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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-06-20
Wind Mills, Tanks
ND Pumps
SOLD BY
MARTIN 4 TOAY.
DOnG ENlILE.

The Chronicle.
The High school commencement ex.
ercises took place at the opera house,
on Thursday evening, of last week, in
the presence of very large audience
and consisted of the usual program on
such occasions. The graduating class
was the largest ever turned out from
the school, and the proficiency shown
by the essays and orations was fully
equal to the usual standard, At the
close of the exercises Prof Geo Beck
formally announced his retirement
from the school.
Aldro jerks, of this city, was elect
ed Deputy Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge Of Masons. Mt Milwaukee, this
week an honor which is most worthily
bestowed and gives great satisfaction
to his brethern of Dodgeville lodge, in
particular, and this part of the state in
general,
The High school Alumni held a
reception in honor of the graduating
class, at the opera house, last Friday
night, and INDUCED in grand feast
Of social enjoyment.
Ole Gupson, II norwegian, who had
lived in Dodgeyille for 40 years, died
at the home of Il. G. Owens, of this
city, last Saturday, June 9Th, and was
buried in the Dodgeyille cemetery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-06-20
The Best Groceries

OF all kinds-and fresh-at Gales.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
WRECKED BY WIND.

The Kansas Normal school ut Fmp0rln
BADLY Damaged Localities In
jured.
EMpoRIA, Kan, Sept 9.-The new
wing Of the Kansas state normal
school is in ruins. Part Of the north
brick wall has been blown In and the
roof carried away. 1t had only lately
been finished and cost $4,000 The
loss SO far will be not less than
$4,000, with prospects of 1t be-
ing still worse, as Albert Taylor hall,
with its fine stage, fresco work,
chairs, etc, is open to the rain,
which is still falling. Fortunately
no one was in the building when it
went down. Four inches OF rain fell
in two hours, accompanied by terrific
windstorm. William Clarke's whole
sale furniture store was drenched,
Easements and cellars are flooded
and sidewalks torn up all over
the city. But meager reports
have been received from the country
as yet. At Reading bridge and a
thousand feet Of the Santa Fe track is
gone. At Neosho Rapids, several
dwellings, church and livery
barn were destroyed. At Hartford
a dwelling was blown down and
Miss Bessie Henry was seriously in
jured. So far as can be learned, no
one was killed. Wires arc down in
every direction. The destruction Of
Albert Taylor hall will in no wise in
terfere with the work at the normal,
as fifty rooms in the main building re-
main uninjured, and there will be no
of classes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12

the same footing as foreigners residing
In the country, by regulations just is
sued by the government, They may
also contract marriages with Christian
foreigners who belong to countries
where such marriages are legal
Gen. Poillene de Saint Mars, com
handing the French Twelfth army
corps, has issued an order Of the day
rcgretting that the soldiers do moi
sing on the march, and suggesting ti
the regimental bandmasters that they
train capable men in the ranks to sing
national and warlike songs, senti'
mental and popular airs and lullabies,
to the accompaniment Of mandolins,
accordions, or other instruments that
can be easily played while marching.
The Belgian liga for woman's
rights published a call upon the
proprietors Of large stores In Brutelles
to allow their saleswomen to use chairs
part Of the day. The merchants de-
clined on the ground that their wealthy
customers would object II the sales
women were seen seated. The league,
not considering the objection as tena-
BILE, has promulgated circular where
in the women are called upon to boy
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
ON PAR WITH SALOONS.


Commissioner Roosevelt 80 ubs Must
Obey Law rs Well as Liz q hops
NEW York, Sept l0.-The question
whether the clubs of the city were
amenabIe to the excise laws, as we'll
as saloons and hotels, has been the
point Of much discussion during the
present police administration. Yester.
day the police commissioners had a con-
ference, after which President Roose-
welt gave out the following "A club
or corporation can no more violate the
law than IN individual. When evi.
dence is secured against a club that is
violating the law by selling liquors 1t
or It's employees will be proceeded
against just as saloonkeeper or his
emnlnuan
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
A BAD WRECK.
A Train Falls Through a Bridge
Near Monmouth, Kan.
ABOUT TWENTY PERSONS INJURED.
Liot Of Those Hurt-A Broken Axle ON tho
Rear Coach the Cause Of the Accident
"A Miracle That Nobody Was
Killed Outright.

CHEROKEE, Kan, Sept s-rassenger
train No. 4Ol, on the Cherryvale orancn
OF the Fort Scott u Memphis roao'
went through 6o-foot span bridge
across the Lightning river between
McCune and Monmouth at S'oS CLOCK
Saturday evening Ihere were twen'
ty people hurt, some seriously WINE
many escaped with only si'en' ,n'
Juries AS the train neareu inc
bridge over lndian creek, l m,lo
west OF Monmouth, an axe on inc
rear coach broke IL ran Soo ieee on
the track and then tore loose from inc
train ana rolled over in,o inc OaeA
water OF the creek ny tnis 'lme 'ne
Train had reacncd 'ne priusc anu was
rocking fearfully' Inc baggage cur
uppea ana crashed in'o inc s'oo '''iperS
OF tne pride. Inc STRUCTURE unaoic "
stano the JAR anu s'rain' Rasc way
ana inc entire traih pl'cneu in'o we
creek, ~ ieet below inc slream .au
been swollen by the recen, heavy rams.
Inc baggage car iell nrst ana INC iron'
coach Tell partially over H. thus pre-
venting the passengers rom peing
drowned AS II was tney were
tumbled together az the emu OF inc cur
with the hrst crash' caused py 'n'
broken axle the excitement among
the passengers was most INTENSE anu
when the bridge gave way shrieks anu
cries arose ABOVE the sonho Oh break,
ing timoers AFTER the tralh haa
fallen over the men Dut sl'gn''y nur.
broke open the windows In inc sac OF
the car uppermost' ana SO freed them'
selves They then pulled out INC
wounded
Help was summoned from here' for'
Scott and other places 10 attehu INC
wounded inc engine cars ana prlage
are Q complete wreck.
Among those seriously hnrt are
brakeman Morris, Cherryvale' han''
who was In the smoking car ~ tne
time OF the accident lie was oaoly
bruised about the head ana body re-
covery doubtful; j. W. Bray, Parsons
Kan, severely cut about the head Mrs
Oliver, Pittsburg, KAN, an elderly
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
LAID IN RUINS.
A Storm Wrecks the Little Town
Of Gridley, Kan.
NEARLY EVERY BUILDING INJURED.


GRiDLEY, Kan, Sept 10-This little
town OF 400 inhabitants down In Coffey
county, one OF the termin Of the
Burlington branch OF the Santa Fe, Is
to-day q shattered wreck, with not q
single uninjured house In its confines
most OF the buildings and all OF the
stocks Of goods Of every description
are utterly ruined. And what is most
remarkable is the fact that not a
human being was more than slightly
injured.
About 8 o'clock Sunday storm Of
wind and rain burst on the town from
the northwest. The wind was what Is
known as q straight blow" and its
mischief was mainly confined to the
unroofng Of buildings. A down.
pour OF rain Immediately fol.
lowed Of q volume that can
best be appreciated by the state
ment that 5 inches Of water
fell. This deluge completed the de-
struction that had not been accom-.
plishcd by the wind. In few minutes
every stock Of goods in town had been
soaked, and the household possessions
OF most of the inhabitants were in the
same condition. Strange to say, with
all of the falling roofs and walls, and
flying debris that broke windows far
and near, not q person Of the town re.
ported more than the merest personal
injury.
So far as reported the losses are:
Methodist church, blown down; Chris
tian church, new, completely wrecked;
Pope's hardware store, building and
stock destroyed; Fessendcn 4 Son, gen.
eral store, building damaged, stock
ruined Stockton, drugs, building un.
rooted, stock wet; Grove, general
store, building unroofed, stock de-
stroyed; Giles, grocer, building I'M.
rooted, stock completely destroyed;
Richardson Brothers, livery, barn
destroyed some animals INJURED,
bakers iumoer yaro' s.och sca,'erea
and shattered; Bell, hay shipper,
Darn destroyed ana ana large quantity
OF nay wet ADJOINING 'he iivery oarn
were numoer OF frame ouiidings oc.
cupied as residences the iron's OF
whlch werc blown OUT ana the con-
tents Hooded Oleson, hardware,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12

A severe storm ut Webb City, Mo.
Sunday night damaged business and
residence property TO the amount OF
nearly $4,000.
An agreement has been entered into
between German and British steam.
ship companies, under which there will
be . considerable advance In freight
and passenger rates to America The
agreement win go into effect octo-
Der |.
Information has been received at
Los Angeles, Cal, Of a terrible fight
In Nye county, New, between miners
and desperadoes, which resulted in
the instant killing Of two Of the
latter aud the probable fatal shooting
OF third. Claim jumping was the
cause.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
SELLING A PIANO.
The salesman Often Displays Good Deal
of Tact In Making u Sale.

- Ia nIs~- Ia H. -.
Of Tact In Making = Sale,
"llsuallv nersons are more narticu.
lar in selecting piano than thew are
in choosing their friends. said a niano
dealer. no matter what the piano or
renutation NJ tha maker NAV be Il rs.
ouires n salesman to sell Tho goods
Bv a salesman I don't mean what Is
ordinarily construed 10 he n salesman
but a man who has tact and common
sense at the same time for selling q
niano reouires mucb nersuasion
pensioners for nianos defer making
their decision 80 long that II some.
times becomes painful to the dealer
He ia kent ON the anxious bench
KNOWING that there are various other
makes Of instruments that can be inst
MS we'll represented as his are even
II he refuses to acknowledge an eoual.
itv. not to sneak of sunerioritv in
comparison with his own, II IA ieyen
worse than sneculation In stocks for
in this instance Won are dealing with
self.nraise most brilliantly mt
"These delav.d nurcbases ara v.rv
aooravatinu to the dealer who usuai.
lv knows what his customer wants
much bett.r than he does himsslt 7
had an experience TO-DAY which devel.
oned a novel meth cd Of making a cus.
toner. who really wanted a niano v.t
who couldn,t make nm bis mind md
nurcbasa ona For The last DIV ~
seven months a well.Lnown ssr,ls.
man has been contemnlat;no tho MIR.
chase ~ n,ano from mo pa :, ~ -.
into the stors on an averaoe ~ four
times a wssL N IooL NJ the irs,ru
ment pnaer consideration and 70 haar
n nlaved was nos,t;ve ths nov
would rurcbas. In t,me-hrt ,vhv vat.
whor I, w.s nn,r a Question - .,,nao
90 to.dav corcluded ~ ra.o,.
N horoic methods ~ .coonu,,.s
Tho sale ordersd ths r;.no
SAINT 10 Tho mani. houss .nd ns.S
Il 40 that I would srrivs thara = ;s,r
minutes bsforo Il I found INV n.n
md tool him into ,be lIhrsrr - hara
a talk With him whils tha man ', ro~,S ovid
carry ont INV ;nstruct,ons rrsr,ous,U
a,r.u ~ oa,,,,, .hs 49, t. p,. .s
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
THE G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
II Is Formally Opened at Louisville with q
Parade.

IhTnuts
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept l0--Yester.
day the twenty-ninth encampment Of
the G. A. R. opened formally with o
parade on the arrival Of Commander
in.Chief Lawler and staff at 7:3C
o'clock. Gen. Lawler and the Colum.
bian post, Of Chicago, and other organ.
izations on the escort special train
were met at the Union depot by mem.
bers OF the committees on invitation
and reception in carriages. The Ken.
lucky national guards, local posts and
other civil organizations were formed
on Broadway. In the first carriage,
with Commander-in.Chlef Lawler,
were Col R. W. Kelly, editor of the
Louisville Commercial and commander
Of the G. A. R. department Of Ken
lucky and the chairman of the invita-
ton and reception committees. The
Louisville legion was a feature Of the
parade.
The Gait house, the headquarters Of
the national officers, was beautifully
decorated. The decorations may have
been richer in triumphal arches and
other designs at one or two other en-.
campments, but at none was a city so
profusely or generally decorated with
American flags as is Louisville to-day.
The portraits of all union generals are
displayed in unlimited profuslon, The
confederate veterans participate in all
this decorating as we'll as in the enter
tanning.
While the reception Ct the command
er-n-chief and his staff was the most
imposing event of the day, the recep-
tons at the depots Of G, A. r. posts
and veterans arriving in other groups
were equally interesting. The rail.
roads estimated that during last
night and up till noon to-day they had
brought so, 600 people here. While the
influx from northern states is ire
mendous, yet IL does not surpass the
tide from the south. The attendance
OF confederate veterans is very large
and they are active in helping the PEG.
pie OF Louisville to entertain the
yankees.
Commander.ln-Chief Bundy, of tho
Sons Of Veterans, is quartered with |
Commander Lawler, and the Sons OF
Veterans will spend the week here en-
route to Knoxville. as we'll as many
bound for the meeting OF the army of |
the Tennessee and dedication OF the
park at ChicSamauga
Wednesday will be the great day of
the week, so far as outside and popular
demonstrations are concerned. The
parade of the Grand Army Of the Re.
public will begin at 10 o'clock. Com
mander-in-Chief Thomas Lawler will
be in command assisted by staff Of
GOO mounted aides Among thsparad.
ing veterans will be delegations from
the posts In the Sandwich islands, Mex.
leo and Canada. A feature OF the pa
will be med the sole surviving horse
Of the war, that will have D float all to
himcolf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-lsmail Pasha, the late khedive o.
Egypt, left three widows, one a Georg'
Ian princess and the other two Cir
cassians, who live together in the
palace OF Resina, on the bay Of Naples.
They now drive about Naples without
their wells, and are very fond Of shop.
ping and Of the theater
in the cities Of Japan there Is a
large class Of women who make their
living by furnishing amusement to en-.
nuied patrons They are well edu.
Gated, can converse, recite poetry. tell
stories, sing songs, play the guitar
and dancc for the entertainment Of
those who send for them. :"
In Finland Jews are to be allowed
% Ansass in trsds and industx1 IN
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
The Fixtures and Shelving also for Sale Cheap.
THOMAS KIRBY, Owner.
s. ROTHSCHILD, Manager.
.o'e sor their ndelly as for their cour.

aple 'or .he,r ndeilly rs for their cour.
age,
Every llahuhc' q was bound to pre-
sent bis daughters to sort of med
ical board, which selected those suit
able for the kings service, Little
girls taken in war were also trained 10
be Amazons.
The Amazons were ordinarily com.
peeled to remain celibate all their lives,
but the king occasionally permitted
one to marry deserving male soldier.
They were always very we'll formed,
and some Of them were handsome, in
figure at least. The number OF the m
was about one thousand, and they
formed only q small part OF tho army,
In addition to being brave on the bat
tlefeld 1t is said that they were more
cruel than the men soldiers and very
hard drinkers. Woman suffragists
should find much food for thought and
possibly encouragement In these facts.
The human sacrifices were first In.
stituted in 1900. They were based on
religious beliefs. Man Is believed b
be subject to the same wants in the
next world as in this; so he must be
buried not only with food and weap.
ons, but provided with wives and
servants II he is an important person.
The burial Of king was always at
tended byan immense slaughter When
King Gulzo died more than five hun.
dred human lives were sacrificed, In.
Guiding chiefs, musicians and slaves
lie was buried in big cave. His
wives seated themselves round him In
the order Of their rank and poisoned
themselves. Basketfuls Of heads and
calabashes full Of blood were piled on
his tomb.
Wholesale sacrifices were also held
at fixed periods. A traveller describing
them says that during the night Of
these sacrifices everybody found In the
street was dubbed to death. Companies
of musicians walked about playing
painful music. At midnight q vollsy
OF musketey announced the beginning
of the executions. The victims were
brought into the square by thirties
Sometimes death was produced by fill
ing up the breathing apertures. Some
Of the dead bodies were arransAi n n
lifelike attitudes. N. Y. World.
One watch set right will do to set
many by one that goes wrong may be
the means of misleading Q whole neigh.
horhoodi and the same may be said Ok
example -Dilwin. ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
FORT SCOTT SUBMERGED.


$500 'ef''f'" ~ W Wv ittsnt@t hCttut
Mark-Many Made Homeless.
FoRr scorT, Kan, Sept 10-A heavy
rain, which continued all last night in
southeast Kansas, flooded the creeks
and damaged the crops greatly The
lower portion OF this city is submerged
by the Marmaton river and Mill creek,
which are out Of their banks, and
trains are coming In over the Mem
phis, Missouri Pacific and Missouri,
Kansas & Texas roads IN water al.
most up to the fire boxes. All oommu.
nieation with the country north and
west Is shut of. Water Is now up to
the highest water mark OF recent
years and is still rising. Many resi-
dences are submerged and families ara
moving out Of houses.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
A CLEAR CASE OF FOOL.


Tho Widow Wac Color Blind, and Weuld
Have Taken Him Anyway.
He came into the smoking-car and
sat down opposite and lighted his pipe.
took notice that he WAS man Of 81
least sixty and that he had his haiy
and whislers dyed and made other
efforts to disguise his age. He looked
SO serious and solemn % he smoked
that ! ventured to AK him II be had
received any bad news.
mo, not 50 very bad" he answered.
~ was kinder thinkin' how Z man kin
make fool Of hisself."
I'VE are all liable to make mis-.
takes"
Eyes. | guess we ar How old .
man would you take me to beY"
'0h, about SIXTY"
do look perfectly natural9'
mo, SIR A man Of your age should
have gray hair and whlskers."
Then you could tell that they wss
dyed?"
"At the least glance"
IN .dm,ttsd a. H. ala -. ~ 1870
smoLs "Thst, =. rhar ~, AZ . ~, :.
mv.slt ma y. 400 N. hr;da ,rhs Nv ~. y.
or, M a., 1ooIsoncr vac " w "" We
81 d,dr,t not,oa u.r. uo,, h..n 49,.
tim msr-,sdSr ''A 'A 81"
~. sn,,oad u,....a.n s..,...
nov, oar hal, ! - s'
"a rirl or ,v,dowop
"Rsc'lar WIDOW "tor.r -. =,
ovns o.. hrnds.a ~ .;ua. ~,
lard and t. rol dnrnad aon sa ,so 49, -
uTh.n roS ara - ~ s ooSs . .Ha
and hone Won ,v,ll no r.nr .anr"
who ups " WV" "ho, ~ Wy ~, "sppy. !.
hoan,, mado a ,oo, =, 80. 0''''
"How mos th 40, VI -A'''''
.yor IT. NV 900 nrr.u .,u, w..
I'm .,vtr and I,..,. r Ivy '' va -
badnY tbis Sva ~ nv S.;. . SlI III,
kers would he nc WHIT a. snow
When baoun.to corrt ~. w,do,u .
veor oooI ,borrht "a s..u 80
look as vouno as could I want - ~
barber and cot f,xed nm and n cost me-
fftv cents a weeL ri,ht olonr W ha.s
the dive mt on'u
oYou wanted N dece;ve ~. widows
IA 10 vour aceYu
"Waal YES hinder wantad ~ h.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
WONDERFUL pAHoMEY.
Land Of AmaEons, and Wholesale Human
Sacrifices.

Sacrifices
An interesting book on Dahomey is
written and published by HenryMarcel,
which name is the pseudonym Of 0
well-known French resident Of Phila,
delphia.
Dahomey was until recently the
most important negro monarchy in
Africa 1t was especially FAMOUS fos
two things--its corps Of Amazon war.
riors and Its human sacrifices. Both
these institutions are at an end since
the French conquest Of Dahomey.
The Amazons were the only instance
in the modern world Of q body Of fe.
male warriorA They formed the BODY,
Gpsrd Of the king and were n remark
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
4 COMING STORM.
Prof. Virgins Predicts . Violent storm
between tho 18th and 21st

Prof. Virgins Predicts Violent stern
Between the 18th and 21st
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept 9.-Prof E
Stone Virgins, who predicted the
great storm that passed over the At
lantic and Pacific in March, 1883, pre-
diets storm Of equal violence be-
tween the 18th and 2lst Of the present
month. Asked his reasons for pre-
dieting the storms Of 1888 and the one
he promises for this month, he said:
my reasons were these: The sun and
moon were In the same arc Of right as.
cension, almost In the same spot in the
heavens, and were near the celestial
equator and at the moment when our
Northern Pacific was turned toward
the sun. Their united force was
increased by the moons perigee
being at her nearest orbital point to
the earth. Furthermore, she was in
conjunction with Venus March s, with
Mercury March and with Mars March
4 On looking over my calculations OF
the March storm OF 1882 made In Sep
TENDER, 1852, l find reference to q sis.
ter storm on September 81, 1895. On
the 18th Of the present month the
moon will pass over the suns disk Q
few degrees west Of San Francisco,
leaving solar eclipse, the moon her.
self being in perigee and two hours
later on the celestial equator. Mars
and Venus will both be in conjunction
with her on that day. A great storm
will, therefore, sweep the shores OF all
continents from the equator to the
poles as early as the 18th inst, but ON
the east coast Of North America will
reach its climax with high tides by the
afternoon Of Saturday, the DIST inst.
There is danger Of volcanic upheavals
on the meridian Of Japan and Of earth
quakes in South America and Mexico.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
NEWS NOTES.

William Il. stony.aa editor Of q
la ,neor paper in Kansas City, Kan, fs
mysteriously missing,
The banls at Center, Mo-, has been
closed by the state bank examiner and
William Christian appointed receiver.
Five thousand additional Spanish
troops were landed at Havana, Cuba,
to help put down the insurrection.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
A 10y Killed and Several Injured.

Topeka, Kan, Sept 1O--A special
frcr Burlington says that the storm
which did so much damage in Gridley
extended from the north to the south
end of Coffey county, destroying scores
Of houses, barns and granarics, and
greatly damaging orchards and crops.
A boy in Key West township, near
Gridley, was killed. George Rodman
and his wife and three children were
seriously injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12
CROPS GREATLY DAMAGED.
The Storm In and Around Emporla Leaves
Destruction in Its Path,


Destruction In Its Path.
EMpoRIA, Kan, Sept. TO- Reports of
damage done by the great storm Sun
day evening are still coming in. Fire,
caused by the flood entering his lime
house broke out in the lumber yard of
J. s Watson, in this city, and damaged
the stock about $1,000. For
10 miles above Emporla the
Neosho valley is flooded and the
damage to the crops cannot be
computed. Whole fields Of shocked
corn and thousands Of tons Of hay have
been washed away, and in many
places the inhabitants have had to fly
TO the uplands. Dunlap and Americas
are flooded by the overflow Of the
NeOsho.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-12

SAVANNAH, Mo-, Sept s.--The reun.
ion Of the Blue and the Gray, one Of
the most successful ever held in the
state, was concluded here yesterday.
During the four days the veterans were
in camp not disturbance was reported
and thousands visited the camp daily.
Addresses were made by noted orators,