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Show Ilr l'erures Thplr Kind Oifrr. New Youk, July 9. A caMe dispatch dis-patch to the 'ecc Gazette sas: "Frank P. Slaviu refuses the offer o the California Athletic Club to pu up a purse of 10.000 for a elovi contest between himself and Petei Jackson. Slavin sas he will fight John L. S'.ii livan for a purse of 420,000 that the Melbourne Athletic Club have oil', red. if Sullivan will hjht. He will liirh either Jackson or Corbitt alter thet have decided who is the best man. .Vniiiilleti me Decree. Paris, July 9. The court of appeals-has appeals-has annulled the decree of sequestra tinn issued by the civil tribunal o: Seine in regard to Chilian war vessel constructed in France for the Chiliai-Government. Chiliai-Government. The court, in annulling the decree, holds the vessels were ordered ord-ered bv the government by President Balmaceda, which is the only legally constituted authority in Chili recognized recog-nized by France. Genree FrancU Train llet NelUa BU Chicago, July 9. Citizen George Francis Train arrived in the city at five o'clock this afternoon and put up at the Palmer House, where he treated the repirters to a cup of tea. niade fron the new cron. He left for the West at 11 p. m. He will not succeed in bis effort to circle the globe in fifty-five days, b it will beat his previous record iv five days and Nellie Ely by eight days. A Snd llnrnlng; Fatnlity. New Orleans, July !. Picayune'1 Clifton, Bosque county, Texas, special says: Yesterday evening the house of S.P. Auderson. a Swedej living lifteei. miles w est of here, was struck by lightning, light-ning, killing his wife and three daughters', daugh-ters', aU that were in the house. Anderson An-derson was close to the Louse w hen the bolt struck, but the flames were so rapid, being fed by an explosion of a five gallon can of oil. that none but hif: wife could be taken from the house, his daughters burning with the building. Shot and Killed Hlg Wife. Inbianai'oi.is, July 8. This evening William Edward Matheny. a street car conductor, shot and fatally wounded his wife and kdled himself. Jealousy the cause. |