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Hon Chas A Towne
SS "Franconia"

John [???] acting for Hanna & McKinley
(1896) offered me $50,000 and the
senatorship from Minn., and
then $100,000 and the Senatorship
if I would remain in the Rep Party

[crossed out] my wife before this offer had [end crossed out]
Rdg Victor Hugo's "Story of a Crime"
My wife a la Victor Hugo's

My little sister on deathbed
with [???] [???] in her [???]
[???] while [???] [???] met
[Denver?], 1908

Brayan has grown crafty

Roosevelt, 1898, urged McKinley
& then urged Cabinet to
sink Spanish fleet before