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Show NEWMAN v.nu, railroad magnate who took poison bj mistake, and now lies critical! ill at his New .Jersey homo. - NEWMAN ERB LIES ! AT POINT OF DEATH Railroad Builder and Financier Fi-nancier Takes Poison on Train by Mistake. DEAL, X. J., Sopt. 1,3.-NVwimhii Brb "I New York, ntllroad builder hiu! financier, is orltc4l)y 111 at till summer Imme here I'liyiili Irtiiti In HtU'U-lance Mild that wltlla on hi 8 wuy hurc f roin New V ork oi i a IVtinnyk unia train ho took poison by mistake. Ho iu onoa became violently 111. Ho whs ttikon from the train befOl ho reached hit destination and broUKht lo hlH homo by friends In nn autmnohlb. It ums foaied tonlKnt that ho miht not recover. Mr. tOTb is president of the Minneapolis St. I.ouio railroad and a prominent flaTuro in ilroad nf Titles. He in con-no. con-no. -tow uii a ioiik list of ..1 her railroad i, "Utter Rb officer or director, as well a copper companies and industrial con-oenM. con-oenM. H mid bil an.soclatoa acquired OODtrol of the Minneapolis A J-'t. Inuis and th low a t nt rnl rallw ava upon the -loath several years au or Kdwln Haw-ley. Haw-ley. Lata tonight physicians attending Mr. Rrh hhKI hla condition was irttlcal but hopeful. It will be four or five days, ae-Nnvllng- to tlio phyalnlnna. before the oHtU will liave hoon pasaed. At a conaultation oi physiciana It waa decided not to operate oper-ate on the patient on account of his ae and. condition. NKW YORK. Sept. 13. -New of th TittcMl Illness of Newman Krb cauaed a sharp decline In the ancurltles of t!ie Minneapolis A St. !oiils railroad, of which be la president and in which he In under- ?t-vd to be a controlling stockholder. Th common stock fell four points to W a share, the preferred stock six polnta to M and the refunding fours four point lo 44. |