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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
BAD FIRE AT RACINE.

Two Misunderstanding Companies Lose
Heavily and a Fireman Is Killed.
Racine, Wis, Specialize manufac-
turing plant of the Thomas Driver &
Sons company was destroyed by fire.
The loss was $4,000; insurance, $12,.
900. The Racine Milling company, adj
Joining, was damaged 100000. a
fireman was thrown from a ladder and
received fatal injuries.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
CLEAR UP A MURDER.

New Evidence Found on the Mystic
rfOus Death of Howard McKOOn.
Grand Forks, N. D., Special.-At-
torney Starr wires from Auburn, N. Y,
that he has found new evidence
against G. Wight, who is held here on
suspicion of connection with the death
of Howard McKoon, who died at the
Hotel Dakotah last week. The coro-
ners Jury has not reported.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
ONE MAN KILLED.
p.or End Collision of Passenger
ora Freight Trains at Alta Vista.

EIma. Iowa. Aug. 81. - a rear-end
oo1lision occurred at Alta Vista be-
tween the south-bound local and
froioht No. 81 going the same direc-
iion sixteen cars, some loaded and
snn,a cmpties, were completely de-
Sit The cahoose of the local. IN
l,,,;oh wore nine passengers, was
er,ashod into llindlingwood. All the
, n.l....el escaped by jumping off the
p pa1,ooso except Mr. Hagerman or
n r",e"s WIS was apparently asleep,
and was instantly killed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
south Dakota University.

Vermillion, S. D., Specialize Uni
versity of South Dakota will open for
registration of new students Sept. g..
Glasses will begin on the 9th. From
indications received at the secretary
office the attendance will be largely in
creased over last year.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
Roth Hands Gone.

Deadwood, $. d., Spec1al.-AndreW
Hoffman, a brakeman on the Elkhorn
road, while jumping from work train
to flag a crossing, missed his footlng
and fell in front of the train. Both MS
hands were crushed to the Wrlsts ana
he was otherwise Injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Trans Arrested for Murder.

Aberdeen, S. D., Special.-Sheriff
Kemerer and Night Waterman He'd
rick of Redfeld, assisted by local of
ficers, rounded up and arrested here
two hoboes, one named King, charged
with killing another tramp whose re-
mains were found at Redfield in a
boiler
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
Anoka Man Killed.

Grand Forks, N. D., Special.-Devel-
opments show that the man killed by
the Northern Pacific train was Will
lam BURY. son of a prominent farmer
near Anola, and was not a Minneapo-
lis man as reported. His own careless
ness caused his death.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
nidn,t Quite clean 1t Out.

Aberdeen. S. D.. Special.-In a fight
in a bagnio south of the city Jack
Goss. an alleged pugilist, was stabbed
twice with an ice pick by Kit Fulton,
the proprietress. Goss had undertaken
to clean out the place. He will re-
cover.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
DIR. Won HoLLEBEN.
The New German Ambassador 10 the
United States.

Berlin, Aug. 27.-The North Gerllld =
Gazette announces that Dr. Won hol-
leben tbe PrusSian minister at Stuff
CART Wurtemburg, has been selected
for the post of German Ambassadors -
the United States made vacant oy 'lIe
appointment of the late ambassador 70
the United States to be secretary u
the imperial treasury
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
Hines Himself Again.

Jamestown, N. D., Special.-Farmer
Hines, the president of the Duluth &
North Dakota railroad, who is in the
insane asylum, is said to be improving
and the chances for his recovery are
good
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
EVANGELINA's CASE.
Ii Has Been Greatly Misrcpresented
and Exaggerated.

Washington, Aug. 27.-ConsuI Gen,
eral Lee. at Havana, has telegraphedi
the state department that the case OF
Evangelina Cisneros has been greaIly
misrepresented and exaggerated. 1e
added that he could not ascertain l!lae
there was any intention OF deportlhs
her.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
Farmer Shot a Man.

Mayville, n. D., Special.-Morris
GUNNER, a farmer near Mayvllle,
shot and killed a man, name unknown.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-31
GOBLIN IS ELECTED
VIEW COMMAN DER-IN-CHIEF OF THE
GRAND ARMY.

after "a Hard Fought Battle Cincin-
natl Is Selected for the Next Place
of Meeting, Defeating San Fran
cleo - Archbishop Ireland and
Gen. Wallace Make Addresses
housing Reception to Gen. Goblin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD.

II am sitting in the parlor, gazing down into
the CRATE,
Half dreaming of the days of long ago,
When picture comes before me of my dear
old mother there,
AS at night time when she rocked me to and
fro.
How 1 recall her soft singing so simple yet OH
how sweet
AS lay list'ning to each melody,
1 have often heard fine voices Patti, Melba,
and the rest,
But nothing since has seemed so sweet to me.
She would sing of brave Lord Lowell, and of
Lady Nancy Bell,
OF his return after long years away,
How he heard the church bells tOlling and
asked them who was dead,
To find his Nancy Bell had died that day.
Those we're simple songs of childhood, dear to
my throbbing heart,
Filled with sympathy and ever tender love,
1 am sure We'll hear those cradle songs, as
sung by mothers dear,
When we're called sometime to meet in heaven
above.
B. d. Stllman in Minneapolis Progress.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE PRISON MIRROR
Celebrates It's Eleventh Birthday
Today.

With this issue The MIRROR casts
its first reflection on the eleventh year
of its existence in the field of journal
ism. In 1887 this unique literary craft
made its first appearance before the
world. At this time it's projectors un-
-doubtedly never expected that it would
be anything more than an experiment.
A newspaper owned, edited and pub
lished by inmates of penal institu-
tion was one of the possibilities never
thought Of. Very few people on the
outside entertained the idea that pris-
oners possessed sufficient knowledge
which is an essential adjunct in the
publication of st-class newspaper.
Others predicted failure within the
year, believing that the conditions
were unfavorable and that its financial
support would be curtailed on account
of lack of advertisements and job work
which is the mainstay of outside
papers.
Notwithstanding the numerous OBJ
stacles The MIRROR had to contend
with in the past, we may truthfully
say that the paper has successfully
passed the age of financial uncertainty.
Today the paper owns a fairly well
equipped plant, but somewhat ancient
in regard to its job type. The force
consists of the editor and exchange
editor and three compositors, which in
cludes the devil who handles all "pie''
and has the contract of removing all
unnecessary membranes in the line
of wedding cake that accumulate in
the editors sanctum.
The paper has guaranteed circula-
tion of 1000, and we haven't the least
doubt that if the editor was given an
opportunity these figures could easily
be doubled by allowing him to re-
ceive turkeys, chickens, strawberries,
watermelons and garden truck on SUBJ
scription. Also an occasional oppor-
tunity to visit his subscribers, and at
the same time induce others to take it.
The editor lives in a brown stone
front and is securely guarded against
anarchists, blackmailers and the idiot
who imagines that he has alfew hun
dred dollars due him for unpaid labor.
Situated as it is, it can afford to be in
dependent and impartial on all national
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

The Bible is book full of light and
wisdom. 1t will make you wise to
eternal life, and furnish you with di-
rections and principles to guide and
order your life safely and prudently.
There is no book like the Bible for ex-
cellent learning, wisdom and USE
Sir Matthew Hale.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
DING. $1.OO per year. in advance
Six Months so cents.
the vaunted intelligence of the closing
years of the nineteenth century.
J. F. J.
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.

If a man commit crime, be given
fair trial, be found guilty, and be con-
demned, what becomes of him? He
goes to prison and works out his SEN
tence. And then? Then he is guilt
less in the eyes of the law, and he is as
tho he had done no wrong thing. His
retention in prison has eXpiated his
crime; he is pure member of society
But what says society through YOU?
The answer by deeds is this: "The
stain of that wrong shall stay in him
forever; he shall be hampered in every
way; he shall be prevented from get
ting an honorable position by meddle-
some tongues reviving the story of the
past; he shall be bounded by the voices
of those who say, I am holier than
thou he shall be made to feel that
the world is too small for him to hide
himself and the grave too shallow to
purify him; for the stigma of crime
shall fasten even on his children after
him."
If man commit sin and no one
knows it, he is as pure as the unsullied
snow in the eyes of the world; but if it
be known, though he weep over it until
it's very substance is washed away by
the flood of grief, though he agonize
with regrets, though he spend his last
effort to right wrong, yet in every
moi inh uyhn
les are long as death or whose hearts
are hard as adamant, whose COOL calcu-
lating ways save them from sin or
whose clever cOncealments save them
from discovery,-these Pharisees, I
say, will summon the ghosts of mans
past from the grave, tho it all be bur
led deep beneath accumulated years of
remorse and unhappiness. Like myth
ical ghouls and real hyenas, these low
ers of carrion will dig till they find the
treasure they seek, the sin spot; and
they rejoice with bowling that all the
world can hear.
If the All-Father takes note of the
fall of sparrow, and tenderly bears
with our misdeeds, giving solace to the
wounded spirit when even those who
should cherish it turn from it, how
grimly must He smile when He sees
little mites of humanity, and frail as
small, usurping the power of God and
dethroning Him to sit themselves in
harsh, unforgiving, unrelenting judg-
ment on their fellows, whose condi-
tions of stress and temptation none
but the All-Wise can know. And those
of us whose hearts have sorrowed and
suffered, whose feelings have grown
tender under afflictiOn, whose feet lin
ger nearer and nearer the source of all
gentleness and kindness, meekness and
peace, have the growing sense that
much of the evil in the world is fos-
tered and strengthened by those who
falsely conclude themselves to be good,
barring as they do by their sacro-sanct
manners the way of hope and life and
labor and happiness to the sinner, who
sorrows and would do better. The
wandering one grows hardened at ex-
posure, callous to the gain of the race
once honored, fierce in enmity to soci-
ETY.; and so on from bad to worse until
the end confirms the evil theories of
the professedly good.-"Nemo," in
Houston Valley Signal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
JASPER.

The fruit of the spirit is love, JOY,
peace, long suffering, gentleness, good.
ness, faith, meekness, temperance
Gal. ", %, %, f. c.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Religion cannot pass away. Be not
disturbed by infidelity. The burning
of little straw may hide the stars, but
the stars are there and will reappear.-
Thomas Carlyle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

anced, or to use a more expressive
phrase-that we are fools, in the high
est sense of that word. il.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30

Or w. w. Parker. who has been a
very sick man, was much improved yes
terday.
Rev. George Bachelor, OF Boston, sec
rotary OF the American Unitarian Asso-
citation is in the city.
Judge w. w. Crump. who has been quite
sick at his home. corner OF Governor anu
Broad streets, is improving.
Mr. : Burgess. Of Fluvanna county,
is stopDing with his brother, Mr.. ID. NJ.
Burgess. 621 north Ninth street
Mr.. John Morton still lies very i'll at
his residence. on west Broad street; MI
Morton was formerly well-known HORST
The Democratic League for Good Gov
eminent VIII mold It's annual meeting IN
Sanger Hall next Monday night. Oihcers
are TO be elected.
Lieutenant Bob Masurier, of the An
dorsOu Light Infantry, has returned from
Fredericksburg. where he went to judge q
competitive drill
Pavmaster c. p. Thompson, United
States navy, who has been confined 10
his home with serious Illness, was some
what improved yesterday.
Professor S. c. Mitchell. of Richmond
College. will preach at Emmanuel Baptist
church tomorrow morning, ana Rev. Dr.
Nelson will ill the pulpit at Leigh-Street
church.
Rev. Edward L. Pell will deliver his
regular weekly lecture on the Sun9ay-
tan Association this afternoon at 4;5O
o'clock.
There will be an important called meet
ing of the City Mission Monday e II
O'Clock at the Young Mems CHRISTIAN
Association. Every visitor IS earnestly
requested TO be present.
Mr.. e. w. Milstead, Sergeant OF the cisS
Of Newport News, ana MI, Geo 81 fIa n
o,,e,. county. were visitors at the flIst
Auditors Office yesterday
Mr. Emmett c. Taylor, agent for the
Society for the Prevention OF Crueily 10
Animals. arrested a negro driver halneu
William Mann yesterday nlor.liIls, Jnai 70
Mir. Frank Miller.
Minnie Grover, youngest daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Macon s. Ford, died on Wednes-
6aV. Her age was Is years, ana she poIe
tw0 years of suffering without murmur'
The funeral took place from the West
View Baptist church yesterday
The members of Mccarthy Council, r.
A., are making preparation Tor eo1 1SiI
friends on next Thursday night, f'eDru-
ary 4th. at Lee-Camp Han. They nave
secured the services or some OF me Dest
local talent and those VINO are lor1una a,,
enough 10 secure uchels Will spoHu al
enjoyable evening.
DIT. Hatcher has been at Denison Uni
yersitV. Granville, O.. for two weeks con-
incting a revival meeting. A letter Just
received from him reports the meeting
,e one Of the most powerful and sue
"essfuI that he has ever witnessed. The
Doctor cxpects TO reach Richmond this
morning. and will have good news Tor
his people tomorrow. Al the evening
service he will give a report of the great
meeting in Ohio.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
picturesque Palestine In Photo
graphic Pauoramn"

tomorrow afternoon at o'clock Rev.
=; Belts viii deliver at the Young
Mth Christian Association Hall his
s.teItopticon Illustrated lecture on pic
tulesque Palestine" taking the large audi
ehce who shall be present on trip TO
.ne HOY Land and the places and scenes
vi our SaVlcurs lifc There can be no
weston but that this meeting will be
Iul OF intense interest and helpful 10
men. me lecturer will not only use a
hlSh-class stcreopticon in illustrating the
lecture. but also song. The chorus choir
or -. Marks Episcopal church viii assist
IA the service. The doors VIII open for
the mems meeting at $3.50. and all men.
young and old, over l6 years OF age, are
cordially invited.
The same gentleman will speak 10 boys
only at 245 o'clock, illustrating his ad-
dress with the stereopticOn. He viii also
sing 10 the boys. In addition TO the other
interesting features. Mr.. II. j. Sanderiin
VIII be the cornetist at this meeting. All
boys over years of age and under 10 are
cordially invited but none under l6 VIII
be admitted TO the mems meeting
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
The members of the association are re-
minded that the association year ends
with Sunday night and are urged to 90
their utmost TO secure members. on ac-
count Of the last day OF the association
year being Sunday. the books Will be held
open until Monday night. Members are
invited 10 show their friends the improve
mentS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
"Virginia CartoGrnphy."
washington Post)


Mr.. p. Lee Phillips. Assistant Librarian
of Congress, has just contributed to the
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections a
very interesting and valuable paper Ell,
,f.isd s'Virqinia Cartography.' This Is
cbronologically- account OF the
various maps of Virginia, from John
With's. of 1855. down 10 Rand, McNally q
20 20 sindexed county and railroad pocket
man and shipping guide of Virginia, pub
iiSbed in New York and Chicago In 1898. III
Is accompanied by an index Of ,a authors
H. ,,oost comulete and reliable history or
VIZ cartography that We have YET
Ma ~ our disposal. Mr.. Phillips has made
deep and exhaustive research IN me pre-
usrs.ion Of this work, and that, together
pi,.,tb his very intelligent and interesting
~1 mmcntary on the earlier maps and
charts adds greatly 10 its value as book
III reference and source OF iniormati Oh n,
Mr. phillipss paper will be found In the
er,ithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
cbanter xxxvii (No. 1852.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET
Richmond Va, January p, 1891


No auction offerings on Change.
Private sales Filters. 10; wrappers. Z;
dark leaf. 8. Total. 81 hogsheads. Fur
ther sales are known 10 have been made,
and will no doubt be reported in the next
day or two.
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites, SlT95; tobacco. s2,67S4O. Total,
s7,s51.S5
Dark loose sales to-day 1865 pounds.
with 3-4c. Cat Crenshaw's Warehouse)
highest price.
Total sales for week. ending to-day,
167 205 pounds, and 10 3-ic. highest price.
Shelburnes and Planters warehouses
both had very nice sales Of brights to-
day. consisting largely Of low and
medium grades. with some few lots OF
common wrappers, for which latter grade
prices were especially strong. In fact,
prices were stif all around. No fine
grades offered.
The warehouses have quite a good stock
of brights on hand, and only await for
milder weather to offer same. No more
sales until Tuesday, when breaks are
expected TO be very large
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
The na by.

When morning broke and baby came
The house did scarcely seem the same
AS Just before.f The very air
Grew fragrant with the essence rare
OF a celestial garden. where
The angels. breathless. learned 10 hear
The youthful mothers feryid prayer
To God, to guard her first-born care.
And with what diligence each ear
Did listen, as her lips did frame
The helpless little strangers name
When baby came.
When darkness came and baby died.
The misty grief that fell belied
The transient JOY that filled the room
But Just before; where brooding gloom
Now dumbly spoke the baby's doom.
We hid away the little things
Woven by Natures matches loom
A womans hands, The amber bloom
Waxed DINNER on the finch's wings;
The flowers, too, In sorrow Wed,
As II kind Nature dropped and cried
When baby diedi
' CHARLES GORDON ROGERS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT Busi-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds. STOCKS
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton. Cnthe'
Country Produce, &C., Foreign
and Domestic.

NEW YORK, January 2s-There was a
slight increase in the volume OF transac-
tons at the Stock Exchange to-day, the
sales footing up 121,sSS shares. of which
q, 200 were Northern Pacific preferred
and 1910 Sugar. The only feature OF
the speculation was its firmness through
out the session, despite a sharp break in
the Coalers. The latter declined 21-2
for Lackawanna and IL. for Delaware and
Hudson, and Jersey Central, after the de-
tails of the report of the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western were made known.
The report showed a deficit OF s507,2
and the road earned sos per cent. on its
stock, against 517 the previous year;
while the balance-sheet showed an in
crease in accounts payable of N,2Oo0co,
and an available balance of about $1,000;
book-value. Even the depression In the
Coalers was Of short Duration however,
and Lackawanna and Delaware and
Hudson closed with net gains of 1-4q5-S
per cent, while Jersey Central lost IL
per cent.
The general list, in the early trading,
improved TO the extent OF 1-+d1 "a per
cent, the latter in Northern Pacific pre-
fcrred, which was bought freely for for
eign account. Subsequently, American
Tobacco yielded l IL, and the other
shares 1-fd1 per cent, outside of Manhat-
tan, which broke points, to So Ia, on a
revival of the rumors about an impend-
ing new issue of bonds. The stock final
ly rallied 10 SO IA, on semi-oiicial state
ments that the rumors i'm question pro-
badly grew out of the fact that the COM
pany has taken up for consideration the
extension Of its lines in the upper part
of New York city. OF course, If such
extensions are decided upon, bonds will
have to be issued. Consolidated Gas de-
clined IA, to 14S IL. Long Island. on
the other hand, jumped "a. to 40 ga. on
reports that the original deal with a
syndicate will go through. II is stated
that Expert Titles report will be made
public shortly. The Changers, General
Electric, Louisville and Nashville, and
Northern Pacific received excellent sup
port throughout.
Speculation closed firm. The net
changes show gains Of 1-fq3 3-S per cent,
Northern Pacific preferred leading. Man
haitian and Tobacco however, lost l and
IL, respectively. Long Island closed
31-4 per cent. higher.
The bond market was strong and ac-
tive. The transactions aggregated s2,i65,-
600.
Treasury balances: Coin, sl22, 76S, III; cur
rency, S5.O56054.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call easy at 1-2d2 per cent. ;
last loan at 1-2, and closing offered at
11-2; prime mercantile paper, 3q3 IL
per cent.
Bar silver, 6iS-4. Silver at the board
easier
Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business I'm bankers bills at s4Si $40
S4.s5 for sixty days, and 1886 3-4u$ta for
demand; posted rates, SS5aS4.d Ii; COM
mercial bills. st3 1-4GS4.A II.
Government bonds strong. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds firm.
arOry nTnrArInNy
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
Nav Sell Their Land.

A meeting of the STOCKHOLDERS. of the
Richmond ana Roanoke Land Company
was held I'm the offices Of Messrs Ander-
son a. Anderson Goddin Hall, at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon for the pui .
pose Of considering the question OF sell
ing the land owned by the company near
Roanoke. The matter was fully dis
Gus ed and the meeting adjourned TO the
first Tuesday in April. which is the Tune
Of the annual meeting, without taxing
any action upon the question Oh sellllS
the land Of the company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
20 Helm the uungry.

Another lunch will be given without
charge TO those who are hungry next
Monday, February LIST, at 7;4o I. NJ,
at Broad-Sireet Mission. Persons de-
string to aid by sending provisions will
please send to the mission. ~ east Broad
street. between II A. NJ. and T.. NJ; or
5 and Z =. NJ. These Monday-night sup
pers will probably be given every week
during February.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
Dr. Young. of Canada. to Preach.

Rev. DR.. Edgerton r. Young Of the
Northwest Canadian Conference VIII
nreach al Tnion-Station Methodist church
Sunday morning at II o'clock. and at 81.
James Methodist at 1890 +. NJ. Rev. Or.
Young is the minister who, at the session
OF the Virginia Conference IN Lynchpufg
last November, made an address OF sucn
surpa ssing eloquence as to elecuiiy ana
surprise thc member Cf that BODY
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-30
To Preach the sun-Do-Move sermon

Rev. John Jasper will deliver his world,
renowned sermon on 1.-The Sun DO Move
tomorrow morning at II o'clock az his
This discourse at the solicitation of the
Students Of the University College Of
Medicine. The public is invited to attend.