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EHANCERYS SALE

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~ virtue of decree Of the circuit court for the
county of Van Buren, in chancery, i'm the state of
Michigan, made aud dated on the 18th day Sep
tember, A. D., 1898, in certain therein pend
ing, wherein Frank B. Byers, administrator of the
estate of Tobias Byers deceased IL complainant and
Jacob I. Roosevelt, Elizabeth Roosevelt and Belinda
Roosevelt are defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that / shall sell at public
auction. to the highest bidder at the front door of
the court house, in the village of Paw Paw, county
OF Van Buren and state of Michigan, said court
house being the place for holding the circuit court
in and for said county on Saturday. the 14h day of
January a. ID. 1899, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
of said day all, much thereof may be neces-
shry 10 rgise the amount due To the said complain
ant for principal interest and costs in said cause,
of the following described lands and premises, viz
A certain piece parcel of land situate in Van
Buren, County and state of Michigan, known and
described follows, to wit: The southwest quarter
of the southwest fractional quarter Of section No.
seven, township four south of range No. fifteen
west containing thirty-seven acres;
Also the south half Of the southeast quarter
of section No. l2 township No. four south of range
No. sixteen west, containing eighty acres;
Also the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter Of section No tWenty-four, township No.
four south of range No sixteen west, containing
forty acres;
Also thirty acres the west side OF the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter of section
twenty-four township No four south Of range No.
sixteen west
Dated Paw Paw, Mich, November 29th, A. D. 1898.
ORAN w. ROWLAND,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Van Buren,
County, Michigan.
+. }. TWELL t228ot7o22S6
Solicitor for Complainant.
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&INoR NEWS ITEMS.


1he American evacuation commits
sidk left Havana for home.
.Jbhn Blevins, city treasurer of Bir-
gsn, Pa. was murdered and robbed of
500.
Burglars took $500 in money and
Stamps from the post Office at Glencoe,
Mimi.
'Ex-Congressman Richard c. Parsons
died at his home in Cleveland, o., aged
~ years.
Ex-Congressman Thomas X. Stock
ton, aged II years, died at his home in
Summit Miss.
The Lima CO., paper mills were al
most totally destroyed by fire, the loss
being $l25.O00.
Marshall McGregor (colored) charged
with barn burning, was lynched by a
mob near Banks. Ala.
Silas Anderson (colored), who shot
and killed his wife on the 18th of March,
was hanged at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The tenth annual national conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers of
America met in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The 100000 fund for the widow and
daughter of the late Col. q. Il. Waring
has been completed in New York.
In a railway wreck near Elk Valley,
Tenn, four persons were killed and
others were injured some fatally.
The Chinese government has decided
not TO grant the extension of territory
at Shanghai demanded by the French.
The Hotel Main and the Levins build
ing adjoining at Washington, Pa, were
destroyed by fire. the loss being $780,
600.
Austria will raise the rank of its le-
CATION at Washington to an embassy
and will ask the United States 10 recip-
rocate.
Albert B. Hilton, a real estate broker,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in New
York with liabilities of So $50 007 and
no assets.
Officials in the customhouse at Ma
Mia report that trade in the city has
received great impetus since American
occupation.
The secretary of war has directed
lnal the army cam y dl hnCANflle, Ienn.,
be broken up, and the troops there will
go to Cuba.
Oliver Acher established a worlds
record at Dayton. O., in the running
double high kick with a score of seven
feet three inches.
The Fifth Avenue hotel, famous as
one of the first great hotels of New
York, may soon be converted into big
department store.
A severe windstorm swept over Mo-
bile, Ala, and Jackson, Miss, blowing
down telegraph lines, wrecking houses
and uprootiDg trees.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train
was derailed near jefferson City Mo-,
and Engineer Charles Clawsen and
Fireman Zoll were killed.
Negotiations were completed in Mil
waukee for the consolidation of the
enamel and tinware plants of the coun-
try. with a capital Of $2O,OO0,000
Through careless handling of gaso-
line stove in Detroit, Mich, Mrs.
Charles Lucius was fatally burned and
her two-year-old son was suffocated.
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CHAWcERy sALE.-1n pursuance and b

CHANCERY SALE.-In pursuance and by
~ virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for the
County of Van Bulen, in Chancery, in the State of
Michigan, made and dated on the 23d day of Novem-
ber A. d., 1898, in certain therein pending,
wherein Drucilla Osborn Is complainant aud Henry
p. Sibole and Englebert Il. Born defendants:
Notice is hereby given, that shall sell at pablo
auction to the highest bidder at the front door of
the court house, in the Village of Paw Paw, County
of Van Buren, and State of Michigan, (said court
house being the place for holding the Circuit Court
in and for said county, on Saturday, the 18th day
Of February A. D., 1899. at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, all, or much thereof may be
necessary TO raise the amount due to the said COM
plainant for principal, interest and costs in said
cause, of the following described lands and premises
viz: The north half III of the northwest
quarter III aud the north half [H1 of the south
east quarter u of the northwest quarter al of
section fourteen l14l town one III south, range If
teen isl west, Van Buren, County State of Mich
igan.
Dated, Paw Paw, Mich, December 2sth. A. D., ls9s
ORAN w. ROWLAND,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Van Buren,
County, Michigan.
OSBORN, MILLS 4 MASTER,
Solicitors for Complainant. s4tso9l.
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Fo'lowE is synopsis OF the proceed
ings in J&ge Johnson's court for the
week endinA January 8:
petition to determine lawful heirs; hear
ing January l6
Estate of Adolphus Barnes ct al,
minors; letters of guardianship issued
Estate of Leonard RICHTER ct al, minors;
order confirming sale OF real estate.
Estate of Mortimer Il. Harmon and
Laura l.. Harmon, deceased; order deter
mining lawful heirs.
Estate of Caroline McGowan, deceased;
letters of administration issued.
Estate of George McGowan, deceased;
letters testamentary issued.
In the matter of George w. Blyth, in
competent: letters of guardianshipis issued
Estate of Effie G. Linderman, deceased;
final account: hearing January 30
Estate of Electa M. Fletcher, deceased
petition for probating of will; hearing
January 30.
Estate of Henry Slocum, deceased; or
der for widows allowance
Estate of Thomas Adrance, deceased
petition for order to determine lawful
heirs; hearing January 80
Estate of John Watkins, deceased: or
der determining lawful heirs.
Estate of Mary Lanphear, deceased
will admitted to probate.
Estate of Temple Leach, deceased; fina
account; hearing February g.
Estate of Hugh Kelley, deceased; final
account; hearing February g.
Estate of Margaret Proctor, deceased
final account allowed.
Estate of Louisa n. Wait, deceased
final account; hearing February 6.
Estate of Donald Mcdonald, deceased
petition to determine lawful heirs: hear
ing February 6.
Estate of Anna u. Broadwell, deceased
petition to determine heirs; hearing Feb
ruary 6.
Estate of Mildred Parish, minor; order
confirming sale of real estate.
Estate of Joseph w. Gray, deceased
petition for license to sell real estate
hearing February 6.
Estate of George Waber, deceased
petition to determine lawful heirs: hear
ing February 6.
Estate of Hugh c. Benedict, minor
guardian discharged.
Estate of Catherine Lamb, deceased
claims allowed; estate closed to creditors
Estate of Richard Gleason, deceased
estate closed TO creditors.
Estate of Luman Conklin, deceased
claims allowed estate closed to creditors
Estate of John Avery, deceased; claims
allowed; estate closed to creditors.
Estate of John f. Smithells, deceased
order allowing final account.
Estate of Charles Thomas, deceased
order allowing final account
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S6t13o9s)
PHYRRAaIIEz aFAsss y Ass's.s,

County of Van Buren-ss. Probate Court for said
county.
At session Of the Probate Court for said county
held at the Probate Ofice In the village of Paw Paw,
Thursday, the 5th day of January In the year Of
cur Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety
nine.
Present. James III. Johnson. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Louisa N.
Wait deceased.
George w. Wait administrator with the will an-
nexed of said estate, comes into court and represents
that he Is prepared TO render his final account
such administrator, and files the same.
Thereupon il is ordered that Monday, the 9th day
of February next at ten o'clock In the forenoon be
assigned for examining and allowing such account.
and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all
other persons interested in said estate, are required
to appear at a session of said Court then TO be
holden al the Probate office IN the village of Paw
Paw i'm said County, and show cause, IL any there
be why the said account should not be allowed:
And IL is further ordered, that said administrator
give notice TO the persons interested in said estate
OF the tendency of said account, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished In the True Northerner, newspaper printed
and crcule ting I'm said county, three successive
weeks at least previous 20 said day of hearing.
JAMES ii. JOHNSON.
fs6t4os9l Judge of Probate.
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sot7os6
pRoBATEoRoER.-state of Michigan.


At session of the probate court for the county
of Van Buren, holden at the probate Office, in
village of Paw Paw, Friday, the 30th day of
December, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-eght.
Present, Hon. James II. Johnson, Judge of
Probate.
In the matterof the estate of Thomas Adri-
ance, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified
of Edgar Adriance one of the heirs at law prayy
ing for reasons therein stated that the court jd-
cate and determine who were at thep<ffme of
his death the legal heirs of said deceasf6 and ent-
tied to inherit the real estate in saYpetiton des-
cribed.
Thereupon it is ordered that MoJday, the sOthday
of January, lS99 at ten o'clock VI the forenoon be
assigned for the hearing OF said petition, and all
persons interested in said estate are required
to appear at a session of said court, then to
be holden at the probate Office, in the village of
Paw Paw, and show cause, IL any there be,
why the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted.
And il il further ordered that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate of
the pendency of said petition, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
ished in the True Northerner, a newspaper printed
and circulating in said county OF Van Buren,, or
three successive weeks at least previous to said day
OF hearing.
JAMES ii. JOHNSON,
S5t4oSS Judge of Probate.
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MORTGAGE sALE.-Default having been

MORTGAGE 8AIE.-Defaut having been
Ivl made in the conditions of q certain indenture
of mortgage bearing date the 7th day of November
A. ID. 1894, executed by Horace w. Wallace and Ada
A. Wallace his wife to William j. Sellick to secure
the payment of Six Hundred Dollars (y6OO) with
eight (s) percent interest. per annum, which said
mortgage recorded In the Office of the Register
of Deeds for the County OF Van Buren, on the 9th
day of November, A. D., 1894, at nine O'Clock A. M,
In Liber 40 of Mortgages on Page 40, on which
mortgage there Is claimed TO be due and unpaid at the
date OF this notice, the sum of Seven hundred
Thirty-two Dollars and Twelve Cents ts732.12l as
principal and interest, also attorney fee pro-
vided by law and stipulated for In said mortQaQe
and suit proceedings at law or In equity having
been instituted to recover the amount now due and
unpaid or any part thereof.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the power Of sale contained In said mort
gage and In pursuance of the statute In such ca
made and provided there will be sold at public ven
due to the highest bidder at the front door of the
Court House I'm the Village of Paw Paw, County of
Van Buren,, Michigan, that being the place for
holding the Circuit Court for said County, on satur-
day the l1th day of March, A. ID. 1899. at one
O'Clock i'm the p. M. of said day. the premises de-
scribed i'm said mortgage much thereof as M ay
be necessary to satisfy the amount due and un-
paid on said note and mortgage with interest and
costs. Said premises being described as follows
to-wit: The east half w of the northeast
quarter (l4) Of section thirty-three 1881 IN town
ship one U) south of range fourteen liD west in
the County of Van Buren and State of Michigan
containing eighty 1907 acres of land more or lees
Dated, December the 14th, 1893.
WILLIAM J. SEELIcK.
BESJ, II, HEcKERr, MorteaQee
Attorney Tor Mortgagee. S2t13o9z
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Big Boiler Bursts.

London, Jan. IA big boiler being
tested in Hewitt's shipbuilding yard Is
at Barking burst and the superirtend-
ing engineer and eight men were killed.
About 40 persons were injured some
fatally The bodies of the dead were
frightfully mutilated. The whole ship
building works were wrecked. a lady
was found dead 800 yards from the
scene Of the disaster. A number of me n
and boys are missing The windows in
houses a half mile away were shattered.
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Ex-oh,er oi Police Harr,enn Dead.

81. Louis. Jan. 0.-Laurence Harrl-
gan. who ior many years was one of
the best known chiefs Of police in this
country died as the result of com
plicat non OF diseases, aged % years. The
deceased was born IN ireland June Is,
1894 lie came 10 New York when IA
wears old After learning the shoe
makers trade young tlarrigan came to
ST Louis. and on the recommendation
Of Hon Frank + Blair he was appoint
ed 10 the police force in 1857.
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Victims of a. Eire

Pittsburgh. Pa, Jan. "a fire which
broke out In the Hotel Richlieu at 3: Is
Sunday morning resulted in "A property
loss of only about $4,000, but three
lives were sacrificed and five people
were badly hurt. The dead are: Amos
5. lands. Grapeville, Pa; George A.
Waters, Camden. n. j.. Mrs. Katherine
Boyle, Pittsburgh, Pa. The three VIC
Tins were guests of the hotel, and all
were suffocated by the dense smoke.
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IL the estate Of George Piper, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that shall sell at
public auction, 10 the highest bidder on Tuesday,
the 18TH day of January ISog at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon, the land hereinafter described in Parcel
No. l., at the premises described Parcel No I,
and at 1890 O'Clock in the forenoon the lands des-
cribed as Parcel No ?, at the premises described
in Parcel No. ?, pursuant TO license and authority
granted to us on the zIst day of November, 1903,
by the Probate Court for the County of Alegan, all
the right, title interest estate of said deceased,
in TO all those certain pieces parcels of land
situate and being in the County of Van Buren,,
State of Michigan, known and described as
follows, to-wit:
No. I. The south east quarter of the southeast
quarter OF section twelve, township one south
of range thirteen west, and
No. 2. The east half of the southwest quarter
of section twenty-four in township one south of
range thirteen west, township Of Pine Grove,
County of Van Buren and State of Michigan,
subject to all liens and membranes thereon.
CoRNELIA PIPER
HENRY w. PIPER,
Sot7oS6 Executrix and Executor .
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Imnetus TO Trnde.

San francisco. Jan. 7.-Advices re-
ceived at the custom house from officials
in the custom house at Manila report
that trade in the city has received an
impetus since American occupation.
The receipts at Manila custom house
during November averaged $4,000 a
day in gold. and the report states that
shipping is on the increase and that the
possibilities of commerce are unlimited.
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should Demand His Pardon.

London. Jan 9.-Ihe DAILY Chronicle
says that the United States govern
ment ought to demand of Spain the
pardon OF Col Julison san Martin. who
has been sentenced to imprisonment
for life at Ceuta, the Spanish penal col
ony in Morocco for abandoning Ponce,
Porto Rico where he was in command
OF the Spanish troops when the United
States forces under Gen. Miles landed
IN Porto Rico.
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Education In Cuba.

Washington, Jan. 7.-Gen. John
Eaton sailed for Porto Rico to un-
dertake the supervision of education
in the island. AS superintendent of
freedmen under Gen. Grant he organ
ized schools in several states and was
for 10 years United States commission
er of education. He was consulted in
shaping the educational systems of
Japan. Egypt, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chilli
and other South American countries.
The true northerner., 1899-01-11

The sympathetic tenderness of low
ing husband is everything to an expec-
tant mother, especially during her first
ordeal: George Layton, Esq, promi-
nent druggist of Dayton, o., gives tie
following case:
A customer of mine, whose wife has used
four bottles of " Mothers Friend" before con
hnement, says, after seeing the effects Of the
remedy, that if she had to go through the ordeai
again. and there were but four bottles on the
market, and the cost was 500 per bottle, she
would have them.
Mothers Friend " is a scientifically
compounded Iniment which affords GER
tain relief in the various ailments pre-
ceding childbirth, and assures proper
elasticity to the cords and muscles in
volved in the final ordeal
Mothers Friend is sold by drug
gists, or expressed on receipt of one
dollar.
Valuable book, "Before Baby is
Born" mailed free on application.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
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Give GenerousIy.

Chicago. Jan. 8. = At the coLvoca-
ton of the University of Chicago Presi-
dent Harper announced that gifts
amounting to nearly 100000 in value
had been received.
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rrv,,,d Will Cooperate.

London, Jan. THE reply of Lord
( Salisbury to the proposal of Emperor
ss&;cholas for disarmament conference
atmoxbe powers, which is just published,
.promises the cooperation of the Brit
nHsb Hhb government and asks for an indicA-
9hSdn 66f ithe heads of the discussion at
ssla aadaafhfsnce.
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Noted Pythisn Dead.

Cleveland. o.. Jan. 9.-Frederick Sill
berg, one of the most famous Knights
of Pythias in the country, died at his
home here Sunday. Silberg was six
}eet Ave inches tall and weighed $40
hounds. He was one of the axmen
Known as "The Big Five" and he had
for years led the parade at the national
The true northerner., 1899-01-11
Burrows is Chosen.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. s.. Both
branches of the state legislature con-
vened yesterday. The organization of
the house and senate was without un-
usual incident. The withdrawal of AL
bert Pack from the senatorial race gave
Senator Burrows a clear field and he
was unanimously renominated by the
reSt blican caucus.
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MoRT0AoE SALE.-whereas, default
1sl having been made Ia the conditions OF certain
tndenture OF mortgage dated the 3rd day of Novem-
Der, A. ID. 1896, made executed and delivered by
Martha >. TimmoDs of Almena, Van Buren comfy,
Michigan to Peter Walker, which said mortgage was
on the 10Th da, of November, A d. 1895, hled for
record la the Office of the register OF deeds in and
for Van Buren county, Michigan, and by said
register OF deeds duly recorded n ber % OF mort
cages on page 3is.
And Whereas by the terms and provisions OF said
mortgage, IL IL agreed that should any default be
made IN the payment OF the Interest to become due
thereon OF any part thereof on any ay whereon the
same Was made pay able and should lac same remain
due, unpaid and IN arrears for the space of thirty
(3O) days, then after the lapse Of said thirty 1907
days at the option of the second party, his heirs
executors, Administrators or assigIs, the whole of
the principal sum thereof should become and be
due and payable imm ediatsly.
And Whereas nfty-one aud 4s-Ioo 1851 .4s) dollars
OF the interest accrued and became due OIL said
mortgage and was payable by the Terms thereof on
the Bird day of November, A. IL. 1898, and said sum
or part thereof has yet been paid but the whole
thereof r. due, payable and I'm arrears, and more
than thirty 1907 days have elapsed since the
became due, payable and in
Now, therefore, the said Peter Walker. the owner
and holder of said mortgage, has elected to declare
and has and does declare the whole OF the principal
sum OF said mortgage with the accrued interest, TO
be due and payable Immediately. The whole sum
c aimed TO be due and pa able said mortgage at
the date OF this notice IL One Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy-seven ana 8i-l00 (sl377S4) Dollars
and the costs of this proceeding to be added thereto
"a II accumulates, and suit at law proceed
lug In chancery having bt en- Instituted to recover
the amount due on said mortgage any part thereof
Now, notice Is hereby given that by virtue of
the power of sale In said mortgage contained and
the statutes in such made aud provided, shall
on Saturday, the Sth day of April, A. ID. 1892 at
mine O'Clock Ia the forenoon at the north front door
of the Court House for the county of Van Buren,,
an the state of Michigan, in the village of Paw Paw
nat being the place for holding the Circuit Court
fpr SAID Van Buren, county, Michigan) sell TO the
highest bidder, the premises described in said
mortgage, or so much thereof may be necessary
10 pay the amount then due OH said mortgage and
the cost of this proceeding and of said sale. The
emises so to be sold are known and described as
al that certain piece parcel of land situate and
being In the township of Almena, county o4yan
Buren, and state of Michigan, and describe4 as
follows; to-wit: The west half of the mort ~ !
quarter of section twenty-nlne (29) in tow
(2l south of range thirteen (l3) west, toge u
the tenements, her ditaments and the appu
thereunto belonging or In any wise apper
Dated this 5th day of January, A. ID.
PETER WALKER, Mortgage.
s6t15o9S T.. A. x ROBERT Il. CT
for Mortgagee Chase Blk, Kalamazoo
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Sioux City, Ia, Jan. 6.-While drunk
in his tepee on the river front George
Humphreys, Winnebago Indian chief,
fell into his fire and burned to death.
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What do the Children Drink2

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the
food drink called GRAIN O? Ii is delicious
and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the more health
you distribute through their systems Grain-O is
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs
about a as much. All grocers sellt. ISc and 25c.
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Hor.e. suffer from La Grippe.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 9.-An epidemic
of la grippe has broken out to an
alarming extent among fine horses of
this section. Thoroughbreds especial
ly are suffering.
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Made East Tine.

San Francisco, Jan. 6.--The trans
continental mail train arrived in this
city from New York, making the run
of 3.347 miles in 9S hours and 30 min
utes, the fastest time on record from
ocean 10 ocean.
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Arms Captured.

Havana, Jan. 7.-Gen. Ludlow has
captured the arms which Spanish SYM
pathizers have been secreting in Ha-
vana-
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A Fatal Gale.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. "A heavy
windstorm swept over the remote sec
tion of Scott county Friday. A Boles
a schoolhouse was blown down and
three pupils were killed, another was
fatally wounded and a dozen or more
sustained more or less serious injuries.
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UnconstitutionaI.

Salem, Mass, Jan. 6.-The indeter-
inmate sentence act, SO called, was de-
clared to be unconstitutional by the SUI
preme court Wednesday.
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Droyv.ed I'm n Bathtub.

Denver, Col, Jan. Mrs. +. A. Col
lins, an actress, known to the public as
Miss Florence Ritchie, tainted while in
the bathtub in hotel in Denver and
was drowned.