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Show "DIAAVONDFIELD" JACK AFTER A: RECORD. "Piamondfield" Jack Davis is "going gome" these days. Davis, "it will.be remembered, was convicted of murder in Idaho some years 'ago and barely escaped the gallows. He was sentenced to death, ' but later evidence was secured to 6how. that he was absolutely innocent inno-cent of the crime charged and he was granted a full pardon. Davis ihen returned to Nevada, where he had formerly, been in the employ. X Gov. Sparkd, and went into the mining business. He was sue- ' Ctssful from .the start, and now is said to have more money than he knows what to do with. . .- ( ' In consequence, Davishas started a small conflagration, with hundred dollar bills as the, basis, and is making a record-breaking trip across the. country, from his Nevada home to San Francisco, In . a $7000 Automobile. N . ' , . . . r ' ' ' . i Davis has started with the determination of making Walter Scott's daring dash across the continent look like a "square 15-cent piece perched on the north pole," to use his own expression, and Davis is a" man who has made it a point to always carry out any. thing he undertakes. . - ' ' Davis plans to make his record on the Pacific ocean from San Francisco to Chipa, or perhaps some qther Orientalwrt, if his fancy dictates, lie realizes that it wiir.be a difficult matter to secure a ehip for his own purposes, and if he fails he intends to make special arrangements wltfi some one of the big companies, buy the ship if . necessary and rush across the ocean in faster time than has ever been raaia before. In addition to the contract price for this feat, ' Davi3 will also offer aTonus to those in charge of the ship inorder to urge them on a quicker speed. ' . |