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Show GREED CAUSED HIS DEATH. Porter Dived Once Too Often In Effort to Recover Coins. An extraordinary caso of drowning has Just occurred nt llologna, Italy. A traveler staying at ono of tho hotels accidentally let a number of silver coins fall down tho wasto plpo ot n lavatory, and thoy were cnrrlcd Into tho canal below. Giving up tho coins for lost, ho wt'tit his way. A porter, however, hearing of tho occurrence, determined to dlvo Into tho canal to rco If ho could recover nny of tho money, and succeeded In finding nlno pieces. With theso ho mado merry with his friends, and when nil tho money wns spent ho volunteered to dlvo ngaln to procure means for prolonging pro-longing tho orgy. Ho plunged Into tho cnnnl, but did not renppuar. Shortly afterwards his dead body was fished up, and a silver coin was round tightly fixed between tho man's teeth. |