Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — FAIRMON IS FIRST. [ARTICLE]

FAIRMON IS FIRST.

Officially Declared Winner of the Chicago Road Race. Homer Fairmon, of the Chicago Cycling Club, was declared the winner of the road race from Chicago to Evanston and return, a distance of about twenty miles. Edwin Fry, who came in ahead of him, was- disqualified, the judges having decided he had not covered the full course. Fairinon’s time was 54:30. George Emerson, of the Englewood wheelmen, won second and the time prize, his time being 52:14. Reports say the race was woefully mismanaged. Mrs. Catherine Adney, who has resided near Lebanon, Ind., for the past sixtyfive years, died at her home in that city. She was 07 years old. Freight cars with every modem improvement nnd capable of carrying sixty tons can now be bought for 20 per cent less than the prices of 1802. Prices vary because of the standards of different roads nnd tho necessities of the manufacturers. The average for the host cars in round lots is under SSOO. By order of the President, the payments of claims of tho Nez Perce Indians, amounting to SOOO,OOO, have been held up. The reason for this action la not known at the Treasury Department.