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The Secretary of State to the President of Salvador.

[Telegram.]

It is with deepest regret and indignation that Mrs. Knox and myself learned of the cowardly attempt upon the life of Your Excellency [Page 1305] by assassins and beg to assure you and Señor a Araújo of our earnest hope for Your Excellency’s speedy recovery.

P. C. Knox.