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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. A severe drouth prevails over a large section of the wheat-producing states. The Steel Barge company of Dultith will establish shipyards on Puget Sound. The Mafia has a branch in Detroit and an editor has been warned to drop the word "Dago." The Idaho senatorial question was yesterday referred to the committee on privileges and elections. A receiver was appointed for the Argus Newspaper company, Jersey City. Liabilities. $90,000. Senator Stewart introduced in the senate a bill to authorize the construction construc-tion of a railway from Portage bay to lleuderson bay, Alaska. Germany's railway system, which is operated by the government, shows greatiy reduced revenues, owing to the autumn Hoods, bad management and the McKinley bill. Probably the oldest man in western Massachusetts is Abe Parsens. a negro living in Willinmstowu. He is 101 years old, and has had a romantic and adventerous career. The Union Pacific still refuses to allow al-low Milwaukee and Kook Island trains to cross the Omaha bridge, and Manager Man-ager Clark says the contracts with those roads will not be adhered to. Such storms of sand and dust as are prevailing in Central Illinois have never before been known at this season, sea-son, or, indeed, at any time of the year. Not a drop of rain has fallen in that country for months. At a meeting of tho secretaries of the Montana Racing association, held at Anaconda yesterday, it was decided to add Great Falls, Miles City aud Glen-dive Glen-dive to the Montana circuit and to double the purses offered. The Anaconda, Ana-conda, Ilutte and Helena associations each offer $:i5,0UO in purses, and t he Other towns proportionately. The racing will begin June 17th at Glendive and ond August 20th at Helena. |