Richmond Palladium (Daily), 12 November 1901 — Page 2

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Effort to Defraud a Life Insurance Company Leads to Arrest. AN UNKNOWN BODY Found In a Jeffersonville Hotel Was Seiit Out as That of Newell C. .Kathbun. That Person Is Now In Jail Trying to Explain Thing to the Police. Louisville. Nov. 12. Newell C. Rathbun. who was supposed to have been found dead in a Jeffersonville hotel laBt Thursaay. was arrested in Ijuisville yesterday. According to Rathbun the corpse wnich was shipped to Little Rock as the body of Rathbun u the body of W. L. Ten Eyke. The police say Ra.abun has confessed to desertion from the United States army and to having formed a plan to fraudulently collect 14.000 insurance on his life, but that he denies having killed the man who died in the Jeffersonville hotel. Kathbun was arrested at the United States recruiting station In I4ui8vllle. He is held as a fugitive from justice. . The arrest was made on Information from Sergeant Skinner of the United States recruiting station. Rathbun enlisted under the name of Lou Root, Detroit. Sergeant Skinner had read the story of the Jeffersonville case, and circumstances connected with the new reel uit aroused his suspicions. One of these was the fact that the man had en a government suit of underwear. He said he had bought the garments from a soldier friend. Another circumstance was his knowledge of army affairs about Little Rock. Saturday he passed the examination and enlisted. At the detective office Rathbun was put through the sweating piccess. and under pressure made the following statement, according to his Inquisitors: "My name is Newell C. Rathbun, and my home is in Little Rock, Ark. Several months ago I deserted from tbe army post at Plattsburgh, N. Y., in company with another recruit by the name of W. H. Ellis. I soon lost sight of him. and went on to Little Hock, 'l nere I was married, and aftrrward took out the insurance policies. I came to Louisville about 10 Jays ago and formed a plan to make the insurance company think I was dead, so that I could collect the insurance. I fell in with a man who said his name was W. L. Ten Eyke, end told him of my plan and he agreed to help me. Our plan was to obtain a corpse from some place, put it in a hotel in Jeffersonville, and then set fire to the notel. While we were in .Jeffersonville we took a number of drinks and Ten Eyke got drunk. I think his death was caused by drinking. I put the letters addresed to ma in his pocket and left. I did not kill him. I then came to Louisville and then to the recruiting offlej and, enlisted. My real home is in Detroit." v police are trying to establish the identity of toe dead man. One of their theories Is that he was a tramp that Rathbun had fallen in with. The police have telegraphed to the Little Kock authorities to hold the corpse. A gold watch bearing the name "W. H. Ellis" was found on Rathbun. He refuses to say where he got it. The rolice say the handwriting of "Lou Hoot." the recruit, was very similar to the signature. V. L. Ten Eyke. on Sn Jeffersonville hotel register. Corccer Coots of Jeffersonville states that he e'xamined the stomach of the dead ruan and found traces of enough laudanum to kill two men. The Louisville detectives think that the man found dead in the Jeffersonville hotel Thursday was Charles Goodman of Evansville, Ind. Goodman left the Salvation Army headquarters in Louisville Wednesday night, saying ue was going to Indiana, and J) as never returned. It is said the description of Goodman and that of the man who was afterward found dead, tally. Holding the Body. Little Rack. Ark.. Nov. 12 The supposed body of ewell C. Rathbun has beo turned over to the coroner and placed In a vault to await an autopsy. It is claimed by the authorities that the description of Rathbun does not agree with ihat of the corpse. Mrs. Kathbun is so hysterical and nervous that she hardly knows what she has aid. She has seen the body only once and that was but a glance, and since that time has been too nearly prostrated to again undergo the ordeal. There is not the remotest evidence of collusion on the part of any member of the family in the perpetration, of any Xraud. Work Am on ic Freed men. Pittsburg. Nov. 12. The Rev. Dr. W. P. ,Thirkfield. secretary of the Freedman's Aid Society, read the report of the board of managers. It shows that ia 35 years the society has reached over 200.000 students, sect out bout 10.000 teachers and 2.000 ministers, enrolled about 531.000 members and accumulated property worth over $ 2.000.000. ' Dr. Thirkfteld said the object was not to make the aegra smart, 2ut to make him good.

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0 frrnor of lirnluckr Talk "Sassy to liliin' eeul. Frankfort. Ky.. Nov. 12. Governor Beckham last night addresed to Governor Durbin of Indiana a letter replying to the criticism by that executive, of he courts and officials of Kentucky in his r?ceni letter retusing to honor the requisition for Taylor and Findley, wanted for alleged complicity in the assassination ot Governor Goebel. He severely arraigns Durbin for fcis refusal, charging that "in doing so he violated his oath of office to support the constitution of the United States, and that he became "a party after the fact to the most infamous crime in th. history of this state, the coldblooded and dastardly murder of an eminent and distinguished citizen of Kentucky." The Kentucky executive also charges that Governor Durbin's action In refusing was the result of a political bargain made before his election to office, and characterizes his charges against the courts and officials of Kentucky as slanderous and unexcusable misrepresentations. He takes the stand that the governor of a state has no discretionary power, but only ministerial power In the honoring of legally drawn requisitions from other states, and this is taken here as an Indication that steps will shortly be taken in the courts to compel Durbin by mandamus to honor the requisitions. If such proceedings are instituted they wiil be in the courts of Indiana and taken on appeal to the supreme court. Telephones Will Combine. Chicago, Nov. 12. The independent telephone system of Elgin, Joliet and Aurora is to be used as a neuclus for combining all the independent lines in the West into one combination. The principal owners of the Northwestern Telegraph and Telephone company, operating lines in the Fox river valley, are among the incorporators of the Interstate Independent Telephone and Telegraph company, which has just received a charter in New Jersey authorizing a capital of $3,000,000 and bonded indebtedness of of $9,000,000. The purpose of this company is stated to be the unification of all independent systems in the West and probably ultimately to reach into th' East. IMiel to tbe Death. Macon. Ga Nov. 12. John Goolsby and Charlie Fullerton, two prominent farmers in Hillsboro. near here, fought with pistols yesterday afternoon. Fullerton was killed instantly and Goolsby is dying. Goolsby raised his shotgun and Fullerton seized it. Each held it with his left hand and drew their pistols. Thus they fought until Fullerton fell dead and Goolsby staggored a few paces, fell and then raised upon his elbow and emptied both barrels of the gun into the dead body near him. Fire In Boston. Boston. Nov. 12. Fire in a group of seven-story buildings at the corner of Eroad and FranKlin streets, in the wholesale district this morning, did fully $100,000 damage to one building, chiefly occupied by the Murphy Varnish company. Numerous mercantile f.ims in adjoining buildings have heavy losses. i Called Out the liuard. j London. Nov. 12. Dispatches ani nounce that the Cape Town guard has ! again been called out and that Lord j Kitchener has issued an order directins. that all Boers captured in British i uniforms are to be shot.'1 Ketl From Hl Window. New York. Nov. 12. Richard MayoSmtth. a professor of political economy at Columbia University, was killed last night by falling from a window of his study on the fourth floor of his residence. TKKSFJ TKLKGItAMS Amrlcs nnJerbiil the English for electric wort for IiM.kn rwwtvs. ' The National Reciprocity convention will be i held t Washington neit week, i Eart RojHlyn claim to have plan by which I he ean baukrupt Monte Carlo, i The democratic party has aiiipted Gen. Bar- ! tolome Maso a tta candidate for the presidency ! of Cuba. j American routed an attacking force of Min- , iloro insurgents, wno sought to repeat the I Miinr affair. ! Wu Tine Fang i sai.i to have been offered the I Cbairot Chinwe Literature recentiy etaS;fr.hl j at Columbia Callege. j The cruiser Olympia. which ha been uo tereoin repair m ill be put in onii-"ion lVe. 1. j and be aineJ to the Jiorth Atlantic sqaairon. i Secretary Root ha approve! certain suesrei tiin"ma.!e by tiov. Taft f.r tbe better regula tion of the immtKratica of Chinese into the Phiiippine isiamt. Two steam atters were killed and twoaeriooIr tnjnred by the blowing out of a valve in tbe water pom pin apparatus of a packing plant in ArtnourXaie, Kiims. Sir Harry 4 hnston, peakint before tbe Roval lr-)rraphicai aoeiety on his explorations in Varan.ia. aan.vanoed that he bai obtained in the Conio fonsst the skins of evtrai beasO Uiat vera new ut aitcaca. -

GOVERNOR BECKHAM.

RICILMOXD D AXLY PAIXADIUM.

EVAr'I AIUtK-iT Under ArcyMfion a New Albany Traveling Iai Commit Sulfide. Nev Albany. Ind- Nov. 12. Will:ara Simpson of this city, a traveling saltsman for Zinsmeister Bros., wholesa, grocers of Louisville. Ky., committed suicide yesterday while in Aaron Kohn's law office at Louisville, by swallowing carbolic acid. He stood charged with a shortage of $l.u 'i. and his employer, together with the legal representative, were standing near him at the time, and the senior Ziasraeister was telephoning to this city. investigating a claim that two men j whom Simpson named would settle is shortage, when the fatal dose was swallowed. Simpson died in 13 minutes. He had the poison on his persor when he entered the office, and evidently went there with the intention of killing himself. Simpson was 30 years old and leaves a wife. He was a member of the Elks, Knights of Pythias and Red Men. Crush! Between Cars. Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 12. Norton Letts, aged 23, an employe of the Clover Leaf coal decks, met death yesterday. Betts was riding on the side ladder of a car and was caught between the car on which he was riding and another car standing on a sidetrack. He was rolled between the two cars and, before the train could be stopped, the man's life was crushed out. Bett's home is in this city, and be was the only support of a widowed mother. Attorney-General Write. Indianapolis. Nov. 12. The attorney general, at the request of a number of local sportsmen, has written to the state game and fish commissioner, Mr. Sweeney, of Columbus, giving his interpretation of how the permit feature of the game law should be enforced. The law provides that the commissioner or any of his deputies may arrest anyone hunting without a written permit from the owner ot the land on which the hunter is found. Dangerous l.u italic. La Porte, Ind., Nov. 12. John J. Haneahan of Chicago was taken into custody at Mill Creek, this county, and is now confined in the county jail in this city. Haneahan, who is believed to be jemented, was attempting to set fire' to the village. He Is about 25 years old, and is thought to be the escaped inmate of some insane hospital. The President lo mi'l Korjjet. Washington, Nov. 12. President Roosevelt yesterday gave an Illustration of his retentive knemory when Senator Mason presented to him a colored man named Thompson, who is a candidate for a comtsion in the regular army. Thors"Pi served five years in tlie regular aTnfJ", and during the Spanish war was a faember of the Eighth Illinois voluntetlw He is now on the Washington l police force. When introduced th I president remarked: "I know jEfu." and then proceeded to reco It accurately Thompson's service inyjpe regular and volunteer armies, reckling the fact that his regiment policed Santiago after the surrender. Kecord Break inir Gail Troy, N. Y., Nov. 12. As soon as the new trunnion hook can be receiv31 II U 111 LUC UCllilCUV 111 OtCCl V Will IJtl 11 J , i i i. -..o ttV.! ! work will be resumed at the United . States arsenal at Watervlit on the new lC-lnch gun which is to be made for Fort Hamilton in New York harbor. . This gun will be the largest ever made in me wunu. ii i a ureeiu-iuauci, . . I 1 1 T . 1 V 1 t .1 ! ... , ,,, . . . . and the breech i will be so constructed that a child can open and lire it. It , will shoot a distance of 21 miles, but an altitude as high as Pike's Peak. leer'liiit ot Kecognization. Washington, Nov. 12. Representative Jones of Washington saw the president j-esterday in behalf of Lieutenant Oliver P. Hazard and his broth er, both of whom were with General tr.-t whn r.ntrH Ar,n1tH ! Mr. Jones thinks that the two young i efficers are deserving of some special recognition for their service. Both axe from his state. Diplomatic Kelationa Kesumed. Constantinople, Nov. 12. The French flag again waves above the French embassy in Constantinople for the first time since Aug. 26. M. Bapst. councilor for the embassy, has called upon the Ottoman minister of foreign a flairs. Tewfik Pasha, thus formally renewing the diplomatic relations between France and Turkey. New Trial Granted. Cincinnati, Nov. 12. The United States court of appeals has reversed tbe decision in the case against Banker J. M. McKnight of Louisville, who was twice convicted of embezzlement and given sentence of five and three years respectively. McKnight was ordered given a new trial. Thre- Killed In Wn-rk. Prescott. Ark., Nov. 12. In a wreck j ct a work train on the Iron Mountain t railroad yesterday about one mile south of Presco-t. three men were killed and IS. injured, all negroes. For a Queen's Cr -wn. London. Nov. 12. King Edward'has decided to have the celebrated Koh-I-Ncor diamond mounted in the crown cf Queen Alexandra for the coronation. Const itation Katiflfd. Birmingham. Ala.. Nov. 12. Returns from 49 counties In Alabama indicate that the new constitution will be ratified by 20,000 majority.

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WATCHING THE SULTfiK ; Craf Dnartmrnt Interested In? Turkey's Movements. j j CH0ATIT3 VISIT TO SECEETAET HA i ; j Believed to It elate lo Frls aa4 International loiuplimli Sew AliKraaaeat the I'one" f -salt From France' Uisc-Suline ot the Porte. Embassador Choate was at the state detriment, says the Washington tor respoudem of the New York Tress, aud conferred with Secretary Hay. I'rioi to his appearance at the department he called on the secretary ia his home and for two hours they talked about this government's interests abroad. He was in the company of Secretary ot War Root, and after his conference with Mr. Hay rejoined Mr. Root. While there has been no admission In any official quartets of anything ol

the sort the incident was construed by j no: there's a class 'twist me an th' some of those who have Un watching; gypsies." Detroit Free Press. the trend of affairs in the national; capital as an indication that Mr. Knot j And If Often Done. was familiarizing himself with iuier-j "Are we all out of debt at last? she national questions, with a view ultl- j asked. mately to succeeding the secretary otj "Thank heaven, we are!" ho answerstate. ' ! ed. Those who were asked on the point j Thon let's give a swell dinner and

declared for publication that there could be no such construction placed on the intimacy of the embassador tc; England aud the secretary or war, but that it grew solely out of the long per- : sonal and professional friendship ; which has existed between the two. Ostensibly Mr. Choate came to Washington to pay his respects and talk over the conditions which the new canal treaty with Great Britain Is expected to develop. However, tbe secretary of state and the embassador met in New England recently and exhausted the subject iu their discussions. There ate indications about tbe state department that much graver international questions are under consideration. The keenest interest Is shown in every cable which brings news having even the remotest bearing upon the operations of France against Turkey. It would appear that the United States could have no- Interest in the plans of France In her attack on Turkey. A much different view is taken by those who are watching the drift of International affairs. While there have been repeated sensational rumors of the breaking of the concert of foreign powers, it is realized that the actual assembling of ships and the determina- I tion to order a punitive expedition has done more in the last few days to bring about a crisis between foreign nations j than anything that has been observed In the foreign warcloud. It Is realized at the state department that popular sentiment in the United j States is against any open cr Implied j alliance with Great Britain, but the j department appreciates w hat is not j realized in the country at large, the j service to the United States in the war I with Syaln by the moral support given' to us. To this was attributed the fact that no foreign nation interfered in our quarrel with Spain. It would appear that France In sending an expedition to discipline Turkey is not actu ated solely by a desire to collect a just , , . . claim. Russian influence is thought to . , ,. Ue l ' t LJ 1 11 11 1 11 1 mute 1 1 1 1 1 . t , . Vj . v .j true, there may be a new alignment in j the nhl world ' am, Great Britain m prob! nmlheW illttreSts mutual if the: , - . . , ijCo!o crisis now Luitairucu i v it , , , . (. . be hy d ex,sts ag to tbej Ita, An ee. j . . . . .... i,c0 "fV ::rX:nZ

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on tne iionu vi ui i . . Urit.H in has furnished the money to build the Italian navy. There are other close alliances between the two countries. The United States Las found in Great Britain recently a buffer De tween it and other foreign powers. Great Britain may not have openly ; espoused the cause of the United; States. lUt uer UIOIUI luumrin.-: ui.- ('iu- . ventetl a crisis in more than one differ-) ence which threatened us. The ques-j tion is asked as to whether or not this country will discover that she has interests in the Turkish question which have not been brought out up to this time. , A Sew fottes Ola. An invention of Thomas W. Prior of Chicago that may have a farreachIng effect on cotton manufacturing has just been perfected In Dover. N. II., says a dispatch from that city. It Is a cotton gin constructed on an entirely different principle from that involved In the invention by Eli Vbitnev. still In use. The roller principle! is embodied in the new invention. The cotton passes through rollers, which j remove the seed, pieces of shell and j other foreign substances. There is no j breaking or cutting of the 6!er. as 1st the case with the saw pin. Owing to; this fact it is calculated that cotton j ginned, by this new process win toe worth from a ceut to a cent and a half: j a n,K' n,ore tU,a" t ' ent process, mm uo-i t." will be possible. The uew gin has double the capacity of the old. c hi la Leetare ' Rear h'schley has consented to! deUver a lre on -The Warship and j Its Work" in the popular course arrang-1 ed for the winter season by the National Geographic society, says a Washing-: ton dispatch. The date of Lis leetnrej has not yet been decided upon, but it! Trill probably be as early as the admi-j raTs other engagements will permit. .

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HUMOR OF THE HOUR I A Study In (ail. Ilur. an nature Is so hapuUy constl- j tute.1 V.sil as lots as tin- humble m:m j Las a humidor man to K.k ibn upon i be c:a still maintain a diree of dinity aud soif respect. To the l ack door of a city residence the otUt,r da v cauJ0 an c,m ,11:,u tramp. He was grimy aud tattered, weary and wretched in appearance, but asked no money, tuen-ly something to eat. A cup of hot coffee was added to she bread find u?at bestowal upon the poor old f.il.iw. aud as he tauiKhed and sipped contentedly, albeit ravenously, on the d-xrstcp tl.3 lnd.v if the house chatted with him. He said that he was from old Euslaud, that he was once a traveling tinker aud made good wajres every day. but that he had grown eld. work made him very tired, so he had concluded to bes his bread. "Couldn't you lind occupation of some kind somewhere?" asked the sympathetic lady. "It would surely le less tiresome than walking as much as you do to beg." "Oh. no, lady," replied the old tramp. "An I hain't a low down ttesrger; I hain't the lowest o th low. lady. No, dance. she suggested. Put that will put us in debt again,' no protested. ..of oonrso it will she returned. "but what's the good of making our credit so good If we dou't use It?" Chicago Post. A SnKsreatloa Considered. "An actor must often leave his real self behind him when he goes on the stage, must he not?" said the inquisitive young woman. "Well." answered Mr. Storniington r.arnes. "it would assuredly be a great convenience if there were two of him so that one c;uld remain out and watch the bos oiiice." Washington Star. Mlsht Be Wore. "Oh. doctor." exclaimed a rheumatic patient. "I suffer dreadfully with my bauds and feet." "But. my dear sir," rejoined the physician, "just try to think how much inconvenience you would suffer without them." Chicago News. W-h-a-t f Proprietor of Private Lunatic Asy lumThis is an extremely painful case. it appears tuai o.. . as one ouiil auu mc iuui.u, charged him for two. He has never recovered from the shock and. I fear. never wilL Wronar Attala. Footinit Who was that Impudent lit- ; lie urat. nun rauie mw acted u-b an IU bred manner while . ii t.o .ir. lwuiuu i.i u; . v' - ' truth, that is our youngest Bon. Ohio State Journal. A Poser, risie Mamma, were ron ever a child? Mamma Certainly, dear. All hu man beings were once children. Elsie Iteally? Well, who took care of the babies then? Philadelphia Press. Willie's Dilemma. Mother Another time you must not Interrupt me when I am talking tc visitors. Willi. Willie But. mother, by the time you'd finished I should have forgotten what I wanted to say. Detroit Fre Press. A Straddle. Wynks Are ' you a believer In protection or free trade? Bynks Both protection from bit collectors and free trade with the butcher and the groceryman. Somer ville Journal. Tbe taebaerraat Widower. Father Miranda, isn't it about time for you to think of getting: married? Miranda Mercy, pa. I have been thinking about it ever since I wat thirteen years old". Sjoierville Jour caL Another Way. i Bizzer I am going to enter a nionas t tery. to live a life of meekness ami privation. Buzzer-Nonsense! Why don't yor. become a poett-Obio State Journal. , Aeeordia. to BobhrHis 3Iamma I'm mortified to learn that you stand at the f-K-t of your class. I can hardly believe It po'ble. Cobby-Why. it's de eaiet thing in tie world- Detroit Free Press.

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Colds, i? Crtppts, Whooping- Cough. Athmj, Z Bronchitis ana inc;otm Consumption, s olios i Tfct German remedy" Cure Xvoa wi uAa cwing machines N'eedlfS of all Wind and r.il. . M. LACEY, Mew Phons 1242 718 MAIM ELECTRIC PILLS Bin.ofil is Immediate and Pu sonant Resr?-ei tha Power intended all men shovU! hiva if it has been wasted anil Uest: oyed by tutssev Abuse, Ir.discie:i& i rf Voota or Overwarfc; doea away with that Ti. f . Weaiy. tle an! J-uij" choW reeling, he" du and bleeils Niiiti;. V.' Bark and Lark of Ambition. IWtM you leel freshed, yonnv again, and tile worta ItvinK CHupleiely rebui!utlie Nervous Syiicm. One Lo is cuSicient to core mo-,t csei. r.nd en.ueh J prove iu worth to b most er. -I oo pet brx. or full Buarantced ;j.'i, of o boit for ts.co. V u take no chance. rie sttrantee 6 bosea to cur In 30 days or refund your money, whicb tfc prr-if that we must cure the majority rf our pntrou. hf mail, plain rappei or. iceip of price. ELECTRIC PILL C81?ANY TS WtlT jacssoM Sraitr. CHICAGO ILU A. G Luken n Co., G30 Main St. Charles I. Magaw,' 201 Ft. Wayne Ave. Spreads Like W lldfir: When thinprs are "the besVtbw become "the best selling." Abraham Hare, a leading druiyist of Belleville, O., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters I bava handled in 20 yars." You know wby? Most oiseases begin in disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys, and bowels, purines tbe blood, strengthens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of maladies. It builds ud the entire system. Puts new life and vigor, into any weak man or woman. Price 50 cents. Sold by A. G. Luken & Co., druggist. Home Seekers Excursion vtaPennnhania Line. Low rate Home-Seekers' excursion tickets to points in West and South wil be sold via Pennsylvania Lines November 5th and 19th; also on December 3d and 17th. Particular information about fares, time of trains and other details will be furnished upon application to Passenger acd Ticket Agents of the Pennsylvania Lines. A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made on C P Collier of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly proved fatal. It came through his kidneys. His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, or sit in a chair except propped by cusbiens. No remedy helped him until he tried Electric Bitters which effected such a wonderful change that be writes he feels like a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies tbe blood and bui'ds up your health. Only 50c at A. G. Luken A Co.'g drug store. Convince yourself that E!y 's Cream Balm deserves all that has been said of it as a means of quick relief and final cure in obstinate cases of nasal catarrh and hay fever. A trial s-ize costs but ten cents. Full size, 50 cents. Sold by drusrgists or mailed by E'y Bros", 56 Warren street, New York. Mt. Olive, Ark., May 17, 1901. Messrs. Elt Bros : Please seed me or.e bottle of Cream Blm, family size. I think it is tbe best mecicine f for .aTarrfa ia the world. Very respectfully. J.JLSCHOLTZ, Excursions to Indianapolis via Pennsylvania Lines. Excursion tickets to Indianapolis, account I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment will be sold Nov. ISth and 19tn. from Pennsylvania Lines ticket stations in Indiana, and i November 29th only from ticket sta tions on those uses withtn 7 miles of Indianapolis. For particulars sea local agent of Pennsylvania Lines.

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