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The New York herald., 1872-12-31
AN ENGLISH MAGISTRATE aoaRrn

An English geStleman, named OctavIus omman.
ney, residing id surres, and recently stopping q,
the st. Nicholas Hotel, was the subject Of pick.
pocketing operation on the part Of the notorious
John Wood alias Brown, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Ommanney was riding on On Eighth avenue
car, when he felt hand at his watch, and catching
at It, managed to take 1t from the hand OF Wood,
who started to run, but was Overtaken by OfIicer
Kinsler, OF the Thirtieth precinct and arrested.
The parties soon after appeared at the JEFFERSON
Market Police Court, when the prisoner was COM
mitted without bail. Mr.. Ommanney announced
himself as q magistrate In England, and gave his
word that he would appear and prosecute. II Is
said that Wood was but recently released after
serving out term In State Prison.
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had some OF Madame Jumel's property in my pos.
session; It consisted Of two large mirrors and
asr ss !: oil pans Ssqs h. picture
ana the witness identified 1t - being Likeness Of
pia sS2s yoa furnish picture. IKE this TO An, one
A. Ies, s,' did, % TO- Mr. shaiIsr, or rather!
up, he teeE up Two, that was all he got the
psr s dos 81 sna pair Of arsey sSoSsn
had no right "a sell "them pictures;" when twas
IN sossi e sC
have seen George Wa, ,hington Bowen, the PLAINTIFF;
1t was after our season a. Saratoga; gentleman
walked into the yard ~ tno cottage IN oircular
q. win you now state whether You discovered
any resemblance between MaN'ame iumel and the ne
q. Can you say Il there was any resemblance be.
looked like her about the the shoulders; he kind Of
"wraggsd IVA & or" like Ike her. that is what thought then
number OF times Imet him at Saratoga; had
some conversation with him: he asked me how !
was getting along after they had turned me out OF
would come down to the American Hotel to see
him, and said should not be quite 30 poor or hun
he me into where hs w
was; told linn l could not stay long; porter
came IN with "a bottle out oI which !, Mr.: n Chase
would make me feel better; refused to drink it.
as do not like to drink anything unless know
Wh0s ~ ls Lc 8Sk0u Hc my hSc uuu WucICA Wuo
born; told him; he also asked me my husbands
name; this also told him ne then asked me where
I had ever seen George Washington Bowen;
told him the first time l saw him
was In the yard OF the cottage In Cir
cnlar street, when he claimed that he was
Madame'S son; Mr. Chase struck the table and
said, II was Cd id liar;" told him that
Madame had son; he then struck the table and
would net let me go on; when was leaving the
house he said / had better be careful or else
might be sent to the state Prison.
q: State whether or not Madame Jumel had
stated to you what you told Chase she hadS
This question was ruled out as leading ana In
competent.
Q. State whether or not what you said to Mr.
Chase was truef
\ This question was also ruled out.
PlantifY'S counsel offered to prove by the witness
that In the year 1868, at the city OF New York,
during o conversation between the witness and
Madame Jumel, Madame stated that she (witness)
must not believe oil the stories she had heard OF
the drowning OF her son; that she had not drowned
or killed him; that he lived at Providence, Il. l.,
and that his name was George Warrington Bowen.
This offer was excluded.
The witness was then crosS-examined as to the
statements she had made In her former evidence
on this Her attention being called to certain
statements she said she made those statements, but
thought she added q good deal more, as she was
very "mouthy" and talked good deal
The case was then adjourned until Monday next
by which time 1t s hoped the sick juror Mr.. Romer
Will be completely restored to his health.
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HE JUMEL ESTATE CASE.
In Aged Colored Witness for the Plaintiff
interviewed by the Defendant---She Re-
fuses to Drink When Invited.
BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS.
Summaries Rival Telegraph Lines-A Writ Of
asbsas Corpus-Business in the United
vtates Circuit and District Courts
for the Past Year-Dscisious.

There was Aothing OF startling Importance in
rehe testimony V Witnesses yesterday in the trial
OF Edwsrd 3. Stckes, II tae cross-examination OF
tho witness, Henr, De Corley, who swsre to the
: unding OF second pstol, be excepted. That was
important for the deieice, inasmuch az though the
witness was exhaustivets questioned by the prose-
cution his testimony remained unshaken. The
proceedings otherwise were monotonous and
tame, and the tedium was only relieved by the
answer Of q certain witness John Marshal Cowan
swhioh was rather amusing, as to his religious be-
lief ana his faith In hereafter. 1t must certainly
be admitted that, as the case has so fur pro-
.gressed, the defence presents better front than
It did on the first trial.
The case OF George Washington Bowen vs.. Nell
son Chase was resumed yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court, before Judge Shipman and
the Special Jury. Elizabeth Freeman, colored
woman, testified on behalf OF the plaintiff in ref
erence to certain alleged conversation she states
she had had with Mr.. Chase about Madame Jumel
having had son. The trial was postponed till
Monday next in consequence OF the continued in
disposition OF Mr.. Romer, one Of the jurors, who
was In attendance yesterday, but stated to the
Court that to sit during the entire day might Sc
riously endanger his health and probably his life.
Yesterday, on the motion Of Mr.. L. w. Emerson,
United States Assistant District Attorney, Mr..
Jeremiah J. Roche was admitted in the United
practice as q lawyer In the Circuit and District
Courts.
Chief Justice Daily, Of the Court OF Common Pleas,
yesterday denied the motion to set aside the in
junction granted on application Of the Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Company against the West
tern Union Telegraph Company, the Anglo-Ameri-
can Telegraph Company, Limited, and the La Soci-
etc du Cable Transatlantque Francaise Limitee,
compelling them to forward kilograms given them
BY the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
Tor transmission to Europe. An abstract OF the
opinion emDodying the discussion win be found
elsewhere.
Mr.. Havemeyer, the newly elected Mayor Of New
York, was yesterday sworn into Office by Judge
Brady, OF the Supreme Court.
John Buckley, notorious character, and the
alleged killer OF young Jeferds in Sing Sing q
couple OF years ago, was yesterday discharged
from imprisonment on Blackwell's Island on q writ
Of habeas corpus, in which valid point in law was
taken by his counsel, Mr.. Howe.
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SLIPPERY sILvERBERG.

Morris A. Tynberg, Of No. s2s Broadway, manu-
facturer OF scarfs and neckties has for some time
past had in his employ man named Robert Silver
berg and for some three months past has missed
quantities OF goods from time to time. A few days
ago he was offered . portion OF his own property
for sale by one Monheimcr, OF 81 Forsyth street.
tained the goods and was informed by him that
he had purchased them from William Steinberg.
Stenberg Was then seen, and ne claimed to have
got them from Robert Silverberg. Detective
Simington arrested Silverberg, who confessed to
having stolen the property, and further acknowl-
edged to the theft OF the goods, valued In all at
about i've hundred dollars. He was committed
yesterday by Justice Hogan, without bail.
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SUPERIOR couRT-speclAL TERM.
BROOKLYN COURTS.
SUPREME COuRT-SPEClAl TERM.
Tho Grcenpoint Arrn0ry.
Before Xudre Pratt.


Each member OF the Board OF Supervisors was
yesterday served with copy OF the writ Of nan
damus, issued against the Board In the matter OF
the Greenpeint Armory. The writ directs as fol-
lOws:-
Now therefore, we, being willing that speedy justice
should be done in this behalf TO him. the said Georie
w. Avereli, do and and enjoin you that immed-
atsy after the receipt Of this writ you armoY
the premises In Greenpoint In the city of Brooklyn
land and building not to exceed ten thoasand dollars
Laws OF 1871 lest in your default complaint should
again come TO us and how shall have executed this
our writ make known 10 TO Justices our said
Supreme Court the House In the city of brook
lyn county of Kings the 81 day January 1873 and
have you then there this writ
Witness, Hon. Calvin +. Pratt OF the Justices al
our Supreme court this Goth day of DECEMBER, A. D.
1872. BY the Court GEORGE q. HERMAN, Clerk
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RIVAL TELEGRAPH LINES.

The Legal Controversy Between the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Conn
Pany and the Western Union TeIe-
graph ComPany-Important Decision
by Chief Justice DAILY, OF the Court OF
Common Pleas.
For some time past there has been q sharp
and bitter controversy In the courts between
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
and the Western Union Telegraph Company.
These two companies as is well known,
have parallel or rival lines west OF New
York, but not east Of this city. In August.
1871, two kilograms were sent over the lines 81 the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph CompAnY- ~ I
from Cleveland, Ohio, and the other from v:rc,n,o
City, in Nevada. They were dirs~..a % nas.Io.
in Europe. On receipt Of Che MESSAGES here tna
agent OF the company turned them over to the
western UNION Telegraph Company for transmits.
sion. one over the "Anglo-American Telegraph
Company llmited,n to valentIa Bay;i5 the
other over la Societd du Cable Trans.
atlantique Francaise, nmitee,n to Brest. The
usual charges In gold were profered for
forwarding the kilograms but the western
Union Telegraph Company refused to send them.
The latter company has lines extending from New
York to Duxbury, Mass, and owns In part and
leases In part the line thence to Plaster county,
In Nova Scotia, from which point they put up
telegraph connection through cable, making
continuous line OF telegraph communication
between this city and Europe Upon the refusal
0fthe Western Union line to forward the dispatches
mentioned suit was brought to compel them to
accept such kilograms, and an injunction was OBJ
tanned restraining them from such REFUSAL Motion
was made before Chief Justice DAILY, Of the Court
OF Common Pleas, to set aside this Injunction, the
argument upon which, as well rs all the
facts connected with It, was fully reported at the
time In the HERALD. Judge DAILY rendered yester-
day his decision upon the motion, denying the
same and allowing 1t to stand. The following is
an abstract OF the
OPINION OF JUDGE DAILY
He holds, first, that the statute makes IL obli
gatory upon any telegraph company doing bus
In this state to receive dispatches from other
telegraph lines which are from or for any indi-
vidual upon the payment to said company OF it's
usual charges, and 1t requires the company to
transmit the despatch with impartality and good
faith, exempting 1t, however, from any obligation
to receive or transmit dispatches from or for any
company owning q line OF telegraph parallel with
doing business In competition with the line over
which the despatch is required 70 be sent. As
to the power OF attorney required by the
western Union Company, he decides that this
would be imposing what Ii practically impossible.
As TO autograph signatures or satisfactory proof in
each instance that the telegram prescribed for
transmission was subscribed by the person whose
name Is subscribed to Il, It was averred by the
plaintins and not denied by the defendants that
the latter have never required the latter. Courts
OF justice could not tx the prices but they could
compel conformity to certain general PRINCIPLES
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THE DAMN HoluCps,
ooE0Nsr's InvsSssg ation-verdiet Agalass
Co,Ses, ~

9oE0Rsr's Invsss.s.sg .sgation-verdiet Agaias.
Coa.Scs, ~
Ine death OF John cc::n., u No. EispenArd
ssrees' from stab wound OF the wrist and arm
wisa carving knife in the hands OF Oharies
Oordes during quarrel ct Ito Duane street on
the 26th day Of October last, has heretofore re<
pestedly been published In the HERALD Yesser-
day Coroner Young held the efncial Investigation,
nad some angry words about American politics and
the German war. and the dispute continued for
some time. when H0uck called Oordes Offensive
names, and Damn. who was an unoIe or
Houck, interfered to make peace be.
tween the belligerents; but Cordes. being
unable to control his anger, caught
up tho carving knife and, making Q pass at
H0ucks cut Damn, as stated. After lingering for
some weeks Damn died from pyemia, as testided to
Dy Deputy Coroner Marsh. The jury rendered .
verdict against COrdes and the Coroner committed
him to the T0mbs to await the action Of the Grand
Jury. Cordes Is twenty-five years OF age. born In
Prussia and Is painter BY trade. lie denied his
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.ag situr-


Ss., .equested TO- pass s'D 1svHsf law CIV
e oSsa sSR%df bs spDSi;qs SSe wsh ssW.1
Hail and s.teaa aaa nass aa sa%s
s!rsst sepfso o aDGTrsp pT Avenue to
, fst River Pc regulated and graded -''A1e :" 'ne
nd Si sssssn s
and curb sad sa,ar
Tas sSsat Ss dsyss E Pas. on The side
ss ssoa a u ss s
ans m 6s 6Sssssans ssa aS he seSs sxa
hSnson saa sa
e &? I saS sI n: Ssssa
TIA s G9p s 81. draw Of John
.,cna. Tasi street lighted in Nineteenth stree. from
nf: on s IF a ts s. A1nas Hss de Message
Sy Of the of the
pns pDss a s Be
AaHn 1y tne !TTIioTiss Elss,IsSs vote
hs?@s Sss 4 rabs %sS1i
@ 1'a S & si
and graded ed hc curb and gutter sde walks
s as e as ns
street lamps Be- lighted in Forythird stree. ,rom
That Broome street from Marion street to the Boverv
lighted in secdnnH sVenmc ,etws.n
corner Of
sa1ff; q
9m West street. paved wh Beas Bessn ana oa
& hs aJg pay
trait Mayor g. Godfrey auni5sr '0f painting p0r-
Thats crosswak be laid SCANNED street st its
That street. from 'ESaa Eshih to Ninth ave.
ngs, TSat - rsnS%bersd ssSsnI M;.5 n.
be Dst in First Ninth street sao 70
mat Ninety eiahth street. from the Third to the Finh
sonc pc GgeHued and graded tho and gutter
Thafhe sidewalk &ront Of ID west Fiftynth stree,
y nss ,yssss ss q .s sssssS
sTIstS Ihss me so sGes on boil. avenue from
ssssss sa!S
IsT sss i;sss viii @ shSis M
-".d the suro sGa gutter sy n.,s ana
sssss and .ns way esys siiois saS ,rsss Ssssd
.f ss .s 'sss sg M
York, and similar lamp in 'front.' Of the sexnsu ave-
SSss,sra q la IsmHs .s be PLACED and shssS,
That the & Ss n n ws; ). as Fourth
q rs q
hereby directed nuisance By causing the In
mediate removal o. the public urinal at Assor place.
AiirmStive-fhs .fresdsnt, Aldermen Conan, Como
Esd E sS" ssss ssfs ssssf and SSyi ran1
Adjourned until Thursday next 2s'h inst, nehalf hour
after the p Clerk
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JOHN o'HARE'S DEATH.

The Murderous Assault and It's Tragical
End In East Forty-Sixth Street.
John O'Hare, the laborer, late Of 3o3 East Forty
sixth street, who received q terrible fracture OF
the skull from repeated blows on the head with
hatchet In the hands OF John Ntzgibbons during
quarrel between them early on Christmas morn
Ing, died on sunday night at his residence from
the effects OF the violence received. To-day Deputy
coroner Marsh viii make postmOrtem examina-
Mon on tne BODY and Coroner Young viii hold an
inquest at future day. In the meantime Fitzgib-
ing the result.
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BURGLARY.

william Reilly was arraigned at Jefferson Market
yesterday, charged with burglary In entering the
grocery store Of George Lubken No. IS South Fifth
avenue, at An early hour on the morning OF Sunday,
and stealing o quantity Of ale and some other
articles. He was observed by Oficer Young, OF the
Fifteenth precinct, In company with another per-
son, not arrested, on Amity street. and taken with
the property In his possession. He was committed
In default Of $4,000 bali 70 Ansuers
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BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS
BUSINESS OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS FOR THE Pts1
YEAR
United states District Court

United States District Court.
In the United States District Court during the
past year 327 admiralty revenue and internal reve
nue. suits have been commenced OF which 116 have
been finally disposed OF.
On the common law and equity list 1o7 suits were
instituted Of which 20 were finally disposed Of
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS.
Since the passage OF the present Bankruptcy law,
which came into operation on the LIST Of june 1867
petitions filed in the Clerks ONCE Of the Southern
district OF New York amounts to 3,S02. w
WARRANTS ISSUED by UNITED STATES COMMISSION
Mr. q. F. Belts ana Mr.. John A. Osborn, United
States Commissioners, have issued during the EAst
year 125 warrants, embracing variety OF crimes
and misdemeanors in violation OF the United States
laws.
United States Circuit Court.
On the common law side OF this Court exclusive
Of against the Collector OF the Port and VIOLA
tions OF the internal revenue law there were
commenced SO suits, q Of which have been tried
and disposed Of. On the equity side there were
22l suits instituted II cases were heard motion
for injunction; 6s OF these motions were granted
and denied. Thirteen cases were discharged
during the year.
OF admiralty cases on appeal from the District
Court IS have been brought and IL have been heard
and disposed o. Twelve reviews In bankruptcy
have been heard and disposed OF.
On the criminal side OF the Court ITO indictments
have been found by the Grand Jury. During the
~ OI.
About twenty-five cases still remain undisp0sed OF
with respect to the recovery OF taxes from persons
manufacturing whlskey without license One OF
these suits is now pending as test case to decide
the result OF the others During the year the Circuit
Court has been held by Judges Woodruff, Batchford,
Snipman and Benedict. Judge Woodruff has sat
In Vermont, and also In the Eastern and southern
districts OF New York.
Messrs. White, Stilwell ana Shields, United
States Commissioners, have, Tor the past twelve
months, issued 23o warrants for the arrest OF
parties charged with violations OF United States
laws.
District Attorneys ONCE.
In the United States Attorneys once, $1oso9 "a
have been paid witness fees by Charles f. Mar
sack. Two hundred and forty-nine criminal cases
have been prosecuted, nfty-two terminated,
twenty-five being convictions, six acquttals and
twenty-0ne discontinued. Ofsuits brought, twenty
ive were Custom House cases, eighty-four internal
revenue cases and twenty-five Post ONCE cases,
thirty violations OF the election law ve violations
Of the naturalization law and seventy Eight miscel-
laneOus.
OF cases terminated three were Custom House
cases, nine internal revenue fifteen Post ONCE and
twenty live miscellaneous.
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col
Convic
Befo'
Bernard Clapp v
Jed YESTERDAY or bur,

berHaru CIapp -sed yesterday OF bur-
glary in the third ...e. He was found in the
stable OF Mr.. Van Pelts In New Utrecht, between
five and six O'Clock, On the morning or the 22d OF
was soon 0verhauled by Mr.. Van Pelt The nris
0ner's defence was thai he had come over from
New York that morning TO see q relative in New
Utrecht, and had stepped into the stable for n
necessary purpose set OF harness, however.
was found In tue place put up In bundle prepara-
sentence, -
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asking reeass Of onehsfor the lane fronting ana sdfa.
cent 70 ther properly. end kncwu the Fz Roy road
A9louxned unul Monday next 30th inst, at O'Clock
1 P.h - ~wN JOSEPH SHANNON Cierk
Hoard Of Assistant Aldermen.

- '~S-~' - S~AANNvNs vsosas
: Board Of Assistant Aldsfmsn.
Prssent-,Sss HAN ESQ. Prosdsni In the cSsif. sss
An ora,,.,o. &. ,,..Y c.D.ns -
city ssiwsy 1--we s:s q driver. Of city railway c
@ !. % s3 across g. w.: :rsss aaP rem ~
9S s''. streets . Ne
s. sns
*s
q ssns % street ismSpos o Ss INN %nsSssssS @
!. That ths Board Of Street Openings .nd
nsrsse Church street a SutoS sssst y Wias
and extend College place from 70 Grsss-
S e @ .: S :s: Y =:
suteT suS STONES the sdsv:Is .sssd rspss:S
sxsn. Wo5n. 9s IA arqstsa o have ilOth S
.Rs and as sss
way savea h wsm tas nserd M roa
ss =
Isnat sSiaSs ana c6sTs. vita Ne
That street lamps Se lighted ia giy sixth street. nsrta
Fiat from ON bos sses 81 z Ss
,s aSS Ss e the Inh n .
sssss ssSSS from aaa hs hSssSS % =.
saa the aa4
That the sidewalk on cast side Of West street. from
That on both sides Of Tity street, between Ninth
and Tenth avenues curb and gutter stones be set
sct and the sidewalks be tagged. -
That tho sidewalk the north side OF Thirty
street. between Broadway and Sixth avenue be fiagged
anas tne sidewalk on both sides Of Fifty first street,
Tna both sides Of Worth street from Chatham street
street to Mission place both sides oil Baxter
Unatnam street to Worth street; both side
street, from Chatham street to pe-@
gutter stones be set haA
tagged and rcaaggcd.
That street lamps ho
between First
That the side
nom Hudsr
III
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CITY GOVERNMENT
(OFFICIAL.I
Board or Aldernon.

Board or Aldcrmcn.
SESSION. #
Alderman Vance in tho chair ana quorum or mem
That from rom 0sn hs Boulevard to tho
.nns. Eyss Drive ss 6s ere and
That the Comptrosr be directed 10 draw warrant in
s
Sosr: ssaT ssss tor the sum
isss s:ss ss..S sss .;'ss tssis.1s
rrs% ss Tssssss sssass st sfiSaish Sishslas hsSlss,
raisd Ii Ispaas sEsaao tnS and stssSa'a TsnsS ~
sisssI Ts afs S.;%s:S ,Ss :;SsgsS s;.;n :sa Sa'
sfS ~ dag S.s!s !ss 'SSsy'' sSsy'
DssS aS ',sS sSss sas 81 fia
asS's y 2 sss;$ a:S ss$S' e
street. Ts 4
Eth ETH
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THURSDAY, Dec. %. 1872.
PRESENT.
Alderman Wilder In the chair, and quorum.


Alderman Wilder in the chair, and quorum.
REPORTS LAID OVER.
That sewer be built In io2d street. from avenue 81.
Nicholas 10 Eleventh avenue.
That the southeast corner Of Seventh avenue and
Twelfth curb and gutter stones be set and side
walks be tagged and rehagged.
That both sides OF forty-elghth street, between
Ninth and Tenth curb and gutter be set
and the sidewalks be tagged and refagged
That the sidewalk both sides of Fifty ninth street.
from Ninth to Tenth avenue, be hagged
That the sidewalk the south side Of St. Marks
place, commencing at the corner OF Second and
run ming to No ~, be tagged.
That the sidewalk on the south side OF Fifty fourth
street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues be tagged
That 1874 street, st. Nicholas to Eleventh
avenue, be regulated and graded
That both sides Of 1921 street. from avenue ST. Nicho-
s 70 curb and gutter stones be SGT and
THAT crosswsk be laid from the south side Of pier No.
North River to side Of West street opposite
Adjourned until Saturday next 18th Instant mme
datey after the adjournment Of the Board Of Super
visors. JOSEPH bHANNON CLERK.
SATURDAY Dec. g. 1872.
Prcsent-Alderman Plunktt In the chair and quorum
Of membera
That sewer be built In avenue a. from sixth street TO
fourteenth street.
PAPERS IRON ras BOARD or
That Morton street. nom Beecksr street to West ho re-
numbered.
RxyRRRKp.
Petition Of 0arah ~ AndrawA and Augusta n. Norgan.
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beinv d.mands; -. s'~ -n"ard to the interests OF
the public. All the various Ob,ccrous y, 20 sne m
junction are 0veruled and In conclusion IL Is Or
dered that the same be continued. rF