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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
POISON IN HIS STOMACH.
Strangers Death Mt Terre Haute Due
to Murder or Suicide.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 1S.-Poison
was ound in the stomach of Hiram San
ders, who came here recently from Flora
and who died in Jail, where he was placed,
apparently in a drunken condition. He
left home Saturday, telling his wife he
was going TO look for work. He spent
Saturday night and Sunday in a West End
saloon, and Sunday night a policeman
found him in a stupid condition outside
the saloon. Monday morning the jailer
saw he was ill and sent for the county
physician, who was late in arriving, and
Sanders died.
The saloon keeper says Sanders spent
money Sunday buying drinks and that at
night he was noticed to be in a stupor.
The police are trying to learn If he took
the poison with suicidal intent or if il was
given to him in his liquor.
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wabash College Trustees.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 1S.-The
s%emi-annual meeting of the trustees of
Wabash College was held to-day. There
was a large attendance of the trustees.
On recommendation of President Kane
there will be but one degree to be con-
ferred on graduates hereafter, and that
will be bachelor of arts. and only those
who take a course in the classics, including
Greek, are eligible. The trustees PASSED
appropriate resolutions concerning the
death of Alex. Thomson, who was a trus-
tee for sixty years. A committee was APP
pointed to devise ways and means to re-
duce the living expenses of students. The
president and treasurer made reports show
ing the college TO be in good condition.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Dec. 1S.-Among
the additional details of this mornings
bank robbery at Hope, just across the line
in Bartholomew county, exclusively report
ed in to-day's Journal, is the statement of
Mrs. Mary Lane, who gives what purports
to.be a description of two of the men. She
says she saw two men, distinctly, at work
In the bank, and the shadow of a third. The
man who stood guard in front of the bank
was slender and active, and wore a light
overcoat and soft hat. Two men who an
swered the description given by Mrs. Lane
came here this morning. got breakfast and
went to Indianapolis on an early train.
They were not molested by the authorities.
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a call by the Christian Church at MOBILES
vile. Ind. He will give a definite answer
within a few days.
The Jay County Ministerial Association
at It's meeting just closed appointed a COM
miftee to formulate n presentment OF the
divorce situation in Indiana to be laid be-
fore the Legislature.
People of MartinsviIle protested so vigor-
ously against an advance of a cent a quart
in the price of milk that the dairymer
have r~escinded the order and the lacteal
fluid is again at 5 cents.
Thomas Norton. of Upton, t~wenty-foui
years old. was killed on the Lake Erie road
Monday night while his train was making
a flying switch at Frankfort. Norton par
ticipated in the battles around Santiago as
a member OF the Fifth Cavalry.
The sheriff of Montgomery county has
net yet served the warrants for the forty
three men accused of attempting TO sci
their votes at the election of Nov. 6. There
are said TO be 800 men in the county eligible
10 prosecution under the same circum-
stances.
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ten-minute speech. the subject being the
~Puritan Spirit and Our Present Response
bflities."
Representative Steele will leave for home
tomorrow or Thursday. and will be a.
Marion on Dec. % and at Indianapolis Dec.
q. He will leave indianapolis for Wash
ngton the night of the 9th.
Representative Lands will remain in
Washington during the holidays.
The postoffice at Rickert. Randolph coun-
~, will be discontinued after Dec. 81, and
mail sent TO Saratoga.
Nolan /. Chew, of Noblesville. Ind, has
been appointed to succeed A. l.. Lawshe, OF
Indiana. as deputy auditor i'm the Postoffice
Department. Lawshe becomes auditor of
the Philippines.
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the machine would not give them up until
Ii was fed some more. There arose a great
panic for dimes-such a great one that the
business of the country was seriously in
terfered with where dimes were necessary
to conduct IL. But after a while all the
banks were full and the savings became
available and there was a food OF the
small silver.
That run on the dimes is a thing the
officials at the subtreasury love 10 tell
about when there is any run on a particu-
lar coin, as there is now on the penny The
present run Is proving that the Americans
are doing business-but also that they are
demanding the lowest prices-that they are
not ex~travagant. That is the lesson OF
economics hidden in the present situation.
they say, in Uncle Sans bank
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
OWENS TALKS a LITTLE.
Paris Murderer Claims to Be a Grndu-
ate OF Kentucky University.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, ILL.,, Dec. 1S.-As the time draws
near for the execution of John Owens he
tells a few things about his life. To-day he
told his attorney that he was a graduate of
the University of Kentucky, at Danville.
Owens speaks German with the utmost
f1uency and had a long conversation in
German with a caller to-day. Upon being
importuned by a newspaper man to-day to
give a history of his life he said he would
write one and leave il with a fellow-pris-
oner, George Niece. with whom he has
struck up a great friendship. Two min
listers called at the Jail this morning but
the condemned man declared himself an
infidel and declined to accept any spiritual
ministration.
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Indiana Notes.

Maurice Thompson is improving slowly
at Crawfordsville. but is not yet able TO
leave his bed.
George Baker. twenty-four years old.
tried to steal a ride on a freight train at
Martinsville yesterday and lost his right
leg in consequence.
The suit OF Robert Emmons against the
Big -Four for $4,000 damages for injuries
received by being run over by a train is
on trial at Anderson.
Mrs. Charles Brock. of Brownstown, left
her two-year-old daughter alone in a room
with an open fire while she went to a
neighbours and returned TO find the baby
fatally burned.
The Rev. l.. 1. Mercer. OF the Rich
mond Christian Church. has been extended
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FiIibusterine i'm the House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The House de-
voted the day to District Of Columbia bust
ness. The whole time was occupied in con-
sideration of a bill TO change the terminal
facilities of the Pennsylvania Railroad i'm
this city and to provide for the elevation
OF Its tracks across the Mall south of
pennsylvania avenue. The opposition was
persistent. but after much flibustering the
friends of the bill succeeded in securing a
recess until IL O'Clock tomorrow in order
to continue the legislative and complete
consideration of the bill.
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Special 10 me Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, Dec. SD. p. Bolds.
ex-treasurer of Adams county. was ac-
quilted, to-day. of the charge of embezzle-
ment, for which he has been on trial in the
Wells Circuit Court for the past two weeks
He was charged with receipting the pay
ment of taxes and then returning the same
to the insolvent record. A doubt existed
as to whether the county owed Bolds or
Rolds owed the county. and the defendant
was acquitted on these grounds. Two other
suits are pending against Bolds. Both are
or a civil nature and are in the Jay Circuit
Court, asking for a restitution OF $1,000 TO
the county. When he left office at the ex-
piratiOn of his term, he owed $4,000 and
turned over all his property in payment
therefor. The cost of the litigation into
which he has been plunged is not less than
$40. 200. and he is now a poor man, although
he was a prosperous merchant of Geneva
when he took office.
When acquitted Bolds wept and kissed
his wife. who was with him in court. They
went at once to Peru, where Bolds is en-
ployed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
Thievcry Rampant at Fort Wayne.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 1S.-A gang
of thieves, burglars and safe cracker has
settled down on this community. and the
police are seemingly powerless. Beginning
with the cracking of the Standard oil
Company's safe, last week, every night has
been marked by depredations. Last night
the homes of +. +. Yarnell, Stephen b.
Fleming and Frank Teliy were entered by
means of skeleton keys or by prying open
doors and windows. and property valued AT
500 was secured. Mr.. Yarnell lost his
watch and a couple OF overcoats. besides
some money. Mr.. Fleming is out a $50
overcoat. fresh from the ~tailor's, the night
before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
Three Accidents i'm nm Hour.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 1S.-On Sunday
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoover, an aged resident
of Poplar Grove, this county, fell from a
stool and broke her thigh. Two %nephews,
Amos Sence, of Erwin township, n Ben
jamin Tucker, OF New London, were sent
for TO care for the aged woman. Sence
in hitching up a horse TO go fell and broke
his arm. Tucker while in the barn prepara-
tory to starting also fell and broke four
ribs. The accidents happened within an
hour of each other. Mrs. Hoover may die
from her injury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
over 4 o Sick Soldiers Coming Home

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Dec. 1S.-With-
in a few days more than a thousand sick
soldiers will be on their way home from
the Philippines. The Grant and Sherman
are now en- route with $50 men and the
Sheridan is scheduled TO leave on the 22d
with five hundred more. This rush will tax
the general hospital at the Preside 10 its
utmost capacity. The convalescents will be
mustered out as soon as possible after they
arrive and if the SS7 available beds at the
hospital become overcrowded, a tented an
mex will be built to accommodate the over
flow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

DIR. Wright. OF the City Dispensary. was
called TO sd East Wabash street at $50
last night to wait upon Mrs. Minnie Collins.
twenty-one years old. who had taken head
ache powders and a dose OF paregorio
simultaneously. n had a pain IN her
head and also a pain I'm her tomach. Tho
powder was taken about s O'Clock on an
empty stomach and the paregoric soon
followed. DIR. Wright worked with her
TN 2 o'clock this morning before she VI
In q safe condition.
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Killed with His own Pistol.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. 1S.-R. III. Har-
ris, a ~well-known gambler. was shot and
instantly killed to-day by F.. J.. A Pate.
formerly OF Fort Wayne. Ind Harris shot
and killed w. w. Mallory, a feilow-garn-
bier. Oct. %, 1895. and the pistol which he
then used was taken away from him by
Pate and was the instrument Of his own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. 1S.-The
tank at the plant of the Sans Pareil Glass
Company has sprung a leak or burst, and it
will be necessary TO close the plant until
the damage can be repaired. The tank
was recently built and cost 5000. 1T IS the
largest prescription ware plant In the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 1S--The books of
the local lodge of Chosen Friends show q
membership of seventy-eight, with $3.50 in
the treasury. The receiver of the order
has demanded the funds from Secretary
Marion Decker, but the secretary positive
ly states that he will distribute the money
among the members on the books in good
standing. Representative-elect Il. S. Holt
day is treasurer of the local lodge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, Dec. 1S.-Word has been
received here that First Lieut.. Harry Nc
Feeley. of Marion, now with the Forty
second Infantry in the Philippines, has
been court-martialed and fined $500 for con-
duct unbecoming an officer in that he wrote
q letter to the quartermaster general criti-
cising a superior officer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
difference i'm Methods.
Memphis commercial Appeal.

MempniS tOfiiiueICidi Appear.
When Duke Croker went over to England
he took with him expense money for the
trip and the tribute gatherers made him
pay 5000 tax on it. When an English
duke comes TO America We do not tax him
anything. We let him travel on his trunk
until he can secure a father-in-law who
will grub stake him.
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One Striking Advantage.
Brooklyn Eagle.

BrOOklyn Eagle.
Out in the Cariboo district of British
Columbia they select candidates for the
Canadian Parliament by poker. In a re-
cent contest, cards were played TO de-
cde which of three patriots who were
yearning TO be sent TO Ottawa, should
nave the nomination. Galliher won over
McKan and Foley. Sometimes his is as
good a way TO choose as any other. A
man elected by poker would speak by the
card. Then equivocation could not undo
him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
warsaw Ice Houses Sold.

WARSAW, Ind, Dec. 1S.-James H. Cis-
ney to-day sold for S20,OO0 his ice houses
and ice fields on Center lake in this city
to the Marion Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany, of Marion, Ind. The houses have a
capacitY of 10000 tons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
Strike Settled by Arbitration.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. B--Labor
COMMISSIONS Mccormack has settled the
cotton mill strike here by arbitration. Seven
hundred operatives will return to work very
soon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

Neither Rain Nor Snow VIII worry
Christmas Shoppers To-Day.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S-Forecast for
"Wednesday and Thursday:
For Ohio-Generally fair on Wednesday
and Thursday: fresh westerly winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair on
Wednesday and Thursday: fresh westerly
winds
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Minneapolis Tribune.

Secretary of State Hay will not resign
even though the Senate has made a monkey
OF his pet treaty. He has lone some other
things In a diplomatic way with which Com
gress cannot interfere and which will re-
dound 10 his lasting fame. regardless of
the outcome of the canal negotiations.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.

Picking follows: AT Peking-Dec. s.: Sergt.
John O'Connor, Company l., Ninth Infan-
try. pneumonia. Dec. 8: Samuel Wotack.
Company II. Ninth Infantry, odemia of
CLOTHS. Dec. IA: Joseph Knox, Company X,
Ninth Infantry, pneumonia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. An
druggists refund the money II 1t falls TO cure
+. w. Groves signature II on each box. sc.
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death. To-day's tragedy also occurre'
over the card table.
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Local Observations ON Tuesday.


&. +. r. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
MADE QUICK WORK OF 1T.

Louis Peck Convicted and Sentenced, All
within Five Minutes.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 25.-Louis Peck,
the colored man who last Monday
evening assaulted 6-year-old Christine
Mas at Akron and whose crime is
alone responsible for the fearful rloting
that occurred at Akron Wednesday
night and Thursday morning, was dur
ing the afternoon taken from the Jail
at Cleveland, where he had been re-
moved for safekeeping, rushed to Ak.
ron, taken to the courthouse and within
five minutes after his arrival in Akron
was convicted of the crime and sem
fenced, to the penitentiary for life at
hard labor. He had been indicted by a
special grand jury which had been i'm.
paneled during the afternoon. Judge
D. ]. Nye of Elyria pronounced sen.
tence. Within two minutes after the
sentence had been pronounced Peck
had been placed on board a. Cleveland
and Colu mbus train and In charge of
the sheriff and an assistant he was
taken to Columbus.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
vicERoYs FRIENDLY.

Disposed y Assist ID the 1daintenanos Of
5is5 $s 4. il5s s%i Peacs II China. 4 5.% !
+ WASHINGTON, Aug. ,25. The first as.
surance reached here during the day
that the powerful Chinese vioeroys
were disposed to accept the new condo
ton Of affairs in China and would a..
sist in the maintenance Of peace. The
information came in dispatch through
diplomatic channels and stated that
one Of the foreign offices had received a
telegram from two of the most power;
full central viceroys stating that they
intended to give their best efforts to-
maintain quiet throughout the central
portions of China. AS this assurance
came subsequent to the capture Of Pc
kin it is regarded as favorable sign Of
the disposition Of the viceroys, whose,
authority in the interior il very great.
Their course has been watched with
much concern by officials, for since Pc.
kin is in a chaotic condition the most
influential authority in the empire is
that Of the viceroys, o.. \.,s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
Had Six Hundred British and
Two Hundred Japanese to
#.s y 'ss N: Help Them. .sa' 1,&
DoRxooD WAS IN COMMAND
Allies KIN Over Eight Hundred
-; Chinese and nd Capture $5s
a%SS t4h,< # Many Arms. N .t: #4: && @5l
Fight Took Place at a Village
/. Six <. Miles \ Southwest OF .l@.
"a y the Place. ,'4 i. . 5.:$$GF

LoNDoN, Aug. rs. Five hundred
Americal troops participated in signal
defeat Of Boxers outside Tien Tsins
Aug. 10. The fact is briefly reported
from Vienna. Details of the engage
ment come from the Reuter- agent q
Tien Tsin in . dispatch dated Aug. 10
In addition to tho Americans the force
consisted Of CTS British and 200 Japan
sse, al under the; British general, Dor
ward. The tlght took place at village
six miles southwest Of Tien Tsin, where
the allied forces found q considerable
number of Boxers whom they engaged.
killing over 800 and taking "a wounded
prisoners, who were sent to the hospi'
tails Of the allies. t, ~.
The village was burned. The Amer
leans had five wounded, the Japanese
six and the British none. !,
Hundreds Of Boxers flags, spears and
swords were captured. =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
~ CUT coMM u MIC ATIO N.
EuFthsr Fighting Between Chiness and
KIM Si5a tAllieA Near iTisn Tsln. 3$si M sss

furthsr Fighting Between Chiness and
s5 Allies NsAs Tisn Tsin. Il i5s 3yfi
(. LONDON. Aug. IS. While che com,
l1,andsss Of the allied forces are waiting
tor instruo tions from their governments
% 70 what to do next, which n tho
present condition Of the telegraph ser-
vice will probably take 10 days, tho
work Of repairing theg railroad beyond
Yahg- Tsun ~ prog crossing slowly and
the transportation 81 supplies by boats
On the Pei Ho river ia improving. n
5s y dispatch from Che Foo, dated Aug.
%, says there has: been further fighting
near lien Tsin. The Chinese sought
- Ont the line 81 n standardization, but
were driven back with small loss on
the part Of the allied forces. ~. - 81.
q Omcial advioes from Pekin, received
Il Toxic Aug. s8, ~ the allies burned
Prince Tuan' 8 reidenes.g According 70
! dispatch from Hong Kong, dated Aug,
"a, turbulent mobs, ~ devastating pors
lions Of the provinces Of, Flu KEN and
Kiang So. .It q added that a mandarin
with 500 Chinese soldiers left Annoy
Aug. 2S to restore order. "@ .,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
BIG COAL STRIKE ON.

Golfers 1T Cardiff Demand Recognition
For Their Union. Ia Ne.
New YORK, Aug. 25.-A dispatch to
The Herald from London says: !
Because the general manager of the
Taffvale railway refuses to meet a rep
resentative Of labor union not a pound
Of coal'is moving at Cardiff, and $4,000
Golfers are idle. The strike on this
railway, if not speedily terminated,
must have disastrous effect on ship
ping and seriously embarrass the adj
miralty at time when steam coal is 9
very precious article, avs
No better time could have been
chosen by the labor union leaders to
stop this great coal carrier. Welsh
steam coal has already touched record
prices and the admiralty only few
days ago was forced to pay an exorbi-
tant price for 2l;0, 600 tons. a.''@ X. ="
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
UNDER FOREIGN CONTROL.

Chinese Capital without Government
Except for tho Allied Forces.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-The Pekin correl
spondent of The Times, wiring on the
18th, says: /
Pekin is now entirely under foreign
control. Looting is proceeding sys,
Dramatically. The French and Russian
flags are flying over the best portion Of
the imperial domain, where it is be-
ieved the imperial treasure ia buried.
The Forbidden City is respected by
international agreement, although any
punishment will be Ineffective unless it
4 occupied. =.
The Japanese have seized hoard
amounting to 100000 taels. .:,s
The empress dowager, emperor, Prince
Tuan and all the high officers escaped
to the Tai Yuen Flu, in the province Of
Shan 81, from which point they pro-
|ceeded to Sian Flu. There il no gov.
ernOr. r:.. - ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
NEW WIRE SERVICE.
Chisago Board Of Trade to Organize
Telegraph Company.

Chisago Board Of Trade to Organize q
':' Telegraph Company.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Agrsements for
the formation of the Exchange Tele-
graph company, with which the Chicago
board of trade will displace the West
ern Union and Postal companies in the
distribution Of market quotations
among outside exchanges, have been
drawn up and are ready to. be sub
mitted to the exchanges which will be-.
come shareholders. At meeting Of
the board OF trade committee it rracri.
cally was decided to go ahead with the
formation OF the new company. A:
projected, the Exchange Telegraph
company viii extend its lines frcm
Chica 70 t. ii Cities. s.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-28
General Bad len DWELL Has PRE-.
W vented His junction With
\. G Main, Body 4, 4. $ e
/, COMMANDO Q n | n y IS DISPENSING
" ~ LIgg4|7 7T-'I- ~
sAtN y. Of the s.Burghers Are
Now Reported IA rekklng
q s Southwark. .Et8.s .
Lieutenant Cordua Executed
!. fer { Conspiracy 2: : Friday
+. Afternoon. s3:. IL 81

I LONDON, Aug. 26.-General Baden
Powell, according to dispatch to The
Standard. dated Pretoria, Aug' IS,
headed of Dewet, preventing his juno
ton with the main body Of the enemy
Dewet abandoned his transports and
took to the hills, his commando dis
persing, some trekking to the south.
ward. - L. Z, = r. ~ .% :"
Lord Kitchener has returned to
Pretoria. ' .s"&5.J ~ a Z. "%;;&s< !.
A special dispatch from Pretoria says
that Lieutenant Cordua was shot Fri
day afternoon. s>S% -, 4" r. ,, ,%@.x u