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PUBLISHED all uphold the long as their language one else can is proper have their and responsibility say, so is fixed. The Broad Ax is for newspaper all, ever whose claiming platform the is editorial broad right enough to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; write only on one side of the paper. FUBSCRIPTIONS (advance): One Year 1.00 Bix Months. Advertising rates made known on application Address all communications is . THE BROAD AX, 5040 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. JULIUSF. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenings of Much or Little Importance from All Parts of the Civilized World-Prices of Farm Produce in Western Markets. New York-"Spike" Sullivan of Ireland knocked out Jimmy Murray of Cincinnati in the sixth round of what was to have been a twenty-five-round bout. New York-Samuel Jacoby, a wellknown banker and flour merchant, died at his home in this city. He was formerly a resident of St. Louis., Everett, Mass.-William R. Smith, well known as the man who first refined petroleum, died at his home here, aged 72 years. London-Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador to Great Britain, having concluded his vacation, returned to the city. Washington-The navy department has assigned Capt. William Whiting to the post of captain of the Norfolk navy yard, in place of Capt. Rockwell. Washington Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith returned from the west, where he has been with the presidential party. Baltimore, Md.-The Traders' National bank has decided to go into voluntary liquidation and practically closed its doors. Thomas, W. Va.-A powder and dynamite explosion in the office of the Davis Coal and Coke company killed Ira Nycum, the timekeeper, and injured five other employes. Loss, $20,000. Vienna-Telegrams from Linz, capital of Upper Austria, on the Danube, report that the inhabitants of that district are in a state of terror owing to a series of "Jack tae Ripper" murders. Riverside, N. J.-Frederick George and his three little daughters, aged 6, 4 and 2 years, respectively, were instantly killed by a Pennsylvania express train. They were driving across the track. New York-The firm of Shannon, Miller & Crane, manufacturers and importers of military goods, founded in 1820, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. One of the partners has brought suit for dissolution. Bristol, Tenn.-C. P. Mocre's Palace livery stable, on Moore street, was burned and twenty-five horses were cremated. The loss is estimated at $5,000. La Porte, Ind.-William Carlson of Marshall county was probably fatally shot by his brother Charles while hunting. Springfield, Ill.-The attorney-general has ordered that hereafter foreign banking concerns doing business in the state must make reports to the auditor and submit to examination. Cincinnadi-Isaac J.Turpen of Louisville, employed as salesmar at the wholesale clothing house of Stix, Krouse & Co., while showing goods to a customer on the fourth floor, suddenBy ran to a back window and jumped to the ground. He was killed instantly. New York-Joe Gans secured the decision over "Spider" Kelly of San Francisco in the twenty-Afth round of their fight before the Lenox Athletic club. New York-In the Railroad Y. M. C. A. building services were held in memof Cornelius Vanderbilt, and addresses ory were made by Chauncey M. Depew, Seth Low and others. Austin, Texas.-Prof. Robert T. Hill of the United States geodetic survey and party have started on a journey through the Grand canon of the Rio Grande. Boston, Mass.-E. Gerry Brown of Brockton was nominated for state auditor on the democratic ticket in place of Walter L. Ramsdell of Lynn, who declined. Kingston, R. L-The mills of the Rodman Manufacturing company of North and South Kingston have resumed operations after a shutdown of eighteen months. Denver, Colo.-Notice of a contest of the will of the late George Washington Clayton was filed in the county court on behalf of Thomas Clayton, brother of the deceased. Ardmore, 1. T.-Pat and Morris O'Malley and Frank Jennings have been sentenced to five years each in the penitentiary for complicity in the Rock Island railroad robbery of 1897. Alameda, Cal-Chief of Police Conrade shot and killed one of three bur- the
