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Show 9P MISSOURI STATESMAN DEAD. H Francis Marlon Cockrell, U. S. Sen- 9 ator for Many Years, Is Called. Ky, Washington. Francis Marlon Cock- H roll, former Ujilted States senator 9 from Missouri, dlod hero Monday. 9 Infirmities of old age, resulting in H serious Illness during tho past two Bg, weeks, caused death. Ho was 81 9fc years r Mr. Cockrell, a Democrat, served K flvo terms in the Unltc'h States sen- H nto, from 1875 to 1005. Tho day ho 9i loft the sennto ho was appointed u 9"" member of tho Interstate commerco M commission by Prosldont Itoosovelt HK and rem&lntd n member until Decern- V' ber 31, 1010. In March, 1911, he was 9tL.l, appointed United States commissioner 3JT to adjust the boundary between Texas HH and New Mexico. |