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Show $1,000 Bill as Lighter. ! San Francisco. Siguard Hartig, a real estate dealer formerly of Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, accidentally lighted a cigarette with a- $1,000 bill here. He intended to burn only the end of a bit of yellow yel-low paper protruding from the edge of the bill for the edification of his friends. Samuel Haller, another friend, joined the group just as Hartig lit the cigarette . "Give me a light," said Haller, seizing seiz-ing the bill. Before Hartwig could recover re-cover the "yellow back" It was in flames. The two men quarreled and were separated by a city detective, who reported the incident to the police. po-lice. A small corner of the bill and a few ashes were recovered and will be sent I to the treasury department at Wash" I lngton by Hartig in an attempt to have the loss made good. |