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NATuRA11sT1c NorAT1oNs.

The honey-bee was not known in the
United States till imported from Eng
land.
The basl1ing shark, which is the big
gest variety ever seen off British coasts,
sometimes attains length of 40 feet.
Pigs are practically proof against
snake bite because the poison rarely, If
ever, reaches the circulatory system, ow-
ing to the fat carried by the animal.
The largest insect known to entomol-
ogists is Central American moth,
called the Erebus strix, which ex.
pands its wings from IL to Is inches
Swallows are said to be the only birds
that take their food from the air and
drink when flying. On first arriving in
this country the birds feed upon gnats
and such insects, but as summer adj
vances winged beetles are also eagerly
snapped up.
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STIMULUS TO RETAIL TRADE
Cooler weather Has Impaired Fresh
Activity to Retail BusinesS-
Farm Products Higher.
New York. Oct. 28.-Bradstreet's

New York, Oct. 2S. Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
Activity, in fact buoyancy, still char
acterizes practically all lines of trade
and industry. Cooler weather is a
stimulus to retail trade in all but few
small and relatively unimportant sec
tions of the country. Recorder business
reflects this in steady call from job
bers for dry goods, clothing, shoes.
hats--in fact, all lines Of wearing ap-
parel. Holiday trade in many lines
also shows the effects Of early buying.
The practical lifting Of the last south
err quarantines is helping southern
trade. as is also the higher price Of
cotton which is loosening up the move
ment of that staple. The long awaited
Undertaking. of European demand for
breadstuffs is apparently now at hand.
Business in this line, it is claimed. is
now limited only by vessel room ca
pacity. Higher prices for nearly all
farm products have helped demand in
agricultural districts, and to certain
extent improved collections.
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COLLIDED WITH FRUIT BOAT
The Lighthouse Tender Magnolia
with the President Aboard, COI-
Iides with the Esparta.

New Orleans, Oct 27.-The light
house tender Magnolia, with President
Roosevelt on board, was in collision
with the fruit steamer Esparta, near
Nairn, La, shortly after 2 a. IN. The
news reached New Orleans through a
long-distance telephone message from
Capt. w. M. Rose of the Esparta, who
asked that assistance be sent him.
Capt. Rose reported both vessels
aground at the river bank, and that
no one was seriously injured in the
collision.
Nairn is about 60 miles below New
Orleans, on the west bank of the Mis-
sissippi river.
9 The revenue cutter Ivy arrived at
Nairn and conveyed the president
through the passes into the gulf Of
Mexico. Neither the president nor any
of his party was injured.
The Esparta belongs to the fleet of
the United Fruit Co., and was on her
way to New Orleans with cargo of
bananas, and cocoanuts.
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FOUR DEAD, MANY INJURED
Head-On Collision ON the Rock Isl~
and Road in the Hills Near
Fairfield, Iowa.

Fairfield, Ia, Oct 27.-In the hills
half mile south Of town, head-on
collision took place between numbers
IL and IL of the Rock Islands Kansas
City passenger service, resulting in the
death of four and the injury of 25 or 80
persons. The dead, SO far as known,
are:
Engineer Mikes, of Muscatine
Natl Clerk Canfeld, of Murray, Ia.
Detective Griffith, of Lucas, Ia.
An unknown man.
The injured have been taken to Ell
don, while the dead are at this place.
The accident occurred at $40 a. m.
Both trains had clearing orders, and
the accident is believed to have been
caused by the mistake of the dispatch
er.
Both trains were going at a rapid
rate when they met in the hills.
Both locomotives were demolished,
four cars of No. IL derailed and seven
damaged. The damage to No. IL has
not been reported, but all the killed
were on this train
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DIRECT VIOLATION OF LAW
Millions of Dollars Worth of Real
Estate Are So Held by COrpo-
ratiOns in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 27.-The Daily News

Chicago, Oct. 27.-The Daily News
says:
Millions of dollars worth Of real
estate property is held by private COR
porations in Chicago, it is alleged, in
direct violation of the law. The bulk
of this property, it has been discov-
cred, is in the name of insurance COM
panies or their officials. The Illinois
statutes provide that the companies
shall offer for sale at public vendue, at
least once year, the property owned
by them, or which has come into their
possession through foreclosure. This
must be done for four years success
sively, and If, after i've years, the COR
porations still hold the property, the
states attorney shall proceed against
them. So far as known, the states at
torney of Cook county never proceed
ed against any insurance company or
other corporations under the statute
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Merchandise to the value Of more
than $10o,0OO,0OO was imported into
Egypt last year, of which consider
ably less than $1,OOO,OoO worth was
imported direct from the United
States. 1t is explained that probably
80 per cent of Egypt's imports were
of class that could have been sup
Piled from the United States, the most
important of them being commodities
of which we are large producers.
Surely Egypt is a field for intelligent
cooperation on the part Of American
manufacturers who are desirous of ex-
tending their trade.
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Sea captains who have actually
been sailing over the so-called @gulf
stream" have been giving out state
ments of the erratic movements of this
vast ocean river, which have drawn
forth strenuous denails .om weather
observers and scientists. According to
the sailormen, the gulf stream has de
cided to flow much nearer the Ameri
can North Atlantic coast. Therefore
this is asserted to be the real reason
for the muggy, humid, yet not summer
season which has just ended. The sci
entists, however. deny that the weather
is due TO gulf stredm influence.
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THE PRESIDENTS
47TH BIRTHDAY
Was Celebrated at ST. Paul, Mimi,
by "0riginal Roosevelt Club" "
ONE OF GEE WORLDS LEADERS
Gov. Cummtns OF Iowa Declared IHiH
Party Never Elevated to the
Presidency a better Son of
the Republic.

St. Paul, MINI, Oct. 2s.--President
Rsosevelt's forty-seventh birthday was
celebrated in st. Paul by the original
Roosevelt club" through the medium
Of banquet in the large dining room
Of the Ryan hotel at which over 400
covers were laid for enthusiastic ad-
mirers of Theodore Roosevelt who, in
the language of Gov. Cummins of
Iowa. was in more senses than one.
'.the man Of the hour
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JAPS LOCATE NEARER HOME
Japanese Residents of Southern Cali
ifornia Returning to Settle In
Manchuria and Korea.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 3O.-It is
stated upon the authority of the lead
ers of the local japanese colony that
the Japanese residents of southern Cal
ifornia are leaving daily for home, to
proceed thence to the newly opened
commercial fields in Manchuria and
Korea. It is declared that within a
year a majority of the present local
Japanese population will have migrat-
od
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FRANCIS AS SPECIAL ENVOY
St. Louis Exposition President Ap-
pointed Commfssioner to Convey
Nations Thanks to Foreigners.

washington. Oct. 27.Announcement
is made BY the state department that
Hon. b. R. Francis, president Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.,
has been named by President Roose-
yelt to convey the thanks of the Unit
ed States government to the various
nations that participated in the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition.
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EULOGIEs FOR THE DEAD
Admiral Togo Delivered the EnIogy
at the shinto Ceremonies in Menu
Ory of the Dead of the Navy.

Toxic. Oct. 3O.-The great Shinto
rites, in memory of the naval officers
and men who were killed during the
war, were held at Aoyama cemetery.
Besides the admirals, officers and sail
ors, hundreds of civil dignitarles and
thousands of sailors were present. sAd-
miral Togo addressed the departed
spirits, eulogizing their noble deeds in
battle and their gallant cooperation
which resulted in the sacrifice of their
lives. He humbly asked repose for the
spirits whose exemplary deeds in life
had contributed to the victory over a
powerful enemy
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SEVENTEEN GIRLS POISONED
Three Are Dead and Others III At
the st. Joseph Orphan As3-
l1m, burlington, VT.

Burlington, VT, Oct. 2S.-It. became
known today that IL girls whose ages
range from two to six years, at the
st. Joseph Orphan Asylum in this city
were taken suddenly i'll and three of
them died within three hours.
At an autopsy held under the aus
pices of the state board of health, it
was determined that the death of the
three girls was due to poisoning, but
that the cause had not appeared.
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FIVE MINE OFFICIALS DEAD
They Undertook to Explore "A Burn-
ing Mine at HazeIEirL, Pa, and
Lost Their Lives.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. SO.-Five minor
officials of the Pittsburg & Westmore.
land Coal Co. lost their lives when they
entered the Hazelkirk mine No. OF
the company at Hazelkirk, Pa, 18 miles
east of this city, to ascertain if a por-
lion of the mine was still burning as a
result Of an explosion two weeks ago.
The dead are:
John Hornical, superintendent; Dam
iel Griffith, foreman; Joseph Hunter,
John Layey and Henry Clayborne, fire
bosses All were married, with large
families, and were men of considerable
means.
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Of all the crops raised in New Eng
land soiE the one being nursed by Cy-
rus J. Brownell, of Worcester, Mass,
is doubtless the most unique-and the
least pleasing to his neighbors. Mr..
Brownell is snake farmer. and he is
rearing crops of rattlesnakes, king
snakes, pine snakes and other varieties
of the reptile family for strictly com
mercial Durnoses.
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Tl.lrleen MllIIons for Ennipnen

Philadefphia. Oct. 27.- The directors
Of the Pennsylvania railroad have auz
thorized an issue Of car trust certifi-
Gates to the amount Of SIS 100000. to
be used IN the payment for equipment
The extension Of the Hollidaysb1rg
freight yards, at cost Of s300. 900, was
also approved.
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John D. Rockefeller is the richest
man in the world The value of the
securities he holds is greater than the
holdings of any other individual in
the world. He is represented on the
boards of more than 1875 corporations.
His income within the last eight
years, according to this Wall street
publication, has exceeded 00,00OO0O.
Half of this vast sum he received in
dividends from the Standard Oil Co.
The rest came from corporations in
which he is interested.
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Charles Hose, resideut of Sara
wax, India. has been investi. eating beri-
beri and has come to the conclusion
that the immediate cause of that dis
case is to be found in rice which has
undergone certain changes connected
with the development upon it of
mold or fungus.
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A PROMISE FROM JEROME
What He Purposes Doing I'm the
Event of His Reelection as Dis
trict Attorney of New York.

New York, Oct. SO.-In a statement
issued by District Attorney Jerome he
announces that if reelected he will
apply to the board of estimate of New
York city for money to retain Charles
E. Hughes as special counsel to prose
cute the insurance men if any were
proceeded against criminally.
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AN ARREST MADE.

Morris Nathan, Susan Geary's sweet
heart, Charged with Murder.
Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 3O.-After long
and searching examination at police
headquarters. lasting until after one
o'clock this morning, Morris Nathan,
secretary to the manager of the
shepherd King" company, was held
on charge of numbering his sweet
heart, Miss Susan Geary, the victim of
the Boston harbor suit case mystery,
which has been puzzling the Boston
authorities for more than a month.
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A Scottish correspondent writes of
funerals in the Highlands: There are
no undertakers here. A carpenter
makes the simple coffin, relatives and
friends carry it, hip high, to it's last
resting place, which is dug when the
end of the journey is reached, and,
having walked perhaps six miles to
the chosen kirkyard, they take re-
freshment of sandwiches and whisky
and walk home again. The rigorous
absence of pomp is maintained, but
there is the added establishment of
nine music"
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A Partisan actor who formerly made
good income in his profession is now
earning his living as cab driver. He
has taken this step to spite his di-
vorced wife. Wherever he went she
put lien on his salary. The actor
found that the only occupation in
which his wife was helpless against
him was cab driving, because he re-
ceived no salary.
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Banlz Robbers b new York.

Barker, n Y, Oct. 27.-The private
bank of Harvey Hoag was robbed OF
$4,000, of which 81, 800 has been found
where the thieves dropped it in their
haste to escape. Citizens attacked the
robbers. and about so shots were ex-
changed, but no one hurt.
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Instructions are given by the British
admiralty Office regarding the manner
in which oil should be poured on "trou-
bled waters" It is recommended that
the oil be dropped overheard in small
perforated canvas bags capable of
holding from one to two gallons.
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V. Cummins said in part:


Gov. Cummins said in part:
Looking at our people from the
standpoint of public affairs, / see
three kinds OF men, The first class is
made up of Iaw-breakers, conscience
violators anG selfish hunters for un-
fair advantage.
"The second class is composed of a
host of good men who are either too
busy, too tired or too timid to organize
a warfare upon the wrongdoer.
''The third Class is made up Of the
leaders in the worlds true progress.
They are, alas, few in number, but
mighty in their influence.
One of the Third Glass.
Zone of these men was born on the
9th of October, 1858.
"The republican party has elevated
many noble men to the highest Office
in the land, but we never conferred the
honor on better son of the republic
than he who now occupies the most
exalted station in the world, the man
of the hour-the idol of the people
the commander of armies, the prince
of peace-T Theodore Roosevelt.
Gov Cummins briefly sketched Pres
ident Roosevelt's career in public office
and continued:
81 trust that q grateful people will
during all time, celebrate the day OF
his birth.
The Party's Advances.
'If we are happy in the character of
our leader we are not less so in the
history of our party. The advances to
higher civilization, to better laws, to
national greatness it's advances.
81 have heard 1t said that it is high
craftsmanship to construct and main
tain a system through which our own
people are made to pay higher price
for our own manufactures than the
same manufactures sold by the same
producers command in foreign mar
kets. / would vary the phraseology.
It is high crime to defend tariff
duty that has such result.
II am a protectionist born and bred,
and stand for the defense of our own
markets. | want our producers to take
them at fair American price, but
shall fight the duty which compels our
consumers to pay more than fair
American price SO long as l have voice
and strength.
what Statesmanship Demands.
"The time has come when states
manship demands that, through reci-
procity in some form or other, our
farmers shall be permitted to enter
foreign markets with their products
upon even terms with their competi-
tors everywhere. 1t will not satisfy
them to say that we are prosperous.
Congressman J. Adam Bede handled
the topic, THE President and Con-
gress' in a witty manner. Mr.. Bede's
speech closed the celebration.
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insane FARMERS
TERRIBLE WORK
Two Prominent Citizens Shot to
Death at Chenoa, Illinois.
WIN. lEDUc is THE MURDERER
Chas. Nickel, Cashier OF the Bank Of
Chenoa and Mayor OF the City
and Hugh Jones, well-E1nOwn
Farmer, Were the Victims.

Chenoa, ILL.,, Oct. 3O.-This city had
ONE of the most exciting experiences.
Saturday, that has fallen to its lot in
many day.
William Leduc, farmer In north
western Mclean county, apparently
Insane from brooding over fancied
wrongs, walked into the Bank of Che
noa, in the afternoon, and after talk
ing wildly to Charles Nickel, cashier
of the bank and mayor of the city,
drew his revolver and shot Nickel
dead.
A customer of the bank, Hugh Jones,
who was standing near, and who
sought to disarm the murderer, was in
turn fatally shot.
Everyone in sight of the infuriated
man fed. but his bullets wounded two
others, one man being shot through the
hand
Then, as if realizing the enornlity of
his deed, Leduc rushed into the bank
vault and barricaded himself from all
comers, dragging the body of Jones
with him.
| The Sheriff Notified.
| Sheriff Frank Edwards of Blooming
ton was notified shortly afterwards, but
owing to the distance and lack of an
immediate train could not leave there
until 4:30 p. m. He reached Chenoa
an hour later.
Preliminary to his arrival, the drug
stores of the place were called upon to
furnish chIoroform, ammounia and 9TH
er pungent drugs, and large quantity
was thrown into the bank building in
the hope that Leduc would be forced to
leave the vault for air.
1t was also planned to employ an
| electric current of high voltage to
drive Leduc from his shelter, but cool
er heads cautioned against this, as it
was thought that perhaps Jones was
still alive.
Had Plenty of Ammunition.
Leduc was we'll supplied with ammu-
milton, with which he had filled his
pockets before killing the two men in
the bank
| Although volleys of shots were fired
into the slight opening caused by the
vault door being ajar, Leduc was not
struck, and replied to every shot.
Before the sheriff could persuade
Leduc to come from the vault, the Of
ficer promised him that no harm would
come to him from the angry mob of
citizens
Murderer and His Victims.
Charles Nickel was mayor of Chenoa
and supervisor of Chenoa township. He
had served FIVE terms, and was one of
the best-known residents Of Mclean
county
Hugh Jones, the other victim, was a
respected farmer of Chenoa township.
William Leduc, the double murder
er, is brother-in-law of Nickel, the
latter having married Leduc's sister
several years ago.
| Nickel is survived by wife and two
children, Lillian and Victor. Several
years>ago Leduc and his wife separated.
Mayor Nickel used his influence to Sc
cure reconciliation, and finally was
successful
He Nursed a Grudge.
| Eeduc was not satisfied and claimed
that in effecting a reconciliation the
terms favored the wife.
He has since held grudge against
Nickel, and his mind magnifed the
wrongs, until the bloody tragedy re-
suited
While many citizens were outside
when he was captured, no demonstra-
ton was made. He was taken to
Bloomington and placed in jail.
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Ri Paso, Tex. Oct. 2s The dome
on the great cathedral IA Monterey,
Mexico, fell, crushing the church into
heap. The edifice was one Of the
landmarks Of Mexico 1t was built n
1892. As far as learned there was
no one injured by the collapse Of the
dome.
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Falling Coal kills Two Miners

CoIlingyille. ILL.,, Oct. SO.-J. P. De-
laney and Henry swaby, miners, were
killed in Doak Bros. mine, No. /, at
Donkville, by block Of coal falling
upon them. Delaney was As years old
and leaves a wife and six children.
Swaby was 40 and leaves a wife and
one child.
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The heaviest meteorite yet found
vas excayated BY Prof. +. A. Ward at
Mace called Ranchito, near Bacu-
birito, IN the province Of sinaloa, Mex
This mass Of meteoric iron is more
than is feet long, feet wide, and 3
feet thick, and It's weight IS est
mated TO be about SO tons. IRae great
meteorite which Lieut.. PeaFy toos
from Anighito, Greenland. to this
co,ntrv 4 few years ago Is believed to
weIsh nearly SO tons; and, next to
fhese Two. the heaviest fallen stars
known ia science is that from chupa-
deros, Mex. is tens.
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New York, Oct. 27The Indepen-
dent Tobacco Manufacturers assocla-
ton Of the United States was in ses-
sion at the Hotel Astor. The associ-
alton is composed Of manufacturers
who are opposed to the so-called to-
bacco trust.
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The visible supply or Cotton.

New Orleans, Oct. 2S.-Secretary
Hester's statement Of the worlds Wis
ible supply Of cotton shows a total of
3,666,216 bales against 1852 ,222 last
week. OF this the total of American
cotton is 2,s42, ZIG against 2,795, ,222 last
week.
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An expedition in search of the North
Pole will start from Dawson, Yukon
Territory, in the summer of 1906, if
the plans of the International Society
for Polar Research and Experiment
are carried out. Gov. w. B. McInnes,
of Yukon, is one of the leaders in the
movement, and Gen. Greely, u. S. A.,
thinks the plans Of the society feast
BILE. The main difference between the
plans of the Yukon explorers and
those of expeditions in the past is
that the Yukoners expect to utilize
their knowledge of ways and means
of existence and transportation in the
Arctic.
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Rev II. d. Einher

Baldwin, Kas., Oct. So. Rev. H. d,
Fisher. well-known Methodist minis
ter. died at the home Of his son in this
city Of tuberculosis, aged So years He
was born in Steubenville, o. IN 1858
he was a member Of the Pittsburg com
ference.
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New York. oct. 27 Ex-Prssident
Grover Cleveland has written letter
to Mayor George B. Mcclellan, in
which he indorses the latters candi-
dacy for reelection as mayor Of New
York city.
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Expanding Foreign Commerce

Washington, Oct. SO.--A bulletin is
sued by the bureau of statistics of the
department Of commerce and labor es-
timates that the foreign commerce Of
the United States for the calendar year
will amount to more than billion doll
lars
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yapanese Eyacuatinr Manchur9a

Toxic, Oct. SO.-The evacuation Of
Manchuria by the japanese Is being
actively carried on. and troops are ar
irving daily at various ports. Gen. Ku-
roki is expected here by the middle of
November.
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Washington. Oct. "a The navy de-
partment has been informed that the
Russian transport Lena. which has
been interned ut Mare island since last
spring, sailed thence for San Francis
%. she has been released and will REL
turn 70 Russian port. sailing Sunday.
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John Henry Brodribb. knighted in
1895 as Sir Henry Irving, made his
stage debut as the villain of a melo-
drama in the English provinces. Ira
dition has it that in one act he ap-
peared with a piece of raw beef con-
cealed under his coat collar, that the
faithful dog of the heroine might
nightly leap at his throat in the in
terest of virtue endangered and the
dramatic unities. That was stage
management, an art in which Irving
for years led his contemporaries in
the two great English-speaking lands
The leader., 1905-11-04
WILLING TO SQUARE THINGS
An Alleged Milwaukee Murderer
would Make Amends by Marry
ing Victims widow.

Milwaukee, Oct 2s.-Fred w. Bor-
ebert, who shot and killed Otto Wis
kow and is now on trial for murder,
has tried to make amends as best he
can
He is said to have offered to marry
the murdered mans widow and pro-
vide for her. This was the sensation
sprung by District Attorney McGovern
in asking for the reopening of the case
on the ground of new testimony.
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lame and sore.
The kidney se-
cretions were
too frequent.
Then dropsy
pulled up my
ankles until
they were q
sight to behold.
Doctors gave
me mp, but I
began u using
Doan's Kidney
Pills, and the
remedy cured
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Ramsey Wins.

Cincinnati. Oct. "a. Joseph Ram.
sey, Jr., late president of the Wabash
system. and George Gould won in the
contention in the Little Kanawha syn
dicate cause In the United States
court Of appeals.
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Awful Deed Of OIxIahoma Tarmer.
Found HeadIess BODY,

Paducah, KY, Oct 2S. There Is
great excitement at Wickliffe over the
finding Of headless body under q
house which was formerly occupied
by about 80 Italians who worked on
the Illinois Central railway.
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Quincy, III, Oct 80 Albert Pearse.
aged "a, committed suicide BY shoot
ing himself at the home Of his parents.
near Liberty A few years ago a brother
committed suicide at hotel il S.
Louis