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Show SALES MANAGER SHOOTS HIMSELF Chicago, March 11. Christian F Baxmyer secretarv and sales manager mana-ger of the Story .Manufacturing company, com-pany, of Portland, Oregon. 9hot himself him-self today .n a through train as it was nearlrig Chicago. He died in a rew minutes. The police were unable to find a motive for the deed. Mr Baxmyer was about GO years old and was a passenger in a sleeping sleep-ing car on the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad. Baxmyer left his berth and stop, ped into the vestibule of the slecninrr car before firing the shot that ended his life Identification was established I feSSBSSSSBBBaM9 a mmSmmmmmrr through an accident insurance policy which gave Baxinyer's home address as Carrlck, Pa. Letters showed he had beeu living of late at the home of Mrs. A. D. Cowan in Portland. Oregon, and cstab lished his connection with the Portland Port-land Manufaturine comnanv A letter let-ter addressed to Mrs. Cowan and a note asking that his nephew, F W. Vorel. of Pittsburgh. Pa., be notified of his death were fuund in Baxmycr's clothing The letter to Mrs Cowan addressed In care of general delivery. Portland, j Oregon, spoke of good business prospects pros-pects which Baxmyer had In Chicago and said he was w ell and "d'.ing fine " |