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Show CIRCUS MAN IS STRICKEN BLIND Suddenly Loses Eyesight From Apoplexy While Attending Theater. 0S PITTSBURG, Feb. 27. While, at- tending a local theater yesterday A. I. McPhael of New York, one M of the best-known circus men in the country, suddenly became blind. ft) Thinking it was but a freak of ) t his Imagination, he lighted a match and held the flame before his eyes. His act attracted the attention of the audience and the players on the W stage, and when the usher went to S his aid It was found that he had collapsed. 0 A physician was summoned, who .ft announced that McPhael had been stricken with apoplexy. He was ft ft removed to the Allegheny general ft ft hospital, where his condition today ft ft was reported still serious. g |