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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-20
A TORNADO PLAYS HAVOC.
1t Starts Two Water spouts and Strikes
Near Valley Stream, L. 1.

A tornado struck half-mile east OF the
village of Valley Stream, Long Island, and
wrought considerable damage. Ahotel was
almost totally wrecked, the upper part Of
another building was carried awav, big
trees were dragged from the earth n scat
tered long distances, part OF a big wagon
shed disappeared, and q horse was lifted
into the air and carried a considerable dis
lance. ~ 5-.fs
1t was o marvellous storm. Following
upon the heels of q heavy rain-storm, W
towering water-spoutS arose out OF the sea
of Rockaway. One passed to the north
ward, the other started east. The first
spout, whipping over into Jamaica Bay,
drove up through the channel with g roar
ing that filled the air. 3
Following the channel, the spout made
Its way towards the railwaytrestle at Ham
mePs. Just above the railroad spiling 1t
upset four boats, drowning the occupants
OF OF them. C~ollapsing upon the spiing
the water spout subsidized. A few yards be-
yond, however, the cloud swirled down to
the water again aud formed anew. some
distance beyond It collapsed again with q
crash and was seen no more. tgl
The second spout, after going eastward
some distance, swerved in towards tho
beach, driving out a host of bathers and
clipping the edges Of a bath-house and a
hotel. "a
After leaving Rockaway the cyclone
plowed its course of destruction north.
easterly through Springfield, Valley Stream,
Lynbrook and towards Hampstead. 1t
blew a big hotel seventeen feet from the
foundation, unroofed houses. sucked up
the water from two ponds as well as from
the Hampstead reservoir, scattered q hem
merry over a square mile OF country and
plowed a thirty-foot swath through corn
fields and orchards.
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THE NEWS


W. ". warbrick, of Cincinnati, has been
appointed Chief Law Clerk in the oflce OF
Comptroller Of the Treasury, ct Washing
ton.
The Treasury Department will permit
boats bound for Dyea, Alaska, to lane OF
Skagway II weather be bad.
General David G. Swain, us. A., retired,
died in Washington, aged sixty<three. He
was born in Salem, Ohio, in 1884, and came
Of a family which has been represented In
every war ever waged by the United States.
Instructions were issued by the Navy
Department for OF battle ships
and torpedo boats.
President Mckinley received the report
Of General Miles on the condition OF mill.
tary affairs in Europe.
Nathan A. Hitchcock, Of st. Louis. ac-
copied the post of Minister to Russia offered
to him by the President.
Tho bodyof Pom Kwang Sob, formerly
Korean Minister to this country, who died
from over exertion while learning to ride
a bicycle, vas cremated in Washington.
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eoMs EXPLOSION N PARIS.
Occurred Near the Railroad Station Which
President Faure Had Just Left.

Occurred Near the Railroad Station which
President Faure Had just Left.
PANS. France (By Cable).-A bomb was
exploded near Care du Nord about the time
that President Faure was taking q train
from that station for Russia, and for O few
minutes great excitement prevailed. The
explosion took place at the corner Of the
Boulevard de Magenta n Rue Lafayette.
No one was hurt. The bomb was ex-
plodedhve minutes after the President had
passed. that point on his way to the station.
II consisted OF a lead tube ten inches long,
filled with g~unpowder and nails, n was
placed underneath o flower stand on the
corner. The material damage was slight.
No arrests we're made.
N. Girard, Director of the Municipal
Laboratory, declares that the bomb WAS
constructed by an expert. Fortunately the
tube was cracked; otherwise the explosion
would most likely ave killed or wounded
a number OF persons.
The President received an ovation from
the public, large crowds OF people lining
the route from the Elysee Palace to tho
railroad station and greeting the President
with enthusiastic cries Of "Vive la Repub-
liQuel Five Ia Russell Vive Faurel' etc.
President Fanre was accompanied on DIS
way TO Russia by M. Hanotaux, the Minis.
ter for Foreign Affairs, and by Admiral
Be8nard, the Minister OF Marine.
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PANIC IN coNsTANTlNoPLe.
The Sultan in His Palace Fearful of His
Life,

coNsrAxrISopLE, Turkey (By Cable).-
The city Is almost In a panic over the news
Of bomb explosions, attempted or accom-
glished at three different points. The ex-
plosions are attributed to the Armenians
or anarchists.
AT 8 o'clock p. m. a bomb was thrown
Just outside the Police Headquartersin the
Pera District. 1t failed to explode.
Almost at the same momen an Armenian,
whose name is believed to be Garabet, was
arrested at the Imperial Ottoman Bank, In
the Galata District. HE was carrying a
package OF explosives which he was trying
to ignite and place near one of the main
entrances. The crowd which saw him
handed over to the police by the bank Of
icials would have made short work OF MIN
II It had not been prevented.
Another bomb was exploded in q private
road between the vizierate lofices OF the
Grand vizler) and the State Council House.
One man was killed and several were
severely wounded. The explosion shat
tered windows in the ~neighborhood I'M
did other slight damage.
AFFECT terror prevails in tine Suitan's pal
ace. The police and the guards theretook
extraordinary precautions, which gave
color to a rumor that the bomb-throwingi is
part of O widespread plot.
The police are ~reticent as to the reason
for summoning the Palace Guard and
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No one was hurt, but the bomb is believed
t., 1--WE been OF Anarchist make.
The widest kind Of terror reigns in
Constantinople. An Armenian was arrested
In the Imperial Ottoman Bank while trying
to explode a bomb. Another bomb was
thrown near the police headquarters, but
did not go OF. Still another bomb killed
a man and wounded several others. The
London police are said to fear an inter-
national Anarchist plot, II are watching
ali arrivals from the continent closely.
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closing all the doors and gateways, but 1t is
rumored that n similar outrage was at
tempted within the palace limits and that
the approaches were barred to prevent the
exit Of the would-be assassin.
In many parts of the city, particularly
around Police Headquarters and the State
Council House, the shops were closed. 1t
was necessary to call out the entire police
force and the military before anything like
calm was restored.
Reports say that Abdul Hamid Is In his
rooms surrounded by guards and fearful
for his life.
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The Largest HAY Crop Ever CT

b
Four hundred delegates and Visit :
tended the opening session Of thN(
convention OF the National hay ,atil
tion at Pittsburg, Penn. Add, II
welcome were made by Mayor ag
President Bindlay, OF the Chambe IN
merce, after which the eonventiolal
the annual reports OF the offiasnJg
standing committees. The repo'F
Committee on State Of Trade shs. !,
the present prospect is for the lmple'
crop ever grown in this country,
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LYNcAED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Sheriff Outwits a Mob. But Is Finally Owe
taken at a Railroad Station.

Miss Kitty Henderson, a crippled girl Of
Weayersville, N. c., was knocked down
and assaulted by q eolored man named
Bob Bracket. He left her unconscious.
A mob of farmers at once began to search
for him. He was captured and Identified
by the girl. Later he confessed. He, was
taken to Asheville jail, but was spirited
away later, while q mob beat at the jail
doors.
At 8 o'clock a. m. a mob OF sixty men
armed with guns, pistols, axes and sledge
hammers boarded an ~east-bound train from
Asheville and met the Sheriff, who was to
get On the some train, twenty miles from
The mob grabbed the cuiprlt and told the
Sheriff to get on the train. The victim was
taken to the place of his crime and hanged.
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SLAUGHTER lN 0

1900 Natives Were Killed by One Wolfe,
During the Recent Riots.
The London Evening News publishes
letter from Calcutta under the date OF u
70, throwing light upon the condition
affairs in lndin. The writer says that /
rioters were killed with one volley OF foH
Founders in the recent rioting near G
cutta, a circumstance which tho new
papers nave not revealed. All men in &
cutta, he says, go about their daily dl .
to their offices and elsewhere with re-
ers in their pockets, not knowing wha,
ment they will be attacked. and the h
are all equipped with revolyers riAer
bayonets. ~
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NEW RAILS FOR THE 8. AND 0.
Preparing For the business Boom by
Laying New Tracks.

Laying New Tracks. ID Ia RI.
The new eighty-flve-pound steel rails
that the Receivers OF tho b.. and o. pur-
chased several months ago, at an exceed-
ingly low figure. are now being delivered
at the rate OF five thousand tons q month.
As fast as 1t comes 1t lie being lnid, and II
the weather continues good at least 10000
tons Of 1t will be in the track by Christmas.
Nearly q million cross ties have been bought
in the last year and placed in the track
ready for the new rail. Ballast trains have
been kept busy up and down the line, and
tho work has progressed with such rapidity
that when the new rail is down, the tracks
will be practically bran new from Wheeling
to Baltimore. There are lots of good rail
In tho old tracks, not heavy enough for the
new motive power, which will be taken up
and laid on divisions where traffic is not as
great as 1t Is on the main line. About ten
thousand tons Of new steel will be laid on
the lines west OF the Ohio River this fall, il
weather permits.
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CAPTAIN AND MATE KILLED.
Murder of the Omcers of the Schooner
Olive Picker.

Olive Peeker.
A cable message received In Boston, Mass.
from Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
says that ]. W. Whitman, captain, and
William Saunders, mate, Of the schooner
Olive Pecker, which sailed from Boston on
June az, have been murdered by the crew.
The principal owners Of the vessel are J. P.
Ellicott & Co., Of Boston, who also sent out
the ~barkentine Herbert Fuller, on which
Captain Nash and his wife and Mate BAN.
berg were murdered.
The message containing the information
was from q banking firm In Buenos Ayres,
and 1t gave only the bare fact OF the MUIR
der, together with the statement that the
vessel was afterware burned, but the crew
escaped and landed at Bahia.
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BOMBS IN TWO CAPITALS
Explosions Occur in the Streets Of
Constantinople and Paris,
SULTAN ANDPRESIDENT MENACED

Assassination May Have Been Planned in
Both of the Countries-omcess of the
Grand vizler Wrecked at the Porte
Explosion In Paris After President
Faure Had Left on a Train for Russia.
= LONDON, England (By oable).-Bombs
exploded in Paris and in Constantinople,
"Wednesday, and it is believed that there
were plots on loot to kill President Faure,
Of Franco, and the Sultan of Turkey. These
fresh outbreaks of Anarchist fury have
caused the widest CONSERVATION through
ont Europe.
The explosion in Paris occurred in the
Boulevard de Magenta, five minutes after
NJ. 7aure had passed on his way to the rail-
roas station to begin his trip to Russia.
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stirred by . Brutal Mull

No criminal event In the hIstor 4 Ia
aelphia has so aroused public iSfS as
has the murder of William @. wilsdI no
prietor of the most widely known alto
circulating library In the city. and kost
as widely known, as q miser. Hwas
found dead in his store, with ten
feet Of the open door Of tho lit his
head crushed In, o toweltightly I'D Slmnd
his neck, and q heavy hamsier, with which
the murder had been committed, lying Al
his side. The motive was undoubtedly rob
keep q large sum of money In Tie store
Wilson originally came from New York
He served In the Civil War, and at The Close
had reached the rank Of Major.
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Buying Rails Here for a Formosa Railroad.

Adyices from Toxic say that Japan is
about to place o contract in America for
the rails and material required for the 1900
miles Of railroad which 1t Is to construct
In Formosa, with the object of opening up
to trade the phenomenal and as yet unde-
yeloped resources OF that island.
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Had the D.Klondike reve

j. W. Kendall. Of Tacoma, v
Klondike fever so bad that he sw-
business for a farm. and being 4
secure transportation by steam,,
horses to Dyea. chartered q coal !,
with the horses aboard, will hayi
aorth.
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In response to tho note Of
warning addressed to the Ams
lstan by the Indian CO.
regard to inciting Mohamm{
to revolt against British rnII
has issued a flrman forbiddix
to join the Indian rebels.
prescribed severe penalties.
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Minor s~IsutloaI

At Clinton. KY, an acre Of
los two-bushel sacks. 4
Oats six feet high In the ST
ed in Lane County, Oregon 4
At Goshen, Ind, q dispt
was decided BY the reyeA3
Bears have been so thls
that 1t has been said Their
every bushel.
A resident OF Skidmc.
having put up tweL "s
OF hay In one day. 9etsey a
A Missouri free siiyets a
dollar piece or a quarter
-four sold from his mill. 1tH
tract custom.
swarms OF grasshopna
streaks OF silver 10 the
a northeasterly
Wash, lately.
Or. G. P. Ca
Is experiment
sweet matter
said that her
eyruD e-1
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five Deaths in One Day From L

Five Deaths in One Day From Ii
Five deaths from lightning were.
In n day at Louisville, Ky. Green
a Logan County farmer, was stru
bolt and instantly killed while sta
his barnyard. Near Stsphenspor
Indiana side otSthe >.-ss zayer. 4
sons fell VICTIMS to the lighfninN 1
a eolored Aan named Head. Z
were two farmers, Samuel Heas
Richard jones. The twelye-yeaA
OF j. b. Ellis, of Cave Hill. WarreY
was instantly killed by a bolt whis
the house. =
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0oA "a ANA"oS ~
MI. W. Per 49,, Per
poston "S ee L as e s p Tttos; "3 ~ i e a ~
BAIT ,....6s 10 I'M Loujsy'le "a 81 439
Cincin'ati59 so ~.64s,Philad,a, AZ So ,429
NV York ~ SO .613 Wash'n.. So 81 400
Cleyel'd, 80 Al $50 Brooklyn So 81 400
Chicago al 81 .4s0 st. Louis.26 "a .265
lane and Minerva youno isfers.tn- law
who live with tbair bmsSanJs on Raecb
Ford, KY, had battle at the family spring.
Minerva. true to her war-like name. was
armed with a big knife. Jane was armed
with a club. They fought for fifteen min
utes. Minerva Welded her knife skilfully,
and after cutting Jane in a dozen places
followed her work by stabbing her In the
breast. Jane died an hour later.
Pig iron In Cleveland, Ohio. has nd
vancsd from 40 Ss 20 81 "a sor t,t,,rs ~
livery.
statistic,an Ne,n ~ New or,eans savs
t.a o,sIaon Nea., " Wv oaI.ans' says
OF at least O.75o.0 900 bales. conceding q
short crop in Texas.
aeoroe n prooti,r oIec-
trician was LiIIad 10 n n,rrent q, osSo
volts IN n T-Jnionnort IN W. nowar honae
m,'a oaoupoi. = pomut mousse,
Ine inluncti9n againss Ine striking coai
made nermanent ~snrhiSd,nem src HI; anI
trasnoss "AN
-
PRIVATE J. II. Williams, OF the United
osa.es Maiine corps az onariestown, MASS
eonu'seus uiciue.
High officials OF the Pennsylvania and
Reading Railroad Companies said that the
demand for cars was SO great that II
'nreasehed car iamihe,
There is great enthusiasm at Rome. N. Y,
overthe success Of the new gas wells, and
four more wells will be drilled at once.
At Middletown, N. Y, Austin, the eleven
year-old son Of George W. Decker, Jr., OF
warwick, was shot and instantly. killed.
nus.ln anu nis n~ine-year-old brother
S1cureu q revoiver and a ioadea shotgun.
aneSah was Piaced on pea. me Trigger
cauent IN inc peueioInes. which the
younee. poy puueu, n tne gun was DIS
cna.geu, tne shot passing through AustlnHs
Receivers were appointed for the Massa-
onuse.ts benent Life Association, OF Bos-
ton
At Jacksonville, Fla, the situation in re.
gard to the floating hyacintls is growing
serious. The decayed vegetation blocks
me river front, and navigation is greatly
lmpeoea. An epidemic OIL fever Is threat
eheu. LheTe is q movement on loot TO ap-
peal TO the state Boa-S OF Health.
Forged baltimore ana OHIO Railroad mile
w ~ mas peen sentenced TO pay q me
T., yoS,s anu 70 serve pa. mohtns
u oleneianu, Vnio. u nes hne pe not PAID
wom az ,rans h, a. pilson oul yeaIs. ane
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Telegraph Line to Klondiks.

The Canadian Government has submit
ted formal proposals to the United States
for the construction Of a Telegraph line to
maintain winter communication with the
Kiondike region. The matter Is under
consideration by the Interior Department.
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A NUGGET.

A Returned Gold Miner Used 1t For a
Pocket-Piece.
A miner, who hns Just returned from the
Klondike, brought with him q nugget ofal-
most virgin gold which he sold in San
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The Canadian yacht Glencairn II. defeat.
ed the American boat Mono for the Sea.
wanhaka-C orinthian Cup near Montreal.
The cup viii stay In Canada another year.
Twenty Polish students were arrested In
st. Petersburg, Russia, suspected OF Mill
ism. and hurried OF 10 Siberia.
Steamer Queen arrived at Victoria, British
Columbia. and, according to Purser Car
roll, few OF the 1890 men In camp at Skag-
Kiondike this winter. Packer, from Port
land, lost eight horses and packs by falling
down a elf.
At least seven persons were drowned by
the capsizing Of q ferry steamer ct Dres.
den. Germany.
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Where. the Crop Is Short,
The wheat crop in Minnesota and the
Dakotas will be sc, OOo, 900 bushels short Of
expectations.
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The Pineyille (aIo.) Bank HV1Ji
robbed. Three men. supposed
Indian Territory bandits. arr. e |
rides. rode into PkisEille betwAem -
10 O'Clock a. M. M which tTd kjodt Il
date the people IA sr kept upt : 80 mu
then went to tho tfd up tho duced b
entered. while occurred all thSsef q
outside. One ind $1,000. i
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Francisco, CAL, for 1921. 1t was small
enough to be carried, without ~inconven-
fence, in the pocket as this cut, which gives
its exact size, will show.
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SPAIN
AngioIiHo5
AS
EXECUTE

The Trisis
: orderes
speaiss
For Ven
tho crill
MApRrD. (
Anglolillo, l
Premier Cf
tried by e
found guilt
AngioIinc I
prison. /,
About 203
trial. The VI
dcserted, M
different. III
death penaK
tial. |
Angiolill9
two gendaR
OF his judy
revolver ain
crime. L
The Press'
declarationsf
the written :
read by the II
In the courSl
left Foggia
MnrseilIes d
The name Fl
no thoughth
while at Coz
In AnarchisS
When the
Iona, on Ma
convicted Oh
rage at the Il
ceived tho Il
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nuf fha raGR
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for venseanE
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ture OF expl
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court to inf
L~ieutenaB
assigned ast.
that b pri9
OF shoot4
to the bend
his counsel
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permission D.
granted. HI
for his effort
accomplicesi
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ing outrage
participated
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kngionaiR
tics aud
PhiiippinesX
has nothing
giolillo repE
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catiou. ME-
body ID tha
AngioiindH
declared th}f
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then @lnout
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to be shot
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Clan, Crop short.
Cycling Notes.

There Is an appalling shortage in the
Rhode Island clam crop.
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nEcopp OF rnE LEAGUE cLuDs.
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ypeath by a Sc

sight, betwee meath by . 81
oholl aged sixty. v
Frank Dicks2Sei
10 death by his his act. OF
aged twenty-five. at their q
landt, N. \.
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IeNhie
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hih away ia
which he wiz
behind the 4
giouno will
or seeanTbo9
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HRk
He Ia the III
PIT

Rev. Dr.
the Grace Bj
Penn. Is ontf
In America&
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OF which e.
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-03
Stands al the Head

Aug. ]. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport La, says: DIR. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures
my cough. ana It is the best seller ]
Stafford, Ariz., writes: DIR. Kings New
Discovery is all that is claimed for It;
it never fails, and is sure cure for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. L can
not say enough for its merits" DIR,
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
1t has been tried for a quarter OF n CEN
fury, and to-day stands a t the head 1t
never disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Burrow, Martin 6 Co.'S Drug Store.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-03
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

The United states Civil Service Com
mission has ordered that an cNamina-
ton be held by It's local board in this
city cn Saturday, December 4th, 1897,
commencing ut o'clock q. ~, cor the
grades OF clerk and carriers in the post
office service. Only citizens Of the
United States can be examined. The age
limitations for this examination are as
follows: Clerk. minimum is years: no
maximum limit. No application will be
accepted for this examination unless
hled with the undersigned, in complete
form. on the proper blank. before the
hour of closing business on November
18th. 1897. Applications originally filed
with the board on or before November
18th and returned for correction will be
accepted. if corrected. and filed at ANY
time prior to the hour Of closing bust
ness on Thursday, November 18th.
II. w. WILKINS,
Secretary Board OF Examiners Postonlce
Service.
=. Q. Address Registry Department.