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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Augusta, Ga., had a $100,000 fire yesterday yes-terday morning. A number of stores were burned. Sergins Stepniak, the distinguished Russian liberal writer, arrived with his wife in New York yesterday morning on the Cunarder Umbria. Charles P. Hammond, formerly proprietor pro-prietor of the notorious Cleveland Street House. London, who was convicted con-victed of grand larceny at Seattle, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Joe Black, a sport and manager and backer of lighters, who is known in every city from Chicago to San Francisco, Fran-cisco, was arrested last night in Butte by tho United States marshal, charged with illegal voting. In an interview with a reporter, while en route to the state prison today, Isaac B. Sawtelle, the condemned murderer, mur-derer, renewed his statement that he is a victim of circumstances and a martyr of prejudice and public, opinion. At a meeting of the Pontifical Academy Aca-demy of Archaeology at Rome it, was announced an-nounced that a Basilica in the Church of St. Sylvester was discovered, containing con-taining the torn lis of six popes, including includ-ing that of Sylvester, who occupied the papal chair from 31-1 to 82(1, A. 1). Tho Denver Evening Times changed hands yesterday. The transfer was made to a Minneapolis syndicate, of which W. H. Hawley is the manager. The deal has been going on for several weeks, ami the consideration is s lid to be $225,000. The paper was purchased a little over two years ago from Mr. Woodbury for $M.1,tRMi. , At Dalemite. Alabama, yesterday. Malt Gillespie was shot four times and fatally wounded by John Hughes. After Af-ter he fell, a pistol was placed in Gillespie's Gil-lespie's hands by a friend, and he shot Hughes three times. Hughes and Gillespie Gil-lespie have been visiting the samo young lady and the latter told her of a rumor that Hughes had negro blood iu his veins. |