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Show lAAklna for ( Ilr.l M . The Weatcrn Unlou Telraph com-piny com-piny is trying to get bold cf tho first i.icmage tbHt wii succrwifully rent orer I be wires. In ord r that it may lpltccil in the exhibit that th comtmuy will mak nt the Worlla fair In Chicago, Major Stephen Johuttou, of rirtua, O. to whom l'rofcvor 31orao hanilc.1 the slip, with thn tneasdgeln cipher, in lMU Iiaa tnlalid It twine w hero among bit .v pira, but it It thought that It will be found J W Kirk, the veteran tdejrnphfr, till au in term t log atory of tho way tho slip bippeucd to como into tuepoK-slon tuepoK-slon vt Major JoUnitoo. In 18lllro-feasor 18lllro-feasor Jlorwe waa experimenting with jdf talegraihllno from Washington to Annapolis, anl Mr. Kirk took Major John i ton to his room in tho CapituL rrofesaor Mora) said that ho hid suit a man to AuipoIts to sen If he conld t d a meaaage over the wire, aud while Major Johnatou waa then a meaaago U gan to come In. 1'rofeanor florae cnt eft tho slip of pajrr and handml It to Major Johnatou, who carr fully put It away In hit 2ocLct. Tho tiextday 1'rofeaeor MnrseiutonUhed WaahlngUiii by announcing an hour before be-fore the lie n-a arrived by train the can dtditcs uomlnAted at the Whig conren tiou in Halt lint re. New York Time. |