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AT THE TARGET.
Carson's Team Wins the Championship
of the Pacific Coast.

Carson's Team Wins the Championship D
of the Pacific Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE most
important event in the history of local
military craftsmanship took place at
Shellmound Park to-day. The great con-
test went off in excellent style, and the
championship of the Pacific States went
to the Carson City Guard of Nevada. Com
slany c, First Infantry Regiment, Ma
'Se)nal Guard of California, champions of
this State, were defeated by the Nevadans,
but only by four points. The shooting
was remarkably good, and the records
will be heralded throughout the United
States. They will prove what fine marks
men this part of the country produces
from the ranks of the National Guard.
The Carson City team OF ten men, shoot
ing ten shots each, made the high score of
Alb points out of a possible 800. Company
C'S team was close behind with 439 points
The rest of the ten teams had but slightly
lower scores, showing that they were
better matched than was believed. A
change will soon be made in the distance
OF shooting, in fact, probably this year.
At present all matches like that of to-day
are shot at 200 yards, but 500 and LOCO
yard ranges are the coming distances.
To-day little shooting was done at the
Nidwinter Fair festival targets. What
shooting there was did not partake of an
exciting character, the most important
being the extraordinary work done by
George Helm at the point target. He
made bullseye after bullseye for hours.
In this exhibition the highest Helman
made was 10 out of a possible Is points,
ten being the average on this difficult tar
get. Helm shot several strings, making
one score of 10, two of 13, four of II and
five of IL. Other scores on the point tar
get were: j. Utschig, Sr., IL; L. Barrere,
10; l.. Hoake, 10.
On the Golden Gate target six new men
appeared, and each now wears one of the
Golden Gate medals on his breast. The
successful shots are John Dewitt, A. Fl.
Pape, A. Browning, d. bunker, K
Wertheimer and William Ehrenport
Seven persons finished their hundred
shots, but there were no high scores
among them. On the Midwinter Fair
target DIR. l.. o. Rodgers was the highest
of the day, with II out of possible of IS.
F. A. Kuhls and John Peters made 20
each. On the man target ohm Peters was
high, with 80 out of a possible 100. On the
ring target DR.. Mclaughlin made the best
shot of the day, and stands second on this
target, with 81 to his credit.
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WORK BEFORE CONGRESS.
Measures Which VIII Be Under Dis.
cuSsion This Week.

cuSSiOn This Week.
WASHINGTON, March lin accor A.
ance with an agreement entered into e ri
day, the Senate will devote the nraior
portion of this week to consideratif an of
the Bland seigniorage bill, which is to be
finally disposed of by vote at clock
Thursday. if Senator Allison's M ,tion to
reconsider should fail of adoption. as il
most likely will. 1t is probab lie there
will be very little talk on the y art of the
friends of the bill, as they feel confident
of its passage.
Appropriation bills will C Continue to
have the right of way in the House this
week. The sundry civil bill. which will be
unfinished business wheri the House
meets tomorrow, carr. IS $32, 306, ,382
which is S9, 4O9, 92S less tina n last year. 1t
will probably require 70 'ir days to dis
pose of this bill, the two, items that will
provoke the most opposi ton being appro-
priations for the geolog cal and coast and
geodetic surveys. Afte (r the sundry civil
bill is disposed of, Elf Aer the military or
the consular and Diplomatic appropria-
ton bill Will consurI ie the balance OF the
week.
A most imports. at proposition for
change IN Govern .ment methods will be
presented to the House of Representa-
tives early this week. 1t contemplates
the abolition OF the coast and geodetic
survey. 1t is proposed to absorb the
coast survey 'c,y the Navy Department.
1t further co'o.templates termination of
the geodetlc survey, with its extensive
bureau under direction of Superintend-
ent MendeJ hall and the absorption of
this bureau, by the Interior Department.
Represent stive Enloe will submit the
proposed changes as amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, which is
to be tal5.en up on Monday. Chairman
Sayers 'rf the committee does not think
the ch'1.nges will be made, as he thinks
they SHOULD not complicate the appro-
priat on bill.
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BRIEF NOTES

Rebecc'A Rhodes has sued William
Rhodes ior divorce on the ground of cru
city.
Cove rnor Markham has appointed and
comm lssioned Jud c. Brusie as a Notary
Publ e.
A J-street restaurant keeper, Marco
Zari ok, slipped and fell Saturday while
pla ging with his children, breaking his
thl imb.
Judge Catlin has sentenced f. II. HAM
iersly to three months imprisonment
or the theft of typewriter from C. H.
Oatman's Office.
DR.. w. A. Hughson leaves to-day for
his ranch in Napa County, to be gone
several months. He will be in the city
occasionally, and DR.. Haight of Chicago
will take charge of his Office and business
during his absence from the city.
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KILLING OF OFFICER GRANT.
Kowalsky Denies That He Said Curti.
Confessed TO the Murder.

Kowalsky Denies That he Said Curtis
Confessed TO the Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE story
published in an evening paper yesterday
to the effect that II. 1. Kowalsky, one of
the attorneys for NJ. B. Curtis in the late
trial of the actor, who was charged with
killing Policeman Grant had told Chief
of Police Crowley and Captain Lees that
Curtis had admitted to him that he Cur
tisl fired the fatal shot, is Indignantly
denied by the attorney. Kowalsky said
last evening: "The story that / told Chief
Crowley and Captain Lees that Curtis
told me that he killed Grant is absurd.
never said anything Of the kind to them.
/ did have conversation the other day
with Chief Crowley and Captain Lees,
but not about any confession OF Curtis. -
The Chief of Police and the Captain Of
Detectives differ from the attorney now
as they differed during the trial. Each of
them said that kowalsky had told them
of confession by Curtis to him.
CURTIS DENIES THE REPORT.
New YORK, March ia Herald's
Austin (Tex.1 special says: Your corre-
spondent called on NJ. B. Curtis tonight
in reference to the report wired from San
Francisco saying that the Chief of Police
OF that city nau Deen INFORMED Dy Lawyer
Eowalsky that he, as Curtis attorney.
Rad his confession to the killing of Po-
liceman Grant. Curtis, in answer to the
question, said: "The matter is lie made
ont of whole cloth. Kowalsky was my
attorney, and know him to be gentle
man. and not at all responsible for the re-
port of my making confession. I would
hardly be fool enough TO make confess
sion of murder that | had been acquit-
- of NJ 80 lo
Notwithstanding. No confession has
been made by me at any time. I am not
guilty, and why then should 1 make 3
confession p,
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BRITISH AT BLUEFIELDS.
Confirmation of Their Landing at tn
Mosquito Reservation.

Mosquito Reservation.
SAVANNAH (Ga.), March 1.-THE re-
port of the landing of the British at Blue
fields, at the Mosquito Reservation, was
confirmed to-day by the arrival of the
steamer Elliott, Captain A. Brown. Cap
tain Brown says the Nicaraguans entered
Bluefelds on February 25th and 10Th.
There was an armed force of 400 or 500 of
them at Bluefields when he arrived, Feb
ruary 9th. Captain Brown says the
British warship there was not the Cleo
patra, but the lamar. The Mosquitoes
appealed to the lamar for protection.
Thursday, March 1st, the lamar sent
three boatloads of armed men ashore.
The Nicaraguans objected to the landing
of the British troops, and charged the
British officers with an open violation of
the Bulwer treaty. Little attention was
paid to this by the British.
The steamer Elliott passed the wreck of
the Kearsarge on Roncador reef Tuesday
morning. Nothing was left of her but
her hull. So far as seen there were no
signs of her going to pieces.
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statutory legislation last Thursday, but
members stopped the clock in each house
at 1l:20 and posted placard over the face
of the timepieee on which were the
words. Thursday, March 5th." Recess
had been taken each night instead of adj
journment. and the present legislative
day lasted nearly ninety-six hours.
Almost the entire sixty days session
was wasted in partisan wrangling, leav-
ing really important legislation to be
crowded through after the legal expira-
ton of the session,
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= sportfne Man Iniu,ad.

LITTLE Rock (Ark.), March ia
special to the Gazette from Hot Springs,
Ark, says: This afternoon Billy Ed
wards. the well-known sporting man,
was buggy riding, when the horse took
fright ana ran, turning over the buggy
and catching Edwards under it, breaking
his right arm and leg and infiicting many
painful and dangerous bruises. The in
juries are not necessarily fatal.
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suicide at spokane.

SPOKANE (Wash.), March 11.-Edwin
K. Sturgis committed suicide to-day in a
peculiar manner. Decending to Spokane
River, he leaped into the stream from a
rocky shelf, firing revolver as he made
the leap. The water was too shallow and
he waded out till it reached his chin and
then sent bullet through his brain. The
body was recovered an hour later. Stur-
gis was money lender. Just before he
killed himself he made a will leaving
$4,000 to his brother in Quincy, Ill.
Dependency. superinduced by heavy
drinking, caused the deed.
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Did Not Get Much Booty.

COLORADO CITY Coli, March 11.-Four
masked and armed men entered Oxford
Club, gambling house, at A. NJ. to-day,
and ordered everybody in the place to
throw up their hands. The robbers did
not get much booty, as the games had
been stopped and the bank roll was
lock ed in the safe.
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A San Diego Rancher Found Dead.

SAN DIEGO, March 11.-U. f. Bridges,
rancher who lived alone at Fallbrook,
was discovered at his house lying upon
the floor dead. 1t is believed that he had
been dead for several days. The verdict
of the Coroner's Jury was that death was
due to natural causes, the exact nature of
which could not be ascertained.
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Corbett-Jackson Fight.

BALTIMORE, March 1l.-Parson Davies
tonight commented freely upon Cor
belts statement in regard to the probable
delay in the meeting of Corbett and jack
son. He said the fight would without
doubt be arranged in London within the
next sixty days, as he had a cablegram
from Lord Lonsdale to the effect that the
National Sporting Club of that city
would furnish the necessary backing.
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Utah Legislature.

SALT LAKE Utah. March 1.-THE
Utah Legislative Assembly desecr tied
the Sabbath by remaining in regular tses-
sion throughout the entire day. The
regular Legislature session expir ed by
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Ex-President Harrison Dtned.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE Trus-
tees of the Leland Stanford Junior Uni
versity, at Palo Alto, gave their quarterly
banquet to a few invited guests at the
Palace Hotel last night. The dinner, al
though ostensibly an informal affair, was
in reality banquet 10 ex-President Har-
rison. rich and varied menu was
served in Maple Hall to the participants,
who numbered in all twenty-four per-
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Explosion of Giant Powder.

DEL NoRTE (Col.). March 11.-Five
thousand pounds of giant powder belong
ing to the Vulcan Powder Company of
San Francisco. which was stored in this
town and which the authorities ordered
removed, was carried into the mountains
yesterday and exploded. The shock was
severely felt here and a number of build
ings were considerably damaged. The
report of tle explosion was heard at Gar
risOn, thirty miles distant.
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PURE MALICIOUSNEss.
Fri ghttuI Treatment of Porter by
Two Chicagoans.


CHICAGO, March n.-Albert Bar
F.owsky and George Dunn were arrested
to-day for inficting serious and cruel
wounds upon Thomas L. Davis, porter
in barber shop, with red-hot poker
Davis went to a saloon owned by Bar
kowsky's father under the influence of
liqor and the injuries were inflicted by
the prisoners. Both of Davis eyebrows
were burned away and under each eye
the hot iron made a mark an inch long
and similar wounds behind each ear. On
each wrist the skin was burned away for
an inch and half while on each leg for
distance of six inches the hot iron
burned almost to the bone. In the re-
gon of the abdomen there were several
severe burns, while many of his ribs
were traced with the hot metal. He will
probably be crippled for life. The pris-
oners had no reason for the diabolical
treatment of the unfortunate man except
pure maliciousness.
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The Late George W. Childs,

NEW YORK, March IL. = Memorial
services in honor of the memory of
George w. Childs, late proprietor of the
Public Ledger in Philadelphia, were held
ID the Fifth Avenue Theater this after
noon under the auspices of Typograph-
ical Bnion, No. 6. The services were of
very impressive character, and every
available seat in the theater was taken.
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Rahals VintorIons.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE World s
Managua special says: Lieutenant-Colo-
mel Moran. with small force, was de-
feated by rebels near Granada.
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AMSTERDAM, March 1.-The German
steamer Lining. bound from Dantzic to
this port, has been sunk in collision with
the steamer Lincoln. Three of the crew
of the Lining went down with her.
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REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Convention of the National Body to b.
Held in Denver June Goth.

Convention of the National Body to be
Held in Denver June 26th.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE official call
for the annual convention of the National
Republican League will be issued from
National headquarters in this city to-
morrow. The convention will be held in
Denver June 26th, and will continue sew
eral days. The ratio of representation
gives each State practically ten delegates
at large, in addition to four from each
Congressional district. The total repre-
sentatlon will exceed 1000 delegates.
The call reads in part as follows:
Democratic control and sectional rule
are again complete in the National Gov
ernment. and starvation for labor and
ruin for capital prevail as result of the
policies and Influences that dominate the
Democratic party. The hallucinations of
1892 are over. Facts have upset theories,
and the people have now turned instinct
lively to the party that saved the nation in
the previous hour OF peril and demon
strated the masterly ability in giving the
United States thirty years of prosperity
unparalleled in the history of nations.
Again it becomes the mission and duty
of the grand old party to meet the ma
tional emergency with the highest pa
triotism. The party deplores the ne
cessity, but rises to the occasion. The
struggle for liberty, progress, fair wages
and all that America promises did not
end with the defeat of 1892. The fight
must and will go on. To this end the
National Committee of the league cor
daily invites all patriotic citizens who
are in sympathy with the policies and
aspirations OF the Republican party to
join the league clubs, and thus participate
in the National League Convention at
Denver"
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PopuIists Nominate ohicers.

HAYwARDs, March 1.-THE Populists
held a most enthusiastic meeting Satur-
day evening to nominate officers for the
coming town election, that takes place
Monday, April 9th. President John
Hetherington presided. The following
named candidates received their indorse-
ment: Trustees, Alonzo Bradford, Charles
Heyer, II. p. Jessen, John Hoar and J.
Danstin; Town Clerk, James a. Collins;
Treasurer, Albert E. Fisher;s Marshal,
George L. Obermuller.
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Murder and Suicide.

ALTON 1ll.), March 11.-Marion T.
Skaats shot his wife dead and then killed
himself on platform of the Big Four
depot here tonight. Nobody knows the
cause of the terrible tragedy, but it is
supposed to be family quarrel.
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Honk nefeated in the Primaries.

KNOXVILLE (Tenn.), March u.--At the
Republican primaries held in this district
Henry r. Gibson was nominated for
Congress, defeating John g. Houk, the
present incumbent, by 1,009 majority.
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Knocked Ont in Twelve Rounds.

ST. LOUIS, March ia special to the
Republic from Creston, Ia, says: A fight
between Harry Mccoy of Des Moines and
John Ryan of Omaha took place near
here this morning, the formerA Asbeing
knocked out in twelve rounds.
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Thieving in Indiana Unpopular.

FRANKFORT Ind.), March 11.-John
Rodgers, resident of Mulberry Town
ship, was killed last night by a number
of members of the Mulberry Detective
Association organization, formed with
the purpose of making horse-stealing and
other modes of thieving unpopular.
Yesterday the house of Warren Thomp-
son was entered and quantity of pro-
visions taken. John Rodgers was sus-
pected, and fifteen members of the as
sociation watched Rodgers house till he
appeared loaded, it is claimed, with
spoils. An attempt was made to arrest
him, but Rodgers resisted. and the next
instant his body was riddled with bull
let's. He lived but ten minutes.
Another Expedition TO the North Pole.
WASHINGTON, March IL. Walter
WelIman, the Washington correspondent
who organized the expedition to solve the
polar problem, leaves this city tomorrow
for New York, from which city he and his
companions sail on Wednesday for Eu-
rope. This afternoon, at a special meet
ing of the Capital Press Club, Wellman
was presented with handsome silk flag
of the United States, which the club de-
sired he should nail to the top of the
north pole. Wellman in gracious
speech accepted the burden placed upon
him. and said the flag should be planted
at the highest northern point the expedi-
ton reached.
Mrs. Leases Advice to the Unemployed
BosToN, March LIN Mrs. Mary Ellen
Lease the 1.5OO people who attended a
meeting of the unemployed on the COM
mon had a speaker after their own hearts.
She scored her hearers. and said they
brought all the troubles on themselves
by voting for dudes in top hats and kid
gloves. and until they used the ballot to
send men of their own kind to the Legis-
lature the working people would be
snubbed. She told the unemployed that
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Meeting of Anarchists at New Yorl

NEW YORK, March Ito commemo-
rate the assassination of the Car of Rus
sia, Alexander ILL.,, the anarchists held a
meeting in tie Thelia Theater tonight.
The gathering was an orderly one and
the speeches temperate.
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if they would only stay at home nd
mind the babies the women would sc ,on
1lnd q road out of this terrible busir ess
dep session.
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Cannot be Traced to Criminal
Talk of knights of Labor Seeding.

CINCINNATI, March 11.-A rumor pre-
walls here in Knights of Labor circles,
and has been semi-officially corrobo-
rated, that in Quebec, Montreal and parts
of Ontario, Canada, 0,000 knights of La
Dor will secede from the order because of
dissatisfaction with Grand Master Sover-
eign, and will start an independent
branch OF the knights of Labor.
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Tuberculosis Amonp C,ottIo

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE stock
raisers of New York Stat. are aroused on
the subject of the exist nee of tubercu-
losis among cattle, and it is proposed to
call upon the Bureau of Animal Industry
at Washington to clos ely quarantine all
New York State cattt te pending thor
are now making every effort to dispose
of their cattle outside t5f the State of New
York, thus avoiding. the quarantine by
the STATE Board of B.e ,alth. 1t is alleged
that such action is preading the disease
broadcast throughC Fit the country
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Bloodshed May Follow.

Est 20. IT,, March 1l.-At me citing
OF the Council last night an eifor was
made to capture the city records or the
purpose of showing that all the lnoney
collected does not appear in the records.
Whan a man tried to get tb Clerks
BOOKS over hundred guns and re-
but the flash of one pistol to make the
couneil-room slaughter house. The
records are now guarded by "a posse of
men who are heavily armed, with in
structions to resist any att empt to oet
them. even to the killing OF the parties
who may make the atteni pt, and it is
feared oioodshed may come out of it yet.
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MONTGOMERY (Ala.), March u.-Judge
George w. Stone, Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court, died this morning
failure.
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Mckinley May Visit California,

CINCINNATI. March ia Commercial
Gazette special from Massillon says:
Governor Nick irley to-day attended the
funeral here o f James McLain his old
friend. 81 have not seen anything but
brief newspa per reports of the Senate
tariff bill" said he, "but should say it
demolished Wilson's theory very effect
1vely." Governor Mckinley contempt
lates visiting the West during the next
campaign. He has been urged to go to
California and some OF the new Western
States, and may conclude to do so.
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Stars and stripes Only.

BROOKLYN, March 1I.-At meeting of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, resolu-
tons were adopted protesting against the
action of Mayor Schieren in refusing to
allow the Irish flag to float on the City
Hall on st. Patrick's Day.
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A steamer Breaks Her Crank Pin.

TACOMA, March 1.-THE steamer City
of Puebla broke her crank pin yesterday
afternoon off Destruction Island, six men
in the ships boat coming to Neah Bay
for assistance. They were picked up off
Tatoosh Island by the tug Wanderer.
The tug landed the MEN at Neah Bay and
Immediately left to render assistance to
the Puebla. No particulars are obtaina-
bic, though the Puebla is supposed to be
in no danger
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Attem. J st to Destroy Newspaper.

INDIA riAPoLIs, March 11.-An attempt
was M EIDE to blow up the Office of
the I1enaclad Age, an infidel paper pub
lished In this city. Saturday night. The
mlscJ1Bants entered the Office through the
cellar r. and. after turning on natural gas
IN two stoves. lighted a lamp. The ex-
peot ed explosion was proven ted, how
evsr, by the arrival of the editor of the
piper, who turned out the gas. 1t is be-
DeNsd the attempt was made because
Of. the bold stand the paper had taken
gainst all forms of Christian religion.
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"Vindicated.'' " -

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE sexton of
Mount Olivet Cemetery this afternoon
found a huge bunch of flowers on the
grave of Martin Bourke, one of the
Cronin conspirators. The flowers bore
placard with the word ''VindIcated"
upon it. When Dan Coughlin was granted
new trial some time back Bourke's
grave was found strewn with large roses
tied with green ribbons.
Cannot be Traced to a Criminal Source.
PoMERoY (O.), March Il.-An autopsy
held on the remains of Mrs. Holmes at
Syracuse to-day revealed the fact that
her stomach was destroyed by some pow
erful drug, and she had congestion Of the
lungs, either of which would have proved
fatal. 1t is now believed that the death of
mother and daughter cannot be traced to
any criminal source.
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Death of a santa Clara citizen.

MISSION SAN JOSE, March u.-Henry
Hydorn. an old resident of this place,
whose mind has been deranged for some
time, has been missing since last Thurs
day. He was last seen in Irvington on
Thursday afternoon. Search had been
made for him ever since. This afternoon
his son discovered his body lying in
field near Irvington, the old man evil
IDENTIFY having been dead number of