The Oregon daily journal., November 23, 1905, Image 1

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VOL, IV. NO. 221
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PORTLAND,', OREGON, 'THURSDAY ' EVENING," NOVEMBER 23. 1905. FOURTEEN , PAGES.
'nmrp. mf r-T7XTT"P ' otr Tsanrs ikd
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. Only Son of Multi-Millionaire
Marshall Field7 Shoots Him
: . f self and Is Now Lying at; ,
' ; Point of Death. ',.
REPORTED AS ACCIDENT '
' - ' BUT MAY BE SUICIDE
Wounded Man Haa No Recovered
Consciousness Sufficiently to Tell
' How. Shooting Happened Sup
: posed to Have Been Examining Old
Weapon. -
.. (Jaanial Special Service.) '
Chicago, Nov. t. Marshall . J Field.
Jr., son of the multimillionaire merchant
irTnceTdVeririg belweenllfe and
-death at i Mercy hospital- a ,th result
ef a-wound received by the discharge
-v, nn uiu rrvuivcr, which hi w rf
- amlntng In his homer-.iatnlght.- Th
.';.' bullet entered hla left aide, luat below
the riba.Bnd, passed almoat through the
rfuuniro. inwai vw uvvr aim mxwwium
short of the vertebrae.- Only domestics
-fcere tn th house at the time and the
"room alone, hea , the report f.Jo
weapon was liaard. . The wounded- man
haa - not -covered consciousness 1 auf
'f latently, to tell of the shooting. He
aa taken te Mere heanltal -for si
"amlnatlon. ;V-,'J," : . '; I'
;,- : ft Sllft-at may vt atope.' '-. -!' f
At 8 -o'clock today four DhTSlofanS
, who were ! called to perform the' opera-
tlon of extracting the bullet gathered
to hold a consultation. 1 After the con
aultatlon the phyaleians attending Field
extended alight ray of hope. hione of
hla physicians will admit that there' 1
a logical Ichanca of hla recovery, but
aaid thaf he might be the one In l.0
to survival such a shock, as the bullet
;' wound bad caused. --.-.' .
Marshall Field was notified of the
shooting ait .the Holland House in New
Tork a abort time after the. wounded
' man u .taken to the tiAKntt! VI
tain a special train and left the me
. tro polls at.l:44 p. m.. Mrs. Field ia
accorapanylhg her husband on the trip,
which waa"expectd to eclipse any rua
ever made C Over the lines between New
here early. this afternoon.
At 10:JO( o'clock the jhyslclana com
pleted their consultation and announced
that there' la not likely to be a crista
' . Captain Money. commanding 4h
district In which the Field home la, re
port the chief of police that thorough
Investigation of the FleldhooHng re
veals .nothing def InWo, but thinks the
snooting lot rnuii vi mn -Bcciaeni. r
, Rbmors are current that Young Field
attempted to cotnmltt suicide. Friends
unut the. Iites. althoii-h sdmitttnv that
ha did not -enjoy the beet of health and
waa subject to fits or aespondency. ' '
The Field special reached Cleveland
this morning at ll:St o'clock. - Marshsll
Field was seen for a moment as ' the
engines were changed. He appeared at
'the rear door of his private ear and
' Inquired anxiously of the newspaper men
for news of hie son'a condition. ' H
appeared cheered to know that Rev. Dr.
Frank Ounaaulua believed thst his ,son
', would recover., lie. emphatically , de
clared that the report that It'vras an
attempt on the part of hla son U suicide
,waa a II. C:.' r..;v..l;j : ;
saar.S .'i. A -J
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old. He Irthe nmlr son and heir 'to one
of the greatest esta tea In-the -world.
Continued -on Pag Two.)
I HELP 1 HE
' In the recent municipal campaign- In New Tork W. R. Hearst spent nearly tfS.000. Having - no' great
" party nomination he was ofllged to stand th brunt of th expenses himself. Beyond What h spent there waa .
' J about $17,000 raised by outside contributions and spent In behalf of Mr. Hearst and the other nominee on hi
ticket, - ..'. ' - , - . ' -, '.' ... .;
. --' The campaign on which he I now engkged la even more expensive. ' It la In no sens a personal earn
' palgn,. for It Involve those principle of rlsht honesty and daoency for which the people fought In Philadel
phia and elsewhere a well aa In New .Tork and out of which must grow a higher and better municipal life
all over the country. ... ..' '.-- - .' - . - i , - -. '- '. '--
Tl.e Cltlsens' Protective league of New Tork of which Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, I presi
dent; Dr. B. Parmly Brown, vice-president, and Floy Price, secretary, through ' Ita. .flnanco committee. Henry
Klrgel, John J. Hopper. 8. M eh r bach and Morgan Cowan, ha Issued sn ppeaj to the cltlsens of New Tork
" for funds to aid In securing recount of th ballota cast on November T; to collect evidence against all per
sons who participated 'n the election fraud a, and to aid In. bringing about euoh reform, of the election law
as will safeguard the rights of all Voter In th future. -,, - - ; . . .
Th Journal cannot fegard this a a Bght In which New Tork alone I interested: Indeed It concerns every
honest' cltlsen In every corner of th whole land. What Is being aimed. at there Is being reached here. But;
every community In the country needs to be uplifted and It I from successful. contests of this sort thst peo
ple everywhere get their courses to go and do Vcewtse and thus raise tha , municipal standsrds to th height
that patriotism dellghta to see them. ' ' -. ' ' , - - . . . ...
. Any checks reretved by The Jttrnsl will he acknowledged through thta .paper and the amounts' for-'
wardod tn the depository bank In New Tork. Those who prefer to send direct may make the ehecka payable
. . la tl Cltlsens' Protective league and send them direct to the Astor Nstlonol bank. No, II West Thirty-fourth
... street, New Tork. Portland and Oregon should msk a' hearty response-to an appeal of thlr sort, which will
prove tha common Inleresfthst bind and the common Impulse that moves th whole American people when
rmnoM.v ami decency In elections
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THE FOX AND THE ;'
.".;.. f. : GRAPES.' V.ftt jV-j
-" A hungry Fox one day ;.
aome-, tempting" Crapet . hang-1'
Ving at a good height from the 4
V' ground.' JHr made: many ,t- v
tempts to reach them, but all
in vain. i4Tired- oiit by his fail-
tires, he walked off, grumbling
to hlmseJCNasV sour things,
. -I know you' are, and not at all ;
Jit", for' a gentleman'' eatingy
MoralIt ia-found in its ap--
plication to the United States ":.
" senatorship and a certain great
'editor who" spurned It like the :
-Fox, even 'though'- it was in i
'easyn-each like the 'Grapes. '
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1011:550,000
Bohemian ; Violinist
Kubelik
Takes Out Policies of Five
, Thousand on Each Digit.
INSURES EACH VIOUN I :
AGAINST AN ACCIDENT
AbBiB - .it -a i . .Tsi" I
Lloyda Also Insure for Appearance
at a, very Concert ana AViR Forfeit
Two f Thousand '.Each -for- Every
H - rlaarsst IhiIiI AwlAt f !
New Tork, NOV. n. Jart Kubellt, the
young Bohemian violinist, who is Journey
ing . to ..this; city on ths ateamshlp
America, ia bringing with him some re
markable Jneuranoe policies. They, are
riaka upon hla fingers and violins. In
surance upon- the virtuoso's .. fingers
amounta. to 60,0O IS.OO f or - each
finger and thumb and waa taken tout
In Lloyd a of London, by Kubellk's man
ager, Hugo Oorllts. l i -i
The Insurance policy contains accident
clsuses only. If , . Kubellk's. flnaers
ahould be temporarily injured ao that
ha would have to mlaa one or mora con
certs. Lloyd's agreea . to pay Oorllts
11.000 for. every nonappearance ap to
it. . If .the violinist ahould mlssi that
number of performances the tour would
be considered ended and the face value
of the policy turned over to Oorllts..
Kubelik possesses three fine ' Instru
ments, a Stradlvaiius valued at. 114.000.
, gift from .Emperor Francis . Joseph,
nd two Ousrnerlus violins valued at
$1,000 each. v Kubelik haa theae Instru
ments Insured against theft or destruc-
ROB LOS ANGELES BANK
OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND
A:
Loa Angela. CaL, NovTs. The Nlchl
Bel Olnko bank waa robbed of 115.000
in cash and negotiable paper last night.
The robbera got Into a store next door
and out through the partition into the
bank and then eut a hole m the rear
of the big safe. There are no eluea to
tbe burglarav- -......,. .'. ,
The amount of caah secured1 was
tl2,l8t.2 and $1,000 la notea, checks
and drafts. i .'.. j .
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BLOOD CLOT ON BRAIN
- OF HARVARD CAPTAIN
" Voenal Special aervlca.) . '
Boston.' Nov. SJ. Daniel J. Hurler.
captitln of . the' Harvard football team.
haa a, blood clot on his brain and Dr.
Nichols, In charge of the athlete at
Harvard, aaya that an operation on the
brain will be necessary to relieve the
trouble. .-, . i.. ;; . ;"'.
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FIGHT
are peine rougni ror. ' . , , ,
FiriGERS
IlISUItED
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TO LilS DYING SON'S BKDSkOiii
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McCusker . Promises ;That If His
'.Company Gets Franchise It ri
' Will , Assure Absolutely
, Equal' Rights to All.
INTIMATES HARRIMAN t !
- IS BEHIND OTHER ROAD
Welch of ' Wfflame'tta - Valley frac
tion Company Say Company I In
dependent, Abundantly Financed
... and Ready to Start Willing to Let
; Portland Buy Road on Fair Term,
. Four distinct propositions affecting
the Front atreet franchise question are
before the people of Portland: - - -
The application of Thomaa McCusker,
EdwaVd Newoegln and . Thomas D.
Honeyman for a franchise along Front
atreet for a line to serve all transpor
tation Jlnas alike.. --'-.'-:.r-.r- '
, The application of T. R. Sheridan of
Roaenure- for a ' franchise on Front
street. In connection; with the Wlllam-
ette valley Traction 'company, . wmon
proposes to build an electiie line from
PortUn'd'to 8lm.! f ' ' ' rV
" The , alleged ambition: of the Ifarrt
saan system to control the waterfront
and Front street and. eventually to buUd
a tin on one or the 'other and to, a-,
cur control of the Ctty'o thorough
fare such' as1 will prevent other line
from entering' the city;' '; . 4 ;.
Municipal ownerhhlp of all or a part
of the commercial dock ahd a belt Una
to' servo all Jobbing 'and manufacturing
concern.' .;..'": :. x. V:, :; '
t.v.;:K. rua fo:ita.
Many cltlsena believe that municipal
ownership Is not practicable at pres
ent, but It appear to be the consensus
that no lishta or privilege ahould-he
acquired on any Portland atreets that
will' conaUtut obataclea In the way of
afutur movement for the taking over
by the city of such transit lines as may
be thought necessary or that tn the mean
time will provide a monopoly for any
transportation lln. .., ;
In order te place squarely oeror tn
teople the clalma of the two applloanU
for the Front atreet franchise, 'state
ment were aaked from' Thorn Me-
Cusker and A. Welch, th latter repre
senting the Willamette Valley Traction
company These, statements follow. '
"A we set forth tn our application."
said Mr. McCusker, wa want the Front
atreet franchise to be open to all lines
wtthoutt1 discrimination. -Till " I 'what'
the public la contending for. If any
other projector of a lln Is slrtoere, he
can get Into town over , our lln on
term that will, place him and all other
similar enterprlsea , on ' an absolutely
equal baaia. . . v : 1
Bqoal Xigkt to
"If Mr. Welch and hi associates in
th Willamette Valley Traction com
pany are elncere. and want merely to
build a road between Portland and Sa
lem, and want merely an entrance. Into
Portland, they can get In-if our fran
chise Is granted;, we propose , nothing
that 1 will prejudice their - Interests;- In
fact, our proposal I baaed on the ex
pectation that other line wtll want In
gress Into th city .and we believe that
all comcra ahould be treated alike. ;
' "It. th Hsrrlman people are' sincere
with reference to the waterfront and
Front atreet question and do, not want
to bottle It up, ' they can have equal
rlghta with ' all other Interest and w
will solve the problem of. connecting
their Souths Portland Jefferaon atreet
line with the terminal company' yards;
"Our Una, If built, will be controlled
by local business men, and there Is not
(Continued on F Twelv,) . .
FAIR PLAY j
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r.lOVIIiG .60VERlf.1ElT STAKE LATEST
ETIIOD OF TinBERSHARKS
By This Means, With False Sentinel Trees as Accessories, Gard-
. , ner and MCwrossen Are oeuevea io nave uiven i may .
rPeoplFaIse Locations. to UncolnCounty.C-
From Lincoln county comes another
echo- of the operation -wf th etertowa
timber sharka, W. H. McCroaeen and J.
W. Gardner. Tha assistant couttty sur
veyor of that eounty, O. Elkanat of
1 Wa Id port, has written to i ne journj
requesting publication of the facta of
frauds perpetrated by th firm which
have come under hla own observation. '
Th atory told by Mr. Elkanat .ha
been supplemented by information gath
ered in Portland, where several of the
victims reside. , There Is some reason
to think that in thla case th swindlers
may have laid themselves open tq prose
cution under the federal statutes,. and If
this should prove to be the esse they
doubtless will be brought to Justice. he
atory t follow: ,- . ,',
During the past summer McCroaeen
and Gardner located nearly 10 persons
on timber claims In , Lincoln county.
Most of them came to Portland from
Boise, Idaho, and the remainder were
from Sellwood. .'.The locating fee
charged varied from $100 to 1204, .the
latter being th price paid by moat of
the Idaho vlctime, - Apparently the lo
cators charged In each individual" case
whatever they thought they could get." -
' l. '' Bnw Sttaaw Win. - .
' All of the entrymen wer located; ae
eordtng to their'appllcatlone filed ht th
Roseburg land 1 of floe. In township M
south, range 11 weet - Ostensibly they
were all taken to th land on which they
filed, but In some cases at laaat they
ware not within threat mllea of it. The
fraud appear to have been accom
plished by moving a auke aet by the
government urvyor. .'
Not long after th entrymen had re
turned to their homes. It became known
that McCroaeen 4t Gardner had been
swindling many people who dealt with
them and widespread ' publicity wa
given to the facta. Two of the entrymen
located by the firm In township 14-11,
Msrk Patterson of Stt Ivon street. Port
laid, and A. F. Long of Boise., Idaho,
became fearful'that they bad been bun
koed out of their money .and they em
ployed Elksnat to look up. their claims.
:' ' Venae Place, But we Stake. ' "
Both men had been located ostensibly
In section I. 'and when' taken Into the
woods last .Vtngust by McCrossen
Gardner they were .shown government
stake, marked sections t. S. 10 sad 11.
Abound It were the usual biased trees,
serving a-, "sentinels", for the stakn
When Elksnat. accompanied by the two
entrymen.' vlalted th township on the
1 0Ur of this month n difficulty wss
experienced In flndlns; the-epot where
the stake had atood three-'month pre
vious, but it was no longer there. Fur
thermore. Elksnat quickly . discovered
that th place. where the stake, had stood
w aa not at -th Junction of .th .section
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YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED'
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E. H. Harriman'S Testimony at the Insurance Inquiry. L
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named,' but'., wss In . sect ion . (. Near by
were the trace of -the camp 'where the
former party had spent the night and
several of them had carved their names
on. a tree In the vicinity, which at that
time bore th Inscription,-: "Sees. J, -1,
1. It". V '. .';..- ... i - .
'' Elkspa't report that thla Inscription
had been 'cut with a surveyor knife
and .'then" rubbed with ', dirt .or. rotten
wood to give It an appearance of age,
but .that In 'the interval between the
locating of the entrymen and his own
visit this month some . person had cut
away -tha lettering so aa" to ' make It
Illegible. ' This. - says the ' surveyor, was
done lately and' It Is possible that It
may' have been done since the exposure
of the McCroseen-Gardner frauds.' . ,
"i ',-' i Mad' Flaa OaretruUy. .'',' .
' Evidently th' swindlers made their
plana with much care, for they had al
tered the government marking on aeo-
(Continued on Page Twelv.)
NOT SURE AS TO
CAUSE OF DEATH
' Jearaal Speeisi Service.) .
Annapolis, Nov. if. Th second day's
eourtmartial of Midshipman Minor
Meriwether of Lafayette; Louisiana, of
the third class of thrTiaval academy.
on charges of manslaughter on havitttf
caused the death, of Midshipman James
R. Branch, Jr., of New. Tork,' a member
of the claaa above him, a th result
of a flat fight, opened with the reading
of yeaterday- record. '"
' Tb first witness examined was Lieutenant-Commander
Zlgmler, executive
officer of the training ship Hartford.
He testified . that -Meriwether: wept en
last summer cruise of a month and
half, , during which , the naval .reguliiv
ttons were read , to midshipmen and
posted on. tha gun deck for the perusal
of all . persona. The regulations, pro
hibit fighting, between persons ln,th
navy.i . . v .,'.. i. . , .( i .2 )
Dr. Stone, chief medical officer In th
academy." would net swear that Branch's
death wss not .reused by dleessed
tissues. He' ssM -thh mleht have hm
the caaf.-ITesald tht Branch's flher
forbid sn supy, so thst the xrt
csuse of death was nt Voown.
Classmates 'ofj, Midshipman i MH
wether gv the following,, veis-.on
a SPECIAL,
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COMPANY: LAID A
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Actuary of Mutual Reserve Insur
ance ,. Company -,, Admits . ;
, Issuing Tricky Policies. "
AMBIGUITY IN CLAUSES
: - - WERE ALL INTENTIONAL
Eldridge . Confesses That Concern
"' Had Dona : Whit ' It . Ought Not
Have Tarbell Finiahe His Tesd-
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i tnony, . , .'.?
' , (Jearaal Special ger-tee.l ' .
" New Tork. Nov. IS. Gerald Brown,
head of th bond and mortgage department-
of the Equitable Life Aaauranee
society, was' the - flrst witness before
th legislative investigating committee
thla morning.' He testified regsrding
the expenses of keeping the Equitable
building In order and submitted Hats
Of structure owned,, . i
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
the cause of the fight- that en
lied
fatally for Branch:. -
"Midshipman Branch wa In charge of
the deck, that is, superintendent Of the
floor. He went Into Mlshlpman Meri
wether room to . Inspect ' for tobacco
smoke. Finding none, ho saw In a dress
suit case a suit of clt Isen's lotbes be;
longing to Midshipmen Meriwether, -
"I do not know whether or not Mid
shipman Rrant-h 'Opened the dree ault
ense or whether It already was open. He
put ""Midshipman. Meriwether down on
hla report for having non-ream t ton
clothoa. Thla means SO demv-rlts and
the santee.
"When Midshipman Meriwether l.esrd
of his being on Midshipmen Branch's
report he called tt 'a dirty act' und
'cussed' him ont. Midshipman Ttranci
'cussed' back and then cnallonged Meni-
wether.
The- report, waa never made to the
ifflf. it -'s. tuken on'. 1 do not
know beiw, whether ihrounh a flrst class
man or not.
I ne ptiniic st , mrce at times nvmi
to have fHTtntli- Men an to what rmi
MHutt'H mi liiFMtJt. to cll another 1'ttr.'
'ruai'l.' k.' 'tM..f.' etc. It la r l.
i f ' ' - ! ; : hi t tiM t M ii v one to f 1
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WRONG COUBS
FOP W
Turkey Rejects Demands Mads
by the Powers for Macedonian -
' Control and Prepares a : (
' Resistance. V
FOREIGN WARSHIPS TO :
" BLOCKADE DARDANELLES
Sick Man of Europe Sends Instruc
, tions to' Fort Commanders to Pre-
pare for Squadron Says That If
'. Requests . Are Granted .It , Will
Weaken the Loyalty of the Turks.
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. (Joarsal Rsedsl Service.)
Constantinople, Nov, 33. The sultan to
day Issued an. order approving th d;
clsfoh-bfTSt "eouTicrror-mihrslerirnid-'
reject the demands of the powers for
International control of he finance of
Uacedonla. , VlceAdmiral Husnl Pasha
ha mavA .It' a. .nvlal alMmM fa. .ttA
Dardanell'. with instructions ' to the
commander of1 the forta 'regarding hla
conduct In the event of the appearance
of the -international fleet. . Similar In
structions have been sent governors of
the Turkish Islands of the archipelagn.
Th stiltan. baa been, advised tbatJf.
b grants the demanda of h power
for the administration, of the finances
of Macedonia It will weaken the loyalty
of Macedonian . Turka . and strengthen
the revolutionary party In Turkey. The
possibility of th sultan granting a
In his-reply to the powers the sultan
states that public opinion of Turkey
will not countenance the acceptance of
the proposed Macedonian reform. He
intimated that the agreement under
wht'h . foreign civil agents had been
superintending Macedonian reform only
covered a period of two years, and waa
not a permanent arrangement, aa
claimed by tb Austrian and Italian
governments.
Th blockade of Turkish ports by th
power 1 expected to begin at once.
The foreign warship are now assem
bled off Piraeus and are expected ta
sail tomorrow, t The program 1a eup-
poeea ig flg tn seizure or Tne cusiom
house at Mitylene, and if that falls te
bring about a backdown on tb part of
th Turkish government the Island of
Lemnos will be tselsed and th Darda-a
H.ll.. wtll K. - klnflW.
LiUKbAu S UANaKuLL U!JtK
liORTH RIVER WATERS
Wall Street Financier Drops
Bunch of Greenbacks While -
Wavinor tn a Ruhv5'
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. ' - (Inemkl Rpeelsl Service.) " '
: New Tork. Uav. 2. A portion;' of J.
Ptartumt Mjirn.'. Iwinlrrnll 1 .? ih.
bottom of North river near tb pier st
which the White Star liner Oceanic 1
moored, and longshoremen In the 'vicin
ity are calculating the number of dW-a
per day they can tnke before pneumonia,
develops. .:,, ;' - ' .;. .' .
Morgan went to the dock to meet hla
daughter. Mrs. Hamilton, who wita her
little danghter was returntrrg i from
Europe. The financier stood In -H plac
tn the- gallery next to tha rail. . Aa th
ship swung Into tha pier the little girl,
who was In her mother's arms on deck,
caught sight of her grandfather ant
almoat at th same moment he aaw
her. .-,
, Morgan waa standing with his right
thumb and forefinger In his waistcoat
pocket. - When he aaw little Helen he
cried, "Jump, .baby, Jump:" and play
fully-held out hla-arms. - In doing
he quickly Jerked hla hand from hi
pocket, and with It came a big roll.
- The bill on top of the roll wa of
rich yellow hue. - The bills were all
bound with a rubber band and fell I'll
the water. .,'..
ALICE ROOSEVELT SICK -AT
H0ME 0F HEf AUNT
(Journal Niieelal Servee.t
' Hartford. Conn., Nov. 23. Mis A
Roosevelt Is sick at the homo' of
aiiuJt et Farmlngtnn. Mrs William
Cow lea. It Is sld st Hie ifowlea In
that Mls R.vevelt In Ij"I t''!
and thst her uie- n n.-i ''"-
tmen t'
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