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a town of Hungary, on the and Commons where explosives could be 1532 that monarch threatened to contown was the first that successfully requer all Europe. ING, an American author; born in Liverpool, England, Oct. 25, 1847. When five years old he was taken to California town was the first that successfully reby his parents. He was a mining and civil engineer in the West from 1867 until 1874, when he became a stock broker. In 1877 he removed to New ing plays and novels. The best known of the former are: "Prince Karl"; and "The York, where he devoted himself to writ- Deacon's Daughter." His most popular York, where he devoted himself to writ- (1887); and "Mr. Potter of Texas" ing plays and novels. The best known of "That Frenchman" (1889); "Miss Nobody of Nowhere" (1890); "Baron Mon- GUNTOWN tez of Panama and Paris" (1893); "A Florida Enchantment" and "The Man Behind the Door" (1904). He died Feb. 23, 1907.

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