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Show U. S. EXPRESS GOES OUT OF BUSINESS New York. June 30. The United States Express company withdrew at midnight tonight from the transpor tation field in which it has been active ac-tive for sixty years. With the exception ex-ception of a few hundred miles of electric traction lines the mileage operated by the company has been reassigned to the American Express company, Wells, Fargo and company and the Adams Express company, the first two companies taking over the larger portion. Wells. Fargo and company will act as its agent in carrying car-rying out contracts for handling money mon-ey shipments. |