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Show HIS SICCKSSOR CHOSEN. The Man Named to Succeed a Fire Eating and Man Killlna; Mayor. Cedar Keys, Fla., June 23. Special. Spec-ial. An election is bciug held today for a successor to tho eccentric aud fire eating mayor, W. W. Cottrell, who w as deposed by the council, and w ho is now trving lo cvado capture by the United States officers. Cottrell is a man with a history. Cottrell is credited with the killing of three or four men, and w ith maltreating several others. He had no political influence iu the state, aud only succeeded iu getting himself elected Mayor ou account of his having threatened threat-ened to shoot all who opposed him. Ho had been mavor of the town eight months, and had rim things pretty much I.: nlp ...ha,, lln fiwl,o-.,l nnr. to suit himself, when the federal government gov-ernment interfered and sent the revenue reve-nue cutter McLano to effect his capture, lie. however, escaped, and all efforts to discover his whereabouts have failed. |