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Show IfLASHES FR0R1 I THE WIRES. thru urntairu-Lru uuiJxruTJiAuTJiAura In Mazatlan yesterday there were three deaths from the plague. The directors of the North American company have declared a dividend of 4 per cent on the $12,0OO.OilO capital stock of the company. The National Trades congress of Canada Cana-da has issued an appeal to organized labor la-bor to Join with it in advancing the interests in-terests of Canadian labor. The five-story building at 51 and 53 State street, Chicago, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss on the building and contents con-tents is estimated at $50,000. Pugilist Tom Sharkey was not able to Withstand Wrestler McLeod's attempt to throw him three times wtthln an hour, McLeod winning in fifty-six minutes in Cleveland, O. In the amateur billiard championship tournament at the Hanover club, Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, Edward W. Gardner of Passaic. N. J., defeated Arthur Townsend of Brook -i lyn, 300 to 164. Rev. Thomas A. Perryman, president of the Creek House of Kings, died in Kansas Kan-sas City, aged 64 years. Mr. Perryman was a full-blood Creek Indian and had been a leader in national affairs for-thirty years. Refusing to be taken to a hospital where proper care could be given her. Mrs. Maria Ma-ria Streeter, wife of Capt. George Wellington Wel-lington Streeter of the ' District of Lake Michigan" fame, died in the loft of a barn last night. The naval construction corps has been still further crippled by the breaking down of Constructor Zahm, in charge of Jmportant work at the navy yard. Mare Island, Cal., and the resignation of Constructor Con-structor John G. Tawresey, superintendent superintend-ent of the Government work at the Union Iron works. San Francisco. |