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Show G. A. R. VETERAN IS RUN OVER 6Y TRAIN i I KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1. Col. T. J. Jackson, of Newton, Kan., chief of staff ' of the Kansas . A. R., is dying at Agnew hospital In this city, the result of an accident last night at the Union depot. Col. Jackson attempted to board a moving train. He fHl on his face and his right arm was severed by the wheels of the car. His clothing theu caught in the car trucks and his body whs swung around so that the rear wheels cut off both legs below the kne-. Col. Jackson was one of th best known Civil war veterans in Kansas. A few minutes lefore the accident occurred. oc-curred. Col. Jackson hud bid his fon, Coope. Jackson, Washington correspondent correspon-dent of the Mexican Herald, goodbye as the latter departed for th East. |