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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-04
SING SING.

There will be public celebration OF the Fourth
in this village beyond the suspension OF business
generally and numerous private displays or hre-
works in the evening. AT the prison the inmates
will have extra rations issued to them, consisting
of boiled ham, potatoes. onion stew and real
coffee, with milk and sugar. for breakfast while
lemon crackers. gingerbread and cigars VIII be
added the usual luncheon served on holidays and
Sundays to be eaten In the cells. AS soon as break
fast is this morning the convicts Will remain
seated and a musical and vaudeville performance
will be given for their amusement on platform
erected end OF the biz mess-hal In the new
building At the close OF the entertainment the
prisoners will be marched 10 their cells.
John Noble. sixteen year old boy. staying for the
summer with y. Lickgoni. at Sparta, south OF this
village drowned yesterday afternoon having
been taken with a III while bathing IN the river.
His body recovered.
The garden party at 81. Johns School on Satur
day evening given by Auxiliary No. IS for the benc
NJ OF the Red Cross. was well attended, and a
satisfactory sum was realized. The Young Peoples
Guild OF Trinity Episcopal Church raised hand
some American flag over the main entrance TO the
church on Sunday morning with appropriate exer-
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TARRYTOWN.

Independence Day will be observed In Tarrytown
North Tarrytown and the neghbor!ng villages to-
day with more than usual ceremony. The MEM
bers OF the Company c Club which was organized
recently for the purpose OF sending supplies TO the
Tarrytown boys In the list Regiment. Will hold
patriotic demonstration. Many OF the wealthy cit-
zens have arranged TO make displays OF fireworks
at their country seats this evening. The Tarrytown
Rod and Gun Club will hold pigeon shoot in the
afternoon followed by u display OF fireworks In the
evening; the open handicap OF the Sleepy Hollow
Lawn Tennis Club will take place: picnic and
athletic tournament Will be held In aid OF the
Carmelite Church, In South broadway. and a similar
AFFAIR will be held in North Tarrytown for the bene
ut OF st. Teresa's Church.
Mr. and Mrs Austin Price Kelly. OF New-York
have returned to their country place al Elmsford
The Emsford Athletic club Will hold picnic at
Rye Beach to-day. making the trip In stages
BENJAMIN Franklin Council. Order OF American
Mechanics. attended the First Baptist Church last
evening and listened to n patriotic sermon preached
ty the Rev. George II. Ferris. Ills subject was
Some Lessons from the Downfall OF Spain"
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DOORKyOB THIEVES ARRESTED.

John Gavin. eighteen years old OF No go Amster-
dam-ave.. and William Nitze. nineteen years old
OF No 2io West Sixty -ffth-st.. were arraigned be
fore Magistrate Flammer In the West Side Police
Court yesterday morning suspicious persons. De-
tectlve Maher, OF the West Slxty-eighth-st sta
ton, who arraigned them said the youths were
members OF a gang which makes speciality OF
stealing doorknobs from houses. Thirty-nlne houses
in the fashionable upper West Side district, he
said had been despoed Of their bronze door
knobs by this gang In the last month. Among the
houses those occupied by Justice Roger A
Pryor. at No. West Sixty-ninth-st.: ex-Mayor
Hugh J Grant at No. 2sl West Seventy-thrd-st,
and Police Commissioner Jacob Hess, at No. IS
West Sixty-elghth-st The doorknobs worth
from 80 to so apiece. but the detective said they
had been disposed Of to junk-dealers for few
pennies He caught the boys on Saturday after
noon Three doorknobs were found In their pos
session. They were held In 500 for further exam
In
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WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

The summer meet Of the Hollywood INN A'n. nc"
cub will be held to-day at the Recreation rIe'''
Dunwoodie beginning at 1870 o'clock IN tne ai'e'
noon The contests 1o0-yard and ~o-yaro uas".S'
44o-yard rum sack race. running broad )u"'p' "s'
,,m, onemile run and one-lne bicycle race Thefe
are about forty entries in all. and h'c'y c'"'es'
IA expected More than usual interest ~ '""e' ~
the mile run and mile bicycle race. MeIor OF ,he
Harriers' Club has been training hard for 'ne
former race and many think he stands a good show
of winning Handsome prizes are onered TOT hrs'
and second In each contest The Held officers are
r. d. Garfield. jr.. Alexander Laird ana samue'
Hunt Judges at the finish: X. l.. Condor ana '""'e'
Irvine. field judges; Edward Buckhout ana IrV'hs
Kitcheli scorers: George b. Wray, referee; Charles
May Edward Connors and william Edle. timers
DIR r. r MulliSan. starter: Joseph Andrews clerk
Of the course: B. W. Gale. assistant. Two games OF
baseball will also be played at the held Inc hrS'
will be at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. between the
clubs team and the Riverdale Baseball Ciuo' tne
second Mt $50 o'clock in the afternoon, when the
second game with the Young Mems Cathohc Asso-
citation of the Monastery will be played In their
first game the club team won by score or 10 .
The postoflce will be open to-day from until "
O'clock I'm the morning The carriers Will make the
early morning delivery only The doors VIII De open
for box holders TIL noon and from TIL ocioch "
the evening All mails will be dispatched on sched
ule time A slight change In the trains stopping AZ
Yonkers will be made on the HUDSON IN'c' nan
road
The annual tennis tournament OF the PARK iiii
Country Club will take place to-day. The games
are mems singles and doubles, womens singles ana
mixed doubles Matches will be best two In three
sets: in finals best three in five. handsome prizes
will be awarded
The Palisade Boat Club Will observe independence
Day as usual. The clubhouse Will be trimmed wltn
the National coors and In the evening there will
be a grand display OF fireworks. This Will be pre-
coded by a concert on the lawn By an orchestra az
7:30 O'Clock The fireworks will be set OFT At
o'clock The celebration is In charge OF the Enter
tainment Committee. OF which Edwin A. DIVER is
chairman. Admission to the grounds Is by caro-
The Yonkers Yacht Club will hold It's annual races
beginning 10 o'clock this forenoon. The start VIII
be made from off the clubhouse, near the end or
GoId-st
At the Hollywood Inn Recreation Field on Satur-
day afternoon the local team defeated the Dakota
Field Club by score o. IA 10 3. The home club has
not yet been defeated this season.
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ASSEMBLYMAN MAHER DENOUNCED.

AT the meeting Of the Central Labor Union yes
terday Assemblyman John +. Maher was handled
without gloves by some OF the delegates. The
trouble began by Robert Winston. Of the Liberty
Dawn Association. declaring that Assemblyman
Maher had slandercd him Delegates Winston and
Pallas OF the Pattern Makers Union, APP
pointed a committee TO investigate the treatment
of the employees in the department stores Mr..
Winston declared that Assemblyman Maher had
slandered the committee by insinuatng that he
winston and Pallas had helped XIII the BIZ
known as the Mercantile Inspection bill and had
received pay for IT, The bill was designed TO bring
the department stores under the factory inspec-
ton law. . 49,.
Delegate Johnson wanted to know II Winston
and Pallas were sure that Assemblyman Maher
had made the statement attributed TO him. Dele
gate Farley declared that he had heard the AS
semblyman make the remarks. resolution was
finally passed generating Delegates Winston and
Pallas and denOuncinK Assemblyman Mnher.
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FIRE IN POSTAL TELEGRAPH BUILDING.
OPERATORS SCARED FROM THEIR DESKS
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS DAM
DONE.

Fire started in one Of the rooms on the SKIN
floor OF the big office building OF the Postal Tee
graph-Cab.e Company, at NO Z5I Broadway' JUS.
before O'Clock yesterday morning. and before IL
was extinguished did $4,000 damage to the build
Ing and Its contents
When the fire was discovered about twenty teie-
graph operators at work on the tenth moor
of the building in the opcrating-room All OF them
we're startled by the sound OF loud explosion
which ccemed to come from somewhere peio"
them They left their desks in great excitement.
and went out into the halls down the elevator TO
the ground, and sen; In n fire alarm Inc
hremen found that the blaze had started IN the
Office OF the Barrett Manufacturing Company. or
tho sixth floor On account OF the Roadway. which
the fire had gained a second alarm was sent IN.
and the flames put out after STUBBORN
fight.
The fire extended TO the office OF the American
Axe e. Tool Company. on the seventh moor put
got no further The building was damaged to the
amount OF about $4,000. and the contents to the
extent OF 5000 1t is supposed that the nre was Vas
caused by the explosion OF some chemicals IN inc
rooms OF the Barrett Manufacturing Company.
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NEW-ROCHELLE.

The Rev. A. II. Goodenough, pastor OF st. John 5
Methodist Episcopal Church preached Fourth Of
July sermon last night the subject "A New
Fourth and a Larger Nation" Mr.. Goodenough
assumed the proposition that nations are made
greater not as much by territorial expansion as by
the deeds OF their warriors and the achievements
Of their statesmen. EIe spoke Of the lustre that
Napoleon had given to France. Frederick the Great
and Bismarck to Germany. Garibaldi TO Italy and
Washington, Lincoln and Grant TO the United
Stats and said that after the present war Is over
the deeds Of Dewey and Hobson and other heroes
will occupy more important place In history than
tn, annexation OF any Of the Spanish colonies.
There will be no public celebration to-day In
New Rochelle. 1t had been announced that the
bronze bust Of Thomas Paine would be placed on
his monument In North-st. with appropriate exer-
ciscs but the sculptor has been unable 10 complete
IL in time and the funds necessary TO
have * mounted properly.
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A BIG DAY AT THE BEACHES.

The biggest day OF the season was enjoyed at tho
beaches and pleasure resorts on Staten Island yes
tcrday The crowds began to arrive at st. George
as early ns $50 O'Clock In the morning.
The visitors found little breeze. and what there
was seemed as II It came from furnace. The ma
FORTY OF the visitors went to South and Midland
beaches TO enjoy the bathing. and from o'clock In
the morning until dark bathing houses and suits
constantly In demand. and frequently crowds
were compelled to walt for their turn.
one prostra ton from the heat reported. AL
bert Hashagen. brakeman on the Rapid Transit
Railroad, overcome while switching train at
ST. Gcorxe Medical attendance was at hand and
he taken home In hall an hour.
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MOUNT VERNON.

The new Police Commissioners have organized by
the election Of James X. Fuller president; EDWARD
Martens treasurer, and James A. b. Stillngs. Sec
retary President Fuller Is a retired member OF
the New-York City force.
The factory Of the Ward-Leonard Electrical Com
pany near B.onxvilc. destroyed by nre on
Saturday. The fire companies from Tuckahoe ana
Yonkers were summoned and succeeded in saving
the Offices which are in another building The rae
tory employed about seventy men.
The graduates OF the Mount Vernon High School
were entertained at outing at Oakland Beach.
Rye. Friday I'd Saturday by the new members
OF the class.
The residents Of Vernon Heights are TO- hold the
on,y public demonstration In Mount vernon IN
honor OF Indepe ndence Day. There will be ball
game in the morning, in the afternoon at O'clock
the new pastor OF the First Congregational Church.
and other speakers. and at night brilliant display
O fireworks.
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WEDNESDAY. JULY
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NETWORK. SUNDAY. JULY 8. iseA
ARRIVED.

PORT OF NETWORK. SUNDAY. JULY 8. iseA
ARRIVED.
Steamer Nohican Qr) Dickens Swansea June q. In
ballast Hogan Sons. Arrived at the Bar s
Steamer Iyderhorn (Nor, Mammeraas Rotterdam, June
IS in ballast to Barber & Co. Arrived at the Bar At
steamer La Tourainc CFr) sante.. Hsvre June y
with mdse. ist .abin and 232 storage passenger .
Compagne Generate Transailarti9ue Arrived at the bS
steamer John sanderson (Br, Smith Havre June ~
and Depps 49,, with mdse 10 Barber Co Arrives
Steamer Trojan Prince tBr,. DobsOn. Leghorn June
and oar steerage passengers John seaser Arrived
the Bar AT $50 m . - , 40 .,,s
sulphur ore order: vessel to rton Son Arrived
at the Bar at 1870 p m. s..u.. p.o I.rs,ro Jun. H.
with mdss TO Busk & Jevons Arrived al "e pa' -
Gam "a ,,., por, so.i, Inn. a
with sugar 10 Trinidad shipping and Trading Company
Arrived at the par at m. ND Inn. q
with mdso and passengers NewNork and Porto RICO
Steamship Company. Arrived a, The Bar at -" m a
with mdse and passengers 10 + 5 Allen.
Steamer city ~ birmingham, BurS. savannah JuIy I"
"'sn mnse s rnH nnnn Uuphsrs NorfoK WITH rdss
and 20 old pominon steamhp 0o,npsny o,A
sandy NOOK J. July s. $50 p m-wina southwest
moderate br~ere: clear
ceory Dumols .Non for SANCHEZ srstsSrs
arr, East London. etc; Mendoa ODD. London pr,as
tPorp Oporto Lisbon via Azores. Algonquin. Char'eS
ton and Jacksonville.
THE MOVEMENTS or STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS.
London. July a-Saei. steamer Chesapeake tBr). ROD
Prawie Point July 3-Pas.ed steamer Naorilana Bels''
Queenstown. July S-sail.d steamer campania p''
Walker. from Liverpool Zoe Nsw.YorS, x..,. "a
puer,t New-Yogx
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PEEKSKILL

Fourth Of July will be quietly celebrated in Peeks-
kill to-day The postoffice will be open from to
10 o'clock a. m and will be closed the remainder OF
the day The first delivery and collection only Will
be made The banks will be closed and also all
nlecos OF business The Peekskill Gun Club VIII
have an all-day shoot its inclosed grounds Cen.
tcnniaI Hose Company No 4 will hold its annual
picnic at Iona Island
Cortandtyille this afternoon and an address by Dr.
James II. Curry. a veteran OF the civil war
James H. Haight and Thomas Timmons have re-
turned from Saugerties where they represented the
Peeksk Fire Department at the convention or the
Hudson River Volunteer Firemens Association.
Mr. Timmons was elected vice-president from
Westchester County.
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known and had never seemed Respondent or talked
FEW REGISTRATIONS REPORTED.

Although the heat was 30 unusually severe yester-
day. the number Of prostrations reported to the
police was surprisingly small. While on Saturday
when the heat was not so great eight deaths were
reported as due to the hot wave. and something
like dozen cases OF prostration occurred IN the
streets only two deaths and five prostratons were
reported yesterday. The police say that TINS was
due TO the fact that, the day being Sunday. people
when they felt the effects OF the weather.
These were the prostrations reported:
HEFTER Ida Of No. 500 vernon-a Queens; died at
her home
SACONEI Nicola Of No 555 West Broadway. overcome
at No. 2S1 Mercer-st; died at St. Nincents Hospital
REGISTRATIONS.
ARTS Antonio Of No 345 Nnth-ave., overcome at his
home taken to Bellevue Hospital.
F1AHERTY. Mary. OF No. 3le East Ninety ninth 81,
overcome Second ave. and Ninety hrst-N; taken
to Presbyterian Hospital.
HERTZ Minnie Of No 3I6 S,xh-st overcome at Grand
81. ferry: taken 20 her home.
LESLIE. Helen OF No. 1870 East seveneenth-st over
New-York Hospital
MORAN Peter OF No 34i East Twenty fourth-st over
at No. 93t First-st: taken to Flower HOSPITAL
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POLITICIANS AT THE SEASIDE.
| SPEAKER REED SENATOR PLATT AND OTHERS
AT MANHATTAN BEACH.


There was gathering Of Republican leaders at
the Oriental Hotel at Manhattan Beach. yesterday.
Thomas b. Reed Speaker OF the House: Robert r.
HIT chairman Of tho Foreign Affairs Committee;
General Benjamin T. Tracy, ex-Secretary Of tho
Navy: Senator Plat. State Senator Page and
others sat on the veranda and watched the waves
Each seemed to be wrapped in thought. and as far
as views for publication were concerned they were
non communicative. There were practically no local
polu clans at the beach aside from those men
toned The truth is the Governor is formulating
an elections bill, and he is paying much atten-
ton to the local organization. Senator Platt sad
that he would remain here from now on unless
they sent for him in Washington. He believed an
nd journmcnt would be reached In Washington this
week When some one remarked that Senator Pet
tgrcu had started in 10 read a book, the Senator
said. jokingly:
He had better read his Bible"
Senator Patt further denied that he had made
such statements We're attributed to him In a
morning paper yesterday. in which he was quoted
Of renominating Governor Black. lie said post
lively: IL never said any such thing ! have not
expressed my views about the Governorshp ques-
ton. ! must have been m!squo ed
called ~ believe" he added. the Governor Is In
cubating bill just now. but haven't heard the
FIRST peep Of what T. is to be-
General Tracy. who was present, expressed tho
idea that bipartisan State Board OF Elections
should be formed this Board 70 appoint a State
Superintendent Of Elections and local boards In
good salary for the State Board. but that for the
local BOARD he fell good men could be secured at a
nominal figure. He said this was only an opinion
Of his however. and had no actual support
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WHAT rs GOING ON To-DA

Anderson zouaves ts2d Rsgimentp 6 Mswf0rA r..
u ,nreSnD from No 1913 Bowcry to Battery PARK
Raising Of the Stars and Stripes. and ADDRESS w
Judge Jacob Kemple. Of Virginia. al the p"''''''
sunrise. -. A.. p,ock-
po,s,rg NJ the Stars and Stripes at the Bloc nn
horse One hundred a md tenth-st. Centrai r"'"'
sunrise. 80, ..,oor
prohabIe openinC OF the new Third Avenue
Bridge. .o. ao,o
Departure of New-York Christian Enaeeyor, vu
gates for the National Convention III
Tenn. Grand Central Station
Engine Company No "A. New-York Ere Depar ~
r,ont n present to Lieutenant n. B Tnurs,,on VI
The 9od Regiment silver cannon, Fort S'ocu'''
forenoon. rs Cro.s
Entertainment for the benefit OF the REQ E IIu
G, Francis de Saies's Church. broadway anu nun
ST, Brooklyn.
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NETWORK CITY.

An unknown man Jumped into the water from
the Battery wall yesterday morning. near the hre
boat station and was drowned. HIS BODY WIS "o'
recovered
Joseph Beckel. eighteen years oid' OF w. 'o'
Creenwlch-st. employed In produce estap'sn-
mont IN Jay-st while attempting to board canal
boat at the Jay-st pier yesterday morning. lei'
into the river and drowned.
Among the passengers who arrived yesterday
morning on the steamer La Touraine. from havre'
were s. c. H. Davis f. j. Otis. j. j. Vatabie' the
Marou,se de Wentworth and l.. Warren
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KILLED BY THE MONTREAL EXPRESS.

James Kenney thirty-eght years old, OF larry
town. n. Y. XII. led by the Montreal express
out bound near Kingsbridge Station, yesterday
morning. Kenney was the night fagman on the
New-York Central Railroad at the Old Broadway
Crossing a block OF the station He
relieved by the day Waterman at o'clock, and
started TO walk up the track. through the deep
rock cutting at the end Of which was his watch
mans box. The express rushed through a few
moments after he started. and later his mang.el
hodv was found on the track where the rail-
road crosses TibIts Creek at Riverdale-ave. 1t IL
thought that he caught his foot In a frog and was
unable 10 extricate himself before the train reach I'd
him.
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VISITORS 70 FIRST REGIMENT MEN.

An excursion party NUMBERING TWO hundred visited
the lst New York Regiment companies stationed at
Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. yesterday after
noon The visitors came from Albany ana ne .gh-
boring cities, and reached the camp about noon
The soldiers entertained their friends for number
Of hours showing them through the camp. and n
portion OF the visitors were accompanied by their
solder friends and relatives to South Beach
The soldiers in good health and spirits and
are prepared go to the front. orders ex-
pected soon which will send the troops San Fran
cisco and from there 10 Manila
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BUST OF HENRY GEORGE UNVEILED.
EXERCISES HELD IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY. AT
WHICH ADDRESSES WERE MADE BY
FATHER M'GLYNN AND OTHERS.


FATHER M'GLYNN AND OTHERS.
The monument to Henry George In Greenwood
Cemetery unveiled yesterday afternoon at =
o'clock by the Rev. Edward McGlynn. About I'VE
hundred persons were present.
An Introductory speech was made by Charles f.
Adams and Father McGlynn delivered long ad-
dress in the course OF which he said
This man suffered persecution. but to him. I'M
like most great reformers. 1t has been permitted to
see in his lifetime the dawning OF the better day
OF which he was one OF the harbingers. Was his
plan merely the bringing about OF a state In which
there should be hour or two less OF labor In a
day? Was II merely the attainment OF material
things for which he labored. and, we may say, died
on the battlefield? lie man who had mission
to teach unbeievng age the eternal -verities
HIS two great works are not merely textbooks OF
political economy: each OF them Is poem and
prayer
John s. Crosby Nnd Edward McHugh also made
addresses The bronze bust on the monument Ia the
work OF Richard +. George. son OF the reformer.
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MOUNT I<ISCO

The Red Cross OF Northern Westchester County.
auxiliary OF the American National Red
Cross which was organized here two weeks
ago has just issued appeal to the patriotic peo-
pie Of this section OF the county. The committee
states that IL Is anxious TO extend the members hip
OF the society, and that any one may join by giving
10 cents more any OF the needed articles. such
clothes for the Cuban children, hospital supplies
fruits jees, preserves etc. for our Army In Cuba
The society has arranged to distribute money boxes
I'm al the grocery stores OF the neghboring villages
WHARF all gifts may also be left
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SUICIDE ATTRIBUTED TO THE HEAT.

The only cause that neishbors can give for the
suicde OF George Deaufe hfty-three years old.
who has occupied room in Bush's Hotel. at No.
22,4 Frst-nve. for two years. Is the heat OF last
Friday. which may have crazed him lie WIGS
,ound hanging from a rope yesterday IN his room,
and in Is thought from the condition or the BODY
and the fact that he had not been seen since FIJI
attached the rope TO spike In the wall and Jumped
OF a chair. No papers left by him TO show
that he had been meditatng suicide for any length
of time. lie was IN any trouble. as far as Is
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HANNA AND mKISSON MEN Divide VOTE

Cleveland. July 3.-Thc Hanna Mel isson fight
was renewed yesterday In the Republican Con-
venuon OF the Judicial circuit. comprising Cuya-
hoga. Summit. Lorain aad Medina counties. The
main fight the seating OF the Cuyahoga
delegation there being n Haa INA delegation and a
MckissOn delegation. each claiming legal election.
Although the Convention was anti kisson by
n heavy majority, II decided 10 seat both Cuya-
hoga delegations splitting the votes I'm halves.
Judge John &. Hale. whose term Is about to
expire was renornlnatcd by reclamation the Nc
kisson men deciding a4S u Rut w q saJsdis1s "a