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Show MERRITrS FUNERAL AT RED OAK IOWA BED OAK, la., Aug. 19. Th fa-aral fa-aral of Lieut.. Darwin Merritt, who body was recovered from th wreck of 'th battleehip Maine, la Havana" harbor, was hsld bar lat yesterday. ' 8o great waa tk atteadaaee that the chsntanqna auditorium waa assd. Judge H. D. Decrser of ths Iowa supreme court gsve ths funeral oratioa. Judge Walter L. Smith of ths federal fed-eral circsit eoart also spoke. Governor C arroll snd staff and msny prominent army and naval officers attended. |