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ESTABLISHED APRIL 8, 1906._BLUEFTELD, W. VA„ -WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, N'OVEM HER IH.NiCn. _ j,,UCK xwo CENXS
NEW THEORY
LITTLE CASE
HElKHtT THAT COAL UNI) HI Y
RKS M\| PLOYED HIM To
KILL MKAIMJWS
FAMILY.
STORY LACKS CONFIRMATION
IF TIU'E I1FLI>:VFI) MEN WHO
1‘KO.MPThl) Ml KDEHS WILL
COME TO KESCI K.
According to a roport receive!
here today from a reliable source,
<| testimony of a sensational nature
will be offered ai the trial on Thanks
giving Day ot Howard Little, ac
cu ed of murdering the Justis fam
ily at Hurley several weens ago It
is sal 1 that a purty of men engag
ed in the purchase or.' coal lands in
furiated because they could not
induce Abe Justis to sell the prop
erty lie owned to them employed
Little to murder the entire family
thereby imiking It easier for them
to secure a right to the laud. So
completely did the people want the
family done away with that they
had the fletul Incarnate Little bo
burn the house in order to hide the
•foul crime Is the report that has
leaked out.
The prisoner has not been at all
talkative since his incarceration
and has possessed the serenity of
one promised acquittal. Th** silence
maintained by him from tho time
he was arrested on suspicion of be
ing an accessory to the sextuple
murder has caused many to think
he ,'was keeping something *under
cover until the day of the trial. The
fact that none of the money Little
H supposed to have gotten the
night of the murders has ever bet
found leads the officers to believe
his rapacious partners will come to
hij aid on the day he is tried
Attorney Wilson of Lebanon, who
will ddfend Little could not. be
reached by wire today, so this ru
mor lias not. been confirmed, but
it is a well known fact, tnat a party
of strangers were seen near Hurley
^ several months ago, trying to buy
a large portion of the undeveloped
coal lands in Buchanan county, and
who, It is claimed dickered with
Aunt Betty .fustlg but could not
agree with her on terms. ft is
feared hy many who remember the
visit of the strange coal land dea
lers that they will spirit Little
away from the Clrundy Jail under
the pretext, that they are going to
lynch him. Kxtra precaution has
beet^ Uikeu to guard the Jail at
Grundy, and only the witnesses
will be admitted to the couri room
when the trial commences tomor
row'. It is expected that the trial
will last several days. The whole
day tomorrow will be consumed la
arraigning Little on seven counts,
end in electing the Jury.
IN FAVOR OF
RACE SUICIDE
Philadelphia, Nov 24.- Limit the
number of children In each family
and Unit the mrngcajion to tho
United .Stales, or else there is a
grr.ve danger of the population ex
ceeding the available food supply,
Is tho advice of Seotl Nearing, In
structor inecononilcs of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania
Speaking before the Hebrew Llt
0 ersry Society this sfternoon on the
subject of race suicide. Prof. Near
ing ridiculed former President Roo
sevelt pet theory of the advisabil
ity of big families, declaring that
the anti-race suicide sentiment wras
responsible for the Inrrea .ed cost
of living expens •*.
Woman * sphere In life was given
a new definition, he declaring that
woman « function was not 1o l>enr
children, but to rear a /ew children
Jn the elements of future good oili
ssnshlp.
GLEAN RIVLaS
COMMISSION
—
MKRTING IN CHARl.K'TO.N TO
HTor tmt: nn.i.n ion
OE STHKAMS.
Charleston, T ft • 2\.—A meeting
of the commit* £ ,appointed by the
Go\ei nor to * ligate- the pollu
tion of Ww £L fgluia tlverj u'id
ft reams, was J yesterday In 'he
j executive oft At the chpljol. An
other meet1/ 111 be held today
and probah’ . (the last part of tlr*
week the nSt* t of the oomml slot,
will i»e delivered to the Governor.
A large delegation of the repre
sentatives of large tanning and pul|
manufacturing companies on Cherry
river. In Nicholas county, were pres*'
• :.‘i at the meeting K>r the purpose
of tilting to the commission what
steps tho companies have taken to
! reniv iy the existi >g conditions The |
| representatives «>f the companies
who uppeared before the commission 1
wore C. S. Wston, of Ccranton, lJa., i
{president of the Cherry River Culp
and Caper Company, and C. B.
| Brcowevbndk, „uperlntendi at of the
same company; S. M. WitInner. |
! superintendent of the \\\ F Moss
Tanning Company; Messr . Alderso.'i j
an | Breckenrldgo, attorneys. of;
Alderson and Cushing, an expert
chemist, of Boston.
During the long coiAeic.ict* which i
wn held, the representatives of the
companies explained that they be
licvd th conditions of the water in
the river to be better than former-1
ly an 1 that except for the water be
ing slightly colored by the refuse
from the mills very little sediment
| has-been noticed i*i the river lately.
A memher of the conimi aion stat
ed last night that the condition of
tile water In the river is very bad.
He mentioned, as a-n example, that
! at the plant of one <j the largest
! lumber companies in the state,
j which l» located on the river below
! thexs mills, it had been found nec
' essary to drill wells to obtain wafer
j pure enough to use in the boilers,
as the river water was found to be
rulnou-3. He also stated that he
had been told that the companies,
the refuse from mills caused
the population of the stream had
reimbursed the lumber company for
the expense of drilling the wells. (
Another meeting of the commis
sion will he hel i today at the office
(»* the Governor and following this
meeting the members of the com
mission will devote several day
time in preparing the report, which
will lie made to Governor Glasscock
from the data, which has been se
cured during the series of investi
gating trips which they have made
along the fivers where pollution ex
ists.
Former Governor W. A. MacCor
kle stated yetfterdav that he had
found the pollution of the river so i
had that lot only had the fish been
killed or driven out by the acids in
the water hut that even fhe bull
frogs had been practically external-!
nated
Governor Glasscock Is chairman j
of the commlslson and the other
members are Former Governor Mac
Corkie. State Senator Adam H Ut
tlepage and J. A. Wood.
SCHOOL CENSUS
IN NEW YORK
New York. Nov. 24.—This city is
beginning a school census that prom
| iee:* to be epoch-making in Anieri
j can cities From now on parents
inu "t notify the police lepar i tnent
wh'ti they move thetr childre;, from
one address to another It ig con- j
! sldered significant Oiat Nev. York
City thus commit* Itself to a prm-j
1 riple of a perma *-nt penetration I
i in the hands of the police, for onlv
(two years ago there was a general1
j objection to importing from Buropc
, what was then 'resentfully callrti
"police espionage.'' Mr. Felix H.1
Warburg, <i‘ the great banging Arm,
of Kuhn, Loob Sr flo., and a former
; commissioner of education, ha* for
! years been working for a itermaoeM ,
police registration but wa7it» land-;
lords. r«ther than parents, to be re- i
a possible for notifying the police of
removals or new-conttners in each j
hou c.
it is exjavfed that this census I
will And ma>ny thousand of children |
Illegally absent from school and po*
i»ibly a few 'thousand illegally at
i work.
STEAL PAPERS
IN LITTLE CASE
ITALIANS * TAKK TTKTTT'Ttrjfs
OV KIUOAT IN WHICH AFFI
DAVITS WKItK 4 AltltlKD
__ %
A deter*lve 1 ' the employ of the
Baldwin-Felts agency .which arreat
od Howard Little, several wtH>ki
ago on anspklo:i of being Implicat
ed in the murder of the Justl i fam
ily, at Hurley, waa truly vexed
when, leaving h.s overcoat lit .he
smoking car and going to the diner
op No. 3 Monday night returned
to the smoker to And his overcoat
containing a isicknge of sealed affi
davit ; and other evidence to be used
In the Little trial gone A thorough
search o» the tar was made hut the
missing ulster could not lie found.
When tho detective got IV* Devon lie
wired to a member of Hie agecey
at Northfork who acured a 'descrip
tion of all the pa si ngers getting
off at that poi’it. Two Italians were
described as having a package and
un overcoat.
rho detective went to the house
where the Italians hourd but they
were at work.
I'I’on rear'hlng Hie hou o the
mltwl'g coat wuh found but the
package or affidavits were gore. The
Italian* were arrested while at work;
and taken to the boarding place
whore o:ie of them crawled under
the hoti.e and got the important
package thus preventing 41 delay in
•he Little trial Both prisnneis
were taken to Welch and locked up.
The agency was advised hist
night of the theft and recovery of
the affidavits. No motive 14 assign
ed beyond the getting of an over
coat as tho Italians did not appear
to know what the papers were for. j
FOR STUDY
OF PELLAGRA
Waahington. Nov 24.—Tho Nat
ional Association for the Study of
Pellagra, which was organized as a
result of the national com'rorenoe
held In Columbia. S. C. a few’ weeks
ago i f planning to hold it* annual
convention in Peoria, 111., In June
lino.
At the recent conference there
were about 350 delegates present
ar.d papers were read by a number
of prominent physicians and health
officers from sections of this coun
try and Europe where the disease
prevails
I liat spoiled corn Is potent fac
tor I” cau dng the disease was eon
reded by all. but as to whether or
not the disease Is hereditary, the
delegates were Inclined to differ.
Hr. H. H. Griffin of the Htate Hos
pital. Columbia. 8. C., 4ald that he
considered Pellagra as herldilary
only In the form of a predisposition j
or inherited tendency.
It was stated at tin* conference <
tLiat whip* the discovery wn , a n *w
one In this country It had been
known for years In Europe aid
Africa. The problem had been stud [
i'’d by foreign physicians for many
years, and It had boon decided by
orne of the foremost that the dis
pase is not contagious. For .this 1
reason It was argued that quarlnW
precautions were not necessary
The highest estimates place the
number of eases in the I'nltel
States at 5000. The medical treat
ment r0r this sickness, as aivoeated
by Hr. F. M. Handwfth. of rg>ndon.
consists of a nutritious dlot. arse
nic, suspension of maize. ,, , j P]jn)i_
nation of Intestinal psraftlfe* by
appropriate treatment
R. A. MOSELEY
It. A. Moseley. Secretary of the
Interstate Commerce Oonnnis l<v>.
who got Into a heated argument
over tne Kscli bill with Commission
er Kirlo of south •Carolina. Secre
tary Mo ely hell that ’he Inter
state t'ommUrlo-i should have the
lw>w**r to investigate the cause of
rnllroa.1 wreoks. Marie *nld they
would light that and when \Uv»olv
Inquired with fl la or what the rom
nH-isJor.ors thou eh I there was going
to bo trouble, ft:ule'u cntentlon
was that such power hvifringeq upon
state rights, but a majority of 4he
comm last oner* voted In favor of the
bill
WILL DEMAND
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FULL APOLOGY
*
WASHINGTON GOV E It X >1 E N T
HAS W AR.Nf II|*S IX REAM.
NESS To SAIL IE CLAIMS
ARE REECSEH.
ZELAYA JAILING AMERICANS
COSTA RICANS ARE RELIEVED
TO IIE AIDING THE ItEVO
Lt’TlOVlSTS.
Washington, Nov. 24. The T'nit
ed States government will demand
$100,000 Indemnity and full apology
from Zelaya for the murder of Grace
end Cannon, and active prepara
tions are being made to see that, the
demand is Immediately compiled
with.
The execution of the two men by
Zelaya 1« held to be unprecedented
by the State Department.
The Pauducah and Dubuque are
held In readiness at the Portsmouth
navy yard to sail to Nicaragua In a
minute's notice.
INTERNATIONAL KXJ*OHVTIO.V
OF FIVE ART.
Washington. Nov. 24. Ore of the
main attractions of the World's Pal,
at Brussels la 1910 will be the In
ternational Exposition of Fine Arte,
which Will be housed i*i the halls
and galleries of the Palace of Uk
.Titbtlee. The exposition will open
about, 'lay i and c|o <• abou’ N'oyem
her in. This country will be olfi
'•!i|iy represented
ROUNDS UP
TOUGH BUNCH
1 £ + jp I * 4 >4' ^ ■
oii»wr m.tvn* rrM.s \vn \r is
HKLIFYRH TO IlK
UA1> C1ANO.
Chief of police Mays of Rocahon
taa made an Important capture Mon
day liljrht. SxrheH he rounde | up five
tough UmkHK men who hnve been
nmkihg life miserable for tin* red
dents of Pocahontas. The gang has
been there for a week, and lived In
a shanty near the tunnel.
I hoy all hud assume I namo4,
calling themselves Jesse James, Rob
Ford nNl Frank James, a id Howard
Tracy. u
Whoti trthd they refuse | to state
where they ‘kero from, and said any
place they could hung their hat was
"home street home to them."
One or the prisoners Is thought
to be Ihe mail Farley wanted a:
Ihiln kl for ahootlng through a pas
senger ear ‘ KvIndowV
Tin* authorities a? Pocahontas
will ho>H them several dny., and try
to connect them wjlh the recent
! •bnrglarle* coutn rtf e.l «t Norton.
i'Ihree gtiH** were ‘taker from the
pit one*# the iVlJjbtr o‘r the raid.
H.\Cl\(JS
TT \ \ t\ 1% <1 \ \ \ |» \
i Toronto.1 V^anfiti.i,' \ov. 2 1- Hie
i’nith or (he ‘Cnnftdln,, public |,, the
pi ita! -aVIAg*. hank |a Indleniod In
a recently phblfshe-f report of the
■Cnnndlan postal service for the latd
Oseal yen* The report shown that
there waA an increase of I r, banks
during tin* y^nr. making the total
1 102. The balance to the rhedit of
depositors wAs $45,190,484.
USE RESIDENCE
AS COURT HOUSE
Oharleijtou. . J# I —Hy a pro*-.
1 a mat ton & MM 4 ! Wxlit |>y Governor
\V B. tllatbtfoek, ‘ Line oln county,
where vniuUl* ^UvtroyM the court
house Instif-iMirfiJi'y MJght. was sup
! piled wil irf Ak«V Vorfl' ar justice
when the State executive, through
authority Inffrxaaed upon him by the
legislature/ tleklgnatoj a building
owned by T>r. R W Holley, at the
corner of vine arid Mansion streets
in the town of ITuiiiliir, as a place
for holding court until suitable
•liiarters can be provided
Joseph Adkins nil John Adkins,
who are charged with the burning
of the Lincoln court house, were
arrested Saturdujr*'by Sheriff Tol/e
Holley and poise from Hamlin.
Keeling was no high against the two
men that they were hurried to the
Jail by the sheriff and his deputies.
’The Lluooln oouuty authorities
*ay they have other evidence against
the Adklnses In additlou to Hie fact
(that the hound* trailed them to the
house where they were caught,
about seven mile* from Hamlin.
Te burning of the court house
with all Hie records of the county
will cause the greatest confusion.
The flr«- will be etf|j*;tdaHy hard upon
the poorer feople of (he country,
many of w'hottt will be almost jsiw
erless to prove (heir claim*. The
large conrpaTiesi owning lands In
Lincoln coUrrty WflK b« better pro
tected, for In 'fn.Ttiy Instances they
have duplicated* records of tlielr
holdings.
Today at 7:tr, p. m. a very fine
program conslstf-ig mf special numb
; bv our augm^oited chdlr. scripture
reading nrf'l tin addres by Itov.
Kejley, the patrol* wilt be r ndered
I In 'ha cbnpel I’ubfTc heartily ill*
j Vlted *i MW
? WE KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TRIED IT OURSELVES
1 ^ / i ^ 4 i
3 ^ ■'r,tl *,av° anything to sell, It I* a dead Immortal cinch that you will never sell It pnlf* coni'
P >ne flr is mi that yon arc in the market. The fact ha* to '•>*k out temo way (hAot( will
hold your offering until the day of Judgment Thl* i* wh'-re advertising come* [ illicit ii the
e eapewt and most e^podiont way to break the bargain ne.c t.o the people. AqJ liu* cheapest and
most expedient medium to ronvev this Intelligence I* the newspaper. , »/ I /l i 1
Now the leader has a stib*rlpt1orr bargain which It. iB o'ferli.g for this we»k only. We are
glvl.ig >fui a $t paper for ?3. To increase our circulation. whi< h naturally Iiicrffff^S^rhe value of
our advertising «pac#» to u* «Dd to our ad\crtleer« and our general uaofulnea* In tLe community, wo
arc making thl* offer, provided you subscribe or renew your subscription by SaUir**? Yon tu n get
trig thl* dollar yourself and not paying It to some one else for the privilege of ta&tf ‘v* k«ij by
some lottery *u1n«crlption gratft.
Arul to <onvin<e you thAt l/adtr advertising p«y*. we are ualng a few chuTfldl^^f if ourgelvcs
.1* bargain offering with moat nut I factory result#. v\'e have distributed a gofdt J»puy aampi"
copj* s of the leader. Do you like It? If you do. call around or aend lu your liubscrlptlon before
the tiargaiu week closes.
163 MORE DEAD;
j MINERS FOUND
HKMKYKl* THAT NO MOILK \ltK
I.IVINO IN TIIK WOltk
INA.'n ok mink.
Cherry, ill. Nov. 24 Tho bodies
of 1)»2 mlnoVH were fount I this morn
In* huddle I In u iiia-s at tho dool
of the earnin' shaft.
All hoiio of Until.ig any more men
alive In the workings of the St.
Paul mine has been abandoned
IO STO|» 4'HIlillltKN KltOM
\TTKN I>1 NO 1‘ltTl III; SHOWS
Philadelphia, Nov 24. Suporln
tendonl Martin llruuibAtigh, of tin*
nubile schools, has appointed a eom.
nilttoe of /irluclpals to reeomniend
steps for suppressing tin* nttondaneo
of ftohool sihUdren at moving pleturt*
shows Morin* roIiooI {hours. The
ehalrtnat of tin* committee, Klwla
Y. Montayno. has written to other
large i-lilfi tiyjflftgf To wlmt ext*‘111
this p,a«,|lp| evil In your city?
White 1 •*\*- • <»r ordinance! «ro > - . \
Istenre,, pr IfAiiUl be )»a-«od. regnlat
lug tint) *\teud!in<h* or ehlldren at
those KlrAwsT
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I
Romo, Nov. 24.r Tho sad end ot
•*v-Julge (,uis<*m>| Moroitini. who
i with Ills wife commit tod suicide at
Lugano, was the sequel to dofeut
1 lu a light again, t .political bins, bri
bery a*nl corruption.
A descendant of the Doges on
Venice, M or oh in I w.ts preslicnt of
the tribunal of that city, and lib
wife was a noted bounty and society
leader Ho was a fearless nisi ttp
wright judge, and Ann In his de
llanos of oil the usual attempts to
buy justice.
HIh political opponents fl ially se
cured Ills removal from office, and
being too ifroud to accept an Infer
ior post, he left Venice to wander
about Kurope. Ills wife, proud as
himself, share I his fortunes and
vicissitudes.
For years Moroni it I was laid aside
by sickness, and finally the couple
settled in the slums of Lugirio,
where ho was forced to soli match#**
an I newspapers in the guttey The
proud, fallen man refused all offers
of help, which occasionally c.uno
from frit* who had discovered his
plght.
At lust the coilp!e decided to die
together, ♦rtiey ffqre (found (lead in
bed, suffocated by gas.
ARE INTERESTED
IN IRRIGATION
Washington, Nov. 24 That the
problem of Irrigation Is ono that Is
not only of Interest to the aettlern
in the arid regldo* of the West, but
Is being I avert I gat el by the general
public Ik Indicated In a request made
by Ooisiis iMrertor imrand on Ar
thur Hookor, • Secretary of the na
tional Irrigation t'ortgrem, or Spo
kane for the average and yield of
the various crojm that are under Ir
rigation, an I the tytal Irrigation
are,t l.i tbo f’nlted States.
Mr I>urand says that there i In
creasing pnb14<* demand .for tatis
ties and other Information relative
to water prtwer, and that, the buret
expect to tevelop llfa along this
j line l connect lag wi'b it cen u“
oi manufacture*,
i;»* l!"T sit;<H*i»ii‘,
For quite n numb r O' year it
| has b' en the cuatoiu ot tip naptiKt
| ladiCn tn HI . j |<» t» viI a nox of
I choice cake to the Ifaplfsl Oi phan
| ago ! e .»L'ed ii Salem, Va. The pi
'•nt Thanv/t; no exroutloTi
I *o the j I. • v»*wl< rdnV *t. tbo home cf
Mrs r; \| Mrfbjfloek on Tazewell
street ft:a annual packing of the
: box was done
Thirty large home-made cakes
i were sent In^ahT a l.'tfrget* box than
i ik Ml wn.; n«Jo |od as the rakes were
<if generous h'*", The cares of hoy*
and gltU at the br>me hive become
accustomed to lo’ng forward to the
coming of this box each year On
| tomorrow their little eye* will
again sj^arkle with gladness as thl**
sift of those women are tinspeak
( able
SI TE PAPERS
STOLEN FROM
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YAM'Altl.U IKH’I Mlivrs a hi:
I TAKWN I IIOM Sl-:< UIOTAIIVS
nivsim:\rr, \r yai.ij:\
h*Olt(lK, |»A.
ATTRIBUTED TO JAPANESE SPIES
I run stati*: mhhahtmicnt iii*:
I IHKS TO CilVIO Ol’T 1\\
INI'OHM \ I ION
\\ iishliiHlou, Mov. |2*l. Secret
service men are ou tho trnll of
tome valuable stale papers
I The state department is silent ns
I to i be robbery, but it la rumored
I t liai papers o( the utmost Invpor
taneo were taken, and the tho»t is
attributed to Japanese apliv'.
< I »KV'' ’M
Valley Forgo, Pa Nov. 2 1 —
l>e pit* l lie denial oi CaroiHii<'i T*>
oer. It |r believe | ibat some very
valuable documents wore rnr
i led nwny from the Kimx homo
here ll Is reported that I he Sec
retary will bo hero tonight to make
a per. oimiI Investigation.
DOUBLE WEDDING
AT HIGH NOON
| ‘
Miss Nannie IFaro and lllch/ird
HarrUon Wainwrlght wore uni tod
Hi marriage this morning at 11:30
at the homo or the 'bride’s brother,
l>r. (). 8. Hare of Tazewell street,
Hev IVullnrd performing tho \Her
vlee. MIhh Hare In tlm daughter or
tin- late l)r. .1. It. Hare-and Is great
ly beloved l»y all who know her Mr.
Wainwrlght holds a isisltlon with
i In* Wester^ I'nloii Telegraph Com
pany an I lias a large elrrue of
f rlends
After tho wedding Mr. and Mrs.
Walmvrlgbt were driven to tin- homo
•t' Mr. and Mrs. .1 Frank Martin
on Prltieeton avenue where they
witness** 1 I lie marriage of MIhh
I'Oiih Foster a,id Mr. Huy K. Herr
«t high noo-.i, Itev 8. II ThorropBon
offlHatlng Prof Otto Hrown, pre
sided nt tin* piano and Mrs. ('has.
Duvall sang '■[ Dove You Truly.”
Prof Hrown played Hrhiimann'fi
I raumerlu during the ceremony
Hoflly modulating Into Wagner's
bridal rliormi from l.ohengrl i after
tin- service.
Mr. ami Mrs. fferr left on thn af
ternoon train for luirlOAstcr, l‘a,
wImt,. they will spend their honey
moon.
Mr and Mrs. Wninwrlght will
Kl»e,id their honeymoon at Chtlsfla is
hurg and lloaiiokfl
Mr. Herr la a jeweler at l(a
lolpli and Mlttendonf's and has
hee„ „ lesIdfMH of the oily for three
years. lie |k one of the moat pop
ular young men In He- city. \j!;;
l-’o lei who Is a niece or Mrs Mas
fin and han many friends in (Ik*
city
iti*TtiKi» r\ vir,<«ifY).
Mexico City, Voy 21. CVr|e*
c Corooe of (’Itififir.a*'. Ohio t-ns
ins* found the evidence vi'hli h
prove., ii, hh mind e* well a *o
'ho- of many or Mexico's htstor
b'f), fh■«t. Ifenmndo ^'ortez ran
in-'•or of this country, d'^ f a el 3
hurled her»* and not la Seville,
Mpaln. a ■ has been advocate) ;»y
Pir!;i. ~r;. Motley, and otho, h *•
or; s of Mexico.
Mr. Cordon has been In Mexico
for r ‘vernl years studying the peo
ple, conditions and the hi «ory •roro
fhe oil unpublished manuscript* h*
hi* found that one of »he«<* i, hi*
will of Cortez, In which he aid ha
wanted t<) |)o buried here
\no*her is a u at teal of th*» wilt
by n friend of Cortez, who detail*
the Icalli here |n 1JJ50 of Corfe*
immediately after his return frirn
Spain
THE WEATHER.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; Slightly warmer Thursday^