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Fast Trial by steam Auto.

George C. Cannon. the Harvard student
who made the record Of minute s is SEQ
onds with a stcam automobile Of his own
year. has built new steam machine with
which TO race at the Readville (Mass.) track
to-day. On Thursday he went out with the
covered a mile in minute 8 2:s seconds. which
suggests the possibility Of his breaking ~
day the worlds track record Of ! MINUTE TX
Cannon calls his new machine Tho Bird"
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Cornell Beats Harvard in Close Lacrosse
Game.

ITHACA. May 2e.-Cornell won victory
over Harvard at lacrosse to-day, defeating
the Cambridge players by the score OF TO 8.
Curran and Moran Of Cornell did some very
clever work, and the goals thrown were ex-
oeedlngly dlfncult ones. Harvard played Q
head work In the first half Cornell scored
three times and Harvard twice. Cornell and
Columbia are now tied for the. intercollegiate
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Fresh Hounds for Meadow brook.

Forty couples Of English foXhounds. which
arrived on the steamer Toronto on Thursday
reached the kennels OF the Meadow Brook
Hunt Club Yesterday. The hounds were
picked oyt In leicestershire, England. by
hounds OF the Meadow Brook Club. The
bounds were In charge Of Capt. Sheppard.
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FINAL GOLF AT DEAL BEACH.
DOUGLAS AND MOLLER LEFT IN
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

Rect Day Of Metropolitan Tournament
-kennaday's Wild Long Game BRINGS
Him to Defeat-Ward Put Out In tho
Warming Round-FOur.BalI Matcn.
All conditions favored good play AT tne
Deal Golf Club yesterday and the contests III
the two rounds brought out the best OF soii-
ing. There was a great gallery out 70
watch the semi An alists, and. with the players
In the four ball match. the links was scene
of life and motion. The outcome OF .h1
first match to drive on 10 the sem'-nnH'
was regarded as most uncertain tne Gon.
testants being Findlay Douglas ana Ai I'M
Kennaday. The latter beat Douglas 10 tne
NJ. g. A. cham lonship Of 1900. and. as no
has since won the New Jersey state chaH,
ponship twice, many predicted that ne wouio
again beat the Nassau County repr esentauve.
The result, however, favored Doueiss "
and 9, but Kennaday played better eoi
than the score would indicate and the maton
was replete with good features
They hulved the first hole In par :. DOUG
las W on the second in to Q. kenuaoay WIZ
driving out Of bounds. and then gaining the
4ss yard green in and holing for a 4. bril-
liant bit Of play. although too late LOT service
On tn. third Kennaday again sliced out OF
bounds, Douglas winning in to O. flayhe
the third Douglas was in the road ?4o yaius
from the tee on the drive and kennaday
few feet short OF It, He sliced HIS second
into the hedge, however. which made the hoie
an 8, while Douglas. with n cleek and MO
iron, reached the 533-yard green and made
a par S. Douglas made his lead up by taking
the fifth, in s to 8. Both used cleeks Tor the
le2-yard sixth, kennaday carrying the green
and getting a 3. but Douglas was short ana
needed 4. Both were in trouble on their
seconds, playing the long and vexinR seventh
hole, but Douglas NJ ade the better recovery
and won in 7 to s. They halved the next
two, leaving Douglas in the comfortable
lead Of I at the turn.
Coming home Douglas made beautiful
work, getting the par OF I. 1, 5, while kennaday
was lid on his long game. possibly through
trying to do too much, and recorded Q. s. 0.
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Frank r. Dodge Elected President Of Yale
Navy.

NEW HAVEN. May 2o.-Frank T. Dodge.
o., OF New York city. was tonight elected
president OF the Yale navy for the next year
Thomas Biagden, '04, OF Washtn gton, D. G.,
was chosen vice.preeident.
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BUTCHER HOUSE

ANn ~ S SG3l11!Hfs hfsRo 81 %NEW YORK.
located .mony The hills In Dutchess county ee
WALTON. 100 II WELL KEPT COL co Il, ;ss eom,o.,
Tor health And recreation, with pure sprlng a.
from the mountains. For terms ana ,,n no'NN z.
drea r, c, Lovendge, Manager fA"uns "
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John Ward. after his rood golf on Thurs.
day. when he put out IN turn both Trays spd
who has Of late been playing very strongly.
Moller won by 2 and /. The card reading:
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tiriate round by Kellogg. the former Prince
ton player. who won the second cup at the
ST. andrews tournament last week and Is at
nadly won by and 3. Il could hold him
on the loag game, but he was putting too
strong for ANYBODY. said kellogg AFTER T
could get EN- down from all sorts of dis
taaccs, ] WINS green shy and couldn't hole
put The card was.
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TIM seH ss
team SUSTAINED she good game ne has dis, S
Lakewood veteran. by and ?, The days
summary:
NJ 9. A; Championship, Third R s;
by s1p and 10 Play + s Doug lA, NASSAU sesi
Nv. Anlhony peal hey up and $50 play: \. Pen
by beat '1a John e %a on fo, a
.n s' to 4y % s Ssss Ro sens'sy .nG
MS, Sssa.s eB &c.. r + HaF9 lea. By Ss
T f%s P e. EnnsvsT ssiiusTo 81 up and 10
play
The final for each event to-day will be at
snraal Test Of the NJ q: T. general ratings.
As so Yearly folr-bsn fo!rsome. Tor
.sIateh MEDAL pihny; 1t was the fth renewal
ui 1891, as,de +, c!sy'H NJ Hartman and T. A
1892 Ass1smsAL 7Yns h .Ss u 5r H' aaa
1 iSos Tusedo-John Reid. Jr. and F. oden Horst
man. n.
The leading scores yesterday were:
W. J. Travis and c. B. Cory. Garden City. u.
W, L. Gun,her and l.. L. Kelloss. Fox Hills,
II, $50.
r. II. Croker and Dr. Frcdercks. Deal. II. 4O-si.
F. W. Menzies and W. c. Carnegie, St. Andrews.
". 39-S3.
H. L. Downey and j. D. Foote, Apawsmis. V.
D-A
S. W. Lockhart and J. Chadwick Jr.. Powelton.
IS. 40-S5.
F. H. Hurd and n. ". Anthony, Deal. ~. $50,
S. n. Allen and J. G. Batterson. North jersey,
II. B. Billings and E. " carnrlck. Essex County.
a, go.
~ ho rxyLa
Meadow Golf Club. with his son, d. Chauncey,
Jr sailed for England yesterday for tour
Of the famous links He expects TO be an
onlooker at the open championship at Prest-
wick on June o and 10.
Harold 8. Naylor. eantain Of the University
Yesterday won the Individual golf cham
plonship OF the university and possession
featng p. A. Cashier by up and to so. In q
thirty-slY-hol match.
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WILLOW POINT HOTELS & COTTAGES

GREENWOOD LAKE. NEW YORK sG tts
mediation 700 quests; boating; bh'hlns us t.+se
hotel launch meets all trains. free 10 guess "
dinner parties specially ". I, IL o'.-
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MARLB BOROUGH MOUSE.

Gtons, lion and Slate Construction. Atlantic
Gty's newss, hotel. Sea water 10 all baths. Tsle
phones In rooms. music, valet service and Other
neAsrn hoioi convenience Golf. Booklet,
JOSIAH WHITE 4 SONS.
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the COLUMBIAN,
VALlEY HOUSE S SKhSSM 9"Pl ITkEI :. i!

Large comfortable rooms. bsils no"' ~, =, rnl
ing, fshing. nnes, livery on lake our own ,nrge
parties: camping grounds free iagn., w,elh q"
kuests. y. ~. - =
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Cook Wmc,.
COUNTRY BOARD.

COUNTRY BOARD.
AIRY GROVE HOUSE.
Finely located In mountains; 18th season. High
elevation. Spacious grounds. shady lAWn Fresh
MIX eggs, vegetables from farm: terms 81 70 $40.
r. 8. RIDER. kiskatom. N. y.
THE HILLSIDE FARM-Fine location, good
beds table supplied from the farm high grounds.
Address q. H Policy. So. fortnight. Del. CO.. NY.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wanted At old -iash
loned farm house. Write for particulars Mrs.
HUGH SHEVLIN, Omstodville. N. Y
CURTIS PLACE, home omforts ~ 70 $40. Mrs
r. CURTIS, as r. Maine st.. Bridgeport. c..
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HOTEL STERLING, Fireproof,

Ocean end Kentucky Ave.
Unobstructed Ocean view. Capacity 300. Phi:
yste baths ELECTRIC light elevator steam heat. and
SERVICE not exeensd anyxhers; sn.ko 20 t2too
weekly: q. 70 up daily. Special for Nay And Juno
Pre- coach meets trains
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There are three pro" races and three for
amateurs on the card OF the meet of the Ray
View Mhcelmen at the Iailsbnrg track this
afternoon. The feature will be a uve-mlle
professional race with cash intermediate
priI es in which Kramer and the other cracks
will start The races begin at 2:3o clock.
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Daniel Chauncey, president Of the Dyker
Meadow Golf Club with his son, d. Chauncey,
Jr., sailed for England yesterday for a tour
Of the famous links He expects TO be an
onlooker at the open championship at Prest-
wick on June and 10.
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miscellaneous
AAARON SPRINGS, N. Y

White sulphur Springs and Baths
Pavilion Hole and Cottage p., ".
Awarded Diploma and Meda, AZ 'H'
position In SO law. n
Baths open June IS Pavilion open ,ri IsH Bats
Newly equipped Sanitarlun Cotnpiene VIVA
S.rd IN, namnhlet John n. GARDNER oo.,'
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HADDON HALL,

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.
This well known hstel remains open throughout
the year; golf. yachting. driving. riding: the ever.
famous Boardwalk. 40: iuu1trALeh booklet b.
LEEDS 4 LIPPINoorT.
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PocanticO HIS
ERkELEY INN

And CottAgcs focanttco Hills, \. Y.
Now Open. Personal inspection invited. Real
Country. Well shaded lawns. Driving. unsur-
Especially attractive for families Hour and Is
minutes from City Hall. Carriage BY appointment
MISS LENNON. 81 West io4th IT.
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HOTEL STRAND.

Ocean Front. Fireproof Sea water baths.
YAIRBAIRN 4 WILLIAMS. owners Proprs.
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Forty-odd motor cyclists are entered for
the hiiI-clmhing contest Of the New York
Motor Cycle Club which is to be held on the
hill Of kiverdale avenue at 23oth street at
10 o clock this morning.
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RHODE ISLAND.
NEW JERSEY.
Atlantic CITY

Through train from New York via c. r. X. o
N J.. leaving Liberty 81, $40 p. NJ. daily.
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BIG BOATS COLLIDE. ID
% ass ~ [r'!3fI ~ OH IEill t5i-'ii
Steam e r. ON Long Island and Come Tor
g<etherf in q Fog and six Per- AZ,
% sons Lose TIL cir Lives

NgwH London, Conn, Z March fs1.l
selling at a moderate rate lof
speed through long Island Sound
early Friday morning the big pas,
senger steamer Plymouth, of the
Falk River line, bound for Fall River
FROM New York, and the freight
steamer City of Taunton, of the same
lines came into collision lin the fog
JUST east. of Plum Island, the bow of
the freight steamer rakng the star
tb6afd Side Of the Plymouth > and
causing The death Of six of those on
boaad the Plymouth and serious in
jury toca nlimber9of Others! }tIlIfJ9
The known dead are: John Nc
-Carthy, Waterman, head cut off;
'SnoWi Coleman, negro: pantry man,
i1So Oily ned; tJuliusIDawso negro, mess
map, drowned; ,JQhnl Bristola negro,
aWEatier, drowned; John William, negro,
baker drowned; unidentified passen-
ger, thought.tobe G. H. 'Marston, New
York. #. !,e.E.I Tg5. <. .:,'.t@--'c. e.!
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eBB|H| TREATY. |ll||F||IEy||,r
The: Senate Finishsshthe Business
:fof (Which SpeeialaSsssIen zzis
Ia Was Called.
a:,L: e TuCy
VOTE w& SOLOS, FOR RATlFlCATJsE.
: An ArRsH dmehf Re4uires House Ae-
ffonsS Before the Treaty Becomes
EFeesive-C9han Senate May Re-
jsct the eneraI Outline, of
4. TIE Proyisfo M sa..-..sa. .-,.s.. .l...., :.

was6iagtonVaarch. 90 aTA qial,
session at the Senate adjourned sine
die at $3.50 o'clock yesterday after patti
flying the Cuba mtreaty witHaB amepdt
ment requiring the ceePeratienof the
house In making the treaty effective.
Depar tment officials are al armed Test!
the Cnban senate reject the treaty as
amended5 and insists on immediate ac7,
tien blythe United States. hsE
7ibeT Outline of the Treaty. ~ ID
:, The QGuban treaty, ratified by tie
senate,s&as negotiated in Havana, De
cembef Al, 1902, between Gen. Tans!ker
III i1BHss, representing 'thel3Gnited
Statess and Seniors Carlos de Saldo and
sJose M.SGracia Monies, representing
Cuba Vche United States senate made
severa Eamendments to the document.
AS ratified by the senate Thursday, it
iproMdesshat all merchandise produced
'|by eitheE country which now enters
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! is IMPRACTICABLE.
DtRculties of Telephoning Under the
- Atlantic Are Still Insur- = :
9daiT & o,n.ob,.

!, Berlin, March 19.-Technical Inspec-
tor Jerltsch, of the government tele-
graph department, has made. an Off
cial report to the effect that telephone
connection between New York and Ber-
lin is impraeticabfe. The inspector
says that while the use of Pupin rolls
permits of telephoning under shallow
seas, he. believes it would be impossible
to do so below the 1900 metres, and as
serts that the difficulties of telephon-
ing under the Atlantic are still insur.-:
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: TRAGEDY ON A. FARM
Discouraged j., Hand ID " Kin. #' woman, l.
owounds Her Daughter, ana SIS
q & Commits Suicide ol:.. ti.i'li

Detroit, March 2o.-rA Free Press
special from Bear Lake Mich. says:
Joseph Bradley, az Farmland, = sup
posed TO be ,.unsound' mentally,
Ihursday afternoon ran amuck with
a gun and killed Mrs. F. E. Bower
man, dangerously wounded her
daughter. and attempted to kill her
SON., He; then turned the weapon up
on himself and committed suicide.
The tragedy occurred on the Bower
man farm, four, miles southeast. of
this place. Bradley, who was en-
ployed as hired man, was recently
discharged by Mrs. Bowerman, who
was a widow. 80: a-sfT .su-.f'.,yr7
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MINE ABANDONED.
Fire completes the Work of Destruc-
Gtion Caused by Explosions : II
E.ninat oCardiff, lIII.lsn .snnfI

Springfield, Ill., March 19.44Advices
from Cardiff. I'LL, are that the fire re-
suling4 from Sundays ;andiMonday's
explosions havedestroyedthe mine, and
itJli be flooded and abandoned :. Fifty
mules in the mine were either killed by,
theSeSplosion or drowned by the food!
ingeof The mine. The loss to the Car
diffToar Mining company blythe explo-
sion andiaband onment of the'minerwilf'
be Upward of $1,000, g Four. hundred
miners, were employed and they are
preparing to, Leave town. The place
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-03-27

AS a<result of the Introduction of the
Bertillon system by the Zurich police
the town ehas practically cleared out
all it's bad characters. Even tramps
give the place wide berth, for as soon
as person is arrested he is photo
graphed and his measurements. taken,
even ifsthe charge Is not serious, ~ or
late the pofiee have bad soslittfe to sdo
that there is talk sof reducing .the
numbeK of the force. So few crimes
are committed in the town that Hu-
rich is%considered to be the most nor.
al town, in Switzerland. <
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If You Don't Believe It Visit Any Old Newspaper Office.


Iidistric cts along the mississippi river,
who are cengrega tip g iin q e in
large numbers SECRETARY Root wired
the governor of TENNESSEE fer a-state'
iiment Of the conditions. If it is found
that the state is unable to cope with
the secretary will at once
autho rize the loan, Of the necessary
number of tents. In addition to fur
nnifsshing tents the wardepartmehtwill
also furnish commissary supplies: if it
is!. found to be necessary. Secretary
Root was authorized ito take this yac-
tion att cabinet meeting, -
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pHEs1DENwSs MRAsE1s
ea,s aesssa sssate ss:sss dos.
Treaty shows Good Will OF
country Toward Islaaa--

Washington, March d. ep onlS Eve
meR bsrs of the ,e@HSa SH&dea fhe
mestiaag Friday, and they We're in ses-
sioA less than, half an hour. Secre-
tar* Hay, was present for the first time
1sinaey his Eeturtfsfrom the south.
Roth the pfesiae il ttaf,d the me hbet s.
of ae tabinetexpressetfg reatesatisfaes
ton With thedfesnlts4a ishedi by
corigre ssr'at' enre guIarq se ssion, and
by &he senate at the esxt "a oordiI mary ses'
siot which has adjourned. The presi-
dent believes that more scarcely could
hate been edpsctedto B6tbke anatthe.
members ofssthe cabinet aregsatisfed
that the Cubani reciprocit y treaty will
be Ratified by, the Cuban. congress, as
it wasratified- by the senate Presi-
dent Roosevelt is particularly, grratifed,
because the senate has, demonstrated
what he regards as tie good faith 'oof
the:$sUnited States; in extending, SO far
as it may, the relief this country to
Cuba. .4o7aig. zgw agI:4 y,nc.y g.
Washington, March 21.-Acting Sec.
rotary of State Loornis and Mr.. Que
sada, the' Cuban minister, after dis.
-eussing the prospects of an, exchange
Sof> Qualifications of3the Guban9 treaty
within the, ting q limit, decided to CABLE
President Palma requesting him to
call.t he Cuban congress into extraor-
dirary session Immediately for this
purpose, tastha at body otherwise would
notmeet pntillApfil Z, seNendays fter
the expiration of the Legal time limit
for the, exchange OF. Publications. ST 90
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A new series of. postage stamps is
projected for Cuba which viii include
other denominations :, thant those
which now exist, up to- and including
81 denomination ,It-is, said that the
new segies will depict various Cuban
views, <and the drawings. color, paper
and other details Will be considered
A committee from the Cuban lPhila
telic Society has been requested to
appearabefore the bureau of engray.
ing an& printing at Washington to AS
sist in determining what views shall
be placed upon the new series OF
stamps.
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A PRINCE1Yi SALARY

6 Kaid }Maclean, commander in en1ef
/; Of the Moorish army draws the COM
Portable salary of $4,000 ayearTfquite
a change from the time when, as iieu-
tenant in the British army, his pay was
less than $3.50 a year. AS the, sultan's
right-hand man he has con Quoted many
caffipaigns in the Sahara and is the
, only Christian Who has openly crossed
the Giania pass and visited the sacred
tomb Of MuIai All sheree y In tbs
Tafilet district. The regular army UNI
der his command numbers about co.
600, with an irregular militia of $4,000.
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Taken Under Amusement.

st. Louis, March 81 Arguments in
THE Wabash injunction suit were con-
.qluded at hrse{p,cfoekFtiday afsert
neon and the case case was taken under
advisement by Judge Adams He gave.
tno intimation of, how much time he
might! require to prepare his opinion,
,butathe attorneys declared after the
adjoprnmentio of court tina t they would
look for decision in about one week
7 or ten DAYS.
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Gold Rar Missing.

Detroit, Mich, March 2o.-No ar
rests have been made as yet in connec-
tione with the mysterious disappear
ance Wednesday night from the Union
depot office of the Pacific and Do
minionr Express company of a bar of
gold in transit from Salt Lake City to
the east, which is valued at So, 800. The
wheSeabouts Of the precious ingot is
as much mystery asst was when the
police began work on thecase.
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In March, IS years ago, was born
in a village of Somersetshire, En-
gland, John Henry Brodribb, better
known to the world as Sir Henry Irv.
ing. His native place is a little out.
of-the world hamlet six miles from
the nearest railway and the house of
his nativity, with an advertisement
for somebody's teas. is pointed out to
the visitor The last Irvingite relic
disappeared from the village a. few
years ago, when a gentleman pur-
chased Srobes in which the actor was
christeAed. T .d P-E 20 {, y I !
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In az certain London Coffee "a 9elab
has been formed of smokers who have
pledged themselves not to use tobacco
in any$form till after office hours. The
club is called the after Six Smok-
ers," that being the hour fixed for a
general light-up. members may alb
stain tal later if'they like, but; it has
been observed so far. that the striking
of the hour is the signal for the stritkz
ing of matches, No exception is made
of Saturday or Sunday 81
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, ~ :
Favor Good Roads BILL.

g Milwaukee, March g.2O.-A- Sentine!
special from Marshfield, Wis, says:
3 Farmers of northern Wisconsin,, in
convention here for three, days. Adopt.
ed resolutions indorsing the; bill now
in the Legislature, empowering ethe
state to furnish aid TO counties for i'm.
provement of roads, A resolution was
/, also passed fatorifig the passage BY
congress of the Brownlow bill, provid.
ing for national, state and local co
operation in the improvement of de-
livery roads and highways! 1 ;>i'eQi
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DR.. Robert k.Dorsey, who died in
Los Angeles some days ago, came OF
a long Zine Of medical practitioners
high in the profession. His father.
grandfather and great-grandfather
spent the greater part of their lives
at Hagerstown, Md. At the marriage
of DR.. SDorsey's parents the above
three generations were in partnership
and allin active practice. This family
held the remarkable record, of 1875
years continuous doctoring in Hagers-
town g.
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Ex-P6lice Commissioner Murphy. Of
New York, who5died recently, under
went an operation 10 years ago on &C
count Of an almost impossible istric-
ture ofethe gullet, and for the last ten
years of his life he was unable, to
swallow any food. Nutriment was in:
troduced into his stomach through a
silver tube, and the patient was re-
stricted to foods which could be di-
gested without the aid of saliva. The
immediate cause of Col. Murphy's
death was heart failure from slow
starvation,
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A letter addressed in round, girl
ish hand to "Our Lord in Heaven"
has just passed through the=h hands of
the postal officials in Ost-Gothland,
Sweden. On being opened at the re.
turned letter office the letter proved to
be touching prayer emanating from
an eigbt-year-old, child, who had, Sc.
lected this means to secure a musical
Instruments, guitar. Her appeal
has been answered; philanthropieSper-
sons having subscribed the, amount
necessary to accomplish the chi1d's
desire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-03-27

Tbs Russian government chasa set
about regulating the. age at which
girls shall marry in Turkestan. 1t has
been customary for Mohammedan
girls to marry between the ages Of 10
and 12seyears, but orders have been is
sued now that no Mohammedan shall
marry under IA. The Tartar and Tur-
conan chiefs are much incensed.5 as all
seek to obtain brides as youn 8 as pos
sible. Russian officials report that IS
per cent of the girls who marry under
II die before they are 20. -