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Show 111 DISTINGUISHED MISSOURIANS. . Former Congressman Chas. F. Coch-'j Coch-'j ran, of St. Joseph, accompanied by ill Judge Brown, of tho firm of Ramoy nJ I & Brown, also of that city, have been jj In USalt Lako for a few days taking to3-Jfl to3-Jfl J tlmony in tho matter of the cstato of 'I Calvin Burnes, deceased of St. .Toll .To-ll I soph, in which Mrs. D. R. Grey is In-fg In-fg torestcd. Judge King of this city Ms Is associated with Messrs. Cochran Si and Brown, whllo Judge Straup of St. 1 1 Joseph looks after tho interests of ii Mrs. Grey nnd her associates. The '1 suit ponding is an attempt to break Hi tho incorporation of tho estate of tho ;i deceased into tho Burnes company, headed by Lewis Burnes. Judge Mar-Ijj Mar-Ijj shall, Mr. and Mrs. Grey and others I?!1 have been examined since tho hearing I ' j began and tho testimony is very vol-Ij'i vol-Ij'i uminous. Congressman Cochrnni if I well known throughout Missouri as a l newspaper man, having been nt ono I tlmo tho editor of tho Gazette, when I' J that paper was owed by James N. I Burnes nnd is a bright man. Ho was 111 a conspicuous figure on tho lloor of IV tho houso when ho was n member. I Tho writer, who know Cochrnn years I ago, asked him why Missouri wont l Republican last tlmo. "Mont" replied I that "Thoro were two Republicans J running for president. Of two evils I cIioosq tho least. Missouri in a do hor I choice." U n |