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Show CEIM. STANTON NEAR DEATH. "Mijhrliii; Paymaster" Dangeroully 111 at Ills Home In Nebraska. Omaha. Jan. 24. Brigadier-General T. !. Stanton, L". 3. A., retired, formerly form-erly paymaster-general of the army and generally known as the "fighting paymaster." is lying dangerously ill at his home in this city. His trouble is a general breaking' down of his system and is complicated by grip. He earned his title of '-fighting paymaster" by always insisting on being transferred to the line when there was any trouble with the Indians. |