Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 2 May 1895 — Page 1
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Sweaters
Keep you oo". and allow the perspiration to evaporate,and you will I healthful the S-HSOU thro' if you wear one.
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Chief Glassware.
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Kegular houses would ask you from 25 to 50c each for the same goods il'tliev had it. Kemomlier, it was the Department Store that tumbled the prices on Dish and (Jla^sware, and you will find this the
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Six Persons Killed and Several Others Badly Injured.
MANY OTHERS SLIGHTLY HURT.
4 Strip of Country Several Hundred Yards
Wii!c and at Least Kigfhtceii 31iles in
Length Entirely Devastated Twenty IJesidenees Demolished—1'ropcrty Loss
S'iOO.OOO—Storms Elsewhere.
HALSTKAD. Kan., May 2.—About 4:30 yesterday afternoon a fearful cyclone 'levastated a strip of country several luiulred yards wide and at least. IS miles in length, killing six persons outright and seriously injuring several jthors, while many have received slight .njuries.
The cyclone struck the house of Mrs. fry, a widow lady who lived about nine :niles southwest of Halstead, complet-v .y destroying it, and slightly injuring Mrs. Fry.
Lt picked up the house of John Seluiltzback and scattered it in every direction.
The fine 2-story house of Joseph" Weir was entirely swept away, killing Mrs. Joseph Weir Grace Weir, aged 11 Herman Weir, aged 5, and a a-weeks'-jld baby. Mr. Weir had previously left, the house and when the cyclone struck was about 50 yards away. lie clung to tree, but was badly injured by flying lebris and will die. Joseph Weir. Jr., and sister, Maud Weir, the only ones in the family who took to the cellar, escaped with only slight bruises.
The home of E. C. Caldwell, which was JUO yards to the west of the Weir iiome, wa« unroofed, and one side torn iway. The family escaped by taking to the cellar.
The next house in the path of the -form was William Armstrong's, which was completely wiped from the face of the earth. Mr.
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Spencer Ross' house was in the line of the tornado and was carried away, as were also the homes of A. S. Powell, J. A. Comas, Andrew Thompson and Meuuo Hege. Miss Daisy Neff, at Powell's house, was badly injured, as was Mrs. J. A. Comas.
At the Hege district school the chiliren td just been dismissed. Hege saw the storm approaching, and fearing its results, hurried the scholars to his cyclone cellar. His foresight prevented an awful calamity, for jest as the last :hild had been safely stowed away in she cellar, the cyclone struck the house aver them and demolished it. As it was not one of them was even slightly .njured.
The fury of the storm seems to have ione its work about live miles west of Halsteud, where all six of the persons were killed. Near the Frizzel home, lead horses, cattle, hogs ami chickens are scattered all over the field. Those who iirst- saw tin: disaster coining say it. :nade very slow progress, traveling not .'aster than a person could run. It seemed to waver lirst in one direction, hen another.
As lar LS heard from, covering a listanee of is miles across the country from the southwest to northwest. 20 residenc.es, most of them large ones, were cimipletoly destroyed, '.'he loss will fall not less than *200,000, besides lie six deaths and the injured, (wo or :-i ree of whom will probably die. Physicians from Wichita went to the relief of :he injured, and local assistance is given :o the sultering families. Everybody she tract.-of the storm lost everything, md outside aid will probably have to be
jailed for.
Vessels Endangered.
DI 'rif. May 2.—About o'clock ast night Duluth and vicinity was visited bv
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Mrs. Armstrong seriously, and perhaps fatally injured, and Grandma Chapin, who was there sick in bed, was killed.
About 100 yards east of the Armstrong house the large 2-story residence of B. l£. Frizzel was picked up, as was also a large 2-story house of J. F. Frizzel across the road, and both, together with •ill the outbuildings, were completely swept away, leaviug only enough debris to show that a house had stood there. The families of both the Frizzels escaped injury, with the exception of Mrs. •J. T. Frizzel, who wus considerably bruised about the head.
The next place visited was the home 3f Captain William White, which was Dnly partly destroyed, cue wing of the house being torn away. Across the road from White's, the home of Cyrus Hinksfcon, was entirely carried away. Mx. Hinkston received painful but not jerious injuries.
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Man}' boats were outside the harbor and for a. time great fears were entertained for tiieir safety. All but me or two lave now reported.
Hailstorm in Wisconsin.
llt'nsoN, Wis., May 2.—The heaviest, Hailstorm known this section for years swept over the city at 2 o'clock yesterday. Windows were broken, and much injury done to fruit trees and jarly garden truck, it is impossible to jstimate damage at this time. The hail ivas accompanied by a small cloudburst skat inundated streets and cellars.
Long Drouth liroUen.
KANSAS CITY, May 2.—Dispatches from Oklahoma and Kansas points report a general rain Tuesday night. In Oklahoma a drouth lsisting almost nine months is broken and \i nile wheat is beyond help corn and oats and cotton will he greatly benefited.
Klectriuitl Storm in ississlpitl. JACKSON, Miss., May 2.—A terrible
wind and electric storm struck this city *t o'clock last night. Tho First National bank nuilding was unroofed by the wind, and considerable other damage wius done. Windows were blown aut in great numbers.
Just What the Farmers Needed.
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MAKSHFIULO, Wis., May 2.—The first good raiu of
the season
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iu»r mciroa lulling ili two nours. Fanners art happy, as spring seeding has all been done and the rain is just what is needed to start crops growing.
Of Great Value to Crojis.
OTTOIWA, la., May 2.—An inch of rain ft-11 along the Burlington road to[lay from Ottumwa east to the Mississippi river. The rain is of inestimable value to crops.
Late yesterday evening, while Richard Rau, an employe of Haag, was sitting in the bar of Haag's place, Thomas Farrell. one of the gang, stepped inside the door, while his partner, who gave the name of Dan Howard, watched on the outside. Farrell stepped up to Rau and without a word shot him through the stomach, inflicting a fatal wound. As Farrell ran out the door he called to his partner, "I have shot the wrong man," realizing that he had failed to get tin* man who had given the inforruation. I Several citizens started in pursuit of the two men, who ran out on the railroad tracks toward the Kansas bridge.
A number of shots were fired by both parties, but without effect. As the fugitives neared the bridge, ex-Sheriff Carson and Officer Barry, who heard the firing, jumped into a buggy and gave chase, catching up with the two men just as they were leaving the Kansas end of the bridge. Carson covered Howard with a revolver and forced him to surrender. Officer Barry attempted to capture Farrell who whipped out two revolvers and began firing, shooting the officer through the arm.
Then Farrell dashed into the woods, followed by Barry and two other officers, Franz and Shea, who had arrived by this time, and a battle ensued, during whicli over 40 shots were fired. Farrell was finally shot through the left breast, the bullet passing through his lungs, and he is in a dying condition. Farrell is supposed to hail from St. Louis, while Howard's residence is so far unknown, as he refuses to talk.
LOUISVILLE
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Ivli-s. Gordon was buried in Cave Hill cemetery at 11 o'clock yesterday. Fulton Gordon was present in court yesterday for trial. His attorneys demanded an immediate trial, which was refused. They then asked for bail, but Judge Smith said that it was not a bailable case, and he refused to allow the same. Tlie case was then set for trial Saturday next at 9 o'clock.
After Judge Smith, who is only a special judge, refused to allow a motion for I bail in Gordon's case, nis attorneys sent for Judge Thompson, the regular judge of the city court. Judire Thompson, who has been out of the city, had just returned. The matter was explained to him and he decided to :dlow bail, and I late in the afternoon he fixed the amount I at .$3,000 in each case. When asked if his action did not interfere with
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Battle With Would-lle Train Kobbcrs In Which Several l'eople Are Shot. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 2.—Two men
fatally shot and one seriously injured, is the result of a frustrated attempt to rob a Burlington train coming into this city. For some days past a gang of tough characters have been hanging around St. George, a suburb of this city, and Tuesday night information was brought to the Burlington officials that the Omaha express was to be held up. William Haag, a hotel man, fu?-nished the information and the officers sent a posse who frustrated the design.
TRAGEDY.
Has Not I)iel Out Over the Double Killing.
LOUISVILLE, May 2.—Tuesday's tragedy continues the all absorbing topic. Brown's remains were taken to Henderson, Ky., Governor Brown's old home, yesterday. The governor, his wife, two daughters and son, Dr. John Young Brown, accompanied the body.
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Smith's in refusing bail, he said did not. Any action that he might laic would hold good, even if it was contrary tu Mliat Judge Smith had done.
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W.ssuiNOTox. May 2. Secretary Greslmm is again ill and confined to Ins rooms at
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hotel. Several members
of the diplomatic corps came to the state d'.'pai'tmeiit yesterday to see. him with-
success.
Among them was Sir
Julian Pauucei'ote, the British anibassador. Setior Arriaga. the Guatemalan representative, and Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister. The latter came especially to learn whether the department had any news officiallj- respecting I the reported acceptance by Groat Britain ol the terms of settlement of the Corinto matter olVeivd by Nicaragua, but the department had nothing on the subject to communicate.
J-'ire Close t.o the Liberty IJell.
CiZK'Ado, May 2.—The 5-story brick building, -MO to Wabash avenue, occupied by Kctcirum and Rothschild, dealers in furniture, was burned last night. Loss $10,000 on tho building and $70,000 on the stock. All losses were covered by insurance. The Columbian Liberty Bell was in a small building ad. oining the one destroyed, aud was fe- a time in great danger. The building in which it was placed was saved with great difficulty, and the bell was not injured in any way.
Handled a Shotgun.
AUSTIN, May 2.—While the family of Louis Maxwell, foreman of the Nolle & Company lumber yard, were sitting around the breakfast- table yesterday, a shotgun which one of the sons was I handling, went oil" accidentally. The charge of one barrel tore away the chock of Mrs. Maxwell and seriously wounded inner the shoulder, while that of the other barrel tore a hole in the head of Louis, exposing the brain. He will die.
Drouth ltroken in Texas.
AUSTIN, May 2.—Tho rains, which commenced last week continue, and the farmers report that com, which was dying, is reviving. Nearly all the cotton will have to be replanted. Oats are too far gone for rains to revive, and the crop will be a total failure. Grass on tiie ranches are coming up, but stock water is still scarce.
C51-. ijouis, may &.—iiie commercial club h:is decided to send delegates to the "sound money" convention at
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NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS
lOJpiece chamber set, decorated $2 49 1 lot of handled cups and saucers, per set 34c Large size dinner plates, per set 28c Genuine cut glass salt and pepper bottles 18c each
Others ask $1 for same thing.
Don't fail to come and see. House cleaning will soon be. over and you will need something in our line.
FRANK S.HAMMEL, CHINA STORE,
First door west of Citizen^ Bank.
Local and Personal.
Come to skule to-night.
Fresh alabastin in alb colors at M. C. Quigley's. 34d &
Fresh insect powder, paris greeu and white hellebore at M. C. Quigley's. 34dw
Fine large cabbage and ^tomato plants for sale at the greenhouse West South street. 36d&w Jacob Forest,
Fresh fruit and all other kinds of choice syrups and soda can be obtained at Wilkin's drug store.
Try the fine syrups and srda at Wilkin's drug store. The newest and finest fountain in the county.
We have a fine lot of double English Sweet Violets white and blue at 15 cents per dozen. 36dw JACOB FOREST, Florist,
Earl, little son of William Todd, while playing with some powder, set it on fire and fearfully burned bis face and hands.
Young rose bushes sure to bloom this season, 60 cents per dozen of 25 for $1.00 at City.Green Home JACOB FOREST, Prop.
You will miss a great treat if you fail to attend the Deestrict Skule to-night. There's goin' to be fun there. 10 and 20 cents.
Have yon seen the elegant new soda fountain in Art Wilkin's drug store? Everything is of the latest impiovement. Try the soda.
Dr. C. A. Bell'has removed his office to rooms 7 and 8, Duddingand Moore block. Practice limited to diseases of nose, throat, ear and eye. 15tf
Moses W. Hamilton who has been in Missouri, Kansasand'Indian Territory for a month came home today. He reports fearfully dry weather there.
Rcse plants 25 for one dollar thirteen varieties sure to bloom this season large plants fifteen cents each. i'Gd&w JACOB FOREST, Florist.
We ue cleaniug out our rose house and have three or four thousand large, fine rose bushes we will sell cheap. Budding plants of all kinds on hands at the City Green House JACOU FOKEST, Prop. 32t6\v
W. W. Spencer, of Indianapolis, formerly city attorney there, was here on business before the Council last night to get anew platted addition to our city accepted by the Council. They will not accept it until streets are properly laid out through it conforming to our present streets.
Strolling musicians have evidently heard of Greenfield as a great musical center and take this city in on their rounds. Monday there was a strolling band of Italians^here aud today a man drove into town with a little boy and girl eleveu and nine years old respectively that played nicely on the violin.
Dr. A. J. Reeves, a brother of Charles Reeves, our court reporter, was elected Mayor of Toledo, county seat of Cumberland county, 111., last week. There were two tickets, anti-whiskey and saloon. The doctor was on the anti-whis-key platform and triumphed. He is a sou of ex-Representative Benj. Reeves, of Brown township.
Mr. Johu F. Eagau resigned as telegraph operator for the Pan Handle Co. and the Wet tern Union Co. at the depot, which took effect April 30. He goes to work the first of the week iu the Western Union's new down town ollice iu the Randall block. Mr. Eagau has been with the company for many years and is an efficient, popular aud obliging operator, Mr. Cliff Geary, one of Greenfield popular and rising young ineu was promoted and now has the position of day operator vacated by Mr. Eagau under whom he learned the art. George Martin also a hustling and successful young Greenfield boy is given the night position. He.'also learned underJMr. Eagan. The REruiiLicAN congratulates all of the gentlemen on their deserved promotion, aud the company on having the services of snch good men.
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GREENFIELD, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY -2, 1895. PRICE, TWO CENTS
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COUNCIL CHIPS.
Another Long Session. The schuol House
Committee on finance reported purchases of &S0 worth of Material by Supt. Cosby as all O. K. aud it was adopted.
Judge D. S. Gooding made a speech, iu which he cauiioued the Council to be careful, as he lelt a beLter market could be secured for the bonds. The Council, however, bad doue their best for a number of weeks and failed to do better. The cities of Peru, Marion, Muncie, Union City, Huntington and others are paying the same rate on similar bonds, as it was the best that they could do.
NEW SIDE WALKS.
Specifications were adopted for a brick side-walk on the east side of Pratt street, and for a cement side-walk on State strtet, between Main aud North streets. The contracts will be let June oth.
Plans were adopted for the Spring street sewer, but the contract will noc be let for that until the contract is let for making the street. The city engineer was instructed to draw up plans aud specifications for the improvement of Spring street, and the city attorney au ordinance for the same.
The petition of a number of citizens on Mechanic street for the extension of the water mains on that street was granted. Nine of them pay $10 each in advance to secuie the same.
Report of Treasurer on water works for April was referred to committee.
The Mayor was instructed to make a deed to cemetery lot to the heirs of the late James BA. New when they were named.
Claims were allowed amounting to $161.69.
The garbage ordinance was called up, but there was no report.
The questionfwho should pay fer the sidewalk In front of ground bought of W. S. Gant, Mr. G. or the city was referred to Public Improvement Committee.
Council adjourned.
Hancock County Oil Will Soon be on the
Market.
Next week George Moorehead will start the drill down for oil on the P. H. Boyd farm just a cross the road from the Rardin gas aud oil well. The Rardin well showed a fine flow of oil and there is every reason to believe that Mr. Boyd and his sons-in-law J. M. Hinchman. W. S. Gant aud Thos. Selman and J, R. Boyd who are associated with him iu the. new enterprise will be successfull. If they are it will clearly show Hancock county to be right in a line oil field aud will bring millions of dollars into the county.
The well brought in bjT Decker Bros, north east of Fortville a short time since is showing up better. It is thought it, will develop into a fifty barrel well. The Davis well is also thought to be a good oue but it wiil be necessary to send the drill deeper. Hancock county has a great future just a head of her sure. A dispatch to the lndiauapolis Journal lrom Fortville says a dozen oil derricks will soon be up around them and that a pipe line and a pumping station will be put in.
To the I'nblie.
I have been in the soda water business for the past ten years, and for the last two years I have owned a fountain in this city. I would not, think of buying syrups or any tiling else for my fountain when I can make the 1 est and purest syrups myself. AJy piitrons CMI rest, assured that I use nothing but tl:e very best material in making flavors. I have the reputation of making the best soda iu town, and this summer you can get the most delicious drink at my place. The rich and poor will fair alike when they come to me for soda. I have easy chairs and nice tables and you can sit down and enjoy your soda. Give me a call OMC and I am sure you will come again.
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lionds Go Sure This Time,
The Council met Wednesday night, May 1st, with all members present.
Ihe school bond question came up aud
which made the school city of Greenfield
ordinance the bonds were sold at par amounting to $30,000 and drawing per cent interest to Farsen, Leech & Co., of Chicago. This is rather a high rate but it seemed to be the best the Council could do considering that the city was already up to the limit.
HAKKY Riocri.A,
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w: Some of the Sick.
Tev. E, W. Souders, of the Presbyterian church, is seriously ill with la grippe and malarial fever.
J. H. Binford's little son, Morton, still continues seriously ill with lung aud brain fever.
E. E. Stoner's infant son, Carl, is somewhat better, but his daughter Nellie has had a relapse of the measles, which is going qnite hard with her.
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Hie Coroner's ury Upturns a Vtii-alt'L harming iHirant Willi the rime. SAN FKANVISCU, May 2.—The mque.-t
on the body of Blanche Lamont occupied less than three hours yestei'uay, lnil the evidence developed was considered convincing and the jury returned a verdict charging Theodore Durantwitli the murder. Until yesterday no
one luls
a large number of papers were read for iu the vicinity of the Emanuel Baptist information. It resulted in the school church with the murdered girl on the bond ordinances of March 20 and April afternoon of Apiil .j. This missing link, seemingly all that was lacking to comlith being repealed and anew oue passed {-]ie
]L)euu produced who saw Durant
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the purchasers of the bonds. On that medical student, was supplied at tfce
circumstances fasten-
the terrible church crimes on the
inquest. Martin C^uinlan, one of the attorneys, gave direct and positive testimony that he saw Durant and a girl, tallying exactly witli tho description of Blanche Lamont, walking toward the church and only a few yards distant, at 4:15 o'clock, on the afternoon she disappeared. (juinlan explained that he was
waiting to keep an appointment- with oue Clarke, who corroborated t^miilan statement. Tlie.se witnesses furnished the sensational feature of the inquest, but Durant maintained his stolid indifference during the testimony. The police and district attorney are confident of a conviction, stating that they aid not put iu all of their case at the inquest.
Mrs. C. N. Noble, aunt of the murdered girl, testified as to the freijjieucy of Durant's visits at her home, and hits attentions to her niece. Durant, had' proposed marriage to Blanche last December, but had been refused when the girl learned lie was engaged to anotlieiyoung woman.
C. Noble, uncle of Blanche, testified that Durant had suggested after her disappearance that Blanche was probably in a house ot ill-tame and offered to ,search for her.
A streetcar conductor and three school girls ideutitied Durant as the man who escorted Blanche from the school, taking the car to the point of transfer en route to her home.
George King, organist of Emanuel church, with evident efforts to shield Durant, told the story of seeing him in the church, sick and faint, on the afternoon Blanche Lamont disappeared.
Dr. J. S. Barrett, who performed th® autopsy, stated that Blanche died of asphyxiation. He paid it was impossible for her to have boen in a delicate condition. Seven of the straugler's finger nail wounds were on one side of her neck and five on the other.
Detectives told of Durant*6 contradictory statement concerning his whereabouts the day Blanche disappeared, and of his seeming fear to acknowledge the extent of his acquaint-, ance with her, and the case went to the jury with unexpected celc y.
Fatal Shooting Affray.
HLNTIXGTON, W. Va., May 2.—-News' has just reached this city of another, fatal shooting near the mouth of £our-' teen creek, iu Lincoln county. J. 0. Smith, it seems, made some remarks about the character of Miss Maynard. Walter Maynard, a brother of the young lady, interogated Smith in regard to the same, when both pulled revolvers and fired. Maynard was fatally wounded and Smith has a ball iu his left shoulder, but will recover.
Contliet With Workmen.
BLPA-PKSTU, May 2.—Shortly after midnight 500 workmen inarched procession through the leading streets ot this city until they were dispersed by the police, who made several arrests. A report has reached here from Miskolz, capital of the county of Borsod, lyid. that a serious conflict has taken place there between tho police and a body of about 1,000 workmen, who were celebrating May day. Several arrests ara said to have been made.
Advanees in Straw Ifats and Wall Taper.
('liii'Atio, May 2.—Prices on straw hats and wall paper are slated for a pronounced rise according to a local paper. Straw liars will be higher as a result oL' China's war. the supply of Asiatic braid being expected to fall 1V. Wall paper i* likely to be affected by the present fight among luani'iacturcrs.
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I!sf lier Washes and Iji-ss urs. ST. Lot is, May 2.—One thousand'
brickyard workmen, ail employed the city went on strike at noon Wednesday for nmre wages and a nj^ehour working dav. Sixteen dilferenfe brickyards were stopped and buildi,.g operations will be badly hampered. The brick companies have only a very small supply on hand,, owing to the large ship-^ menls ea
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I HAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 2. Williamt Wither.-, a young clerk in the i-nifed States arsenal. commit ted suicide
Wednesday |y shooting himself. Cans»v»--' ill health, is lather was cashier HE the First National bank, and killed himself two years ago. The voting manwas a brother-in-law of Captain.I. I'j. Bullis, U. S. A., of Indian service famo.
IJev. tiobiet Indorsed.
I'oKTSMorrii, (.)., .May 2.—The congregation oi the Second Presbyterian churHi held a special session to consider the resignation of liev. Gobiet. ot whom much was spoken recently in the papers, causing damage suits. The members were out in full force, and after a special, debate cast, a vote of 7t to 17t iu favor ot (iobiet.
A News ^lan S'.tieides.
WASIIINUTON, May 2.—W. T. Loper. night manager of the United R-ess in New York city, committed suicide at the Arlington hotel here by luhaling gas. Mr. Loper had been in bad health for somo time past. He had gone to Washington for a short vacation. His principal ail'ueut. was insomnia.
I'olsoned With Tainted Meat. PAKTH, May 2.—The Autorite says
that 17 soldiers have died in the hospital at Vitre from the effects of eating tainted canned meat, ptirchiyed from an American firm, and that H4 others, are seriously ill from the same cause.
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