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=. ,hriiians. Gait G inc Thomp
son Tot ~. block ~, outlot Is. division ID. $40
jos. Goodman 10 ID. ID. lglehart southwest
quarter block %, division 4, Austin. Sgi7B.
Geo. I Moore and wife 10 III. ii. Iiazzard.
Hns, !; = = and T. block !, Whites addition "a
AUSTIN Ss0Ol
T. G; bartholomew and wife to W. s. Clroih
ers, Iots anu ;, block Is Outlol ~, division ID,
Houston & Texas Central railroad company
70 c Nm Lendecke, lot 2; block 20. Manor. sd
ana 4. block !, Austin. slO,25.
county taN collector TO NJ. y. Speer. lots !, 2.
and I, block !, Austin. $3.50
mos. hearney 10 Isabella Haigler ID acres
part outlOts y and ~. division r. Austin. s.IsO0
r. Halgler and wife 10 Mrs. Annie Sweet
mai; blocks - and 81, and lots 3 d and q d.
Swisners addition. 1900.
j. w. Maddox and wife to Imogene Miller
los aud ., block ~. in south half OF omtIot
division @, Austin. Sl5Oi.
o, II I: Wren y, to John bowel lot o. block 20.
ou,lols " ana =, division o, Austin. $40.
Joseph MarSden aud wife 10 Robert Wells.
III acres Thomas Sharp survey SEQ
Joseph Limerick and wife TO ID. NJ Ezell ct
al lot ~, outlot q. division Il. Austin. SI5i.
Joseph Limerick and wife 10 %. r. Nitschke
ct a. lot -, outlot a.. division u, Austin. si50
ID. r. MeNeeSe and wife TO Mrs. N X iiog-
erS. ~ 2-5 acres NJ. NJ. llornsby survey
William M. Saunders TO Owen q. Jones. 40
acres william llornsby one-third league Sibl
Emma Doughty 81 II. j. Doughty, lots 81 and
8 =, block 80 division ID, Austin. SibO0
George Sealy 10 Frank Duschek. Igi acres
Henry Martin league and labor. Ssl450
H. a. Rutherford 10 q. PITCHER ct al. saf
acres John Applegate league. si75.
d. IL. Kobinson, Ir., TO Nathaniel Earnest,
Ky acres ~ miles northeast Of Austin. $500
newton Collins 10 Nathaniel Earnest, $50
acres James l.. Wallace league.
II. = Doughty TO Emma Doughty ct ais, lots
81 anu Jl!s block IS, division ID, Austin $1,000
q. III. Millican 10 James A. Millican. 20 acres
James tiilleland league $500
A. j. Anderson aud wife TO A. T.. Anderson.
hllD1rupr
l.. Christian ct nj TO n. II Brackenridga lot
], block n, division ID, Austin. 500
q. 4. Routh and wife 10 g. A. Newning. LOT
ana part OF lot 2. block rs. Austin. SIi5O
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coat and trousers embroidered in gold
braid and scarlet, high Russian boots.
a cloak OF white cloth, embroidered in
gold and scarlet and trimmed with
Russian fur; gold buckles and a high
hat of scarlet, bordered with fur. with
"A white plume.
MIR. Pierre Lorillard also wore n
Hungarian costume. His coat was of
garnet velvet and his cloak of white
cloth, while his trousers and doublet
were of pale blue cloth trimmed with
gold cord and buttons. In his hat was
an algrette of rubies, pearls and dia-
mOnds.
Mr.. James Strong, Mr.. Charles
Purdy and Mr.. Kellogg all wore COS.
TUNES of the old English court. They
were of dark-brown cloth. knee
breeches with silver buckles. silken
hose, buckled shoes. RULED shirts.
swords and chapeaux.
Mrs. Routh appeared Madame de
Pompadour in pale pink and blue
satin, with an overdress of blue
lowered brocade, and a pink satin can.
covered with jewels. Mr.. Fernando
Yzuaga went as "A Spanish bandit in
brown and black, with red sash and
black cap. Wall street was very
largely represented. Among the
most honest brokers who honored the
occasion by their presence were: Mr.
Alfonso Naville, who appeared in
very elegant costume of dark green;
Mr.. Antonio Naville, his brother.
who represented a bull-fghter, in Il
magnificent costume. Mr.. Berry
wall was profusely decked with
Jewels In a costume of Louis XIV.
Mr. Charles Hart, as represen-
tatlve of the court of Louis XIV.
created quite decided impression.
Mr.. Stacy Clark, by his captivating
manner, won the attention of the
ladies as a Russian prince. AS a
court follower of Queen Elizabeth.
and with a costume costing 1920.
Mr.. George Bend was one of the most
striking personages present.
The Baxter boys, as princes of the
tower who suffered at the hands of
Richard III, were noticeable. As
cOurtiers of Queen Ann, the sons of
Mr.. Henry L. Chapman were dressed
in princely magnificence and created
decided sensation. Mr.. Arthur
Leary, the tall and stately steamship
owner, was brave and chivalrous in
scotch highland costume, with way
ing feathers and cleaning halbard.
Mr.. Bob Tilden wore a Venetian
pauper costume of the Gondolier
order. The Holland boys were gay
and gallant Troubadours, cut bril-
liant figure and made quite a rustic
among the younger ladies.
THE SCENE.
The glitter of diamonds, the gay
music, beautiful women and gallant
men, the beauty of the floral decora-
lions and the gracious manner of the
host and hostess made up an affair
long to be remembered and talked
about by the participants. 1t was
almost sunrise when the last guests
took their departure and the curtain
went down on this the finest ball ever
yet given in New York. TRAMP.
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Religion VS.. Finance.

L
A member of a church congrega
ton in Wisconsin was last Ian
charged with gambling in stocks and
brought up before a committee fol-
investigation. The trial began by q
deacon asking:
Brother Smith, the charge is gam.
bling in stocks"
es, sir"
"And you plead not guilty 2"
mo, sir, / plead guilty"
"Then you do buy and sell stocks
speculate in wheat and oats and sell
futures in pOrk?"
81 do, sir. Didn't l give $1,000 in
cash to help build this church,"
"Yes."
"Well, scooped that in on little
deal in pork. Didn't pay in $500 on
the organ?"
Eyes"
"That was part of my profits on a
spec in oats. Didn't foot a deficiency
OF $500 in the minister's salary this
year,"
"Yes."
"That came from a rise in stocks
Didn't | chip in 800 toward the par
sonage?"
Eyes"
"That came from a corner in oats
Haven't | whacked up on the orphan
asylum, the new bridge, the park and
the fire engineer"
"You have"
"Well, that means more corners
and holding on till L felt my hail
growing gray. Gentlemen, | will
step out for moment and let you
reach verdict"
He stepped, but it was only thirty
seconds before he was called in and
congratulated on the verdict of mot
guilty"
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F, the improvements on his premise
burned by the grass catching fire from
the burning wads of boys shOOtins
cartridges. The amendment VIRTUALLY
did away with the effects of the bill
Mr.. Patterson asked if the gentle
man had ever heard of such thing.
happening from using stoves. and il
on the same ground the use of stove.
was to be prohibited.
By Mr.. Townsend: Strike out the
enacting clause. Lost.
| Mr.. Brown moved previous queS.
tiOn.
The question recurring on the Arm
istead amendment, Mr.. ArmisteaC
said he had offered it in good faith anC
not for sport in the sense which the
gentleman from Clay supposed. His
manner of speaking and the irrepressi
BILE smile on his handsome face, how.
ever, showed he was not much in
earnest about his amendment. The
amendment was lost.
Amendment bytMr. Foster of Lime.
stone was adopted, that the act shall
not apply to fishing in running
streams passing through enclosures
The bill passed to third reading
Ayes 43, noes 81.
Mr.. Brown called up senate bill No
15S, which referred to robbers, and
was scheme, he said, to run robbers
out of the state, 1t is bill to make
highway rObberya capital offenSe by
amending article 722 of the penal
code.
Amendment of the committee
strikes out the death penalty, leaving
the penalty Imprisonment for life or
not less than five years, was adopted
and the bill passed to third reading.
Mr.. Woods called up the resolution
of Mr.. Frymier, to reconsider the bill
to authorize art, religious and charit-
able institutions to revive and con-
solidate charters.
Mr.. Frymier offered amendment
that the bill shall not relieve certain
corporations from paying corporation
taxes now or hereafter required by
law. Adopted.
Bill passed to third reading.
Senate bill 347, changing appeals
from Burleson and Washington coun-
ties to the supreme court at Austin
to Galveston, passed to third reading,
and on motion of Mr.. White was
finally passed.
Conference committee on joint res
olutiOn on school tax reported further
time to agree, and asked for commit
tee of free conference. Granted.
Mr.. Browning called for u similar
committee on the land bill.
Mr.. Upton opposed free conference
committee. The house, he believed,
would rather withdraw the lands from
sale for the next two years than adopt
the senate amendments; which he
was not disposed to leave to COM
mittee to go outside of the difference
between the two houses. We might
be caught by the gayel of final ad-
jOUrnment of the senate Monday, as
we were caught in this in the seven
teenth legislature.
A motion that the house insist on
its amendments to the bill, and ask
ing for a free conference committee,
was adopted.
House bill 158, to prevent herding
of cattle, etc, upon the property of
another without consent of the owner
of the land, by amending article $50
of the penal code. was called up by
Mr.. Moore, of McLennan, and finally
passed.
House adjourned till 8 a. m. Tues
day.
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A Graceful Compliment.

Col. Geo. F. Afford, who is now in
Austin for the first time in many
years, was, twenty-five years ago, a
member of the 9th legislature, and
afterwards of the 10th and 18th legis-
latures, serving in the senate one
term. The house, learning of his
presence, unanimously passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That Hon. Geo. +. AL
ford, of the city of Dallas, member
of the 9th, 10th and 18th Legislatures
of Texas, now in this city, be and is
hereby invited to seat within the
bar of this house.
Col. Afford will spend several days
here, then go to Mexico for a few
weeks seeking health. taking in Aus
tin again on his return home.
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tics; because the people have conf
dence that its utterances cannot be
biased by money or other corrupt in
. fuence; in short, it was attacked be-
cause of its influence. attacked by
/ men filled with rage when they found
4 that their schemes were frustrated
and their jobs prevented by the expo
sure made by the press, and notably
by Texas Siftings and the Austin
STATESMAN. The latter is deserving of
hucn credit Tor Its course in the mat
ter.
The legislators did not want the
people to understand the iniquities of
the lease system of convict labor. but
the press has exposed it, and has DEM
onstrated what blot on civilization
it is.
If the members of the eighteenth
legislature were as true to the people
OF Texas as Texas Siftings is there
would be no need of an investigating
committee. The wonder is that the
honest members did not demand an
investigation long since. 1t is no
torious fact that there never was in
Austin as open, as barefaced, as dis
gushing an exhibition of lobbying and
lobby influence as there has been in
the interest of the ratification of the
penitentiary lease. That there should
be influence used is not to be wonder
ed at. when it is considered that the
ratification of the lease would put
S2,OOO,OOO in the pockets of the lessees.
We have only stated publicly what
others talked of privately, and what
has been known to every intelligent
person in Austin. Some whisperedit
about and said they were ashamed to
let the general public know of it. We
felt it to be our duty to advise the
public of what we had good evidence
to believe were the facts in the case.
We hope the investigating committee
will do their whole duty. We shall
stir them up if they do not. If they
fail to find evidences of corrupt infu-
ences it will be very surprising to the
people of Austin, and the members of
the committee will put themselves on
record as being incompetent.
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Seventeen Days Proceedings.
SENATE.

AUSTIN, April 2, 1888.
The senate met at 10 o'clock a. m,
Hon. A. w. Houston presiding and q
quorum present.
Prayer was offered by the chaplain.
Rev. DR.. Smoot.
Reading of the journal was dis
pensed with.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Claims and Accountable. Traylor,
chairman, recommended that the
claim of Henry w. Barnes lie on the
table, subject to the action of the next
legislature, owing to inability of the
committee to obtain data that would
aid them in determining as to the
justice of the claim.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The land bill.
Mr.. GoOch moved to reconsider the
vote by which the several house
amendments were concurred in. Car
ried.
Mr.. Gooch moved that the senate
non-concur in all house amendments,
and that committee of conference
be appointed on the same. Ordered,
the chair appointing Mesers. Gooch,
Matlock, Fleming, Davis and Shan
non. Mr.. Davis was excused owing
to business before the supreme court,
and Mr.. Gibbs was appointed in his
stead.
MIR. Buchanan called up substitute
senate bill No. ESQ, relating to tele-
graph companies. Made special order
for Tuesday morning after morning
call.
Mr.. Gibbs called up house bill No,
80, amending the law creating the
Office of public weigher and providing
election therefor. After having been
| lost on final passage, the vote was re-
considered, and the bill passed third
reading with amendment.
Mr.. Pfeuffer called up the
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Buchanan: To add 5000 for
surveying one million acres of land
| for the state university. Adopted.
Mr.. Davis moved to re-commit the
bill.
Mr.. Pfeuffer thought the provisions
Of the bill extravagant, and urged re
| commitment.
+ Mr. Johnson. Of Collin. made a
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QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.

Speaker GlDSon aud Il quorum pres
ent.
Prayer by the chaplain.
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. Chenoweth, rising to a question
of privilege, made the following state
ment in reference to the editor of this
paper:
| desire to rise to question of per-
sOnal privilege. In the few remarks
! made the other day, in addressing
myself to the penitentiary lease queS-
ton, my remarks have been misinter-
preted to certain extent. Some per-
sons thought at the time that had
reference in some of my remarks to
Mr.. Gaines, one of the proprietOrs, or,
perhaps, proprietor of the STATESMAN
1t is due to myself, and perhaps to
that gentleman, that | state there
was no reference on earth to him, and
that he was not in my mind at the
time made the remark.
THE PENITENTIARY QUESTION REDI-
VIVUS.
Mr.. Frymier, by leave. introduced
the following preambles and resolu-
ton:
Whereas, This legislature has clear
ly manifested its disapprobation of
the action of the penitentiary board in
making the lease of the pententiaries,
to Cunningham Il Ellis and Morrow,
Handy Il Co.; and whereas no def
mite policy touching the penitentiaries
has been enunciated by this legisla-
ture, and the penitentiary board is
therefore not advised of the wishes of
this body and the board may again
find its action disapproved; there
fore,
Be it resolved by the house of repre-
sentates, the senate concurring, That
it is the sense of this legislature that
the state shall resume control of the
penitentiaries and that the convicts
shall be placed within the walls.
Mr.. Foster, of Limestone. moved to
lay the resolution on the table.
Mr.. Frymier said he introduced the
resolution in good faith, and was sur
prised at the motion. The response
bility of new course having been
thrown upon us by the action of the
house, 1t was now our duty to indicate
what is the further policy of the state.
Mr.. Cochran thought this was
placing the majority in a wrong light.
There was vast difference between
the state resuming and working the
cOnvicts in some particular manner or
place, and it was a violert presump-
ton on the part of the minority that
the majority were responsible in this
matter any more than the minority.
Mr.. Upton moved a call of the
house, but subsequently withdrew it.
Mr.. Swan, speaking on Mr.. Fry
mier's resolution, said that it brought
the question of the penitentiary
squarely before the house for it to say
what policy it will pursue. The
minority, like the confederates, fought
for what they considered right in the
interest of the state, and were willing
now to share the responsibility that
followed of disposing of the question
as though there was no longer any
issues between the majority and min
ority.
Mr.. Foster, Of Limestone, argued
that the resolution was premature
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

ABSTRACT or TITLE AND REAL ESTATE !
oFPIcE or ZIdPELMAN & BERGEN,
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
The following Is list Of transfers OF prop
erty In Travis county, Tor the week ending
s. ID Meeks and wife TO J. p. Lockwood, zoo
acres j. b. Walters survey. 5000.
Joseph Limerick and vile TO J. III. Nitschke,
LOT "a. outlot Al, division b, Austin. $50.
j. d. KerfOot ct ais, by attorney, TO George
b. Zimpelman, undivided one-half interest In
part Of lots II and II, block 90, Austin. 1872.
LOOMS & Christian to III. II, Dun, lot 4, block
/, outlets 10. l6 and u, division D. Anstin'
70, ~ r Drake and wife to c. p. Drake, part Of
w1MI.uu.k Ioe. Austin. $50.
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The TeIenhOne.

1t would seem that at no distant
day the telephone will be brought
into general use for transmitting mes
sages between distant points. An
account was given of successful ex-
periments having been made between
New York and Cleveland, Ohio, and
these experiments have been con-
tinued with the most satisfactory re-
suits. The instrument used Was the
Hopkins patent, known as the Peo-
pies telephone. The results were as
satisfactory with this as with other
instruments. Much interest is being
taken in Washington City in the
distance conversation by telephone is
made possible. Mr.. Lester Baxter,
the inventor, is clerk in the surgeon
general office. He has been a devoted
student of electricity for many years
and has made numerous discoveries
which have not yet been brought to
practical use. In reference to the
transmitter and sounder, which is
expected to revolutioniZe communica-
ton, he says that he has not been
present at any of the experiments be-
tween New York and Cleveland, but
that he has tested the invention over
a five-mile wire and the results have
been satisfactory. He says that
over this wire he has heard a
whisper spoken at a distance of sew
enteen feet from the instrument. Mr..
Baxter states that an ordinary tone
of voice can be heard when the speak
er is seventy feet away. One of the
most important differences between
his invention and the Blake is, that
whether the speaker talks in whis-
per or shouts close to the diaphragm,
thesame is heard equally well through
the Baxter transmitter, while loud
tone spoken to the Blake transmitter
it is claimed will so agitate the cur
rent as to make hearing an impossi-
bility to each other by wire.
Mr.. Baxter is now experimenting
upon a system for applying
the duplex system to the telephone,
and he is sanguine of success. The
company controlling this patent do
not intend to construct their own
lines, but viii lease privileges and in
struments to telegraph companies.
The company already have many Of
fers for exclusive rights, and are now
considering proposition for the en-
tire territory of New England. Ar
rangements are making for a further
test of the invention between New
York and Washington. A wire of
the Baltimore and Ohio company has
been secured, and it is expected that
in few days the people of New York
and Washington will be talking over
the wires.
There are more building of houses
going on now in Columbia, South
Carolina, than at any time since 1866.
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Was Ii Fair Play?

About nine o'clock last night man
was found lying down on Red River
street, near the German school house,
and it was thought at the time that
he had fallen in a drunken stupor
down a pair of stairs near by. His
nose had a slight ebrasion on it,
which looked as if he had struck on
something, while bloody water ran
from his ears, indicating that
the base of his brain might
from other indications, that he might
have been poisoned. A post mortem
examination will be held this morning.
In the coat of the unfortunate man
was found q drummer's notebook.
containing the names and commercial
standing of firms in almost every
town in Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Kansas. In the front
of this little book was written: "a. l..
! Goodin, with Barton q Co., Parsons,
Kansas" In his pocket was also
found a partly used 1000 mile coupon
ticket book over the Missouri Pacific,
and signed by F. Chandler. 1t appears
from this that the poor fellow
was, or had been, drumming for the
flour and meal mills of Barton & Co.,
| Parsons, Kansas. He was rather
stout, full face, heavy moustache and
side-whiskers, dark hair, sallow COM
plexion, and was not very well dress
ed. Justice Won Rosenberg empan-
neled jury of inquest, which will set
on the case at the post norton to-day.
1t has already been announced in
special from Austin that Mr.. John
Cardwell has sold his entire interest
in the Austin STATESMAN and the
STATESMAN publishing company to
Mr.. VIM. Z. Gaines. The STATESMAN
has always been one of the best
papers in Texas, but the new proprie-
tor is not content with ranking
among the first, but states his deter
mination to spare neither pains nor
expense to make the STATESMAN the
leading journal in the state. Being
published in a progressive city, the
capital of the state, and under the
management of energetic and able
business men, there seems to be no
reason why Mr.. Gaines ambition
should not be gratified.-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
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LIST OF LETTERS
Altman, George

Advertised In the postofiice at Austin, Texas,
for the week ending Saturday, March 81, 1888.
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A TALK WITH BISMARCK.

CONTINUED OH Fourth Page. !
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Altman, George
Burroughs, ii w
Black, Eliza Mrs
Burton, j Is Mrs
Burton, Fannie, Mrs
Beck, Sallie Mrs
Brown, j:lmes
Banes, JJ
Bohannon, James X
Berner. q II
Burroughs. Kate, Miss
Clayskesgis, Nc
Chapman, X III
Cleary, Lake
Choate, j Dilworth
Cochran. John
Cr0ff0rd, Diner Miss
DiaZ, Encarnaci0n
Daniels, w j
Doxey, Thomas
EdmOson, Il ii
Eanes, Mary A Mrs
Farmer, Thomas j
FOust w l.
Fisk, Willie
Foley, j Il
Garrett, Thomas
Goldman, TOaI
Gibbs, Sarah Mrs
Gordon, Smith
GOslee, Thomas w
Ghrim, Louisa Miss
Gruba, Augusta Miss
Harris, James
Harmsen, III
HerndOn, Charles l.
Hill, ii l.
Horne, Louis
Harrison, WIN
Hubert, w III
Jones, &c
Jackson. Jane Mrs
Jones, Edward
Klein, Emil
Lindis, Josephine Mrs
Leatherman, NJ NJ
Lane, M
Lang, w w (D
Morris, Paulina Miss
McGary, Martha Miss
McCOrkel, Vim
Millender, Laura Miss
Miller, Matty Miss
Mullens, Charles
Mechanic, Miss
Maber, CT
Mclean, Chas
Nelson, John Fred
Norris, Ezekiel
Nilsson, Emma Miss
Noble. n X
Omally Mary A Miss
Pilgrim. Ravena Mrs
Parker, ii II
Patterson, John
Parker, Alice Mrs
Perry, johnson
Perry, johnson Mrs
ROsenquist, Charles
Kicks, Ida Miss
Reed, Bette Miss
Robinson, T Windsor
Rolls, James
Ritter, A
Scott, v + Mrs
Scott, Pallle Mrs
Stevens. Henry
Speaker, Charley
SueliiOhn
Swan, Ben
Shropshire, Ben N
SilInan, Hannah
SwensOn, Ola
Shaffer, n NJ
Towers. w A
Thomas, Martha
Tompkins, j NJ
Vance, Hester Mrs
Williams, Pollie Mrs
Wooster, Meln0t Jr
Webb, j X y
Williams. Sam
Wilson, Ellen Mrs
Welker, Charles Mr.
FOREIGN
Giovanni, Cilladi
Lang. w w
KOwn. g II Ludwig
HOlub, Matthias
Cedenblad, Emma Mis-.
Sussfnan, Louise
Simpson, VIM
Estrada, Jose Nj
DUE II
Dilts. johnson Mrs
FOnEIGN ID
Lang, w w go
Johanson, Kreutin
PACK
Harper. Il l.
Luckctf, Leonard
smith. Louisa Miss
Persons calling for u
say advertised fylI
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uo1sE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Prayer by the chaplain.

House met at the appointed hour,
Speaker Gibson aud Il quorum pres
ent.