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Show PRES.W.H. LEWIS DIES SUDDENLY At time of Death Was Head of Benson Stake. I His Death Was Result Of Ptomaine Poisoning. NjfcVrho people of.thls city were shocked iWKto'ficar or the dcatli of President W. II. Lewis, which occurred at his I homo In Lewlston jesterday afternoon at .':.')() p. in. The deceased was attacked at-tacked with a severe case of cholera morbus a few das ago accompanied with a contlnous hiccough. Medical aid was called and everything possible was done for his lellef but all was of no avail, he passed away as above stated. The disease pronounced as ptomaine poisoning. President Lewis was looked upon as one of the best men physically, in the county of his age, and his loss Is almost irrepir-able. irrepir-able. His activity In business and religi ous alTalis has brought him piomt-nently piomt-nently before the people The city of Lewlston was named after him and that place would not have assumed its picscnt proportions had it not been for his Indefatigable labois. The deceased was bom In McCooben ciunty. Illinois, October 14, 18:57, "being "be-ing In his sixty-eighth jear. The time of the funeral cannot be slated jjat this writing. |