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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
MRS. GEARONs EXCISE LICENSE.
She Denies Father Power.'s Assertion tina
Her Saloon is Disreputable.

6he Denies Father Power.'s Assertion that
Her Saloon II Disre putable.
Catherine + Gearon acted as her own law
yer yesterday before the Excise Commission.
ers in case where she applied for renewal
Of license for the saloon at 1900 Park ave-
nue.. the application being opposed BY the
Rev. James Powers. pastor Of All Saints
Church.
The license last year was In the name Of
Mrs. Gearon's brother-in-law. George Keller.
The Commissioners had found fault with the
application on account Of the fact that, while
Keller had applied for tho License. Mrs. Gear
on was the actual owner. Father Powers had
presented a petition containing many sigma
lures protesting against the renewal OF the
license. Mrs. tiearon denied that her saloon
was disreputable
There have been women in the place." she
said. and they have a right to be there as long
as they behave themselves" In answer to
the charge that drunken men had teen put
out OF the saloon she said Il think have O
right to put them out when they come in
drunk"
Several persons testified that as far AS they
knew the place was OF good character. The
Commissioners will consider the application.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
UALLINGER HANGED AT LAST.
LAWYER PESHALL APPEALED FOR
DELAY, But DIDNT GET II.

a..eman vas Hise, Tn His Anxiety 70 XIII
MI. Man Before Another Stay Could Ne
Got, Made Bunsiing Work, and the Negro
was Slowly tra.gied-Twenty.seven
Minutes Elapsed Before He Was Pro-
nouuced Dead-The Murderer Sailed 70
IN. Last, and stopped 70 Enabie His Exc.
.utioaer to Adjust the Black Cap.
Edward ". Hallinger. the negro preacher,
nrize fighter. and murderer. whose counsel.
Charles J. Peshall. three times stayed the arm
Of the law. was hanged yesterday morning In
the Hudson county Jail in Jersey City. Hang.
man Van Hisc. In his anxiety to get the Job
done made bungling work OF the execution.
He was afraid that Lawyer Peshal might turn
up gain at the last m oment with some sort OF
legal paper and takc the victim from him.
Iialnger passed Wednesday night very
comfortably. The Rev. Father Finnigan. ST..
his spiritual adviser. remained with him all
night. lie spent part OF the night in reading
the life OF ST. Thomas Kempis. which had
been given to him By Father Finnigan. lie
also wrote q number OF letters. He did not
appear to be nervous. but after writing letter
he would tear 1t UP. He wrote one to Father
finnigan enclosed 1t In an envelope. and
handed It to him. Father Finnigan read the
letter and put 1t In his pocket. Father Finni-
gan would not disclose the contents OF the let
Ter. but 1t is believed to have some reference
to the future OF Hallinger's two children. who
are with relative in Virginia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
4 SHREWD sWINDLER CAUGHT
brought Back from Philadelphia for Cheat
ing q broadway Firm.

Brought Back from Philadelphia for Cheat
ing a Broadway Firm.
Inspector McLauGhlin's detectives arrest ed
Hugo Adler. alias Lewis Allen In PHILADELPHIA
q week ago. and he was brought to tho city
yesterday. Adler. or Allen. as he appears
upon the police records. is charged with grand
larceny in obtaining $500 worth OF goods
from the Skinner Manufacturing Company Of
500 Broadway. Allen. who is an old offender.
is we'll dressed and respectable looking. On
Dec 3 he visited tho store OF the skinner
Company. which deals in silk braid. He said
that he represented tho NatchonG Silk Com
pany Of 546 Broadway. and he ordered seven
teen gross of silk braid to be sent to it's place
S msy goos bad not sent
they were to he sent by express.
named Masr n Who Ssa started the
the Natchone Company. On arriving there he
met Allen coming down stairs N grent hurry.
fPa Street s at a' ~ eeyaed rail-
way. He did so; and there Allen signed q re-,
ficions OF Mallert. who told, His employers
MISCONCEPTIONS followed. and 1t was found that
tho Natchong Company knew nothing about
Allen nor. the seventeen gross Of silk braid.
lin o who detailed P:iectives Kronch and Tifus
upon the case. They traced Allen TO Phlla-
dslphia. where he wa. about to try tho same
store OF Abraham ltosenthal Of lO4 Delaney
street. where Allen had sold them for SGT.
Rosenthal was arrested. h.,or. 1,dr. Grade
yesterday afternoon and pleaded guilty to the
charge OF larceny. He was remanded for sem
thai was admitted to bail in tho sum Of $iSO
for examination on Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
Conspiracy Against Our Muk..

1t was learned from promin emit exp orters
Yesterday that the American muls1s discrlm-
mated against For some years hi has been
welcome guest In the French Wes4 Indies. and
q number OF merchants in this ciB have found
It profitable to ship him down IRE. Recent
" tho French Government de{ided that its
mules ought to be good enough for its col
onists Every body knows that 7 French mule
coes,, or Kaintucs mule. ink French Gov
eminent knew it. too. and SO 1t tSok an unfair
means OF Inducing Its citizens ~ enter into q
conspiracy to Gust the American mule from
favor. It offered . bounty for tvery French
mule shipt.d to the sol Snsn and w result has
tiniaue lately. A letter received bv an ex-
norter In this city says that tho patriotism OF
tho coonists and tho bounty are combining TO
jnjuro the popularity OF our own agile animal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
He DESTROYED HI. VIII,

BATH, n. Y. Dec. 22.-Joseph Church OF
Allegany died few days ago. He left an es-
tate valued Mt S2JO.0OO. 1t was known that he
had made will some months ago. by which
his property was be1ueathed to certain of his
relatives. He left II wife. but no children.
The AlIegany County Court was recently oc-
culed for n week in the trial OF the contest OF
II" will Of A. ". Miner OF Friendship. one OF
Of Western Now York. Whom what was sup
posed to he Church's will WAS opened the fol-
lowing. in his own handwriting. was found
have destroyed my will. If n man like A..
". Miner cannot mako n will that will stand
law. don't ,Erorose TO try It. and have my
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
" ALL HE WANTS TO TAKE CARE or,
Mr.. Whittier'- Opinion or His Wife, who Ac-
Him OF Inconsistency.

Mr.. Whittier's Opinion OF His Wife, who Ac-
cuses Him OF Inconsistency.
dark CONF leXioned. well-dressed young
woman got of Greenpoint car at the trans
fer office. Flushing and Classon avenues. Will
liamsburgh. on Saturday night. and ordered
tall. good-looking man vino stood there to go
homo with her at once or take Q housewife
ping. The woman was Mrs. Lizzie Whittier,
and the man. her husband. ]. Porter Whittier
He is q mason and has a large fre-brtck
factory In Java street. Grsenpoint. Tho couple
live at 10 hush street. William sburgh. Yes
terday they were in the Lee Avenue Police
Court-Whittier prisoner on charge OF as
sault and his wife tho complainant. She &C.
cused him OF attempting to choke her and of
striking her in tho face.
For an hour before the case was called Mrs.
Whittier and her husband and his lawyer we're
in an anteroom of the Court. endeavorinc to
bring about an amicEble settlement Of tho
case. Mrs Whittier Vas willing to withdraw
the charge If her husband would agree in
writing not to prosecute her for false impris-
onment He was Willing providing she would
also agree in in wHtinr not to cause his arrest
Justice Goettinf that she had decided to with
dra% nrsSs s@t MoV
On saturday night my vile put me to shame
IN front Of tfe transfer office by, calling me a
QlrtV lualerhnC threatening 10 norSewbip m o.
! went honyr with her to avoid n further scene
She claims that there are other women in the
case. but my opinion is that when 4 man has
such wife re has all he wants to take care Of !"
last evening: Whittier once had Il picture
which t9me people would call French. 1t rep-
pWEsy S9sn bs nramatG att,
house.. ana ordered her husband to remove it.
He t;bok it to his office in Java street, and not
torSi up Then she abused him and threat
en3d to horsewhip him before his employees.
am positive there is no real ground for her
J9nousy.'
I Mrs, Whittier said her husband was entirely
TOO attentive to other women. and that he
trnal girl. She has been married about ten
year6.
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FnxG1vEy FOR HER ELorEMEy7,
Put Mrs. yTeaver's Husband L. in Jail. and
They Can't Come Home for Christmas.

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 22.-About six months ago
s. J. Weaver and his wife eloped from Jersey
City to Oil City. Four months ago they came
to Braddock. To-day Weaver was brought
hero under arrest to answer n charge OF burg
larry. lot Of burglars tools having been found
on his person when taken into custody. He is
suspected OF being concerned in recent East
End robbercs. This afternoon his wife. who
had Just learned of his arrest. cam" to In
srector rNlara's private Office and tottered TO
her husband. looked q moment intently into
his eyes. as # to read his thoughts. and said in
q low voice. don't believe you are guilty
Then she tainted.
In speaking of the matter to the Superin-
tendent later she said that her father was Cap
tain Of n tughoat in New York haihor. where
he had been employed for twenty years by the
given me-" she said. and only day or two
ago received letter from mamma asking
me to com" home to spend Christmas" Mrs.
Weuvrr further said that her parents and her
husband. family occupy flats in tho same
building in Jersey City. She declined to give
her parents name.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
COL. NICHOLAS SMITH,.
He Leaves Three Rivers More In Sorrow
than in Anger, and Goes to Iiege.

He Leaves Three Rivers More In Sorrow
than in Anger, and Goes to IieEe.
Mr.. Nicholas Smith. recently Consul to Three
Rivers. Canada. was yesterday nominated by
President Harrison to be Consul at Liege. Bel
GUM. consulate Of equal Importance at
least. 1t pays tho same salary Mr.. Smith is
famous for several reasons. He Is a Ken
tuckian. aud hence succeeded his father as
Colonel when his father died. Shortly after
ward he married Ida Greeley. the eldest
daughter Of Horace Greeley. and he lived with
his wife at Mr.. Greeleys Chappa1ua home
until Mrs, Smith died.
Col. Nicholas Smith was remarkably hand
some mamie was. really--and having like
wise fine presence and superb frock- coat
figure. he deemed it only right that when n
friend invited him to act as best man at his
wedding the said frienl should provide him
with fitting and hence suitable garments. Tho
wedding occurred: then tho tailor sued Mr..
Smith. and Mr.. Smith referred him to the
bridegroom. and the bridegroom didn't see it..
wouldn't see it: and the decision OF the court
MAS distinctly against Mr. SMITHS contention
gents furnishing goods In the United States
Mr. Smith retired from aetiv. business after
this event. and nothing indicated his where
published in the United states, Consular Re.
signed Nicholas smith. Consul. commenting
on tho ladies Of that place. and. further refcr-
ring harshly 70 the sanitary conditions OF the
town. The Three Rivers people rose in anger
and cut Mr.. Smith unanimously: AMI Mr.
Smith repeated his remarks Thereupon the
DOM nion government asked the tight Honor
Secretary OF state for TIL. Colonies. to usk the
Most. Honorable the Marquis Of salisbury.
her Mniesty's PRINCIPAL Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs. to direct Sir Julian Pnnnce-
fote. her Majesty's Envoy EXTRAORDINARY Nr..
at Washington. to CONF lain to the Hon. John
Foster. Secretary Of State Of the United States.
that Mr.. Smith was not wanted in Canadn or
elsewhere In her Mnjcsty's dominions Whether
"eXeGuator.' or cut OIL hi animal nutrimrnt.
or did any other parliamentnry but unpleasant
proceedings. is not pertinent now. At all
events. Mr., Smith Is going to Lijge for two
months. to a consulate Of equal importance
or. at all events paying tho same salary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
THE SITE TREASURER'S REPORE
Receipts for the Year, S16.ce1. 7o6B Pay.
ments, @18,32B,484.

Receipts for the Year, S16.c21. 5o0B Pay
ments, &I0,B2B,404.
ALBANY. Dec. 22.-The report Of tho State
Treasurer for the fiscal year ending Sept 80
last shows:
Receipts 1921 1858. divided among the
several funds as follows: General fund. S6.553.-
0a3. lG: common school fund. S1.347. 673 20:
United States deposit fund. S43l. 424.91: free
school fund. S3.7S4 1856 50: Canal fund. $2.945..
1919; college land scrip fund. $1S.O1688:
literature fund. $ll9.435.62: military record
fund. S2O.H4S3i
The payments for the year aggregated &c.,
1923. 49l.07 from the several funds as follows:
General fund. SO. OS3. 77G.G0: common school
fund. Sl.a75347n5: United States deposit
fund. S4O3.I'i ~: free school fund. S3.3OS.-
~. -: canal fund. $}.4O1 OSn 81 college land
scrip fund. $4,000; literature fund. $780,
lI;Si: military school fund. 81. 452.
Among the items OF receipts for the year
We're: state tax. Il .Sl2.:iSSjO: Ives pool tax.
S5!.S!l.U M: organization corporation tax.
SHp.2+l.lt: annual corporation tax. 81. 40.
1895. interest on Stat" Treasnrer's deposits.
$40. 1890: soldiers and Sailors Home. SlO7..
lG4.3n: collateral inheritance taxes, 81, 1876.
2lS.47: state prisons earnings. S244.aS4.77:
phi lie officers. SyOj.1IO.iI
close Of tn" FISCAL year ending Sept 80. 1891.
was S7.54..1Jl.!,S. while the balance on hand
ut the close Of the last fiscal year was S3.i4S,.
OAR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
TO ALL PATIENTS AND FOR ALI
DISEASES.

Rev F. Morse the well-known advocate Of
the National Lecture Bureau. whose headauar-
tiers are now in Rochester. New York. says:
suffered from catarrh for about ten years.
When was lecturinG tho mucus in my throat
would compel me to stop and clear 1t frequent
ly. My breathing was difficult. and there was
a pressure on my lungs. After speaking. when
would go into the open air. would contract
cold almost invariably. The Copeland treat
ment has done me a world OF good. and wish
to state my high appreciation OF the methods
OF those physicians. and Of their ability and
chill
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
The D-trol, VIII lie In the Navy soon.

BAIlIyuEH. Fec. 1.-The cruiser Detroit 10
having dock trial in the yard OF the Colum-
biu Iron Works. Locust Point Steam was
made yesterday to lest tho main and auxiliary
machinery. Tao last consignment OF armor
Mat. furnished Wy the Government was res
crIved to-day. President Master said to-day
that tho ties, had thus lar been satisfactory.
and that the indications ara that the Detroit
vii max" greater speed than tho guaranteed
seventeen Knots Al hour She will 20 to sea
ir'.or,,ing t"n rrtent naval order. the vessel
will nv her uInnAEt on the last day OF Febru-
nrv with WILLARD II. Eruwns"n, now aboard
the dolphin, is her commander.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23

He FORCED Contracts for Meat to Cheat M
Lewis, Hts Employer.

Charles Frank. 80 years old. OF 451 West
Thirty.sixth street. is employed as a general
salesman by L. L. Lewis. wholesale butcher
at 45U Ninth avenue. A few days ago Frank
told his employer that hs had secured the con-
tracts for supplying meat to the House OF
Mercy, the House OF the Good Shepherd. and
the Paulist Fathers at Tifty-ninth street and
trncts. asking him to Sign them, which he did.
Sr about r pSupp st,. 81 pr
nart;nu tn Ia from the Paulist Fathers. signed
Ey yf fathers Sc McIaushl and shannon. End
from the Sisters Of Mercy, asking that S4oo
The meat was given to Frank to deliver. He
delivered IT. but dsp%osehf 2. y ot eisr.
where. As Lewis got no iurtnsr iemtrs o" ofI tha
case into the HANDS Of Detective Beasey Of tho
Nest Thirty seventh street station. who FOUND
that the contracts and letters were l"rGcrles
frank was arrested. and mt Jefferson Market
Court yesterday was held for Trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
THE THREE DOLLARS
DR.. Copeland Offers It as a
Test Rate Up to JAM.

Ora Copeland and Gardner accepted chal.
lenge from these people. and. as the public
will bear Witness tried in every possible way
TO bring about the test OF comparative skill
that the challenge set forth. A complete back
down on tho part OF the challengers and ST.
lence painful in its humility was the only re-
suit This silence was continued while Dr.
Copeland proceeded to show what manner OF
men the challengers were and what kind Of
work they did. DR.. Copeland not only made
these statements in the public prints. but
placed there with them the evidence proving
them Every word he said. every statement
he made. he proved. Still silence. They
made no answer. because there was no an
swer to make 1t was the silence OF confess
sion. At this late day and as q last desperate
resort they reduce their rate to So a month
DR.. Copeland will take this as an answer.
and take 1t as he does everything else.
fairly and squarely. He failed In his endeavor
to compel any action on that challenge. but
he will meet that rate Just as he met that chal-
lenge and 1t shall afford an opportunity for
the test that the challenge contemp plated. DR..
Copeland and his associates offer this rate as
a test rate to all applying before Jan. I. They
determined that the public should have an alb.
aolutely fair opportunity OF Judging this mat
ter. and that there should not be the slightest
inequality Of terms regarding the test. As in
their printed statements they left no room
for doubt or discussion. so in their Of.
flee work. In the matter OF tho success
and superiority OF their treatment. they
will leave no room for doubt or discussion.
They will give to every man. woman.
and child In New York an opportunity to
test for themselves the superiority OF
their skill. Up TO January Isl The Copeland
physicians ertend 10 all old patients rene,rino
treatment. as reH as to ne,r patients. the uniform
rate Of IS a month. medicines included To &C.
commodate all availing themselves Of this
test rate OF IS. the office hours are again ex-
tended. and there will ba until Jan. LIST con-
tinuous session from o'clock in the morning
till o'clock in the afternoon. and from un-
til 8 In tho evening.
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Another Cargo OF Rag. 90 me. In.

The steamship Msrtello. which Arrived yes
terday from Hull. by the way OF Boston. was
detained at Quarantine by Health c,flcer Jen-
kins because she had 800 bales OF rags In her
cargo 1t was proven to tho Satisfaction OF
Dr Ienkins that the rags were from districts
Who're there had been no cholera, hnd that,
ANYHOW. they had been stored siDce April.
iSiI There were consular certitcptes verb
wing these statements, and the MaStello was
allowed to come up to her pier 1T lJrentices
under supervision OF a Quarantine oiltcer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
They Alto Cal.ly While tho House Was
Burning.

Tho customers OF George Schwoerer who
runs a restaurant and vino room on the
ground floor at 81 Mercer street. are not to be
disturbed by q little thing like fire. At the
dinner hour last evening Policeman W. H..
Fitzmsurirs saw smoke Issuing from tho third
story windows OF tho tlve.story brick building
In which the restaurant Is; The bremen poured
which found its way to he ground floor. There
were perhaps a dozen peopl" at dinner. most
OF whom continued to eat as unconcernedly
as though the blaze was in Harlem.
The lour upper floors are occupied ~ Miller
Brothers. furriers. and the damage was chiefly
to thor stock.
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g. Creighton Webb to Go to ~. Petersburg.


G. Creighton Webb. who was nominated by
the President yesterday to be Secretary Of Le-
CATION at st. Petersburg. Is we'll known In this
city. where he is IL social leader and II mcmber
OF several clubs. lie is the third son of tho
late Gen. James Watson Webb and brother
of DR.. Seward Webb and of II. Walter Webb Of
the New York Central Railroad. lie is 81 years
old and UNMARRIED He graduated from inlo
School three years later. He was in the law
offices OF li2uinson Scribncr and his brother:
the law firm Of Saunders, Webb w"orstnr. his
present eornsN2n s i sscreTy nnd
Of the Revolution. OF which Mr. Depew is
President
as linguist. He went with his father to Brazil
when Gen. Webb wC3 NJ mister there for .iE"t
years under Lincoln. and acquired n thorough
knowledge Of Portuguese. He has also ac-
Quired Spanish. lie speaks and writes French
fuently. speaks and reads German. and speaks
Italian.
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Il tried nearly everything without success
There were ringing noises in my ears and my
hearing became dull My eyes became weak
and would water easily My nose would stop
UP at times and sometimes would discharge n
thin. watery fluid. Drs. Copeland and Gardner
did for me what others failed to do. think
the treatment Of these physicians for caturrh
trouble is tho best in existence. recommend
all suffering as did to consult them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
The Administrator Didn't Let Well Enough
Alone.

BATH. y. Y. Dec. ~. Danforth Do:=ct died
q year ago in Springvillo. Cattaraugns county.
In his will he named solomon Jones his nd
ministrator. In settling up the estate tho ad-
miuist rator included among it's assets an
unpaid note for $50 given by himself fifteen
years ago to DoGGet. Ho then balanced the
account hv creditng the note to profit and loss
ms an outlawed debt. The heirs refused to
accept the accounting. and the novel point OF
their attorney that by putting the outlawed
note in his account as an asset Of the estate
legal debt due the estate. The Surrogate de-
cided the point in favor Of the heirs. and the
administrator will have to nay the amount OF
tho note with fifteen years interest added.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
Cit, Measures AZ Albany.

CORPORATION Counsel Clark said yesterday
that his department will not be represented in
Albany durin. the coming session or the Leg
islaiura by an Assistant Corporation Counsel.
u shall attend personally to any matter re-
gurding Legislation which may require the
presence OF the legal representative OF the city
mt the capital" sai,! he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23
TREATMENT BY MAIL,

Drs. COPELAND and GARDNER have
so perfected their system OF mall or home
treatment that they succeed quito ~ well In
this way ~ they do in their ofnce practice.
All who reside at n distance from tho city
and cannot conveniently call at tho once
should write for n symptom blank. Questions
about all chronic troubles chesrfully ~.
ewcred.
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SHE WOULD HAVE SHOT HIM IN corr
Mra. Dyer Had No Pistol, So She Only
shouted that the Witness Was a Linr

Mrs. Dyer Had No Pistol, So She Only
shouted that the Witness Was a Iinr
Sarah Is. Dyer WAS on trial in the General
Sessions yesterday on indictments for setting
fro to her stationery and cigar store. at l1S
Greenwich avenue. on Oct. 81. Policeman
Brennan OF the Mercer street station. who ar
rested Mrs Dyer. testified that on the way to
the station Mrs. Dyer offered him SIS to relea SO
"You are liar" cried Mrs. Dyer. springing
to her feet. III ! had pistol would shoot
Judge MARITIME brought down his gavel and
ordered the angry woman to be seated. Then
he said:
self in "A decorOus manner. You must remem-
ber where YOU are, such an exhibition OF bad
tenn per is calculated only to iniurs your case
in the minds of tho jury. You must conduct
yourself with proprety. II you offend again.
II will become nv duty to punish You seysrely
When YOU are called to the witness stapd. as a
witness in your own behalf. you can contra
dict any statement made by any other wit
Mrs. Dyer was Quieter after that but a. long
as Policeman Brennan was on tho stand she
kent her eyes fixed angrily on his face When
she became a witness in her own behalf she
testified that Brennan'e statement that she
had offered him So to release her was utterly
false ON the way TO the station, she said.
Brennan made an Improper proposal to her.
and abe repulsed him. Tho trial was then ad-
Journed until to-day.