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s.Perfect Love. ,,

First Irish Farmer-Mike, my boy,
it's thirty years since we first knew
each other, and not a wry word have
we had.
Second Ditto-Right ye are, entirely,
Phelim. Thirty years it is; and if we
did have a wrong word, I'll swear it
would come from you.
First Ditto-Ye are liar. and not
honest to say it. So take that, ye spal-
peen.-Fun.
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ON THE TURF.
Results of Yesterdays Races at the
Ingleside Track.

Results of Yesterdays Races at the
Ingleside Track.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Weather
fine and the track fast. Six furlongs,
Meadow Lark won, Mirambo second,
Senator Bland third. Time 10
Seven furlongs, selling, Red Glen won,
Pique second, Chartreuse H. third
Time-1 :29A.
Five furlongs. selling. Levina c. won,
Mobolasca second. Pecksniff third.
Time-1:01H
Five furlongs, selling, Derfargarilla
won, Lizzie H. second. Perhaps third
Time :02l5
One mile, selling, Peter II. won. Ike L.
second, Leonville third. Time A.
Murder in the Second Degree.
WALLA WALLA CWash.). Feb. -
The jury in the case Of d. K. Benson,
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.ailway Agent HeId 10.

HEPPNER (or), Feb. Two
masked men held up the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Companys agent
tonight and made him, at the point of
their revclvers, open his safe and give
them the cash. They secured about $50.
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All believed to Have Been Lost.

BALTIMORE, Feb. THE British
steamer Laurestina, which sailed from
here December 9th for Sligo, Ireland,
with 100 600 bushels of corn, has been
officially reported as missing. She had
a crew of twenty five men, and it Is be-
lieyed went down with all on board.
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THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Spanish Officials Claim a Decisive Blow
Has Been Dealt the Rebels,
While the Latter Assert That the Re-
port is Preposterous.

Strict Censorship still Continues-An
American Correspondent Ordered
to Leave Cuba on Account of an
Article Which Appeared in a WASH
ington Paper-Encounters Between
Troops and Insurgents Occur Daily,
But Are of Minor Importance.
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MURDERER RADCLIFFE.
Executed at Canon City for the killing
of Three Men.

CANON CITY (Col), Feb. 7.-Benja-
min Radcliff, the Park County mur-
derer, was executed in the State Peni-
tentiary this evening at S:05 The
execution was witnessed by the au-
thorized officials only. Radcliff gave
up hope when the Board of Pardons
failed to commute his sentence to life
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PACIFIC RAILWAY DEBTS.
The House Committee Postpones Hear
ing for Two Weeks.

ing for Two Weeks.
WASHINGTON, Feb. There will
be a postponement of the hearings by
the House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads for two weeks. At that time
Messrs. E. Ellery Anderson and ex-
Congressman Coonbs of New York,
Receiver and Government Director, re-
spectively, of the Union Pacific, and C. P.
Huntington, President of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, will be heard The
hearings will then be continued until
all the interested parties have been
given chance to speak, so that, as
Chairman Powers expresses it, mo one
can complain that he has not had
day in COURT
When the hearings close the commit
tee will begin its preparation of bill
looking to the settlement of the two
railways Indebtedness to the Govern
ment
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The Yacht Race Investigation.

LONDON, Feb. THE Field to-
morrow will confess that the report Of
the committee of the New York Yacht
Club which investigated the charges
ma6e by Lord DunraYen against the
Defender syndicate impresses one by its
impartiality, but will say it thinks the
committee should have declared the
charges not proven rather than dis
proved The East Anglican Times"
claims to know that Lord Dunraven
has decided not to enter again in any
race for large class yachts.
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Fire at santa Crnz.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 7.-Early this
morning fire broke out in the Germania
Hotel, caused by a defective fiue, and
damaged the building to the extent of
about 50 900.
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MURDER on PEARL BRYAN.
Chan Of Evidence Being Tightly Drawn
About Jackson and WallinS.
Zach Accuses the Other of Committing
the Horrible Crime.

BENJAMIN Radcnr Executed at the
state Penitentiary at Canon City,
Colorado, for Numbering in Cold
Blood Three Men In May Last-A
British ship which Sailed From
Baltimore on December 9Th Given
Up as Lost, with All on Board.
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Schoouer Ashore.

CAPE MAY, Feb. 7.-An unknown
two-masted schooner is ashore near
Cape May Point A life-saving crew
has gone to her assistance
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Valuable Documents Burned.

PARIS, Feb. Fire in the building
occupied by the Ministry of War gutted
the rooms in which the archives were
kept, but most of the documents were
saved. Many of those lost, however,
were very valuable
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TRANSVAAL TROUBLE
Interesting Story Told by Parties just
Returned From South Africa.

Interesting Story Told by Parties just
Returned From south Africa.
IRONWOOD (AIich.), Feb. Cap
tain William r. Knight and party, who
left this city last spring for the gold
fields of South Africa, have returned
home rather unexpectedly They tell
an interesting story of the troubles in
the Transvaal. For couple of weeks
before Jameson's raid, the officers Of the
mining companies were smuggling rifles
and ammunition into the country in the
bottom of coke cars. On Tuesday, De-
cember 31st, the mines were shut down
and the men ordered TO take guns and
ammunition and be prepared to march
to johannesburg by 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The Michigan party left at
once, and were just over the line in the
Orange Free State when the battle be-
tween the Beers and Jameson occurred
Many of the mining officials shut up all
the boarding houses and bought all the
provisions, and literally starved all the
men into accepting terms.
Captain Knight says that the miners
or the foreign population of Johannes
burg have no fault to find with the Boer
Government, and says that everything
Is done to better the condition Of the.
laboring men. The members of the
party say John Hays Hammond, who
demands protection from the United
States, is not entitled to any sympathy
whatever, as he, at the head of the So
called Reform Committee was large
ly instrumental in causing the trouble.
They say that men in a position to
know claim that 100000 British sol
diers cannot drive the Beers from the
Transvaal
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SCHEME OF REFORMs

LONDON, Feb. THE London Ca
zette" prints a long dispatch sent by
the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to
Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of
Cape Colony and High Commissioner
in South Africa. Mr.. Chamberlain re-
views the cause that led to Dr. jam
eson's raid in the Transvaal and sug-
gests a scheme of reforms, including
the granting of limited autonomy to the
residents of the Rand. He invites Pres
ident Kruger of the Transvaal to visit
England to discuss the questions at
issue, and says that if he is unable to
come he (Chamberlain) relies upon
Governor Robinson to prosecute the ne
getiations and uphold the Anglo -Boer
Convention of 1884.
DON'T WANT A PROTECTORATE.
PRETORIA, Feb. THE Pretoria
Press" the Government organ, pub
fishes an important article in which
it denies that the Transvaal desires any
European protectorate. 1t urges Great
Britain to guarantee the independence
OF the country, and suggests that Del
agoa Bay, a Portuguese possession, be
permanently guaranteed to the Trans
VaaI
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REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
The Question of Reorganization of til
Elective Onicers settled.

Inc question OF REORGANIZATION of the
Elective Omcers settled.
WASHINGTON, Feb. THE Re-
publican Senatorial caucus this after
noon, after debate of an hour and a
half, settled the question of a reorgan-
ization of the elective officers of the
| Senate by the nomination of a full
| ticket. A. J.. Shaw of the State of Wash
ington was nominated to be Secretary
Of the Senate, Major H. L. Grant of
North Carolina to be Sergeant Arms,
Alonzo Stuart of Iowa to be Assistant
Doorkeeper and Rev. Mr.. Milburn, the
blind chaplain, to succeed himself
a number of speeches were made on
the various candidates, and it early de-
yeloped that there was such opposi-
tion to ex-Secretary George c. Cor
ham and Sergeant Valen-
tine as would necessarily climate both
these gentlemen from the contest The
fight against Mr.. Gorham was led by
Hoar of Massachusetts and Hale of
Maine. Both these men expressed them
selves in the caucus this afternoon as
being unwilling to overlook an attack
made by Mr.. Gorham against Mr.
Blaine In a newspaper of which Mr.
Gorham is said to have been the ed
itor
Mr.. Gorham was nominated by Mitch
ell of Oregon, and seconded by Chandler
and Perkins. Mr. McMichael of Penn
sylvania was nominated by Lodge. Mr.
Shaw was nominated by Squire and
seconded by Dubois. A letter signed by
ten prominent Republicans of Ken
lucky placed the name of Mr.. Baker of
that State in nomination. One vote
was also cast on the first ballot for Mr..
Bright the present Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. Shaw was chosen on the third bal
let, receiving 26 votes. His nearest
competitor was Mr.. Gorham, who re-
ceived 13.
For ergeant-at-Arms Mr.. Curtice of
New Hampshire was placed in nomina-
ton by Chandler, seconded by Gal
Enger; Major H. L. Grant of North Car
oIina by Pritchard, seconded by Hawley
of Connecticut, Quay of Pennsylvania
and Elkins of West Virginia; Smith S.
Frye by Gear, and Mr. Valentine by
Thurston Mr. Grant was victorious
en- the third ballot.
Alonzo Stuart, the present Chief of
the Pages, was nominated by acclama-
ton for the position of Acting Door
Keeper the pidCS 81 lOt1S AlIlCQ ny tklG
late venerable Isaac Bassett.
Mr.. Milburn, the present blind Chap
lain. will also be retained
No action was taken on the question
as to when the officers should be elected
in the Senate, that matter having been
left to the Chairman of the caucus, who
will call it up at an opportune time. 1t
is understood that action will be had so
as to enable the new officers to assume
their duties on the 1st of the month.
The Secretary of the Senate nomin-
ated to-day is a young man, and said
to be in every way fitted for the duties
OF the office He is man of pleasing
address, educated and cultured and
good elocutionist. He was for time
Postmaster at Spokane, Wash.
Major Grant is an old Union soldier.
whowent to North Carolina shortly after
the war He is a native of Connecticut
and served in the regiment commanded
at the time by General Hawley, the
raracapt Senator from that State.
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COMMITTEES ORGANIZING.
Public buildings Ready 10 Take
Tn n Printing Office.

The Senate was not in session yesterday,
but Senators got down to work.
The holidays are over and all are ready
for the routine of committees. The day
was spent in locating each other and getting
ready for the sessions labors.
A couple of committees met yesterday.
They were the Judiciary and Public Lands.
The Committee on Revolutionary Claims
has Monday for its regular day, but us it
only meets once session nothing was eX-
pected of it.
Senator Quay has called a meeting of the
Committee ON Public Buildings and Grounds
for today. This committee will have to
dispose OF the question of a new Government
Printing Office. When Mr.. Quay was asked
about the plans for the session he said:
1.-THE committee has not met yet and
have talked to none of the members. OF
course, the question of new printing
office is with Us annually. We have always
missed 1t on the selection of a site. sup
pose we will have it up again. As TO
other legislation, I've paid no attention to
it yet. Tomorrow We will organize and
prepare for any thing that may cOnie.'
By the end of this week all committees
will have been organized and in shape to
receive all measures presented.
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Raltimore Markets.

Baltimore, Jan. 6.-Flour dull-western
super, S2.4oaS2.6 So; do. extra, So. .75a So 90:
do. family, S3.15a$3.5O; winter wheat
patent, So. .5oa So S5; spring do, 50 .4Oa 81. so:
spring wheat straight, So .2oaS SO .50-re-
ceipts, 1859 barrels; shipments. LIS
barrels; sales, 700 barrels. Wheat dull and
easy-spot and month, Sc 1-2 asked; March,
81 l-2a67 81; May, 6S 1-4a6S IL: steam
er No. 2 red 64asked-receipts,2 % 93 bushels
stock, 356 ,594 bushels-southern wheat by
sample, 67a6S; do. on grade. 64a6S. Corn
firmer-spot and month, 80 3-4a32 rs;
February, 33a33 g; March, .s3 1-ia33 1-2,
May, "a 3-4 bid; steamer mixed, 81 5-Sa
81 3-4-receipts, 81 ,OO2 bushels; shipments
129, ,143 bushels, stock, l, ,344 $50 bushels
sales, 131 900 bushels-southern white
corn, 32a33; do. yellow, 32a33. oats firm
No. 2 western. 24a24 1-2; No: mixed,
% l 1-2a23-receipts, 1000 bushels, stock
1872 ,3O1 bushels. Rye very little demand
No. 2, 41-receipts, 473 bushels; stock, g.,
O49 bushels. Hay firm-choice timothy
$1,000 asked. Grain freights duIi-stean
to Liverpool per bushel, l-2 February
Cork for orders per quarter, 3s.3d. January
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"TAKEN IN"

"I used often to read the newspaper aloud
to nv wife" said Bert Robinson, "and once
] was fairly taken In by patent medicine
advertisement The seductive paragraph
began with modest account of the sea.
serpent. but ended by setting forth the vir.
tues of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry, which, 1t was alleged, was q cure for
ali Bronchial, Throat and Lung troubles,
and would even cure Consumption, II taken
In time. The way was taken in was this !:
I had lung disease, and I bought o bottle
Of the remedy; I was stranger to II, and it
took me in-and cured me-" Robinson's
experience is Identical with that of thou.
sands of others. So true Is this that after
witnessing, for many years. the marvellous
cures Of Bronchial, Throat and Lung affec.
tions wrought by this wonderful remedy,
Its manufacturers feel warranted In say.
Ing that this remedy DiH enre % per
gent. of all cases of consumption, If taken
In the earlier stages Of the disease. This
may seem like a bold assertion to those
familiar only with the means generally in
use for its treatment; as, nasty cod liver oil
Whiskey, different preparations of hypo.
phosphites and such like foliiatives.
The photographs of large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lin.
gering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh
and kindred mAladies, have been skilifully
reproduced In book Of 1000 pages which
viii be mailed to you. on receipt Of address
and Al cents In stamps. You can then write
those cured and learn their experience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPKNsARY
Medical ASSOCIATION, 66s Main Street,
BuGalo, N. Z. -. :
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PAST MASTER FORGERY.
San Francisco Bank Cleverly Swindled
Ont of 100000
Pi o le 32S.


San Francisco. Jan. Ga forger, who is
thought to be New York expert, has just
looted the Nevada Bank of $50 900 and
fled with the coin. without leaving a single
clew by which the detectives can track him.
He opened a merchandise brokerage office
| in the Chronicle building two months ago,
and put out the sign of A II. Holmes.
He seemed to do considerable business, as
| he cashed md drew and deposited money at
| the Nevada Bank. He came TO be well
known TO the cashier and the note clerk.
On December l. he turned in check for
S22 900, drawn at Woodland, a little town
in the Sacramento Valley, to Holmes or
! der on the Crocker-W oolworth Bank o. this
city. Holmes said he knew no one at the
| Croker Bank, SO he turned IT in at the
Nevada, 10 save the annoyance OF identifi-
cation.
He said he wanted $50 900 In coin and
$1,000 placed 10 his credit. The check
| was apparently all right, So ii was promptly
paid, as he wished.
Nothing was heard of ii till the Wood
land and Crucker banks received their
accounts from the clearing house. Then
il was fou nd that a check for S12 had been
raised by Holmes to S22 900. with chemicals
which did not even disturb the water-mark
on the paper. He erased all except the
first three letters of twelve aud added
the big amount.
Then, by some process which puzzles ex-
perts here, he filled up the perforations
so that the work can only be detected
under powerful glass, and made new per-
forations with a machine of his own. The
work is done so skilfully that IL must
have been accomplished by master in
forgery.
The detectives have been working on the
case for over two weeks, but they have Sc
cured no clew to the real identity of Holmes
or TO the direction of his flight.
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1t Is Believed Harry Schmeig, II Sea-
man Gunner, Knows Where She Is

man Gunner, hnOws where she Is.
The members OF the seanlen gunners
class, on trial for ha zing a the Navy Yard
have a new song.
For some time it was, - new coon In
town." now to the tune OF Jimmy
Dugan" they tell how Harry Schmeig skip
ped the class and how, the next day, Mrs.
Frey, wife of Gus Frey, another seaman.
disappeared from her home at No. 125
Virginia avenue southeast.
II is a weIl-known fact among the sea-
men that Schmeig was paying attentions
to Miss Ward, Mrs. Frey's sister, and was
a frequent and continual visitor at the
home Of Mrs. Frey.
Mr.. Frey believes his wife has gone to
New York City, which was the destinat ion
OF Harry Schmeig, who is absent from his
class without leave.
Inquiry at the office of the class a the
Navy Yard showed that Schmeig had sud
denly become afflicted with dyspepsia
and had been sent to the Naval hospital.
On Saturday, the 2Sth, he was discha rged
from the hospital and ordered to report TO
his class. This he failed to do. Several
days passed. and still Schmeig was regis
tered as "absent without leave"
AT Mrs. Frey's home the missing woman's
relatives refuse any information. and
maintain the utmost secrecy. Mr.. Frey
says he is only anxious to secure the
custody OF his two children.
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DEATH CAME TO HIS SHANTY
When Freezing Winds Blew Old
Pete Passed Away.
Kind Neighbor Folded the
Old Black Hands.

Death entered a rude shanty in Browns
Park yesterday and carried TO its final
home the spirit of old Uncle Peter Young
and the last words that trenbled from the
! ged negro, as he leaned his head on the
arm OF a neighbor, were: On, Lor', Use
rayin'."
Sunday, near midnight, Phil Boone, a
young colored man, entered police station
poor man was probably dying in Brown S
Park, Il point back from the Brentwood
road, and four miles from Boundary.
The police of that precinct could not act
further than TO telephone the facts to police
station No. ., for the place indicated is in
the Ninth precinct. II does not appear from
the telephone book at No. . that No.
! telephoned all the facts, for the entry made
by Desk Sergt. Bdrkhart, at the Eastern
station. simply reads: Investigate case
of destitution OF Peter Young, ut Browns
Park
This was received at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning. The dispatch was given to
Mounted Policeman Stcrns at 8 n. IN.
yesterday, and at 3 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon he broke in the door OF the little
shanty and found the body of Uncle Petei
stretched upon the couch, rigid.
There was no fire in the stove and no
groceries Ill tue htruer. Al 4 y cioch ottFhs
reported at his station that the old man had
probably been frozen TO death.
The nearest neighbor TO Uncle Peter was
Phil Boone, 90 At hlif a mile away. Boone
had been administering TO the wants Of
Uncle Peter for long time, and expected
him to dinner on Sunday. He did not come
at the appointed hour, and Boone sought
him.
He found the old man PROSTATE on the
bare floor dnG suffering with a paroxysn of
asthma. He PIT him TO bed, chopped some
wood and kindled fire. Boone's wife
brought over some hot tea. Despite their
cares old Pete passed away.
Charles Chapman, colored, and Mrs.
Devers came, and the body was laid out as
Policeman Sterns found it.
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ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

Fire on Sunday night last destroyed -four
Of the large frame buildings on the farm
OF Il. j. Hodgues, in Fairfax county, not
far from Falls Church. Va; The loss is
about $4,000, with only 5000 OF insur-
ance. How the fire started is not known.
The local council of the Brotherhood of
st. Andrew will hold regular meeting In
the parish hall OF Christ Church tonight,
when interesting addresses will be made
by the members of the brotherhood upon
its work.
Belle Haven Council OF the Junior o. U.
A. n. had q n interesting meeting last night,
and after installing the newly elected Of
ficcrs and comforting degrees upon one
Lee Camp Of Confederate veterans, at
their meeting last night, completed the
arrangements for their banquet on the
18th inst, and transacted other routine
business.
The grand jury term of the United
States District and Circuit Courts will
begin this morning, and large number
of cases OF violation of the postal and
revenue laws are TO be tried before Judge
Robert w. Hughes.
postoffice where the supplies of stamps
and cash are kept, became stuck this
morning and could not be opened after two
hours trial. The business of the office was
being delayed, so a machinest was sent
for, and for two hours more an effort
was made to crush in its sides with q
sledge hammer. A hole large enough was
finally made in It to get out the stamps
books and papers.
The Young Mems Sodality OF st. Mary's
Church has elected NJ. d. Delaney, prefect:
Michael McF arland, j John j. Hernretty, as
sistant projects; j. Harry Rice, secretary
and treasurer; j, T. Mcfarland, sachris
tartan, and j. A. Nugent, collector.
The Catholic Benevolent League will
celebrate its second anniversary with a
banquet on the night OF January 2s.
Mr.. Richard L. Briscoe, an old resident
of this city, died yesterday at his home
on Prince street, near Royal, in the etghtietll
year of his age.
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TROUBLE ABOUT A CHECK.
Cashier Wright Charges Robert Wal
drOn with Larceny.

Robert waldron. carpenter and contrac-
tor, living at No. 81 street, lexington,
was arrested yesterday by Detectives
Carter and Gallaher on complaint of the
cashier of the Center Market Bank.
1.-THE case is rather a peculiar one. j.
Elliott Wright is the complaining cashier,
and on Saturday he cashed n $2b check for
waldron, signed by Thomas E. Waggaman n.
In handing Out the money he gave him $75
by mistake, and Waldron put the money in
his pocket without counting it.
As soon as he had discovered his mistake,
Wright proceeded 10 the police court and
swore out warrant charging Waldron
with larceny. The detectives say, however
that 1t is simply mistake that was not rec
titled, and they do not see how case can
be made.
One of the conspicuous rules about
banking institution is that mistakes are
not rectified after one has left the paying
teller's window. The detectives think
the rule ought to work both ways.
Waldron gave bonds for his appearance
in the police court today when he will
be given hearing
The morning times., 1896-01-07
InstalIat,on of officers

The officers of Union Lodge No. %
X. of P, were Installed last Wednesday
evening by Deputy Grand Chancellor George
W. Baumann, as follows: Walter Goodwin,
C. c.; j. F. McCulloch, v. c.; W. s..
Clifford, prelate; A. Rusher, NJ. of W.;
George W. Blacksten, NJ at A.; Harry
B. Brown, X. of Il. and s.; Charles T..
Roderick, NJ. of F.; John T. Clark. NJ. of
E.; Louis Bord, l.. g. W. H. sborn, o..
G.-elect, was not Installed on account of
sickness o ther officers of the lodge are:
Trustees, p. C.. John c. Yost, DR.. NJ. A.
Custis A. Harry McGhan; representatives
to the grand lodge, John C. Yost, Ed. C.
gill. NJ. s. Campbell, John T. Clark, Charles
T. Roderick; representative to the board
OF relief, J.. G. Yost-