Tie re I a fli my ut provlnlont here. Flour l 112 per l"J iioiimi: nu;ar Xcnu l r HnnU; oiitnul centa, lucon M " ii't and o'.lu-r thing In proportion. "Uir lire worth MM it thouisind nt thf mill and lumla r llii tl'ouaan.l. There I a miuill wiwnilll tx-rt. rvinning d iy and iilif.it. and 'cannot cut half the lumlx-r wunt.-rl. t ii not know how many Inlialx ItanU iIiIh town iipiort. I nhouM nay In ti iieUftiliorhood of a thoumnd. Mont of the ticojile live In lent, but Jmi: good 'lUlldlni; arc itoliig up." IN' CHICAGO. t'lik-iigo, July 20. In niH-tatlon of KTisitly Incniwd traffic to Alaeka. the Ainericuii Trading nr.d Tr;..n)rtatloii Company, with headquarter h.Te, him been relucorporatitt with an increase of ciiltiU mock fnmi $lf),n to Hi.i. The lncorar.itlon wak llcemxtl today by the tecn-litry of stale. Ctutrle A. Weare, of dlcugo, U prertdent of tho compuny. ANOTHER STEAMER. Tort Townmnd. July a.-Owlng to tho prctent ruth to the Klondyke gold field and the Mill greater ruah whlcn U bound to come next tprlng, the Hugct Pound Tug lioal Company !um declibtl to put a tNmer on the Yukon river to carry PMMt-ngcr and fn-lKbt irora St. Mlchai la o Circle City and tiie Klondyke valley. EXCITKMEST IN FRISCO. Sim Fr.inclm-o. July SO. Ttie excitement over the reivnt dlw-overle of gold In Abixka mill iionUniHi. here, and when the Hleanu r Kxci-lnlor lmvee for St. Ml- 'liaelk n xt Sunday the will carry all tut miner mippuc ne can nuut. ine Excclitlor It the but t earner nchtduled to all thlt yeuiT from San Francisco to roniKK-t with Ulu Yukon utennuni, birt here la already talk of chartering &n- otlur ttcitmer to take up a crowd of miner. No more, newt from th Klon- lyk will lie received until the ttewmert cavinir here and Battle have returned. ril'TB Ml'ltDEREIt. DEAC-. Kingmun, Aril., July 2. Information recelvetl from Rlovllle. Nev., at the mouth of the Virgin river, says that Mouse, the IMute murderer, was klll.-d two days ago cm Muddy creek In Lin coln county. Novadii. by pui-n'iem o.im lced of whit. and Indlunt. i!ou Is he Indian w ho klllid S (earns and Davis on tho Colorado river last winter near Whlto hills. A reward of SCO was offered for him. dead or alive, and a constant Htvirvh has been made for four months. No trace, however w.is struck until a week ago, when he was located In the Cin rUsten mountains north of Vander bll;. ShiTlft Putts wired Vllllatn M'liir of Vunderbllt to take tr.illers and go out. .Miller found the. trail and followed It within U-n mils of Muddy neulernvnt. The Indian trailers then turned bock, being afraid of the Indians on the Mud dy. Mtll-.ir foilowvd uJone and Anally ran down IMoiise, who was shot Mve titnoi before he gave up. ANOTHER TRUST. A Kittle Brother of the Olueoso Comivuiy. (lilca;to, July The Tribune .ys: Ti'o glucose trust will have a little brother one of these day soon. Ho will prolxthly 1J called for short the syrup trust. Last evening there were assem bled, at the Commercial Exchange rep- resentatlvct of nivirly all the leading akers of syrups and Jam known to the trade a "mixers" In the country. The met'tlng was hold behind closed doors, but It w.us learned that a committee of throe w.w appointed to confer with C. II. Mattlileson of the glucose trust. The ccinmittce met Mr. Matlhlescn, but he was non-committal. OAKLAND'S CANAL. Oakland. Oil.. July . A memorial has lieen forwarded to congress by the people of Alameda nuking that the Oakland tidal canal bo completed and not aban doned. This canal was planned and half completed under Col. G. C. Mendell when he was chlet of government engineers Vr"n Col. Sutter was appointed he wi'.h ..'rrv CvV Mi rdell's plan, already partly ( ir.r.ilctcd. Meanwhile the city of A In- nicda and tho Frultvalo sanitary ul irtots comploted very valuable sewerage system founded upon the completion of the tidal canal, and they do not want it abandoned. NO POSSIBILITY OF BLOCKING IT The Tariff Conference Kcport I Xfw before the Senate. FINAL VOTE LAST OF WEEK KcptiMictst kill Stand Solidly tor tit Kf port (Jti.rus uf Sctatt kill Dissppttr AlitrT4n!I t::i Is Eltposti CI. Wal)tnnlon, July 2X Tb-s tiJ'lft confer. nee r.-porl x report. J to the nalr to-l.iy, but little pr-.gr.t m inad on It, b'.-yend the formal reading of 45Ojt two.ihlrdii of II. Tlur wat no indication of when the final vote would be reached. During the day Tillman openly Oireaten- d to fl!llMiu-r until next December If v'.tuii baiigmir and coiton tlt wire not r.'i.ored to tho free lltt, but tlie threat wan regarded at aomewt.at fae..-tIout Tne c'Jgnr ameudmenu ocealoned a lenir debute, ilnrlii which. Aliiwin liual tbiit the conference rate, were lower tl rn thoiR- of tne tcnate, and lat-fely a concession to the house. VOTE LAST OF WEEK. Washington, July 2u. The indications wiw n the en;it adjourned wen; that a vote would U; reached upon the confer ence -report on the tariff bill ume time ruxt Thursday, or at latest before the close of the week. There may be a change of conditions which will postpone vote, but It Is difficult to see what would cause It. The opposition will real ise thiu there is no KKwiblltty of pre venting the adoption of the report, end their pretent purpose Is only to secure what idvant.-ute they can by exhibiting what they claim are the Inconsistencies In th. measure. At one time they haj onic hoie of securing a recommittal of tlie bill, but a tho rough canvas, re veals no foundation for this hope. It develops Die fact that the republicans will vote solidly for the report and will be sinpiiortcd by Jones of Nevada, and McEnery, and also Mantle and Stewart. They have also discovered that Kyle, who Is absent, left Instructions that ha wits not to bo paired. With the adoption of the report the democrats will probably rot attempt to prolong the debHte beyond the arrival of Turnley, the new senator from Tennessee. They will continue to ask for an explanation of the changes ir..ile by the conference, but these will not occupy a great deal of time. The general opinion Is that a quorum of tho senate will disappear veir soon after the disposal of the tariff bill, but tne determination of the supporters of Harris' Pacific railroad resolution to re cure a, vote upon It before final adjourn, ment may delay that consummation for some days. LAND OFFICES FOR YUKON. Washlnjrton. July 20. Commissioner Hermann, of the general land otF.et, stated today that he will recommend the estitblishmont of two land districts in western Alaska, two offices to be placed on the Yukon river or Its tributaries. In anticipation 'of the great number of con tentions over mineral land locations In the various sections where diseovtrles have been made. He saya that the re gion Is practically without law and es pecially as to the settlement of gold lands, and that It will be of Indefinite value to land In this respect, and indi rectly "to the preservation ot law and order to establish such offices. It Is probable offices will be located at Circle City and Dawson City. The general laud office Is in hourly expectation of petitions and requests for such action. THE CZAR'S LATEST. Religious Tolerance In Russia as a Present. London. July 20, The Berlin corre spondent ot the Standard says that while ctibratlng Christmas eve In the German manlier the ctarina was a-iked by her husband to express a wish. She whis pered, "Please permit a little more relig ious! tolenulon." Tho cxnr answered smilingly "That will come bye and bye." The cxar has not forgotten his promise. Ho has issued a ukase canceling that of his father, Alexander III., which or dered that every non.orthodox person in Russia who married on orthodox person should sign a document declaring that !!? would baptize and induct his children lnt tlie orthodox churoh. The ukaso of Emperor Nicholas permits children cf mfxed marriages to be educated In the religion of their parents, sons In that of their father, and daughters In that ot their mothers. FISTIC CARNIVAL Another Carnival In Carson City This Fall. San Francisco, July A. Livingston, the agcr.t ot Dan Stuart for his pugilistic affairs in Carson and the president of th'? Nevada Agricultural Association, arrived In town yesterday on business connected with tlie flulle ciirnlval to 1 hep; In ('union thl f nil. Mr. Llvlngmon tald tl.at a nothing had Wn definitely set. tied yet. he could not make much of a tUtemeiit. Il l a pretty sure thlr.g. Ii vevr, that Mere would lie anoth.T nil-Ming of puglll.W In th big arena at Carton tn lent thin thre niontht Th- annual mat fair of Nevada, open about Stptemb-ir 21, and It I propoed that the fiiUc carnival will Uik place (irring fair Week. Jut who Will have charge of th affair hot not been det-r-mlnd, but Dan Stuart will tu.ve the call. Pniart't partner. Whet-lock. I in this city bioklng after the verttcot picture a-.d will not hive the time to devote to ti.e propovd mill, and If gtuarl I too busy with the picture In the Kit to look after tlw. affair, Billy Hrady will have the cifS The Stuart people own ll.e arena at Carson and will turn It ever 'to the man selected to arrange the detail of the carnival. Tie flgbtt will come off at Carton, and not at R"iii, a h been reported. A PRINCE CHALLENGED Nt-w York. July SJ.The Hi. raid thH morning ay; The count of Turin, who has chal lenged Prince Htnry of Orleans for the remarks he uttered at the expense of the station officer recently released from rapttvlty In Abydnnli. la a prince of the royal blood, and therefore of Prince Henry' rank. Prince Victor Emanuel -f the ho-jte, of Bavoy-Aoata, count of Turin, was bcrn at Turin In lTo. mid 1 therefore 27 years old. he Is the son ot the hue duke of Aoeta, a nephew of I King Humbert, and major In a cavalry I r.glment. The count of Turin's challenge citated a rtih.r anomalous situation for the count, being the brother of the duke of Aota. Is the brother-in-law of Prince I Henry's cousin. Princess Hebn, whom the dufce of Aosta marrl.-d In EASEPALL SCORES. PI'ttburg. July SO. First game Pitts burg 1. Hrouklyn 1. Second game Pittsburg X Brooklyn 0. Louisville, July . Washington , Iou Isville 4. Chicago. July J). Philadelphia 9, Chica go Cleveland. July Si. Cleveland T, Balti more S. Cincinnati. July 20 First gameEos'.on . Cincinnati t. Second game Cincin nati 12, Eoston L EI.OCK MINERS JOIN. Eraxil, Ind., July Vs. Tlie block miners have decided to abandon their local order and Join the United Mine Workers cf America. One hundred and seventy-five j families of miners have been given re iki. Many more applied for relief but did not receive anything, as what ra tions there were on hand had been ex hausted. ADMIRAL MILLER. Will Sail for Honolulu on August 5th.' . New York. July 5). A special- to the Herald from Washington says: Rtar Admiral Miller will sail for Ho nolulu by the steamer leaving San Fran cisco Augrust 5. and upon ' arrival at the Hawaiian port will assunje commwl of he Pacific squadron. A MILE A DAY. The track-layers are putting iown rails at the rate of about one mile a dty. When work stopped Inst night the rails were laid as far as the Eagle can nery. It was reported by east-inders ilyrt when the line Is finlihed to th? John Day the suburban trains will be tun to Alderbrook to accommodate the people there who now have to walk a mile to the street cars. The rumor could not be continued, though it U a reasonable supposition. ' Mr. Hammond Is expected to arrive during the week, and will personally superintend the work during the tum our. Contractor Glenn, whs was !n the lit yesterady. says that he will have the grade ready for President Hammond on time so that there Is every reasonable prospect of trains running to Portland by the first of the year. Mr. Tom O'Rourke, foreman of Allen's camp, neaf Mayger's Landing, Is In the lty. and will take back with him u large lot at new men. He says that the pld progress Is being made on the grade work, and that before the rnins come all work necessary to be done In 3ry weather will have been finished. STRANGE PHENOMENON. Thoee who wen; out at 11 o'clock Monday night witnessed a strnnge sight. There suddenly appeared In the caBt an lllumlnatffl or phospnoresccnt cloud, shaped like a man's hand. It rapllly grew In size until It spread ovsr the whole sky, und almost !multmeously a cold wind sprang up. Fishermen on ihe river noticed the occurrence end sp-.k-of it yesterday. The cause of this fr.ak of nature Is an interesting conjecture. There are some who bolkve that It s i warning of doom. WARREXTON ATHLF'C CLCR. The residents of Warrenton have orga nized an Athletic Club with 9 ..-harter members, and will apply lor admisJlo'i to the Pacific Northwest Association. A Held will be laid out for games, bowling alleys, etc., established. Times are mo", ing on the West Side. THE BOND-AIDED RAILROAD LINES Kitjhts Limited to Lands SokMkfore Default In Their Bonds. LAND OFFICE FOR THE YUKON .Miiisg Claim to be rrntrcted it the Xcw Elduiido fresideit Fettttoned tp In terfere is Great Coal Strike Washington, Juy Ji) Secretary Eli hat Issued Instruction to the general land office which will In substance limit the right of the boniLalded railroad, to patent for lands to those lands told by the company to tona fide purehni'er. prior to the date of default by uch companies on payment of their bonds or Interest thereon. These instructions, the first formal exprelofl of the adminis tration on the subject, outline the policy to be pursued towards the road and In nocent purchasers from them, and th significant change 1 in the "prior t default" restrictions. . AMERICAN -VESSELS. Washington, July 20. The new tarlflt bill makes new Concessions to American vessels In tlie foreign trade, or trade be tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, by exempting from Internal revenue taxes distilled and fermented liquors, tobacco and cigars used as supplies on such ves sels. THE STRIKEMATTER. Washington, July 2D. The president to. day received the resolution adopted by Pittsburg asking him to use his good offices In the settlement of the coal strike, but has not yet sent a reply. He has also received many communica tions on the subject, but It Is Improbable that he will take any action In the mat ter In the absence of definite plans tor a settlement of the strike. The cabinet meeting today discussed this matter In formally. It has been decided to send In a currency message to congress at soon as the party leaders in the senate consider live time opportune. THE RIFLE SHOOT. Oakland. Cat. July 20. The students cf the suite university are eagerly awaiting the full returns from the recent Inter. collegUite rifle shoot, conifieted In by eighteen teams ot marksmen throughout jthe icountry. The California tean scored 4.K) points at the ranijea. From the way the different returns are helng sent In the blue and gold riflemen are looked upon by the students at I'-erkeley as likely winners of the championship. The contest was arranged early this spring by Captain Starr of the Univer sity of Calif ornlu, and Captain William son, of the University of Illinois. As the situation now stands, California leadj Virginia by 15 points: Illinois by 23 points: Iowa by 5i points: Tennesa-e by 72 points. BILLY MADDEN GOES EAST. San Francisco. July 20. Billy -.ddc-n, the pugill'Ulc manager, has gone East with his string of fighters. He has with him Steve O'Donnell, who defeated Ureg cains: middle weight Goft, who disposed of O'Malla. and Ous Ruhltn. the stalwart Ohio bruiser who boxed a draw with Jeffries. Madden considered that he has has a pair of prorlslng nghtors in Ruhlin and Goft. He Intends to match his colts, so as to give them a chanoe to gain experience before they are sent against the top-nctchers. KILLED BY LIGHTNING, Marion, O., July 20. A succession 'of terrible electrical storms with heavy roinfnll passed over this city and vicinity George Stout, while driving a mownlg machine, was killed by lightning. Cha. Selton and William Sontag, mechanlis returning from work, were struck down on the street They may recover. For men near Raiburn, fifteen miles from this city, were killed. Royal makes th. food para, wboletom and delicious. WW FQVOSO Absolutely Pure j OVAL BAK1MO POwOEfl CO., Mitt VOFK. ml AT 600 COMMERCIAL STREET continent or In the world. I know you v.. 4 . -