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VOL XXtl NO 148 PADOOAH KY TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 17 1907 TEN CENTS PER WEEK

ftUNUSUAL TRADE

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I PADUCAH STORES

tYesterday Wag Record Breakcf4C cr For Holiday Trndo intt Many Lines Preferably Sub

stantial Goods WholesalersCondition

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tYesterday was limo htmlcst day ot

the year with tho local merchantsnnd trump of Ui> in oven report thoday as the builrit In their historyThe Christmas sliopj >ors dean lo boout earlier this yoor than usual

Tllo Illlnoto Central car employeswere down in force doing theirtlirtetmnn shopping nnlln greatmany country inoplo woro In town

rI contributing their share to the trade

Wo June lad n bettor day thanthe same day last year said ono

v clothier yesterday Wo have had1 more people In the store than we

qthC llld watt on satUfactorlly toddyt mid Chrtntinas trade 1Is starting oft

bettor and writer than It did lastyear

Wo have told any number ofladles stilts for Christmas gifts

r wild a prominent dry goods nor¬

chant and the people seem to begoing In for the substantial glfU thistime Our storks are Ilower than theywore In this line s yedr ago nnd webad a very much targcr ilodk thanlast years to Msrt tho reason

The who1 pioplo report a gruntImpruvvmwt In Itheir trmto and oxIHWI H soon to ppraxlmato nornral

IOne whulossler wire Wd cancelled hisr I

order for fire works a month HPQ

Will OagNl trying 10 ni orders comInK 4ft great rnlunio last V6ak byburrow Iins from oats dt lite competi ¬

S tors This fraturoI of the trade Is

nollfenblc In srvrrnl1 Uue moreliantinniUuc orM < for l111rllnt ROJ1dLUIhad raiiMilvd not exitecinig any

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i1i+ < 1M hiiMiuibiTit flint 1h4 y all Mtnu lo havemuse Tolwern r cotrilHKiu In gKfciy

It volume this wrh and tho tendencyIIn to a higher price A farmer camsto ni witti a itURdor Inferior tobaccoyelotdayold a dealer tndaysandIwtigfccd I lit eIi > when we offered himR std v y rtiiu mndMald ho had btGlufterotd 9 The weed IK too high butthe farimm haul money allll Cell dls

to hold It anti under presentiiunHli teS they may force us toff lny the hlRkor pricest At Clio iostcilllrnatiiI

I working erwtimo to kelp up with thowork The ruth of buglnoM has

iUndoiSam 8e U ljs with allwho profit by the ChriHtmas trade

i anti to date tho volume of businessdone nt the nostoflloe turpawoa thatof last year a Rood margin Thu

ir JmlkiUlons are that tho jfe monthscndluc with thus mouth will show abig Inrrottw

i r1IWSON SHOWS HYSTi-

MTtxiitiwrl I IuoosKviurl

Washington Dec 17 Thomas WLawson sj>ont a half hour today withtho preHtdont Ho wouldnl say the

i t +t1obeed of ills vlttlt outside of statingho worded do sea If the white house

QIUlI thor

TO QUIT SKXATKL-

Ioys t imdir Miillory of 1lnrlda Wilt NotHo n Oindldnto-

Pennacoln Fin Tee 17 UnitedStates Senator Stephen It JIallory to

F duty announced that ho will not lbo n

candidate for reelection Ho lased-ouxly III at his hotne hero and realizes that homuRt retfroirom public

d life to regain h1i1 >Icalth

iOLlh1iWINDOWS1 01 HKSTAUItANT

Uncle Jimmy nutler caused n

1great deal of excitement nt thoUnion elation by jthrowlng Tock

vithrough George Martins restaurantwindows this morn ug t ode Jim ¬

d my waS employed as 1a restaurantrink and this mqrntng wanted hUpay When Mr Martin pave It lo

Mm Jimmy thQlffelit It was + vnotright so Martin explained matters

and everything was thought to bo

Bottled oiitsldo Jimmy threw n

t couple ItitfcCtVtt> two win

down jfoi Martin MrofickSv Martin will si stove pokerP

Ju bps chate Duller away

but InBtcafiot bola scared Jimmy1J I3n to irQW Iv s at Marlin

a They cur BCd 1lu njpck Iluel uulll

Jlmny r n loncoore notifled orr tM trout II Ith hunted for

> Uncle J n1JJ1f >

> >utjeocould pot boa v-

tfiodad i i J

Sixty Soldiers Under Veteran

Go to Hopkinsville Where People

Are in State Bordering on PanicH

Indgo Cook in Answer to in-

quiry Says Ho Will ConveneSpecial Term of Court if it isDeemed Advisable

Louisville Dec 17By UnitedIressSixtysix picked men of theFirst Kentucky regiment armed withKrngJorgcneona and provided with6000 rounds of ammunition left forHopklnsvlllo to guard that cityagainst another raid of the night-riders Copt Van Carroll a Spanishwar veteran Is commending A let ¬

nlgllLriderof their number was killed In tho re¬

cent raidflimsiness in paralyzed In Hopkins

villa and citizens ore under such astrain that tho prexonce of troops Is

considered necessary to restoro ft nor ¬

mal conditionTroops Arrive

Hopklnsvlllo Ky Dec 17Sp-eclalA Louisville company ofsoldiers arrived this morning forguard duty here

Adjutant General Johnston leftfor Frankfort this morning Hecnmftleted his Inquiry at Cadiz butrefused to talk on the subject

Jliiy Have SHrlnl TcnnIn a telephone nttwsagofrom Mur-

ray¬

Circuit Judge Cook stated thatho was willing to order a specialtferui of tho Chrittiluu circuit court Ifone was 1 joined advlanblo by theIKtople of Hnpklnsville at any timethat could be fixed not to conflictwith his court Miedulo

Judge Cook says he doubts the ex¬

pod Ileney of an Immediate eoeslon asho believes there ghnuld bo plenty ofevidence In accumulation before theImpaneling of a grand JIIIYI

VIIJXXA IIHIlTIKS RIOT

OnoThrimHIiifu of Wowl tit Inttl-iliiil of tlic Honor

JIJkIlnuI

utlUti tide afternoon M mlMin + ofthe Itmihenlan party interrupted theprortHMllnpit rind n Ruth > nlan depu ¬

ty threw a plpco of wqo l at time 11l1l1I

Went of the house The ChrfstlanSockilhla retaliated by attacking thoRutho nuns ii itnr chairs as weaponsSeveral dnput1vB sustained serious In ¬

juries

OF

III3F II Grocery III i l

Siiloon Ninth and

Streets Ran-

sacked in Search of hoard

Two quarts of whisky a bottle ofgin two boxes of cigars nnd four dol¬

Inrs In money were stolen from thegrocery and saloon of M H Galla¬

gher Ninth and Trlmblo streets lastnight by a burglar who entered thetrice through n front window Thestore hud tho appearance of savingbeen ransacked generally the suppo-

sition being that the burglar thoughtthere was a largo amount of moneyconcealed about thoplace >

Time saloon of Oscar Denser atTwelfth and Ilarrfcon streets wasalso entered but the only thlnjmissed by the proprietor ode a lot ofchewing and smoking tobacco Thethief entered the Denker placethrough iy side window

TilE WEATHER

NHalu and vaniirr tonight probn

bty tuniiiiK to snow Wtnliusday tolddowel by colder IllgliVKt teniIIrlture yesterday 48 bus est today U7

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POSTMASTER GEN

WILL RELIEVE MR

HITCHCOCK OF IT

Washington DO Dec 17

Frank II Hitchcock flret assistantpostmaster general has been prac-

tically deposed by tho administrationas postofllco dispenser In the southand tits work of handling appoint ¬

ments down there In which there Isany politics has passed directly toPostmaster General Meyer

In the only cases that have arisenIn the south In the last tow weeksPostmaster General Meyer Mum per-

sonally¬

handled them Tho AnnistonAla case Was one of these In thatease the recommendation of the menwho have been playing with MrHitchcock was turned down and therecommendation of a new power Inthe state was accepted In two Geargla appointments about which thereIs a fight In the senate IMr MeyerIs personally In charge

From now on he will handle politi ¬

cat appointments exclusively MrHitchcock received a tip about tendays ago to turn over southern appolntmcnlH of a politico nature totho postmaster general All otherappointments Mr Hitchcock wilt caro

forIt Is retorted that Mr Hitchcocksaptlvlty In behalf of his former chiefOortelyou Is responsible

Siiullirrn Kxpmitt C< KlncdCarthage Tehn Doc 17ln the

orlmlnal court hero todAY the South-ern Kxirts company was convictedon the charge of delivering whiskyto minors and fined The SouthernRailway company was Indicted onJoint charge but the attorney generaladmitted that it oould not be heldThese cases aro a aorles brought byRKlKeUb In time effort to brink up thewlrctwnle Importation and sale ofwhisky to minors

Itofwtlvi Flue Cwtses FireThe reeldcncp of WMIiam Smith of

flB WHHo street caught fire this

doreCtlv11nuorayed and extinguished tho blazewith a slight loss v

THIEF EXPECTED TO FIND LARGE SUM

MONEY CONCEALED IN THE STORE

=Gallaghers

TrimhjeThoroughly

PADUCAH OFFICER

CATCHES ESCAPE

FROM EDDYYILLE

Ed Mnrtln alms Lewis Slaughternn escaped convict was captured atKontqn Tcnni Saturday by DetectiveT J Moore and returned to tho Eddyvllle penitentiary Captain Moorewas paid n reward of 100 for hhwork Martins liberty extends overa period of tyro and a halt mouthsbut he like covered a great deal ofterritory In that time having beenheard from ln the cities of EvansvilleSt Louli Pittsburgh Mobile and Can ¬

ton Miss Detective Moore followeuhls movements by way of decoy let ¬

era and finally landed him at theTennessee town He was sent up twoyears ago from Princeton on a high¬

way robbery charg-

eENJOINS UNFAIR LIST

Wnshlnglon Dec 17r tempor-

ary restraining order was granted byJustice Gould against the furtherpublication by the American Fedora ¬

lion of tabor of tin Wo do notpatronize list in so far as It affectsthe suck Stove and Range company

of St Louis

SPECIAL PETIT JURY

Judge Reed will empanel n pedalpetit Jury tomorrow to try tho rob ¬

bery charges against toO Vaughanand James Tucker charged with as ¬

saulting and attempting to rob Her ¬

bert Blackburn on the river bunkThe cases agalriit tho live negro

women charged with breaking IntoCornelia Roods house may also be

I tried tomorrow If Indictments are re-II turned today by the grand Jut

CORTELYOU SICK

AND PHYSICALLY

MUCH EXHAUSTED

Secretary Taft Declines to

Submit Political Fortunes to

Ethereal Waves and Says lierf Knows Nothing of Changes

in Situation <

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ROOSKVKLT rWTY ItliTUllNS

Washington Doe 17SecretaryCortclyou is 111 at his homo Illsphysician says It Is the grip and thattho secretary must remain In hisroom for severall days Tho attackof grip is considered unusually seri ¬

ous owing to rundown condition ofthe secretary

Roosevelt Party UncleWashington Dee 17Tho Roose¬

velt party arrived on the Mayflowershortly after 8 oclock and went Im¬

mediately to the white house

Taft Is ReticentNew York Dec 17Taft by

wireless telegraph refused to makeany comment on Roosevelts lastproclamation putting himself out oftho race for renomlnatlon Ho wasequally reticent on his own aspira¬

tions saying ho has received no potlltlcal Information So far as heknows the situation Is unchangedsince September

CAIUXirr MAlt111Y LINCOLN-IS SAVKI FROM PIES

Evansvllle Ind Dec 17AA wal¬

nut cabinet made by Abraham Lin ¬

cola and prized beyond value wassaved from a disastrous flro in thoresidence of United States Commis ¬

sioner J W Wartmann yesterdayafternoon A corner of tho cabinetwas burned off

Private and as yet unpublishedcorrespondence between CaptainWartmoun and W 21 HorhCoit fAn ¬

colns Jaw partner was damagedTho eorrospondcnco deals largelywith Lincoln and Is to bo the basisof a magazine article by CaptainWurtmantK

Captain Wartmann directed thefiremen to save tho cabinet If theyhind to lot everything else burn

New Outlaw LeaguePhiladelphia Dec 17A new

outlaw baseball league has beenformed It Is composed of clubs inPhiladelphia Brooklyn Newark Patterson Baltimore and Reading AIW Lawson will be the president andthe new organization la to bo knownas the United League of Profession

al Baseball Clubs of America DrFrancis K King of Baltimore waselected vice president

Dead for RevengeChicago Dee 17 Ferdinand Ma

rlglelno 22 years old was shot deadfor rcvengo In an alloy at tho roar of78 Bunker street today Tho bullethad been sent through his heart byan avenging husband

Murtglelna had been shot to deathby Augustine Goeco who found theyoung man attacking his wife whowas resisting with all her strengthWith the assistance of two boardersGoeco carried the body to an alloyand hurled it In a garbage box

Goeco claims that tho attack onthe woman Justified his action HeIs now under arrest

ABOUT 75 VICTIMS

Yolanda Ala Dee 17lt Is nowknown that mine explosion victimswill too between 72 and 75 Thirtytwo bodies were recovered early thismorning hy searching parties

ROBERTSON FINED

IN MURRAY COURT

AND APPEALS CASE

Murray Ky Dec 17Special-L Robertson of Paducah was con ¬

victed In police court yesterday 01

several warrants charging him withselling whisky without a license ODd

fines amounting In all to 200 wereImposed Robertson mado occasionaltrips to Murray which In his formerhome and Is alleged to havo broughtwhisky In a suit case and sold It to

friends Robertson declares his Inno¬

cence and the cases will bo appealedto tho circuit court

Alfonso Clark a farmers was alsofined on several charges of the sanleoffense 4

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City Revenue From Many Sources

Falls Off New Administration

Faces Embarrassing Condition

Property Tax Licenses Police

Court Show Decline in Spite

of Increase of 20 Cents in+

Tax Levy For 1907

With an Increase of 20 cents ontho J1001 In tho tax levy Indicationsare that the total revenue for thocity for 1907 will not much exceedthat of last year and the new admin ¬

istration will start Its term with nconsiderable load to bear TO dateIt la said property tax collectionsamount to only 130000 In roundnumbers as compared with 14838415 last year Including Decem ¬

ber Of course December collec ¬

tions will bring up time amount BO

tral thousand dollars for this yearLicense collections have gone downfront 4055677 to approximately

38000 and police court revenuehas tumbled about 1000 from p691456 last years totals of fines andforfeituresDeficits

also are anticipated Insome Departments notably policeand fire Departments which havenow nearly used up their budgets of28000 and 28500 respectivelyThe total collections last year

wore 21780963 Up to date thisyear they havo been about 2r5OlOORiverside hospitals revenue showy aslight Increase but there Is a deficitin the hospital fund year old taxcollections are considerably belterand other small Items shoW a slightgain but the fixed estimated sourcesof Income have disappointed the fis-cal officers

Perhaps a political campaigncaused a slump In somoofflces buttho property tax collections fell be-hind In the fall when the marketslumped as Indicated by the factthat poll taxes are equal to those oflast year The poll taxes are paid by

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the same people who pay propertytax and tho bills are made out withthe Juno laxen showing that theJune taxes were paid

Tho city should derive bout 18000 more revenue from property taxthis year estimating it on the samevaluation as last year because therate was Increased 20 cents on the100 going up from 1G to 165

That throws real estate propertytaxation at this dale 47000 be-

hind¬

Instead of 29000Early In tho new year probably

the city will hayo to borrow moneyagain to moot the payroll as usualgiving short term notes

City Treasurer Dorian Is anxiousthat property taxes be paid up aspromptly as may bo so that the citymay meet her obligations

Up

The Clyde will take out one of tho

biggest trips of Christmas Jugs that

good boat has carried In many days

when she deports on her trip up the

Tennessee river tomorrow afternoonOn the last trip she had a good CUT

go of Jugs but this week It will bethe principal item of freight Up therlvcr men are accustomed to sacrific¬

ing anything to assure their Christ¬

mas good cheer and this yearwhile there Is rarely Anything doingIn late railroad tie line one ot theprincipal products of that vast tern

SEVERE STORM AT SEA

CAUSED HER INJURY

Mn Henry Well C04 Broadwayhas returned from a several monthsvisit to relatives in butla confined to her home by Illnessresulting from a trying voyage overTho ship was in a severe storm andMrs Well was thrown across thecabin and quito badly hurt AtCleveland Ohio she sons too ill tomake the journey alone and wasmet by her son Mr Jesse Well whowent to accompany her She Is ableto be up now

ATr GOLDFIELD

Goldfleld Dec 17Flr t consign-

ment¬

of strikebreakers about 45 ar-

rived¬

today There was no demonitratlon The men wont to tho minesprepared to work Fifty more arcduo tomorrow Ono of the largestmills ran threw shifts Ilast night andtoday the first since tho troublebegan Funston will leave hero to ¬

morrow for Sao Francisco It to saidhe will recommend reducing the num-b

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of troop to 200 that they maybe left hero alt winter M a precauUoat move

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OWEN MUST GIVE

2000 BOND FOR

HIS APPEARANCE

Murray Ky Dec 17 SpecialTho bond of Ethan Owen chargedwith attempting to fire Z C Gra ¬

hams and R Downs tobacco ware-houses first fixed at 56o has beenraised to 2M0 by order of CountyJudge Wells It is supposed that ad-

ditional¬

evidence has been securedby tho detective working on the

I case Owen had arranged to givethe = 500 bond when tho amount wasraised

According to statements made byDetccUvo Marshall Owen told himho was to receive la for the Jobbut ho refused to tell who employedhim Owen still stoutly protests hisInnocence

Killed With an AxPoplar Blurt Mo Dec 17Lnto

yesterday at Ash Halt a small townnine miles east of here Jim Baggcttkilled a man by trio name of SIffordsplitting his head open with a doublebit ax TIle killing took place InSlffodrs yard

Both men were loggers and thetrouble came up over Slffords wifeBaggctt escaped to tho woods and isstill at largo The sheriff and thedeputies aro searching for the hidingman but no trace of him has yetbeen found

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TOBACCO ARRIVING

Clarksvlllo Teen Dec 17Then-ew crop of tobacco Is beginning t°appear and the receipt last weekwore 35 hoghseads Tho sales woreonly 2 hogsheads

Oof old tobacco atunchanged pTlces Favorable weath ¬

er has resulted In much tobacco be ¬

ing brought here to the Independentdealers and association prizinghouses The Dark Tobacco Growersassociation Is now formulating Itsplans for the sale of the 1907 cropof tobacco and has no doubt fixedIts schedule of prices but they havenot yet been published For old tobacco the following prices are quot-ed

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Low lugs CO0 to Q25 commonlugs 650 to 7 medium lugs 725to 775 good lugs 8 to 850low leaf 876 to 1975 commonleaf 950 to 1 medium leaf

1025 to 11 good leaf 1125 to1200

Xmas Jug Trade to Average j

Germany

torY and tho peanut and cottonbusiness havo flattened there Is nodiminution in the number of ordersfor whisky Jugs Ordcs were alittle late In coming In this seasonand some dealers read in this a slackIn tho trade but the last few daysthe malls havo been freighted withorders and business on Secondstreet is quite lively Tho Clydewill take out her largest load todayand Saturday tho Kentucky willhavo a big one too as it Is tho lastboat to make the trip before Christ ¬

man

ABE HUMMEL DYING

New York Dec 17 Physicians atDlackrwolls Island penitentiary saythat Abe Hummel tho lawyer who Isserving a sentence will probably notlive through tho day GovernorHughes Is being petitioned to pardobllummol so he wont die In prison

NEGIIOES ELECTROCUTEDFOR KILLING TWO WOMEN

Trenton N J Dec 17Charlesnegroeswereprison They were convicted of kill-Ing

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two women while trying to robthem

NEW CIGAR FACTORY ISTO lIE STARTED IN CITY

Young Olvey are proprietors ofa new cigar factory to be started onSouth Title street next weekThe proprietors Ire both practicalcigar makers and start Into businesswith fluttering prospects of success

Grain MarketSt Louis Dec 173Ylicat99

orntS7oa 15t1 > t

TO PRODUCE RIFLE

THAT SHOT GOBBEL

IN POWERS TRIAL

The Defendant Says He HadNothing to Do With any Co-nspiracy

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to >Kill WilliamGoebel Concludes His TestiJmony Today

now GUN WAS DISPOSED oFi4

Georgetown Ky Doc 17Spo-dalAt the close of six hours test ¬

mony yesterday in his own behalfCaleb Powers said the rifle With whichGoebel was assassinated had beenfound and was In the possession ofthe defense An effort win be madoto trace the weapon directly to HenryE Youtsoy Tho gun was discoveredIn tho possession of Albert lIeltonof Knox county in exactly the stateit was at the time Goobcl was shotHelton took It from Frankfort afterII

the assassination having found ILPowers this morning testified he

was never In any conspiracy to as ¬

sassinate Goebel Ho completed hisdirect examination and crossexam¬

Inatlon was begun by Franklin i

Tho Marlin rifle calibre 4855 +

which was used In killing Goebolwas Introduced In evidence todayWitnesses will bo introduced totrace Its whereabouts since 1900showing that Henry Youtsey gavothe gun to a man named McKnlghtwho pawed It to Albert HeltonYoutBey testified ho gave It to thonegro Janitor Ben Howe

Kiirthqunko RecordedWashtugon Dec 17A very

small earthquake was recorded at thoweather bu cart yesterday afternoonbeginning at 125720 p mThoamplitude of motion throughout the i

disturbance was very small1 andonly barly distinguishable on therecords t

DIRIGIRLK ItALLOOXr

War Department to Construct a+

Model Aerial Machine

Wash tastes Dec 17 SpwoMca t

LIons for the construction ot a dlrlglblo balloqn for use of tho army andfor which tho signal office of tho wardepartment asked proposals were Is-

sued¬

today by General Allen as thechief signal officer The specificationsare framed with oho view of secur ¬

cing tho best possible balloon whlcfctho latest developments In Oral navlgallon can produce

The balloon Is to be of silk inflatedwith hydrogen capable of carryingtwo persons weighing 350 poundswith 100 pounds of ballast must bocapable of making a speed of 20miles per hour in stilt air thoughlower speed may bo proposed at re¬

ducal cost own to 16 miles

OPERA WIt BEGUNi

CtmrliMl Will Try to Prevent TcUrazzlul Appearing Independent

Now York Dec 17A war otopera managers Is threatened byhobnob Oonreld manager of theMetropolitan opera house who onnounces that ho will take legal stopsto prevent Mma Tetrazztnl the prImadono who has recently created afuror in London from appearing In I

America except under his man gcmont The singer has been announc-ed

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to appear at tho Manhattan operahouse January 15

Mr Conreld states that ho signed ii-n contract with time Tetrazzlnl In1904 under the terms ot which shewas not to sing In America for three1TblSl

1

to enforce Oscar Hnrtmerstelnsays tho singers will surely appear atthe Manhattan as advertised

MRS STUXTESANT JSIIt I

Comllcd Mnnjr Chicago Proxies for <

Her Husband

Chicago Dec 17When MrsStuyvesant FIsh wlfo of tho formerpresident of ttho Illinois Central rail-road

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Was InChlcago last October sheaccomplished more In tho way qf get¬

ting proxies for her husband than anyone else I

Among the Chicago stockholders ofthe railroad ¬

IpeeIgivethe i

of requestSho in ielegant style and titled on her earl¬

ous friends She said the mil was <

merely a social one but before sheeft she had the promise of at least a 1

few that the <rpro dee Would fte givento the former KwMwt

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