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DAvIs's CONDITION CRITICAL.
Minnesota Senator VIII Probably
Lose a Iag

So. Paul. MINI. Novembe.. 4-The con
dition of senator 9. *. Davis is renorte.'
decidedly worse tonight. ami grave fears
are entertained that II his life shall De
saved ID may be at the cost Of his foot
or possihiy his right leg. The pus wEi.f
had formed in the part of his foot. and
for the removal OF which two surgical op-
orations were performed. has ROW gath
cred further back toward the heel. and
Indications are that it is pcrmeating the
entire limb. The fever with which Ia
patient WAS suffering on Friday has a.
turned and does not yield as readily 20
treatment as formerly. The surgeons I'm
attendance held a consultation today. and
in was decided 10 send al once 10 Chicaau
for the best specialist 10 be had. The
senator was very restless and suffered
much pain today. lie has not been told
OF the serious nature of his aiiment. ant
chafes greatly under the enforced con-
fincment. There were many callers at the
house today. hut none Were admitted 10
the sick room.
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frost yesterday morning and again this
morning. The temperature of late has
been very low and should the case prove
to be yellow fever there is no apprehen-
sion of a possible spread of the disease.
Galveston. a OK. November 5.-The Gal
weston deep water commission. which has
IN hand the matter of preparing measures
for state and federal government relief II
relation TO the late hurricane, passed
resolutions saying Governor SaEers )
course has its entire approval as Calves
ton VIII require more substantial assist
ance than could bc accomplished by ap-
preparation from the state treasury.
Waco Tex, November 5.-Tn the case of
the state of Texas vs. the Waters-Plerce
oil Company, being suit for penalties
for alleged violation of the antitrust law
of 1899. the aggregate of the penalties
amounting to Sl09e00. suit came 20 an
end today i'm favor Of the Waters-Picrce
Oil COMPANY
Caracas. Venezuela via Havtien cable
November 5.-Sen9r Francisco Castillo.
who has frequently held cabinet posi-
tiOns. and who was the cppc 1cnt of cen
eral Audradc in 1884 when the latter was
elected president. is dead. He was pte-i-
dent OF the state of Maiicabc al Jne time
OF his death
Washington November SIT is am
n0unced that John A. DOjSou has been
appointed general superintendent he
Alabama Great Southern railroad. WAN Of
fee at CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.
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INTERESTING, IF TRUE.
You Can Try 1t for Yourself and
Prove It.

one grain of the active principle IN stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets VIII digest Sy5j
grains Of fneat- eESs or otheF "n"ie-
como food. and this claim mas been
proven by actual experiment which any
aus rn NJ perform for himself ~ the lo--
lowing manner Cat hard boiled cz-s
lHtu very small pisces. as a. would be IL
rnastsC.i-cd place the egg and two or
three uf tEe tablets in bottle or Jar
containing warm water heated 10 - de
s-r,...s fthg temperature of the hodyj and
keep ID at this temperature for three and
uns-haiE hours. al Ihe end oi which time
the eg@ viii ue as completely di6 sled
ar il would have been IN the healthy
stomach of hungry boy
The uoiut Df this experiment Is that
what Stuart Dyspepsia Tablets viii Io
10 the sa-s in the bottle it viii do 40 the
egg or meat lu the stomach anu nothing
elss. will rest ana invigorate the stomac h
- safely and eff.Ctuaiy. Even 4 little
child can take Stuart S Tablets with safe
az ard benefit ff its digestion is weak
and the thousan nds OF cures accomplished
~ Their regular daily use are easily
sxuiained when IL Is understood that they
are composed OF vegetable essences asen-
tic pgpEsu. ssiastaSe auu toiuen seal.
Which mIngles with the food and digesis
ia thnrouEhIv. giving the over-Workeu
stomach "A chance 10 .recuperstte
Dieting never cures dNsf epSia. neither
a.. pills and catLartic medicines. which
simply Irritate and iniiame the intes-
tines
IL siirasted thara will b. no constipation.
nor in fact will there b. diseases OF any
kind because good digestion means good
health in every organ
The merit and success OF stuart s DNS-
r.r..sis Tablets are world wide ana tncv
are -niH az tine moderate price OF - Genus
for full sized packages IN every drug
store fr the United States and Canada as
va.i as In Europe
For tile information OF those interested
3 Iittle book will be mailed free by adj
ure-S!u- r. a Stuart Co. Marshall.
Mich. giving briefly the symptoms of the
rariorfs forms OF stomach weakeess.
sauSes and cure
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4E RICHARDS co.. lm 6 Wharf and

who persists in retiring, they cannot hnd
better one than Colonel w. a Hemphill.
OF Atlanta. who, with his lately deceased
wife, has never failed in his duty to the
old confederate soldiers or their cause
Amply qualified in every respect, and
with means at his command TO crafty
every wish, he would give new life and
interest to the division. I shall never
forget the liberal and gracious manner
in which Colonel Hemphill and his noble
wife entertained the veterans in Charles
ton and other cities where they met
ColoneI Hemphill would make a model
commander in every respect, IL he would
accept.
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vcntion next Monday. The board OF can
Vassers has not vet reported with refer
enco To contested seats and the question
viii no dcridod nv the convention
yy.osbf,otor &o,anber Mrs Mack
t;a'roIina ,ybo hos boon hefnre the courts
80 ,,,r,i,cr af zines iateIv in I,inacy
,i,,,.a = ,,.o toiav corornittad to the
Ilnitcd efa'taS ,-overnnent asvlum for
tba insanc r,ha action was taken on the
ennlication Of her father. Colonel George
4 Portartield ~ Cbarlestown. w. Va.
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AFFIDAVIT

Stare op NRw IsRssr.
CoUsIY oF WARREN,
Arthur W. Madden, OF full age being duly sworn
according to law, on his oath. saith
am twenty-seven years OF age. and am and
have been resident of the Town of Phillipsburg in
the County Of Warren and State OF New Jersey. with
the exception OF abou, year spent in the State Of
Connecticut during my childhood.
About the month Of February. 1000. read in the
New York World an advertisement Of The Bernard
Richards Company. offering prize in connection with
magazine which they about to publish. In
to my response received circular letter in
which The Bernard. Richards Company. United.
offered FIVE dollars week for life. or an annuity Of
hundred and fifty dollars, to the person suggesting
the most appropriate for this publication requr-
ing that each competitor should send with his choice
Of one years advance subscription, amounting
the Of one dollar complied with the condition
and in my choice the name, "The Brown Book
OF Boston," and received receipt, dated March 10.
1000. for she one years advance subscription.
On April 3, rgoo. received letter from the
pany stating that The Committee find that yours was
the most appropriate sent in and have awarded
you the annuity for lfe." In the same letter was
requested 20 inform the company whether wished the
award in the form Of weekly payments Of FIVE dollars
dollars. On the same day replied to the company's
letter. stating that ] preferred the annuity Of two
hundred and fifty dollars.
On May !, 1900. was notified by the company that
their representative would call at Phllipshurg
N. J.. the then following Friday or Saturday, with
a certified check Of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Today, Saturday, May s, 1900. Mr.. Arthur W
Tsrbel. representative % the Bernard Richards Com
pany, Limited called upon me here at Philhpsbure
". J., and handed a certified check of the company
on the Federal Trust Company of Boston, Mass
dated May 2, 1900. and made payable to my order for
the amount Of two hundred and fifty dollars being the
FIRST years payment the annuity awarded me as
above stated
Prior TO the appearance Of the said advertisement; in
the New York World, about February. 1000. had no
knowledge Of the existence the object Of the Bernard
Richards Company. Limited, ard since then have
had dealings with said company excep, as above
stated.
(SignedD ARTHUR W. MADDEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this s,h day of
May, A. d, 1900.
CSignedl S. c. SMITH,
Master Of ChaneeD of New Jersey
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Old G. Sharks. Macon. Ga.

Nscoa Ga. October s0.-fSpecia,-) -
ovid g. Sparks. perhaps the oldest citizen
"f Macon. d.et this afternoon lie was
sr-1-y-ri-ht wears ~ age. iEe was the
father II Willis L. Sparks. ovid Sparks.
-. ami Robert sparks lie WIS the
mayor ~ Macon iu is, and served three
r-rw-. ife .iifI ~ physical exhaustion
THE council WIS .g session tonight when
tin urws - 1ir. SHsrE-'s death reached
tho ho-tv and a resolution IN honor o. tae
former ulaVnr was adopted.
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Phosphate for Hawaii.

Savannah. Ga. October 29-The Amer!-
can clipper ship Henry Willard. belonging
to Arthur SewaN x Co, of Bath. Ne.
viii sail from this port tomorrow with
100 tons OF phosphate rock for Honolulu.
Hawaiian islands. This is the first cargo
Of phosphate rock ever sent from this
country TO Hawaii. and goes in the frs.
American clipper seen at this port for a
number OF years. Captain Quick expects
10 make the trip in 10 days. though he
Glli provision FOR twice that length of
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Elisha Tatun. Cumming. c..

cumming. Ca-. November 5.-iSFeci;Ll ,
lir Elisha Tatum. an old ANA wealthy
rFtrv Sd Hines lasting Tor about "a year
ITi- uu1v unmarried asu-Eter. Mis- Van
uan alsE rbi- rniue Both Wli- Ht
buried This ,st ming iu the sfme grave. ~
---re. 1. nd .nnrrh s-r.koEArI
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Mrs. NJ. z. Bass, Macon. Ga.

Macon. Ga. NoNcmher 3.-tSpeclaIl D.
Mrs. N. =. Bass. widow of George w.
Bass. died this evening. Her husband. at
one tinc prominent merchant. died last
Anril. Her son in law. K. c. Jones. IS q
member II the firm of Burden. Smith 4
Co. Ten days aso She WAS suddenly
taken IN at the residence of her niece.
Airs. Sarah Culver. ana could not De re-
moved 10 her own home. The funeral
viii take place from the Culver residence
tomorrow.
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PLAGUE CASE IN GERMANY.

Bremen. November 5.-A PLAGUE case
has apparently. developed IN Germany \
sailor named kuuz. who arrived here
October .,th ON board thC German steamer
MarionbIrg. from South America. has
shown suspicious symptoms and the stli-
tborities today notified the bactcriologiclI
experts 10 determine whether D, IS cas .
Ut nlanUc
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DR. l.. W. Knapp. I4l6 Hun building. Detroit
Ntteh and he will gladly send The tree rec.tnr
,,i,h full directions so that any man MAJ.
~ .ftv cure himself at home. This is certai
~ generous offer ana the following extrna..s
,oton from his daily mail show what man
,cink of his generosity.
pea, Sir: Plea < accept my sincere thanks
60 N,urs of recent date have given 49,,
,Taotment a thorough test and the benefit bs =
t,.,n eNtraor iinary. 1t has completely hrareJ
- mn / Just vigorous when a -,
ind YOU cannot realize how happy / am
.tF)ear Sir. Your method worked bcautifui,v
re,sults were exactly what i needed. Strentst !,
ANA yigor have co npietely returned and en-
iarrencnt is entirely satisfactory
pear Sir. Yours was received and I had
no trouble in making use of the Ieceipt as III
rected ard can truthfuly say it is n boon 10
weak men. l am .reatly improved in size
strtr 9Th and vigor."
All correspondents is strictly confidential
mailed in plain sealed envelope The recent
IS free for the asking and he wants every man
80 have it,
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THE DEATH ROLL.
ars. sallie Nelms. West Point. Ga

Yves. Point Ca. October 3a-(SpecialD
Mrs Saila Ne'ms died Sunday night
st tie home ~ her daughter. Airs. DR.
= r. Miller. AIR. helms Was in appav-
Fut god hrsith until within few DAYS
ue h.r death. when She began failing
rapiGiy she VIZ uiusty-IiVc years Of
.sg-. being the oldest resident ~ West
Point. Her r, mains WcTc taken To Salem.
Ala. to-day for Iut,rmeut ia the family
hurviu- grounds
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Captain n. y. Wells. who is prominent in
the iron business of Chattanooga. sne
was forty-uino years OF age. ..,rs. j. T.
Nevin, and Mrs. r.. j.. Rather. of Chatta-
nooEa. who dies at the point Of death
an this city are her only chilren. Funer-
al In This city tomnrroW mourning.
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Mr Madden in speaking OF how he chose the same
he sent in said: "As I remember. II came in a
second the day after your advertisement, in the
New York World I jo,,ed !, down aud sen, !, in.
Then forgot all about IL until received your letter.
That, you know. is about the way such things GO
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wrs. t. p. Wells. Rome. Ga.

Rome. ssn November a.-'Special1-
Mr. r. T. Wells. 80 Chattanooga. died
"a tha homo ~ hcr daughter. NIrs. James
- NeyIn. &c East Rome today Mrs.
wells was brought here from Atlanta
s...ut n month a-n. she was the wife ut
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William Branch Hanged.

E'berton. Ga. October Especial -
At twelve minutes to l o'clock today the
drop fell which took the life Of William
Branch. the murderer of George D. Bell
and who attempted u aSsassinate .. II.
NIcI4nahan and wife.
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I Cure Blood Poison

cr syphilis a. your own home: my treat
mcnt positively eradiCates every trace of
thc disease and leaves no bad effects.
Write me fully. J. Newton Hathaway.
II. D.. NJ. g lnman hu'liiug. Atlanta. ca.
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Thomas Bowerz. West Point. Ga.

wet Po.us. Ca. octoier :1-tSne lall
--Th. ,seatl af 5l~ Thomas Bowers oc-
cursaI at the home - his brother Nr.
r Flowers superintendent uf fhe
v-.-v.ns denal tnr. uJ ~ thc Lanctt Cotton
Mills Yesterday. Tt was caused hv
Ers-f Illness wlth trnho4d fsVer. The de-
,-ersrf scinE siek only "A week.
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Ms. Tom Thomas. Ware County. Ga

Nays.s1ss. tsa-. November -.-tSpec.atD
1Ir-. Tasu Thomas siei last night at th-
home ~ nrr husband. five miles south
~ WavcroS-. supposed cause - death .s
accidental POISONING
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RE ESCUED
FROM DRINK
Heroic Work Of a Girl in Saving Her
Brother from D: unkenness.
Put Remedy in His Coffee ar1
Without His knowledge of the
Secret Was Completely

The terrible evil Of drunkenness has M
last found a conqueror. Miss Mary Rob
crts. Of 1893 Golden Gate avenue san
Francisco, Cat. viii gladly tell any lady
VINO Will write her how she saved her
brother from ruin ana her words hurn
with new hope 10 every woman who
would rescue "A son. brother or husband
from the scourge Of drunkenness.
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Wickersham Succeeds Smith.
Suicide of Z Farmer.

Columbia s. .. November a., Special
q. Il. Collins. a substantial farmer. ended
his life at Patrick last night. He hau
been drinking hard for some time. While
sitting before fire he suddenly pulled
his pistol and blow out his brains.
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MANILA CUSTOMS RECEIPTS

Taft's Cablegram Shows Money Ta-
ken in for Month of October.
Washington, November 5-rhe war ,le-
parunent today made pubic the follow
inE ctblc"r.-n "a from judge Tatt. prcsi-
Gent of tho Philippine commission.
Manila. November 4.-Root Washing
ron. October customs, Sl,SSS.O00. Mexican.
incn ase over ps"vioua month sITl,W0.
total revenue, $2,.oo,tOo. breaks RECORD.
~ TT !"
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\ new remedy has been discovered that is
tcrisss aud tsslei,zs. can be mixed with cOf-
Tee f1ud and when taken into the system
a man cannot use tobacco IN any form Il
VIII cure even tha confirmed cigarette denl.
ANA l$ q Eo.i-=ena - mothers who have grow
iuG boys ca1il-ed to TIE smoking rf cigar
ettrs. 4 free trial package of rne remsi
WiI De- mailed prepaid UI1n application 10
Rogers Drug n Chemical co. 1920 Fitth AMI
i..Ce SIS. Cincinnati Ohio. This wIH enable
amy woman % drive foul tobacco smoke and
d-giN snittaons from The home.
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bottle Of Pricklv Ash Bitters kept
In the house and used occaSiouliv mca ms
good health 10 the whole household
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General Evans's Successor

Colonel Sidney Herbert in Savannah
News: If the United Confederate Vet
Grams want successor to General Evans,
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nEAD this Story
Id Of a very lucky
Young NJ an
who won an in
come for life for
one nom ent'S
thought!

scee oonsAs ago. n vii .. ren.nb.r.-,. sa.sr.
ds>a xid-,y for for the magazine about
% rsstsh. IL vas little hing give. hut much
receive. A moments thought, perhaps, ~cald do Il.
y.fthe re.sh vas Of such importance 10 Us that we
preparei 70 s~.rd . prize nothing unOu nor less
shz. i've dSllars wsek for life. annuity Of two
hsnared and ffty eOliah. This ofIer. ~hen arss
bseeshs the pablis. attention through the columns
cf all e.dns papers IN the eOua,ry. ~as received With
Considerable ircreaaiity. The ran az your righ,
eneersi While ti. cue 20 your left smiled. Neither
said. "rt's stnishi enough: both said. 81 Better
iezvs !, z,one" That was bec.us. they did not know
cur gay Of Going ,hinss. A trae unusual. perhaps.
eus sscress today ius; that, with the additional
srzit q nking IN. sis-,,ioa boldly BY the threat
those. ho~evsr. ~ho entered the eonfes,
rorTs-ozs enough give the hcneft Of their doubt.
of them giving Us something else besidss little
ies,rd of sczrve hall dozea words which uas Just
-h., ~e wzr,es. Ihe balance Of that man's bank
soot today foot, up 20 sun lsrger By two hundred
AID fifty dollars z 1t d five months ago. iifIsren-e
dat about Sl,srzy. :zy s. when repseSsn'a'
-sve eaIled On this nan. sir Arthur W. MADDEN, a,
his hose in PhiIiPsbuTs. New jersey and presented
hia ~ith Ssrtikea cheek for the above anOSni.
he Ingenuity Of Is eOuCsdedly vel nigh Infinite,
ut probably tisa ~hen he dsliSer1ieiy
tries 20 rz;soaehiag into Eaas- There were names
ssut Us t'st woui5 have grzced the title rsge Of
esesns raezasir. ard there were others ira, would
have kils5 penny y-drssdiUi" ere il had ieii the
press. Scrn- took estensive Liberties with our firm
nans ~kz. oshers tOsk s greater Liberties with the
Ensiish hnsuAss a, Dr.. johnson conceived it, The
>Oras "nOnshly" and enassTins" did yeOEzn
servsr- 70 thss Is; szs, zone o; DE eOuoiaanOns
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AJsLss4 ZI5IlAAlzSso-,

g. the belief that our readers may care to know
something further oi Mr. Madden, We would say ,ha,
representative found in him young OF twenty.
seven. With ~ill TO do and body TO endure tha,
fOrsshadow liberal longevity Tor The snloynen, Of hi,
good fortune. With the exception of year away from
home teaching school he has spent his life in Phillips
burg. a sentative though interchangeable town Of
sOns tn thousand souls, lying among the cultivated
bills Of western New Jersey. where they slope gently
down 70 meet the waters Of the Delaware.
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SMITH TO LEAVE WEST POINT
Goes To Accept Good Office with
Southern Railway.

Washington. October (Spcciall-T
was definitely announced by Southern
railway officials here this morning THAT
| George &. Smith, president and aneral
managcr of the Atlanta and West Point
and Western of Alabama systems has
accepted the office Of general manager or
the St Louis and Louisville lines OF the
Southern railway. with headquarters ~
St. Louis.
1t is understood that Mr. Smith VIII be
formally appointed general manager OF
the new lines on November 18th. ana VIII
at that time take active charge of this
important branch al the Southern sSs-
tenn. His resignation as president ana
general manager of the Atlanta and West
Point and Western Of Alabama railways
Is said To have already been rendered.
effective November 18th
This announcement is one of the most
important recently Tnade i'm railway cir
cles. effecting as it does the executive de-
partment Of two of the greatest systems
i'm the south, ana removing from Atlanta
one Of the best known. as wei! as one OF
the most efficient and popular railW
men who has ever been identified wtti.
the railroad interests Of tnat city.
The lines which Will be under Nr.
Smiths management through his accept
ance Of the Suuthcrn'S offer. wili be the
Louisville. Evansville and 81. Louis, 10
cally known as the Louisville Airline,
extending from st. Louis 10 Louisville.
Evansville and other points. and in @I-
,lition the present Louisville division of
the Southern. comprising altogether
about 501 miles of the most important
portion of the Southern's 5 system
Wickersham Succeeds Smith.
Charles A. Wickersnam. general super
intendent Of the Alabama Great Southern,
will succeed George c. Smith as president
and general manager of the Atlanta and
West Point and Western OF Alabama.
MIR Wlckersham's promotion will be no
surprise TO his friends who know with
what signal ability he has superintended
the Alabama Great Southern. I,It from
statements that had been made by rail-
road people il was supposed that the
West Points new president would come
out of the west.
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BRAINS COUNT!

into which they were worked being fesriully and
wonderfully made. Ne, apar, from these, and decidedly
in the majority. long list Of names ,ha, sounded
possible in every respect. II was evidently an en-
han7ssment o, riches.
As is now evident, The Brown Book Of Boston
vas Mr. Maeden's contribution to the contest. We
believe the viii find the same fayor with our sub.
scrbers as has with US. II is aleraiive. which is
something il is associated with conservative thorough
going and durable color, whiei is more, il is demo-
cra,icay unpreten,ious. which is most. Like brown
bread" Mr.. Madden suggested. "it can be made
wholesome for the entire family" This will be aim
An unSoten, whOe-srained prOduc, put for'h in the
endeavor to meet the average persons desire for
seadinr tha; is worth while.
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Havana November 2.--General Leonard
Wood. commander of the department of
Cuba, who arrived here today on the
nores Llorente. Castro. Rivera an1 Ques-
da as a commission TO arrange the OPEN
ing ceremony at the constitutional con-
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New York. November arthur Harris.
the negro who stabbed Policeman Robert
J. Thorpe to death on August i.th. and
Who was convicted Of piurder in the
second Genroe was sentenced today t.
life ial risonu ent. The murder OF
Thorre' vas the cause of serious race
riots in this city.
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Jacksonville. Fla, November What
were officially pronounced In Jacksonville
10 be earthquake shocks developed today
To have been the concussions caused by
heavy blasting on the ST. Johns river
near the city.
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Chicago. November According to a
decision handed down by the United
states court Of appeals In the case of the
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Rail
road Company against Nancy Wood. rail-
roads a. rnspuns Bile for the safety Of
their passengers while in their stations
s1r : reasonable time after descending
from trains ana the relations OF carrier
and passenger continue until a passenger
anits Station or .lepnt.
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Dallas Texas, November 1.--Renorts
from northern and north central Texas
show Tuesday < storm 10 have been very
destructive. Houses were wrecked in
kaufman. Ellis. Hin. Collin and GraysOn
counties Three persons were killed ana
several seriously injured. crops suffered
severely.