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house there Monday by band OF armed
men composed of Tomaoha Indians. Mex
leans and three ca four white mon, nam
boring about fifty In all the bandits wer'
resisted by the custom hous, officers aud
guards. the battle lastlag for seven hours.
Two Of the bandits were Killed. two nt
the VI Xicau custom hons. employees NOR
folly wounded ana several fngftlv wound
cd The bandits were hlally driven on
and reiterated across the ltue INTO New
Mexico.
Governor Ahumuda ~ chihuahua has
troops CA route for LIS Palomas. The
whit, men IN the gag .ur supposed TO
be tho leaders of the border bandits re
comfy chased by thu Tinted states mar
shul and troops. Rohhrry D. supposed 10
he the motive, although 1t ~ clnmed MAT
4 is n D, suit Of border aglthtior hy sap
pcrtcrs nj Saint Teresa. TIE custom h0us
force numbered twenty five men.
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FOR THE coRBETT-FIrz FiGn f,,n,,.

Ie Wv York. september i6,-James Wa ,,a
New o'T' sullivan's old hacker mas
ley, o 'o on offer Of purse of $4,000 for the
r. in pPgas cSr6s'{ III has 6 EFff ,A9.
he +. willing, 10 Karin Julian, on behalf
The best m raons has has declined for the pres
~, IN consider II.
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tfE ts ONLY A BRAGGART.

London. September 1.-THE Chronicle
quotes "a wcll-infor1nod Irish correspond
ent" who declareT that lyman Is not the
genuine mo. l." but only a brageart WIN
possd as such.
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ATTEMpT Ar SUICIDE.

Wallis. Texas. September ls-Burnet
Cameron. young man, VINO for some
ana while In III OF dependency last
night tried 10 xiii himself by emitting his
throat from ear 70 ear win razor lie
ia not necessarily fatal.
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pA1LY rnEAsunY srArEMENr.

Warrington. September !6.--rhe ire1sury
today lost ti3, 100 In gold coin aud $1,000 "
Lars, whlch leaves the true amount OF
tho gold reserve Shl 49, 1863.
tQlrgram from the suhtreasury AT
Nav York satcs mat $50 900 IN gold coin
was deposited There today IN exchange
fof currency. rhis amount however, does
not appear IN tlday's sta'omonI
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NEGRO FOUND MI'UDEnED

Troy Texas. September ga negro was
found dead in carney's pasture this morn
ing lie had been dead several days and
hah been Killed with pisio by some
one unknown, Squire Sturdevant held an
inquest over him this evening. The pas
turc Is three miles north of here.
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Paris. September i6.-rhe ofnciak Of
the British embassy here have formally
requested the French government 20 do
tain lyman pending the arrival from Eng
- make the demand for his eNtradNion
ia regular form.
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nANprrs ON a RAID.

silver city. y. M. September ls--Ai-
v,ces received by the Mexican consul at
Demlng, n. NJ, from the Mexican Gus
tom house officers at Las Palomas' gives
the particulars OF raid upon the custom
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THERE is DOUBT.

Parts. September is.--P. ]. r. lyman, the
alleged IrAsh dyramiter, up 10 last evening
/ had not applied Tor protection 20 tho
! ( n ted states embassy OF this capital
/ and there Is considerable doubt as 10
/ . hfther he Is a ua.uralzed American cit!-
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tics in thls States give Powers Uepubuc-
am for governor ha,ila votes ana Frie'N
OlemocraO s3nli These figures lear OUT
the estimate heretofore made That INC re-
puhicans will not hc Far either way rom
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SULLIVAN NOT ARRESTED.

Paris. September ie.--There 10 no truth
N the renor. thas Alexander Sullivan. the
Choago IRISH leader. has been arrested
here.
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TODRTS FEATURES.
rrob"pnl,o. -ooncr.ns rai,, south wind.

FOTiTTGN,
President plaa's annual message was
read TO congresS
The ST. James Gazette proposes nm al
lance between the Unticd States. England
and Italy to solve tho Turkish problem.
lyman, the alleged dynamitor, has APP
pcalod to Ambassador Eusus
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Mir bryan spoke IN Tennessee and North
Carolina towns
GrciH preparations for the Canton CAM
PIT IN Uponng.
Now York democrats win indorse Bryan
and Scwal.
Fusion IN New ork is probable.
Illinois popul.sts aud democrats have
agreed to rus. on.
Chairman JONES denies that senoli viii
be Withdrawn.
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Senator Faulkner replies to the letter
OF Secretary Carlisle.
The batlcvhip Texas went aground In
the harbor at Newport II. t.
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MORE MAINE FIouREs.

Portland. Maine. September is.-com-
plete returns from ten out OF sixteen coun-
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81. Louis. September l6.-Miss Annie
AGAINST Chris Won der Ahc the baseball
magnate for breach OF promise TO marry
her. Tue defendant recently married IN
Erie Pa,
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IKE HARRISON,

oninr to the large quantity of stock l
.,.,,,, am able to make ilrst-class business
suits from So up. Full Dress Suits ana
oyercoats a specially,
IKE HARRISON
Opera House Building.
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Burial Of Captain Jack White.
Fourth Ward Bryan and ScwaIi club or
ganlzed.
Preparing 10 defend tho Alamo
Grand Incohonee Of Red Men coming -
Texas.
The observations OF Yom K.ppur.
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NEW YORK a rcw. fast somi-monihly
passenger service between New York and
Mediterranean ports haa les u organized
hY mo FurueFs Inc.
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L. l.. George OF Richmond dies from i-
jurl,s received by Il fail out of II second
story.
Albert Burleaon thinks Lee county will
be carried 10y the democrats thir year.
Reycw Of the political situation In
North Texas
Ernest Barnell, injured at The Crush
collision. dies at Becnond Miss Over
street Ct Gerald also dies.
Captain Sam Alexander dies suddenly
~ LaGrange.
Quincy acknowledges that the republicans
ana populists have agreed 10 fuse.
Nogi,, cotton pckers near Taylor steal
thirteen bales of cotton, four wagons and
ten horsos.
General John NJ. Claiborne Will probably
be nominated for congress by the rspuh-
Leans OF the Second district
TWO grain elevators to be erected at Gal
weston.
President Gompers addresses tho work.
ingmen of Galveston.
THE MARKETS.
Cotton fubures lost 70 points ut New
Orieans; spot markets easter.
The rice market IL firm. and all grades
are advancing.
Co-lonseed oil steady at the recent ID
vance
Change OF front In sugar speculation
was the stock market feature.
Wheat declined early. but reacted and
closed at an advance, corn. oats and p;o-
vislons being all favorably affected.
LOCAL.
Burial OF Captain Jack White.
t,..,.,i, ~. "a Isrvan and so vail club or.
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COTTON.

20 far. seems TO be one IN
n easvn' results ere obtained by
q the ,o pt to headquarters, ana
5ens .cooertainly headquarters for cot
.. ali the facilities for serving
h have "a =" we solicit their consign-
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NEW YORK This f. the great Jewi h
Aionomoni. speeiai services win he held
IN tnr eynHgoEucs, ut fhe Nnme Kind as
win hc carried ouJ throughout the ooun-
ftNf
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
LION NERO MEETS DEATH
Bob FitzSimmons' Pet Gets a
Shock and Is Strangled on
a Roof.
The PugiliSt Badly Burned While
Trying TO Rescue the
Animal.

CLEVELAND, ONO, April 16.-Bob
Fitzsimmons' pet lion Nero is dead and
Bob himself received a very close call at
the time of the animals demise. Fitzsim-
mons is filing a weeks engagement at a
local theater. He kept the lion chained
on the roof of the Natatorium. Tonight
at u o'clock Fitzsimmons, accompanied
by Rober, the wrestler, assembled to the
lions quarters to feed it. The pugilist
was exhausted when he reached the roof.
He leaned for support upon the first
available thing, which happened to be an
electric light wire. 1t snapped in two
under his weight, and one end of the wire
fell upon and clung to Nero. The
frightened brute sprang over the edge of
the roof, the wire clinging to it and burn
ing its flesh. Fitzsimmons grabbed the
chain, and after hard struggle pulled his
pet back on to the roof, but not until it
had been strangled to death. In taking
hold OF the chain Fitzsimmons made him
self part of the deadly current and was
terribly burned about.the hands.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
LATEST |. A. v. BULLETIN
Rules to Govern Racing Wheel
men During the Coming
Year.
Hints to Ardent Young Cyclists Who
Are Apt to Fly the
Track.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 16.-The
following L. A. W. bulletin has been given
out by Chairman Gideon:
Declared professionally. L. Stevens, Ottum-
wa, Iowa; own request.
Sanction granted-July 4, the Silver Wheel
men, Denver, Colo.
A rule to the following effect has been quite
generously quoted as part of the L. A W.
racing rules, viz:
"Any cyclist eesses to be an amateur by rid
Ing after April, 1896, in a bicycle race upon
any make off bicycle offered for sale or manu-
tactured IN any factory, store or other place of
business in which he is EMPLOYED in any
capacity whatsoever
There is no such rule in our racing rules
and it is not intended there shall be this wear.
Clause OF the amateur rule in the L. A. W.
constitution provides that any racing man
employed In a cycle establishment may, by a
vote OF the racing board, be tran sferred to the
professional ranks. This does not mean that
the board Will make wholesale transfers of
such employees but that it may use its dis
cretlon in transferring racing employees against
whom 1t may be impossible to obtain other
evidence, and by whom the board may believe
that advantages are received contrary to the
spirit OF the amateur definition.
Race-meet promoters and managers of school
and college track teams will please note the
following: Every year about this time the
various colleges and schools begin to develop
racing men to represent them at the intercOl-
ieglate ana lnterseholastic outdoor games. 1t
is customary to run off one or more trials to
PICK out team. Racing throughout the
united states is governed by the L. A. W., and
the L; A. ". requires that every track race be
sane toned. A man com peting in an unsanc-
toned event is liable to suspension.
NOW, young men in particular may not care
whether they are suspended or not but they
are sure to find somebody at the final meet
from some other college who does care and
Will not allow them to ride if under suspen-
SION. The trouble occurs every year, when by
little caution 1t can be prevented.
Remember that every race on q track be it
one event or more, must be sanctioned If
you are to have any trials, send for sanction
every time. For open races fee is charged,
but no fee is required for closed club or school
events; but in all cases SEND for sanction and
save your men from suspension, which in one
or more cases last year affected the standing
OF the school in points won at the Champion
ship meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

pitcher was fairly effective thereafter, but
Nichols was an enigma throughout when
hits were needed. Score:
Boston. ...................8 10 O2OUO1O-7 10 /
Philadelphia. .......... o 2OOOOlO-3 5
Batteries-Nichols and CAMEL 'Tayior and Glenn
ents. Umpire-Lynch.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16.-The
baseball season of 1896 was opened auspi-
ciously for the Washington club, they win
work. Gleason's two low throws and
Clark's wild pitch in the fifth inning al
lowed five runs eventually to be scored.
There was crowd present numbering
$500, and they filled every seat in the
grounds. The day was just the kind for
spirited game, the weather heinz warm
enough to loosen the kinks in the players
arms. Score:
Washington ..............O OOO51OoO-6 & 2
New York :.............0 10000 zoos 9 4
Batteries-Mercer and Mcclure; Clark and Year
foss. Umpire-Hurst. W i
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Deadly Colliery Enptosion.

LONDON, Eng, April 16. = Eighteen
men were killed by an explosion in the
Brancepeth mine at Wellington, Durham,
yesterday,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
NEW CIRCUIT ORGANIZED.
GiOries of the Past to BE Rene,ced in tn
East.


East.
DETROIT, MICH, April 16-On the
ruins of the old Grand Racing Circuit,
broken and dismem bered by inimical legis-
lation in many States. new circuit was
organized to-day in the Office of the Detroit
Driving Club, that promises to renew the
glories of the past. The cities represented
were Detroit. Clevel land, Colum bus, Fort
Wayne, Indianapolis, Saginaw and the
Fleetwood track, New York, and these
cities will constitute the New Grand
Circuit"
The new towns admitted are Fort Wayne.
Columbus and Indianapolis. they taking
the places of Rochester, Hartford and
other cities which adverse betting laws
have driven out. The purses offered in
the circuit will aggregate nearly $3.50, 900.
Detroit heads the list with $5S, 800; Fleet
wood follows with $45 600; Cleveland offers
$40, 600; Columbus and Fort Wayne $25. 600
each; Indianapolis $4,000, and Saginaw
$15, 900.
Buffalo sent greetings and promised to
be in line if the friendly legislation now
before the New York Legislature became
law. Philadelphia also promises to Join
the circuit if satisfactory trotting laws are
enacted in Pennsylvania.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
GOOD RUNNING RACES.
-Four Fdcorites Vim at the Forsythe
WRafillO.


Meeting.
CHICAGO, ILL, April 16.-Fully 5000
people attended the second days racing at
four of which were captured by the
favorites. The contest of the day came in
the fourth race, in which Remedy beat
Anna Mays by nose.
Five furlongs, Margaret Ann won, Hinda
second, Connemara third. Time, 1:033.
Half mile, Devoir won. Miss Ames second,
Gala Lilly third. Time, :513l
Six furlongs, RedSkin won, John Hickey Sec
ond, Dominica third. Time, 1:1612.
Five furlongs, Remedy won, Anna Mays Sec
ond, Cossack third. Time 1 :02.
One mile and SEVENTY, yards, sull Ross won,
1:4S15.
Five furlongs, Miriam R won, Salvation
second, Queen Faustus third Time, :o2.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 16.-The Lassie
stake was the feature of to-day's racing
and took on an extra degree of interest
through the rather unexpected outcome.
Blitze MS sister was installed as favorite.
The start was made with the flags and
Olean, though third in the books, soon
took the front and held it easily.
Six furlongs, Minerva won, Crusader second,
King Michael third. Time, :l7M.
Four and half furlongs, Sulsun won, Scribe
second, Moncreith third. Time, :5614.
Half mile, Lassie stakes, two-year-old
fll1es. $1,000 added, Olean won, IZeyl second,
Full Hand third. Time, 503
One mile, Flying Dutchman won, Rey del
Mar second, Mercury third. Time. :433l
One and an eighth miles, Presidio won, Cap
tain Kidd second, Robert Latta third. Time,
1:59.
Six furlongs, Roy Lochiel won, Valet second,
Tower Street third. Time, :16sl
NEWPORT, KY, April 15.-To-day's
races furnished some lively sport, the fin
ish between Toots and Basso in the third
race being the most exciting of the meet
ing. Favorites and second choices divided
the card. Track fair, weather clear and
warm. Attendance 5000.
Six furlongs, Mana won. Hands Off second
Cashier third. Time, :1S3l
Four and half furlongs, Cynthia H won,
Let Fly second, Covington third. Time, ST
y hand1cap, mile and a sixteenth, To0ts won,
Seven furlongs, selling Doorga won, Master
Fred second, Rapalatchie third. Time, 2S14
Four furlongs, selling, Nina Louise won,
so.
Six furlongs, selling. Tit for Tat won, Uno
second, Judge Denny third. Time, l :2914
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
LINED UP FOR BATTLE,
Rival San Pedro and Santa
Monica Delegations Arrive
at Washington.
Huntington Actively Scheming to Sc
cure Legislation to Favor His
Interests.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 16. "A
battle royal will take place before the Com
mittee on Commerce of the Senate to-
morrow. The rival San Pedro and Santa
Monica delegations arrived tonight and
will appear before the committee to.mor-
row. The San Pedro delegation is quar-
tered at the Hotel Shoreham, and one
block away, at the Hotel Normandie, is
the Santa Monica crowd. W. c. Patter-
son, Henry T. Hazard, ex-Mayor of Los
Angeles, Albert M. Stephens and II. 81.
Hawgood, civil engineer, are here in the
interest OF San Pedro. The Santa Monica
crowd is at the Hotel Normandie. D.
Hatch, G. Cole, John W. Mitchell, J. S.
Slauson and J. B. Lankershim are in this
party. Quite naturally they went to the
Normandie, where G. P. Huntington is
stopping, together with Tweed, CorthelI
and other agents of the railroad. The
Santa Monica people held a conference
with Huntington at the Hotel Normandie
tonight. Representative McLachlan was
present.
They are here ostensibly for the purpose
of securing "all the money they can get
for Southern California; that is the way
one of the delegation put it.
I'VE want all that Congress will appro-
pirate for both San Pedro and Santa NJ on
ica," said this gentleman. "We do not
propose to fight San Pedro and are anxious
for the inner barbor at that point to be
improved. but we are also anxious to
secure that $780, 900 for Santa Monica.
We should pull together and not lose all
because we are not able to agree'
This is the shrewd plan of campaign
adopted by the Santa Monica crowd at Mr..
Huntington's instlgation tonight. They
will pose as representative citizens of South
ern California who are here to 'get all they
can for harbor improvements in that Sec
tion of the State"
This is not only shrewd politics to Sc
cure Santa Monica's appropriation, but,
i'll truth, Huntington is anxious for the
inner harbor project at San Pedro to be
provided for. He owns considerable prop
erty at San Pedro, but not in proportion
to his interests at Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica agitators at the Nor
mandie sent emissaries to the San Pedro
people at Hotel Shoreham tonight and
proposed that the rival delegations "stand
on common ground" and work for both
San Pedro and Santa Monica, but the San
Pedro crowd thought the ground would be
''too common" as Patterson said, and
they rejected the overtures of Mr.. Hunt
ington. Messrs. Patterson, Hazard and
HAYWOOD said to the CALL correspondent
tonight that they would never consent to
an appropriation being made for an i'm
provement of the outer harbor at Santa
Monica.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
AN INSANE MAN'S DEEDS.
Shoots His Wife and Son and Then Tries TO
Commit Suicide by Cutting His
Throat

DENVER, CoLo., April 16.-At o'clock
this morning ]. 1. Kennedy, clerk in the
auditors Office OF the Denver and Gulf
Railroad Company, shot his wife, Mrs.
Heloise Kennedy, in the right temple, and
his son in the mouth, inficting wounds
that, by the most providential chance, will
not prove fatal in either instance. He
was temporarily insane as the result of
long illness, being now in the last stages
of consumption.
Immediately after he had wounded his
wife and boy Kennedy attempted to end
his own life bv cutting his throat with a
pocket-knife. The interference of his wife
and ]. II. Stimson, neighbor, prevented
his carrying his attempt to succe ssfnl
conclusion. In the city prison at 10
O'Clock he again endeavored to kill him
self by severing an artery with broken
pocket mirror which the officers had failed
to take from him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
CARL BEAUMAN, Stockton, Cal.

THE SMITH A MIGHTY MAN IS HE.'
Carl Beauman is a Smith-a black
smith-now strong, vigorous and rugged.
1t was only a short time ago when he was
sick man, tired, weary day laborer. He
could digest no food, had pains in his liver
and pains over the kidneys. He suffered
from exhaustion, exposure, cold and over
work.
In his own words:
THE EDWIN W. JOY COMPANY-GentIe.
men: may not be able to tell you in fine
language the great gratitude 1 feel, but l can
tell II just the same. short time ago was on
the nat OF my back with pains all over my body
and pains In my stomach. | used Joy's Vege-
table Sarsaparilla for two weeks and my bowels
became regular, and 1 could feel that l was
getting on. continued to use joys Vegetable
Sarsaparilla. until was well enough to work,
and now l Am strong again. Say, God bless
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla 1t is q great
remedy. Signed,
CARL BEAUMAN, Stockton, Cal.
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla is the great
California remedy of which SO much has
already been said. More than 10000 tessi-
monials are in the Office of joys Vegetable
Sarsaparilla. 1t is good for the blood, liver
and kidneys. It is q fine remedy for peo-
pie suffering from constipation. 1t will
cure the worst case of chronic constipa-
ton. Ask your druggist or dealer for
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Robbed by the Son.

DES MONIES, Iowa, April 16.--samuel
R. Reynolds, grain-buyer of this city,
has been robbed of $500 which he had
secreted in the wall of his cellar when his
wife died eight years ago. He impaired
his secret to his son, then IL years of age,
and showed him the seal which covered
the hole. To-day Reynolds discovered
that the money had disappeared. His
son is now of age, and has left the parental
roof. Officers are looking for him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
SCHAEFER AND IVES.
They Defeat Their Opponents In the Bt,
Itard Match.

ltdrd Match.
BOSTON, MASS, April 16.-The fourth
and fifth games in the international bill
lard match were played in Bumstead Hall
to-day and each was OF the cushion-carom
style, 300 points up.
The contestants in the afternoon game
were Jake Schaefer and Maurice DAILY, both
ex-champlons. After series of brilliant
shots on each side Schaefer came out VIC
torious, making the required 800 points, to
Daly's ESQ. The highest runs were: Schae-
S5, Daily %, and the averages were: Sehae-
fer 10-5S Daily 1858.
This evenings game was between Frank
Ives ana Alfred GARNER. A large number
OF spectators were present and the usual
interest was manifested in the plays of the
two champions. Ives went out in the
fifty-tirst inning, the score standing: Ives
300, GARNER 208. The highest runs were !;
Ives 80, GARNER q, and the AVERAGES were !:
Ives 45-51, GARNER 4-51.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Surrounded by Officers.

DES MONIES, Iowa, April 16.-The
Peru Bank wreckev, Davis, who escaped
from the Winterset Jail Yesterday. has
been surrounded by Sheriffs posse six
miles north of that place. He win be cap
tured dead or alive.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

vacant by the unseating of Tarsney of
Missouri, that Aldrich of Alabama had
been assigned to the Com mittee on Bank
ing and Currency and Van Horn (R.) of
Missouri to the Committee on Labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-08

The Boston Herald says that Sec
rotary Francis remarks on the grow
ing influence of wealth and the
necessity of checking the same are
of peculiar interest, coming as they
do from the richest man in the cabi.
net, who has amassed large por-
tion of his wealth in q comparatively
short time by fortunate investments.
The Herald is not familiar with the
facts in regard to Mr.. Francis. con-
tends the Keokuk Constitution-Dem-
ocrat, which is on the edge Of Fran
cis' bailiwick, and hastens to say:
at is not the sudden result of a
fortunate investment. but Of abou
thirty-five years Of hard work and
good business judgment. After
having been graduated from Wash
ington university in St. Louis. Mr..
Francis entered into his business
career with his uncle in that city.
and was successful from the very
start"