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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-15

Tacoma Sept 4-Special.-ITwo boys
found dead BODY floating IN the bay near
IRE mouth o. Puyaljp river late this aft
eruoon The remains sre 10 a badly de-
composed condition. and are supposed 70
- taose - man named Kirschner. who
cls appeares from Il and Center street
1870 weeks aEo. liza was under IRE doc
tors care. an3 th saSat 20 be mentally IN
balanced
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TOM WATSON NOTIFIED.
He Gets III. Mali Also, Without Any
Fuss or FriIlS.

washington City. Sept N.-ssnn,or
Butter. OF SCUM Carolina. chairman Of the
Popuilss executive committee, has ofTic al
~ notified Thomas +. WATSON OF Georgia.
o. ms nomination as candidate for vice
president BY hs Popuast national convcn-
tor In a Tong letter conveying ire noti-
hcati0n Senator B1tler reviewed the his
tory % ne Peoples parry ard me causes
wAeh levi re he adoption OF 4 co opera
i've glcket which re referred 70 SIS The
oe@, silver slcket IN RIA ael8. and one
which = naore representative u American
.n.eres g ,1an any other"
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Vancouver. q c. Sep tsp ciai A.
ss1 "a 'neron. Ceasaan Pac - agent a..
Per and or has been appointed Sistrt,t
fr~'ra, aKent w.th headquarters ~ Van
ealFer tats being ne T-1s }ion aeid by tHe
ate EFot4aus Brown Tee deceased vpas
60 aue.e O, Nr Cameron and re az
posn'men. - most pcql.&r Oa~ wsth
s4ca. railway msn-
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Gold Found Near san Rafael

Los 0tivos. Cal. sept. IA gold mining
excitement has suddenly sprung ar here.
Peter Montanaro. a miner OF experience,
struck ledge sixteen feet thick OF rock
containing a paying percentage or gold
and today several parties OF prospectors
went into the San Rafael mountains 10
locate mining claims
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The 80 X 3. Dead

S2~.agfeis. I5 sept. }*--Tae .afanf sol
- Ar ana Mrs G r T4san. = 1ss1 q
.-ao4~ra -roraae The caa5. Has prodigy
Tass4 r. oAt i, EnorlAs 3.&- aAs taFes tse
hlxa AZ a~elgae1 nflg-sSvefs posass ard
xas a1.e - ak
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lions OF Los Herrnanos. Another force
lrfl.ea Justa Martinez. a merchan, al O.
fensues. and were pilaging The town when
niif flight
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-15

SuwsA Yakima srpt = -<-er,sf -.~z.-.-
A FacAter. oae ~ tn~ leatl-w etsis-~s =
Yakima ~Ats @'fe1&'ss te h.s tsrs~s .f.s
evsning, fell tyera iae hay loe ta tNn
Kraan3 rpar. breaking eess arms
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-re Kansas 6~ty Iced an4 OH works.
cwns4 BY Asrsn BT0se. S1rn@s sunday
Exa- Lass S--@ssgA Fly Insured
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The blood carries nourishment 20 every
organ of the body and upon the quality
o, tha, noarishment depends the health
OF the system When The blood IS impure
nervousness. rheumatism, serofu!a and
other troubles make their appearance
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-15
no NATIONAL BANKS.
The Last In Whatcom County
Closed Yesterday.
lrs PRESIDENT ron SILVER.
AZ the Popooraf RAtie Of sfxtssn TO
One, aad D~pcsftors Lost
Their Confidence.

sew whatcor. Sept H-Scecsai--Th :
Bennett National bank posted notice d.
suspension bis morning. reading: On aS-
ceant % the wiih3rawaI OF deposits DC
y0na lts power 70 respond" The notice
further saws taat AL 6epositoFs Vii BE
paid y fusl-" Tae total Liabilities are n
roaad Numbers go 90. and the assets sp-
proximzts,y EiE5.ouo. Of WHICH 5000 IL u
bis receivable. No paper g sypotaecaf-
Ell. and 1T IL believed f8as the assets are
more than sufficient 20 meet al Gains
The statement az the close OF business
July Is showed TIE deposits 10 be over s4ts.-
60. and the casa resources 5000. riDc>
then mare shar aalf % the deposits nave
been s1iadgawn. The eaase being general
II ascFsse6 10 q lack Of confidence. due 20
financial agitation. President Alexander
aaeEsnzle is q strong advocate for free
silver coinage. This - the second sus-
PERSON o. las Bennett bank within
year. The Official statement made TO the
comptroller Of the currency OF July IL
vas as follows
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For two years me bank has been tho
main stay OF the sAlusie buEiness in this
county. being the only bank IN the coun-
t. which would make advances on oils
Of aiding on lumber products. II has about
tl.y1o IA cash o. hand. bat Al fnee Ing OF
the directors thls morning IL Was decided
not 10 open. as II they did & vas constd-
sred practically certain that they wound
have 10 post notice % suspension be-
fore tAe ciose o. banking hours There =
10 excitement. bat general feeling Of
regret mat the conditions are such that
the bank could not stand the strain.
There Ia nos a single natanal bank len
IN the county now -Four years ago there
we're three here. and TWO not national.
Two IN Fairhaveu. besides two private
ones. and one national In Blaine. Now
II ere are only two OF any kind In the
county. and these are the Citizens at
Fairhaysu and the Bank OF New Whatcom
here The latter posted a notice this morn
inE reading This bank is ready 10 pay
ali deposits In full"
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Feed
Feed the nerves
Nerves :: :ss s ~; vi s1's ::
- - = faarh ftxl

wants and not ,yrannicai masters: you
viii not be nervous. but strong. cheerful
and happy. Thousands OF tired. nervous
women ana careworn men have found
health and renewed happiness N Hood
sArsapArilla which makes
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Rev. and Mrs Edwin " gan..u .,

- = . N ~ u fAaIi lltIIs il
are DotA graduates or Baker university
BALDWIN Kan. They have Two small chill
oren Df. Randall is 81 years Old and mas
been IN the ministry for Ten years For
tho pas, three and haif years he has
been pastor % the First church OF Leav-
enworth Kan and is reputed TO be ons
CT the strongest al around preachers Of
that state. Al present Be - secretary OF
TIE board Of trustees or his anna mater.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
A BOARD OF Experts TO Examine Cendi-
siates for ngincering Positions.

TIE civil service cor ualssieners have Sc
iected tho following gentlemen a. mem
hers Of the examining beard FOR the efvj,
engineering serviee Of the city r IA WHIT
worth. W. y Nicholas and } q s.urrx
Tho examination VIII take p,ar. taaav
and the hoard OF examiners ara .nraze,s
n formulating the questions For M
mechanical engineers the com missioner.
Themselves viii at a. board 81 exar,tsrr.
and ,aeir questions are already fauv sor.
muisted
The various applicants for positions +,
the firA ard police departments A.. ,,kt,v
In turn their pa.sicai an.f medical rv,,,s~
nations at the = A & rooms TIE r,s-,-
bsrs or the commission express Tho bsrn-
est appreciation % sse kfndnses ", H.. ,,f,,h
In extending 70 them the use 81 re 50
rooms for the purpose. as neNhr-r -
IN the city could the physical tess ~
made as completely as Is rNsx3hsa h.. A.,
well eQaipps~' gymnasium The .,,r,,f,,.
alone are devoted 20 these sxan,tra.t-,,,.
Twenty-Five altogether have s~er .,s,,,,,,-
al. bat Their names ard rprarfs baxs ~.
- yet been certified TO the sa.retarv -
the board. Several asplranss Tor 49,
81 The IRE and police sseoars -,ast. =.
sa~c,iNeiY. arr among those vha -.
completed flsc work. Tvsgss fpel,, "a 49,
teen a day VIII De put through tnetr 49,.
In TIE gymnasium snFtl The n-tf~a ~, -
~oald-he nrvmea ana Policemen IA ea,e
through VITA """N
The eeE''assSlcn has IN csnter,r,a ,t,-
the seltcii0n ~ = board ~ threr 1y~..,,s
q ee-dWet fh@ EXAMINATIONS % me -
rants for clerical Positions. 0rh4.n -.
place Meadas aexs.
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SLASHED HIS THROAT
Suicide Of an Unfortunate
Rancher at Aberdeen.
ANOTHER SUICIDE At TACOMA.
An Aged Man Takes ssRough on Rafs''
Double Murder and suicide at
Beaver, Claiiam County.

Aberdsen. May ll-Spec.zL-Resting cas-
ly Al snl length upon ais right side. back
OF big spruce Jog 81 the west end OF
Heron street = half n lie from town. the
body Of Patrick Riley xas found this even
ing AZ about clock ey q. H ketta- cod
IN death A razor lying near MS right
hand. a great pool OF blood surrounding
it. and an awful cash extending across the
right side OF has neck 70 a depth which
must have completely severed the 1agasar
ten, told the sfory-s1-cids.
A few weeks since the Pos--fntellsgence-
correspondent reported a horrible aect6snt
of which Pat Rley was the victim White
hunting alone for game n tbs Eumptul.ps
valley, forty miles from mere by river ard
trail, mis- shotgun was accidentally dis
charged the load passing through his left
jaw and tearing an ugly course along the
side of his head All through the long
night which followed the unfortunate man
lay out alone. ana not until well into the
next day did be reach the cabin OF 4 ranch
er a considerable distance from where the
accident occurred At that time Pat was
brought to Aberdeen 10 be placed n ST.
Joseph's hospital. where he remained until
a few days ago. when with a weIl-nandaxed
head, he again appeared upon our streets.
Riley VAS extremely respondent over his
ni-!uck and the terrible Disagreement
which his wounds had brought and his
rr3ends noticed snctcatfons OF mental as
turbance at times approaching 10 insanity.
His dependency was increased during the
past day or two Oh account OF q diappoint-
ment In securing money TO Pay for claim
IN township 2i-s. upon which he had
advertised 20 make proof tomorrow, and
when this afternoon It was learned by his
friends that a about 2 o'clock he had wan
dered aimlessly down the Heron street
pianked road and had not been seen since,
fears for his saftey were aroused and par
ties started out to fnd him Their search
being unsuccessful. many others joined
them. but IL was no, until o'clock this
evening that the body was found. as above
described. Coroner Beardsiey was sent for
but was out Of town 50 a justice Of the
peace was summoned. xho took the body
In charge and had il moved to the norgue
where II now Hes
The dead man was about 80 years OF age
He had resided here and in this vicinity for
a number OF years. and had many friends
who VIII regret his unfortunate end.
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The noble-hear;ed lady managers OF the
seattle General hospital have completed
their efforts Of the last few months for
starting fund fer the establishment OF
free ward. where suffering little ones
may be cared for: no more glorious mis-
sion OF tender charity could have been en-
tered upon. All IL al last ready tor the
reconnaissance. of this great enterprise.
Three magnificent specfacies viii be pre-
scented tonight. for this purpose. al the
Third Avenue theaier.
The fete wiil be opened by the orchestral
overture Two hundred beautiful. talent
&C children Will appear in the splendid bat
let. The speciality dancers VIII be as
brilliant butterfiys amid the aflurements
OF the radiant scenes. The glitter Of cost
~ costumes and sheery fabrics. the in
cense OF cleaning flowers. the tableaux
of rosy. btauieous forms. the reyels OF
the fairies around their Iustrous queen.
the brilliant play Of the living cards. with
the added charm of the latest society
dances- ali these VIII present an ent.cing
scene OF Joyous magn!ncence. Prices are
only 20c. 3ec. soc and 50c.
The names Of the solo artists are rs
follows.
Spanish chachueha-Francis Roe wishaar
Queen OF Msy........-.-.....Do Donna Phelps
SKIRT dance, by tiny toll. Minnie S,etson
Highiand ming .ss....s--.-.. Hose Frankfort
Fisherman's horrpipe ...................
.....-.,. Misses SNOW and Hoisington
Nlkhdo SOLO -.....,,.........tarl Jacobson
Dance 81 the Jacks. Aces. Kings ard
Quecns ,.......-.................
The great song and dance. The Col
cred 4QJ' .......,....... Newman Children
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Olympia, Nav 14-Special supreme
court mas ordered a peremptory wri,
granted in the case Of Mudgett, treasurer
OF spokane county. appellant, VS. I.iebes
city comptroller OF Spokane, respondent.
The appellant was elected treasurer , nj
by virtue OF his Office became ex-of.1r4o
tax collector Of the city. with a salary ~
y" IN addition to his salary as county
treasurer. and this action was b-ouvh,
TO compel payment OF appellants saiarv
Tor April and May. 1898. In answer to the
alternative writ granted by the cot,r, ha
low, respondent claimed that by The ar.
or March p. iS'5, appellants right 70 any
salary as city tax collector was Gu, ofs
The 81 preIne court does not coincide win
TINS view. and holds that there is no war
rant for cutting OF the cornrenzatsor
which the Law al the time Of hts elA~.fc,,
nxcd Tor the discharge Of certain dlfsiss
~hle stil requiring Of the officer the nar-
Torrance OF the duties fer which the cor,-
penSa'ion vas originally fixed. and In 81
Tar as the act OF isS attempted TO Geurfva
the county treasurer OF the cornpersatio,
which the law IN force a tire tins ~ ~
election provided for the Performance =.
his duties IL - IN conflict with e. 49,.
: article 2. CT the &C constitution. and fs 80
JlaEnsr; IS reversed.
The supreme court also decided tha.
sssss1erts FOR Local Improvements ara No.,
rte sane footing exactly as a xsn.-af -
Cpcn rial estate. and liens created ,hs-ss,,,
have precisely THE same force ans &C.,.
with regard g any prior ncrtxsz. - -
e0uhSance- This was the case Of the -,
o. >eat'ie. respondent. vs.. Alonzo HIM
al Peila1t, which was affirmed.
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SUICIDE AT TACOMA.
James II. TAYLOR. Aged 20 Years,
Takes s'Rough on Rats.''

Tacoma, May. if--Special.-James f.
Taylor. a well-known character in sport
ing circles. died at his residence on ]
street at { o'clock this morning under
peculiar circumstances Taylor took sick
at o'clock last evening and complained
of cramps He grew rapidly worse. and
DR.. Schug. the city physician. was sum-
moned. E. c. Hart. a neighbor OF Tay-
lor. and ". p. Bonney were attending the
sick man. and had given him emetics. Dr..
Schug diagnosed the case as one of poison
ing by Rough on Rats" He prescribed
accordingly and left two hours later.
with the patient apparently recovering
Taylor grew worse. however, and died at
I O'Clock In the morning. The case was
reported to Coroner Parks and an autopsy
viii be performed tomorrow
Col" Taylor. as he was Familiarity
known. had resided in the city seven years
and was well known In sporting circles.
He came from New York here, and at one
time was considered wealthy. He was
past 70 years old. He leaves a widow, who
does not believe her husband committed
suicide.
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The most Interesting rrure o. TIE
American stage te1ay IS Mr. Rfrna~,4
Mansfield Mr Nansacli Is an actor -
tha highest AIMS ana 81: enaue~fto1sa
aaltty Ne Is a rlreiess Worker. ever en-
ergefc ~ his desires 20 please the pah's,
ant aiways enaeavcrsE 20 present flavs
eesi suited - tas community IN Uslrh
Re rrtagies nuri-< the rast sew wears
~ Aas made many notable p-stues!s-s
81 - The highest order % sr5lsfic rne-t,
His e1Gsgezne1t ~ any cify proves a So
ctetv as vel a. = theatrical event - ts,a---
tkncN tiis Freseu; coming possesses an
usual irtervst. ca scr5uut 81 tie exteaie.l
repertoire from Neich ~ has % select
During ais Seattle engagement. which BE-
GINS 81 the Seattle ihsate~ Monday Nav
"a for three niSass. ne Nil present Me-,-
saw. "Tean Brgmmel" TUESDAY. a Ps--
isian Rom ssee." sn1 " efacsdzy, TIE
Story o. Rodion. ths SJndcuS.''
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AMusxMESrs.
ssfrscns,-', Tonight.

The announcement % 3 new play by
fueesssfsi American playwright is wei
come news always. both 70 the critic and
habitusi thneter-x0er. especially when the
Eeg pFo6cctlo1 Il Acknowledged a sue
cess IN other cHies. Edwin Milton Reyls's
second venture = entitled Capt. frnpg-
dsnce." n writing his second play. Mr..
Royie has pTcfftes largely by experience,
and II II said 70 sUrpass ever his former
effort in The sparkling wit Of its 6ia-
iozue and the moving thrill % It's drarnat-
ic csirlexes The scene OF the play p
laid In Mexico during the war Of isf7. .
period which Furnished a romantic back
ground The principal action takss place
during The luii IN ho~tiii;ies Just proceed
Ing the battle Of Baena Vista II is the
breath before the storm. and IN this brief
interval there IL time for the Develop
rnenf % story OF love and comedy over
which the impending shallow Of war casts
tart the needed element Of excitement
and suspense. The hero q the play. Capt
Saiaids. Ia a kind OF modern Petrachio.
man who challenges both love and war
with sfnlie and tes. upon his lips. and
coaauers N both by force Of the same
sudacity, He IL IN love with a hlgh-spir-
ted young Girl. daughter % rnajor In the
army. ard finally tasae~ and wins her by
means Of q wefl-laid plot which involves
marrying her father or 20 a dashing
widow. Some extremely funny complIca-
tons result. A more serious feature Of
the play. which Is closely interviewer
with the comedy. Is the love OF the Mex
lean girl Jovtta for Capt Shields.
Capt. Impotence or Mexico" yin be
reserved for tomorrow. while Friends
win be produced tonight at the Seattle
fheater
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A Di-astron. Fni.nrn

Financial conyuisions which disturb the
equilibrium OF the business world ar ny ~
enctiye % far less m schief than tbs san
ure Of the kidneys TO perform the o.si.,
assigned TO them by nature When fh~sa
organs become inactive the circulated, a.
quires impurities which bring on drons,,
diabetes, hr gifts disease, gravel cata-rss,
Of the bladder and other rnala3les n.
impart 10 the kidneys and tla4ds-
heatthful impetus. very different f,S,,
excitement produced by an unnes,rafas
alcoholic stinuiant. use Hostetter's S.or,1
ach BItiers, the finest GiErctic in exJs,.
tnce. This excellent remedy for ina-tfs,s..-
OF the kidneys is also OF the greatest ss,-si-
.ce n malarlai, dyspeptic Billions a.,
rheumatic troubles. and has receives; -.
unqualified sanction OF eminent rh,-.'
clans. The nervous. the elderly ana ~
firm and cnnVsiescentS der We u,,Sr..sL
sh'e benefit from, its use Use II wifh Nc
sistsnee ans - hxed intervals. ana ant.ci
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James Creeiman. Frederick w. Law
renee and B.dfie, the war correspondents
recently expelled from Havana by Gen
Weyier. have arrived az New York.
The body Of John A. Cockeril who died
ir Cairo recently. will arrive IN New York
on the CampsIlia Saturday. On the deck
there will he three services. one by the
Elks. one by the Masons and q third by
DR. MNArthur's church. In the afternoon
the body will be taken in a special car to
kensics GENE terry. and on Tuesday It will
be taken from the receiving vault in the
cemetery and cont eyed in Chauncsy NJ.
Depew's private car 10 81. Louis. where
the burial Will take place.
The roads OF the Western Passenger
Association have refused 10 adopt a prcTso-
sition submitted to them to exempt trans
Pacific business from their agreement
This class Of business does not come IN
der the agreement Of the rranscontinertal
roa3s. and the Western roads have at
times found themselves az a Disadvantages
n competing for It. They have decided.
however. that they wii continue the ssh,
under present conditions instead o.
amending the rules The Rock IsIara
road gave notice that & would uaee, me
acton % the Great Western in making
sscond-c-ass tickets good in first-class
ssFsF1inC cars
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4 thoroughly amusing couple are tho
little Nieunese midgetE. the RoSSow broth
ers. who are with Hopkins Trans-Oceanic
Star Specially Company under the man
agcmeni ~ Robert FUlgora. which viii
hold the boards a. the Seattle theater for
three nights beginning May 80 The
quaint manneTlsns OF these tiny people
are intescribah,e. They are German to
the finger tips. They speak very little
English the older. IN fact. neither under
stands nor speaks n word Of our language.
Kari. however. can make himself under
stood. and his intelligent little face as he
talks IL one moment mass OF fruwns
ana the next puckered into as macy
wrinkles The weights they use while
doing their "act' prove that the strength
o, these boys r. astonishing. as they 10
both with one hand. They have manly
httie WAYS and slap their knees with their
hands when amused. Just as do their big
brethren They have taken lessons Of
Corbett. also Of Sanfow Their manager.
who weighs sfo pounds holds both boys
IN one hand AZ arms length.
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The Oiympia Land once.

Olympia. May IA -Special.-During the
month OF April the Olympia land once
sold sGs-s2 acres OF land for 81. ooe. IS. Three
pre-emption filings were made for s.. and
one coal declaratory statement, s. Forty
three homestead eutr-es were made, on
which fees amounting to $40 were paid.
and commissions on e.3ol IS acres saos0
There were twenty-seven final proofs, with
commissions on 3.sss.22 acres. of $50 Il.
Two timber filings brought IN $40. and
Northern Pacific railroad selections sac.
These amounts. together with that paid
for reducing testimony made the receipts
of the office for the month s. soe-e5.
Patents have just been received at this
Office from the Interior department for
state land selections. embracing list No. 10
for 40 acres for state charitable. edu-
eational. penal and reformatory institu-
lions. and list No : for the establishment
and maintenance of scientific schools. en-
hracing 5.5S2.i9 acres. The governor today
received notice from other land districts
of the approval by the secretary of list
No. OF 1.sS35 s. acres for state normal
schools: also list No. s, of s.si4.3 acres for
public buildings at the state capital
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OIyu,p'a News

Olympia. May 14.-Special-The copy for
the state book OF statistics ard information
fer Intending immigrants went TO tn print
er today. The book Will contain probably
about rs pages. and will be ready for de-
livery about the LIST prox-. TO be distribut-
ed free from the office Of the secretary OF
state.
The land commission has fust invested
$4,000 more of the permanent school fund
in state warrants This makes total
Of $3.50, 600 of this fund invested in warrants
and bonds of various kinds-$So4.00o in
county and school district bonds. and u.s.
o0o in state warrants.
Secretary OF State Price has just receiv-
ed the diploma and medal awarded this
state at the Worlds fair. for grains and
grasses. The medal IS a bronze piece. on
the face Of which is the figure OF Column
bus. ;nclosed in a handsome aluminium
case The diploma is awarded for Yield
and general excellence OF varieties Of
grain ard grasses exhibited.