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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
GREAT LONDON FIRE
WORST CONFEDERATION SINCE
HOLOCAUST OF 1860.
Loss Estimated at Twenty-Five Mill
ion Dollars One Hundred and
Fifty Warehouses Gutted-Guar-
dian for Miss Cisneros.
$25,OOO,OOo CONFEDERATION.

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One of the most disastrous fires in Lon
don's history since the great holocaust of
1866 broke out in a large block of build
ings lying east Of Aldcrshot Street and be-
tween that t~horoughfare and Red Cross
Street, just after l O'Clock Friday after
noon. The flames were famed by a strong
wind and were fed by highly inflamable
stocks of Christmas fancy goods and filmsy
dress materials of all descriptions, that
filled every floor of the siX-story buildings
in the old street. Consequently the con-
.tiagration gained Roadway with surprising
rapidly and was soon far beyond the pos
sibility of being checked by the few engines
which were early Oh the spot. For four
hovrs and a half the flames hid their own
way and it was only after more than 100
engines had worked more than one hour
that the fire brigade sent out the signal
that the fire was under control.
The district ravaged by fire is bounded
by A%ldcrsgate Street, Red Cross, Maiden-
head Court and Bradford Avenue, and in
cludes the intermediate streets, Jewin,
Hamsel, Well and Edmund and Jewin
Crescent.
1t is officially reported that $50 ware
houses have been Quilted. a late estimate
of the damage done places the estimate at
nearly E5,OOO,OoO.
Nearly 300 telephone wires have been
cut, thus interrupting communication with
many of the big provincial towns. The
fire will cause an MORN advance in the
price of ostrich feathers which rose 30 per
cent. Friday evening. Two feather firms
alone have lost SIS, 0G0 sterling.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Order by Commander Clark.

In general order No. 4, Gen. G. b. Clark,
department commander South Dakota g..
\. r., calls attention OF inspectors to the
necessity of making inspections and hav-
ing their reports in the hand OF the DEPART
ment inspector not later than December 10.
The following appointments have been
made on the staff of the national COM
mamder: q. NJ. Stormout of post 81, lr0-
quois, assistant inspector general; Asher
+. Pay, post No. 4, Huron, To look after
patriotic teachings in public schools; II. p.
Hall, post No. d, Mitchell, aide-de-
camp. The following appointments have
been made upon the department COM
manIcr's staff: James Devine, post 1917
Wakonda; w. b. White, post q, Olivet;
Robert Date, post 80, Alexandria; G. j.
Anderson, post q, Plankinton: Z. Il. Hus-
ton, post 81, Armour; w. l.. Palmer, post
1856, Carthage; NJ. Conner, post 10, High
more; w. w. Haven, post l26, Parkston;
IL. II. McClain, post u, Mitchell; II. IL.
Howard, post 81, l.ennoX; A. L. Bridge
man. post 80, Springfield; j. NJ. Biedle-
man. post s, Rcdtield; j. o. Alley, post Is,
A.rtesian: ID. ID. lIoldridgc, post ~, Mad
ison; w. Packard, post lO7, Wentworth;
Warren Page, post 1877, Henry.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Sugar Beet Experin,en,s

This year the United States experiment
station at Bookings issued requests to
farmers generally that Il trial be made in
raising sugar beets for the purpose of an
alizing the quality at the station Accord
ingly many farmers complied with the re-
quest. Quite a number have heard from.
the station with gratifying results, all
averaging we'll and proving beyond a
doubt that this country is we'll adapted to.
the raising of sugar bects. 1t is probable
that soon a beet sugar plant will he erected
in the .neighborhood of Yanktun. as the
local beet sugar company, formed there a
year ago, are pushing negotiations as fast
as possible with eastern parties for the.
erection of a 5O0-ton plant.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
CHINESE PANIC STRICKEN.
Troops at Kiao Chao Flee without {.
Shot When Germans Land.

Troops at Kiao Chao Flee Without a
Shot Whom Germans Land.
A dispatch from Shanghai says that the
commander of the German cruiser Divis-
ion, Admiral o Diederich, landed troops
at Kiao Chao (Kiaccho) Monday Morning,
November Is. The three forts were held
by 1900 Chinese, and their guns com.
manded the fleet. Admiral Won Diederich
placed his four cruisers Immediately D
site; ready to fire, and sent an ultimatum
ordering the evacuation of the forts within
three hours Six hundred German troops
and six guns were then landed and began
to march forward. The Chinese hesitated
for a few moments, and then the whole
1900 bolted across the hills behind the forts.
The Germans quietly entered the fortiica-
tons, hauled down the Chinese flag and
hoisted the German standard, which the
warships saluted Immediately.
In official Chinese circles Germany is
considered to have committed an act of
war, but it is regarded as improbable that,
China, on account Of her weakness, will
take action upon it as SUCH,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Oats for Fort Meade.

John Harmon of Sturgis was awarded
the contract for supplying l, 1905 100 pounds
of oats to Fort Meade last year ana sub
mltlcd several samples of oats. all of which
were rejected. Another call for bids was
advertised and contracts awarded to two
other parties at IA cents a hundred over
MIR. lannon's bid. The parties supplied
something over 100000 pounds. When Mr..
nammon was called upon to submit. am
other sample. This he did and was in
structed to fill the balance OF his contract.
When lie received his draft for tile amount
of his contract, Sl,Gl3.33O was deducted as
the difference between his original con-
tract anu the other contractors. a protest
was entered by Mr.. Harmon and a letter
written to Senator Kyle. The matter was.
looked up and the extra money will soon.
he forthcoming,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Child killed bv Coal Cns.

A case of fatal asphyxiation in the fam
lily of p. D. Nattestad occurred at Sioux
Falls last week. The chimney ON the house
mad been repaired and morter. which
dropped down, choked up the tlue, filling
the sleeping apartments of the family
with gas during the night TO such an en-
tent as to render the father, mother and
two children unconscious. MIR. Nattestad.
IN some manner, gained the open air,
though in an insensible condition, and at
tractcd the attention of the ncishbors.
Upon entering the house the youngest
child was found dead and the mother and
son were unconscious
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Reward offered for Incendiarics

The county commissioners of Penning-
ton County met in Rapid City last week
the contractors and insurance adjusters of
Tie court house, and Il partial settlement
was made. 1t is expected that another at
tempt will be made to rebuild the struc.
ture. The county commissioners have
offered a reward Of $40 for the apprelcn-
sion OF the person or persons guilty of
causing either of the fires. There is little
doubt that both fires were i%nccndiary. The
first confiagration is more easily accounted
Tor from the fact that the court house was
occupied at the time by the county officials
and the fire may have been set for the pur.
pose OF destroying some particular records.
the motive of the last fire, if it were
inccndlary, remains a mystery, since the
building was not occupied and was only in
the first stages of cOmnletion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
KErcAAM CASE MYSTERIOUS
Developments Look Rad for the
MtlliOnaire's ALLEGED yXidox.

. <ktbORcu w luOWs
Additional mystery is thrown about the
Ease of John D. kctcLam in Chicago Will,
every development brought forth by the
police in their efforts to ascertain the facts
surrounding his death at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Wallacc-W alkup, or Ketcliam.
Joseph Keller, the butler at tie home of
the woman who now claims to be the
widow of Mr.. Ketcham, has disappeared
after having been held for some time by
Police Lieutenant Creighton, undergoing
a cross examination of the most severe
character regarding the circumstances of
the alleged marriage of Mrs. Wallace to
ketcham last September. The suspicion
has beer growing upon the police, as the
result of the rumors which started i'll Mill
waukce, that Keller appeared in the role
OF bridegroom at the wedding, and that he
and not ketcllam stood before the minister
with his face concealed under the folds of
a scarf.
Criminal proceedings are threatened
against Mrs. Minnie Wallace and several
other persons whose names have not been
divulged, but who John Borden Ketcham's
relatives will charge we're associated in
what they characterize as a conspiracy.
Attorney James Z. Purnell, representing
the dead bankers family, said that enough,
evidence relative to John b. Ketclam,s
life in the Indiana Avenue house, as we'll
as the marriage that was performed i'll
Milwaukee last September has been col.
lccted by detectives to make Il clear case of
conspiracy against several persons.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
WILL COMPLY WITH DEMANDS
Sultan Said to Have Notified Austria
to That Effect.

to That Effect.
A Vienna dispatch says: The Austrian
ambassador at Constantinoplc tclegraphs
that the sultan has declared his willing
ness to give Austria full satisfaction for
the Mcrzina incidents and in regard to the
disputes in connection With the Oriental
railroad.
A~dispatch from Constantinople confirm
ing the special dispatch from Vienna, an
nouncing thai the Turkish government
has agreed to the demands of Austria, adds
that offending officials have bcen dcposed,
says that the victim of the outrage, Herr
Brazzafolli, will be Unidentified, and as
scrts that the sultan has consented to paw
the claims of the Oriental railroad, which
is operated by an Austrian company, pay
ing the s1,25o,0Oo, being the balance due
the company for tile conveyance of Turk
ish troops during the recent wal with
Greece.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
aARKEr

Chlcago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to 1913; sheep, fair to choice, $2.0U
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to Csc;
corn, No. 2. DC to &c; oats, No. 2, 19c
to dc; rye, No. 2, Acc to 4Sc; butter,
choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh,
lie to 19c; new potatoes, 35c to SIC per
bushel.
1ndianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500 tn
1928; hogs. choice light, $500 to 1915:
sheep. common to choice, $500 to 400;
wheat, No. 2, Ole to 93c; corn, No. .
white, 26c to &c; OATS, No. 2 white, 22c
to 23c.
St. Louis-cattlc, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 1913; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, 9Gc to Csc; corn, No. 2
yellow, 26c to &c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c
to 22c: rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c. -.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to 1915; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50,
wheat, No. 2, 02c to 94c; corn, No. .
mixed. 26c to Csc; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c
to 23c; rye. No. 2. Acc to 4Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to 1915; sheep. $3.50 to $4.25:
wheat, No. 2. Ole. to 92c; corn, No. 2
yellow. 26c to &c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c
to 25c; rye, 47c to 40c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, CSC to CSC.
corn, No. 2 mixed, 2Gc to Csc; oats. No.
2 white. 1Sc to zoe: rye. No. 2, 4Sc to 48c:
clover seed, 1920 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, SEC
to SSc; corn, No. 3. 26c to Csc; oats, No.
2 white. 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to Soc;
barley. No. 2, 4Oc to 44c; pork, mess,
500 to $3.50.
Bufalo-Catte. $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $4.00; sheep. $500 to $500;
wheat. No. 2 red, 95c to &c; corn, No.
2 yellow, Doc to Bic; oats, No. 2 white,
25c to &c.
New York-cattle. $500 to s5.25; hogs,
$3.50 to $500; sheep. 800 to $500;
wheat. No. 2 red, 99c to 500: corr. No.
2, 33c to 35c: oats. No. 2 white, &c to
&c; butter. creamery, 15c to 2ac; egsA
Western. 22c to 23c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH JAKoTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
School Appor.ion,nent of $4,000
Has Been All Taken Up-Has Been
Used for the Refunding OF Old
Bonds-saving for Townships.
The Permanent school Fund.

Inc permanent school t'unO.
The land commissioners Office, when
the apportionment of the permanent
school fund was made in July, found diff
Guilty in getting some of the counties to
take their proportion of the fund, on the
ground that they would be held for the in
terest from the time they accepted the
!und, and there were no applications in
for loans to take it up. Since that time the
whole of h apportionment of $4,000 has
been taken up, and very little of it has
gone into farm loans. Most of it has been
taken up by the school townships over the
state in refunding old bonds. which we're
payable under their provisions. These
bonds were refunded into the state fund,
by which the townships reduced their in.
terest from per cent. to 4 per cent, with
the aided advantage of paying their inter-
est into the general school fund instead
OF to some foreign corporation, and thereby
getting a direct benefit for the money paid
out.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
SMUGGLING OF CHINESE
Canadian Pacific Employees Blamed
by n Federal Attorney.

c. II. Brown, assistant United States
attorney, who is conducting the trial of
cases in the district United States court at
Albany, n. y, is authority for a remark
able story in connection with the SNUG
Cling OF Cinnamon into this country. The
government, Mr.. Brown says, lays the
blame for the greater part of the illicit
traffic on the employees of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, and Attorney General
McNenna, it is stated, will institute an ;c-
tion against the corporation. The govern
ment AYERS, according to Mr.. Brown, that
the railway employees conspire with the
government officials to break the law.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
IN ARKANSAS
TRAIN BREAKS IN TWO
NEAR WlLLlFORD.
One Car Goes Into Spring River and
Two Others Take Fire on the Bank
Score of Persons are Injured
One Fatality Reported.
Passenccr Train Wrecked

Passenger Train Wrecked.
A train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott
md Mississippi road was dcrailed near
Williford, Ark, early Thursday morning.
The combination car went into Spring
River, and the chair car and sleeper
turned over. j. l.. Hoover was fatally
hurt, and twenty-five others more or less
seriously injured, but none, it is thought,
dangerously. 1t was Il fast train from the
south. 1t seems the train broke in two
and the rear part went over the cmbank-
ment. AS soon as lie could stop, the en-
ginecr backed with the fore part of the
train and the work of rescue was CON-
mcnced in the combination car and in the
burning cars on the bank, and soon all
were taken ont.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
BECOMES MRS. LoeAN's WARD
Evangclina Cossio v Cisncros Enters
n Washington Convent.

An order was issued by the district court
in Washington Saturday appointing Mrs.
John a. Logan guardian for Miss Evan
gelina Cossio y Cisneros. The proceed
ings in court were very brief, but tho
scnorita's appearance created much inter-
est. The application for guardianship set
out that Miss Cisncros has declared her ill
tention to become a citizen of the United
States so far as the law allows, and that
she intends to enter al institution of learn
ing in Washington and to hereafter re-
main a rcsidentof Washington. The petit
ton also cites the incarceration of her father,
Jose Augustin Cossio y Cisncros, and that
there is no time iNed fnrhis release. There
is reason to believe that it will he IL long
time before he is liberated, if at all.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Will Sue the milwaukee,.

The South Dakota railroad commission
Will begin suit soon to compel the Mil
waukee Railway Company to put IL daily
PASSENGER train on its line between
Mitchell and Chamberlain. This run was
ordered on by the commission, whose
headquarters are in Sioux Falls and The
company refused TO comply with the order.
III Is Tie opinion OF the members of the
commission, and of some of the best at
torheys, that in the event the company
cams the decision the commission ought to
lock its doors and 20 home.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Bad Accidcnt to a Miner,

A miner named Peter everett met with
a horrible accident while at work in the
Deadwood-T Terry mine at Terravillc. The
man had made every preparation for a
blast i'll the tunnel, where lie was working
alone. For some reason the blast failed to
go OFT and after waiting twenty minutes
he went up to the hole to investigate. lie
had no more than reached the place when
the charge exploded throwing him against
the rocks. His face received "a horrible
battering. His nose, Jaws, a part of the
tongue and ON eye were blown entirely
away. He is still living and there is hone
of his recovery.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Not Likely to retire.

Augustus G. Paine. an intimate friendof
Thomas Ii. Reed in New York says: sit
is true that pressure of large commercial
interests has been brought to bear on Mr..
Reed to induce him to retire from congress
and come to New York. Other large
interests feel, however that MIR. Reed
should remain at the capital. l have seen
Mr.lseed frequently of late, but the mat
ter of his coming to New York has not
been mentioned in Il conversation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Pardoncd by the President.

S. NJ. Folsom, former president of the
Albuquerque IN. Nd National Bank,
after serving sixteen months of f~ive-year
sentence in the territorial penitentiary for
falsifsing the published statements OF the
bank, has been granted a full pardon by
the president and released.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
COMPETITORS CREW FREED

omcial Announcement of Their Par.
don by the Queen Regent.
Minister Woodford has te%legraphed from
Madrid that the queen has pardoned the
Competitor prisoners.
In pursuance of cabled instructions from
Spain Capt. Gen. Blanco released from
Cabana fortress the members of the crew.
They were delivered to the American and
British consuls and took passage on the
steamer Saratoga of the Ward line for
New York Thursday.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Deputy U. s. Marshal.

Capt. George A. Ludlow, proprietor of
the Central House in Sioux Falls, has been
appointed deputy United States marshal
for South Dakota by Marshal Kennedy, to
take tile place OF Frank l.. Wade. Cant.
Ludlow, who is a veteran of the rebellion.
is a man of intelligence and of wide and
diversified experience. The new deputy
marshal is tile state commander of the
Veterans Union of South Dakota,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Seized a CARGO of Win Place.

Treasury Agent Converse j. Smith of
Boston has received word from Special
Employe Bum, who is stationed ON the
Canadian border, that he had seized at
E%astport, Me-, Il small schooner with a
cargo of twenty-five boxes of tin plate that
had been Struggled into port. This is tho
first attempt which the department has
knowledge of the smuggling of tin plate
into this country.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

Shouting Accident Near Dell R.ptds
Leonard Crisp, q lad II years old, living
near Dell Rapids, blew the whole top Of
bis head OF on Saturday afternoon. The
shooting occurred ID, the rear of the barn
on the farm of the boys father, and is re.
garded as an accident.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Rapid CITY Indian scl,oo,.

The report that work on the Indian
school at Rapid City has been suspended
by order of the government is untrue. The
foundation is nearly completed and the
laying of the brick will he commenced
soon. Contractor Ki,terman expects to
have the building ready to turn over to the
government by April LIST, according to the
contract. The situation of the school is
about two miles west of the cit; overlook
ing the valley.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Nearly Killed by Footpads.

DIR. Ira Dix, a prominent physician of
Junction, Paulding County, Ohio, was
held up by masked lighwaymcn while
crossing a bridge of the Auglaise River.
lie was then beaten into insensibility and
robbed of $24O in money and a gold watch,
The robbers escaped.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Runaway Boys Headed Or.

Two boys named Wade and Hardwick
were arrested at Yankton last week by the
chief Of police upon a telegram from +. L..
Wade OF Sioux Falls, stating that his son
had run away from home. 1t was discov-
cred that two bicycles had been taken by
The boys upon leaving Sioux Falls, one of
which they had disposed of, but it was re-
covered by the police.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Echo of the Dcbs Strike.

Fred II. Ketcham, a conductor on the
Northwestern Railroad, who took part in
the Debs a. II. L. strike, has been awarded
a verdict for s2l,d65 in his suit against that
company for blaclslisting him, and pre-
venting him from securing work on other
roads. He sued for $685. 900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
MAY LAST FOR MONTHS.

Colorado Mine Fire Not Likely to
Spread to Other Slopes.
While it is generally conceded that there
is but little danger OF the Smuggler fire,
near Aspen, Colo, spreading beyond the
large slope, where it is now burning. the
indications for Il lingering fire that may
extend into months are greater than since
the fire started November IL. All efforts to
locate the fire have been abandoned and
the fight against it is carried on in 81 gem
cral way between the seventh and eighth
levels, with water from above and steam
below.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Woman Sentenced to Hane.

Mrs. Adcla Sternaman was foundr guilty.
of the murder of her husband at Cayura.
Ont, Saturday and was sentenced to be
hanged January 20, 1898. Mrs. Sternaman
was convicted of numbering her husband
by administering arsenic for the purpose
of securing his life insurance.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Carpentry Plends t;uil,v

When the case Of the State VS.. Carpen-
Ter, for assault with a deadly weapon was
called at Pierre the prisoner entered a
plea of guilty. Carpenter was ,lr leader
OF the gang which broke Jail several.
months ago and the one who severely in
jured Deputy Sheriff johnson, using a.
piece OF gas pipe as n weapon. He re-
ceived a two years. sentence.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Newspaper Men Can't Go.

The treasury department has received a
number of applications fromnewspapersin
different parts of the country for permis-
sion to send representatives on the expedi-
ton for the relief of the icebound sailors
in the Arctic. AS only one or two at most
could be accommodated on the Bear the
department, in order to avoid the appear
ance of favoritism, las decided not to
allow any newspaper men to accompany
the expedition north.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Paper Prices Advanced.

Appleton, Wis, paper manufacturers
have received notice of the most marked
advance in prices that has been noted this
fall. The Barden Paper Company an
ounce an increase of q cent per pound
upon all paper below the 31s cent quality.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Wordcn's Execution DELAYED.

Gov. Budd of California has rcprievcd
until February IL, 1898, the sentence of
Saiter ID. Worden. the trainwrccker, con-
victed of the murder of Engineer Clark
during the great railroad strike in 1894.
The governor acted OH the advice of tile
attorney general,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Droppcd Dead.

August Prior, colored, As years of age,
who had just been elected president of the
Hotel Brotherhood of the United States,
dropped dead while receiving the con-
gratulations of the members of that organ
ization at their headquarters in philadcl.
Iphia Thursday.