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Show DIES OF JOY OVER LETTER. Man Collapses When He Reads Good ; Tidings of Old Friend. Philadelphia. Overjoyed by tho re-I re-I celpt of a loiter from an old friend. Alexander Alcorn, 40 years old. suffer-I suffer-I cd an attack of heart disease and died. Tho letter reached hero Into Satur- tiny afternoon, but Alcorn did not re-, re-, colvo It until Sunday morning. He did nut appear to recognlzo tho handwriting hand-writing on the envelope, but, upon opening It, ho smiled and beenme very much excited. "Cosh! I am glad to get this lottor. It's from a friend I have not heard from for ten years," ho snld. Ho had read a portion of tho letter nnd wus nhoiit to sit down In n chair, when ho collapsed nnd died. Several men who saw Alcorn collapse col-lapse thought ut first that ho hud accidentally ac-cidentally fallen. Upon lifting him they were surprised to tlnd that ho was dead. Tho lottery-was still in his right hnnd. It wns dated from New-York New-York city and wiu signed "Joe." |