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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
MONEY TO LEND.
SHAVED oR STOLEN.

SPRAYED from Woodlnwn. black maIs horse with broken bridle with harness tied up. Blind in one eye. Return Smiley's stable for reward.
 LOST. Strayed or Stolen-A bargain In shoes If you fall 10 buy your shoes dur ing my clean-sweep sale of shoes for 10 days longer. D. B. Luster, PIT North 18th street. Phone I727 s-23-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
FOR SALE.

FOH SALE. $3O00-Beautiful 9th ave. corner. 5Ox120 $5500-Lot 25x100. Sd ave, 1a block from postoffice; will enhance in value $6O0O-Business lot 2Ox10O, 18th st.. across from postoffice; will rent well if im- proved.
 $S50-Lot 50x14O, with Broom cottage. 18th st., near 18th ave-; $2Oo cash. balance monthly. $3500-50x140 feet. with three houses, three blocks west of Hillman hotel; will ga to $5O00.
 $500 Cash, balance monthly will buy good Groom cottage and lot in good re- pair, 18th st., near sth ave-; price S2000. $1850-Good Groom and Broom tenements, 9th ave. near 26th st; will pay 15 per cent; see them. s3oO-Good residence lot, 18th st., near 18th ave-; $100 cash, balance monthly
 SMITH 6 STlLLMAN,
 200411 First Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
REAL EsrArs.

REAL ESTATg 
 FOR RI NIT. Elegant, furnished me. South High. lands
 FOR SALE. 000.00-Elegant home. South 18th St. 5000. 00-S-room house, new. fine lot, South Highlands. 5000.00-e-room house. N. 1921 St- 2,500.00-Corner lot, S0x240, N. Highlands. 1,500.0O-2 acres in North Birmingham. N5,00o. .o0-Elegant home large grounds.
 We have other valuable resi- dence and bu5iness pr operties for sale.
 c. L. STIckNEY 6 co,
 2005 1st Ave Phones 6O0
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WANTED-Three first class solicitors, men of good appearance Apply to F. b. Duffy Alabama National Bank S-20-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

WAHTED-Everybody in Alabama to attend my clean sweep sale of shoes that only rurs 10 days longer. D. B, luster, PIT 18th street. Phone 1727. S.ra-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

FARMS FOR SALE in Alabama Geor- gia and South Carolina. Low prices and easy terms. Send for list. E. A Mar shall, P. o. Box B. Anniston, Ala. s-23-3t
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Phone s1s.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. s250 per foot. Sd avenue business property. $1250-Two Broom cottages; Avenue H. between 18th and 14th streets: pays SIS monthly. $So0o-Avenue H, near 2oth street; pays 15 per cent $3150-Nice South Highland cottage homo on corner. s4200-L.arge Seventh avenue place. $4250-Nice house, ath avenue near 16th street. s5250-Lot 140 feet front with new nouscs renting for ss0 monthly; handsome in- vestment. s45,OOO-Chofce business property paying per cent after deducting TOT Insur- ance, taxes and repairs. We rent sell and insure property.
 R. MCCONNELL 6 CO, Bell phone 46 22o Fist St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
WAIVED.

WANTED = cnatoroavs To1 -,--->-,--- and Iron safes: all prices. Alabama Grocery O. 1f.tf WANTED-Eyerybody in Alabama to at tend my elean-sweep sale of shoes that only runs 10 days longer. D. B. Luster. il7 18th street. Phone 1727. s-2s-tf
 WANTED-To rent after October 1. five or six-room cottage; Woodlawn pre- ierred; must be convenient to car line. Address Tn Advence." care Age-Her-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

WANTED-To buy and sell all kinds of books at 115 18th street. Old Book Store. e-a1n,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

S25,OOO Per Month to Loan by "Ihe Alabama Home" to
 Build Homes.
 Borrowers given many valuable options or settlement. The limit of cost is lower In this association than in any other com pany. Apply to ". V M. ROBERTSON. zO0s First Avenue. General Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

FOR SALE-Beautiful modern corner home, 11th avenue South Highlands To- room house with bath room and pantry; screened throughout, new combination electric and gas fixtures and gas range electric bells, furnished with new vel vet carpets. rugs sunfast shades, lace curtains, etc. Also large variety or choice flowers. If you want an elegant home in the best part of Birmingham this will please you. Owner going to move away reason for selling Be quick or lose this chance. Bell phone POTS: Peoples 146S. S-13-2w LOST, Strayed or Stoien-A bargain in shoes if you fail to buy your shoes dur ing my clean-sweep sale of shoes for 10 days longer. D. B. Luster, PIT North 18th street Phone 1iN. S-23-tf FOR SALE CHEAP-Household furni- ture on account of death. Apply be- tween and D. m Sundays. 151O 3d ave S-22-3t
 FOR SALE-At a bargain, a fine organ; used only few months. Am leaving the city Address Organ. care Age Herald. S-20-tf FOR SALES milch cows, one agon Elm Leaf Cemetery Station. s-17-t
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WANTED-At once, man stenographer; must have railroad experience. call at office of Miss Emma c. Blair, Florence Hotel St a. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

WANTED-You to see Beat Speedy dive eighty-flve feet Sunday afternoon at Lakeview at 4:3O; looks like suicide; never seen before in Birmingham. S-22-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
HELP WANTEp-MALE.


 WANTED-Two active, educated men in each southern state; fixed weekly sal ary or definite time guarantee; give age, experience, references. Dodd, Mead Co.,, New York S-12-i2t-eod WANTED-salesmen calling on drug and confectionery trade to carry fast sell Ing side line Pays big profit. Sample can be carried in vest pocket State ter ritory you cover. M. J. Chryst, F. o. Box sos. Syracuse, N. Y s-2s-st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23

FOR RENT. $1o to $50 per month-Cottages and large dwellings In all parts of the city. Call at office for list
 FOR SALE. s2500-Cottage; close in; Northside. t425o-Cottage; 9th ave: close in s3000-Good residence lot; South High. lands. s3750-Two-story modern residence; South Highlands. s4sOo-Two-story modern residence; South Highlands. s475o-Two-story modern residence; South Highlands. $5500-Two-story modern residence; South Highlands. sG5oO-Two-story modern residence: South Highlands. $3250-Business lot; 3d ave. $3S00-Business lot; 2d ave. Call to see us; we have bargains in aID parts of the city.
 MESSER-MOORE INS. 6 REAL
 ESTATE CO, Phone sis PA N. Fist stree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-23
FOR SALE.

One-half square near Seaboard terminals. S12,000 Fifty feet same block Eillman hotel cor. ner. Eight houses renting for $100 mo-, s6500- Five room house on Ave. E. $500. Five room house West End, cash, s16o0 Seven room house West End. 15ox1sos s35O0 25x150 near P. O., on 18th st., SS500. Six room house on 11th ave, North; s60Q cash, balance $50 mo-. all new and up-to- date, $4200.
 FOR RENT-OCTOBER 1. No. 323 corner 4th ave. and 18th st.s large store. No. 221 next to corner 4th ave, and 18th st., store. Two stores Woodward crossing on Besse- mer line. Six room house Marshall ave. North, for immediate possession. Hotel on corner 4th avenue and 18th st.
 B. M. PERROW, Ihone-People's 74S. 191855 2d Ave
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BANKS RETIRING CIRCULATION.
So Many Applications That Comptroller
Ridgcly Adopts New Rules.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The Comptroller
OF the Currency issued the following state
ment to-day:
During the months OF November, Decem-
Der and January, National Bank circula-
ton has been retired by the deposit 81
lawful money with the Treasurer Of the
United States to the amount OF s3,OOO,Oo
per month, the maximum amount which
the law permits TO be retired during any
calendar month, and applications have
peer received by the Comptroller Of the
Currency for the retirement of a like amount
during the month of February.
Heretofore it has been tho practice Of the
Comptroller's Office TO receive and accept
informal applications for retirement OF cir
c~ulation some time in advance of the actuAl
deposit Of lawful money, but owing TO -
many applications of this character being
Withdrawn toward the end Of the month,
too late to give other banks desiring 10 retire
circulation and withdraw their bonds an
opportunity 10 file the necessary papers
and lawful money, in justice TO such banks
the Comptroller has decided TO change the
practice Of the office In this respect.
Comptroller Ridgely therefore has de-
termined that hereafter applications for
retirement Of circulation will not be &C
cepted unless accompanied by a resolution
of the Board Of Directors Of the bank, au-
thorizing the withdrawal. INC sale transfer
Of the bonds to be released, and the
Treasurer's duplicate receipt for the bonds
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Lieutenant. no one over 20 . Captain;
no Major can be over As, no Lieutenant
Colonel over 80, and no Colonel Q IS.
This restriction of commissions to
persons Of stated ages is not to apply TO
officers Of organized militia bodies
which may volunteer as such. 1t Is an
extremely important provision, and
will provide in time OF need a body OF
officers fit both mentally and physically
for the duties to which they will be
called.
The Secretary Of War is also author
lied 70 enroll for five years no more
than 100. 900 men who have served in the
army, the volunteers or the organized
militia, each Of whom on reporting yearly
under regulations TO be made, is to
receive $40 as a retaining fee, In return.
he will be liable for service II a volun-
teer force shall be needed during his
enrolment. Organizations Of the or
ganized militia are to be permitted to
volunteer as bodies, before any draft
Is made on the men enrolled and are to
bring their own officers, not being liable
to have officers placed over them who
may be taken from the War Depart
ment's list. This provision Of the bill
may require amendment, as it is likely
to permit a repetition Of the confusion
that marked the early volunteering dur
ing the Spanish war.
The bill as introduced thus provides
for two forces in addition to the Regular
army: The organized militia, or such
part OF IL as the President may call out
for nine months; and a volunteer force
composed Of State troops volunteering
in a body, OF volunteers previously en-
rolled, commanded by officers whose
fitness had been ascertained previously,
and any further volunteers who might
be required, with officers appointed by
the State authorities, The volunteers
will be organized while the organized
militia is in the field, and when that is
withdrawn at the end of nine months,
the new troops will replace it.
The bill is well considered, and should
be passed. It's enactment will be OF great
value to the country, which appreciated
the shortcomings of the existing laws
during the Spanish war, and cannot
desire TO discover them again in the next
conflict into which the United States
may be driven.
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The Oakhurst Of Saratoga.

CALEB W. MITCHELL, gambler and
politician, shot himself at Saratoga
yesterday. His death became his life.
The news Of it will cause more than a
sigh of passing regret from the soldiers
of fortune of America. Wherever they
may be gathered about the green cloth
to-day, from Maine TO Texas, from the
Battery to the Golden Gate, they know
that they have lost a king Of their craft.
The dead man was known from M
end Of the country to the other. No
more picturesque character lived outside
the covers Of BRET HARTE's fiction than
CALEB WEEKS MITCHELL. He was a
good friend, as thousands in the free
masonry Of gambling will testify. He
was a bitter and uncompromising enemy.
He was a player for high stakes in life
and, if reports be true, he diced with
death and lost.
Driven from political power, barred
out Of the business at which he won and
lost two or three fortunes, compelled,
by the force of public opinion in the
town in which he lived, TO rent to others
the buildings which he owned and in
which the gamblers of the country used
TO meet and match their fortunes,
MITCHELL had come to the end OF his
play. Others we're permitted to gam
BILE where to him il was forbidden. He
saw others winning while he was only
permitted to look on. He believed he
was the victim of a fellow gambler and of
that mans political friends. He planned
TO put that gambler out Of business,
but all his plans miscarried. The game
was up. But before he arose from the
table, he would make one more throw.
The man who had once been his friend,
who had staked him when he was broke,
who had, in his opinion, been responsible
for his undoing, had become a political
power and a lawmaker. MITCHELL
believed that laws were being made
that would even take away his posi-
bilities for revenge. And so he took
the law into his own hands.
There was a gamblers chance that he
might even score at last. He went TO
the office of his erstwhile friend, whom
he now hated with all the strength of
his nature. He missed meeting him by
only a few minutes. The last throw
had been made and the luck was still
against him. Taking the pistol from
his pocket, he turned il on his heart, fired,
dropped on the mat before the lawyers
door and when they found him, GALE
MITCHELL had cashed in.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA's NEEDS
Asks an Appropriation of slI.6sO I6n
for Necessary improvements.

WASHINGTON, jar. 20 -Congress has been
So niggardly in its appropriations for the
District Of Columbia that the unusual plan
mas been rcsorted 20 Of asking authority
from that body TO negotiate n loan for
much-needed improvements. Under the
law all moneys collected by tsIes IN tho
District are covered In o. the Treasury
and cannot b. expended until Congress.
acting b. accordance with the ma
~ the Secretary - the Treasury Eppro-
pirates tho money The District Com
missioner- last fall scaled their estimates
down to the lowest ppss.b le notch and vet
they did not come within the amount that
Congress h willing - appropriate" A bill
has therefore hrcu introduced AppTopriat
Ing o. .Gsu ls fuI the following purposes
For cousIruDtIug "a filtration reservoir To-
the Potomac River Wat"r used 90 The Dc
tnct, foT completing thD sewer systom
lot improving rtfusiF. ratur aud llEhNayt
aud fur retaining tlr a.. eta fate aud
converting them Into u public Iark
The lafirT plan 10 uUr lut d. TIC ffuat
chain ~ p4UI, IafhH r~r.YmurHind ~ ts
lulmI 10 that irtsUt.y malu 10 Iepuf
g. t.ug.#rr DO q IrN nbstoH &C r"NaE'
I. Is.lrI aa taly ar o. it silaI aI|
t4I sf.an aUI u~It..Uftl.N h IuI1k q
atpIuUUafr u #lrt aH 'aUI uHrf.lar boo
= daHl UU.HU... .fINs Firat Deed n hN'
In4 I.r uUfrI lIf.Ulh NaIrI iH ln e.
pit.u4. U.i ~r.EaIaFf HIi tao 90
datIi Y..HIE .f MhnIuIF iHU.HIH 10 o.
msfuH Iasr -. tel }.4t "i.uo ...
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Let dogs delight to bark and night
For God hath made them So
Le, bears and lions growl and night,
Ior It's their nature to.
4 DEFENCE or OSTEOPiTHY.
Ma Drugs In Its "Armamentarlum." but
s,mptomoIog Must Be studied.

To THE EnrroR OF THE SrN-Sir: An edi-
torial article in The SUN % Jan. - presents
tie medica view 81 osteopathy with such &C
curacy and completeness that one might well
fancy II 20 have been written by a thorough
soius disciple Of regular medicine. But
how limited. one-sided. unjust Is that view
am not acquainted with all Of the details
Of the ostsopathy bin pending 10 N" New
York Legislature. but ] am sure your Ian
guage l. capable Of serious misconstruction
when you say that the bil Is Intended 10
license -osteoptthists 20 practice medicine
No competent ~osteopathi-t Boo New York or
else " here wishes 20 practice ned Inc, 10 the
ordinary sense Of that word DruFs are no
part Of hs armameutanum he has 40 need
of them Conscious of d. power Of control
over bodily functions through HE system Of
manipulation. be- calmly ana confidently
rejects pills, powder. .id Io''ns a. unn"o-
rs,afy aud harmful rather 'i.i h"itrh'lhl
hot assuming that sou o. Hd'd ~" Nnfd
medicine 10 b. understood In Its bruad"st
sen-e. / vish 10 sab further tNli >"uf tl1f-
forrr Of message. d. very uIdr ui tlr mars
Ost.olatuy BE- not massage 80 H. hui a tlsly
developed oompf"h,nsl'' ml.ptna'.i eye
ten of dlagnosi- Treatment lH-'1 lu"
10 tloTuuFl khoNl.ds" "i "Naiunl Ills
iolosb. patholosy ~ -mItun'.us} and other
CogI4tg UT4Hthr- uf sUlrH.r
Yen f.f from correct also BE- ne rsmart
that f4tU q bUl Hr thr uIr utl'f tplrldFfa
uou .iIraAs dozen a. ih' lHiI'is 'iHi ssir
bif h. al.sii o-dus.rtai,r m .... Hr. fuf
tpsfIaI hoard t.af tIaN thH..t I..H liH
guali'.ilnns of t.ps' sN. l"'} ritl "'
eo.Ii adnu tH lrs|NH.aIt IIa uOr a.
rduUat.d ust'lpHi'.rl or n".l iH m ~
friIs, tariirf a.aln.i 70 hHtA' of ts.Ufaht
ifs5 .Inn ~ b aud H .n. co., s.al nauir
d. ih' a-as.t.u MD ,ta.Id uar 600 a.
tsut.fUsi salHf t. HI f... $1,000 fHf
lrfufs OH. 'hrs -'ai i..id "i
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RsoTganisinE the hili,iA

In accordance with the limitations
contained IN HE annual report. the secre-
tary II Wal has prepared a bill 60 IN
crease the efficiency Of the militia of
the United states, which hAs boen nitro
duo@d into ths senate by Mr HSNIIT
aud INTO "a. Houss BY Mr. DICE The
beod IT r~.orgAniAhs tne militia 10 az.
parent from the fau that the casting
Militia lave dat from ligl That thee.
lass an. ,Enorud dose not anoot ths
nroi ~ legislation o. uakr the mIlItia
system 81 ihr county modern
fis Iassrnt MlIta las fo4uuos a.
uma.f ~ a. piuFli.i 18th a iAnFsf
sui sissnt"ln and q maH g. hass .
suu uf . isir a. taks halls ~ vAlrh
rshissn sAail srEh 100 pound too
siafs n.nts aHd lusda Lnns "a .
,.rlain sa 49, slaiab i%ao,idlHs uisi
us uissnissd milta - us Z nitsi
stats aan H. sgYu4-si aHd dui.d 30
u.r hrFlisi sHmJ y ahd f,iuHns
lHuaf u.ai 500 stats mItla y o..
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$50 hlssf uliH snd iuf m ta4li sl
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sfHI sHs iss.as 900 tsa us
sfsfHHHa 30 A. 49, ssHttuf ts ns
20 i-saatHssaH - a. b. hi autsIt
faHaa hia tHIautanfs sfs tssas
usa-s Ia@ta 80 B. fssafs Hauula
sisss 81 t~~~iaf aye. sssnaasitafa
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and. therefore. there b no danger TO b
apprehended. The mere fact OF throw
ing open the Constitution to general
amendment would keep the entire ooun-
try in agitation for many months.
These resolutions for a convention
have made their appearance this winter
in various States. The programme
evidently was TO smuggle them through
under cover Of the demand for electing
Senators by the people, and in that way
TO bring about this convention. Public
ity will probably be fatal to this vicious
scheme, but it is to be hoped that mem
bers OF the State Legislatures every
where will understand what Is being
attempted, and that under the pretence
of seeking an amendment to the Consti-
tuition for the popular election OF Sena-
tors a complete revision Of the Consti-
tuition is threatened.
A matter Of such importance ought
to receive the most careful attention,
and for the sake Of our com mercial
calm and political stability resolutions
OF this character ought to be killed as
soon as they make their appearance In
any Legislature.
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To tyr EDITOR oP TAG SrS-ST'
The three platoon system would Work
all right providing II received a fatr tflal,
bur not under the present circumstance
In the first place. officers above the rank
Of roundsman nave been opposed 10 u, ana
it, most bitter opponent, from its birth,
has been the present oracle Of the Police
n.partment. Senior Inspector Moses "
Cortrirht. who has endeayored 20 operate
tlI. system Ia the most Inconsistent manner
with a view TO killing IL. Take Tor instance
the statement that men could not -" easily
procured. made 10 the public pres YESTERDAY
which most likely emanated from Police
Headquarters
IN Manhattan and The Bronx. there are
forty precincts having reserve forces IL
each OF .aId precincts. there D. a reserve
force wh.ch wll average, a. the very l"a-t
Twelve men 60 a precinct, making tHelN"
tims- forty. which h. go men ihls body
of mon could b.. placed boz ANY part ~ Nes
Nsrh city vIflIu one hour HId ~ ruhi'trni
number ~ men in nearby Wr.h''- ,'.ld
and hold iu shr.k almost nuY outbfrah until
DE HrUNal 81 tho whole body The f'Aspn
Why The number ~ policemen vas rilaH at
W., s.f. rot ordered tN.rr The orirf-
I.aurd from Police h.anaaaftefs, "'I' IHf
rd I't.r Uu utdrf for ssch rr'Dnrt Co. sH.i
ur. IHtrolu.an each lh'' ORDER N"r
r a'rd us'sosn az and sra
al, i..fs rrr atsp " t.r platoon FI.Hs
III Id taaf tHlr tuuld have Lu.I uirrf.i
t. u. -..I. Uls auuIi tIu.-L a fufHl
.rI.f .f ..farrU T|Hf| I'D 1900 Ur. IH
iI.tau 3D. f.r e. OF aH mrr 900 .uall
III. U..U 500. Yfri ulsl &C. Doe tai ~
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Schley

The Schley petition to the President
is made public this morning, but being
still before the Executive for action, we
will merely point out the fact that its
most salient feature is an endeavor to
shift the issue from these which have
be n the basis OF all past criticisms and
which were Investigated by the Court OF
Inquiry.
The Schley-Sampson contro-
versy, or rather the Schley contro-
versy, since SAMPSON was only remotely
involved, was almost wholly in regard
to SCHLEY's conduct in command OF
the Flying Squadron, his loop with the
Brooklyn, and the fraud perpetrated
by him in connection with the Hodgson
letters. Command at Santiago new
entered into the discussion, except in
the most casual and inconsequential
degree. 1t had been determined in the
most conspicuous possible by the
President and the courts, and never was
analysed or seriously discussed by any
notable friend of Rear Admiral SAMPSON,
and never squarely disputed by ScHLEY
himself. Yet now ScHLEY would have
the President look upon it and decide il,
as the very cause Of the deplorable
controversy" with which the country
is unhappily familiar, If the COM
mand at Santiago is the real issue, then
the "Schley-Sampson controversy has
never actually begun.
The precept given to the Court Of
Inquiry did not include this question.
and whatever the merits of SCHLEY's
reasoning to the contrary. the Court
so held. Every time the issue was
plainly raised, it carefully eliminated il.
ScHLEY's brief TO show that testimony
regarding command was admitted is
based on the accidental driblets Of
opinion that escaped the notice OF
judges who had had no great practice
in judicial procedure.
The arguments that the Court erred
in not adopting the opinion Of DEWEY.
again presents Rear Admiral SCHLEY
as an officer Of peculiar mind and
morals.
He describes the Court as the first
body OF competent jurisdiction, hav-
ing before it all the facts and all
the parties interested" and he COM
plains that il erred in not declaring
him the Santiago COmmander-in-Chief
when three times did that Court re-
fuse to hear the representative Of Rear
Admiral SAMPSON
The Court said Admiral DEWEY,
refusing officially q admit SIMPSONS
attorney, 3 considers that Admiral SAMP-
son is not an Interested party IL
is absurd TO suppose that DEWEY, at
the time Of writing this, believed that
the question Of . command . was before
the Court. Throughout the trial he
held nigidly q the same attitude. He
changed II afterward.
II there is a sharper piece Of pleading
than this sohley brief We don't know
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