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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

THE article wo publish to-day from
the American Register, addressed to
readers aud thinkers, sets forth the mis-
sion OF true journalism in its proper
light. A morbid and yitisted taste for
Just such reading as is described by the
Register, az applicable to, and apprccia'
bic by a class of readers which. il de-
scribcs, has been engendered by the
publication in large cities Of everything
vulgar, low, vicious and indecent, that
occurs among the lowest grade OF socle
" In tho frst markets, where billings
gate abounds, and where persons Of
shsste minds are shocked whenever they
come in sight or hearing OF their vul
gar ribaldry.
Presses have been known 10 bccom'
rich by the large calculations Of thei
papers, secured by pandering to th'
vitiated taste of the class of reader
herein described, and instead Of dimin
ishing the number Of the vulgar by
their publications they are increase'
continually. and one journal afte
another falls into line, and they hnd |
absolutely necessary to publish every
thing Of the kind in order that they ma!
keep up their circulation and live.
Begin at Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, and follow the range Of large cite
West and South, and see how the lead
ing papers have fallen into this obieo
tional practice, and even in small cite
and villages journals of chaste charaetei
are forced into the same channel,
ayiee il a monsscr OF 70 frightful mien
As to be hated, needs but to be SEMI
Yet seen too Oft, familiar with her face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

Mr. Braml.tte--ro amend an act to amend
and reduce into one. the acts Incorporating
The town of Woodyille Passed.
Mr. Jones-Far the relief o. the sureties
Of W. d. johnson, iaie Sheriff an tax coll
lector OF Winston county. Passed
Mr. Rogers-To amend an act to divide
Halobusha couaty into Two Circuit Court
and tive Chaneary Court Districts and for
other purposes, approved March "a, 1878.
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Gors-To prohibit the sale of intox-
ieating liquors ia the town Of Hohenlindsn,
Webster county Miss, and within five
miles thereof. Passed
| Mr Orr-To repeal an act to prohibit he
sale or giving away Of vinous or spirituous
/ liquors in the town Of Houaon in the coua-
ty of Chickasaw. Committee on County AZ.
fairs.
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Norrell called
up the joint resolution relating to the tine
for holding q joint session for the purpose
Of electing State Librarian and Keeper Of
the Capitol, and Pubic Printer. The rose.
luton was adopted.
The Committee on Rules reported The
report was adopted aud two hundred copies
were ordered printed Messrs Underwood,
Reagan and Boswell we're appointed as 8
Committee to supervise the printing of the
same.
The Speaker appointed the following sd
ditional members Of committees:
COMMITTEE on TEMPEeAScE-Messrs.
Flowers, Watson, Cowan. kendrick, Love,
Williams, Underwood, Wa,lington, CuGrer,
Ferguson and Lewis.
on PUBLIC LANDs-Messrs Nabers, Orr,
Warrington, Crump, Mckenzie, Foules, Ra-
son and Williams.
JUDIcnRY-Messrs. Stevens and Enochs
WAYS ASp MEAEs-Messrs. Harrison and
Ksndrick.
APPRoPRIATToss-Mess Montgomery,
of Oktbbeha and Rogers.
RAILRoADs-Messrs Harper ard Mullins.
IMMIdRATio S-Messrs. Bridges, Odom,
Houston and Moore.
recommendations. Clemens and
: Cowan.
County AFrAIRs-Mr. Crawford.
. Mr.. Simpson--An act to incorporate
Brooksville High School in Noxubee coun.
! ~, Mississippi. Passed.
: Mr.. Rowan--For the relief OF the cyclone
sufferers Of Copiah county. was amended so
IS to include Lincoln county.
( Mr.. Norrell moved to reler to Committee
on Ways and Means.
} A motion to table was lost and the bill was
! referred
MIR. McLsod--Resolved that 500 copies Of
: the act in relation to the charter of the city
4 Of Jackson be printed for the use Of the
House. Pending motion to table,
At p. m, the House adjourned.
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Special Notice.

Net being able to ill all the orders for
THR WEEKLY CLARION Of Wednesday
last, VIC will publish six-page paper
on Wednesday next, containing the
Governor Message, and the proceed
inEs of Legislature for the first seven
DAYS Of the session. As the size Of the
edition will be according TO the number
Of copies ordered to-day, we will thank
ali who may wish copies to send their
orders at once to the Office. Price pei
dozen, % cents; per hundred, $3.50.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13
Presidential.

We zee strong inclination cropping
out 10 somo Of the Republican pap'rs,
especially in New York, Philadelphia
and Washington, TO select for the great
Democratic party its candidate Tor
the Presidency.
The party should feel under very
great obligations to the Republicans for
the interest they take in selecting a
good candidate for il. We had a good
candidate in lS7Gand he was cheated and
defraudcd out Of the position after ne
was fairly elected, and If the Rspubli-
cans select good man for u.s.
and we elect him, as we will, have we
any guaranty that We will not be cheat
ed and swindled again?
The visiting statesmen" will have q
good deal to do TO manage one another
10 the coming race, as the most OF them
think time flies fast, and but one r1or'
Of that notable gang can probably reach
the Presidency, hence, while thu
Democratic party feel Under obliga
tions for kindness rendered, it "a appre
hon,ivs that they will not have time Z
select good, strong candidates for us.
Perhaps Mshone and Chalmers may
have time, aud it doubtless accord
with their tastes TO help make up tick
ct for next fall.
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Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.

On the sth inst, Mr.. Barksdale intro.
dueed bill releasing the State Of Mis-
.lssippi from the conditions OF an act
entitled IAN act granting public land'
in alternate sections to the State for the
construction of what is commonly known
as the Gulf aud Ship Island Railroad,
80 as TO extend the time for the com
pletion OF the same and avoid forfeiture
Of the grant; which was referred to th'
Committee en- the Public Lands
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To Readers and Thinkers.
American Register.l

hHlcItSdH heSiotei.l
"He lives most who thinks most,
Feels the noblest, acts the best" =
We don't expect the thoughtless
tramp, the silly crank. or coneeited snob
to appreciate the Register. To write
seriously and sensibly for such people
would be like casting pearls before
swine. In the columns of the Register
we address the thinking and intelligent
people, capable of reading and of I'M
Outstanding what they read, people who
desire information and an accurate I'M
Outstanding of the great questions of
the day and of the principles and true
policy of our government. The Regis
ter, to have any merit or efficiency in
its mission, will of course have to excite
the ire and abuse of tramps, cranSs,
and shallow pated fools. To be capable
Of maintaining free government, and of
keeping pace with the progress Of the
great onward movements of the world,
people must be sensible, intelligent, and
able to understand useful and instruc-
tive information. This is necessary in
order to be good citizens and worthy Of
the country and of the age. Those who
only read to be amused with accounts Of
murders, rapes, 1robberies, shocking
events, startling accidents, public exc
cutions, etc, are not intellectual, la
proving, and useful people. For them
the police court gazettes are more enter
tanning than the best indited essay, or
most interesting and instructing maya
zine. Where ignorance is bliss, lis
folly to be wise"
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

Among the bills Of local interest in
troduced in Congress on Sth inst, are the
following by Representative Barksdnle
For tho relief Of Benjamin +. Jones, late
postmastcr nj Bcauregard, Mics.
For tho relief OF John Cleary, Of Jack
son, Miss, for various descriptions Of mer.
ehaudiso taken for the use OF the United
States Army in 1868. Referred to the
Committee on War Claims.
To release tho American Baptist Home
Mission Society from the conditions OF til,
sale Of the msrinc-hospitHl building anc
grounds al Matches, Miss.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

MAJ, WALLS report as Commissioner
Of Immigration and Agricultural por-
ton of which we publish on first and
fourth pages--will well repay perusal.
The entire report will be ready in
pamphlet form, in few days. 1t en-
braces vast amount of information re-
latiug to the material development and
progress of our State, 1t is a better doc,
ument than his Hand Book, and that
is saying a good deal.
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The Daily Clarion

IL published every day except Mon
day. The paper Of Sunday morning is
printed Saturday night, and the copies
for the Legislature will be delivered tc
The sergpnnt.at-Arms Of each house n
O'Clock Sunday morning, who will dc
liver them to members on application
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

"see here, landlord, didn't you adver-
tise an entire absence of flies and mos
quitoes at this place. Certainly, sir;
but those advertisements were prepared
in March, and | assure you in the most
solemn manner that We weren't troubled
in the least until the last of May. If
you had only come up here in April you
would have had a glorious time
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

MAJ. WALL, in his report "a Commits
sioner of immigration and Agriculture
states that the aggregate OF railroad
track laid in Mississippi, and now Ia
running order, is about i7G milos, and
the total miles that will DO completed
BY July LIST, 1884, Is GIG miles
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13
For Three Dollars

We will mail THE DAILY CLARION
70 any address to the end Of the Legisla-
i've session, and The WEEKLY CLARION
FROM adjournment Of the Legislature to
December 3ls., 1884,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

AFTER brief debate, the U, S, Sen
ate on Thursday, passed the blu appro
priating one million dollars for immedi
ate use on Mississippi River improve
ment.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

TIE largo dry goods house Of J
Bluhm, Columbus, Miss, failed OF
Thursday last, much to tho surprise o
that community. Liabilities abou
$4,000.
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FOR $3.50.
The Daily Clarion

VIII be mailed to any address during
the session Of the Legislature for $500.
The paper is printed at night, and mailed
ON the midnigh. and carly morning
trains, and contains the Legislative pro
oesiisgs Of the preceding day,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

The jackson DAILY CLARION is nov
coming 10 this Office, 1t is a bright,
neat. newsy sheet. We would be glad
If the publishers could make il per-
manent and paying institution.-Mscon
Sun.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13

A gentlemen was giving boy some
peanuts the other day. The mother
said, "Now, what are you going to say
to the gentlemen The little fellow
looked up and replied "More"
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13
HousrFIFrH DAY.

SATURDAY, Jan. j, 1884.
House met pursuant to adjournment
PRAYER by Rev DR. Hunter.
A message was received from the Senate
notifying the adoption of joint resolu
ton appointing committee to visit Alcorn
University. Concurrei in and Messrs.
Kendrick, Coates aud Atwood were APP
pointed on the part of the House.
Leavs Of absence was granted to DR..
johnson, Of Franklin, from day TO day on
account OF sickness.
The Senate resolution appointing 4 com
mi.tee to visit the Lunaiio Asylum build
ing at Meridian was concurred in, and
Messrs. Cameron, Mullen, Underwood,
Enochs. Bramlette, Carer, Marry, Guynes
aud Bsrksdals were appointed on The part
of the House.
The Speaker appointed on the joint
Standing Committee 10 inquirein tl amount
Of land owned by different railroads in the
State, Messrs. Parker, Cursr, Byrsnt,
Crump and Clay.
And as the committee to investigata The
perquisites of the Auditors and Secretary
Of States ofioe, Msssrs, NOfrell, Stevens,
Miller, VISITS aud Wilson.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13
Naval Cadet Seventh District.

In reply to numerous inquiries, Hon.
+. Barksdalc has placed at our disposal
the following letter, by which it will be
see that there will bc a vacancy for the
appointment of Naval Cadet from the
7th District in 1886:
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Dsc. 90, 1888.

Hon. Il, BNrksdale,
SIN: have the honor TO acknowledge
the receipt Of your letter, enquiring when
there win be vacancy for the appoint
ment Of Naval Cade, from the 9TH Con
gressional District OF Mississippi. Naval
Cadet ID. + Terrell, now charged to thai
District, will, il ia expected, complete tbs
academic course OF four years in 1884, anc
then after two years at sea, will finally
graduate, when the vacancy will occur.
Very respectfully,
WM. f.. CHASpIR,
Secretary Of the Navy.
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cALLoF COUNTIES.

The following bills were rad twice and
referred;
Mr.. Love-An &C, to change the name Of
jamie Knox, Of Amite county. Referred to
Judiciary.
Mr.. Hous'on-An act to incorporate the
town Of. McCool, in Alfalfa county, and reg
ulate the powers thereof. Passed under
suspension Of rules
Mr. Montgomery. Of Bolivar--An act to
allow the Board OF Supervisors of Bolivar
county to employ Q county attorney, and
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-01-13
SENATE BILLS ON rnTRD REAnl'

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. l in
structing our Senators AMI requesting Ger
Representatives in Congress in relation to
the regulations Of inter state eeiumerce
and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. :,
memorialiIing our Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress, were taken up ahd
laid on table subject to cal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-05
How They Use the GayeI.

1.-The speakers desk" writes Cleve-
lard Leader correspondent, sis sort of
marble pulpit, behind which MIR. Car
Isle sits III a great arm chair, and holds
in his right hand the ebony handle Cf an
ivory headed gavel. This, in case of
disorder, which very often occurs, he
brings down with laundering rap upon
the board top of the matble pulpit. 1t
sounds, when used with vigor, like the
shot of pistol, and is the terror of long
winded speakers. Mr.. Carlisle uses the
gavel lightly, bu5 little Sam Cox, when
he gets in the chair, brings it down with
all his might, and the otker day when he
was raising it for mighty stroke the
head came off and 1t few to the floor.
Often the gavel breaks and then a new
one is procured. Sam Randall was very
hand on gavels, and broke a great many
during bis term as speaker. He has
theremains Of these in cabinet at home,
which be shows to visitors as sign of
bis former power. One of these is q
beautiful one which he got duripg his
last term as speaker. It was made by a
Georgian mechanic OF 10 pieces Of hick-
ory wood.
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The Definite Article The.
CFrom the Albany Knickerbocker

An Englishman suggests that the def
mite article the be omitted in the news
papers. He finds by actual counting.
that the London times contains it two
hundred times 10 a single column.
making l6, 900 times for an entire copy,
occupying space to the amount OF eight
columns. He thinks it ought to be
omitted and the eight columns space
secured for additional matter. How
anything would read with this little
word ''the" climated can easily be seen
in the following chance example:
- excitement over recent dynamite
plot continues, and - large rewards
offered for - detection of - authors of
- outrages have stimulated = police to
renewed efforts TO capture - perpetra-
tors. It is learned this morning that =
detectives have Information to - effect
that = Irish Americans who arrived
etc.
Here it is seen the 'fthe" is omitted
eleven times, and yet beyond slight
hating the understanding of the SEN
tence is but slightly impaired, with the
single exception of definiteness. For
instance, as gwen above, the sentence is
changed from the past to the present
tense IN saying that "large rewards
offered for detection of authors of out
RACES have stimulated police to renewed
efforts, ETC.; whereas the original had it
that "the large rewards offered for the
detection OF the authors of the outraGes
have stimulated the police to renewed
efforts" etc. Such instances as this
would give rise to much, and perhaps.
serious confusion at times.
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STATE NEWS.

FRANK GRAY, a Racine burglar, has
been sentenced to Waupun for a terw
of three years.
IN a saloon row at Ashland, Thos.
Sweeney, q disregutable character, shot
Edward Marpry three times In the head.
Murphy will die.
J. j. Hogan, of LIZ Crosse, sold 5000
acres of pine lands in Taylor County, TO
the Sanford & RoWell Lumber Co., of
Freeport, H., for S35, 900.
JESs 4. BURGoN. aged 80, a we'll
known farmer of tie town OF Bristol,
Dane County, was killed at his home on
the 18th inst. by ylcious horse.
Mrs. THOMAS Clay, an insane woman,
committed suicide at Wautoma, on the
18th inst, by cutting her throat. Her
dementis dated from June last, when
daughter took her own life for some
unknown cause.
o. Il. JOHNSON has seized the goods
and chattels of the Blake Opera House
Company, Racine, and will expose them
for sale on the premises Thursday, April
10. The seizure, il ls understood. was
made TO secure the payment of a judg
ment amounting to $40, 900.
A. w. TUBS, of Whitewater, pur-
chased three calves and one COW of the
Hubbard strain OF Shorthorns at the
Harnden sale at Madison. He also, in
company with Edward Harnden, bought
the Thoroughbred bull " Hubbard Of
Oakwood, whose pedigree runs back in
an unbroken line to 1739.
AN experienced tobacco grower says
he puts a small quantity of seed IN two
gallons Of water, puts 1t In "a sprlnkling
can and sprlnkles his patch, 4xl6 feet,
and always has ice plants. Others
mix the seed with sand, some with corn
meal, bran, ashes or anything to spread
It, IN sowing. to prevent going too close
OF the ground.
+. ". MAxoS, of Walworth, has. sold
over 81 900 worth of cattle during the
past month. His fine thoroughbred
ball '' Mack" was purchased by Messrs.
Jeffers and Topping, of Darien, at $500
A calf ten months old was sold to par
ties Ii the northern part of the state for
$500. Mr.. Maxon recently returned
from Michigan with three head of thor
oughbred Holstein cattle.
FARMERS differ in opinion about the
advantages of early or late sowing of
wheat and 1t Is therefore of interest to
all to learn of a record on that point by
two farmers IN Fennimore, Grant
County, which resulted in favor OF early
sowing. On the 2d day of May, 1866,
Messrs. John Monteith and C. d. Smith,
sowed their wheat and the yield was
good one. The year previous they sowed
on the 4th day of March. and they re.
port that the yield was the best ever
harvested on their farms.
AT the meeting of directors OF the
Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Asso-
citation held on the Goth, Thomas r
Mercein was elected to the position OF
manager. His term of office will begin
at once and expire on the 31st of Janu-
ary, 1885, which marks the close of the
associations fiscal year. Mr.. Mercein Is
we'll and favorably known in Milwaukee,
and his appointment viii give general
satisfaction. He is young, talented, en-
ergetic, and possessed Of marked execu-
tive ability. All who know him feel
confident that he will make the exposi-
ton not only financial success, but IN
all respects credit and an advantage to
Milwaukee and the Northwest.
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CASUALTIES,

The nltro-glycerlne house of the Repaupo
Chemical Works. Thompsons Point, n. j.. ex-
ploded on the morning of the 29th. killing eight
men, including Lsmot Dupont, vice-Dresident
of the company. W. n. Hill superintendent
and M. Norcross, compounder of dynamite.
NEW YORK and vicinity experienced a severe
wind storm, on the 30th, and two seamen we're
dreamed on HBds River.
WISASs & Co.'S wooLhouse burned at Toror-
TO, Ont, on the 30th. Loss $4,000.
HILL & MURRAY's paper mill burned at
Niagara Falls, on the Both. Loss $4,000.
PETER PEcoRE, a Milwaukee coachnan. &C.
cidentally shot himself. on the S0tb. while,ex
planning to a friend how Texas Harry" shot st
target. The wound was fatal.
FoUR workmen were injured BY the coIlsnse
Of brick building. at Cincinnati, on the 28th
ARTHUR BANCROFT, brakeman. was killed
at Chicago on the 2Sth.
A TERRIBLE prairie fire broke out in Castle
ton township, Kss., on the 18th. burning over
territory 10 miles IN length. Everything IN its
patti was destroyed. The loss exceeds SIS. 400
The kennebec River broke its icy bonds and
caused considerable damage at Bath. Ne. on
the 9th. Conant, pulp mill owner estimates
his loss at $50, ,00e
The large six-story building on Wabash Az
enue, Chicago. chiefly occupied by 2. A. Cook
& Co., printers and bookbinders. burned on the
afternoon Of the 9th. Loss $4,000.
TIE Barlow House and eight stores burned
at ARlerIcus, Ga, on the night OF the 26tb.
Loss $50. 600; insurance so. 900.
HAMILTON WALLER. David Fair and Wn.
Watson we're drowned by the causizing of a
small boat near the mouth of Clarion River.
Penn, on the 26th.
HENRY WILSON, Isaac Horn aud Charles
Smith. lumbermen. we're killed by a falling
tree, st Cstawisha, Pa. on the 9th.
PHELPS store at New Berlin. v. T.. burned
on the 9th, causing s loss of SO. 600.
A FARMER named Daniel Hsggerty was cut in
two by 8 train near McGregor, Ia, on the 27th,
GEo. SCHROEDER was crushed 10 death by the
fall ofthe bank safe which be, with others, was
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ngaged in moving, on the 27th, at Pittsburg.

engaged IN moving, ON the 9th, at Pittsburg,
Pa
DEWEY WILLIAMS grjst mill and Wheeler
Bowers saw mill burned at Waterford. Pa,
on the 27th. Loss s25.00GO.
Sr. JAMES hotel, Auburn, n. Y. burned on
the evening of the 9th. Loss $50, 900. Ad-
joining property was damaged $4,000.
AUGUST NoRRAIN was toru into small frag-
ments py machinery, at st. Paul, on the 25th.
Ar WIkesbarre, Pa, on the 25th, boy
named John GARY, aged years, was drawn
between two rollers aud reduced to pulp.
JOHN SIGEL's tobacco warehouse near Ian
caster, Pa. was reduced to ashes on the 25th
Loss $50, 600; insurance S2S, 00U.
The Lower Mississippi oveIflowed the levees
on the 25th. Transforming the bottom country
into one vast sea.
DAVIS ROLLINS machine shop at Nashua,
n. H., was damaged to the extent of S25, 900
by IRE on the 25th.
A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone struck the Ohio ysI-
ley ON the evening of the 25th.
Two pickaninnies were cremated in tene-
ment fire al Nashville, Tenn, on the 25tb, their
mothers having left them locked iD.
FIRE Oh the morning of the 25th burned
the machine shops of the Texas & St. Louis
Railroad, at Jonesbofo, Ark. Loss $4,000.
On the morning of the 25th the mercantile
establishment of F. E. Warren & Co. burned at
Cheyenne, ". L. Loss $150,000.
PERRY FARsAH, Of Chester Station, Mich,
fell from ladder on the 24th, and struck upon
putty-knife he was using. The knife pene-
trated his neck and severed the iugular vein.
causing death Ii few moments.
FRED WEsTFALI, an invalid son of the
suicide, whose body was found In the woods
near Neilsville, Wis, was so prostrated by the
news Of his fathers fatal act, that lie died on
the 22d.
JAMES KIRK, formerly wealthy citizen of
Pottsyllle, Pa, but who owing to reduced cir
cumstances was working vein OF coal with
only the assistance of his sons, was killed on
the 24th by land slide from the CLAIM Just
above him on the mountain.