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Show SYMPATHY EXPRESSED TO j WIDOW OF DEAD PRESIDENT New York, Aug. 17. Acting Mayor John Purroy Mitchell has conveyed i to tbe widow of President Montt of Chile, who died iu Bremen last night, i lo ofliclnl sorrow and sympathy of Ihe people of New York. A similar message had gone forward to tho Chilean minister at Washinston. "New York oecessarlly has a pecu-i:;:r pecu-i:;:r ami unusual feeling regarding the death of President Montt." said tbe ailing mayor, "for there Is littlo c'.oubt that the shock and excitement consequent upon the shooting down of Mayor Onynor had a considerable effect upon the president of Chile, who was standing near by on the deck of the steamship. Suffering as he was from heart disease, it is no coincidence that one who was so ncar cur mayor when he was shot down' should have come to surb a sudden J cud." " ' l ! |