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The evening times., 1897-12-21
TUESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1897.
Notes of the Day.

The European NOV ements in China con-
time to agitate TIE world. The best evil
dence of this is the remark of the Pail
Mall Gazette, which says: OF course, the
partit ion of the coast. which is bound to
come, will rot he confined to Russia and
Germany. Every naval state III the world
is actively concerned in the disturbance
OF the cqlIlibTidru in the far East. But
the Emitted States cannot be treated AS 4
quantity TO be ignored How very funny
this il. considering that America is with
out any foreign policy at PRESENT, other
than one Of submission to European en-
croachments except in the single matter
Of Hawaii: to which it is not sure that
it cannot be bought off. There is good
ground for fearing that our Grass igno-
rance OF our power ana opportunities las
alienated ti:. friendship of our natural
friend. Russia, and that, like England,
we are isolated. II is true that. as naval
power Of Importance, we might go in and
demand sbare of the loot of China: but
in doing SO we would be compelled to de-
part from our traditions and historic policy,
and assume position that would be
Illogical. and perhaps dangerous, to our
future. If ". Lad a leople alive to the
necessities oS making our country world
power. it might lie different. As things
stand we II ust hc content with looking
at he nj sorptiCn OF China by Europe
with disgusted oomplaceDcy, and devote
ourselves tc he problem of compensa tory
policy arU acton in the Western hemi.
phere. 1t Is apparent that all this Oriental
movement is aimed at us. That is the
hest reason for pushing the annexat ton
of Hawaii AID building the Nicaragua
Canal. II We could accomplish these two
things. the occupation of the Chinese coast
by our rummeI cial rivals might he a no tier
OF indifference Unless we can control
those two factors in the problem il must
lie conceded that the outlook for America
is very dark
The evening times., 1897-12-21
SPECIAL NOTICE.


EXTENSION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE;
District OF Columbia-W ashingtun, d. C..
Decemter 8, 1S9Z.-To Whom II May Con-
cer1: Tic commission created BY section
< OF the act Of Congress approved March
e, 1893, entitled An act TO provide
permanent system of htghwayl in that
part OF the District Of Columbia lying out
missioners of the District OF Columbia 4
certified copy of q map showing pro-
posed permanent system OF highways in
the District of Columbia within the area
west of Rock Creek. This map and pl1ts,
showing in detail how each lot and tract
ts affected by the proposed system Of
highways, are now on exhibition In roons
ing. All persons interested are invited to
examine the map and plats. The coni-
mission will consider any suggestions or
protests concerning the location OF any
highway or portion Of a highway as showf
ON the map. The suggestions and pro-
tests must be in writing and must set
forth clearly the reasons for the changes
and show the property owned or controlled
by the ob.ector. All protests, and - forth.
THIRTY-FIRST OF MARCH, 1898. and
be addressed 10 the Chief Of Engineers.
u. s.. Army, War Department. Washing
ton, d. L. The commission Will meet April
Ii, 1898. at 9:30 o'clock IL. m-, in the
office of the Secretary of War. to dispose
of all objections, and viii then hear orally
from tnos.. who desire to thus support their
written objections.
r. A. ALGER, Secretary of War.
C.N. BLISS, Secretary OF the Interior.
JOHN AZ. WILSON,
Chief of Engineers, u S. A.
del0-15texS Highway Commission.
rel-15t exS
The evening times., 1897-12-21

The latest addition to the ranks of dis
tinguished advocates OF the spoils system
In the civi. service is Pension Commits
sioner Evans. Yesterday he appeared be-
fore the Senate Committee on Civil Service
and Retrenchment and argued that the
merit system did not produce excellent
results; that the old spoilsmen who, in his
office. had survived through the war of
reform were better than the men who hal
obtained employment by Ieason Of their
abilities. Although this is new 1t is not
strange. Mr.. Evans stands at the head Of
an organization in which, ii is being al
legged, political spoils rather than merit
has been the rule, and one in which
there are more surviving gallant quarter
patriotic camp followers, than the ar
chives OF the War Department show to
have beer engaged in the civil war. Civil
service reform, whatever its faults may
be- would he q good thing to apply to tn,
vast army which Mr.. Evans Commands.
In a broad way ii may be said that the
976,O14 persons on the pension list are
in the civil service. That some of then
need reform is alleged, and, to many
people, obvious. But il may not SO appear
to Mr.. Commissioner Evans. His Voice is
for the spoils system and, considering his
position, perhaps that is logical.
The evening times., 1897-12-21
CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE.
Two Mems Experience on Pixies
Peuk-One Dead. Otter DYING.

Two Mems Experience on Pixies
Peak-One Dead, Otter Dying.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec. 21.-.Ioe
Bradley. miner and prospeo tor Of Cripple
Creek, is lying In a critical condition at
the Garland Hotel In this city as a result
Of his experience with huge avalanche On
the west slope o. Pixies Peak last Friday.
Il started out from Cripple Cre-is for
Colorado Springs last Friday noOn,' said
Bradley. ''aad planned to climb over likes
Peak and then walk down the cog roadinto
Manitou. At Gillet met a man whose rame
l do not know and In vited him to accom-
pany me.
We climbed nearly to the summit. tut
al We did not know the trail and The snow
was deep VIC wandered away from q. We
climbed to the top of an eminene.. and
were discussing the best way to procced.
wien. suddenly, IL seemed as IL the entire
side of the mountain was falling. We
realized that a snowslftle had occurred
Il lost sight OF my partner in the binding
snow and though IL must have been -.fv
short time before >trock, Yet 1t seemed an
age. l was thrown against big stump
and rendered UNCONSCIOUS for several hours.
Resaining my senses discovered shot
distance from me prosp.ctor's cabin. NJ:
ears, feet and fingers We're frozen. and had
lost much blood from hemorrhage. ! cuIil
not walk.
The prospector cared for me and made
1t possible for me 20 be here. Ny cpmplm-
ion could no. bc found anywhere, and is
surely buried In the snow
RradIcv's Conditcn last night was less
favorable. and he VIII probably die frp.n
the te rrlblc exposure.
The evening times., 1897-12-21
TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-STORY
BRICK DWELLING SITUATENo. s27

TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-SToRY
BRICK DWELLING. SITUATE No. s27
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHEAS
BY virtue OF TWO deeds of trust given Ia
US and duly recorded respectively in liber
1885, at folio $40 ct seq, and in liber
2l67, at folio 1868 ct seq., OF the land
records for the District OF Columbia. and
Thereby, We will sell at public auction.
In front OF the premises, on TUESDAY.
DECENT BER 2s, 1897, at 4:3O D. M, the
following described real estate, situate
IN the District OF Columbia, TO wit: Part
OF lots numbered twent Weight t2S }. twenty
nine (29D, thirty t3cI, and thirty-onc t3I,
in Michler's subdivision Of square num-
bered one thousand and twenty-six Il .U26).
beginning for the same thirty y-six feet nine
corner Of said square and running thence
east eight weight feet les IT., thence south
sixteen feet three inches Il It. In. };
thence west eight y-eight feet tSS n. J and
thcDc, orth sixteen feet three inches 81 o n.
in.b, To the place OF beginning, with
oil the improvements.
Terms: 0ne-tnird cash; balance In six
and twelve months from date Of sale; the
deferred payments to he secured by deed
OF trust upon the property sold and to
bear Interest at the rate OF 8 per cent
per aRnun, or all cash, at The option OF
the purchaser. A deposit of $50 to be
paid at the sale. Terms to be complied
with IN fifteen days from day OF sale,
otherwise the trustees reserve the right
to advertis,. and resell the property at the
risk and cost OF the defaulting purchaser.
All conNeyancing at purchasers cost. Good
title OF no sale.
JOSEPH r. EDISON,
CHARLES B. BAILEY,
del g. liza Trustees.
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CANADA AND THE KLONDIKE.
Editor of The Times:

To the Editor of The Times:
Heretofore, ~ our surprise, no public
protest has iyen made against the threat-
ened impost OF a royalty sought to he
imposed Ivy the Canadian government
upon the product OF the Yukon mines in
Canadian territory.
l write YOU OH behalf of the miners.
those directly interested, and of some
hundreds Of others. stockholders, equally
interested, scattered all over the country,
and respectfully invoke your aid, asking
that you will lend your great Influence
toward bringing the Canadian authorities
to a realizing sense of the monstrpns tax
they seek to impose. We compare n to
robbery-it has the same appearanoc-
that OF taking advantage of the deteaSe-
less. 1t seems to us poor recompense
foi the brave men who dared all. exploring
the most desolate Of territories, retnovcd
a vast distance from civilization-se!e'ing
themselves from all family ties-risk.ig
starvation and death. Pehold Canidi's
appreciation and reward. Canada woutl
never have discovered these mines had they
lain unknown till the last trumpet.
Canada's course is simply monsro Is.
First, il proceeds to reduce the length
OF the mines by onc-fifth: then 1t i'm
poses tax OF 20 per cent on the prol-
uct, and II Confiscates every other inin..
Could a Tobler do more? Canada r.es
this in face OF the fact that its miners
ma v mine to their hearts content in ,,ur
territory, free from the slightest imposi-
tiun.
And yet Canada seeks 3micahle riia-
tions with thcs. United States, We doubt
it. We opiEc that day will Come, Lot
So very amicable.
But Canada haIts in face of the imp,si-
tioi,--it doubts its ability to collect ,he
tan: IL is waiting TO observe the ma mi
tude of the protest. And well it may,
in View of the loud and unanrnols shout
of IA gc and defiance sent up by ;he IiineIs
on the field-a protest that is certain To
take another shape, should Canada put
in effect its ooitcmptihln purpose.
Tic Canadians themselves bitterl- re-
sent these inipositions. The protest is
general.
Canada has proceeded in this business
with a high-hanGed imperiousnesS that
furcibly reminds us of the throne icross
the water, where men are wont 20 de-
las: themselves in the abjectness Of their
prOstIati"ns.
Wcpositively Y decline to consider Canada
iniperi"usness. This continent has place
for free men Only. Very respectfully.
THOMAS II. HARRAH.
New York, December l..
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JUST FOR FUN.

kc- nr. Primrose-Who charged you 81 0
70, you: turkey? Uncle 'Rastus-De court
Judge.
Packer That sailors chorus was aw
full! What was the matter? Stige Man
ager-The tars couldn't get the right
pitch. h.-Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Pa assay-Ever ybody says my daugh-
ter got her heau;y from me. What do you
say TO thet' Mr.. Wits Well, think it
was very unkind of her tc take it from
you.-CI -to-Date.
Gay Gagg s-wot's de trouble, pard:
Empty Fdw wards-l got sich pain in m,
stu,nrnick. Gay Gaggs-Say, wot are yc
growiin' about? Yer dead in luck ter hev
anything at all in it.-Evening World.
WiIlis--Parker' salary was doubled a
short tiEie ago, SO l hear. Wallace
Yes, 1t was: Int it got him into lots of
trouble. Willis-How's that? Wallace
His wife found it out.-Town Topics.
Seedy.-'The man who runs the club
house next to the skating pond used to be
proprietor Of summer resort hotel"
How do you know"
by his methods. was skating there
yesterday AMI fell through the ice"
what has that to do with it,"
HE tried to charge me for BATH
Chicago Post.
"of course the bicycle is popular in your
town.
VERY! Statistics show that 80 per
cent of the Inhabitants ride wheels. and
81 per cent of the remainder are writing
for catalogues. Puck.
How men do change after maria se?''
VERY original, indeed
ii was thinking of Tommcrsot. When lIs
wife was Miss Berry he nearly broke Lis
neck stopping a horse that was running
away with her, and when a man ran way
will, her last week. Tommersot didn't t-y
to stop him at all.'-Indianapolis Journal
''Isn'' this outra geous? Just heari nf a
mar who draws a pension for deafness wi O
works as q telephone opera tor
Il see nothing strange in that You
don't have much to do with the telepjh.nc,
do yOu?''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tom-Did you give Miss Gotrox Christ
mas present?
Jack-I tried to. Offered her myself,
you know.
1om-And she refused You?
Jack-I suppose that s whatit amouutsto.
She said she didn't believe it was right for
n girl to accept very costly gifts.-Brooklyn
Life.
The evening times., 1897-12-21
MONEY CoNIYe;IN FREELY.

Cont rihuttons for. sbS Bnterfainrdent
of the EaueatiosAl Association.
The following IL SfBst Of the con.ribu-
tors and the asieun4s scpnfyfbuted to
the entertainment fund Of the local Ma
tinnal Educational Association:
Arlington Hotel, tbR0; Riggs Ho-el.
$500; National HosfS5OO; the Evening
Star Newspaper 6aseany,s$ 100; The
Washington Post $lAa3F Thomas w. sE;th.
$1OG; William N. GaIt& Co., 90; the
Norfolk & washiliStol Steamboat Co.
100; Isador Saks, 800; W. B. Moses
Sons, 500; Henry F;,Ha1nnts 81 90, Charles
Bell, 81 90; Woodward & Lothrop. 81 10;
Rev b L. whitman, $50; joseph Aner-
Lach, SEQ; F. L. Moore. $2b; b. T. Jnnney,
SO; John L. Major. $40; LoriBg Chapel,
SO; James B. Laiubie, $40; Dr.. l..
s. Stone, SO; A. GUIDE & Bros. $40;
George W Cochran. .&25; q. b. Hege, 81 0:
Ii snsburgh Il Bro, $25; n. J. Mnlaaey,
$25; G. L. MagruGer, SO, stilson il Itch
ins. $50; James L. Parsons, $23; william
&. Lown, $40; w. j. FrIzzell, $40; W. II.
Selden, $50; Albert NJ. Read, SO: George
+. Hough, $40; w. 8. Thompson, S25; A :
7. Stuart. SEQ; A. ]. Huntington, $40;
John W. Ross, $25; Ellis Spar, $50; Joe
Barnard, $40; j. B. q. Custts, S10 Rev.
]. Haven Richards. $50; Thomas so.ner-
vile & Sons, $50: Independent Ice Com
pany, $25; Charles B. Church, SO; ID
Richard Kingsman. $20; A. s. Worliirps-
ton. $I5; Johnson & Wirsatt,
$1u: Ellis W. Brown, SO; Mr-
rcn NJ. Parker, $40; Daniel Fraser. 81;
Ell Drop & Sons, SO; F. p. May & Co.
$40; q. +. T. Cook, 81 o; Columbia Railroad
Company, $50: william II. Saunders, 50;
Marcus Baker, So; william d. Campbell,
So; George A Armes, So; II. n. Besll, 81;
Wolf NordIinger, 50; c. A. Muddiman, 81:
Henry Evans, So; c. II. Burgess, So; II. r.
Montgomery, s.: r. A Dinsmore, 81. Henri
B. LOCKER, s.; The Advertising Company,
81; Robert f. Hill, 81; II. II. johnson, 81:
Havener's Bakery. $25; AnthrooIogicaI
Society Through Mrs. H. L. Bartiett,. $25;
Seaton Perry, $40; Robert Portner, $40:
J.H. Small & Sons, 81 0; A. A. Birney. $40.
The evening times., 1897-12-21

cats, there IS many q luckless wight who
would have been paid a good round sum
of mohcy for the assassination of sorne
musical puss on his back fence.
But Mr. Wanainaker affords sanintelligence
office for homeless cats; place where
they will have sor:e chance OF securing
good home in which they can earn their
board and clothes. Possibly he will have
a coinpetitiveexaminati for them to pa 49,
so as TO he sure to get good cats, who will
not steal, and can mouse successfully.
But of that the dispatches do not tell. The
cats are there; and their presence will
deprecis tc property in the vicinity of his
store. SO. far as living purposes are con-
cerned.
The evening times., 1897-12-21

The eDterprising Mr.. Wanamaker has
scored aLother scoop for the Christmas
holidays. He has established a cat ;le-
partment. There will be- during the COM
ing week 3 cat counter in his great store,
at which people can buy cats at a rea
sonablo price, ending with 8. 1t may be
cents. or 80 cents, OF 10 cents, / ut
there will always be four coppers IN it
sumew here. The pussies have been re-
cured, and provided with comfortable quar-
ters, and policeman will be stationed
at the entrance to this aisle to VAIN
away all people with dogs, as their ap-
pearance might injure the beha vior of the
goods.
1t may have been a great disappofnt-
ment to Mr.. Wanamakcr a little while ago,
that he was not able to break into the
United StGtes Senate, but we are tempted
more and more to believe that 1t WIS all
for the best. OF course, there is no know
ing what his great bargain counter and
Sunday-school principles combined might
have done for that hoary and venerable
in slit ct ion, but the commercial world
has soma Fights In Mr.. Wanamakcr- il made
most oil him-8nd the bright light of his in
ventivc genius might be proritsbiy allowed
to shine there for some time longer, 1t is
perfectly certain that nobody but Mr.
wanamaker would ever have thought of ~
tablisl ing bargain counter in cats. The
nearest that any person has ever come to
that was the Goddess medical student who
sent small boys hunting luckless quad
rupeds Of the feline persuasion for vivi-
sectional purposes. That inediral student
was willing to pay good money for cats
And in the watches Of the night, which
ought, according to poetic license. to have
been still, but were not because OF the
The evening times., 1897-12-21

1t is doubtful whether all the queer
things which are said TO happen in Kansas
really do happen there, but Kansas is
con, enient State ON which to tell .ncse
stories, and they are, therefore, told. The
latest tale of woe is that of gentleman
who swallowed a potatO-bug, and rea SON
ing that Paris green was fatal to rotato-
bugs, swallowed dose of that also, with
the natuial results. Nobody knows
whether it killed the potato-bug jr not,
but it certainly killed the man. All
things in life lave their analogies, and
this is true Of freak behavior as well as
the wise and Kind arrangements .'f nature.
This unfortunate gentleman might be used
to Eoint a moral for various communities
in which his method Is used to cure sin.
mar. for example, commits mis''c-
meano-. He may be- \ comparatively in
nocent sinner, he may be simply 4 bl IN
derer, ard not any more desirous of being
where he is than the pota to-bug, but there
may be let loose on him an amount Gf
vindictiyenpss and ha tired and ill-will,
which do more harm to the body polite,
than the poor, original potato-bug ever
could have done. There is an ethical
truth liz tins parable, and the moral u
it is, Pc suIe that your remedy is not
worse than your ,iisease.
The evening times., 1897-12-21

We are likely soon to See whether Mr..
Mckinley is as susceptible to business"
Interests ia some respects as ne is believed
10 be in others. The Act OF Congress de-
signed Ia stop pelagic sealing. and, incident
ally, TO cut Off the market of the Cana.
dian seal pirates, has been protested
against 10 the President by certain mer-
chants Interested in the sealskin sacqie
and ulster Industry. and it is said that,
tier efore, he hestates to affix his sigma
ture to the bill. This is sad, :f true.
over In the smithsonian Institution there
The evening times., 1897-12-21
THE NATIONAL RIFLES ARMoRY.
Il.ilOSOnhY.
CFrom the New York Tribune. f,

tFrom the New York Tribune.b
Gov. Stephens. OF Missouri, the other
day commuted the sentence OF "a negro
who had been Condemned to death for muir
der TO imprisonment for fifty years. Wien
she heard of II tie negros mcthsr was 81
happy that she began 10 smoke 4 cornc,b
pipe. Some one having suggested to her
that, aft'r all, fifty years Imprisonment
was a pretty Eeavy punishment, she ex-
claimed:
.'wot's fifty years? Pshaw, wot's de
penitentiary to WILLIE Amt he a young
man. Wot's fifty wears t. him? Anyway Us
he amt goin' tie. hang. doan have ter
stay up nights and 60 cryin about aud
speculatih' myself to death. l done stop
speculatin'; l done stop hit
The evening times., 1897-12-21

The Supreme Court will presently con-
is the p,; ,erial of turkeys tail? The
turkey himself cannot he intervie,y Vi, but
those wlo have hecn most intimately as
sociated with the bird. have chased lin
him and used him to satisfy hunger, will
undoubtedly sly that his tail is made of
feathers. a millinery firm Which has ust
bnugh: St ssveral thousand dollars wJr-l of
of quills- This firm, like many other re-
formers, has a reason for its principles,
a particular, special, personal reason. 1t
has imported these turkeytailS, and qu;i,s
feathers are not, by % per cent al vai".sm.
1t is quite important, therefore, from The
Standpoint OF this firm, that the IA ion
as q whole should stop calling the tur-
keys p'cudest ornaments feathers" and
learn t. say ''quiils.' The matter was
referred 20 the Trca surg Department, and
will be carried TO the supreme Court. A
great principle is really involved in .hIs
Casa principle which has to 10 v ith
many Thousands OF dollars and cents, eOr,
as nobody writes much with Quill ems
nowadays, and quill .uothpicks haze toen
largely superseded by the less expensive
and more hyrienic splinter, the quill IS a
free article is very mnoh on the same
line with apatite, asa foetida, and some
other things not in universal use. Tut
every woman's hat will be little hit
cheaper. 1t is really quite important.
The evening times., 1897-12-21

When Gen. Weyler was in command in
Cu'ia he used 10 administer some unkind
cuts with machete to hospitl ii inmates.
women and young girls: but the unkind-. st
cut of all or which he IS capable is CON
tanned in Ills statement in the Madrid
Nacional that his one object in life is
to defend the army and his cornmauI in
Cuha from the insults contained in P-a,i
dent Mckfiey's message to Congress -
This is a friehtfrl illustration OF the in
gratitude of the average Spaniard. Since
last March, and until he left Cuba, Weyler
Commanded the friendship and assistance
OF the administration, aud, through that
means, was able TO control the greater
part of the American Navy and revenue
service 70 promote his war against the
women and children OF the island He
was able 10 suppress the facts OF his
atrocities iE our State Department, and
10 keep them from reaching our Senate
and House oil Representatives.. He was
able 10 cause great neighboring nation
TO defy the accepted canons of interna.
tional law and the once-AInerican re.
spect fol liberty and common humanity
in his fs vor. Now, he turns upon the
friend ho alone made It possible for
him TO get ont of Cuba alive, and declares
that his ''one object in life" is to get
even with Nr. Mckinley for come per
fnnctory remarks in message, the re-
marks in question being not aimed 1T
him, but only intended to throw a SOP
10 the Ccrherus of American sentiment in
the Congress One would think that .ne
President rright get tired of his Splnis'l
friends and policy under these circurn-
stances
The evening times., 1897-12-21
Naval Expenditure OF the World
(From the PhiiadeI phia Record.)

VI iOiu IEc hcCDEusl
In a recent parliamentary document
the approximate annual naval expendi-
lures of the leading nations Of the W orld
are set forth as follows: Great Britain,
Sl26 ,O0c 900: France, $64 100000; the
United States, $50, SOC, 900; japan. $29,-
700 900; Russia, $4,000 900; Germany.
$21 600 900; Italy, $50 100000. The
tendency in nearly al countries is toward
an increase OF naval ornaments, AMI
the lust for sea power bids fair to In
volve even more: serious drain upon
public revenues than does the incubus
of miiitarism. While a navy amply
sufficient to repel possible attacks upon
our coasts is undoubtedly necessary fer
this country, we should be careful. on the
other hand, not to be inyeigled into poll
cies Of adventure which would compel US
to enter upon a career or rivalry with the
great naval powers OF Europe.
The evening times., 1897-12-21
AUCTION SALES.
RATcLlFFE, SUTTON & CO.. .Auctioneers

RATCLiFFE, SUTTON * CO. .Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF BUILDING LOT
ON L STREET, BETWEEN NORTE
t-.PiiOi- AND + ihS1 STREETS nv.
By virtue of 4 Gted OF tItst, CCly re-
corded in liisr No q G5. felio 2FS ct scI.,
one OF the land records for the District q.
COlumbIa- aud at the request OF party Sc
cured. we will sell at public auction In
front of tn premises on TUESD DA Y 18TH
DA Y OF DECEMBER. A. D., 1887, at
800 O'Clock p. m, the following described
real estate. situate In the city of Washing
ton, District OF Columbia. to wit: Lot
twenty-nine t29) OF Lauriusen and Bates
subdivision of square six hundred and fif
teen t6i 81. together with tn improvements
etc. thereon. Terms stated at time of
sale. A deposit Of $50 required at time
Ut sai.- All conveyancing. ETC., at pur-
chaser's cost.
ii. II. BERGMAN,
j. ". SCHAEFER,
de1417cI24 Trustees.