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BOB SILVER SAVED FROM CHAIR
A MOTHER old-timer who couldn't
resist the temptation to come
for another look at Brown-
end another drink of Bayou 1
»' drifted into the office yes ter-
He was a real bonly ftdey,
u-wtne old-timer, too. but most
* alder cltiasns will remember
, NEm Quincy Adams lived
• a Quarter of a century ago, or
I maybe farther back than that, Now !
I Me Eves In Long Beach. Calif., and
#ends much of his time in 8eetUe.
wish. He and his wife were here
«k. stopping tor a day while
en an automobile tour through
western Texas.
F* .* , ■ ' • e e
Mr,. Adams was an old-time
preacher who prenched
end amde prohibition speeches be-
cause he liked to do so, and main-
tained a retail business so he and
Ms family could eat regularly In
his prime he Wes a spell-binder
♦About a peer in the country. When
he Vet up to make a prohibition
aneeh. he eould make Cyclone
Davis look like a campaign whisper
Me--thrived on* opposition and
Maght the saloons all over Texar
When there Were no more in Tex-
as. he hunted up,some saloons In
other states and gave them what.
was ooming to them
Klyu. • • * • • . f1 •
j Mr. Adams is now past seventy
ytdn ol age. and has retired from
active public work. He still would 1 —Bob Silver, who for months had
be dangerous if somebody should felt the near presence of the elec-
rtb him and get him into a public trie chair, dropped happily today
argument. * I , into prison routine though that
WprB ... i routine may end only with his
flWItoUlXmN has been making death •
Jl laSfcgemer.ts for reporting the *■* “Whi com-
_____ fimrmhrr cth muted to life imprisonment the
•Oie kni r*tnm« fuLi.. Rm»-n m*. death sentence assessed Sliver for
J^Slbe^uHrabted^f^ual and Participation in the robbery of a------------------------
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NEST TEXAS POSSES SEARCH
FOR SLAYER OF FATHER, SON
TO LIFE TERM
HUNTSVILLE. Tex, Oct 26.—fyP)
ABILENE Tex. Oct. 26.—<ypi--
One of the most intensive
hunts in the history of this section
still a as in progress today as hun-
dreds of armed possemen. led by
three West Texas sheriffs, searched
the brakes of the Brazos River bot-
bet
All exits to the bottoms were
man ! guarded and officers hoped to force
Fritz from cover into the hancs of
guards stationed on tire roads. Tins
failing, it was believed the fugitive
would be forced by hunger to Sur-
render.
The Hamlltons were believed to
have been killed as the outgrowth
toms along the boundary bet-r^n
Haskell and Stonewall counUew for; of e liquor lnvestigatior tn wmrh
Bill Frit*. 35. charged with the alay- Earle wa« a state witne: v Airs,
ing of Dudley W Hamilton and ’his 1 Hamilton, who supplied information
son. Earle, at Rochester Wednesday which resulted in a murder charge
night. •*. being filed against Fntr. uM he
SheriHs A1 Cousins of Haskell. called her hu'iand and rr>n to ’he
Tom Hudson of Jones and Bailey -tUcr of Uvur vouse and detranded
Bingham of Stonewall counties acre that Earle lee e the cour/rv before
October when the liquor case was
to have come to trial Fa;i>" tt-
^ ^ j.t.. Election Bureau The ooe WUson- treasurer, was killed. tew hours after Hamilton ai.J his
ted Press wire la this office Th* governor eked various rea- son were shot down at the door of f> stU. she said, and Fr.tr opened
bring all the election news
forty-seven states and by mid-
sons for the clemency the fourth their home
extended Silver. W. A. Stone, con-
victed with Silver, was sentenced
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MAKES A HIT
ffcr on both mt:i
** to_ **, to only 99 years and the executive
identify the next President of the
States unless the contest is
sea
felt, he said, that “If there was
any miscarriage of justice it may
■ have been m Stone's ewe. and no;
• • • m Silver’s. With the inequality of
We wen retn-mber the election in punishment imposed on the two
vddeh' Woodrow WUsec defeated men, J feel that the cimimstances
Charles Evans Hughes Toe returns are such as to merit 1 commute-
came in Mowty. and for a day or tion of the sentence Nothing can
IWo the outcome was In doubt. An be said tn mitigation of the crime.''
eppostttnn 6*1* down the street Mather IlyMsrlrsI
was trying to baaf us In the pubU- I stiver's mother and wife who had
cation of an extra, and there was ptnuSed with Mr Moody to spare
Do *s)eep for any of this staff until the youth, were almost hysterical
the battle was ended. The outcome m their Joy at the decision spar-
elf the whole matter was that each ring him. The mother of the slain
Wilson caked the governor to
If an the itlbiL B8t Fbtfi got allow silver to go to the chair,
news before the extra, jfe prisoner far whom a long
distributed and each had fight had been made, was being
to 'hold Its papers . The Bulletin's shaved in the penitentiary barber
extra had a Mg hesdlibe saying shop when the meaaaps of hfcs re-
"Wllson Elected. The other paper's auction tn sentence was brought
extra said "Hughes Elected* The ' He fell from the basher’s chair
BuBSrWt Wan the contest by having UKo a faint. Recovering he cried
already printed and readv out. danced about the room and
when the final word embraced the guards.
TOM BLANTON CHANGE HIGH
SCHOOL GRID
RULES MADE
DALLAS Tex, Oct. 26— (4’)—Al-
vin 8. Moody, chairman of the An-
tl-Al Smith Democrats of Texas,
today uxucd the following state-
ment:
"We have liad information with-
in the last few days that election
judges ui some counties of the
state are saying that they will not
count split ballots for the Hoover
electors and for the remainder of
the Democratic nominees.
"These ballots are lawful votes,
for the Hoover electors and for the
Democratic ryimuio's. The Texas
election law expressly provides that
urh ballots shrvill b<~ counted and
the Texas penal code make* it a
criminal offences for any election
officers to refuse to count ^hem.
"As this Is a presidential elec- ^
tion. it U also a criminal offense-
under the federal laws and the VV'HEN prowy Helen Tt\ lor
federal courts have jurisdiction or* TT *----—-----••• -
SPEAKSHERE
NOVEMBER 3
The*. L. BiantOu veteran oou- 1 AUSTTN. Oct. 26 -t.^—A
groasman from this district and one , school smrtent who ent*rs school In
or the moat lorcefxl campaigneos the sprmg term
•t. Texas, wfflyspeak in Brownwood 1 ball that spring cwmKlll play
Mt behalf of the Democratic na- foyrnf tgOtfrU the
tlofial IkkW' dn thft «*«ning of Intencholastir League executive
November J. accordb.c to an an- munmitwr ruttnf of yeatrrday. Rot
nouncement today of ,Tho«naa W R. Hendrnoa league director at’»^ that the ann-Al Smith Drmo-
ia>ior. county L»nvxia.ic cnair- Tcxgs University, said urlay in fur- 'crate of Texas get a free ballot and
tr** . . l• * j ther explanation of the ruling. a fair count.’’
For some time «forte have been The student would not bacamg —----
COMPANY TO
SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 36.—(£*>—
Three men arreated at Seguto in
connection with the looting early
today of five store* and the po*t-
offlce at Fentrea*. were brought to
San Antonio shortly before noon
j by Sheriff A. W. Saegcrt of Ghiad-
alupe county. They were photo-
'graphed and fingerprinted and will
1 be t^ten back to Segulh to answer
| two burglary charges before being
| delivered to authorities of Caldwell
county.
The trio gave their names as
Joe Rivas. Jamaica. * VL; Rad
Thomas
LHRE of undetermined origin de- _ . , ,
1 strayed the main buildings of the Uhiena.) __
Texas Bnck Company, west of the Officers claim to have found m
city, causing damage estimated at their possession nine pistols and
$100,000, the fire starting in the gung a quantity of postage stamps
machine room about 7:30 p. m, d cwhine
Thursday and burning for several '' _ .
hours. Engine and machine rooms -
and the clay storage bins were com- CAN ANTONIO. <
pletely destroyed while dryers and 0 Three armed men
drying sheds were damaged, along j on Fentress, small village,
with practically all the machinery west of Lockhart, Just
Water pumped from one of the
two company lakes melted down
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break today and plundered the
after they had tide up Hill
many piled trucks of green brick caster, night watchman,
and tile. None of the manufactured They looted -five stores of thous-
rtock was. touched, however, and ands of dollars worth of mepctjMtl-
the great kilns were unharmed. Six dise and an' undetermined amount
freight cars on the track were pulled of money, failed in an attemps to
out by a switch engine. open the sale of the.fYr.treas bank
With the fire still burning Friday bot earned away the safe of the
morning. W. H. Gifford, manager. Fentrte* postofftee containing same
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matter is being made and all pos- rifle she usually make> a hit You'd menl of lo,hrs tan ** m#de by forte .with an acetylene torch,
sible steps wifi be taken to see that think she would ‘ <r%" ' " ' “
their ti-
the HivllDte are counted fairly in
; every b« |n tlie State
*u*n‘ "I am taking the matter tip with
_. the Attorney General of Texas and
and play* ba.se- Oovagkor Moody, as the chief
rniaMwKieni offuvis of the
, »M$wHte> WWJ -UYwted humi
ct Attorney jte,i Texaa and
ve nothing undone to
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under way ^ »gw J*- ^ j “«>nble' until ^ fifth sea
for an address
—, ~ kJWKl KSTssKps! U Break
came-. The extras had been printed
lor thirty-six hours at that time.
Weil. Oovemor Moody sure had jed it.
me in a tight place that umr. he
xigbed **I am glad for my mother
and wife, who fought so bravely
OJJie
ViUon
We won’t pubhah an extra on
election night, but invite an the, for me.
people of this section of the state At Fort W<wth *4rs
to effii our guests at a big free elec-,, •on- mot*“r of Roscoe w
non oartv ♦ , ^lain youth, said: , ,
1 . ... T dont think wen of the Oover-
what surprised when s car flUed "
with girts came dating do*-» the,"" __
f'ak I FORT WORTH. Oct. 3g.-<yp>-In
norland speeded off toward the'^ open jetter to Governor Dan
plant o' the brick company where MoodJ^ ouie Wilson mother
the fins was raging Presuaaably ot the late Roacoe Wilson, today
they had a volunteer fireman hid- protested the governors’ action in
den somewhere in the ear and were commuting to life Imprisonment
helping him reach the scene of the the death sentence of J. R (Bob*
hlaae. 1 1 Silver.
, Democratic committee eagerly wbr- I:UW, p^yui^ one. «*son
, . .^1 . MMj ' of a sport alter Iw hss started rar-
Hisfiwelve years of service tn | ticipating ft1 high school athletics
't rjssrgrsjzzr n
«•«*“>• f*«*»c«u»«ion wki, : i£rsssji4ir!s
insurance companies. The loss was cording to Sheriff
' but partially covered however. Caldwell county, who told the story
Flan KrbalMtng , 0f the raid in a long distance tete-
"Stock on hand and now being phone conversation with The San
joumt in the kilns will take care of Antonio ligtiL The bandits stole'the
akd contracts tee have ou torch fmt UiuksmHRi shop, uk
hated." said Mr. O if lord. **A hitediwr u W only their ippsrent unfa-
lof nteckhelders will be haU *exij apiMrtl^sgllR^Lhe Huarumeoa -Uwt
, week and we will then go ahead with^ prevented them from looting the
I plans tor rebuilding, which wll be the sheriff said.
1 in keeping with the increased siae of 1 prom the stores the bandits took
the plant which we had planned or. guns. amnufoteteB and pockat knUes
making before the ftre." • besides clothing. In every piaoe they
Mr. O if ford said that when the rifled regteters.
-— plant is rebuilt and the added kiln* Night watchman Lancaster was at.
DALLAS Oct. 26.— <^F*)— The cc.intruded, the half million, dollar, th# gin office when the bandits
Democratic National Committee to- investment will make it the biggest struck.
“Stick ’em up.” the three fold him
NORRIS DARES
DEMOCRATS
TO SUE HIM
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Vn** P,./^ To day Iound lUeU dared 10 su* ^ j Industry in the heart of Texas, and
L\wmI Ml Ifjllte I 0 1 Rev. J, Frank Norris. Fort Worth one of which the City of Brownwood
C I F* c *iL for In «'**<'«• to win be proud. The <
jpeak ror Smith » »«***■«ton that an anU-Smith plant when fmlshe<i
t '■ ; speech broadcast from a Fort Worth 130.000 bricks a day.
I Wilson was killed in the holdup
and Silver was given death in the
robbery trial.
f Mrs. Wilsons letter in part fol-
to lows: “I am only Just a little sur-
_ __ _ prised at your eleventh hour ac-
break the speed’laws, go to a {fire tion tn commuting to life term the
tend carry a beg> with them gave death sentence of Bob Silver, the
tiye girls something to dream deliberate murderer of my son Ros-
abbut for several nights to coage. - coe AH the useless investigations
which you have indulged in of late
concerning the matter have been
sown on the night air. I feel that
clemency for 8ilver only encour-
ages other criminals of the same
type of action.
"Personally, you had led me to
understand that you viewed the
! court verdict aa justifiable. Then
why the sudden change? Virtually
-— I you have assumed the duty of the
•AN ANTONIO. Oct. -M.—\JPy— trial court in setting aside its ver-
An imaginary armistice having end- diet which you have all along ad-
ad their hypothetical war. high mltted was none too severe.’* .
ranking officers of the United --—;-
States army, fathered for the an- mM /r .. n_ .
nhal maneuver* here this week. t>-- Mail Quits Pant8
gan to disperse today.
The mdek war was hakl for the
benefit of commanding officers in
order to train them to handle situ-
ations which arise In real wdr*. the
greater part of their forces were
W—■ * H. 8olomon
Irndln, ten JUUtllo WMI . r*d W "> w®.
attack from the north threw the ^rte^trwatmrot hC*pUal for *mgx'
j The negro seised Solomon s belt
^ T That’s our idea of a real:
|and It seems that the modern
people spend most of their
searching for thrills. To be
rah g traffic light with
HlfOTHETIOAL Will) i
DRIED BY ARMISTICE
OFFICERS DISPERSE
capacity of the
will be abcut
the present csmpagn It is expect-
ed that he will be greeted by c
[>rev ;.
that he
large audience when he comes here
fall, he would have only three sea-
sons of football eligibility r*ft.
______ , _ .radio station constituted grounds
LAREDO. Texas. Oct. 26.—tA*>— lor a suit, the Rev! Mr Norris
District Attorney John A. Vails said *ired John W- ,Davi* and John
today that he will abandon his 20- Raskrib. asking them to sue him tn
year rule of never making public any court in the United States He
END NEGOTIATIONS
IN ADJUSTMENT OF
STATE GASOLINE TAX I
Politics Main
Business Before
Church Meeting D . c
_ 6 Postpone but
had been put back on the loading
tracks and the shipping of the rres-
addreaMs except before a -Jury to announced that he would broadcast 1 fnLor<^ri tu not. hlndCT*^
take the stump for the Democratic three add rashes from Fort WorUt 71* J1 wy discovered by tne
preaidenUal nominee. Vails will Oct. 28 and invited the Democratic bun"r’
tour the Rio Orande Valley In he- National Committee to have steno-
half of Oovemor Alfred E Smith, graphers ready to. record hi* words a telephone alym. He cut orr.Ml
»p~u«. oHMit. u» “ * y* <°< re
' * • - ’ burning during the entire time of
the fire.
as they covered him with guns. “We
are-going to tie you up and you can
get loose the best way you can.** t
Before truateng the watchman
Early Friday morning with the! in the office of the gin.
fire still burning the freight cars took $2.40 from him.
The bandit trio was
two short men and a tall
were seen several times
Fentress driving a small sedan.
AUSTIN. Oct. 26 -i/pt—Negotia-
tions under an agreed settlement by
Which the state gets $121.549 0? in
Its suit against the Oriental Oil
company and other concerns for
gasoline taxes claimed by the state
DENTON. Tex, Oct. 36.-<A» —
Politics today overshadowed routine 1
business of the North Texas Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal!
Church South in session here. t
A resolution, urging members of
Based On Auto
Crash At Bryan
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TEXARKANA. Oct. ,4*1—Tile
th. Method® Church to eoto col, aTJ’JzI? !£££
for such officials as favored enforce- rtctolty for to* ***| y**k toda>
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BANDITS BUSY
AT TEXARKANA1™ CHIROPRACTORS
ERA SESSHi.fiEART
FOR NATIONAL MEET
Federal jumped to $6,500 with the robbers
safe here last
general R. M. Talley announced. one of its committees.
Judgmen was entered in district - '
court. The sum mentlonad and | T —
^^r'^^LSTT^. Furlough Granted
tie men t. had been held In trust. ----
pending outcome of another suit I VWHW 90
involving questions pertinent to the J1 ~
Oriental ease, in which about 5.- ,
000 concerns and individuals inter- . -
vened. AUSTIN. Oct. *.-<£>>- James
The 1923 one-cant gas tax was in convicted in Bell county of
effect only pne month. The attor- • frkmlou* theft and serving two
ney generals' department contend- years in the penitentiary.
Visit
His Sick Father
ed that it was a “turnover tax."
due from both wholesalers and re-
tailer:. .
A grain company ’safe was robbed
of $600 last Friday, and the Guar-
anty State Bank of R‘-d water, 15
lege student from Mesopotamia, has
been postponed until the next term
of court. °~
Pearce received permanent injur-
ies In a collision with an automobile night. Officers said they believed all
said to have been driven by! Dbu, three robberies were committed by
whose parents are reputed to be the same gang,
wealthy.
SAN ANTONIO. Oft. 36._<jp)_
Internal dissension apparently ad-
justed. delegates to the State Asso-
ciation of Chiropractors, which
mat. from b.r. of W 400 Tu«d.>- £, o^S°?i“ lMt
nffiaok um K-Ho.aH oil awaited the opening fo the nation-
al convention of chiropractors to-
day. -
Dr. Hugh Warren, who resigned
tn the afternoon
wlchea and disappeared ualll thetr
raid, according to the shertft
8—psite
IN. Tex, C
SEQUIN. TtX, Oet. JA—<JP>—Two
men were arrested here today as
suspects in the phmdertag of
Fen trees.
Sheriff McOee said the men wore
heavily armed and in poenateon of
a large amount of goods, apparently
stolen. J They were token to Sew
Antonio for |
identification.
MELLON NOT ILL
granted a 30-day furlough today to
enable him to visit his father. «-
(ddldg <to a farm near Austin, who
to Ml *
The Governor restored hunting
licenses to O. A. Ragsdale and Jud-
Youth Is Given
Life Term For
v ! Firemen Injured
by Falling Wall.
at Theatre Blaze
from the board of directors during
the state convention because he
was not given the proper coopera-
tion. was replaced on the bord by
acclamation at the closing session
When Oil Mustard
Gets Inside Tpo
BEAUMONJ. Tex, Oet. 36 -i#
A unique weapon ot revenge em-
Recent Robbery ™£™
DALLAS. Oct. 26.—UP)—Already
under 15-year sentence for,'nob
bery ot a filling station. Bob Gard-
ner yesterday pleaded guilty to th*
holdup of another station ; a few
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 —t/p)—' son Skiies of Brownwood, who were
A wild rumor, which, apparently convicted of violating state game
gained circulation throughout the laws. They were accured'of killing IZ
s*p
tion at his office found him wort- | claiming they thought toe limit ^ two oeeurred with
Ing at his desk as usual.
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NEW1 JERSEY DEMOCRATS DISFRANCHISED
25 Instead of 18.
hi a few minutes of each other. their rescue work.
| yesterday.
iai»iiN> . Dr. Anna F. Holler back, of Fort
■ Tex, Oct. 36.-HAV- ''Worth, made the principal address
Trapped under a falling roof while of toe closing meeting when she
> fighting fire at the Ideal Theater asserted that she had had great
here early today, two firemen were success with spiritual and mental
slightly injured and rescued from healing and predicted that the time
the blazing debris only when fellow t* not far distant when these meth-
flre fighters turned two hoses on the r<ls will be recognised as standard
Imprisoned mcgi and their rescuers treatments. \m
H. B. Durham. 30. was burled
completely, and Captain C. C.
Archer, who also was caught be-
neath The tool, directed firemen in
red forces into
i north
disorder yesterday.
480 officers
generals and
ranking attended the man-
THE WEATHER
a bottle of oil of mus-
the trousers fastened tol
WEST TEXAS: Tonight
j Saturday partly cloudy. “
and emptied
tard into tlw iHwuru w, tTiwipir » »
the belt. Solomon was In the trou»- n. J
era at the time, but he assured
hospital attendants, he stayed no
longer than was absolutely neces-
sary. It was some time before an
antidote which gave complete relief
Dallas’ Sing er s
Win North Texas
Radio Competition
Oct. 36.—<A*)— ; superintendents of elections
and mi found.
tonight in southeast portion.
BAST TEXAS Tonight and*
Haurcuy partly cloudy, warmer to-,
HAYNB’M rUNEEAL
FpRT WORTH. Oct. 39—<*»>-
Funeral services will be held today
•a'ur- ior J. C. Haynes, former State
Ir. < Comptroller and purchasing agent
_ _ MA: for toe state penitentiary, who died
and Saturday partly eloudy here last night at Uw age of 88.
^ ^ ^ „ BMP* tetetlc National Committee and long
Forty thousand registrants tn 1 rtoht to strike from the lists the a power in New Jersey polities. Mr*
the election dirtrtcte of Hudson and IJf1"*!1, °* ^tosen* toey b«Ueve to be Hagu# Is mayor of Jersey aty.
Illegally registered. Democratic leaden Interpret the
The law giving the superin ten action as an effort to defmt Oov-
dente such power was passed by the emor SmHh They say that ttw
Republican legislauire early tola redress to the twurte given votere
month, vetoed by the Democratic whose names are stricken from toe
Oovemor. Harry Moore, and rtpass- lists means little as the time Is so
M, ..unit B»n. ^rSrJSTTmoauamc M U» ?JSfU
Essex counties. TinnocraUr strong-
holds. today faced the prospect of
having their names stricken from
toe voters rolls on toewraund that
they were Illegally regietered
DALLAS. Texas. Oct. 38.—
Mias Virginia Anderson, soprano,
and Hubert Woodward, baritone,
both of Dallas, have been declared
At-! winner In toe north Texaa Atwater
population Is registered.
Prosecutor Louis Repetto of ... Wm
buttle county has charged that chll- Kent audition after* completion of
dren tvo young to go to school, per- toe tabulation of ballots from lii-
aons lung since ileud ixirmta. cat*, tenors and votes of the Judges,
and dogv hare been regivtrrrd He' They will not compete In the
la moving to have over 2 300 names district auditon to be held from Ra-
of voters itrtcken frotn the list ' dio Station WFAA on November 17.
Democratic leaders in Hudvm' In to# north Texas contest, held
counter said that In starting their last Saturday evening from Station
checkup of toe list of barred vot- WPAA. Miss Andmon i identity was
ere they found that 80 registrants No. 89. and she sang “The Oharm-
from one house In Hoboken were Ing Bird." Woodward was known
struck off the list whereas all twen- as No. 88. and his selection was
ty lived at to# address given and The Evening Son." Aria from
were qualified to vote. ' Thnshautsr." /_______ _
fingerprint
Money
Republicans Have
Spent Millions in
Drive to ' Elect
Herbert Hoover
\l/ ASHINOTON, Odt. 3S—(JP>—Th#
VYfmanclal statement of the Re-
publican national committee for the
penod between OtL 1 and Oct. 24.
pubkshed today by party head-
quarters. disclosed receipts of 91.-
516 053.42 and disbursements of IL-
16* 950 50 during that time.
Joseph R Nutt, treasurer, tn hi*
report for the house and senate '
campaign fund committees, said
that total receipts up to October -
34. acre S2.3tl.804M and total dh-
buraMqento; were g8.188A94.64. *Thi
balance on hand October 84 was
placed at 1187411-88.
.The contributions were received
from 33.21? persons, said Nutt. .
The national treasurer, acting as
agent for the stete’Rcpubiican com-
mittee. said be had received tn ad-
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