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AWARDED HEAVY DAMAGES
Mrs CruIt Gets a verdict Aga1nst
Columbia Railroad for $1,000.

In her suit against the Columbia Rail-
way Company to recover damages for
personal injuries. Mrs. Martha a. Cruit
was today awarded $1,000 by the Jury
which heard the evidence. The pIafntiff
was injured at the corner of H and Sixth
Streets northeast on April 8, 1900, while
alighting from Columbia Railway Com
pany ear.
She was injured about the Zip, body and
face, and entered suit against the com
pany for $4,000. Messrs. Lipscomb and
Walker represented the plaintiff.
The evening times., 1901-11-26
HEAVY SNOW DELAYS TRAFFIC
Storm in Northern New York Has
Ragged Fiftees. Hours.

MALONE. N Y, Nov. ga severe
snowstOrm has been raging throughout
northern New York for the last fifteen
hours.
The fall of snow has been very heavy.
Trains are late and the country roads are
blocked
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500 To PhiIadeIphia and Re- $500
turn Via PennsyIxania Railroad.

Account West Point-Navzl Academy football
game. Tickets on sale Noy. %, and to IL 90 a. NJ
Nov. So limited 70 return until Dec 2 Special
train of vestibued coaches. paTior and dining
car will leave Washington ct 1919 a. m, Nov
80. direct to grounds. returning at conclusion Of
game.
The evening times., 1901-11-26
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN PARIS.
AggrIeved Husband Kills His Wife
and Her Admirer.

PARIS, Nov. 26.-A double tragedy oc-
Cured this morning in the Place de
ropera, opposite the Cafe Paix, one of
The busiest centres of Paris
a gentleman stopped carriage occu-
pied by his wife and her admirer. The
husband opened fire with a revolver and
killed his guilty wife. whereupon her
companion opened the carriage door and
started to run away. The aggrieved hus-
band fred again, killing the fugitive.
The husband, whose name is Thion, has
been placed under arrest
An excited crowd continues to surge
along the street, pointing out the spIashes
of blood on the pavement where the trag-
edy occurred.
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THE POPE GROWS WEAKER.

Doctors Say End May Come at Any
Moment.
PARIS, Nov. 26-The "Rappel" pub
fishes a despatch from Rome stating that
the doctors attending the Pope say that
his Holiness is growing slowly but surely
weaker.
It is stated that the end is possible at
any moment.
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Did she say that Ayres was sobe-9,,
She said that he vas under the fDf7,-
enee Of liquor"
l saw her frequently after that had
a later conversation the day after this
at the dinner table She came TO me aDd
I asked her how she was feeling
am feeling very badly she replied
Ihe only thing that sustsias ne is the
consciousness Of my innocence
Sne started TO ask ne If she should de-
stToy something because she could NOT
WASH it out. She did rot finish the SEN
tenee, as someone entered the room lust
then"
Mrs BonIne Seemed Nervous
Attorney Douglass then took the Wit
ness.
How did Mrs. Bonfne act WIEN sbs
csme TO you on the first occazion?" was
/ asked
Sic seemed nervous. Her attitude
I was tense" the witness replied.
What advice did you give her At that
advised her to make no statement
at that tine, but to wait and see II tho
theory Of suicide would hold. IN thai
case sne would not have 10 maEs snr
statement"
Why did you give her this atvice?p
Attorney Could objected 10 this oues-
ton, AMI the objection was sustained.
You did advise her TO make no state
n-ent about the matter?" vas asked.
= did"
| Did she say that Ayres vas under the
influence of liquor when he came to her
room?'
she said that she did not know this
until she went to his room"
The witness was then excused
Ayrcs' Companion On the stand.
James Burns. who had room near that
Of Mrs Bonine, and who was compapfon
Of Ayres, was called. He stated that he
and Ayres were from the same State
Michigan, and we're very close friends
| Ayres, he said, was six feet IN height. was
athletic and could spar. He saw aim on
the night before the tragedy. Ayres was
in the dancing parIor Of the hotel. Burns
said ne next saw him at so O'Clock that
night He sent up to Ayres' room and
the latter came down. There was a crowd
| OF young IeiioWs at the door of the hotel
and the party went around 20 q saloon for
a drink
Ayres Took a Glass OF Beer.
The party went to a saloon on New
Jersey Avenue and had four OF five drinks.
Ayres took one beer and two cigars The
crowd then went back TO the Kenmore
about 11:4o o'clock. They ehatted in the
lobby of the hotel for a time and then
went around for another drink. The wit
ness did not remember what Ayres had
to drink. The party returped to the ho-
tel and joked until 1870.
Happy and Cheerful.
The witness said ne went to Ayres' room
and talked with the latter for a time
Ayres was very happy and cheerful at
the time. He gave the witness his cid
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Mrs. BOnine'S Confession
First Made to a Lawyer.
RECITAL OF HER STORY OF TRAGEDY
Witness Gardner Testifes Ths t
She Told Him On Day Following
Shooting Of Part She Had
Taken in the Affair.

For the first time it became known to-
day that Mrs. Lola Ida Henry Bonine,
on the day following the Ayres' tragedy,
made e statement in which she aeknowI-
edged that she vas in the room Of the
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HOLLANDS QUEEN RECEIVERS
An OmcIaI Announcement Issued at
The Hague

THE HAGUE, Nov. 26.-It is officially
announced today that Queen Wilhelmina
has fully recovered from her serious ILL
ness.
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TO ADVANCE THE
TELEPHONE CASES
MOTION MADE IN SUPREME COURT
attorneys Appear in Behalf of To-
cal Subscribers OF the CIies-
apeake and Potomac
Company.

Attorneys BiTney and HemphiII, repre-
senting j Forest Manning and some fifty
other subscribers in their fight against
the Chesapeake and Potomac Company.
today fled motion n the supreme
Court Of the United States TO ai-
vance for an early hearing the appeal of
the company from the judgment Of the
Court Of appeals of the District Of CoIum-
bia. sustaining the coustitutionality Of
the act Of Congress fixing the maximum
charge for telephone service in the city
of Washington
Company Refused to Comply.
The telephone company refused to CON-
ply with the provision Of The act, claim
ing the service could not be furnished
at the rates liked by Congress. and Mar
ming and the other subscribers rendering
the sum named b.. Congress sued OFT in
functions to restrain the company from
removing telephones from their respective
places OF business
InJunctior,s Dismissed
These injunctions were dismissed by
Justice Barnard. Of The Equity Court. but
on appeal TO the Court Of Appeals this
judgment was reversed. The validity Of
the act was sustained aud the faiunctioas
we're made permanent.
An Appeal Taken.
From this the Company appealed, taking
the ground that the act was unconstItu-
tionaI because it took their property
without due process OF law
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FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL.
Philadelphia Advertising Agent Ex
pires in New York.

A'-H y IL NV ! UEIA-
NEW YORK. Nov. 26-W. P. Wheeler.
sixty-nine years old, of Detroit, was
found dead today in the hotel at 76 Third
Avenue where he had lived since May.
Wheeler was said to have been an ad-
vertising agent for a Philadelphia firm.
Apoplexy is thought to have caused his
death.
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Dressed Common Boards, s1.25 per
100 it., By Frank Libbey s Co
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Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Delightful trips daily at $50 p. n from foot
9TH St to Old Point Comfort. Norfolk, Virginia
Beach, and Newport News See ad. page !.
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Flooring, S1.25 per 100 square feet,
tonguei and gr0oyed, at 9Th and \. 2. ave.
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Weather Strips, II IT., II cts each,
felt or rubber edge 9th and New York ave.
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Laths. Best Kind, too, only $2.Z1 Per
1000. F Libbey Co.. 9Th and n. 7. ava
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1 ct. per IineaI foot weather Strip,
at 9Th and New York ave. F. Libbey & Co.
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The HovveIEton, 4z8 Pa Ave.
Regular Hotel Dinner, 25 cents.
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EPIDEMIC IN BOSTON.

S7A SSSS x sskS EAao SEoFF0esi
With Smallpox Patients.
BOSTON, Nov. 26.-The worst smallpox
epidemic in the history of the city is rag
ing.
The pest houses are crowded and add
tions to the list OF victims are bing made
daiJv.
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Doors SIo0 each; White Pine I IL
inches thick-ready painted. Libbey L Co.
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FIyun's Business College, Sth and X.
Business, Shorthand. Typewriting- year.
The evening times., 1901-11-26

Flooring, SI.x5 per 100 square feet
tongued and gTooved. at Frank Libbey Co.
The evening times., 1901-11-26
Happy and Cheerful.

The witness said he went to Ayres' room
and talked with the latter for a time
Ayres was very happy and cheerful at
the time. He gave the witness his cid
trunk as a present
What was Ayres' condition when you
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Is'I KNOW ABOUT AYRES DE-
Movements Of Census Clerk
On Night Of Tragedy.
STATEMENT OF HIS COMPANION.
Went to Barroom After the Dance
atthe Kenmore Hotel But Took
Only One Glass Of Beer.
Other Witnesses Heard.

tol, and that in the struggle which en-
sued he was killed"
Whose hands held the plstoI?' the
witness WIS asked.
she said that the weapon was in
Ayres' hands,
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Fair, colder tonight; Wednesday fair;
fresh west to northwest winds
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The Cause Yet = Mystery.

Boiler Inspector Hugh Guy arrived a
few moments after the explosion He
says he cannot tell the cause of the-ex-
pIOsion at this time. The building con-
tanned two horizontal boilers and one
upright boiler. One OF the horizontal
boilers is partly exposed and shows
large dent
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AIM To PREVENT
RAILWAY MERGER
Governors Of Interested
States on the Way to
Montana.
Method Of Procedure to Stop
Combine to Be Mapped
Out by Them.

ST PAUL. Mimi. Dec. 2S.-Governor
Van SAINT and Attorney General Douglass
left tonight over the Northern Pacific for
Helena to attend the conference of North
western States on the so-caIled merger of
railroad interests A telegram received by
Governor Van SAINT to-day announced that
Governor Herried Of South Dakota. with
the Attorney General Of the State. had
started and would be present at the con-
ference on Monday. This makes complete
representation from Minnesota. North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and
Idaho
attorney General Strattcn of Washing
ton has signified his intention of being
present, and telegram was sent by Gov
ernOr Van SAINT TO the new Governor.
Mcbride, Of that State asking him if the
funeral arrangements of the late Gov
ernOr Rogers and official business per-
Initted him TO attend also in person. Gov
ernor Van SAINT has no plans to announce,
feeling that the object Of the conference
IS rather to consider what may be done
than for any one person to map out a
method of procedure before consulting
with the representatives Of the other
States.
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GOVERNMENT MUSICIANS MAY
ACCEPT PAID ENGAGEMENTS
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Holds That They Can Engage in
Such Enternrises.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy Judge Darling has
addressed a communication to the Score
tary Of the Musicians Protective Union
Of this city in answer to a letter from
that organization protesting against the
members of the United States marine
band accepting or soliciting paid engage
ments and requesting action upon the
subject The Assistant Secretary said
that he had examined and considered the
facts and thought that, unless in case of
peculiar or exceptional circumstances or
unless otherwise provided by law. he
should be reluctant to prohibit an en-
ploye Of the Government from engaging
in private labor or enterprise when that
engagement does not interfere with the
full performance Of his employment by the
Government. In conclusion Judge OAR
ling said:
This case is not one of such peculiar
or exceptional circumstances, and your
request (meaning the union's) is therefore
denied
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SHORTAGE is DISCOVERED
IN TEXAS HEALTH OFFICE
Governor Sayres Will Not Issue a
Statement Until After the Books
Havea Been Exported.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. pa shortage has
been discovered in the State Health De
partment. State Revenue Agent Joe Lee
Jameson is checking up the accounts of
the office, but he has not yet completed
his work Governor Sayres said tonight
that the amount of the shortage is not
vet known and that no official statement
would be given out until the examination
is completed. 1t is reported, however,
that the shortage in the accounts
amounts TO a large sum. No blame is at
tached to Dr. w. F. Blunt, who resigned
his position as State Health Officer seve-
raj weeks ago on account of i'll health.
DR.. /. J. Jones, secretary Of the depart
ment, who has charge Of the accounts,
has been absent from Austin for several
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surely discovered the elixir Of life. That he is
able. with the aid Of a mysterious compound.
known only TO himself, produced result Of
the years he has spent in searching for this
precious Iife-giving boon, to cure any and every
disease that is known 10 the human body.
There is no doubt Of the Doctors earnestness in
making his claim and the remarkable cures
that be IS daily efTecting seem to bear him out
very strongly. His theory which he advances
is one OF reason and based on sound experience
IN a medical practice Of many years. 1t costs
nothing to try his remarkable Elixir OF Life
as he calls f. for he sends it free, to any one
who is a sufferer. in sufficient quantities to
convince Of its ability to cure, so there is abso-
IuteIy no risk to run Some Of the cures cited
are very remarkable. and but for reliable wit
nesses would hardly be credited. The lame
have thrown away clutches and walked about
sitter two or three trials Of the remedy. The
sick. given up by home doctors. have been re-
stored 70 their families and friends in perfect
health. rheumatism, neuralgia, stomach.
heart. liver. kidney, blood and skin diseases
and bladder troubles disappear as by magic.
Headaches, backaches, nervousness, fevers,
consumption, coughs. colds. asthma. catarrh.
bronchitis and all affections Of the throat.
lungs OF any vital organs are easily overcome
in a space Of time that is simply marvellous
Partial paralysis. locomOtor ata1,B, dropsy,
govt. scrofula and piles quickly and per-
manentIy removed. It purihes the entire sys-
TEN. blood and tissues, restores normal nerve
power. circulation and state Of perfect health
is produced at once. To the doctor all systems
are alike and equally affected by this great
elixir Of life" Send for the remedy to-day.
Ii IS free to every sufferer. State what you
want to be cured Of and the sure remedy for
l. f. will be sent YOU free by return mail.
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TWO MEN LOSE THEIR
LIVES IN A TEXAS FIRE
An Aged Physician Is Burned r.
Death and Falling Walls Kill

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 2S.-News OF a dis
astrOus fire at Calvert Tex. reached
Dallas to-day. Two lives were lost and
two men were seriously injured by fall
ing walls. Property loss $50 200. The
dead:
DR. c. c. GARRETT, SO years old.
burned to death.
I. OSCAR, killed by falling wall
The injured: Daniel Lavine and II. Rv-
man, both caught under falling walls:
seriously.
The fire started in the front end of one
Of the two general stores of CalIOtt
Adoue & Fisher. The buildings and con-
tents were destroyed. The shoe store OF
o. Peitseh, the jewelry establishment OF
H. Ryman and six smaller merchandise
establishments were also destroyed
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DISEASE is SMALLPOX,
SAYS A STATE OFFICIAL
Board of Health Reports His dag
nosis of the Gases at

Randsburg.

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 2S.-Dr. Hanna of
Sacramento, a member of the State Board
of Health, returned from Randsburg this
morning. He states that the epidemic at
that place is smallpox.
A committee has been appointed to take
charge OF affairs there. A hall has been
converted into a pesthouse and every
thing possible will be done to prevent a
spread Of the disease. There are about
thirty cases Of smallpox Of a mild type
in the infected town. So far no deaths
have resulted.
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Floating Dock a Success.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Admiral Endi-
colt of the Bureau Of Yards and Docks
received a dispatch to-day from New Or
leans stating that the troubles over the
new floating dock have been overcome
and that at 10 o'clock next Monday morn
ing the dock would be used for the first
time. the collier Sterling being the first
ship TO go inside.
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New Years Presents.

Such as Water Colors. Etchings, Photo
graphs, Statuary, Gold Clocks, Candle
sticks, Candelabra, Dress Suit Cases,
Trunks, Valises, Cameras, Pocketbooks,
Fountain Pens, Pictures and Frames.
Best values in every department. WISH
tors always welcome. Sanborn, Vail &
Co.. TAI Market street.
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Of Interest to People of the Coast.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28-Postmasters
appointed: California-Katie Davidson.
Graniteville, Nevada County, vice Henry
Filter, resigned.
Washington-William L. Richards,
Beach. Whatcom County, vice A. F:
Bowden resigned.
Contract Surgeon ]. c. Darlington, now
at Fort Terry, New York, is ordered to
San Francisco for transportation to the
PHILIPPINES.
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Million Dollar Fire in Mexico.

AUSTIN. Tex, Dec 2s.-A dispatch
from Oaxaca, Mexico, says one of the
most disastrous fires in the history Of
Southeastern Mexico has just occurred at
the port of Progreso. The warehouses of
Echanove Brothers and other large eX-
porters were burned and more than mil
lion dollars worth Of hemp which was
awaiting expectation was destroyed. The
losses are partly covered by insurance.
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Borers Find Hot SULPHUR Water.

PASO ROBLES, Dec 28.-At a depth of
400 feet hot sulphur water was struck to-
day by well-borers on the property of
the Sperry Flour Company in this city.
The water commenced to flow during the
night and those first on the scene this
morning were surprised to find a large
quantity pouring over the casing. The
well demonstrates that this section is in
an artesian belt. The water from the
well will be used for the engine of the
mill, which also furnishes electric light
IN the citv
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NAPA MAN
rs CALLED BY DEATH
Henry Knapp, Well Known in Poli-
tics and Once Mentioned for
Gouarnnr Passes AIUau

NAPA, Dec. 2S.-Henry Hay Knapp,
native of New York, aged SO years, died
last night from heart disease He emf
grated to California in 1852. About 1860
he established lumber business at Napa
and acquired large fortune. He was
manager of the James H. Goodman Com
pany Bank and president of the Napa
City Water Company. He was a past
grand high priest, r. A. NJ, and past
grand junior warden. F. A. M. In poll
tics he was a Republican, and for many
years was prominent in party conven-
tons. At one time he was mentioned for
the governorship.
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ernor Aycock was signing an order for
a special court at Northampton to try
Peter Mitchell, a negro, for assaulting
Mrs. Lucinda Hill, white woman, a tele-
gram came saying that citizens had taken
Mitchell from the jail at Jackson and
lynched him.
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ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-Williarn A.
Lindeke, formerly prosperous local dry
goods merchant, shot and killed himself
at an undertaking establishment this af-
ternoon. Dependency is believed to have
caused the act. He left letter declaring
that he intended to commit suicide.
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The Best FOUNTAIN Pens.

We are selling agents for the water
man Ideal Fountain Pens $3.50 to so,
and sole agents for the Marshall" the
best 81 Fountain Pen in the world. San
born, Vail & Co., TAI Market street.
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Street Riots in Buenos Ayres.

BUENOS AYRES, Dec 28.-The street
demonstrations was renewed here last
night on Mayo avenue. The police
charged the rioters several times. A few
persons were injured.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-President Roose-
welt to-day received delegation of twenty
five representatives of the Confederation of
Graduate Clubs, holding q convention in
this city.
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SICK MADE WELL,
WEAK MADE STRONG
Marvellous Elixir of Life Discovered b
Famous DuCtOT-Seientist That Cures
Every Known kilmeRt.
Wonderful Cures Are Effected That Seem
Like Miracles PefuTmst-The Secret
of Long Life Of OIden Times
Revived.
The Remedy Is Free to All Who
Send Name and Address.

After years Of patient study and delving into
the dusty record Of the past as we'll as fol-
lowing modern experiments in the realms Of
medical science. Dr.. James W. Kidd. 1909 First
National Bank building. Fort Wayne, Ind,
makes the startling announcement that he has
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NEW YORK Dec. 2S-The New York Sub
Treasury to-day purchased a block Of 81, 800
600 OF United States Government short term 4
per cent bonds.
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Dependency Leads to Suicide

weeks and is reported to be in South
America.
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Citizens Lynch Negro.
RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 2S.-While Gov
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liberal and satisfactory
has its present immense proportions because have better
worth willingness all
exchange goods refund the money because OF constant auness tor the
the hberahV all OF
methods Ne and wH please you will the chance try
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The New Curtains
fOs. Spring Here.

We show tomorrow $500 pairs Of heavy
thread, well made, Prettily patterned new style
Lace Curtains, choice designs in every grade and
color, white, ecru, Arabian. There are FIVE
designs at each Of the following prices. Hotels,
lodging and apartment houses will do well to
examine into this offerings
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SxIe set $3.50 Sx1z set S8s75
DamaSk Table SetS-Cloth, with dozen match
ing NaplZins-
SxIo set S6.4O SxIz set S6-85
SxI4 set S8-Z5
Fine Trau CIofhe- DauoasIr bsr,.t;t-L.J
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lockwood alleges that trusts desire
just what is recommended in the message
and that their attorneys advocated it be-
fore the Civic Federation Conference. He
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In 1878 the Independent oil producers of
Pennsylvania began agitation for the passage
Of the interstate commerce law. We had in
the lower house Of Congress John H. Reagan
Of Texas