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JUST "a FRIENDLY WARNING. "
John Redmond, the Irish Leader,
Moves an Amendment to the Re
ply to the kinI's speech.

London, Feb. 26.-The Irish leader,
John Redmond. in the house of com
mons, Wednesday, moved an amend.
ment to the address in reply to the
speech from the throne on the sub
iect of the Irish land question. Mr.
Redmond's speech was most concili-
atOry. He said the amendment was
not intended as hostile demon
stration against the government but
as friendly warning to the minis
tiers, and that he and his friends be
lieVed the government was engaged
in framing IA great measure of JUS
tice and appeasement fer Ireland,
which, in the words of the kings
speech, would complete the aboli-
ton of the dual ownership of land"
All he wanted was an assurance
from the chief secretary for Ireland
that the government was engaged in
an honest attempt to solve the prob
lem on the lines suggested by the re-
port of the recent land conference,
which. the speaker added, offered an
uneNampled opportunity to end tie
agrarian troubles and conflicts be-
tween classes in Ireland.
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WRECK IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Thirty-SiN Loaded Cont and Coke
Cars Run wild with Dis
astrous Results.

Altoona, Pa. Feb. 2G.--Gnc man was
killed, one fatally injured and four
others more or less seriously hurt in
n freight wreck on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Kittaning Point, seven
miles west of here, Wednesday.
The dead:
j. II. Cox, aged 81 years, hagman.
II. +. Cooney, aged 20 years, an cN-
ira engineer, was fatally injured,
II, X. Storey, fireman; {, W, Leech,
conductor; II. l.. Gill, brakeman. and
John d. Trouse were all injured, The
wreck was caused by a freight train
OF sc loaded coal and coke ears run
ming wild down the eastern slope of
the Allegheny mountains and collid-
ing with another freight which was
standing on the same track. Thirty
cars were demolished, blocking traf.
ic for several hours.
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MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
The Convention on Municipal Owner
ship opens Three Days
Session In New York.

New York. Feb. 26.-The convention
on municipal ownership and fran
chises, which is to continue for three
days. opened here Wednesday. There
was a good attendance. The dele
gates were welcomed by Joha {.
Agar. who in his address held that
the conditions in American cities are
such as to make the thoughtful and
patriotic seek some method of i'm
proNement.
This convention has been called, y
he said, for the purpose of furnish
ing facts and information and of or
ganizing a permanent bureau for the
collection and distribution of such
municipal statistics relating to the
best method of supplying CONNER
cial wants.
The first paper read, "Recent His
tory of Municipal Ownership in the
United States was prepared under
the direction of the late Charles
Waldo HaSkins, dean Of the New
York university school of commerce,
and was read by Jos. T.. Johnson, the
present dean of the school.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of Phila-
deIphia. made the next address.
Mayor trquhart of Toronto, Ont,
in a discussion, referred to the sue
cess Of municipal ownership OF the
WatprWOrks in his CITY
The paper on Comparison of Eu-
ropcan and American Methods and
Results prepared by Robert p, Por-
ter, director of the eleventh census
of the United States, was read by
John F. Martin. secretary.
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SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF CARS,
Situation In the Pittsburg District
Is Pronounced the Worst
In History.

Pittsburg, Feb. 2G,-Whle the car
situation at the mines IA the Pitts.
burg district has not been good fot
several months the conditions just at
present are pronounced 10y coal OPP
orators the worst in history Outside
Of the river mines, and those along
the rittsburg q Lake Erie and the
Nonongahela division Of the pcnusyl'
yania railroad, fully 20 per cent are
idle, or the 2S mines of the Pitts.
burg Coal Co., on the Panhandle road,
l6 are shut down to-day, aud the 9th.
ers have but n fair supply Of ears.
Six of the largest mines ON the Bal.
tmorc d Ohio railroad, out " 10
owned by the combination, are idle,
This Is said To be a good showing
compared with the conditions at the
independent mines.
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MAN Of MANY MARRIAGES
Albert A. Knapp Torn From the
Arms of His Fourth Wife and
Asked to Explain.
WHAT BECAME OF THE OTHER THREE :?
There IL n strong suspi cion that
They We're Murdered. and the Au-
thOrities, at the InstiGation of an
Uncle of Wife No. 3, Have started
to Investigate.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2G.-.Nbert
y. Knapp, formerly ~ Hamilton. O..
was taken by the police Wednesday.
from the home of his pride on a
charge of murder. rhc police say that
the wife, at whose home Knapp was
arrested, and whose maiden name
was Anna May Gamble, is Knapps
fourth wife, and that the others have
disappeared in manner which war.
rants investigation.
Knapp, il is said. married the fol-
lowing women in the order given:
Emma Stubs, Jennie Connors. Han
nah Goddard and May Gamble.
Knapp formerly lived in Hamilton,
where Miss Connors, and later Miss
Goddard, were married to him. Miss
Goddard, according to u complaint
made TO the police at Hamilton by
an uncle, disappeared December %
last. About two weeks aro Knapp
was married to Miss Gamble in lndi-
annapolis.
An investigation at Hamilton
showed that Miss Goddard. or Mrs.
Knapp No. 3, really disappeared De
cember ~ and that the following day
Knapp was seen 20 take from the
house large box and carry it away
in a wagon rented from a Every sta
bic, Further investigation showed
that Jennie tonnors wife No. =. was
found dead a few years ago in ca
nal at Hamilton. The coroner inyesti.
gated at the time. but arrived at no
definite conclusion regarding the
manner Of her death.
At police headquarters Knapp was
questioned concerning the where.
about Of his third wife. lie said She
disappeared from her home December
,, and that he did not know what had
become Of her, When asked what he
had in the box which he cartcd from
his home the day after his wife was
last seen Knapp seemed confused, but
finally explained that he disposed Of
a box OF old clothes In his confeS.
sion he said he had thrown the box
away about two miles from his home
The police say Knapp has served
eight years in the pentcntiary,
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0'FHEhWlSE UNN0TICED.

James Hunt, burlington engineer,
fell dead ut his home at lieardstown,
III.
Frank Brown, q negro. who shot a
white man, Was lynched at McDade,
La.
Robert Ross. farmer, fell into
slough, near Arkadelphia, Ark, and
was drowned.
Two hundred transfers are on
strike at Evansville. Ind, for Il ten
hour work day.
NJ. Colima. Mexico. is in violent
eruption. \ severe earthquake shock
was FELT at TuNpan.
shelby Wilhert and Harry King
were slightly wounded in a fight at a
dance at Covington. Ky.
Helen LOder Jones. toe dancer,
known on the stage as "Eletita," died
at Newark. y. j., of athletic heart.
Fire at Braincrd, Mimi, destroyed
the residence of August Schultz, and
two Of his children were Sutfocated.
The revolutionary movement in Chi
ma is growing more serious. The
kwangsi rebels are pillagiug the from
tier towns.
DR.. W. II. Crandell. who represent
ed shannon county in the Missouri
legislature in 1901. died at Birch Tree,
Mo-, of pcritonitis.
Michael Grcss, aged O., jumped
from train at Sedalia, Mo, lie
rolled under the wheels and his right
leg was cut off al the knee.
Indications arc that President Fran
els Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
ton Co. will leave England for the
continent within few days.
Charles Mabrcy, a night Waterman,
shot and seriously wounded Charles
Dces. n painter, at Mt. Vernon, III.
Mabrey claims Dees was stealing coal,
The Missouri house of representa-
tiycs passed a bill prohibiting the
wearing OF an emblem Of secret So
ciety by persons not entitled to wear
them.
sheriff l.. W. Holland was acquit-
ted, at Paducah, KY. of. the charge
of numbering Hardy Keys at Murray
The killing was the result of n po-
litical argument.
The ear has ordered the Immediate
construction of the proposed Iden-
saimi-kayana railroad, so as TO give
employment to the Firms, who are
suffering from famine,
Samuel w. Hill and his 19-year-old
son, Harrison. were arrested in ST.
Louis county, Mo-, charged with
DEMONSTRATING. following an inyesti-
CATION Of series OF stable raids
which were reported among the farm
ers Just outside Of the city
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AN ICE STORM.

The forest fingers are with heavy jewels
hung,
A crystal palace every wooden hilltop
stands,
And through its tossing turrets Nights late
song is flung
For Boreas is by, the tempest in his hand.
Before the tread of morn the steps OF
storm retreat,
And with the morning star now comes
the calm-faced sky,
And when the waking day looks on the
wintry feat,
Are mingled mirth and laughter in his
eye.
The crystal palaces by mis- and magic
made.
He unmakes slowly by the magic of his
smiles.
The sparkling splendor meath his noon!y
eye doth fade,
The tumbling frosty fingers he beguiles,
The glitter and the glamour Of the scene Is
gone
The glsten!ng and the cleaning silently
have ceased,
A word Of fairies were the woods at dawn
And when the sun rose wondering in the
east
The pageant with its strange and mystic
spell has passed,
AS man with his mirage and wonder VIII
at last,
Perry Marshall, in Springfield Mass
Republican
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THEY STOLE A LOCOMOTIVE.
While an Engineer aud Fireman
Ate Lunch -Four Wen Detached
and Ran on Their Engine.

Lebanon. Mo-, Feb. 2G.-Abuut / a
m, Wednesday, while Engineer Jim
Amelia and his fireman were eating
at the ST. Louis ,G San Francisco
lunch room here, four men detached
their engine from an extra through
freight, west-bound, ran il about two
miles west and abandoned il on the
main track. Passenger train no. {
was stopped by a telegram to Conway
and posse started in pursuit on g
hand-car 1t is believed the purpose
Of the men was to wreck No. 6, THEN
ignorance Of the fact that there was
II night operator at Conway frustrat
ing their plans.
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WATCH SMALL AS A NICKEL.
Triumph scored by American work
men In Producing III. Tiny
Timcpiece,

The smallest watch yet turned out
IN this country has just been put on
the mlrket although few are on sale
yet The new watch is the size Of n
brc-ccnt piece, says Chicago report,
The 6mallcs, watch which American
watch factories had hitherto succeed.
ed In making had been m big M u quar-.
ter, 40 the new watch Ia looked upon as
marking dlstlnc, advance In the In.
dustry In this country, where watches
have only been made for n little more
than half century WOtchmakcrs
also regard Il IA indicating that the
time Is not far distant when Amerl.
cans will soon overtaSc the old worlds
wutchmahcrs, the Swiss, In turning
cut watches OF m,nuie slSe,
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A PROMINENT FEATURE.
A Worlds Congress OF Science and Art WIN
BE "A Prominent Feature OF the
Worlds Fair.

New York, Feb. 25.-One of the feat-
ures of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition AT ST. Louis next wear is to I've
the Worlds Congress of Science ana
Arts. This congress will differ from
those previously held at worlds fairs
i'm that, instead of comprising great
number of Independent bodies OF
men. there will be but a single con-
press. which will be. however, divided
and sub-divided as necessary. in order
that every branch of pure and applied
science may be duly represented.
Prof. Simon Newcomb, of Washing
ton. d. G., has been designated as
president of the congress, and froi.
Hugo Munsterberg, of Harvard uni
versty. and Albion W. Small, of the
University OF Chicago, as vice-prcsi-
dent. These three men have been re-
| quested to act by an organizing com
mittee which met Monday in New
York. This committee, after two
DAYS session. which was attended Ly
! DR.. y. NJ. Butler. of Columbia, and
Mr.. John Schroers, a director of the
St. Louis exposition, adjourned Tues
day, after completing the programme.
According to this programme it IS
| expected that the addresses TO he de-
! livered in the congres, viii be pre-
pared by the most eminent men OF
| the world in their respective
! branches.
The date for the general meeting
of the congress has been fixed for
Monday, September 10, 1904. The aft
ernoon will be devoted to an address
by the president Of the congress and
the two yice-presidcnts. In the aft
ernoon the congress will suh-dlvlde
into seven grand divisions. In each
! of these divisions two addresses will
be delivered. On Tuesday, 10th. these
! divisions will be further sub-divided
into % departments, l6 of which re-
lating to pure science will meet in the
! forenoon, and nine. concerned with
applied sciences, in the afternoon.
On the four remaining days Of the
week these grand divisions will be
still further sub-diyided into about
one hundred and thirty sections, of
which each will hold a single meeting
on some one of the days
1t is expected that seventeen or
eighteen Of the sections concerned
with the various phases of pure
science, will meet in each forenoon,
and from twelve TO fourteen. con-
cerned with applied sciences and hui
man progress generally will meet in
! the afternoon,
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AFTER MANY EXPERIENCES.
the Wrecked Stenmer Mndinna
Arrive In New York.

New York, Feb, 2G.-On the steam.
er Trinidad, in port just from the
Bcrlnudas was Capt, Frazer of the
ill-starred Nadiana, wrecked on the
Bermuda reefs aud with him arrived
Chief Engineer Nelson and three as.
sistunt engineers, Chief Officer Will.
Jams, two officers and five sailors of
the wrecked vessel, as well Ms mum.
Der Of the Madaua's passengers,
Capt, Frazer, 1t is said, is suffering
greatly from the effects Of his eN.
periencrs.
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BIG FREIGHT DEPOT BURNED
The Nichisop, Topeka a santa Fs
sustnins Heavy Loss At
kansas Guy.

Kansas city, Mo" Feb, 26,--rhe eS
tcnsiyc freight depot Of the Atchson
Eopcka a Santa 'e railway AZ Four
tccnth and Hickory streets, In the
west bottoms, and about 10 freight
cars with contents, were destroyed
by FIRE early Wednesday morning The
damage is estimated AT over 100000.
Many Of the cars were loaded with
merchandise, on which it is difficult
20 place the loss,
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KNITTING WORKS BURNED.
Destruction of the Coopcr-WciIs
knitting works ut -, Joseph,
Mich.-Loss, $500 900,

81, Joseph, Micho Feb, 2G,-The
Cooper-Wclls knitting works were de-
stroycd 10y fire early Wednesday
morning, throwing $50 employees out
Of work, The loss IL estimated at
100000. The Are originated from an
electric light wire in the carding de.
partmcnt, Several members of the
night force were burned and had mar.
row escapes from mn explosion which
occurred NJ the outbreak Of the fire
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New York, Feb. 26,-'rhe immigra.
tion officials report that their books
show Tuesday TO have been one OF
the busics, days Ellis island has
known IN some time, Owing to the
holiday Monday following on the
heels Of sunday, there was an unusu.
nl large number 81 steerugc pas
scnRers arriving In port who had To
he taken care ~ ~ the island, Six
ships arrived Monday, bringing alto
geiher iis1 eleerage passengers
They were not landed, however, uulI
Tuesday
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TACKLED THE WRONG MAN.
4 Thief Assaults n Minnesota Farm
or Win Disastrous Results
90 Himself,

Lcsucur, Mnno Feb. 2G,-aWm Rat.
liiI, aged 90, for whom a reward of
$50 was offered for house breaking,
appeared last night at the home Of
Lewis BOllmNn, farmer, and de.
mandcd money, Ballman gave him
$40, all hc had, Ratlilf cnragcd at
getting 30 little, shot BOllmun In the
eye and breast The farmer then
Knocked his nssnlnnt down with an
axe and with the help Of his wife
and hired man bound him, lInllmOn
can live but few hours, Ra,lii' il In
ipil here,
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THE WORK OF INVENTORS.

a pressure recorder attached 10 the
ro"Iock of the racing shell win here
eitor be used To- determine the wora
done 10y each oormun,
Tint the gus engine, large or small,
~ developed to an efficiency at which
" can rival The steam engine In 70.
liability tx now admitted
\ Dnnhury man has made a com.
pressed air engine which is half an
Inch high aud NO larger than dime,
out IT runs 10 long Us the air Ia an
Piled,
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The Swiss still make n watch small
or than the Americans, but the watch
Just put on the market here by bolh
the WalthAm and the Elgln compo'
Mes the two largest matchmaking
concerns In this country, will have the
advantage over the Swiss watches tha'
all the other watches made here have
possessed, namely that Of beng
turned out in quantity Under Amer
lean methods the daily output In one
factory Is $500 day,
The new watch liz the result oil
months of patient cndcnvor by the
WntchmNkcrs and mnchinists, For
every new sized watch designed new
machines have TO be made, and ~ the
Size OF the watch In reduced, by 40
much more must these machines DC
made more delicate,
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The New Cup Defender.

NdNol H. H. Feb, 90, The new cup
yacht II growing rapidly The upper
portion OF the stem has been fastened
IN pltcc, II il OF steel and Is ut.
'achcd 20 the bronze stem under.
meath, giving 90 the boat her de.
signed outline nj the forward end, In
many respects this giye' the appear.
nncc Of spoon bow, but not to n
radical degree, owing to the length
OF the oycrhnng,
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THE BATTLESHIP ALABAMA.
Of Alabama Presented 20 the
ship AT Mobile,

Mobile. Ala Feb. 81. The exercises
in connection with the presentation
Of the silver service given 10y the
people Of Alabama to the United
States battloship Alabama were held
in the thcatcr here Tuesday The ora
tor Of the occasion was Hon, T., NJ.
Robinson, The service was accepted
on behalf ~ the oniccrs Of the Ala.
bOmn by Capt Il, c, Davis, commands
~ the vessel,
The silver service consists OF seven
pieces and cost about $1,000
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New York, Feb, 60 is learned
that Reuben II Lloyd, for many years
the chief counsel OF the Fair estate
In san Francisco, and Dr. Dudley
Tate, the fnirs' family physician, Qui.
city sailed for France, Few days ago,
presumably to thoroughly look into
the claim that Mrs Charles Fair sur
NNed her husband In the fatal auto
mobile accident last summer by 40
mlnnies,
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LLOYD c. GRIsCOM.
tAmerican Diplomat who Has Been Trans.
ferred from Persia to Japau)
new post

"Th" trip home was rather a try.
ing one said Mr., Griscom, at took
about 90 days 20 get here. shortly
before leaving Persia ! had an inter-
view with the shah, he takes u great
interest in this country, and said that
were it not for the fact that he was
II poor traveller and might be i'll he
would like to visit the United States.
There has been great Development
in Persia, and there Is a demand for
agricultural instruments and Amori-
san sewing machines, padlocks and
other articles Of our manufacture"
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FrOnkford, Ind Feb, 25H Enrl
Woods, the li'ycur.old son Of prom.
incnt farmer seven miles west Of this
city, Tuesday evening killed his ia.
ther, shot and probably fatally
wounded his mother aud sister and
then committed suicide, The motive
for the boys deed N not known,
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FIRE AT McKEE's ROCKS, PA.
of the American bridge.
Co, burned,

piitsburg, Pa Feb, 25,--Thc entire
works of the Schultzc plant Of the
American Bridge Co., u part of the
United States Steel corporation, the
Mokec's Rocks, near here, was total
ly destroyed by fire early Tuesday
morning, entailing loss of $500, 600,
fully insured,
The plant was composed OF four
buildings, the largest known ms the
fitting aud riycting department, DO.
ing $50 feet long.
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To Avoid n i,,nebipu,

Eustls, Neb, Feb e5-Gus Fry.
mere who shot and killed Mrs Fred
Pull and beat the womnn's husband
into insensiblity has been removed
10 s,ock,ille for snfe keeping TO avoid
Enehing,
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A Disastrous Hurricane.

Honolulu, Feb, 90, The island OF
Tu,ulo and the Samoan group gen.
orally were visited by tremendous
hurricane ON February H. The fury
Of the wind both on land and sea was
terrific, Much damage WINS done,
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Wc,i-Nnow Painter Dead,

New York, Feb, 26,-lIenry FNrrcr
one of the bcst-knoNn water color
painters in America, is dead, lie was
born IN London In iNi3, lie came TO
this country in lNOl For many
years Mr., fOrrcr was secretary Of the
American Water Color society,
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New York, Feb, 20, Crowded to It's
utmost capacity bellevue hospital h
hardly able to care tur 4, patients,
Nm epidemic of grip has nroughD the
number Of patients IN The institution
UP 90 DgO.
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Hanged for kiinns constable.

Stroudsburg, Pa, Feb. 90 Charles
Grether was hanged here Tuesday for
the murder OF Constable Strunk IN
September, 1901. Strunk had gone 10
Urethcrs home 10 arrest him for rob.
berry when the latter shot the oAi-
Ger dead.
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Pitisburg, Pa. Feb, 25,--Wi,h all
The splendor aud solcmnity OF the
Roman Catholic church Rev, j, y,
Regis Cancvin WIS consccrntcd M
coadjuior bishop OF the plt,ahurR
diocese 'rucsday morning, The ccrc.
mony was btld In the cathedral.
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4 Ten Per Cent. Increase.

Johnstown, pao Feb, -. The Der.
wlnd'Whitc CoOl Goa which operates
extensive bituminous mines ~ VIM
bcr viii Increase the wages Of every
cmployc April l. II is generally un
dcrstood that the increase will be ten
per cent,
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Killed by n Train,

birmingham Aluo Feb, IS, DR., W
h., h. Davis, one Of the foremost ply.
siciuns IN the southern states, was
accidentally Killed, Tuesday after
noon by being run over 10y puss,n-
ger train
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A communion sc, valued at $500 was
stolen from the ycstry gpom " ~.
Puol's Episcopal church ut selma,
AIN
The Van Buren press., 1903-02-28

llrrne, Switzerland Feb, 20, David
~ lllll, the recently appointed United
States minister go switzerland pre-.
scented his credentials 20 President
Dcuisch,r.
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Georgia physician Niiisd.

DR., j, /, Tharp was shot ana killed
Mt Washington, Ga, by Frank Ruckcr,
who claims the physician Insultcd his
wife,
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cole the Alleged rre,n non,.r

Butte, Montn Feb, a. George Cole,
the alleged traln robbcr has 10 face
eight different counts In ~ many
bills Of information lllcd against HIM
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Uurpinrs Took Diamonds,

Burglars secured $1,000 worth 81
diamonds from n Tampa lfla,) Jew.
eler,
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Frank Hall shot aud killed n woman
named Ruby Hall NJ Natchcl, Miss,
and escaped
The Van Buren press., 1903-02-28

Robert MeCan was called 90 the
door Of his boarding house at jack.
sou, Tenn, aud shot 20 death,
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Dereitfui Man,

Nell He said was his pearl,
BELLE guess he wanted to strlne
yoa,-Phlladclphia Record,
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Death n, ms o,, ,,,,

Charles Davidson killed his brother
A. tlarksville, Tcnnn IN self.defrnse.
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lehdon NyleN of Camden, Tenn.
committed suicide At Mcmphls,