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The Press., 1891-03-05

1.-TWO YOKES or YONNG OXEN for sale 1 4w. JOHN JOHNSON, Buff Cap, Holland.
The Press., 1891-03-05

"ANTED Immediately = Several farms w near Stafford. J. s. SMILEDGE
 Real Estate Broker.
The Press., 1891-03-05

THE best assortment of Violin, Banjo and A Guitar Strings in town, silk, wire or gut.
 AT HEAID'S.
The Press., 1891-03-05

NTANTED-A situation as Nurse Inquire w of Mrs. F. Fl. Ballcu, Moose Meadow. 1sfss
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician. retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East .Indio missionary
the formula of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permr,-
nent cure Of consumption, Bron-
chitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all
throat and lung affections, also n
positive and radical cure for Ncrv.
Gus Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its won
derful curative powers in thousand
cases, has felt 1t his duty to make
it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a lie
sire to relieve human suffering, |
will send free Of charge to all who
lesire it, this recipe, in German,
French. or English, with full di-
rections for preparing and using.
Sent by mail hy addressing with
stamp, naming his paper: w A.
Nnys, $40 Powers Black, Rocllpst
IN, N. Y.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

In the tennessee legislature the
house passed a bill prohibiting the run
ming of excursion or freight trains on
Sunday except those carrying fruit or
stock
WILLIAM H. TODD (colored), living at
Washington Court House, O., learned
after a separation of forty years that
his mother, now 100 years old, was liv-
ing at Atlanta, Ga, with three sons.
DOMESTIC trouble caused Mrs. o. G.
Hanson, of Pelican Rapids, Mimi, to
hang herself and her year-old nas.e.
a CYCLONE struck the little town of
Salem. Ala, and some fifteen houses
blown down. No lives were lost.
THE reported loss Of the steamer
Buckeye on Puget sound with a crew
|, of twenty men was untrue.
WHILE rowing in a canal near
Augusta, Ca, Henry c. Lamar and Miss
Louise King Connolly were drowned.
In their home, at Ellsworth, Wis,
Thomas Ecker, who was too sick to
move, and his 3-year-old boy were
burned to death.
[ NEAR Holly Oak, Del, Jonn Glover
and his wife Sarah were struck by
raiload train and killed.
AT Memphis: Tenn, Col. II. Clay
/, King shot and IA mortally wounded At
torneN. David Poston.
The death of Celestine Kaltenbach,
the Oldest postmaster in the northwest,
/ occurred at his home in Potosi, Wis,
aged s5. He had been postmaster there
since 1888.
HIRAM McCoNKEY. of Springport.
Mich, awole on the 18th after sleep
ing eight months. He remembered
nothing since he went into the sleep,
bat could recall everything previous to
that time.
AT "a dance at Kilgore, KY, ten men
were shot. six Of whom Woald die.
RETAIL lulnhe dea lers of ST. Louis,
owing so trouble with wholesale firms,
propose to organize an interstate asso-.
citation from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains, to offset the encroachments
of the big concerns.
FLAMES burned out eight business
firms in Chicago, the total loss being
! 5$25o,00 5 .i.ss
BY the explosion of a4saw1nill boiler.
near Eifsingiaan, 4 Illk., three men were
killed.
JOHN NJ. PALMER was elected United
! States senator on the 154th ballet at
Springfield, H., receiving the votes of
Farmers NJ core and Cocl1rell and the
/. 101 demoes.a mem bers. Mr.. Taube-i
neck voted for Strsetar. and the repub-
licans cast their ballots for Cicero J.
Lindley.
IN a passenger car in Texas James
& sewe1l, president Of a ban at Ozark,
Ark, was robbed by two men OF 81. o42
III bank notes.
THE 1o-year-old son Of John yViggin-
!. ton has confessed that he and asbroth-
er. obeying their fathers instructions,
poisoned William Ferguson, r. c.
q Watts and Miss Boyd at Mount Ster
ling, Ky, by putting arsenic in the
coffee.
"a LEvEE on the Mississippi river at
Conley's Lake, Tenn, gave way and
the village was completely flooded
Breaks in the river at other points were
reported. 81:
FIRE destroyed the Botn sash and
door factory at Omaha, Neb, casssing a
loss Of Sl5O, 900; insured for $3.50, 900.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

On the southeastern coast of En-.
gland many small vessels were wrecked
by blizzari which prevailed in that
section, and hundreds Of sheep were
killed.
A BLIZZARD swept over Great Britain,
blockading railways and rendering
streets almost impossible. Many lives
were lost, and the damage was enor-
nous.
THE death Of John T. Smith, of Cali
fornia United States minister to Toxic,
Japan, occurred in Toxic
CHINA advices say that 800 pirates
and robbers We're beheaded in Kwan-
tung province during the last few days
of the old Chinese year.
OFF Falmouth the ship Bay of Pana-
ma was lost and Capt Wright, of Liver
pool, his wife and twelve of the crew
were drowned.
The Canadian cabinet decided to no.
tify the United States government that
the Dominion government was ready to
negotiate reciprocity treaty.
SIAM advices state that a cyclone
ragged at Champion and destroyed more
than 1900 houses.
Orr Start point, Eng, the British
ship Dryad was wrecked and her crew
Of twenty-four men and officers were
all lost.
On the British coast nearly 100 men
lost their lives during the recent biz
zard.
In Japan the influenza was still rag
ing, and fifty or more deaths occurred
daily.
IN many parts Of Spain heavy storms
have caused great damage, and a cy-
clone at Plasencia inflicted enormous
! loss.
ZANZIBAR advices say that the ne
groes of the Comoro islands had re-
volted and declared Themselves free.
The sultan of the islands has fed
STATISTICS show that out Of 900
! Irish who emigratad from Europe last
year 81, 900 came to the Unite States.
| OFF Dartmouth, Eng, the British
steamer Mirana was wrecked, and only
/ three seamen were saved out of all on
board.
TIE census of Austria shows popu-
! ]atiou Of 42, 500, 400.
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BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SAI4VE.

The hest Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
;;heum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion, or money refunded. Price %
cents per box, For sale by f. =.
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IN a wreck at Bethpage. Tenn, q
mail car and contents was burned.
TWENTY passengers were injured by
the derailing Of a train on the Bel'aire
& GAINESVILLE road near Caldwell, 0.
THE firm of August Heintz & Co.,
merchants at La Grange, Tex, has
assigned will, liabilities of 100000 and
assets unknown.
THE death was announced of Thomas
D. Hall, Of Colmn bus, Ind, who bad
held a position in the United States
treasury at Washington since 1862. His
height was only AZ inches
On a wager of $1,000 that he will
make the trip within six months Will
liam Brotherton left Napa, Cal, for
New York trundling a Wheelbarrow.
THE Ohio supreme court has decided
that the law creating the board of city
affairs of Cincinnati is unconstitution-
al, being special legislation. The old
board OF public improvements at once
took charge of affairs at Cincinnati.
A PORTION of the Central insane asy-
lum near Nashville, Tenn, was burned
and six of the inmates were burned to
death.
In quarrel over a lead pencil Elmer
johnson murdered Mrs. Joseph Graham
at Caldwell, @.
Mrs. WILLIAM BAKER attempted to
light fire with crude oil at Cleveland,
O., when the can exploded and she was
burned to death.
JOHN GEPPINGER's family at Logans-
port, Ind, was poisoned by eating
.noldy cheese, and Mrs. Lizzie Woods,
one of the family, died in horrible
agony.
| A MOB lynched Henry Sanders near
| Lavinia, Tenn, for crinina1ly assault
ing Miss Angie Belton, aged 16 years.
| IN Texas the heaviest snowstorm in
| three years was experienced, and twas
! feared that it would be disastrous to
the fruit crop.
/ WOMEN at Mount Etna, Ind, wrecked
saloon and gave notice that all dram
shops would meet similar fate.
TIE legislature of California has
passed bill prohi biting the coming of
| Chinese into that state.
THE young wife of Sioux City ia. }
contractor, Mrs. Mabel Klise, has fallen
heir to property in England worth over
| $10,o00,G0
Gov. BARBER, of Wyoming, has issued
a proclamation at the request of Gen.
Miles enjoining citizens to refrain from
selling arms to Indians.
IN the ssassination case of Chief-of-
Police Hennessy at New Orleans the
jury returned a verdict acquitting six
Of the prisoners and failing to agree on
the remaining three.
FIRE wrecked the wholesale drug
house of Humiston, Keeling 6, Co. in
Chicago. causing loss of 1925, 200.
JERRY HETLERs' barn near Dixon,
Ill, was burned, together with six
horses and forty cows and a quantity
of farm machinery.
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Thursday, March. 12.
SENATE.

The senate at yesterdays session finally
succeeded in recommending All interest and
usury bill for passage. The bill recon-
mended was Senate File No. l, which re-
duces the interest to 6 and per cent and
retains the present law. which forfeits both
principal and interest for usury.
Senator Donnelly presented a resolution
authorizing the investigating- comee, tim
poinsed ] ITO 10 send for psrsons and papers y. rs and
TO employ . stsnographer to take evidence.
When the special order-the tisury bill
was taken up. the first question was upon
the amendment Of Senator March, which
In effect repeals the forfeiture clause and
substitutes penal clause in It's stead.
ton, said that no action taken by the legis-
lature could bring . great measure OF re-
lief. The remedy must be furnished by the
national government In providing greater
volume Of currency.
( Seuator Desn followed i'll speech COM
I A vote was then taken upon Senator
March amendment and it was defeated by
q vote Of "A to24.
senator John Day Smith moved that the
amended bill be recommended to be placed
st the head Of general orders but the mo-
ton was defeatsd BY vote Of II to 30.
Senstor Davis moved to recommend the
amended bill to pass. Senator Lsavitt
moved to substitute. No. 375 as; amended,
but the motion was lost by vote Of % to
~.
Senate File No. was then recommended
to pass by 3 vote Of 25 to q, and the senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Two petitions in favor Of the Currier bill
were received and referred to the railroad
committee.
Under the order OF the introduction OF
bills AflarGe number Of measures were in-
troduced, among them being several OF 9
general character. The most important
was proposed amendment to the constitn-
uon introduced by Mr.. Smout by which it is
proposed to radically change the qualifica-
lion o; . legal voter in this state.
The ITO bills on general orders gave the
house busy time during tho afternoon.
Mr. Greer was called to the chair when the
house went into COMMITTEES of the whole
and the galleries commenced to I'LL up with
large numbers Of railroad employees and
others inteT4ted in q. T. Nelson's bill to
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Later.

ELEVEN Of the Italians acquitted OF
! the murder Of Chief Hennessy at New
Orleans were shot dead in the parish
prison on the .t4th by a mob lead by
prominent citizens of the city.
THIRrY-THREE men on the 18th started
on a six days walking match in Madi-
son square garden, New York.
DURISG the tw, years of the present
administration en1e March 4, 1891,
there Were 2,754 appointments made of
presidential postmasters.
UNDER an act of the Colorado legis-
lature every saloon il Denver was
closed on the 15t,..
JUICE LEWIS A. CROFT, the commits
sioner of the general land Office at
Washington, has resigned.
A. MINER GRIswoLD. of Texas Sift-
ing, who acquired fame by humorous
sketches signed ssThe Fat Contributor 2
died suddenly at sheboygan Falls. Wis,
Of ofapoplexy. aged Sc years.
IN a quarrsl near Maxey. Ca. Har-
vey Smith (white) and two negroes
named Hatton were killed.
# FIRE at FoWlerville. Mich. destroyed
the post Office, express Office, opera
house and a large number of business
blocks and dwellings, causing loss of
500, 900.
JOHN W. STANcLIFFE, the famous ma
rine painter. died at Hartford, Conn,
aged 70 years.
Col. RoBLEs, the commander of the
Ghilian avern1nent troops. was killed
in battle with the in surgonts, and
insurgents killed 1000 persons.
The Windo,n fund of $4,000 for the
family. Of the late secretary of the
trea surY has been ,ccmozetad
WILLIAM Fl CRAWFORD was hanged
at Decatur, I III. for the murder of Mrs.
Col. Matthias on the night of August 28
last.
TIE United States ship Ga'ena and
the77rig Nina vera wra e1seEa, OF Vine
yard Haven, III ass. No lives were lost
OWE; GARRY, aged 80, and his wife,
aged 65,swere burned to death in their
home at Rockford. Ill.
A FIRE in Syracuse, n. Y, destroyed
some of the finest business blocks in
4 the city, causing a loss of over. 81, 900, $
90
NJ ANY people have been drowned by
an overflow of the Danube river at
& Duna ol var.
Ar the leading clearing g-honses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 14.h aggregated
,g44 against 81, ,07s, LOB, 7O5 the
/ previous week As compared with the
cores ing week of 1890 the decrease
amounted to 80.
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Merely Got a Ducking.

Three young couples narrowly es-
capped drowning while crossing the
river opposite Winona in a:sleigh. The
horses stepped off the regular approach
which was covered from sight by re-
Gently fallen snow, and the horses,
sleigh and contents were thrown into
the water, all receiving thorough
drenching and being rescued with great
difficulty.
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The Se,v. ,sr,e,ly unronao,ed.

New post offices have been.asta blished
at Rush River and Selma.
The big Weyerhauser lumber syndi-
cate decided to locate in Little Falls.
From 500 to 1000 men will be en-
:ployed.
Several Duluth capitalists will locate
a shoe factory at Northern Pacific
junction.; capital stock, $4,000. y.
A fire in the Orth brewery at Mime
apolis caused a loss of SIG, 900.
John Hokenson, saloonkeeper at St.
Paul, was burned to death by the ex-
plosion of a. gasoline stove.
= About $4,000 tons of ice will be
harvested at south St. Paul this year.
John w. Winter, of Duluth, former
employe, has sued the ST. Paul &
Duluth road for $4,000 damages for
personal injuries.
The charge of murder has been pre-
ferred against Postmaster Strickland,
of Floodwood, for shooting j Ohm Derby,
the latter having since died at St.
Luke's hospital in Duluth.
At Spring Valley Frank Weir, injured
by a hay lnife cutting him in the knee,
died OF b.ood poisoning.
Mrs: S. Hansbrough has been ap-
pointed pastinistress at Russell, La
nloure county.
Jay P. Davic, deputy clerk of courts
at st. Paul, was said to be short Ss5, 900
in his accounts.
Jeweler Cole died Of heart disease at
Elmore, the result of excitement caused
by an attempt to burglarize his store
two hours previous.
The contract for placing iron stairs
in the new government building at
Winona has been awarded to G. w
Tin dele for SIS $50 is.
Two wcll-lenown society people of
Duluth died in one day: Mrs. William
& e. Auld, aged 33 years, and Miss May
Howard, aged IS years
President Harrison has refused to par
don George M. Smith, convicted in Min
nesota Of violating the internal revenue
laws.
A business mems association with
nearly 200 members has been organized
at Fergus Falls to advance the material
interests Of the city and county.
Frank Rank made bet at Dover
with u. w. Ingham of one dollar
against tWenty-one oranges, that he
could eat tWenty-one oranges in five
hours. Mr.. ingham said he would fur
nish Frank with all the oranges he
could eat the balance of the winter if
lshe got away with the twenty -one in five
hours; Frank easily won the bet.
"A car containing mail matter for ST.
Paul and Minneapolis was burned near
Amsterdam, II.
M. Y. Harrison, of Duluth, has re-
turned from an:eastern trip and states
that he succeeded in getting $1,00o.000
capital for stock in new national
bank to be started in Duluth.
Walter p Saussay was found guilty
In st. Paul of printing an obscene: news
paper.
Gov. Merriam appointed as c, minis
sioners of the newly-organized county
Of Itasca John r. Sims, OF La Prairie;
3. +. Hnnegan,s Of Pokegama Fails,
and e. r. Knox, OF Grand Rapids.
"A company headed by w. j. Murphy,
of Grand FORKS, N. D., has purchased
the Minneapolis Tribune from AldensJ j.
Blethen for $500, 900.
Ernest Loomer, wanted in Faribault
county for grand larceny, was arrested
at Algoona. Ia. and turned over to the
sheriff OF Faribanlt county. ss.s
is The state fish commission has made q
report to- the legislature and asks that
the appropriation be increased from
4 $8, 900 to $s, 900. There are now in the
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A Farmers, Store.

The Farmers Mercantile Co., of Red
Lake Falls, has been Incorporated.
The stockholders are supposed to be
farmers, and the idea was suggested by
the strength Of the Farmers Alliance
organization in Polk county. The cap
ital stock was fixed at $4,000. The
store would be conducted by The presi-
dent and secretary.
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If n courting- match is not declared on Il
must end in a tic.-N. Y. Picayune
A WIDE RANGE.

sdsE d Z. -
Ir is claimed that in almond and Ma
dcria nut culture the Pacific coas.. bids
fair to suI'puss the world. u
TIE I;adischcrwalthocto ites'' is
the name of {; new benevolent order re-
Gently established ut Evansville, Ind
BARNUM & BAILEY, the .;!,ownlcn, p:ly
$1,000 q day rent FOL. their winter quar-
ters in Madison Square garden, New
York.
:. The palisades on TIL, western bank OF
the Hudson river vary in height from
three TO Eve hundred feet, and they sex-
tend about twenty miles.
TIE English tslephons patents have
expired, and the monopoly tl,crc hao
come to an end. The Ben patents in
this country have still three years 20
run s.... s s5.s,s5s,sg.s =
CHARLES y. YOUNG, 4 Denver boy Of
fifteen, has built the smallest coal
burning locomotive III existence. It is
about five feet long and weighs two
hundred and thirty-fivc pounds.
The Wcinar society for the circular
ton OF good litera:..rc has distributed
since Inst March SOC. 900 copies Of whole
Some .taless and novels. At the Same
time it has increased It's membership to
5000 and has laid by $40. 900.
THE reverse side of printed page for
the blind looks not unlike 1. cribbage
board. After tile page has been in-
dented with these points TIC paper S
hardened andsizelb by a special prepare
ton. Such page will last. wit, con-
stant uses tor ea<N
THERE.afe, still. vacant public lands
in the United States amounting to $685.
ZIG, ,S6l acres, exclusive OF the undcsirn-
BILE domains in Alaska, and not count
ing the Indian reservations, some lot
which arc already falling into the gen
eral territory OF the nation.
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A Big Drainage scheme.

The efforts Of the Red river drainage
commission to reclaim nearly 100000
acres Of land in the valley are about to
bear fruit through legislative action.
drainage bill was drafted carrying an
appropriation Of $50, 900, payable $12,-
800 each year for four years. +. The
Great Northern Railway Co. will add
Sl2, 500, and the work of drainage will
begin about May /.
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Thrixed bx Rais;np Wolves.

In checking up the state accounts the
joint legislative finance committee dis
covered that several big wolf farms
had been started in northern Minneso-
ia. The state pays IS a head for scalps,
and during the year just ended $50, 900
was paid out for scalps, most of it to the
wOlf-far;nerS
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Found a Nice sum in an Old Coat

When Judge H. NJ. Cooley, died in st.
Paul recently it was supposed that he
died spenniless, but the other. day his
son picked up an old coat he had been
in. the habit of wearing. Hearing some
thing rattle he ripped open the lining
and discovered $9,700 in certificates of
deposit and bank bills Of large denomi-
nations.
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Tired of Life.

Y Mrs. o. G. Hanson, of Pelican Rapids,
hanged herself and her year-old babe
the other afternoon. She fastened
stout string on the edge of the door just
above the hinge, on which she hanged
the baby. She then drove a nail in the
top Of the door casing and attached a
stout string to it, with which she
hanged herself When found, both
bodies We're hanging and life extinct.
Domestic trouble was the cause
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+. RKQKES hearts are never dangerous
- long as dinner tastes Rood
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shooting with intent to kill while lying in
wait against Peter Natali, Antonio Scafhdi,
Antonio Bagnetto, Manuel Politz, Antonio
/ Marchest, PietrO MOnastero, Bastlano Incor-
dona Salvador Sunzeri, Loretto sComitz,
Charles Trachina and Charles Poitza, access
sories before the fact; j. p. Macheca, James
Caruso, Charles Matranga, Rocco Geruic,
Charles Patorno, Frank Romero, John CarusO
and Asper Marchesi as acccs. cries. & 10
The case against the alleged c0nspirators
Was called for trial February ID, when 1t was
announced that severance v.onld be taken
and that only nine OF the nineteen accused
would be arraigned at that time. These
nine are: Charles Matranga, the rephted
chief Of the Malta in New Orleans; Pfetro
Monastery the shoemaker who occupied the
hut In which the assassins lay previous to
shooting; Joseph II Macheca the wealthy
fruit importer. who hired the build
ing for Monasterio; Asperi Marchesi, 8
l4year-old boy who whistled the sig
nal Of the victims approael; his father,
Antonio Mnrchesi. Antonio Scafredi. Antonio
Bagnetto Manuel Politz and @B.stianO I4cnr-
donA who ara supposed to have been among
tho actual perpetrators OF the shooting The
roll Of witnesses for the state included
ninety-one names and that for the defense
RS names. Nearly fortnight was occupied
In examining jurors When the trial began
the impression was general thai Manuel
Poiitt had been persuaded to become states
oyid ence, but II such was the case the plan
Of the prosecution was upset IN 3 most snb-
stantial fashion, for before the! time came
TOR placing him upon the stand he
became 9 raving maniac. The trial throughout
abounded in sensational incidents. The multi
phcity Of the witnesses for the defense
cast such . cloud upon the scase for the
/ prosecution (which necessarily rested upon
circumstantial eyidence) that when the
! Jury retired at 7:9O O'Clock Thursday evening,
tSHf
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TERRIBLE SCENES.

work We'll, and beneath the continuing
fire Comitez and Trahina, two of the
men who had not been tried, but who
were charged jointly with the other ac-
:used, fell together. Their bodies were
literally riddled with bullets, and they
were stone dead almost before the fusil-
lade was over. When the group Of
assassins wassdiscovered on the gallery
Maeheca, Scofedi and old man Mar
chest separated from the other six aud
ran upstairs.
Thither half . dozen men followed
them, and as the sterror-stricken assas-
sins rum into cells they were slain.
Jo Macheca, who was charged with be-
ing the arch conspirator, was . short,
fat man, and was snmmarily dealt
with. He had his back turned, when .
shot struck him si,nmed ediately behind
the ear, and his death was instantane-
Qua There was no blood from the
wound, and when the body was found
the oar was swollen. so as to hide the
wound. which the coroner had great
difficulty in locating.
Sco6edi. one Of the most villainous Of
the assassins, dropped like = rag when
. bullet hit him ID the eve.
~ Old.man Marchesi was the only man
who was not killed outright. He waa
struck On the top of the head while he
stood beside Macheca, and. though he
WAS mortally wounded he fingered all
the afternoon. 4 II.
Politz, the crazy man, WAS locked up
IN & cell upafaira The dOora were