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Show WAS ITJURDER? TIirj Mysterious End of an Illinois Family. i The Homestead Burns to the Ground, Consuming the Husband, "Wife, Daughter Daugh-ter and Grandchild. St. Loris, July 20. A special to the Republic from Clay City, Ills.,say3 : This morning all that remained of the James family, living five miles west of here, was found in the ruins of their j home, which Was evidently burn-ed burn-ed during the night. The i family consisted of a husband, wife, daughter and grandchild. It 13 thought either the S n or father murdered mur-dered tiie family, then committed suicide, sui-cide, first setting fire to the house, i The son was addicted to the use of j whi.-ky, and had threatened to kill the family, while the father was subject to ' spells of insanity. |