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Show Riot At Bier of Beau. Girls Fight Over Privilege of Depositing Deposit-ing Floral Tributes nt Head of Man's Casket. Merlden, Conn, At tho funeral of Mathow Hare, u beau of Danbury, rov-Bral rov-Bral young womon tought savagely In tho room whero tho body lay roady for tho funeral. Each of tho girls claimed tho right to havo her floral ofToring placed at tho hoad of tho casket, and ns a result tho llowors woro doatroyod, hair was pulled and faces scratched 1 until neighbors Interfered and stopped tho contestants. Annie Arthur started tho trouole. When sho reached tho Hare bomo to pay her last rospocts sho found another an-other girl tboro, who had placed n bouquet at the bend of tho bier. Miss Arthur throw tho offending flowers on tho floor nnd stamped on thorn. Thlx uroiiked tho other girl, who retaliated In a Blmllar fashion, and then thoy resorted re-sorted to calling names and pulling hair. Whllo they woro fighting, threo iuor! glrlB, each of whom thought sho wan tho particular ono to bo nwnrdod the post of honor, entered tho room, and tho fighting beenmo general. It has developed that Haro paid nttontlon to thorn all, nud that none of tho girls knew that tboro vai anyouo nlso bein considered. |