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4 WoM4N, 4 MAN, AND 4 BABY
Go Through n Curious and Interesting Per-
lormance in y Chicago Hotel.

CHICAGO. March 17.-For several afternoons
an elegantly dressed and handsome woman
has been seen In the parlor Of tho Great North
ern Hotel and in the reception room. Her
beauty and the fact that she carried an In
fant in her arms attracted attention. 1t was
noticed too. that she seemed to be an1iously
looking for somebody IN the lobby.
This afternoon she called bell boy and
pointing out Adolf Groht. instructed the boy
to tell him that some one wished to speak with
him in tho reception room. She laid the child
down on tho upholstered seat and kissed 1t.
Then she turned and greeted Mr.. Groht as he
came into the room. She threw her arms
about his neck and displayed much emotion.
They were no sooner seated than another
woman appeared in the doorway and. catch.
ing tho eye Of Grohts companion. beckoned
to her. With smile the woman disappeared.
leaving the young German alone with the
baby. He waited. A little ater he found that
tho two women had ent cred carriage. which
went down Quincy street.
Groht finally took the baby and carried 1t to
his room. Aiterward he came down with tho
Lin. Groht registered at the hotel as from
Berlin. Ho said he never saw the woman who
lott the child until to-day. Groht left the
Great Northern tonight
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WEBSTER DESERVES HIS FATE,
And. the General Term Add, He Might Well
Have Been Condemned 10 Death.

And, the General Term Add, He Might Well
Have Been Cond emned Death.
The conviction OF Burton c. Webster Of
manslaughter In the first degree for shooting
Charles E Goodwin in the Percival flats In
West Forty-second street has been affirmed by
the Supreme Court. General Term. The opin-
ion is written by Justice O'Brien and Justices
Van Brunt and Follett concur. The court say;
III tho jury had credited the evidence pre-
sented by the people and the inferences which
could have been Justly drawn therefrom. they
might we'll have found the defendant guilty Of
the crime Of murder in tho first degree"
The prosecution had a right to show what
the relations between Webster and Evelyn
Granville were. AS 1t was admitted that no
marriage ceremony had ever baen performed
between them prior to the shooting" and that
Webster had been previously married In
Illinois to one Charlotte Picard and ceased to
llye with her seysn yen months after the marriage.
view of the evidence most i!aSSprable to the, 90.
story and that Of his two witnesses as to his
anger being aroused 10y the complaints OF
az his doJg2 n nnl
legged to have been received. and that ' in fol-
monstrating. lie was greeted. as alleged by a
curse from the deceased. who stood with n
id ciudos: OA CON-
conclusion that the verdict was Just and tho
sUEEson . I from should reading s
ssesps tho Son%ssSeenes' E ot What r.nparent
se6ncsI errors n w6reh may HPPsSrn in the record
from E5 ss ysd1 s &. did
imprisonment The case will 90 to the Court
OF Appeals
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STORMIyG n BUILDING.
Health Omciais Wreck - Bone-Boiiing Es-
tabiiohment.

tubliohment.
The Newtown Board OF Health. led by Town
Clerk John T. Robinson. Health Officer Wick
ham. Supervisor Heeg, Justice Scheper. and
Citizen Member Meyerose. with q gang Of
thirty Italians. stormed and wrecked q new
bone boiling and st-rendering factory in that
town early yesterday morning.
The factory was a two-story frame structure
built on piles in marsh Off Flushing Creek.
1t stood right on the boundary line Of the
towns OF Flushing and Newtowp. near Storms
bridge on the old turnpike or Island Mill road.
II was within the limits Of Corona village.
The STRUCTURE was completed Wednesday and
was IN full blast for the first time yesterday
morning whom the Health Board arrived.
Admit'ance was denied them. and Clerk
Robinson gave tho signal for attack by break
ing in one OF the doors with crowbar.
mmediately. on all sides. doors and win.
dows were battered in. The frightened
workmen In the place bolted out of
the shattered openings made by :, the
invaders. and fled. hatless and coatless.
all the apparatus in the building was broken
into fragments. Huge iron kett les were turned
into scrap iron under the heavy blows OF
sledges. Steam boilers were torn from their
fastenings and thrown topsy turNy ,PIpes
and all other fixtures were wrenched and
twisted out Of shape and thrown among the
wreckage.
The structure itself was the only thing
spared. and people who live within mile OF
1t threaten to wIpc that out OF existence with
u torch 1t Is not known to whom the works
belOuged.
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HUNTING FOR THE sARNIA.
Several Steamers Out from Halifax After
the Disabled Allan Liner.

HALIFAX. N. s.. March 17.-several steamers
are out from this port searching for the dis
abled Allan liner Sarnia. but no news has yet
been received. Carrier pigeons will be re-
leased as soon as the Sarnia Is sighted.
Among the 700 passengers on the Sarnia 10
Detective Murray Of Toronto who returns to
Canada having in custody Charles H. David
son. charged with obtaining $4,000 by for
gerry. Davidson fed to Mexico thinking to
escape e1tradition. He was pursued at tho
instance OF the Canadian Government and ar
rested. In order to avoid obstacles that
would be In his way by passing through
the United States the officer determined
oner passed through Vera Cruz. Cuba. Hayti.
and Jamaica without finding a vessel At
Jamaica they embarked on tho steamship
Atrato for Southampton. afterward passing
through London to Liverpool for the Canadian
steamer The journey alto her is calcu ated
at 10000 m lies by land and sea. Another Cana
dian deteGtiye also returns by the Sarnia with
Richard W. Godolphin. charged with embez-
cling $4,000 In Huntsville. Ont.
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A jealous Wife wreckIng Her Husbuud,,
Bric-a-brac store,

WASHINGTON. March 17.-Mrs. Kimon NlcoI-
aides. the wife Of the proprietor OF fashiona-
bio bric-a brac store on A street. in this city.
with branch at Saratoga. n. y, tried to wreck
that establishm snt at about noon to- day. when
that thoroughfare was crowded with ladies'.
Tho first intimation that any one had was
when the front windows foil with II crash on
on the scene saw Mrs Nicolaides In the window
with large 300 vase in her hand. destroying
from ths window and went through the aisles
OF the store, smashing all the cases and every
thing In them Inc store was i'm Immediately
Mr. Nicoludes disappeared alter the trouble.
Jealousy on his wiies part OF one OF his EN-
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KILLING A mo ST. BERNIRD.
Seventeen shots Fired In Vain and Then He
WINS Clubbed to Death.

A boy in Vanderbilt street. Flatbush. met
Policeman William Lautzbach at noon yestcr-
day and told him som mebody was being killed
up at Mrs. McCalls. He had Just seen Christy
Maher. . policeman. running out OF the house
with a smoking pistol in his hand.
Policeman Lautzbach hurried to II Wander
bilt street. wherc Mrs. Mccall. who is Maher's
sister. lives. As he approached the house he
heard several shots In quick succession. In
terspersed with these were feminine shrieks.
At the door he paused o moment to glance at
the blanched faces in the neighboring win.
dows He tapped loudly on the door with his
club.
As he stood tho shots ceased. and he heard
the mufled blows Of club. followed by sub
dned growng As the sound Q! the lat a blow
AZ tho same time through the Y window Nc Q he
o the lace %S CT Curtains rial % OF one % Of tie parios Win.
dows. About this time, the door was thrown
open and he perceived standing ,r,h ,pst
Re e1citemens n; Ghrissoper Maher. puiiins ike
steam engine and holding In one band
club bA covered with blood. Lautzbach. horror
stISken. rick A fsil back step @ and nd cried; ed don.,n
ioreotten By the inmates Of the house: and az
from its hangings and the flames, were
soon extinGuished. Then LautZbach looked
around the room. In one corner lay great
brown St Bernard. with his head beaten out
OF shape. Chairs. tables. and bric-a-brac
strewed the floor. The walls were SCARED
with bullet holes. The glasses OF two pictures
were ehot to pieces and % couple Gt large SSS
found resting places in the sofa
Seventeen bullets In all were embedded in
the walls and furniture before the battle was
ended. On tho floor lay two empty reyolvers.
But with all this ammunition expended. not
bullet had touched the dog which Maher had
set out to kill.
The dogs name was Pinto. and he was the
pct OF every child In Windsor terrace. Mahers
story was soon told to his fellow policeman.
His sisters big dog had suddenly gone mad. He
and breaking everything in reach. He seized
tho bed clothing in his mouth and dragged
It over the floor. biting 1T savagely all the
while. Mrs. Mccall feared he might harm the
children. so she ordered him shot and asked
rowed three pistols from friends to do the Job.
as he anticipated n lively time. He had one.
The dog was so lively that every shot was q
miss. but BY good fortune the big brute did
Finally Maher attacked him with the club. and
SO far stunned him with the first blow that he
made little resistance afterward.
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TIL PALISADES RENDED.
1000 FEET FRONT BIZ 500 FEET DEEP
SLICED OFF.

wa.hington's Head, = Tall Rock, That Has
Been n Landmark for Bontueu and Tour
lists, Disappears = One OF the Greatess
Blasts That Was Ever Fired In . Quarry.
One Of the biggest blasts OF dynamite that
has ever taken place In quarry II not the
biggest. occurred yesterday afternoon at the
Palisade quarries. about two miles from Fort
Lee.
The Palisades at this point. which is Just op-
posite Fort Washington. were shorn OF about
1000 feet OF surface. and the displacement OK.
tended about 800 feet, on an average. into the
rock.
The Quarries are operated by Carpenter
Brothers. machine stone crushers. and the
rock. which is blue stone. is used whom broken
UP for macadnmizing roads
The quarres are reached by path through
brushwood over the Palisado Hill. which
shelves abruptly down and becomes almost .
precipitous Hssure until the river shore u
reached. where there are several stone-crush-
ing machines.
Above are the palisades Of columnar blue.
stone. nssured and scanned by q thousand
cracks. which are utilized in making blasts 70
save drilling.
In front. a little out from tho palisades stood.
up to yesterday afternoon. an irregular
column. about $50 feet high. known as WASH
ington's Head.
The top OF the stone at little distance
look ed like the profile Of man. the neck be-
ing indicated by q seam worn away by the
weather.
WashinR Rton's Head" has been a landmark
for many years to boatmen and tourists going
up and down the river. the grim profile look
ing startlingy distinct just when It came into
view through its resemblance to that OF the
Father Of His Country.
WashinGtons Head is no more. It tottered
and went down In the general havoc caused By
the blast. and II lies broken in q hundred
pieces at the foot Of the Palisades.
The blast was hardly felt in Fort Lee. whore
It simply made the earth culver a little. like an
infant earthquake. Two miles or more OF
fssured rock makes o good buffer. and the
shock was pretty well exhausted when 10
reached the village.
About 1000 pounds Of dynamite was used.
and tho weight Of the rock displaced 10 esti-
mated at 100. 900 tons at the lowest calculation.
Had the explosion taken place In New York
the effect would have been terrific. It Is said
It might have shattered nearly every wall in
the city and thrown down blocks OF houses
But as there Is not house within mile or
two OF the auarries no one was hurt and the
Quarrymen. OF whom there are about 200.
principally Swedes. Norwegisns. and Italians.
know whom and how to keep out Of tho way
whom blast Is coming.
Early in the day an Italian named Antonio
Juvenati was injured through his own caro-
lessness while drilling holes for dynamite.
There was one cartridge which did not 60 OF
In an explosion. and he stuffed tho cartridge
down and started to run away. but 1t exploded
imm mediatey.
He was taken in an am mbulance to the hospi-
tai in Englewood. suffering from internal in
juries
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SECRETARY LAMONT HERE
On Private Business, He Says = Cuttinl
Down or FeHerni Salaries.

Secretary Lamont arrived in town last night
and was at his home in West Seventy third
street. He said that he was in town on per-
son oil business only. and that he would return
to Washington tonight.
President Cleveland said the other day to
one Of his intimate friends: col Lamont was
Assistant President under my last Admins
tration." This was accepted to mean that
Secretary Lamont is the Assistant President
under the present ADMINISTRATORS. This Is the
understanding among New York state poll
ticians. and for that reason tho appearance OF
Mr.. Lamont was all the more interesting. 1t
is expected that the great Federal appoint.
ments to be made in New York city will be
sent to the Senate next week, The nomine-
tions Of Robert A. Maxwell for Fourth
ney for Assistant Attorney General according
to the best Information last night, would not
fn sea Rsbs hs sppad p rss
for Collector. Surveyor, Appraiser: and Dis.
thsSTs you'd ,8 delense opnoa m as S Bas
ss and shs d'Esfs Wond
like to see things rnn ,n smoothly They rely to
Lamont In to ths hour there Is N no reon
Secretary Carlisle has decided on cutting
down tho salaries Of some OF the Custom House
@ @he.er saaesH o the Custom Houss from to
Sl.4OO and that q similar policy was to be en-
forced in other directions The LIST Of places
has been called for by Secretary Carlisle. and
Collector Hendricks has sent to Washington
the names OF all customs EN- mployees. with the
done by United States District Attorney
Mitchell. Postmaster Van Colt. and all the in
learned there Ia to be a cutting OF salaries all
the way through. This course, II was ex-
planned. was necessitated by the condition Of
the Treasury.
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SECOND WEEK or HER TRANCE.
A Girl In baltimore who Has Been Cncon.
scious for Several Days.


scious for Several Days.
BALTIMORE. March 17.-Miss Lizzie Ensor.
q 15-year- old girl. is now entering upon the
second week Of o trance here. Aweek ago
last Thursday while at church she tainted.
and from that time until yesterday she showed
no signs OF consciousness. Her mother. who
has been continually at her bedside. thought
she was dying yesterday because her color
changed from q pinkish hue to white. and sho
took the girl in her arms. The latter opened
her eyes and slee9ily whispered, Don't wor-
~" She then asked for the Rev. Joseph
Fletcher. hut before he arrived she was again
unconscious.
There are no signs OF life save the beat Of
the pulse and heart throbs The girl subslsts
on Injections of milk. DR. Norris says her tenn
perature is normal. never exceeding ninety
nine. He thinks she will recover unless q
nervous fever sets in. She was take I'll about
one year ago from sudden fright when she
saw a boy drown. and since thea has been
very nervous. To-day a Spiritualist called
and advised the EMPLOYMENT OF a well known
medium. The offer was declined. Several
physicians have cal ed and were consulted. but
none can suggest means OF relief.
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AFTER 4 YANKTON DIVORCk
Herbert Hall winsiow Says His Wife Once
Tried to XIII Him.

YANKroN. s. D.. March 17.-Herbert Hall
Winslow. the dramatist Is suing for separa-
ton from his wife. Daisy Edna Wlnslow. The
trial OF tho case began in the Circuit Court
here to-day. and Jury composed OF seven
farmers. one bee hunter. one butcher. two
printers. and a commission merchant is i'm
panelled TO try II.
Mr.. Winslow took the stand In his own be-
half as the first witness and detailed the story
OF the summer Of 1890. when he went with his
wife to live Mt hsbury Park. In Juno OF that
year, he says. she exhibited violent temper
and was little less than = shrew. Before the
case is finished he will tell how she attempted
his life with a pair OF scissors.
He alleges that she deserted him when they
returned from Asbnry Park. He provi led a
fused To go there. She defends herself by
swearing that IN the subsequent months he
her iat hers house and passing the night there.
The case will occupy three or four days.
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7HEY ACCUSE THE HAMBURG LINE.
Chicago Steamship Agents Say It Books
SteernKe Passenger from KussIn.


SteeraKe Passengers from Russia.
CHICAGO. March 17.-Local steamship agents
are stirred UP over circular issued by tho
Hamburg American packet line Hansa Cana
dian service). which has recently come to their
notice. The circular is dated March l. and
authorizes agents to book Russian and Aus
trian passengers under the following section:
Russian and Austrian passensYs should for the
present be booked from Antwerp. as the borders
closed to emiprants from Hamburg and Bremen. but
not to Antwerp.
The Red Star line. the North German Lloyd
Company. and the Netherland Steamship
COMPANY have issued circulars authorizing
senGers from all points IN Europe except Rus
sia. Their circulars explicitly forbid accept
ing steeraGe passengers from Russia. The
agents say that cholera comes from Russia.
and that steamship companies who regard
public health will not receive Russian passen-
gers. The attempt Of tho Hansa line to evade
the quarantine restrictio ns by advising that
the Objectionable storage Passengers be
booked from Antwerp. the other agents say.
sacrifice OF the safety Of the American people.
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DRINKING At THE FOUNTAIN HEAD.
Civil Service Commissioners Enlightened by
ID. Is. Eaton and y. w. Hurt.

Civil Service Commissioners Enlightened by
ID. Is. Eaton and y. w. burt
Messrs. Van Vleet. Bailey and McKinstrey OF
the New York State Civil Service Com mmisslon
met yesterday morning at tho Gisey House In
informal conference with the Executive Com
mittee OF the National Civil Service Associs-
ton. Dorman b. Eaton and Silas W. Burt were
two OF the latter who were present.
Mr.. Burt said aftsrward that the conference
was arranged at tho request Of Gov. Flowers
appointees. SO that they might become &C.
Quuinted with the veterans in the cause of
civil service reform. and profit by their
counsel.
Tho Commissioners" he said. declared 1t
to bo their purpose to see to 1t that the pro-
visions OF the Civil Service law are rigidly en-
forced and thus to avoid the unfayorabIs criti-
cisn raised by the strenuous inactiy OF heir
predecessors. The Governor heartily APP
proves their purpose"
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JOHN kIEF SET FREE
He Had Been Seven Years In jail Under
Sentence OF Death,

he uad beeu seven Aenrs In jail Under
Sentence OF Death.
MIDDLETowN. n. Y. March 17.-In 1885 Mrs.
Carrie Howard and John Kief Of Peterboro,
Madison county were arrested and indicted
for the murder. by arsenlcal poisoning. OF
Mrs. Howard's husband. a well-to-do farmer
OF that place. The woman was tried and ac-
quilted. but the acauittal caused much sur
prise and indignation on the part OF the pco-
pie; who believed her her guilty, and she was
emp ployed BY Howard as a farm hand. was
confined in the county jail until the following
ln the. frst degree. and sentenced to be
hanged. The man remained In jail year after
year for over soven years while his case was
undergoing u series OF appeals and applica-
tions for new tria 8. and during this period
the principal witness against him died
Finally the case was transferred from Madi-
son county to Chenango county. and Kief was
released on his own recogniZance. Now he
has been set free by the quashing OF the In
dictment in the Chenango County Court
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make It more beautiful and greater. the Paris
OF America and the metropolis OF the world
President De Peyster OF tho St Nicholas So
ciety was the next speaker. -
How terrible II would be-" he said. III
we took our friend. Choate. at his word he
to Peekskill. and Mr.. Eyarts to Boston. and
whom, you bad gone back to Ireland this city
would be barren desert. and would be the
only one left" ~
:. The other SPEAKERS were the Rev. Will
liam Floyd. speaking. for the city OF foNew
ladies'. and DR.. Depew. speaking for the
State OF New York
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he Thermometer at FcrFy's pharmacy in THs sua
ID nx reeoraed the lemn.rAture yesLerdAy as folio Wal
ffNVt ~ -sEITIF- 8fF8-' ~
erAse on March II. 1882


WARRINGTON yoGEclsr ToS SATURDAY.
Tho depression witch central in the Gulf States
IN morning has pass ed the east of Cape HatterA
attended hy rain IN the southern states east OF the
Mississippi. and snow In the Ohio Valley and middle
Atlantic states Far weather prevails Ia all other dis
tricta Its slightly warmer In New England and the
extreme Northwest and colder In Texas and near
Lake Superior, Elsewhere ths temperature remains
about stattnnarY The Temperature will rise Wy
from the MssIssippi valley westward to the Rocky
Mountain with falr weather Fair weather 10 In
dtcat.d for the Guf states and clearing weather
the enaining Southern States with northeriy winda
Local SHOWS were indicated for last night In the
middle Atlantic states and southern New England.
followed by fair weather Saturday and probably fair
sunday
fOr New England fair In northern portions; SHOWS IN
southern portions; clearing early IN the day; variable
winds
sss lori. eastern PsHHsy'sania. Has Jssrss.
aHd D,auar t9h saoW; clearing erv in ms day; Iary
SATURDAY, afternoon; sdriaL Viad shViag 10 Morfhsrn
For the District Of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia.
light rain clearing IN the morning; fair In
afternoon: northesly Winds slight riso In tsmpsrA-
turo.
For western New York. generally fair. except lishs
local snows At Lake stations: northerly winda.
ksW SoES csntra four elegant IAins sVsts aAy,~Ais
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Information for Men who Havo Lost Their
OvercOats.

The police Of the West ThirtIeth street sta
tion recovered from q pawn shop yesterday
four overcoats which had been stolen by Q
stockily built Irishman. with \ dyed nous.
tache. calling himself John Maine. who was
arrested on Thursday night Among the
coats recovered was one worth 800. belonging
to Treadwell Cleveland. One belonged to A.
u. +. Randolph OF l24 West Twentv-second
street and another WAS owned by Winthrop
Pond Of SO West Nineteenth street.
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He CORHKRED HAIR CLOTH.
A Shrewd Yankee Teaches Some CanaaiaaA
n Lesson in DeMlinE in Futures.

MONTREAL. March ia smart United States
speculator has Just played a sharp trick on the
Canadian firms dealing In hair cloth. He came
over to st. Catharines. Ont. and purchased the
stock and output for some weeks to como OF
tho only mill In the Dominion engaged In tho
manufacture OF hair cloth.
He then bought up all the hair cloth IN
Toronto. Hamilton. and Montreal. some Of the
dealers selling in excess OF their stock for
future delivery. When these dealers placed
their orders with the mill they were informed
that the output was sold and the price had
gone w 25 per cent. so they had to settle with
the speculator at the difference.
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George Reed Missing.

George Reed % years old. OF O29 Third ave.
nue.. brooklyn. has been missing from home
since March Il He kent "A small restaurant at
so East Tenth street up to Feb, IL when he
was forced to give 1t up on account OF had bus
iness. Then he launched out a. a canyasssr,
and with u stock of silk-embossed shamrocks
left home. His wife has been trying TO get
ofthis city to send our an alarm for him yes
terday. He has brown hair, blue eyes. and a
sandy moustache. is feet 10 inches tall. and
sill
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buried Under a snow slide.

WINNIPEG. Man. March 1.-THE report has
reached hero that slide on the Mountain di.
vision Of the Canadian Pacific has carried away
the track and snow sheds. buryinR twelve
men. Two have been taken out dead.
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Did IIe Desert His Post to 60 to the CahilI.
But.er Fight

Policeman Mick" Callan. who was one OF
the best middle-weight amateur boxers in
Brooklyn before he Joined the force. still loves
to see scrap. 1t Is even alleged that on Tues
day night last he deserted his post and went
between Cahill and Butler. his old ANTAGONISTS
for the amateur cham nionship. Ho has been
summoned before Commissioned HAYDEN to
explain his absence from his post on that
night. ana as he had to answer Tor a similar
offence few weeks after he became n nolics-
man it may go hard with him this time.