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Show STAIITLH) tOUMIIilIKX. The Prwncoof Drpnly IT. S. Mar.lul 1 xclto Hi" Cliy Utlirri. blwonJI'a I Inn of Luapr. Theiuwasa vny amusing Incident lu conuettloii with last night's City Council ineetlug. It was c.iuscd by tho prisente In the countH chamber of tline iKiuty Uulltd rttntes marshals, lln rhtet ot whom was llonrnn Cannon. Can-non. The ollltera sat quietly lu their chairs at thu rear of the hall for sevtral houra listening to motlous and desultory desul-tory dlscutslnii and eihlbltid signs of uneaslrjuss Mnl au npiuireiit desire for tho procooJiugs to tome to un tud. There was a brief recess for u few ralnutci- to allow thu members an opportunity to Informally In-formally consult Willi each other In relation to a matter whhh had hu-n under consideration lor aomu tlmu Uuuof Ihu insuibers had tbo curiosity to luquliu of Mr. Cannon whit htmulf uud brother olllc-rs ulsbed and It sieini ho relled that they bad lc,;ul iaM,rs to servo ou each councilman as aoon a tbu aiualou wasovtr. This statement taastd qultkly from on or tno oily falhuri to Ibo other until nil h id been aj rlscd uf It ann nil wondered won-dered what It meant. C'oautllmau Hlmoildl was most enrclsed over tbo allalr, and whin thu deputy marshals elcprod out onto tho landing at tho hen I of II u stairs for a few minute,liu suggested Immediate aJJournineiitan 1 etoain through auoptii window on the last Jtadlug intolliu lire dc atlmenU Oilier members ullli moru iitrvede-tiled iitrvede-tiled In "held Ihu fort" lrnsj i ttlve o what the mission of the marshals might mean. Huuecr, Morau ami Horn t ut on their hats and cults uud slipped nut for aliout Iwhuij minutes. Un tilth rtliiru Ihe ollltrra had all gonuandlt was given out Istirthat tbry hadelmply dropiiil lu toeeothu show. |