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Powell three man hailed and
> Offered Sto'oborn Resistance.
May 38.?Lord Roberta re?
ts the war office in a dispatch from
a follows:
"llahon reports that the firing ool
ttaan an tared Maf eking at 4 o clock on
aha aaarnmg of Hay 1H. He a is stub
. bornty opposed by 'l.AOO men on May 17
?* t ssilas from Maieking, but the ?oers
driven from their strong positions
fire boms* fighting. Mahon's
ware about 90. The Boer
heavy."
1 de red Wit* Kl
May 3?.?Among the prhv
with Commandant Barel
'ana Count DeBremont, a Fsench
and Count Von Weiss, a Oerman.
Baiiatta? that the Boers were gukled
by earn amternare named Hay and Bol
tosur
'Tfavw." Th* Boers
Mia bead.
Heavily. TT
May as.-It ia ofncanBy an
that Colonel Bethnna has ne
sjab&la marohing in toe direr
Of Hewoastle. Natal, he was am
a party of Boers A miles west
Vryheid, at the Transvaal, and that
few af his force escaped. tUu
hertid IS men.
British invade tbe Transvaal.
Cara Town, May St.?British trnosjs
have arrived at Vereenigiiig (in the
, Traaevsal) north of the Vaal river. The
^_widge across rhe Vaal was found to be
^?Jntac?, Twenty seven Free bfete and
^^ransTaal hmnsniiMves were captured.
SRUOER IS IN GOOD HEALTH.
I Mallaad Kestdeat? Are Preparing Kur
Helge et Pretoria.
Puxtouia, May ?1. ? An open air
has been held by the local Hoi
SOO of whom were present, to
the situation in the event Pre
should be beleaguered. A commit
ras appointed to secure a place of
for tbe women and children.
The consul general of tbe Netherlands,
Mr. rf teuw-mnoys, was asked to adviae
bis ffovernment to take eare of its sob
Jeat*.
One speaker amid tbe position wm
mat dark. The British, he declared,
would be mastsr? of the Kree State and
Transvaal; might would be right; the
capitalists would dominate; the poor
would 1? the sufferers and the Holl?nd?
ers would have 00 chance.
Dr. Hermans contradicts tbe reports
I received regarding the health of Presi?
dent It rage r, which be says is good.
Mr. Kr?ger is transacting all the work
for the is*esidency.
In accordance with the understanding
between General Botha and the presi
, dent, a circular wa* nomad stating that
should the enemy incoeed in gaining a
position in the Traiisvsal and take poa>
sssssoo of one of the districts the inhabi?
tants should be free to devnU 'whether
they should leave. Tlie men must re
tbey
man
n with th - nunuiamlixN.
Warren Orcuplcs Duagla*.
Oafu Town, May at. ?General War
ooonpled Douglas after heavy
1 without sustaining any loss.
to the north.
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BOERS TO STAND AT
RHEINOSTER RIVER
Are Well In trenched and Have
Ohm In Position.
BRITI8H MOVE FORWARD
Great Battle Is Kx pec ted Within 48
Hours -Transvaaler* to Offer Strong
Resist* nee?Klaht Hundred Burgh
Surrender.
London, May 84.?Lord Roberts is ad?
vancing in force. The wait at Kroon
?tads is over and already the main Brit?
ish army is about 90 miles north of its
former resting place. Judging from the
dispatches fron Lord Roberts at Hr> ing
sprnit station while flanking him on
either side of the railroad General
French's cavalry and General Ian Ham?
ilton's mounted infantry are both slighty
in the advance of Lord Roberta and
threatening to envelope the Boer posi
! tion, which extends SO miles duo north.
The main British army wist probably
advance along the railroad while Gen
oral French ouu verge* from the west,
and General Hamilton from the east.
Against this overwhelming force the
Boars will probably fallow their usual
tactics ol retiring Co positions, which
doubtless have been prepared in advance
for their occupation.
Since Che last despatch left Honing
Spruit Lord Roberta has doubtless still
farther advanced and by now is either
engaging or following the retreating
Boers.
The first word received from Baden
Powell at Mafekiug heightens rather
than diminishes the reports heretofore
cabled of the gallantry exhibited bv the
garrieoa during the closing days of the
? siege._
Details of Battle at Mafekiug.
London, Mav 24 ?War office issues a
dispatch from Lord Roberts at Honing
spruit, announcing the receipt by him
of the following message from General
Baden-Powell at Mafekiug:
"I am happy to inform you that Mafe?
kiug has been suooossfnlly relieved. The
northern and southern columns joined
hands on May 16 and attacked the en?
emy and after a small engagement en?
tirely defeated them with loss. The
British casualties were three killed and
83 wounded. j
"The r?Heering force marched into
Mafekiug ami the relief and defense
forces combined and moved out and at?
tacked the enemy's head laager. We
shelled them out of their position and
took one gnu, a flag and a largo amount
of ammunition stores, etc. Five dead
and 15 wounded Boers were found. The
enemy appears to be retreating in all
directions except one commando, which
is lying low, possibly to cover the re?
treat of the remainder."
Lord Roberts' dispatch further says:
"Ian Hamilton has reached Hr?hren
after a series of engagement? with a
Boer force under De wot, who is retiring
before him. Broadwood has captured 15
Boer wagons. There have been 75 cas?
ualties in Hamilton's force. We marched
here this morning."
Boers Hold Strong Positions.
Los don, May 24 ?The Boers, it is
slated, have definitely determined to
make a stand at the Rheinoster river,
which is between Kroonstadt and the
Vaal river. They have intrenched
themselves and have big guns, some of
them Orensot, in position. They boast
that they are going to hurl back the
"Roonineses." The British infantry
has moved forward and within the next
dar or two probably the Transvaalers
will have an opportunity of proving
their words. _
Boers tm Make Strong Resistance.
Honino 8PRUITT, Orange Free State,
May 34.?French has crossed the Rhen
ostet river, north of here. This move?
ment, combined with General Ian Ham?
ilton's opposition of Heilbron, renders
the Boers' position, Stf miles in the Brit,
ish front, untenable. The latest re?
ports, however, received say the burgh?
ers are prepared to mako a strong resist?
ance and possess 15 gnus. Fifteen pris?
oners have been taken.
Right flu ad red Boers Surrender.
KiifSSRiJCY, May 34.?About800Boers
have surrendered st Vryburg, north of
Kimberley, and a little more than half
way between that place and Mafekiug.
The road is all clear from Mafekiug and
all opposition in this district is prac?
tically ended. _
Iron Market Very Dull.
Cutv klan d. May 36.?The Iron trade
is slowing almost to a standstill. An al?
most entire absence of buying and at the
same time a rate of consumption known
to be close to the highest, if not tno
highest mark, make a combination the
trade has never seen and it is not sur?
prising that those longest in the busi?
ness are puzzled by it. Prices are prac?
tically unchanged, while dullness in all
departments has been pronounced.
Elect Officers and Adjourn.
PiTTHBURd, May 2(3.?The seventh an?
nual assembly of the Knights of the
Aucient Kssenic order has closed after
electing Thomas W. MeKnight of New
York supreme Ncnator and other officers.
T xt meeting will bo held in (Jin
sj|.i in September, IM01.
Negro*** Hurtled to Heath.
Dadbvillk, Ala., Mar 3?.?Two negro
men were hurned to death at J. F. Tur?
ner's saw mill near here late last ni?hr.
The negroes were sleeping in a snaek
near the mill, which was destroyed by
fire, and it in supposed were overcome
by the smoke while asleep.
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ROBERTS'ADVANCE
TOWARD PRETORIA
Methuen Is Pushing Along
8outh of the VaaL
HE MENACES CLERKSDORP
Mutton In Neighborhood of Vredefort.
Threatens Federals' Right Flank.
Battle Expected at Johannesburg
and Lalng's Nek.
London, May 36.?Another advance
along the railroad toward Pretoria has
brought Lord Roberta* troops to Vrede?
fort road, a few miles north of Prospect,
where they arrived Thursday. It is re?
ported General Methuen is progressing
along the southern portion of the Vaal
with the object of making a dash at
Clerksdorp when he arrives opposite that
railroad terminus.
General Hutten's column is appa?
rently in the neighborhood of Vredefort,
15 miles west of the railroad, whence it
threatens the federals' right hank. The
next I'ew days will show whether Lord
Roberts will encounter serious opposi?
tion south of the Vaal, but the best opin?
ion believes the next big engagement
will be fought just south of Johannes?
burg, and that the fight there and possi?
bly 01 to at Laing's Nek will prove the
last pitched battles of the war.
The latest indications almost point to
the fact that General Boiler will delay
until Lord Roberts is ready to detach a
force ito seise Heidelberg and sever rail?
road communication between Johannes?
burg itnd laing's Nek.
Hunter Pushing Forward.
Warrenton, May 26. ? Operations
have 1>een pushed forward 80 miles, one
of General Hunter's brigades having oc?
cupied. Vrybnrg. Considering the diffi?
culties of the road this is a remarkable
achievement for a mixed force, short of
rations, making forced marches. Water
i? scare \ Some portion of the brigade
cover, a 18 miles without a break. Gen?
eral Hunter has gone to Vrybnrg.
British nearing the Vaal.
Vredefort, May 26. ? The British
nolumns reached the Vredefort road at
noon .and are now only two marches
from the Vaal river.
THE PRESIDENT MUST ACT.
He Will Be Forced to Assume a Pro
Boer Attitude.
Washington, May 20.?Notwithstand?
ing the declaration of the president that
he will not interfere with tho South
African war, the Boer commissioners
expect that political expediency will
cause him to make a move which will be
beneficial to their cause.
It is apparent to the commissioners
that political agitation alone -?rill aid
their cause, and they intend to take ad?
vantage of -every opportunity to press
it upon the attention of the American
people.
It will be the earnest effort of the
South African sympathizers in the
United States to make the failure of the
president to act in the interest of peace
one of the prominent issues of the cam?
paign. The west is reported wrought
up over the refusal of the president to
intervene, and it is proposed to keep the
question olive.
A gentleman acquainted with the sit?
uation in South Africa and the hopes of
the Boers says their troops can certainly
hold out until December. Pretoria, he
said, was splendidly fortified and would
nave 15,000 to ?0,000 defenders.
Should Bryan be elected the fact that
the president-elect of the United States
has mode a declaration of his intentions
to take measures to j stop the war will
have the effect, it is believed, of causing
the British to be more lenient in the
terms they will propose.
ST. LOUIS POLICE INDICTED.
? II Mi 1
Officers Failed to Do Thier Duty Dur
in Strike Riots.
Sr. Louis, May 24.?General Manager
Baumhoff of the St. Louis Transit com?
pany has announced that he will com?
mence to operate the street car lines
that have stood idle since the strike be?
gan. The management of the Transit
company say cars will not be run after
dark until all danger of attack from
the disturbing element has ended.
The request of United States Marshal
Bohle that he be allowed to appoint 100
deputy marshals to help preserve the
law and order has been referred by At?
torney Geutral Griggs to Judge Adams
of the United States district court.
He said that since the federal injunc?
tion had been issued the strikers and
others seemed disposed to let the wires,
cars and other property of the street
railway company alone. The police offi?
cers have been mdicted by the grand
jury on the charge of neglect of duty in
failing to suppress disturbances when
called upon to do so in the early days of
the strike. Chief Campbell has adopted
this method of compelling officers to do
their duty.
TAYLOR STAYS^N INDIANA.
Governor Mount still Refuses to Honor
Requisition For Unlay.
Indianapolis, May 21.?W. S. Taylor,
former Kentucky governor, and Charles
Finlny, wanted at Frankfort on a charge
of oompliaity in the Qoabel assassina?
tion, are still here. Friday they had ln?
tended going to Martinsvillo, Ind., but
friends baft have told them it would be
cu.nv for enemies to kidnap than in so
small a place.
Fin lay now makes contention that the
present requisition is illegal. They con?
tend that Beckham's signature was
before he was governor in reality.
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BDAY. MAY 30. 1900
DANCING, CARDS AND
THEATER FORBIDDEN
Presbyterians Must Abstain
From These Amusements.
MISSIONARIES ABE HEARD
Pleat Are Made For Assistance to Push
the Work?Report of Committee on
Home Mission??Progress of Sunday
school Work.
Atlanta, May 24.?The Presbyterian
general assembly by its vote urges mem?
bers of this church to abstain altogether
from dancing, theater-going and card
playing.
The report of the committee on a pas?
toral letter was adopted this morning.
The letter is in part as follows:
For the promotion of the spiritual
well-being of the church, the general as?
sembly feel constrained to address all
our people a few words of instruction
and advice on the importance of ab
staining from such amusements as are
destructive or unfavorable to the re?
ligious life of the Christian.
Under the term worldly amusements
may be included the dance, theater and
the card table. There is dancing which
is innocent in itself. There are plays
that are highly moral, and card playing
without gambling cannot be called a
?in. There are also dances, stage plr. -s,
and games of cards that are in tr-m
selves harmful and contrary to the law
of God; and such being evil and only
evil are condemned and forbidden by
the church. On these matters the church,
through its constitution, the deliver?
ances of its courts and from its pulpits
has spoken in the strongest terms.
The qnestiou then arises: May not
Christians freely indulge in such forms
of worldly amusements as are not sinful
in themselves? In reply the general as?
sembly urges our people to abstain alto?
gether from the amusements referred to,
as a matter of Christian prudence, ex?
ample and out of regard for the honor of
Christ.
The reasons are assipied?
L These things are worldly and char?
acteristic of a worldly as distinguished
from a spiritual life.
2. Experience shows that persons en?
gaging in worldly amusements arc easily
led into such indulgences as are wrong
in themselves.
3. Worldly amusements are not favor?
able to a i'jp'owth in grace.
The report of the committee on home
missions showed two new presbyteries
and 15 new churches. For local home
missions $115,000 had been raised during
the year. ?
When the recommendations came up
for consideration Rev. J. P. Lloyd, a
missionary from the Indian Territory,
presented the claims of his field in an
interesting address.
Rev. Robert Hill of Dallas, Tex.,
spoke for the Dallas presbytery, urging
the great need of funds to prosecute tho
work. The Dallas presbytery covers a
territory extending 050 miles, embracing
a population of 500,000, with only eight
self-supporting churches and 8,000 Pres?
byterians. In one county thore were
more Methodists than there were Pres?
byterians in the entire presbytery; in
another single county more Baptists.
Elder J. S. Munce of Richmond made
a strong appeal for better methods in
raising the invalid ministers' fund. He
said it was the shame and reproach of
the church that infirm and aged minis?
ters were permitted to suffer. He would
not minimize the importance of hon
and foreign missions, but this was the
most important question before the bod' .
He quoted the scripture, "He that fsu*s
to provide for his own household de?
nies the faith and is worse than an in?
fidel."
The report of the committee was adopt?
ed, carrying with it the re-election of
Dr. J. N. Craig, secretary.
I Dr. R. H. Nail of Greenwood, S. C,
presented a report from the committee
, on Sundayschools and young people s
; societies. The report is one of the most
! important and interesting that will come
before the general assembly. The com
1 mittee made some recommendations that
j bid fair to bring about the liveliest sort
of discussion when they are taken up by
the assembly.
The reports from 74 presbyteries shows
the nnmber of Sundayschools to be 3,003,
with a total enrollment of 149,042 offi?
cers, teachers and scholars, with an ave?
rage attendance of 94,163. The total
contributions for the past year were
$87,100.78, with current expenses of $58.
781.70. One feature of the report is the
number of churches reporting no Sun?
dayschools, there being 800.
UNITED PRESBYTERIANS.
Forty-Second General Assembly In
Session In Chicago.
Chicago. May 34.?The forty-second
general assembly of the United Presby?
terian Church of North America begun
here today in the Sixth United Presby?
terian church. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. S. R. Lyons, D. D.,
president of Moumouth college, Mou
mouth, Ills.
The greatest discussion in the assem?
bly will be over the revision of the testi?
mony on secret societies. Many mem?
bers of oath bound organizations are
now in tho church and it is causing
trouble. Several reports were presented.
Law Is Unconstitutional.
Charleston, May 24.?Judge Benot
has handed down a decision declaring
the act, recently passed by tho legis?
lature, extending the powers of the re?
corder, allowing him to sentenco pris?
oners for $0 instead of only 30 days, to
be unconstitutional.
Negro Planter Assassinated.
Pout Gibson, Miss., May 94 ?News
has been received hero of the assassina?
tion of William Burris, a negro planter
living ou the Person plantation.
nd Truth's." thk t
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EXPLOSION KILLS
TWENTY-TWO MINERS
Fearful Catastrophe Occurs
In North Carolina.
CAUSED BT BROKEN GUAZE
Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds of Dy?
namite Ignited by Defective Lamp.
About 50 Men In Mine When the Ex
plosion Occurred.
Raleigh, May 24.?Twenty-two min?
ers, ten white and 12 negroes, lost their
lives in an explosion at Cumnock Coal
mines, Chatham county, N. C, list
afternoon. The explosion occurred at
4:30 o'clock and is supposed to have been
caused by a broken gauze in a safety
lamp. The accident was in what is
known as the east heading and between
40 and 60 men were in the mine at the
time. Five were brought ont alive from
the east heading while none of the men
in the other parts of the mine were in?
jured.
Within an hour after the explosion
the work of rescue began, and hy\night
all the bodies except one hid been
brought to the top.
This is the second explosion this mine
has had within the past four years, the
former one having occurred on Dec. 28,
1895, when 48 men lost their lives.
The mines are situated at Cumnock in
Chatham county, about 6 miles from
Sanford. The mine has been long used
in a desultory fashion, but in 1888 Sam?
uel A. Henzy of Philadelphia organized
i a company and put in modern machin?
ery. There are two shafts, one for ven?
tilation, and the other, the main work?
ing shaft, is 8x12, and is considerably
more than 600 feet in depth.
In December, 1895, an explosion took
?laco at this same mine, in which 43
ves were lost. This explosion was
caused by "flre damp," though many
of those killed on this occasion lost their
lives from the resulting explosion of
about 250 pounds of dynamite stored in
the mine. A great many of the bodies
were burned. The scenes around the
mouth of the shaft were heartrending.
This disaster is the fourth that has oc?
curred at this mine, and in the four dis?
asters about 85 men have lost their lives
and many others have been injured.
NEW YORK REFORMERS MEET
Injunction Against Strikers Discussed.
Recommendations Are Mad*1.
New York, May 24.?The matter of
tho injunctions that have recently been
issued against the Cigarmakers' union
forbidding them to picket the factories
of manufacturers whose employes have
struck, and forbidding it also to pay
strike benefit! to the .strikers, has been
taken up by the Reform cmb, which lis?
tened to a report made by its committee
on injunctions. The report recommends
that an attempt be made to obtain con?
certed action throughout the country in
I favor of urging upon the nation and
: state legislatures the passage of acts pro?
viding that injunctions shall not bo is?
sued against any but parties to the
action, their agents, servants and attor?
neys.
It also recommended to labor organi?
zations to have the questions arising un?
der existing law carried to the higher
courts under the direction of the general
body in each trade rather than of local
associations, to the end that any usurpa?
tion of judicial power in any corner of
the land, however distant and obscure,
may be effectually restrained or brought
to naught.
ADAMS WILL HEAD TICKET.
Will Be Nominated For Governor by
Alabama Populists.
Birmingham, Ala., May 24.?Dr. G.
B. Crowe, Chairman of the Populist
state executive committee, when asked
who the Populists would nominate for
governor at their adjourned state con?
vention to bo held here Juue 30, stated
that Judge S. M. Adams would receive
the nomination. When told that Judge
Adams had said in an interview that he
would not accept the nomination, Dr.
Crowe replied that he would be forced
to accept the honor. He added that a
full state ticket would certainly be put in
the field by the Populists and that Judge
Adams would lead it.
Montgomery Preachers Resign.
Montgomery, Ala., May 24.?Rev. Dr.
George B. Eager, who for ten years has
presided over the First Baptist church
has resigned to accept the chair of
Biblical instruction in the Baptist uni?
versity at Louisville. Rev. E. P. Davis,
who for seven years has been the pastor
of the First Presbyterian church here,
has resigned, having received and ac?
cepted a call from the Opelika and Au?
burn churches.
Opposition Developing Strength.
Washington, May 26.?The light for
the southern naval station is to bo car?
ried to tho floor of the house and those
who are against the arbitrary selection
of Charleston are organizing their forces
to make it iis lively a fight as possible
They are hopeful of success, but they
are not blinding themselves to the fact
that so far tho advantage is witb
Charleston.
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Series?Vol. XIX. So. 4T
HONEYCOMBED WITH
I FRAUD, CORRUPTION
Cuban Customs Service Prom?
ises Great Sensation.
TREMBLING WITH FEAR
Employes Implicated Terror Stricken.
Havana Paper Makes Strong Protest.
Ambassador Andrew D. White a Vice
Presidential Possibility.
Washington, May 26.?An explosion
in the Cuban customs service is threat?
ened which promises revelations as sen?
sational as the disclosures in connection
with the postal service.
I A customhouse official gives the in?
formation that the customhouse in Ha?
vana is honey-combed with fraud and
corruption and the employes interested
are trembling in fear of investigation.
I That congress must make a thorough
investigation of every department of the
government of Cuba is the conclusion
being rapidly forced upon administra?
tion leaders in both houses. Nothing
short of a searching inquiry by a com
mittod containing representatives of the
minority party will be accepted.
It is expected that the Bacon resolu?
tion will be adopted by the senate.
CUBANS BECOMING RESTIVE.
Havana Paper Protests Against Amer?
ican Occupation of Islands.
Havana, May 26.?The Diaro de la
Marinas says that if foreigners should
not be employed by the government *:he
Messrs. Bliss, Frye, Wood and others
should immediately leave office, adding:
"During the previous era, when Cuba's
neck was galled by the yoke of Spanish
despotism, the island had a constitution
under which the people enjoyed home
rule and uuder which all the public
offices could only be held by native Cu?
bans or Spanish residents who had re?
sided a certain length of time in the
island. No governor general or chief of
customs would have dared to violate the
spirit of the constitution by nominating
a foreigner to public office. But thanks
to the glorious revolution which freed
Cuba from Spain's rule there is no con?
stitution and no law save the sabre and
the latter is supreme."
Cuban Customs Kmploycs.
Washington, May 26.?The war de?
partment has issued a statement from
the division of customs and insular af?
fairs designed to show that the number
of carpet-baggers in Cuba has been over?
estimated so far as the customs service
of the island is concerned. According
to the latest returns, which were
those of Dec. II, there were 668 customs
employes, of whom 515 were Cubans, 99
Spani-irds and only 50 Americans, of
whom M were employed in Havana,
Celebrated the Queen's Birthday.
Havana, May 26.?L. E. Guardian
the British consul here, celebrated the
queen's birthday by giving an official
dinner, his guests including Governor
General Wood, the bishop of Havana,
Senor Tamayo, the secretary of state,
Senor Mendoza, president of the su?
preme court, the foreign consuls gen?
eral, the prominent Englishmen and the
heads of departments.
White Is a Possibility.
Washington, May M.?Andrew D.
White, United States ambassador to
Germany, is being seriously considered
by Republican leaders as a vice presi?
dential possibility. *iis name will be
further discussed at _ meeting of mem?
bers of the national committee at Phila?
delphia on Saturday next.
CYCLONE AT MOREHEAD CITY
Lasted About Five Minutes but Did
Considerable Damage.
Morehead City, N. C, May 26.?A
cyclone of great violence struck this
place about 6 o'clock. Its approach was
unnoticed and it only lasted five min?
utes, but during that time it tori planks
from the depot, turned over and broke
the masts of the Samuel Buckmau, a
jig 2-sail sharpie, which was tied to the
wharf, and the men who were on the
wharf only saved themselves by cling?
ing to posts.
It raised boxes of fish weighing 200
pounds as high as a man's head and
dropped them with such force that they
were crushed to pieces.
Cut Her throat With Razor.
PHii.adf.LPmA, May 24.?Mrs. Anna
Chisholm Gilmore, wife of Major J. C.
Gilmore, assistant adjutant general of
the National guard of Pennsylvania,
has committed suicide by cutting her
throat with a razor. She died in her
husband's arms.
Jockey Walsh's Condition Critical.
New Yoke, May 24.?Jockoy Tommy
Walsh, who was thrown from his horse
at Morris park and seriously hurt, is
raid to be a shade bettor, but the att jnd
ing physicians say his recovery is only
a remote possibility.
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