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The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To AdOlph Nielsen and Hugh Me Iona8le. you and each Of your heirs, executors, representatives and assigns:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended the sum of ore hundred dollars during each of the years 1923, 1924. 1925 and 193S, in labor and improvements upon the Target Fraction placer mining claim. sit uated on the Second Reach Line East of Nome River. in the Cape Nome Mining and Recording Dis trtct, Second Division. Territory of Alaska.
 The location certificate Of which is recorded in Vol. 136. at page 334. in the once of the Recorder of said mining district. The labor was done for the years ending at IF o'clock Meridian July 1st.
 And you Rre further notilied that if withsA ninety days from the completion o1 the publication here of. for the peried ef ninety days you fall or refuse to contribute to the undersigned your proportion such expenditure As . co-owner, your intefedt fn ssid mfling claim will become the properly of the undersigned your co-oNner who has made such required sxpendi- ture.
 Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 9th day Of November. 1926. DAN KELLY. Co-owner.
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Deroit, Feb. 14. R)-Police ex- pressed doubt as to whether the four skulls and two braids of hair, one which was blood ciotted. and found In an abandoned trunk in the Royal Oak House. where those of the slain women or been stolen from graves. Officials have begun search for James Coyner, the negro grave robber, who was a previous occupant of the house. The skull, where discovered by children of the family which recently moved into the house. The grave rohbing theory does not explain the blood dotted s range hair and shulls which were wrapped in newspapers Ociety pages with the names of women marked over with penciled dates. numbers and names. A note book contained the names of
 society women who owned Ire house. A man named Ed. Cray ton an alias of Coyner, was recently convicted of grave robbing and gen fenced to the penitentiary, he is not remembered here.
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Stockholm. Feb. 18th, R,-The
 hitherto little known kila Penin- sula, where the East meets in the Arctic, will be explored soon by two Scandinavian expeditions. kila Peninsula is between Finland and the White Sea, Northwest of Arch angel, il was virtually terra in- cognito until visited by the Swed- ish Geological expeditions in 1887. The first of the projected expedi- tioRs will be botanical, under the direction of Doctor Bjorn Floderus. chief surgeon to Crown Prince Louis Institute for children al Stockholm. He will start early in the Summer. The second rxpedi- ten will .be under the command Of Doctor F. Nansen and will not leave until year from November
 Thr cxpedi ions are aided by tht. ..aira Spelman Rockefeller ; emOr- ial II New York. with the purpose pt t"hing up :,pmla''cE problems
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Seattle, .Feh. 15, R) To delvc for the second time into the mys- tery of the Arctic blind spot, Capt Wilkins and his little band of ad- venturers sailed from Seattle ell route to Fairbanks In addition To hunting land Wilkins expects to gather information which may he'll the world to plot future weather conditions. He will also seek in formation bearing on the theory that America and Asia were once joined together by land. The par ty includes Aviator Ben Eielsen. A Malcolm Smith who will act as cor respondent for the Detroit News; Orville Fl. Porter an airplane mech anician. Howard F. Mason. Walter A. Iiemrick radio men. Two pill Ots will Join them at Fairbanks when the two planes go north next Saturday
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Washington. D. C.. Feb. 14.R1- The Senate passed the McNary- Hau- gen Farm bill which 1t killed less than eight months ago. The vote was fOrty-seven to thirty-nine. The measure will be immediately trans- mitted to the House where efforts will be made to substitute It for a companion measure pending since last week, and the flnal house vote is expected Wednesday. The Sen ate bill was loaded down with last minute amendments making 1t like ly that the measure will so to con- ference. then run the gauntlet of the legislature game of the last few days session. unless the House ap- proves 1t without change. Favor able action in the House is antici- Bated but there Is uncertainty re- garding the attitude of President Coolidge on the bill.
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Washington, D. C., Feb. r4, t

Washington, D. C., Feb. f4.R- Finis was written yesterday on the scheme to force the United States into back door entrance to the League of Nations by joining the World Court. The refusal of Great Britain to accept the Reservations of the United States has resulted In repudiation of/the World Tribu- nal by America. Washington re- fuses to rewrite the reservations and as they stand they are unac- ceptable to England.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To ED, MORAN your heirs execu-
 tors, administrators, grantees and

To ED MORAN. your heirs. execu- tors, administrators, grantees and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended during the year 1920, also during each of
 the years ending at twelve o'clock
 meridian July 1st. 1922: July Ist.
 1923: July lst. 1924. and July lst, l926: the sun of one hundred dol
 iars Ill labor and Improvements up- on that certain placer mining claim
 known and described as Number Below Johnson's Discovery on the Kougarok River, situated in what
 was formerly known as the kou- garok Recording District, but now within the Cape Nome Recording District. Second Division. Territory Iof Alaska: said labor was perform ed and Improvements were made for the purpose of holding said claim under the laws of the United States of America. and the Terri tory of Alaska. and you and each or your heirs. executors, adminis trat0rs. grantees and assigns are hereby notified that if within ninety days after the service of this notke on you by publication thereof for the period of ninety days. you fail or refuse to contribute tu the un- dersigned your proportion of such expenditure as co-owner of said mining claim. your interest in said mining claim will become the pro perty of the undersigned, by whom the said required necessary expen- ditures were made.
 Dated at Nome. Alaska. this 9th day Of November. 1926.
 James Kelliher. Co-owner
 Publish Nov 6. 13. 20 27. Dec. l.
 II. IS. 25. ls26;Jan. 1. s. Is. 22. I29 1927
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Manila, Feb. Is, N') Hugh Deac- trio of band of brothers, who Killed four men in il train robbery at SisEiyom. Oregon. three years ago, admitted lis identity and will be returned to the United States transport Thomas today. He hold how once he joined posse who were hunting him and brothers. well hang them if We catch them. " members of the posse said; tn which Deautremonte replied, we sure will"
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

Washington, D. C., Feb. l6. @ Senator Edwards, democrat, of New Jersey. blocked the passage of the House Prohibition Reorganization
 Bill. although other wet senators relented opposition and let i, pass. The Senate saw an unusual spect : acle when the democratic senator from Maryland who is q pronounced wet. in pleading with Edwards to let the bill pass after modifying amendments had been adopted. Edwards stood firm, shouting tha' the bill was only 10 create two new bureaus ito make more jobs for the faithful" The bill was intro duced to create Bureau of Prohibit ton. Customs to be separate from international revenue and Prohibit tion Chief Andrews sponsors it. It has also been intimated he may retire from office if this and other pending prohibition measures he supports, does not pass this session.
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Shanghai. Feb. 14. R-Britisl, troops and British warships cOntin- ued their progress yesterday toward Shanghai for the announced pur- pose of protecting British lives and interests. They proceeded to dis pute the protests of both Peking and NatiOnalists or Cantonese gov ernments. that such protection was unnecessary and that the National ists would sign no agreement with Great Britain as long as armed forces were in Shanghai. Canton ese forces are reported as m0biliz- ing for another drive in an effort to capture Shanghai the key city of the coast
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SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
 IN DELMATIt

Vienna. Feb IF, (FD-A dispatch from Belgrade said that the casual lies from the earlhquake which rocked Bosnia. palmatia and Her zeeoyina were estimated at six hundred Trenurs were renewed during the night, the hotel at Rag usa is reported to have collapsed killing the guests A TOW of houses nt Popovopolie fell Into the Treb- nica river. drowning and crushing the inhabitants. Doctors and med ical supplies are being rushed into the stricken zone. Absolute check on the casualties is impossible be cause of the utter confusion which covers the country
 Troops are working desperately 10 restore railway communication All of the passenger trains are bear ing relief supplies. Thousands are homeless. Nineteen tremors were felt in twenty minutes of such vio- fence that the seismographs were thrown out of order All telepho- nic and teleeraphic communication is disabled.
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FRIDAY (TELEGRApHiC)
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES

Washington, Feb. IT, Ry- The possibilities of a move toward q four power naval conference al Geneva loomed mp yesterday with the receipt of the French reply de- laying President tuoldge's propos- als The French communication said that lhe Amer.ean proposals would risk the success of the pre- paratory disarmament commission created by the League of Nations. which is already Il place where tn. American proposal can he effectual ly examined. Secretary Kellogg commenting on the French not" said that ther. were several points in it which must have been caused by. a misunderstanding of the Coo- lidge proposal. IL seems to me that the postponment to an indefin- ite future of all efforts to grapple with the disarmament problem of competitive naval bidding. would strike il serious blow at the whole cause of disarmament. "I very much hope that before the confer rnce is ended. the French govern ment will lend its aid to the con
 sumalion of such an agreement"
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Shanghai. Feb IS, (P,- The Ma fionalists claim Hanghow the i'm one hundred and thirteen miles Southwest of Shanghai which was captured by their forces from. Mar shal Sun Chnan Fang. member of the alliance of the Northern war lords. The Nationalists assert that Suns forces split into three parts and are returning separately toward Shanghai. Soo Chow and the Prov
 ince of Anhue.
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TELEGRAPH BIsEVITIES

Kisko, New York, Feb. li, tA1- Revere.d K. Percy Slickney Grant noted Modernist and former rector of the Church uf Ascension at New York c.tN, died after an apL"nGici lis oper.tion. IL will he recalled by readers that Grants cont roycrsy with Bishop Manning over funda mentalism aud engage,n. to Mrs Rita DeAlcosta Lyiia, which Was broken in 1924. made him the cen ter of q heated theological discus Lion.
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the hospital.

San Francisco, Feb. 16, (H)-The greatest storm ever recorded swept the Pacific slope to midocean con tinued but with diminishing force. The known dead is sixteen and 21 injured. Eleven persons were kill ed ill a double avalanche in South ern California Edison Company con- struction camp, 75 miles East of Fresno. The first slide crushed the bunkhouse and ten men as rescilers went to work when the second avalanche killed another.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

Rochester, New York, Feb. 5.R) A butchers feud which ragged for three years. ended last night when Harry Godon.ased thirty-four, grew tired of the process of courts. armed himself with twe pistols and shot and killed Harry Katz and Sam Tplts. business rivals. and wounded Morris Ktllas and Frank Ochen a butcher. After the shooting GOdon went tp movie and told his story to friend and displayed his pistols. His friend did not believe the story nntil GodOn was arrested later.
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Washington. n C., Feb. lG. (P,-- The Hous,> passed and sent tu the Senate bill permitting only those who speak and write the English language the right to vote in Alas ka. The restrictions do not affect citizens who qualified by voting al the last general election. The Lii eracy test includes being able to write legibile the language
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Paris. Feb. 15.R-Count Solm hopes to win back the affections oi his wife. the former Millicent Rog CTS, helress to the Rogers Standar, on millions. This was made known today when the count ad- to France for the sole purpose to try for the last time to affect a complete reunion.
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was abducted last night by five masked men and fogged. He is now recovering at . hospital. The dOgEers phoned two other officers of the club and said. i've logged your friend Batchelet and you are next unless the Lindsey debate is called off." The Thinkers Club sponsored the debate between Judge Ben Lindsey and Reverend Burris Junkion of Kansas City. on the question. "can the present institu- tiOn of marriage be improved"
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

Manila, Feb. IS. CPi-Al hope is abandoned for h. Admiral Line freighter Elktun and her crew uf hirty-siN. Sl. apparently sank with her crew aboard near Guam.
 s. o. $. calls brought the ship ping board vessel. Liberator, hut when she arrived on the spot she was unable to find any trace of the vessel or boais. Four destroyers lrft fayiie in search for sign4 of the craft.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19
WEDNESDAY
 .TeLEoNAPAIc,
IN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES
 HIT BY STORM

San Diego. Calif.. Feb. 16, (R)- This ely is cut of from the rest of the world as far as train service is concerned to and from the East over San Diego Arizona Railway which stopped running trains Mon day because of had washouts. The Santa Fe Railroad offices reported tonight that no trains will enter or leave the city over its lines between San Diego and Los Angeles until further notice.
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Los Angeles. Calif.. Feb. IS. (P,

Los Angeles. Calf. Feb. IS. R -Depriving Lita Chaplin of four thousand dollars per month alimony awarded. the Appellate Court ruled that temporary alimony cannot be awarded the plaintiff in adivoree case in California unless the de- fendant has been legally severed. The Court made permanent a writ of prosecution restoring the receiy- CTS in charge of Charley Chap1in's fortune and from making alimony payments which the Superior Court ordered.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the probate court for the Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of Alaska Second Division.
 In the matter of the Estate of SAM DIPPLE, deceased. . Notice is hereby given that the final account of Otto Mills. as administrator of the Estate of Sam Dippie, deceased, is now on flle in the above named Court, and that hearing thereon has been set for March 3lst. 1927, at o'clock P. N. Any objections to said account should be filed in writing. At said hearing the Court will decree as to who the heirs at law or distributes are.
 OTTO MILLS. Administrator. Publish Jan. 2s. Feb. s. 12. IS, 2s.
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Washington. Feb. 11, (PD-Rep- resentative Mcleod. republican Of Michigan, filed resolution propos- ing a national referendum at the next presidential elections He said that the time had come for Con on the liquor question. Tn the present state of affairs. We do not know our own mind"
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New Orleans. Feb. IS, aP,-Tor- nadoes swept parts of Louisiana and Mississippi last night. infiict-
 ing heavy damage and causing the loss of thirty lives, Scores were injured. Al Pleasant Hill Lomisi- ana. fourteen were killed and forty injured Nine were killed and eighteen injured at Rose Hill. Miss issippi. Heavy rains accompanied the storm. Several negroes were killed when il house they were oc- cuyping was blown into lake A five wear old boy was killed when he wind lifted him in the air and hurled him back on the ground crushing him. Workers are trying |" resrur he injured and dead.
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Oakland. Feb. Is. Charging that his wife after 25 years of married life had turned to other men for association and amusement, Frank F.. Heath, the milk king" yesterday filed action for divorce. He named one man In the petition and also named other parties whose names are not known to him. Mrs Heath denied all allegations.
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TUESDAY (TEIECRAPhlc)
TELEGRAPH BREvITlES

Washington, Feb. IS, R- The Senate yesterday confirmed the nominations of E. Coke Hill for judge Of the third division of Alas ka, and Justin Harding for District Attorney of the First Division.
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Tokyo. Feb. l4. @-Ninety one persons were killed and a hundred and twenty buildings destroyed in Disgata. Prefecture. by the worst snow storm in fifty years. say dis patches to Jiii shipmo. City of Nita- lla. capital of Prefecture, one hun dred and sixty miles northwest of Tokyo.
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Juneau. Alaska. Feb. IS, R)- A quarter million dollar cold stor age ice manufacturing plant for tn fresh fish industry here was assur ed when the last hundred and Aft thousand dollars in stock was sub- scribed by Juneau people thru the sale of seyenty-flve thousand dollar bearing seven percent bonds, The new capital will he used to enlarge the plant. more than tripling its capacity and it is proposed to fur ther increase the size of the plant later All money for the enter prise was raised here
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reduction from two cents to one cent for postal cards. The meas ure passed without record vote and now goes to conference. The Sen ate amendments provide radical re- Guctions on all mail except first class.
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Belgrade. Feb. 18th. tP-Fresh
 earthquakes occurring almost hour ly killing many turnout the Bal kans according to latest dispatches from the devastated sections report terri1e movements of the earth's surface which shook down many buildings and killed ninety one per-
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Los Angeles. Calf. Feb. IS. R) Sunshine broke through the clouds revealing a silver lining as South ern California slowly emerged from the most destructive rain and snow storm in recent years. Although the property loss will run into sev- eral millions of dollars, the orchard and truck farmers predicted it will benefit the crops by the soaking of the ground and they feel that the four days rain overshadows the actual storm damage.
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Salt Lake City. Feb. 18th. (P- Willard shannon. who has been hunted for weeks, as the slayer of Harold Lage. automobile salesman. was trapped here today when he passed a bad check for ticket to Los Angeles. He confessed his part in the Lage murder, police say.
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Philadelphia. Feb. 15. @-It'is unofiicially reported that Cobb will receive sixty thousand dollars. the largest salary ever paid a baseball player. Cobb upon being interview ed said he expects to cover right field and Is confident that the Phila- delphia Athletics will win the pen nant.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

New York. Feb. IT. tAi Because home. Michael Ponkraehsow. aged 'Nelve shot and killed store keep er. The lad went into the store and asked to he shown q leather belt. When the storekeeper turned around he faced pistol in the lad shaking hand. The store -keeper laughed and turned his back and the boy shot. He explained: "I was awful hnngry and only wanted enough money tn huy something to eat "
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Rome. Feb. IT. (P)-Italy will follow France in respect to the Coolidge disarmament proposals. The Italian reply is ready and may be delivered today.
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Shanghai, Feb IT, (AD-The Am 'rican proposal for cxemnting Shan ghai from the fighting. was reject ed by Sun Chaun Fang, the city's defender. similar proposals were
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Sacramento, Feb. IT. (P)-SiX are preparing for twenty hour wait in the Sierras. At one place nearly two hundred feet of double track Was washed out All avail able work trains are being rushed 10 the spot. The possibility of us ne other routes was abandoned when il was learned that hey alan suffered wasllouts.
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Africa, Chile, Feb. IT. (P,-The four American good will planes re sumed their flight Sonthward along the Chilean coast. The planes were left al Ilo while the aviators visit : ed La Paz by rail.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

Seattle, Feb. 17. (4p-The geo deIic Survey steamer Surveyor is undergoing conditioning prepara- tory to leaving for the North in April. She was the first vessel to survey the waters between Seward and Prince William sound She will devote her particular attention this summer to uka Bay and from Montague Island Westward. Com mandrr E. R. I.ukens will be the skipper of the Surveyor. replacing Captain A. NJ. Sobieralsky
 The Explorer will be renovated soon. Her Summer orders have not been received. The s. s. Ma ,oma. employed in Southeastern AL aska waters last summer, has been ordered to proceed to the Allan ic coast
 The four craft ordered by Glen Day of Iditarod are under construc- ion at Lake Washington On com pletion of the vessels. comprising two large freight scows and two gas motor vessels, capable of carry ing passengers and mail. they Will be shipped to Fairbanks.
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N lshington. D. C.. Feb. ii, tP, - The Senate generally reviaed Puata! Rates at session last night by adding a series of amendments to the House bill which proposed Il
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Salt Lake City, Feb. r., fP)- Three persons were killed by ser ies of snow slides in Utah which paralyzed the mail service for 24 hours.
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Manila. Feb. r.. tP)-Hugh Dau- fremont left here on the army transport Thomas yesterday, bound for San Francisco. heavily guarded 10 prevent suicide.
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Fairbanks, Feb 16th, LHD The Beattie trial opened yesterday. IL is indicated that the jury will not be completed before Wednesday night. Defense counsel is closely questioning prospective talcsmen.
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Los Angeles. Feb. 15. R-Mrs. Ruth Peters Ormiston was granted an interlocut0ry decree divorce, yesterday.
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Denver. Feb. 17th. (Ao Floods threatened sections of Colorado and
 Arizona while freezing temperature prevailed in Montana and Idaho
 Communication is crippled
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Seward. Alaska. Feb. IS. (R

Seward. Alaska, Feb. IS. (AJ A sudden drop in the temperature with high winds and snow have driven the Halihut Fleet from the fishing banks into the harbor al Seward. where they arrived after | hard battle. Many of the vessel were heavily iced over.
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Glendale. Calf. Feb F, (FJ Doctor Henry Waldow Coe for 2n wears the owner of he Morninesidr Hospital for the Insane. near Port here today after q short illness.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-19

London. Feb. l4. R-Tha death toll from the cyclone which has been sweeping Cariua district. Queensland. Australia, reached 35, according to the Exchange Tsle- graph Company dispatches which further states that whole families are reported drowned at Ingham. where rows of houses washed away by rivers which formerly were two miles away. are now running as one stream,
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Washington. Feb. IT. (P-All hope that Smith of Illinois would he seated in the Senate this session disappeared with the announcement that he is too i'll to appear before the committee.
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Belgrade. Feb. IT. tP-Another earthquake killed two at Liuminie.
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Denver. Feb. IS. @-Ray Bateh- let, President of the Gophmo,e C1Sss of tie Denver University. aud Wee PFssidsat oe the Thlaksrs Club
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Belgrade. Feb. IS. B-Jago- Slavs eaFthauaks vas felt over . large area and 2 cassed nanerosa casualties snd great damase at staIac. Herzegovina,
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previously rejected by the Canton csc.