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I Boys ssass. ssoss. Csc and 81 10

We offer here an excellent Boys
School Shoe. with neat round toe and
outside tap soles. Sewed with three
rows OF wax thread and warranted
not TO rip. Special price, for sizes II
to 2. 95 cents; sizes to 5, 81 10.
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DURRANT MURDER CASE.
The United States Supreme Court
Will Issue a Mandate.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1o-On motion
or Assistant Attorney-General Ander-
son. the Supreme Court to-day decided
to issue Immediately a mandate in the
Durrlnt murder case.
No representative of Durrant was in
court when the motion was made. The
court, after hurried consultation on
the bench. announced through Chief
Justice Fuller that the mandate should
be issued forthwith
Mr.. Anderson thinks this will settle
the matter and hasten Durrant's exc
cution. He said he would have made
the motion sooner but for the neces-
sity Of giving notice to Durrant's coun-
sal
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AT LAST IN PRISON.
Albert Masterson Begins a Sem
tence Passed 18 Years Ago.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15-Eigh-
teen years ago Albert Masterson, alias
Matthews, was arrested for burglary IN
Mendocino County and sentenced to five
years in San Quentin. Tonight he be-
gan to serve out his sentence. When
he was first condemned he made his es
cape by jumping from the boat and hid
ing under wharf on the city front. AS
he wore an Oregon boot, it was sup
posed he had been drowned. Recent
ly he was arrested at Santa Rosa for
petty offense, and his identity revealed
by his half brother, Ed Furlong, whom
he now threatens to kill when released.
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KILLING OF ATTORNEY JONES
Preliminary Examination of Julian
Guinan.

CARSON, Nov. 15.-The preliminary
examination of Julian Guinan for the
killing of United States District At
1orney Charles a. Jones was held here
To-day.
The evidence was developed that the
youthful prisoner had lived in constant
fear for his fathers life during the past
Two months, on one occasion having
asked his brother: ''If Charley Jones
kills papa, what will we do?"
The defendant his father. DR.. Guinan,
and Miss Guinan We're examined in turn,
The proceedings being of highly emo
1ional character. The daughter identi-
fed a certain letter addressed to her
and posted by Jones few minutes be-
fore his death. The attorneys objected
TO it's being read in the presence of news
paper reporters.
The examination viii be concluded to-
morrow.
The record-union., 1897-11-16
DEC1DuoUs FRUIT GROWERS.
Papers Drawn Up for an Exchange
to Market the Crop.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.-The COM
nittee appointed by the Deciduous
Fruit Growers Association met this
morning and drew up Incorporation pa
pers and bylaws for the local ex-
changes and the Central Exchange,
which will be submitted Wednesday for
the approval of the convention.
The plan which will be passed upon
by the convention is as follows: Grow
ers in a small section to organize a To-
cal association; delegates appointed
from these to form a local exchange;
delegates from the local exchange to
form the central exchange at Los An
geles. whose business it is to market
the fruit
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ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A Chinese Priest Probably Fatally
Wounded.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15-At an
early hour this morning Koong Sang,
priest, was stabbed in the Chinese Tenn
pie on Stockton street by an unknown
assassin.
Stories regarding the attempted as
sasslnation are conflicting. Some of
the mans friends attribute the at
tempted murder to a thief, and others
say that the attack is part of the boy
cott between the See Yups and the Sam
Yups. 1t is not believed that Sang
can live.
The report that the rival associations
had patched up their differences is de-
MED, and serious trouble is expected
to break out in Chinatown at any mo-
ment.
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KERN COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS
Proposition to Refund the Bonds
Carried by a Vote of to /.

BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 15.-By vote
of to i, the proposition to refund the
bonded indebtedness of Kern County
has been ratified at the polls. The
county is now paying q per cent. inter-
est on $3.50, 900 of Indebtedness, and the
new bond issue will draw only AZ per
cent. Injunction proceedings will be
begun tomorrow to prevent the Board
Of Supervisors from carrying out con-
tract for the sale of the new issue at
par, it being alleged that the arrange
nent was made before the bond election
WAS held.
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Deaths at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Sister
Mary Regis. Mother Superior at st.
Mary's Convent, who came here in
1868, died yesterday at the age of o3
years.
James Bannallack, one of the most
prominent mining men in this district.
died yesterday. He came to this place
in the early sos.
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Shot Himself in Church.

SOUTH BEND Qnd0. Nov. 10
Charla IS A. Spencer, manager or the
Postal Telegraph Company's office al
Deadwood. S. D., purposely shot hlm-
self fatally last night in the Methodlst
Episcopal Church at Westville, lnd.'
where until recently he was manager
of the Postal Company. The deed was
while the congregation was
singing. and much excitement followed.
Dependency and financial troubles are
assigned as the causes.
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LOT |.
| 90

Ladies' Fine Kid Pointed Toe
Shoes, button, kid tops, patent
leather tips. A regular So so
shoe and good value at that. We
will close them out at 81 60.
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Football Strongly Condemned.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), Nov. 1o.-The
Governor of Arkansas is the first Chief
Magistrate to disapprove of the game OF
football In a letter to President j. L..
Buchanan of the State University at
Fayetteville, Governor Jones takes the
recent game between the Fort oiili,n
and the State University as text anu
strongly condemns the sport as brutal
and recommends that there De d stop
put altogether to the playing Oh tne
game by the students Of the State Oni-
yerSity.
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A Strike Threatened.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia strike Of
the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
is threatened in this city. The Electri-
cal Workers, having demanded an in
crease of wages from S3 day to 81,
effective January 1st, and their demand
having been positively refused by the
association, the workmen decided 10
strike
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Believed to be the Hueneme.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Captain
Ipsen Of the schooner Winchester. at
Sand Point on October 18th, reports
three-masted schooner ashore in Unni-
max Pass. This is supposed to be the
Huaneme, the vessel chartered by the
North American Trading Company
some three months ago to take the ma
terial for three small steamers from
Puget Sound to ST. Michael. She was
wrecked in Unimak Pass, and her cargo
DESTROYED
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Verdict for Plaintiff.

SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 1o.-Judge An
gellotti decided the case of the Dickson
estate against Mrs. Amanda Smith to-
day in favor of the plaintiffs for $o,l64.
1t was claimed by Mrs. Smith that few
days before Mr.. Dickson committed sui
eide he made an agreement with Mrs.
Smith whereby he would cancel So
coo mortgage for So, 900. The heirs OF
Dickson began suit for the So,0OO and
interest, claiming that Dickson for sew
eral weeks prior to his death was of un-
sound mind
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Pine Mountain Reserve.

VENTURA, Nov. 15.-Congressman
Barlow arrived in Ventura to-day, af-
ter conference with prominent resi-
dents of Nordhoff in the matter Of the
proposed Pine Mountain Government
reserve, in which Ventura and Santa
Barbara Counties are deepuly interest
ed. A committee of five was selected
to cooperate with the Santa Barbara
Board of Trade in devising ways and
means for the most harmonious and ef-
fective methods of procedure.
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Inheritance Law Constitutional.

HELENA (Mont) Nov. 10. - The
State Supreme Court to-day sustained
the constitutionality of the inheritance
law passed by the last Legislature. The
law imposes a tax of per cent. on
bequests TO any beneficiary not a rela-
tive where the estate amounts to over
S100 The tax on estates directly in
herfted where the value Of the estate
is over $500 is | per cent.
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San Joaquin Valley Road.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15.-The di-
rectors of the San Francisco and San
joaquin Valley Railroad are now Sc
curing rights of way for the proposed
line from Stockton to Point Richmond.
The surveys have been completed from
the bay terminus to Antioch, and from
this place surveys are now being MADE
to determine whether to cross the tule
lands or go around them, as the South
ern Pacific did
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A Leaking Bark Abandoned.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-The
British ship Royal Forth arrived to-
day from Swansea. When four days
out she encountered the Norwegian
bark Alma. which vessel was in distress
and leaking. The Captain and crew,
abandoning the bark, were taken aboard
the Royal Forth, and subsequently
transferred to the steamer Berthoum,
bound for Rotterdam.
The record-union., 1897-11-16
Rich Mineral Discovery in Nevada

ELKO (Nev), Nov. 13.-The Gold
Creek and Nevada Mining Company
in a recent placer working at Cold
Creek, uncovered a vein. the assay of
which shows 1898 in gold and 163
ounces in silver This is one of the
richest discoveries ever made in this
sectiol of Nevada.
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Was Short in His Accounts,

WALLA WALLA (Wash), Nov ID.
An examination of the books of
Charles Dobel, who committed suicide
October 23d, reveals a shortage of 81
coo in the funds of Washington Lodge,
No 10, l. o. o. F., of which Dobel was
The record-union., 1897-11-16
Low Will Stay in Columbia College

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The Board of
Trustees of Columbia College. at their
monthly meeting to-day, decided not
to accept the resignation of President
Seth Low, rendered when he became a.
candidate for Mayor of New YORK,
and requested Mr.. Low to withdraw 1t.
To this the President consented without
comment.
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Minister to Central America.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Captain
Merry. who was appointed and con-
frmed as United States Minister to MIC
aragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, was
at the State Department to-dy, having
been summoned here to confer with the
officils in regard to his status. The new
Minister has not yet been received py
Nicaragua, but it is felt that the diiil-
clllty is now in a fair way to removal
and that eventually the Minister VIII De
,-nnQixrpd
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May Operate a Placer Mine.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. j.. : The
Debris Commission to-day granted to
the Miocene Mining Company permis-
sion to operate its placer mine which
is located near Crescent Mill, Plumas
County The permit was issued to y,
w. Whitney
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Yellow Fever at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1o.-There
were eleven cases of yellow fever ana
two deaths here to-day. QuarantlneS
are beginning to come down, and there
is now an open road to the Pacific, with
the exception of Lake Charles. Ihe
public schools and the civil courts
opened in New Orleans to-day, ana
matters are resuming their normal con-
dition,
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To be Settled by Arbitration.

BERKELEY. Nov. 15-Disputes be-
tween the athletes of Stanford and CAL
ifornia will hereafter be arbitrated.
Danger of a possible breaking off of
relations between the two Universities
on account of athletic differences has
been obviated by the adoption of an ar
bitratfon treaty by authorized rep. =
sentatives of the two bodies of students.
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LOT 5.
So O5

Ladies' Louis XIV. heel Hand
turned Shoes, with dime toes,
patent leather tip, fine kid,
cloth top, lace; an elegant shoe;
worth 81 so; they must go at
So 95.
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The Seattle Sails for Skaguay.

TACOMA, Nov. 15.-The steamer
City of Seattle sailed tonight for Ska
quay and Dyea with seventy-five pas
sengers and a full cargo of freight.
The vessel took out a carload of ma
chinery for the Chilcoot Tramway Com
pany
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Reliance Will Play at Butte.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 15.-The Re-
lance football team of Oakland has
finally agreed to play in Butte, Mont,
on Thanksgiving day, against the pow
erful eleven of that city. The party
from the coast viii consist of fifteen
veteran players under the management
of Captain Frick and will leave here on
next Monday.
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Death of a Wel1-Known Engineer,

SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 15.-Thomas w.
Wright, who has lived here forty-eight
years, and who was we'll known
throughout the State as a civil en-
gineer and surveyor, died this after
noon. He made the first survey for
a telegraph line between San Fran
cisco and St. Louis.
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this morning, examined and bound
over to the Superior Court. Before
the latter tribunal, later in the day, ne
pleaded guilty, and fourteen hours after
committing the crime was sentenced
to fourteen years Imprisonment. He
will be taken to San Quentin to-mor-
row morning.
The record-union., 1897-11-16
Bribery Case Settled Out of Court

POTTSVILLE Pa.), Nov. 15.-The
case against Van yalkenburg, charged
with conspiring to bribe Representative
Weiss of Northampton County to vote
for John Wanamaker for United States
Senator as against State Senator Pen
rose, has been settled out of court. Mr..
Wanamaker and Thomas Dolan of Phil
adelphia had been subpenaed as wit
nesses and the trial promised to be
sensational one.
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A Shin in Distress.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15-News
was received here to-day that the ship
w. ]. Rotch had been obliged to put
into Tulcahulcana in distress. The
Rotcil is commanded by Captain Lam
caster, and was on her way from New
York to this port with a general cargo.
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SPEEDY JUSTICE.
A Man Sentenced Fourteen Hours
After Committing a Crime.

HOLLISTER, Nov. 13-There is no
4ardsness in the administration OF
Justice in san Benito County. Fred
Katsrom, a Russian. aged 20, was driv-
ing Mrs. Ann Davis, aged GO, to her
employers ranch last night. and at
a lonely part of the road criminally
assaulted her. Katsrom was arrested
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Col. Jameson Passes Away.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Colonel
Jameson, General Superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service under President
Arthur, is dead.
ny in 1S41 His family removed to
Wisconsin in 1917, and during the Civil
War he served in the First Wilnconsin
Artillery. Upon leaving the army he
entered the Postal service, and rose to
Chief of the Railway Mail Service.
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Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes.
cloth or kid top, patent tips,
marrow square and pointed toes;
regular SO so value; to close
out, So Is.
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States to-day extended for thirty days
the time for issuing its mandate in the
case of the Railroad Company VS.. the
United States. 1t is understood to be
the purpose of the Southern Pacific to
enter a motion for a rehearing.
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A Bigamist's Sentence.

ST. JOSEPH (Mo), Nov. 13.-Albert
Kneeland, the bigimist, who has twelve
living wifes, was to-day sentenced 70
three years and six months in the pen
itentiary This is his third term for
this offense.
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Wefers Not a Professional.

PORTLAND (Or), Nov. 1.-THE
committee of the Amateur Athletic
Union, which Investigated the charge
of professionalism brought against B.
]. Wefers. the sprinter. has rendered a
verdict of mot proven"
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Here's limited Tot OF SFOFS we place on sale TODAY
they're preed extremely low for quick selling and
..yonr money back il you want it,"
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CURIOUS CASE OF SMUGGLING.
One Way of Getting Goods Across
the Mexican Border

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-A curious
case of smuggling on the Mexican bor-
der lines has been discovered recently
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Rev. s. B. Morse Dead.

OAKLAND, Nov. 15.-After an illness
of one week, Rev. Samuel b. Morse, ID.
D.. formerly President of the Califor-
MIA Theological College, and a pioneer
among the churchmen of the State, died
tonight.
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Time Extended Thirty Days.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-In re-
sponse to a motion by J. H. Ashton,
representing the Southern Pacific Com
pany, the Supreme Court Of the United
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| Misses ssdss s5s 9Oc and 81 %

Misses Dongola Kid Lace or Button
Shoes, neat narrow square or com
Worth 81 5A' Special. for sizes S to IL,
80 cents; sizes l1la to 2, 81 Co.
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United States Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.--The United
States Supreme Court to-day took re-
cess until Monday the 29th instant.
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Shoe Chances.

We here quote the shoe
chances for to-day, and as
these drop ont new ones will be
added equally as interesting
Your size means a prize, and as
we propose to make quick work
of our loss and your gain, come
early and you'll not be disap-
pointed.
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Never go out in the cold just after
drinking something warm
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Ladies' esif ess Shoes, 81 98

Box Calf Shoes for ladies in either
lace or button. with the popular coin
toe. A waterproof and warm winter
shoe. These sell at 81 so to So else
where. Special at 81 IS a pair
The record-union., 1897-11-16
Ladies SIsi kid Shoes, 81 SO

Ladies' Nici Kid Shoes, lace or but
ton. cloth or kid tops, neat narrow
square or needle toes. This shoe ought
TO fetch s.. but as sizes are getting
low we mark them at 81 80.
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fused together by intcrcross,nc. From which
Weismann deducCs what he Considers a General
law. namely, that tho constnnCy Of n snccilc
type does not nrisc suddenly, but gradually. and
81 Is established by, the pro,niscuous crossing OF
all individuals" From which, again. il follows
that this constlncy must cease so soon as tho
condition which maintains 1t ceases. .. so
soon ms. irco intcrcrosslng is prevented by tho
gcograph col isolation OF n portion OF tho species
IRON its parent stock.
statement OF the principle In question is not a
good statement OF II. There was no need. he saws
while stating the doctrine that separation in.
duces differentiation to found the doctr iue on any
such highly specialize ted bases. In point OF fact,
thcro is no real evidence that sICcilc typcs do
for the purposes Of tho doctrine in question is IL
necessary that there should be. For this doc.
trinc does not need to show how lhc cOnstnncy
has been attained: 1t only has 10 show that tho
consistency it maintained by Tree intcrcrOsslng.
with the result that whtn ireo intcrCrossing
IL, by any mems, prevented, divergence
OF character cnsLos. In short. the cor.
rect way Of stating the principle Is that
which was adopted ny DClbouf and Gu,
lick, namely, tho average characters of Il
h. tho same as lose OF the whole 3 ecies; with
the result that !vergcncc OF type will be set UP
IN the sIp rated portion by intercrossing within
that portion. Or the principle may BE- pre-
sontcd, as RonlLnus presented II, under the
designation OF independent variability
the average mean OF all individual varia-
lions, any considerable departure from this
average mean being, however. checked 10y i'm
tcrGrossinV," with the result that when inter.
crossing is prevented between a portion lof n
species and tho rest of the species, the scgre.
gated population is permitted TO develop an in
dependent history of It's own. shielded from
intercrossing witt Its parent form.
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The Messrs. Putnam have published the second
and concluding volume OF tho work which, I'M
der the name of NipDur, describes the explora-
tons made on the Euphrates by the University
of Pennsylvania expedition in the years 1885,
90. This volume deals with the second cam.
paign, tho general results of which will be found
set forth in the fourth chapter. pages lO4-l4O.
The significance. however, of the additions
made to our historical knowledge by the expe-
dition is more distinctly indicated for the gem
" CHI Dr. J. L. PETERS, the director of tho ey-
petition aud author OF this hook. traces the his
tory o, Eippur. the city on the site Of which the
chapter which enables us 10 realize how much
further W. are carried back by recent explora-
10 reach by corresponding work in the Valley
OF the Nile.
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In an earlier part of this work DR.. Peters
describes ia detail the Babylonian plain formed
by tho alluvial deposit OF tho two great rivers,
tho Tigris and the Euphrates. This plain is
bounded on the east by the Persian Mountains,
and on the west and north by the Arabian plat
tcnu. IL was. originally, a narrow gulf OF the
sea, surrounded by rocky shores; this gulf was
gradually filed NJ by mud brought down by
the two rivers named. together with the Karun,
which unites with them near the point where
they empty into the Persian Gulf. This alluvial
deposit is fine mud, containing no stones what.
ever, and is almost incredibly fertile when irri-
gated. DIR. Peters, for his part, has no doubt
that hero was one OF the primeval sites of civil.
cation, in which nature provided, as it were. a
kindoTgartcn for mankind. Wheat and the palm
tree were indigenous there. AMI furnished food
Of the highest nourishing quality without If.
inri; IL was not a forest country: there was
tho marshes furnished reels. and the palms
mats, and men speedily learned how to make
and, finally, into higher plaslic forms. Trndi.
dii'i"nS ana burial customs point to IhHt portion
OF IN Behyionian plain which lies be, ween ur
north, AS the %orisin1Ii' crsadle" Of cii,v;}lzationnn. and
the discoveries male at Nippur. considered in
suggest that tho settlement OF The three prctt
cities named was made not later than 5000 or
was inhabited bv men sntIclenrtI advmn t1S'i in
civilization to found cities. build houses. make
pottery, and. In general. TO carry on the INDUS
lest, inscriptions, however. which wo pos.
sGs3 belong to a neriod which DR.. Peters would
place not much before / 600 Is. G. AT mat time
Lower Btb%lonia WAS known MS Kengi whi.-
Near the land OF canals and reeds" tr. Eritlf,
Ercch, and lhgash were among It's important
cities, and Nippnr WAS its religious centre, Al
the earliest date. 10 which lhe discovered in.
scriptions carry us back. Kengi had afro -dy. n
and tho earliest records which We possess
recount III" contests bet wecn kings of Kish
and the kings OF he Southland on The other.
Among these records he most important $ a
long Iuscr!pti Ion concerning u certain Lug IL
TuEfsi, High Priest OF The IL d Of The
bow" who Conquered Kcngi and established
the seat OF his supremacy at Ercch. Tho
most important, part of the inscription
Is that which. describes his conquests and
the extent OF his dominion. when En-