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[Illustration: IN MEMORIAM OF GALVESTON’S DEAD SEPTEMBER 8TH 1900]

[Illustration:

  RICHARD SPILLANE

  EDITOR OF THE “GALVESTON TRIBUNE” AND ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT,
    WHO WAS CHOSEN BY THE MAYOR AND CITIZENS’