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CONTEST A MAQNIFICENT ONE
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or Races Ells Winning the Fresh
men Event and Harvard Oarsmen
Capturing the Varsity Fours
Now London Conn Juno 2S
Yalo won the varsity race with Har
vard by about two lengths In tho last
100 yards or tho four mile struggle
It was one of the most beautiful con
tests between tho crews of tho two
universities over seen on tho river
From tho sound of tho referees pistol
to tho llntsti It was anybodys race
Harvard got tho best of the start and
was Bllghtly ahead In tho first mile
Then Yalo pulled to tho front Har
vard spurted and the boats woro even
Then the crimson shell was a bit ahead
and at the throo mllc mark It seemed
as if Harvard would ba victorious but
tho awful pace was tolling on tho Cam
bridge boat Yalo came up alongside
again and down tho long line between
rows of yachts that flanked tho lino
It was absolutely an oven thing In
tho last quarter of a mile Yalo hit
up the stroke again and 100 yards from
the finish tho noso of tho New Haven
ehell was poked perceptibly to the
front Harvard was unable to re
spond again to the frantic call of her
coxswain and the blue was a winner
Tho official time Yalo 2337 Har
vard 2345
Tho freshmen race and tho four oar
contest preceded the big event of the
day Tho freshmen eights were sent
off up the river for their two mile row
just after 5 oclock Yale took the lead
at the start and was never headed
Time Yale 1027 4 5 Harvard 1048
From the appearance of the two
lours on the water at the navy yard
at the end of tho freshmen race there
was never a doubt as to the superiority
of the Harvard quartet Their phys
iques their Btroke their finish wa3
clearly ahead of Yales The race be
gan at 540 and Harvard proceeded
to tako vengeance for the freshmen
defeat The crimson oarsmen took
the lead at the crack of the pistol and
proceeded to make a walkaway of it
lAt the half Yale was a length behind
Rowing a stroke of 34 two points
higher than Harvard the New Haven
collegians were unable to remain In
the running Harvard gained so rap-
Idly that the race became uninterest
ing except for the beautiful work of
the Harvard crew There was trouble
In the Yale shell Thomas at bow and
Itumsey at 3 having rowed them
nelves out so far as effective work
was concerned Harvard added
lengths to her lead and crossed the
line in 1149 4 5 six lengths ahead of
Yale The time of Yale was 1209 1 5
I RUTHVEN ELECTROCUTED
felayer of Officer Shipp Pays Death
Penalty In the Chair
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1 Columbus O June 28 Edwin
Ituthven a negro was electrocuted In
the annex at the Ohio state peniten
tiary at 1208 a m The electrocu
tion was successful In every detail
The crime for which Ruthven was elec
trocuted was tho murder of Police
pfflcer Shlpp In Cleveland on the night
of May 6 1900 Shlpp and another po
liceman who worked with him discov
ered that tho residence of a man
named Leuklng was being burglarized
and they closed in on the house
Shipp found the burglar in the pantry
and demanded his surrender He re
sponded by firing two shots through
the window at the officer and both
took effect
i Ruthven protested his Innocence to
the last But one shock was necessary
and he was pronounced dead In two
minutes after the current was applied
j Million Dollar Binder
J York Neb Juno 28 One million
Hollars Is tho amount Thomas Owens
a local jeweler is promised for his
patent binder which ties bundles with
otraw if tho machine proves a suc
cess One of the leading harvester
companys representative was here
and after examining tho device ex
pressed himself as believing tho binder
would prove successful
Commons Adopts Coal Tax Bill
London Juno 28 After consider
able debate and some disorder the
house of commons at 2 oclock this
morning adopted the coal tax bill by a
majority of 86 An unseomly scene oc
currred when the Irish members ac
cused the chairman of tho committee
of partisanship In failure to secure a
proper hearing for the opponents of
tho tax
I Gomez Reaches Tampa
Tampa Fla June 28 Qeneral Max-
mo Gomez arrived hero last night
from Havana and left Immediately for
New York Qeneral Gomez said ho
ras especially delighted to onco more
net foot on American soil as he felt
that he was among friends He said
his people wero busy In rebuilding
their wasted and devastated Island
Decatur Instructs for Cummins
Des Moines June 28 Decatur coun
ty Republicans yesterday instructed
the delegation to tho state convention
for Cummins for govenor by a vote of
665 to 456 for Conger Chickasaw In
structed for Trewln
don
FALL EIGHTY FEET TO DEATH
Qcaffoldlng Gives Way With Workmen
and Four Are Killed
Buffalo Juno 28 As tho result of
tho breaking of a temporary platform
built ou a Bcaffoldlng insldo and bridg
ing tho top of a monstrous tank in tho
Eastorn olorator yesterday atx men
fell a llatanco of 80 foet Four woro
killod one instantly and tho others
dlod within a fow hours Another la
not oxpoctod to llvo
Tho dead John Kocfo Jr W
Krauso John Corbctt Jr and 1etro
Krotingor
Tho Injured Jamos Carl fractured
skull and Internal Injuries and William
Edwards cut and bruised
Tho men woro structural Iron work
ers and tank builders and wero en
gaged in building the top of tho hugo
iron tntik Tho exact cause of tho accl
dent probably will novor bo known as
tho scaffold and platform wero broken
Into Htunll fragments
FATAL FIRE AT BUFFALO
Laborers Tarry In Burning Freight
House Too Long
Buffalo Juno 28 Ono Ilfo was lost
soveral mon moro or less seriously
burned and property valued at 100001
was destroyed by flro which totally
consumed tho freight house of tho
Lehigh Valley railroad at Tlfft Farm
yesterday Somo of tho 270 laborers
who wero at work tarried In tho
building too long and wero forced to
jump from windows Into tho Black
well canal All woro rescued from tho
water excepting Plctro Zalzo au Ital
ian laborer Hs body has not been
recovered
Tho steamer Hennepin caught fire
and was damaged to the extent of 25
000 The Lehigh Valley freight sheds
and contents were valued at about
75000
DIES IN EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE
Samuel Logan Drowned In Tennessee
River at Knoxville
Knoxville Tenn June 28 Samuel
Logan son of Judge S T Logan was
drowned in tho Tennessee river last
night after rescuing Miss H L Gulon
of New Orleans from the same fate
A crowd of young society people had
gone on the river for a boating In
attempting to ride the waves behind
a stern wheel steamboat tho yawl
dipped and Miss Gulon thinking tho
boat was overturning leaped Into tho
river Logan followed and kept her
from sinking After a hard struggle
he got Miss Gulon to the boat As she
was being pulled into tho boat young
Logan sank from sheer exhaustion and
drowned
NEW LINE THROUGH IOWA
Officials of Wabash and Other Roads
Talk of Forming It
Marshalltown la June 28 J N
Tittemore general traffic manager of
the Iowa Central railway met traffic
officials of the Minneapolis and St
Louis and Wabash yesterday in refer
ence to the formation of a St Louis
line by the Minneapolis and St Louis
Iowa Central and Wabash via Albert
Lea and Albia The opening of an
Iowa Central line via Albert Lea would
make an Important change in tho Chi-
cago St Paul rate and would it is said
result in a reduction on first class
freight of 3 cents per hundred from
Chicago to all points on the Iowa Cen
tral west of the Mississippi river
HAILS HAVOC IN NORTH DAKOTA
Damage In Stutsman Ccunty Is Esti
mated at 150000
Jamestown N D June 28 Reports
from Stutsman ccnty Indicate that
the damage done there by the hail
rain and wind storm is estimated at
150000 No lives were lost but there
wero many narrow escapes
Passengers from the north report
that a strip of five miles between
Buchanan and Parkhurst on tho James
town and Northern railroad was swept
clean of grain
It being early in tho season but lit
tle hall Insurance was in force and
the loss Is total in the majority of
cases
FROM SIOUX CITY TO OMAHA
Plans for Building Electric Line Be
tween the Two Cities
Sioux City June 28 If tho plans
of prominent Sioux City promoters
who are working In conjunction with
eastern capitalists do not fall through
Sioux City and Omaha within a year
will be connected by an electric
which it is proposed shall be
built down tho Iowa side of tho Mis
souri river
Burt and Hays Confer
San Francisco June 28 President
Burt of the Union Pacific arrived here
last night to hold a conference with
President Hays of the Southern Pa
cific on matters concerning the allied
roads President Burt refused to make
ny specific statements
Man and Boy Drowned
Ames la Juno 28 Jesse Vanscoy
and his brother John aged respect
ively 26 and 11 years were drowned
near here yesterday The boy got be
yond his depth and tho man tried to
rescue him Jesse leaves a wife and
child
Considlnes Charged With Murder
Seattle Juno 28 The coroners
jury yesterday returned a verdict that
William L Meredith was murdered
by John Consldlne assisted by Tom
Consldlne Warrants have been Issued
charging the two Consldines with
der
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