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Show UU I Giant Conflict. l Two huge tlsh, a shark and a Jew- j. J AbIi, fought to their death late the oth- j X er afternoon, off the municipal pier at i Santa Monica, Cal., while hundreds i p of fishermen looked on. Both sea monsters followed a school of mac- f' ; ' kerel in-shore and as soon as thoy j' sighted each other the battle waa on. J !ai During the combat, which lasted an y hour, both flsh were nearly entirely q out of the water Then thoy disappear- ti ed for a few moments, when both again J1 came to the surface dead. With gaff ; jtl hooka they were hauled on to the pier. 1 tl The shark, measuring six feet in hi length, weighed 142 pounds, -while the ' Jewflsh, a fraction over seven feet, j, : tipped the pier scale6 at 226. Both ij 'jE wore frightfully mangled. The shark'5 j head waa chewed to a pulp, while tho j , Jowflsh's body tvsb nearly severed by j 1 the sharp teeth of the shark. j I, |