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Convention of the soldiers of 1919

convention OF tue SOtGitFS OIL 1919
WASHINGTON, January 8-The Convention of
the soldiers of 1912 met here to day. The atten-
dance was considerable, but not SO large as on
some previous occasions.
Dr. Sutherland of Philadelphia, was elected
President
The committee on resolutions, Leslie Coombs,
chairman, reported the following resolutions
That justice and precedent require general
pension law for the benefit of the soldiers and
sailors of the war of 1912, and the widows of
such died in the service; that if Congress
should fail to do so the convention pledges itself to
bring the question before the people in future
elections; thanking Congress for passing the boun-
ty land law and the President for executing it in
an impartial manner that all pension laws should
be thus construed and the pensions commence from
the date Of disability also thanks to Congress for
comforting Gen. Scott the highest military rank
known to this country, for services eminently
meritipg such a compliment; also appointing a
committee to devise means for the erection of a
monument to President Madison who recommend
ed the war of 1912.
Several minor resolutions were adopted, and
speeches were made by Gen. Coombs, Gov. Por-
ter of Pa Major Peters, of Nd, DR.. Sutherland
aud G. ". p. Custis of the District of Columbia,
eliciiing much applause.
The convention adjourned sine die.
This afternoon, agreeably to a resolution, the
members paid their respects individually to the
Pfnsi0ent
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~ 70 BUSINESS MEs.-CHECKs, DRAFTS, DC
The year is about ending and many business de-
are to commence with Check and Draft Books
These can be furnished ct the Dispatch Office, en-.
graved in style of elegance unsurpassed any where
Gentlemen who desire Checks engraved Bill Heads
&C., surprising any thing in here, should call and
examine specimens at the Dispatch counting-room
They can have them with such vgnettes and orna.
ments ere IN the specimens, or with any others
that their fancy may suggest Orders for Checks,
Drafts, Certificates Of Deposit Corporation Bonds
ELL Heads &C. can be FLIED in the satisfactory
manner AID at rates surprisingly low. Merchants,
Bankers, Corporation Officers and others should ex.
anime our speciMers.
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THE DAILTiDISPATCH



speed on Railways.
s,. sub,acs ia eIleiting serious discussion among
N. railroad men Ia the Northern and New Enf.
land States as well as virginia The practice 4
running trains ut high rate OF speed IL discover.
.a,o he ,p;urions to the interests Of railroad com
n.nie. and interest. being more powerful than
humanity. will probably effec, q reform which all
.ba melancholy railroad calamities of years have
ham unable 10 accomplish. The railroad com.
rn,,.oner. of New York say In their report Il, IL
Admitted by all railroad managers that the Inc
ceased cost OF maintaining the present high rate
of speed la the passenger trains Is serious draw
hsck on the ne: Increase Of the roads. 1t was
been stated tina. the cost of transportation has
about In proportion to the rate of speed The
commissioners state that speed Of forty miles per
hour causes an increase of fifty per cent. of ex-
pense over speed of twenty miles. The Vir.
ginia Board Of Public Works have recommended
the railroad companies in this State :" to adopt
regulations for such lower rates of speed as viii
eventually diminish the cost of repairs and far
n;Sh greater security for passengers and, In &C.
c)rdsncs with this suggestion the directors of the
Virginia Central Railroad Company have passed
the following resolution:
Resolved That the President. one member OF
toe board, and tns supeTlbtenospt 0! transported
bs a romm tee TO exsInipe The time tables both for
tina freight am passenger trains with view to es greet
rsiuctio Il Of speed practicable under existing
eirGuID stances"
A meeting of the Stockholders of several Of the
New England railroad companies, recently held al
js.on 10 inquire into and consider the causes Ct
t1e depreciation of their property, gives further
evidence of the decreased attention which this
subject is receiving. report was made by Capt
8 sif,, an engineer of experience and sound judg-
men,, which contained the following statement
The excessive speed of passenger trains requiring
larger and Expensive engines, the increased mo-
sltuu3 Of which, In Its efecs on the road and ms
cbinery tbeins in proportion to the " light multi
piled by the square of the velccity) has been attend
Cd with largely increased expenses. And from such
speed with tralng arises the present
city of greatly increased speed the freight trains
10 keep of the way of the passenger trains End
tue rapid and destruction of the rsis and
Rood.n bridges, caused by the excessive speed snc
weight ofths machinery"
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TERRIBLE DEATH-Au inquest was held on
Thursday, in the town of Lyons, on the body of o
German, named Frederick Metz, who was found
frozen to dHath in E swamp He was last seen on
the 10Th of December, when he leftthe farm where
be lived, TO go 10 aHeRhbnTing house, and it Is sup
posed that he came TO place in the swamp where
the ice rotten it raining at the time and
breaking it, was unable to extricate himself and
80 persisted When found it was necessary to chip
The body out in large block Of ice with axes as
the recent cold had frozen to considerable depth.
His body from the waist downward was below the
surface of the swamp. His head was bent down
ward and his bands clasped as is common in the
atti'nde of prayer. He was young man without
family, and Is believed to have relatives in Ohio
fChicOgo Re1ubIic0D
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THEATRE.-MR. PROCTOR This gentlemas is
about 10 conclude an engs cement at the Theatre.
In the course of which he has established very high
reputation for himself among the Richmond play
goers. Tonight he takes benefit, and for the oc-
caslon presents Nick Of the Woods" arc the
" AvengeE.' The former has been already PLAYED
once during his engagement and elected great ap-
pause iron the audience AS Mr. p is a mar Of
genius In bis profession, we hope lie viii be en-
couraged by full house tonight
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THIRTY CHILoREN.-About year ago MIR.
Jesse Harbor Of Concord Township. in this county,
Informed ia that he was the father % children and
that be was not without hope that he would yet be
blessed with the tkirtieth Well, sure enough,
the old gentleman was ia town the other day. and
told that his wife had presented him with bis
thirtieth child Mr. HARDER is in his 72d year, was
one of the early pioneer settlers of the country and
is remarkably active for man of his years, as
will readily be inferred. He has been married
twice. BY his first wife he had 10 children IL of
whom he raised. By his second wife, who is AZ
years of age, he has II children making 80 in all
Lrbnnnn Ohm Citi-en
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THE AMERICAN DEBATER-This book hs "a
reached its third edition. It's title represents that
is plain exposition of the principles a1d prac.
tces If public debate; an account of the qualifca
tons necessary to good deliberative orator; 1.-THE
rules Of order observed in deliberative assemblies;
examples Of debates, topics for discussion, &C.
together with the Constitution of the United
States; BY Jas. n MCELlIGoTT LII. D., &c. n.
York, lvisoN 81 PHINNEY
For sale by JOHN ONEIL Broad st.
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The Ice Norll-Nsarine News.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2e.-The Patuxent river is
INSTRUCTED with ice.
There is ice in Chesapeake Bay, as far down as
PatuXent river.
There is a large Eastern schooner ashore and a
man-ofwar on the shoals
The Norfolk steamer came up this morning.
WASHINGTON. January 6-The Aqua Greek
boat was unable to leave this morning in conse.
quence ofthe thickness of the ice oB the Potomac
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I"I1hS.- He rreueTIcksDuEs IFa.J Herald notices
the following sales Of land and negroes:
The farm advertised by d. F. Slaughter, and A.
". Winston, in CulFeper county has been sold 10
d. 3 laughter, for a2i.25 per acre. j. Kelsey.
Commissioner sold xix hundred and thirty acres OF
lane IN Culpeper county, belonging TO Lucien
iDston to D +. Slaughter, for $40 PER acre. and
z4O acres land also in Cupeper, belonging Wal
ter Winston, sold to I w. Winston for & so per
acre. On tbs same day that the aboveIsaes weIe
msde tSd lnst.) there was also sails of slaves ar
which boy 10 yesrs old brought 5 ,60 another 2
years oio, brought ,0CO, girl Yeas old 44lO
girl q years old Sil9 and woman Rih child 4
years Old + 1905
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A New Cuaaidnte f,r Public Favor.

n NFW tFtNUEHitEt 1lf INiIC ENVOr.
Ii will be seen by cur advertising columns that
Miss MARY Massey GIBBs, a native of Virginia
and resident for years in Charlottesville viii
give concert tonight at Metropolitan Hall. We
have never heard this young lady, but letter from
friend speaks il warm terms of her musical
talent and says that Der concerts ia Charlottes-
vile, where there is much cultivated musical ia te
were attended with great success. We trust she
will be greeted With crowded house
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A FAILURE.-The people of Memphis Tenn.
were recently to have held an election to obtain
the sense OF the people to whether $500, 600
should be subscribed by the city towards the COM
pleton Of the Memphis aid Little Rock Railroad
Ehe day came, but there was no election. The
officers TO hold such were where to be found
Popular government: must be a: E discount in Mem
NH
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SUFFERING IN LIBERIA Recent letters from
Liberia represent The suffering from scarcity O.
food, especially in Sinou county to be very great
The Board of Managers of the New York State
Coioniaation Society, have directed an appeal &c
the humane andlbenevolent, for contribution o,
behalf ofihese poor people. vessel is now load
ing for Liberia, at New York, which offers to take
freight free for this object
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FIRE "A destructive fire broke out Wednesday
morning between and O'Clock, in the low OF frame
buildings, on Crawford street, Portsmouth, Va,
known d .ckson's Block and spreading with great
rapidlty until four FIVE teDements were entirely
destroyed. Some of the occupants had scarcely time
10 escape with their lives. The less the Tran
crps is very heavy of tn. sufferers that OF
Mr.. Dickson some IS 0U9 Capt }. pale, an owner
of some of the properly, $1,000. MIR. Rateman
who occupied one of tho tenements lost about So
500 IN money, aud all Inc Contents of the premises
comprising his othing, SC
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HORRIBLE MURDER.-Tbe ssarkViiie miss
Advocate, contains the particulars of the horri-
BILE murder of Rob't Burnes, proprietor of the Cot
,age Hotel in that place, by DIR. W. d. Stovall.
with whom he had had fight the day before. 1t
says:
Going near Burnst stable, Dr.. 8. stopped the bug
ey and walked within about twenty FIVE PAGES OF
Burnes who engaged in Harvesting horse, he
oeckoned negro who standing near 10 get cut OF
the way the same momeni raising he gun and fir.
iug. At the iretapt of his firing, Burnes locked
around and received the contents of the gun full in
bis face He raised bis hands TO bis eyes and sunk t.
he earth, erclsining, my God" Upon this, Sto-
vail advanced within ten PAGES and fred the second
rms, the whole charge taking effect in hs back, ard
Burnes then cried out, IL en- dead msn!' Still,
not satisfied, Stoval cooUy approached him and
drawing istcl putt close - his head and fred
aPaa bursting his eye ball from its socket; then put
ting the pistol to bis breast he fred fourth time in
TO the body of the already dead mso. Mrs Burnss
and her children rushed from the house screaming
while br. stovaIl coalIy waked off got into his Jug
gy and drove off,
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COMETHING NEW-CLOTHEss SAVED.

GOWErHING NEW-ELDTHES SAVED
- The subscriber having determined to open
Leuudry, in Richmond would beg leave to call the
attention CT families Hotel keepers and the public
generally, TO the many advantages he offers ia ash
ing and Ironing. let He intends using his patent
scarcely at ALL BADLY. He proposes to do waahipg
for families at piice that will enable them to do
with fewer servants thereby saving expense and
great annoyance Sdy. Clothes will be called for on
any appointed day, and returned neatly washed and
iron ed in few hours notice. His Laundry 10 at his
residence on Marshall street, three squares above
being .oilei by the dust of the city TO be
in full operation by this Il. Of January next. For
further affirmation, please call his shop on eth
street between Grace and franklin v here the Wash.
ing Machines man ufectured.
dez7-lm% VIM H. WOODWARD
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nIsPATCH STEAM POWER
~ PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT
Main, Corner of Thirteenth street,
RICHMOND, Va,
ID. HAMMERSLEY g. CO, Propricfor-.
Country Merchants and others visiting Richmeod,
invited to call at the Dispatch steam Job ?rinng
establishment, and examine the largest assortment OF
Types and materials for
STORE BuISi
TO be found South of .'sason and Dlxons Line" sa3
TO which all new improvements Ia machinery
and Fancy Type are being constantly
added, az fast producsd.
CARDS
Of every description printed 10
GOLD, SILVER OR FANCY C0LORED INKS
Plain, Ensmeled, Colored Paper, ia The
uestest manner and on the most
reasonable terms.
CIRCULARS
executed In the best style of the art ard large
assortment of fine paper kept always On hand
BILL HEADS
printed good paper 10 superior manner, and ruled
to sny pattern desired. The facilities for
executing this oescripE OF Print
ing are unsurpassed.
Checks, Drafts, Notes, &c.,
neatly printed in every variety of stye and finish,
bound or unbound. All the new saa hand.
some designs for ihs style of work viii
be found at ia establishments
MAMMOTH P0STERSI
office hss betterf .Iiities for this kind of print
ing than any o Office In .his city In
short, every descripti of Priatinx
executed on reasonable ternas fer
cash, with nestnsss and
ae6 dispatch
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Indiana LEGISLATURE.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8--The Legislature of th
State met to day. 1t. Gov. Willard called tht
Senate to order Mr.. Bark was elected Presidep
pro TEN. Mr.. Willard refused to yield the chair
so the Democrats took oath from him, while tht
Republicans were sworn in by Judge Gookins. a
debate then eusued upon the right of Willard t.
to hold the seat The lower House was organized
by the election of Ballard Dem Speaker. The
Governors message will be sent in tomorrow j
the Senate is organized
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NIGHT MAIL DISCONTINUED The Postmaster
General has ordered diseontnuance of the night
mall between Washington and Richmond the
order to go into effect yesterday. Ia conse sncs
OF this arrangement there viii but one mai. leave
this place daily for the North
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A NEW PARK IN PHILADELPHIA The Phila.
delphiaus talk of converting the SedgeIy park
property, lying between the city property at
Lemon Hill and the Spring Garden Water Works,
into public park. 1t embraces about one hun.
dred acres. Two gentlemen it is stated, have al
ready given $4,000 each and various sums, va
rying from $4,000 to $500 have been pledged to
the movement
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s,hcifs near Daariiie - Cold Heatlsr- DanrWs In
prouiH1
ceRREsPoKxsc Or THE D8sPATcH !.
DAEvILIE, Jan. eth, 1851.

DANvILLE, Jan. 9Th, 1871
] Just laern thata Mr.. Gregg, who resided q
few miles from this placs has committed suicide
~ hanging himself. He was about forty years old.
was very much esteemed, He was to have been
married the night after the suicide. He was In
good circumstances No cause Is assigned for bis
act OF self destruction
The weather Ia intensely cold here In my
route hither yesterday, saw the inhabitants get
ting ice. which appeared to be three and four IN
ches thick. This shows pretty cold weather 'of
this latitude.
The sympa;hies of this community have been
excited by the deaths of gentleman and his wiie,
both highly estimable persons. They died wiIhiD
q few days Of typhoid fever
DanviiIe wears the appearance OF growing
town and understand is steadily improving
Should the DapyiIe Road be extended TO Greens.
borough, N c., as it is confidently believed 1t wiz
be, its growth and prosperity viii be greatly &C
CELEBRATED w.
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lcE-The Alexandria, Lynchburg and other
Virginia papers, notice that unusually large quan-
titles OF Ice are being put mp in the St.te, and
express the opinion that we sl.ap rot de- ad on
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FLoUR:AED GRAIN RECEIPTS AT BUFFALO, n.
Y-The total receipts Of -four and grain a: But.
falo. for the season of 1856 have been: Flour,
LAB 065 barrels; wheat. s,643 III bushels; and
corn. 9646790 bushels The total receipts of grain
and -four reduced to wheat foot up 90 l43
bushels, an increase over last year of 1856 277
hull
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DIVORCE CAsE-Judge Lomsx, of Frederick.
burg. Va, Is hearing The suit for Divorce, Alimo
NJ and custody of child. styled Taylor Va. Tsylor
The case was opened on Monday by John IA p.,
ten, Jr Ia . speech of two days-fe.lo wed by r
Daniel, Esq. James Lyons, ESQ sto fol,o,,
MT Daniel Tor the defendant and Judge John Ro,
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NEW MU'IC.-We have from the publisher,
Horace RdtTs New York-s new ballad entitled
Fanny in her Grave" BY DR.. WM r. BYARs,
Music by +. ". Smith
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ILLINOIS AFFAIRs.-The Governors message is
purely local in its character. The State debt il
SIP GOO; and the Governor thinks it will be ex
slnguished in seven years and that the revenue
from the Central Railroad will soon pay the ex.
penses of the government
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MURDERER ARRESTED Winter Smither, who
killed James CLARK, of Essex county, Virginia on
the 5h of November, and has since been at liberty,
has been arrested in Louisa county Smiher
sonfesses shooting Clark, but asserts that be wa,
advancing on him with open knife.
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FiRE.-On Tuesday night fire brokp out in a
bui!dingin Fredericksburg, Virginia, kE nas the
81. Charles Hotel and destroyed it. i; wAs OWL ed
by B. Sacrey, and insured for $1,000. Two
houses either side of the hotel, owHed by Solomon
Adams, were burnt. One of them was insured for
$500
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\, MA SAiNEs fRosECUr'NG HR CLAIMs-Mr,
Msry Ciarhs Gslnes has ipsn uted auother .nit in
ms III ca states circuit of Louisiana sesin,t
1a' CITY CT New Orleans, h. E Lamyre- CSs.Its
h1pHins' Doningo Lansta and L.. Lslland Ferrier.
GAINING forty srpents of land and nuu Der Of Iot.
a. az loeaiea IN the city and which defendants hold
~ possesslon, ano 9 no~ The ranutah nxners
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A DEBUT-Reginald Smith. of the Richmond &
Petersburg Railroad, was to have made his debu,
10 Isgo 10 NesteS Othello in the Petersburg thea
tire last night.
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ARMY APPOINTMENT Maj Wood, of the 9th
infantry, has received the appointment of paymas
ter Of The army, in place of Major Hagner, who
died st Fort Brown, Texas in December
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A FAT SALARf.-Mr Z s. Straw, of Maucbes.
ter, N. H., Is agent for two corporations In tho,
town, receives the handsome sum of ten thoussrd
dollars per wear A
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TELEGBAPHfu cEWs. y
Rrp0RTED FOR THE DAILY DISPATCH
LATER FROM EUhOPE.
sUurvALOFT HE NORTH AMERICA

y
PORTLAND. Me-. Jan. s-The steamer North
nit, has arrived here. -.
France has notified Austria tbst Napoleon VIII
not accept the Interpretation put by her and Eng,
land on the Bolgrad affair.
of Switzerland. The latter is raising an army Of
20, 600 men.
COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL, Dec 24.h-Cotton firm, at an ad-
vance of /. Sales for three days of 81. 600 bales
Flour steady. Wheat advanced I'd. Corn al
vanced Sd Cousois on account 93& G93s.
Baltimore Philadeiphia -four 5i9Siss.; ohlo SAG
55s Wheat--White % 09s Cd; Red Be-. ass Corn
Yellow and Mixed S5a33s Cd white SIS Cd; Sugar de-
ctned shilling.
IsEcoED DIsPATCHl
Nothing certain is known of the meeting of the
Paris Conference. Accounts are contradictory
Vienna letters say that Walewski has notified
Count Buol that France cannot accept for its own
Interpretation of the Bolgrad question, that made
by England, Austria and Turkey.
The London Globe, the government organ, de-.
MES that any difficulty exists between France and
England.
The diplomatic relations between Switzerland
and Austria, are becoming extremely eomplca
ted Prussia, in the meantime persists in forcible
measures against Switzerland aud has notified the
German Diet that Der own troops are sufficient
for the emergency. $4,000 troops viii assemble at
Berlin by January. to march under Gen. Van
Groben against Switzerland. The latter, howev-
er, is behaving With great galantry, The popula-
ton has been called to arms and responds enthu :
aiastically 10000 men will be armed Immediately;
II, 900 under Gen. B0urgeoise, will defend Pass
Basic and the remainder, under Gen Zegler, will
garrison Sthafhausen- The van and reserve wi |
operate in the field. Unlimited credit for mill
tary purposes has been voted by the Swiss Con-
gress The Federal Diet was to be convoked on
the 9th December.
The British war with Persia is unpopular The
Times and the Press-the latter the Derby organ
think it will cause g. war between England and
Russia 1t was reported on the London Exchange
that the Government was arming all its gun boats
for active service.
Private letters from France, say that the Bourse
still continues to show weakness The position of
the Bank OF France is still improving
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EaPrlsIos.--A public meeting was hsld a.
Aasssi:is. Tenn. ON the 24sh uit., at which CEN
sssss we're appointed 10 Jake popular vote as 10
whs&her FIRE. eoiosed persons shall be erpeIisd
from Tsnnsss@a
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NORTH BRITISH REVIEW We are indebted to
Mr.. WooDHoUsE for the November number of the
North British Review
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M.LANcHoLf Mr.. Wood, q laboring man
w1i'ss endsaseiing to save some of bis furnisure
I.ou we nonse Ia Nbich be lived, which was on
Me, IN WasLir gton, On Tuesday last was sur
rounded by The HaEnes, ID lost his iife4
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DEATH FROM Yellow Fsyr. NJ ssural 7
~ ugh OF the United STATES Coast Survey ana only
So OF Io'onei John Hougb, of York Pennsy'vanla,
a-eo az hey West 90 the "a h ult of yellow fever.