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A.,..i.hind The Chimes.

sWhsn I was In China" nrswNky
man said, ST was astenShed b M
how little the people Knew absst Iyrs-
techay beyond their swn Chinese
crackers. They can make these crack
ers much more eheaply than they could
be produced In America But Of set
pieces. rockets and such Ike, Ne Chi
ness know practically nethiaG and
their attempts TO make them sss sssde
In the extreme
"A Chinese cracker maker living near
Hongkong challenged me once to COM
pete with him in q fireworks display,
and a friendly mandarin was called In
to act as Judge. Ny Chinese opponent
set or q lot Of gigantic crackers and
made a terrifying noise, but the man
DARN had been used to that from In
fancy and wasn't at all impressed. My
show, however, astounded him, al
though it was really a mean exhibit,
for I wasn't going to waste my best
pieces on a private competition I got
the award easily enough--Washtnston
Star
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WILLIAM, go, IS SICK;
PAPA, 1903, NURSES HIN
son Who Cared For Father Since He
Passed Century Mark Falls
Victim to Measles.

Balaton, Minn-William has the mea-
sles. He's sixty and has been taking
care Of papa since the latter passed the
hundred year mark, but now papa is
taking care Of William.
william is the son Of John Shequin,
who soon will be 10S years old. Mr..
Shequin, ST., has been ailing a little
lately, but under the care Of his wife
and William he is able to be up and
about again.
Father and Mother Shequin celebrat-
ed their diamond wedding anniversary
three years ago. Mr.. Shequin, ST., was
born in Franklin, VT, and was seven
years old when the war Of 1912 ended.
He couldn't enlist In the civil war be-
cause he was too old. His wife was
Louise Bigford Of Standbridge, Can
ada. She is nearly ninety-eight years
old. The Shequins moved here from
Freedom county, Mimi, in 1873.
William, being only sixty, Is expected
to recover from the measles.
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French Army Helmets.

There are sixty-four distinct opera
lions necessary in turning out one OF
the plain steel helmets worn BY French
soldiers. The first step Is stamping
out disks from large sheets Of steel. A
special machine Is used for this pur-
pose, e1erting Q pressure Of 1oo tons
and capable Of cutting out 5000 steel
disks a day. Each disk Is placed IN
der a shaping machine, which presses
the disk into the form Of helmet with
q broad rim. Polishing and cutting
machines remove all irregularities In
the helmet, after which 1t has holes
punched in the crown, some Tor ven
tilation purposes, others for fastening
on the regimental crest. Each helmet
is cleaned and dipped in a special mix
ture which makes 1t dull, fnconspic-
uous bluish-gray. A lining and leath-
er chin straps are then fastened on,
and the helmet Is complete.-Pearson's.
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The Wesley Oak.

The Wesley oak, according to the At
lanta (Ga.) Journal, stands on St ST.
mons island, less than a mile from
Fort Frederick. It is 200 feet high,
and its cool shade rests like Q bene-
diction over an area Of several acres
According to local tradition, this tree
marks the exact spot on which the
Wesleys preached Charles Wesley en-
gagged himself to Oglethorpe as private
secretary before leaving England. But
he afterward took orders and devoted
much Of his time to preaching near
Frederick. From time to time John
Wesley came down from Savannah to
ioin him. This famous oak stands at
the gateway to the churchyard OF
Christ church, and several generations
sleep within the inclosure that It
guards. Moses hang down from It's
limbs, and It II solemn and beautiful
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MRS. EDISON RAPS
ABBREVIATED SNRrs
Hundreds Present When Inv...
Wife Hits ciothins-Urses eirh
to Be Modest.

New York.-Hmdreds of womo,
Gently heard well known women vS-
were delegates to the National r.
Grafton Of Women's Clubs conyant,a[
discuss dreSs-the right and vrosu
kind of dress, the future dress and ths
cost Of dress. All the speaker -
vocated greater individuality In Dr..
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison made an -
peal for greater modesty in c-ess No,
ticularly of young women, and IN NJ
unmistakable terms assailed clotbiDo
which, she said, tended to lead sons
down to degradation. She denorncos
''the present abbreviated skirts and nv
covered shoulders" saying: 81 had -.
father who frequently reminded ma
Daughter, be modest l think tb,,
would be good advice to our girh N.
day"
Her husband, Mrs. Edison said had
declared there was not more than ono
woman in a hundred who was van
dressed.
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united States.

II you should hear some stranger
mention the United States are you pos
tive that you would know what be
meant7 In the eastern part Of South
Amsrica the term United States" Is
REGARDED as an unqualified designation
OF the republic Of Brazil, while little
way to the north the term Is taken to
refer to Venezuela. In almost all parts
Of the southern continent the mention
Of q country In the northern hemis-
phere called United States" Il likely
to suggest Mexico, whose Official title
70 Estados Unidos Me1icanos. There
are still those who speak Of the rspub-
dc Of Colombia as ''the United States"
because during the period when its
federal constitution was in force, from
1861 to 1886, It was called Bstados
Unidos de Colombia Louis Globe
Democrat
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WEEDS CONVICT; NOW
WORKS To FREE HIM
Bride Hopes to Gain Pardon For
Her Husband, a 'lifer"-First
Occurrence In Oklahoma.

McAlester, Okla. Love laughs at
prison bars is an old saying that was
given practical demonstration at the
Oklahoma state penitentiary. Eta
Martin, a pretty young Spanish girl
from st. Louis, became the bride of
John Cieloha, Bohemian, who Is serv-
ing life sentence for murder.
1t Is the first sentence on record
where life term convict was permit
ted to marry and the third case Of
marriage In which an Oklahoma pris-
oner appeared as principal.
The first case was that of q trusty,
who married before marriage license
clerk or officiating minister knew of
his record. In the other case the cere-
mony took place in the warden's office,
but the bridegroom held a parole in
one hand.
The young bride Of John Cieloha ex-
poets to bring about the release Of her
husband through pardon or parole.
IF he hadn't escaped from the peni-
Tertiary he would have stood a much
better chance" suggested a newspaper
man In talking with the newlyweds
shortly after their marriage.
"But If he hadn't escaped wouldn't
have found him." was the quick reply
Of the young wife.
The persistence with which she pur.
sued her demand for marriage with a
convict leads one to believe that shell
keep her word as to freeing him
Cieloha was charged with being &C.
cessory to the murder of David Con.
way, an aged bridge keeper on the
Midland Valley railroad, near Ausko.
gee, seven years ago. Conway was
found beaten to death, presumably by
robbers.
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Artificial Ears,


Artificial ears are so skillfuIly made
that they may with difficulty be dis
tinguished from natural ones, so It is
claimed.
When the person who has lost an
ear applies to the manufacturer for q
substitute there - made q mold Of the
remaining ear. If there be left any
part Of the other . mold Of that part
also must be taken to assist In the 1T
ting Of the artificial Manufacturers
assert that no two ears are alike and
that It takes Q skfIlful workman to
prepare an ear from the mold or molds.
When finished the new ear In pasted
On the stump or simply set in the posi-
ton Of the lost ear. Il Is really only
the first artificial ear that II expen-
Eive, the chief cost pertaining to the
making Of the mold Vulcanized rub
Der, which can b bent and twisted,
has been found to constitute the best
material for the making Of artificial
sarz-Detroit Free Press.
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LIEUTENANT THAw.

him. As a result Of Corporal Rock
wells exploit he has again been men
toned in dispatches.
Lieutenant Thaw's machine received
several bullets. One Of these hit him
on the elbow, breaking the small bone.
Nevertheless he made a perfect land
ing, wondering whether he was within
the German lines until he was relieved
by seeing two French soldiers come
running up. He is now in Paris, where
he will stay until his arm Is better.
The injury is not severe. He has al
ancy and is now proposed for the Le-
gion of Honor. His victory over the
Fokker is likely to assure his receiving
the honor.
Corporal Chapman engaged two Avi-
atiks and put them to fight. An ex-
plosive bullet hit his machine, and an
other grazed his arm, not wounding
him. He has been proposed for men
ton in the order Of the army.
Lieutenant Cowdin had two fights,
one resulting in the downing Of a Sec
ond aeroplane. He has been proposed
for promotion to a second heutenancy.
Bert Hall was actively engaged In the
melee and has been proposed for the
military medal.
The squadron's French captain and
lieutenant were also holly engaged.
The fight was remarkable In that II
happened for the most part at no great
height-between 1000 and 1000 me-
tiers. Norman Prince had the bad luck
to smash his machine in starting and
was unable to take part in the battle.
Private Lufbury has arrived at the
| front to join the squadron, and Private
Pavelka is under orders to join it.
Fred Prince, Willis Haviland Of Chi.
cago and Robert Rockwell Of Cincin-
nati have received brevets and have
gone to finish their schooling as avia.
tors at Pau.
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LITTLE TOWN IN OHIO
PLAINLY ON THE MAP
Clyde Has Several Claims to Dis.
tinction In Connection With
Country's Wars.

Sandusky, O.-The village of CLYDE
fourteen miles southwest of this city
was the home not only Of the highest
ranking officer killed during the civil
war, but also of the first American
killed in the Spanish-American war
1t has the distinction also of being the
nucleus of what is now the Women's
Relief corps. General j. B. McPher.
son, killed at Atlanta in the civil war,
and George B. Mack, the first Amer.
can killed in the Spanish-American
war, are both buried there.
According to Joel Elliot Of CLYDE
Mrs. Hattie Mcpherson, aunt Of Gen
eral Mcpherson, organized the first
Ladies' Aid society after the civil war
began. and it was from the Ladies' Aid
society of the sixties that the Women's
Relief corps of the present day grew.
Elliot says further that army rec.
ords at Washington will show that in
proportion to population, more men
enlisted at Clyde for both the civl and
Spanish-American wars than from any
other place of its size in the Omitted
States.
President Garfield was to have been
the principal orator at the unveiling
Of the Mcpherson monument when,
on Saturday. July 2, 1881, he left the
White House to go to the seaside to
spend Sunday with his family before
proceeding to Ohio and was shot while
waiting for his train.
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Self Reliance.

The spirit Of self help Is the root Of
all genuine growth in the individual,
and, exhibited In the lives Of many, It
constitutes the true source Of national
yigor and strength Help from with
cut Is often enfeebling in its ELECTS,
but help from within invariably fnvig-
crates. Whatever II done for men or
classes to a certain extent takes away
the stimulus and necessity Of doing for
themselves, and where men are sob
jected to overguidance and overgov-
eminent the inevitable tendency - to
render them comparatively helpleR-
Samuel Smiles.
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Later on 1 read 'Evangeline,' and my
heart went out to the poor woman and
her lover, but all Of these things are
nothing compared to what went on in
Turkey under my own eyes. / do not
want to give too many narrowing pic
lures, but 1 will say that l have been
requested to state that most Of the
stories that have reached the United
States are founded on facts.
1.-The Armenians were living Just as
quietly and peacefully as possible, in
friendship and close contact with their
Turkish associates, when suddenly
they were picked out to be deported.
1t was then that my heart bled for
them. had been given the privilege
Of dispensing charity without stint and
with full authority on behalf Of the
English, Russian, French and Italian
nations-even the Servians had sent me
money, and Russia and Italy permit
ted me to help the poor Montenegrins
in my charge. Suddenly, without avail
able funds, was confronted with the
terrific problem of the destitute Ar
menians- Can you conceive how felt?
1t was then that 1 sent an appeal to the
secretary Of state for help, and the re-
Spouse came promptly.
IF the people OF the United States
could only see the distress as I have
seen it! If they could see the gaunt lit
tie figures of children, the little or
phans brought to Constantinople by
friendly Turkish officers, the need of
prompt aid would be fully realized. If
1 dared repeat the tales 1 have heard,
sworn to and signed, they would make
men and women weep, and every one
would see the need Of sympathy and
help.
There is no use Of accusing ANYBODY
or finding fault with any one. What
this great country should do to show
Its appreciation Of the wonderful bless
tngs that have been showered upon us
Is for each one Of Us to make ND his
mind to do his share.
I'VE are the only people to whom
they can appeal for help today, the
only people who dare express their
sympathy by actual giving. The neo-
pie OF other nations are afraid and nm
able to do it,
Mr. Morgenthau Is a member NJ tho
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief, Of which Cardinal
Gibbons. Bishop Greer of the Enisco-
pal church, DR.. James L. Barton of the
American board Of foreign missions
DR.. Arthur ]. Brown of the Preshv'
terrain foreign mission board. DR.. Frank
Mason North Of the Methodist FOREIGN
mission board and other prominent
ministers and laymen, Protestant
catholic and Jew, are members. The
committee has sent $500. 900 to the Ar.
menians and native Christians in T,,r.
Key Persia and Syria since Turkey
sntered the war, and 1t Is stated that
kooOo.OOo win be required to save and
rehabfrtate these peoples.
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Lotteries for thu purpose Of ratztng
money for the state have never caught
"a IN England. But for dennits ends
sf O ssmtstats charactsr, such - build
ING canals or founding Q Brit1aA muse
~, saDct1en has bssa readily granted
Our frst recorded lotterJ q that Of
Yea when the priSes were pieces Of
plata Tia chances 5000 for 10 shfl-
hnss each and the desirabls object the
maintenancs Of harboR But once
familiar grown, lotteries corrupted the
ancient virtues Of John Bull and by
ths time Of Queen Anne the state step
ped In and suppressed every private
lottery N Q pubic nuisance By an
oct passed In 1898 sanction was given
10 Q particular LOTTERY, and that was
The last At the same tme an sale Of
tickets for home or foreign iottsfiss
was forbidden.-Leodon TmsA
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A Qusation Of Slza.

II old Cargo Jones was the most In
quisitive man In the village, Tom Nor
ton was certainly the surliest
One afternoon, a Cargo perambulat-
ed slowly along the one narrow street,
he paused at Toms garden fence and
gaxed inquirtngly over at Tom, who
was busily mailing Q very large box to
gether.
Afternoon, Tomr said the old chap
eenially. whatever be ZEE putin that
great box together forr
Tom paused In his hammertnS long
enough to retort CURLY:
TO hold all your questions, II % be
40 It's big enoughr
Cargo eyed him In panied silence for
O few moments Then be took an
empty matchbox from his pocket and
threw It over to Sandy.
Then thatn do for yer civ1 Answers
II 90 b a. it's small enough- hs re-
tartsd quietly-Loodoo ExpresA
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A Cloes Connection,

I'm tryin' to get some information
about a friend Of mine named Fox,
who came out here" said the stranger
from the east They tell me hs died
Of some throat trouble"
Il guess that's about right" said the
cowboy.
"what was III BronchitisT
~Bronchitis7 That's a new one on
me, but I reckon I see the connection.
He stole . broncho" Philadelphia
Press.
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After Order Is Restored Policemen Find
Negro Alongside of Child.

Aurora, Ill-A noise at her bedroom
window early in the morning aroused
Mrs. William Lustic. As she looked
dmorously In the direction Of the win
dow she saw a negro crawling into the
room. She screamed and fed, clad only
In her nightgown. Her husband jump
ed out Of bed when he heard his wife's
Shrek. He bumped into the negro and
was so frightened that he. too, ran out
Of the house.
In their panic Lustic and his wife
forgot their one-year-old baby daugh-
ter, who slept in cradle. OF sudden
Mrs. Lustic heard the baby cry. Po-
hcemen who were summoned found
the negro seated in a chair rocking the
baby.
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REFUSED TO QUIT JAIL.

Muncie (lnd9 Resident Said f was
the Best Job He Ever Had.
Muncie, Ind.-Albert O'Harra, sheriff,
had a hard time to Jake Frank Nc
Laughlin quit the county jail.
A friend paid McLaughlin's fine, but
he steadfastly refused to leave the jail
until his sentence had been served, the
sentence being for eleven days
81 never had better job than this
said Mclaughlin. "All had to do was
a little scrubbing out in the morning
and had good, warm place In which
to sleep and a good place In which 10
eat and had plenty of things to eat In
the bargain. Believe me, Sheriff OHa.
IA Is the best landlord I've ever known
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US. FLIERS ACTIVE
Lieutenant ThaW Wounded After
Thrilling Fight With German.
ALLIES PRAISE AMERICANS.

Gain Further Distinction as Result OF
Hot BattIe-Thaw Likely to Go on
Legion of Honor-corporal Rockwell
Also In Conflict, and His Exploit At
tracts Attentions
Paris.-In one of the sharpest aerial
battles yet fought the American squad
ron gained further distinction.
Lieutenant Thaw and Corporal Ktffin
Rockwell flew out at 5 o'clock in the
morning recently and saw a Fokker
and an Aviatik close by. Lieutenant
Thaw dived for the Fokker, and Cor
poral Rockwell followed. The Avia-
tik dived for Lieutenant Thaw, but,
catching sight Of Corporal Rockwell's
machine, turned and hurried to safety.
Lieutenant Thaw when fifteen yards
from the Fokker fired. The German
machine fell at almost the first shot
At $50 on the same morning the
whole American squadron went out
over the German lines, its work being
mainly preventive, to stop Germans
from flying over to make observations
of the French lines. The squadron
soon found itself in the midst Of a
group of German aeroplanes and gen.
eral battle followed. Eight distinct
duels were registered during the next
two hours. A bullet hit Corporal
Rockwelrs wind shield and exploded,
fragments hitting him around the hose
and mouth but not seriously tnjuring
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Enlp Enouch.

Yea" We admitted, its me car,
and we'd be glad to own It but We
can't afford to buy Il, and thers's no
uss wasting your breath trying to per
suads ~"
Listen" pleaded the agent This
CIR TINT going to cost you cent Al
you'vs got to do b b take out N &C
eident policy in our favor and the car
y yourA Wen even pay the premium
a tie policy. Can anything b tzirsr
tAaA thatr'-St Louis PSst- pispatah
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Grass Valley, Cal.-W. ]. Now, a
miner Of this place, has just learned
that he has had q broken neck since
last August. Now was struck on top
Of his head by falling pipe at that
time, but apparently was not much In
jured. Recently he suffered pains and
applied to the accident commission for
compensation. An examination dis
closed that the bones Of his neck were
splintered
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Hoo With Six Legs

Puente, CaL-While driving on.
number Of hogs from a pen on w
Rowland ranch workmen In the
ploy Of L A. Meredith discovered -.
one SOW was possessed Of six legs =
animal has two extra forelegs peru :,
y formed, and all six legs are useu ..s
the animal In walking. Mr.. Meres
says the two extra legs are just ln
the regular forelegs and are s0
what smaller.
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LAYS SIX EGGS AT ONE CAcKLE
Connecticut Hen Has Busy Birthday.
Rooster Acts as Con.

Hartford, Gonna hen and q roost-
er near here have Joined the super
chicken class. In Wilmington a White
Leghorn hen celebrated her birthday
by laying six eggs at one cackle. Aft
er she stopped laying recently an agri-
cultural college student performed an
operation on her. which was more
than successful.
A dangerous blind" bridge at Boltch
Notch was guarded by a rooster. The
fowl, which is called Speaker by his
owner, Mrs. Minnie Howard, because
Of his parliamentarian qualities, did
traffic cop duty all afternoon, warning
automobiles to slow down before cross
ing the rickety structure.
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BADLY need help.
Morgenthau Says Condition In
Turkish Empire Is Pathetic.
SIGHTS WOULD BRING TEARS.

Former Ambassador Declares it Amer
leans Could Only See Distress a. He
Had Seen Il the Need of Aid Would
Be Fully ReaIized-Says Only Way to
Express Sympathy Is to Contribute.
New York-Former United States
Ambassador Henry Morgenthau in a
recent interview gave as one OF the
main reasons for his resignation as
ambassador to Turkey his great desire
to make known to the people OF the
Tinted States some Of the conditions
in the Turkish empire, especially as
they affect the long suffering Armeni-
ans. He wants to assist In the raising
of funds for Armenian relief, to ex-
plain the real conditions In Turkey
and to make known in a tactful way to
the Turkish authorities the thoughts
of the American public on the cond1-
lions in that land.
Referring to the tragic sufferings Oh
the Armenians and Of the need OF I'M
mediate help to save thousands OF men,
women and children from dreadful
death by starvation, Mr.. Morgenthau
made the following statement:
"In my childhood cried over Uncle
Toms Cabin and wept at the way
the negroes were sold into slavery.
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NEW WAY OF GETTING A SUIT
Prisoner Worried Owner Until He
Gave IL to Him.

Prisoner Worried Owner Until He
Gave IL to Him.
San Jose.-A new way Of getting q
suit of clothes was introduced here
when William Shore, a prisoner. con-
fessed to Police Captain Campbell that
he had ''mOOched" the suit he wore.
II saw the suit on a man on the
street and liked it," he said. $50 |
went up to him and asked for u BE
got mad and wouldn't give it to me- 80
followed him around day and night
for two days, asking for It at every
turn Finally he got disguised with
me and gave me the clothes"
Shore told Police Chief Fuller, who
threatened to put him to work pitch
ing hay, that he wouldn't pitch enough
hay in a week to keep a canary bird
alive for one day"
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AUTHORIZED AGENTS AND COZ
RESPONDENTS FOB THE BROAD
AK.
L. W. Washington, 5465 Kimbark
avenue.
B. w. Fits, 3315 s. State street.
Phone Douglas 4049.
The Broad Ak can be found on sale
at the last named place and news items
and advertisements left there will nnd
their way into these columns.
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TRAINS LONG TO WHIP RIVAL,
Waits Nine Years to Do Il and Then
Gladly Pays q Fine.

"afts Nine years 10 Do u and Then
Gladly Pays q Fine.
Hiawatha, Kan.-Robert Noe Of Pow
hatan waited nine years to whip Gar
rett BARLEY and then gladly paid a fine
for doing II.
Nine years ago Noe, then a boy, won
a foot race from BARLEY. They after
ward fought, and BARLEY whipped the
victor. Noe promised to even up later
and trained for the event Meanwhile
BARLEY had moved to another part Of
the county. A few weeks ago Noe
moved INTO the same neighborhood.
The first time he met BARLEY they
fought
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BULLET IN ANKLE IL YEARS.
Victim and Man Who Shot Him Now
Close Friends.

Kansas City, Mo. A bullet shot
twelve years ago by Casimir ]. WEIGH,
now justice Of the peace, has been re-
moved from the ankle Of Martin J.
Grove, county marshal. The shot was
one Of several fired In a political fight
between the two at Twelfth street and
Grand avenue.
The encounter was in a political cam
paign In which WEIGH was working for
one faction OF the Democratic organi-
Zation and Grove was supporting W.
T. Kemper, candidate for mayor.
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Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug.
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879.