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TO BUILD 4 BIG DRr DoCK.
MIR. HuntinEton's Proponsd Addition 70 His
shipyard Plant Ia Newport News.

mar. HuntinEton's Proposed addition 70 His
shipyard Plant IN Newport News.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Jan. 25.-Collis r. Hunt
ington. the railroad magnate and the founder of
the city of Newport News. spent to-day inspect
ing the plant OF tho Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company. Of which
he is the principal owner. Mr.. Huntington was
accompanied by yicc.P President Scowein of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company and G. b.
circuit OF Now York. President of the Shipyard
Company. He arrived here last night in his
private coach over tho Chesapeake and Ohio,
which was switched into the shipyard carly this
morning. Mr.. Huntington denied the report
that his trip to this city in company with
the Vice President OF the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company was In any way connected with
the building Of the long.talkcd-of vessels Tor
that line. He also denied tho report that Sir
william Armstrong nov holds an option on tho
shipbuildlnR plant in this city, but said That
man at one time had an oIier of u controlling
interest in tho industry. He said. to n reporter
that n now and muGh larger dry dock than the
one now In use here would be built, and that
according to tho plans for the new dock agreed
upon now 1t would no The largest AID most COM
plete in American waters.
THE hip yard IL 10 he enlarged and improved
to such an extent that there IL nothing in this
or any other country that Will epual IL In size.
He would make no statement as 10 what use he
exlscted TO put the half mile Of water front re-
Gently added 10 the yard. but said that the new
dry dock would not be quilt On the lately 40
Quired property.
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SITUATION IN CUBA.
h1sJeF DuFriVe Says II IL Fully as Nae ~
Has Beon Described.

hsjsF Durrive Says II IL Fully ~ Nae NJ IL
Has Been Described.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 25.-Major Edward Dur
rive, Quartermaster-G General of Louisiana ar.
rived here to-day from Havana. whore he has
been investigating affairs in Cuba. He found
the situation In Havana fully as bad as 1t has
been painted. the city being crowded with starry
ing people begging from house to house for food.
and whose numbers were daily increased by tho
refugees from the country. Food is scarce and
very high. Sandwiches are so cents each and
an ordinary meal is IS or "a. The secret senti-
ment In Havana is in sympathy with the rovolu-
tion.
Major Durrive was disposed to form q favor.
eole opinion of GoveruorG eneralBlanco. Blanco
mad introduced q number OF reforms which.
however. were not popular with the officials.
me entire Custom House force. which. under
"eyler. had robbed both the Government and the
people. had been discharged and new men en-
pioyed. He found . great deal of sickness in
havana. Yellow fever and smallpox are raging
there and the hospitals are full. While he was
there many Spanish troops were sent back to
spain. being incapAcitated from further service
because Of illness. Major Durrive visited Moro
oAsts. and 10 Of the opinion that any American
nAnorWar could completely demolish it In three
hours. :
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HEx1r 1ooM1s xsEsox HURT.
n Haitor o. usrper's weekly apd mis- wiz
Thrown nnto IN Rzcayntiop.

untoWb hnte m bHcnVntobs
NEW RoCHEILR, NY, JAM 5.-Henry Loomis
Nelson. the editor Of Harper's Weekly. and his
wife were injured last night by the upSettinG OF
their carriage while driving to Mr.. Nelson's
homo on Pelham road. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
arrived at New Rochelle from New York about
1890 and were met at the depot by the coach
man. Bernard Campbell. They drove rapidly
toward homo by the shortest route, which 10
over . private roadway through the Pintard
property. A sewer trench was open whore the
road intersects Liberty avenue. The carriage
struck . heap Of earth near the excavation. and
the vehicle and Its oooupantsfell into the trench.
Mr.. Nelsdp and his wife were imprisoned In
the oarriagdfor fully ten minutes. They were
helped out BY an omnibus driver. VIII heard the
coachman's ories for help. Tho coachman also
was injured. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson wero cen
veyed home in the omnibus and tho goodman
was taken to the hospital.
Mr.. Nelson's right arm and hand were
sprained. and he was bruised about the body.
Mrs. Nelson's head was bruieed and her face ID
badly swollen. Her right arm and hand were
painfully cut. The coachman may be crippled
for life. Mr.. Nelson said to. might that he would
be unable to write for several weeks.
"There was no light at the excavations" he
added, and we might have been killed had not
the coachman held fast to the reins and kept the
horse under control"
The accident will result in . suit for damages
against the village.
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ENGLAND CLAIMS HER OWN
MN. oURzoN's views ON TEE SIT
UlzIoN IN CHINA.

ne says THAT Every British Government VIII
Insist Upon Great Hritain's Treaty RiEhts-
ne Emphnsises the Deoisratiens maze by
Special Cable Dsspatch to TIE sUN.
LONDON, Jan. 2b.-In q speech tonight ct
Bolton Mr.. George N. Curzon referred to tho
Chinese situation In terms which. though not
very lucid, susgests that there ia an intention to
widen the scope Of the u%tterances recently made
by members Of the Government. He said that as
the other powers were showing q disposition to
acquire special advantages in China, Great
Britain was entitled to claim compensatory adj
vantages, and to demand that privileges
eivon to others should not DO inconsistent
with British treaty rights. It seemed to DO
thought in some quarters that any foreign
power might, by establishing what 10 called o
sphere of influence, introduce its own tariff and
set up exclusive commercial control.
Such q sphere could not possibly give
any government the right to abrogate
or ourtail treaty rights possessed by others,
and under her treaties Great Britain
enjoyed precisely the same right Of entry in
every port under the same conditions and tariff
as any other power. Great Britain's treaty
rights rendered tho operation Of spheres Of in
huencc in China impossible. Every British Gov
ernmont might DO relied upon to insist upon
these rights. This remark ELECTED loud cheers.
From the foregoing 1t appears to be Great
Britain's intention not only to keep the existing
treaty ports open. as the speech OF Sir Michael
Hicks.Beach has been widely interpreted to
mean, but TO insist upon having whatever rights
anybody else obtains in the future in every
Chinese port.
Some Of the morning newspapers, in their edi-
torial on the speech, shy at "compen-
satory' ADVANTAGES" The Standard. Q Tory
organ. suggests that 1t would DO moro accurate
TO say consequential guarantees.
Mr.. Curzon, referring to the negotiations for
q loan, said: I'VE have every reason and right
to hope that they viii be successful"
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OUR WARSHIP AT HAVANA.
MUCH BOOMING OF 6AENoN WHEN
THE NAME VENT INTO PoRE.

warships aud Ia CaSeua RzchanEe Salutes,
Cornplinentavy vistts Arc Paia. ana Mtg
Roat-Great neioicinE ArnonE Americans.
HAVANA, Jan. 25.-At IL o'clock this morn
ing the American battleship Maine entered
Havana Bay and anchored near the Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XII. and not far from the Ger
man warship Gneisenau.. Immediately after
anchorinE the Maine saluted the city with
twenty-one shots and the salute was answered
BY the fortress Of In oabann.
The Captain do Puerto. or commander Of the
port. was the frst Spanish authority 70 call on
board the Maine. A minute later the COM
manders Of the German warship and Of the
cruiser Alfonso XII. also boarded the Maine
and paid their respects. A little later the
Spsnish Admiral also visited the United States
warship. All tho visitors remained on
board for q short time exchanging courte-
sies with the commander OF tho Maine,
Capt. Sigsbee. When the Spanish Admiral loft
the American battleship and entered his boat to
return to the city tho Maine saluted him with
twenty-one guns. Tho Alfonso XII. answered
with the Same salute. Capt. Sigsbee told Q cor
respondent that no was charmed by the friendly
reception given to him..
Tho noise OF SO many cannon In Havana Bay
attracted to the wharves immense crowds. All
the balconies and windows Of the houses around
the bay were also crowded, The Maine pre-.
sented O very Ono appearance with all her crew
drawn up on deck.
AT 2P. M. Capt. Sigsbee left the Maine and
called on the Spanish Admiral. the CAPTAIN de
Puerto. the commander Of the cruiser Alfonso
XII. and the commander Of the Gneisenau. to
return their visits. His calls were short, and
after he had finished them he landed in Havana
alone. leaving all his men ON board tho Maine.
From the wharf he went direct to tho American
Consulate to call on ConsulG Genera Leo.
The American colony here is very enthusiastic
over the arrival OF tho Maine, and q banquet
will DO given to welcome the ~visitors.
KEY WEST. Jan. pa despatch from Ha.
vaya says that Consul General Leo and many
Americans in Havana paid the Maine o visit
and warmly congratulated Can't. sissbee on the
beautiful appearance Of his ship. It did them
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WILMINGTON LIKES TIE NEWS.

Crowds View the Model or the RHaiso In the
Navy Observation-Disclosures ships.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-With tho battleship
Maine at anchor In the harbor of Havana and
American interests there sure OF adequate
protection for the first time in three
years. President Mckinley and the members
of the Cabinet are conRratulating them
selves over tho Cuban situation. Sefor
Dupuy do LONE Is sending up peans of
rejoicing for publication In the newspapers of
the United States and Spain. He tells every
body that affairs in Cuba have become so tran
quill that the friendly visits Of American war
ships have been resumed. 1t IL even asserted
that the Spanish envoy takes to himself the
credit OF having tho Maine sent to Ha-
vana, q report which causes Administra-
ton officials to smile significantly. They
know that Dupuy do LONE did not want the
Maine to go to the Cuban port. and that he was
obliged to assent to the despatch Of that ship
through force or circumstances Tho assent was
given graciously enough, for the suave Castilian
is noted for his tact and acumen. but he would
rather have had 1t otherwise.
There is good reasaR for believing that Sehor
Dupuy de LONE was outgeneralled by such an
unframed diplomatist as Judge Day, the As.
sistant Secretary Of State When the Min
lister took advantage yesterday Of o visit
to Judge Day to speak Of tho tranquil
lily which prevailed in Havana he found the
Assistant Secretary surprisingly aoquiesoent.
and could discover no bridges over which TO re-
treat when President McKinley's Canton neigh
Dor and ~rigbthand man in Cuban affairs sug-
gested that tho time had arrived whom the
friendly calls OF American men-of-war TO Cuban
ports could DO resumed without fear Of exciting
apprehension In the minds Of the Spanish Min
istry and people, The pretence 70 kept up off,
cially that the United States and Spain arc on
the best OF terms. and iL ID natural that the Adj
tion Through Its representatives. should
further the idea that there y nothing signih'
I'VE have no. reason TO anticipate trouble a.
o consequence of the Maines visit" said Judge
Day behind his grim emile. The smile tnai-
Gated. no doubt. that he was thinking OF the
neat way In which. Spanish consent 10 the pres
ence Of tho armorclad at Havana was obtained.
The Maine sSTiysS quietly e. II q e'ealS LEX"
liberty, Consul-G General Ftzhugh Lee,
The vessels Of the. United States Navy have
merely resumed their customary visits to the
ports Of = friendly nation" says the Navy De-
President Mckinley says. nothing, but he
knows down In the bottom of his heart that the
American honor and lives and property when
the rapidly approaching emo comes.
while all this talk about peace In Cuba and
friendly feelings toward Spain Is going on
the officials Of the Administration neglect
to mention. several siRni1cant things. 1t
was learned to-day that the torpedo;boet
e poI the G Sdic1 ., Me Mexico ssns on a : prao sSs cr rIse
had been attached to the North Atlantic
squadron directly under the orders Of RoAr AID
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E1EvES LIVES 1osr IN 4 FIRE.
ThriIIinG Scenes In Spokane. where Scores Of
Persons Were On PeriL.

ReFeonu were N FeftL
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 25.-At IL 80 O'Clock
last night o FIRE was caused by an explosion Of
chemicals in the basement of the Great Eastern
block, q six.story ONCE and tenement building
on Riverside avenue, Spokane. The fro de-
stroyed tho building and caused the death Of
eleven persons, as nearly 90 can be ascertained,
a. follows:
Alice Wilson, aged 10; Maude Wilson, aged
s; Mrs. Rose Smith. aged 20; Mrs. II. G. Davies.
an elderly lady from Nebraska City. Neb., who
fell or jumped from tho afth story and died at
the Sacred Heart Hospital this morning. ".
n. Gordon. mining engineer; Mrs. Gordon and
three children: Charles Ethel, and Aims, eyed
IN TIE lodging iaSsi departRsnt Of Tie building,
alling the upper portion, there were about $50
hre occurred. The Ore originated IN tho lower
ste stSr N es sn5 II ~ z s ssmSrSSsls sp aSa me tS sis loss Of T ne
was so small. Smoke was soon pouring from
fifteen minutes the building to tho top floor was
later flames were seen breaking through the
roof. By the, time tho Fire Department could
r.. to TS ssyt ,ss h .sss.. Tsss ffs s ia r Tts!Pe 3, r Iss.
sSsh Yaa saS . sad afslh DOORS door 1 were making ani Ea9q piteo1 1s
Owing to the network of wires that sur.
rounded the building on W. fronts It required
sition.. The iirejmen worked heroicsiiy, and
through their well.directed efforts. assisted by
q number of citizens, many persons were res
cued.
xthrining rescue was that OF Robert Mason.
his wife, and their year-old boy from tho fifth
floor on tho PQst street side. From a fire escape
their window, the iremen threw a rope. which
Mason made fast TO his. bed and came down
hand over hand. carrying his boy: Mrs; Mason
ground the crowd watched with breathlessi In
terest. aud when she was grasped by the hremen
q shout of joy went up.
The Great Eastern block was built In 1890, at
q cost of $3.50. 900. and was owned by Louie
Levinski of San Francisco. On tho ground floor
were tho stores OF John W. Graham s. Co.,
stationery. and Skerritt & Donnelly. boots and
shoes. Both are totnl losses.
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100000 PERSONS IN CELLARS.
It Looked LIke n Tornado In sc. Louis and n
City WA Panic Stricken.

u ! AOoAGu IihB u uuruAaO IN bts Aouib bnu u
City Was Panic stricBon.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-A gale swept through
this city to-day carrying death. destruction. and
panic on its wings. Thousands Of dollars Of
damage was done. Business was suspended for
some time. Houses were unroofed. windows
shattered, trees uprooted, buildings rendered
assE.:s, en!szasyatsprlca eyer. persons ssosefn-
jured, and two were killed. -
August Wiemeyor, a carpenter, was blown
from the top Of the Shields School and killed.
Josie Peterson. 4 years old. was blown sixty feet
from a third-story porch and dashed to death.
The gales highest velocity was ~sixty-six miles
an hour. The storm started before dawn. There
was a heavy rain followed by hail. Then came
q period Of clearness. At $50 IL looked as
though a tornado was coming.
At once tho city was panic stricken. Within
a radius of ten blocks downtown $50 sign
boards were blown down. Traffic was stopped.
Fully loo. 900 persons sought refuge In cellars
and Easements till the storm was over. -
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WARD WILL CONTEST ED.
Princess Chimay was Interested ana VIII
Front by the DecisiOn.

Front " inc Dectslon.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 25.-The' famous Ward
will case, involving SO. 25O.OO0. was settled
in the Supreme Court to-day by a decision in
favor Of the defendants. The suit was begun
in the local courts SIX years ago against Orrin
w. Potter. executor of tho estate. Mrs. Catherine
ward.Cameron. now Mrs. Morrow of Chica-
20, widow of Eber=B. Ward, and mother of
the NOTORIOUS PRINCESS De Chimay. and her
brothers., Thomas r, and John b. Lyon, and
others. The plaintiffs, were DR.. 0rville w.
Owen of Baeonian Cipher fame. and six other
relatives Of tho dead millionaire, who asserted
that there had been a fraudulent arrangement
two brothers for tho purpose, Of ,depreciatiDg
the value O the assets. and buying them up
at a low figure. 1t was alleged that this was
accomplished through false quotations in
which the Lyons brothers purchased the stock
I'm behalf Of tho defendants. clearing moro than
90, 900, 900 by the deal.
The plaintiffs have spent S3b 900 in litiga.
ton. Their claim amounted to- "a, 000. 900,
but the courts decision leaves them no open.
ing for future, procedure. Princesss Do
VOWED is $4,000.
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POINTED a GUN At JUDGE MADn1

All the Robber wanted was 8 but He
Didn't Get It.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-Judge George A. Madill.
President of the Union Trust Company, looked
down tina barrel of q revolver at his office to-day
and listened to O command for $4,000.
The would.be robber. however. was outwitted.
Judge {Madil told him to be seated while he
went TO get tho money. The fellow paced mp
And a8whshs oflco for half an hour, and was
then taken into custody after a brief struggle.
When searched q small bottle Of n~itro-glyccr-
inc was found in one Of his pockets. The police
say the revolver was loaded with empty shells
only,
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HANNA FAMILY rs.
The Senator'S Son Daniel and his wife Mav,
Agreed Formally 20 Separate

The Senator'S Son Daniel and his WIFI Have
Agreed RsPmaIi 70 Separate.
CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 25.-Mr. and Mrs. q. r.
Hanna have separated. Mr.. Hanna is the son of
Senator Hanna. and Is virtually at the head of
his fathers immense business interests. His
young wife still lives at the Dan Hanna resi-
dence. 1850 Euclid avenue. With Mrs. Hanna
are their two children.
Daniel Hanna. in Cleveland. is almost as well
known as his father. In society he is o recog-
nized factor. He is a prominent member of the
Union Club. the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and
other social organizations. He is one Of the best
amateur drivers in tho city. BY tho terms of
the separation agreement Mrs. Hanna retains
the home, horses, carriages, and everything
connected with tho household and gets an an.
nual income of $4,000. The formal separation
was postponed until the present on account of
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Kansas Farmers Paying Their Debts.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. GA remarkable record
has been made by Sumner county in the release
of farm mortgages. Tho report filed to-day
shows q reduction in this indebtedness during
the past two years OF S541 .e5s. Tho real estate
mortgages hled during the years 1895 and 1897
aggregate S179. e53. while those released foot
up 81. O2l 1858. leaving $54l 1858 in favor of tho
credit side. There were S76 mortgages released
during 1897. II this ratio was maintained In
mortgages would aggregate 800. SOC. $50.
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PRESIDENT M,kIN1EY,s Yfs1r:

PIaus for Els Trip TO New York TO Attend the
manufacturer Association Dinner.
President Mckinley. who is coming to New
York tomorrow to attend the dinner of the
National Association Of Manufacturers. will DO
accompanied by Secretary Of the Treasury
Gage. Mrs. Gage. Senator Frye of Maine, Mr..
and Mrs. McWilliams of Chicago. Miss Mabel
Mckinley. his niece; T. A. Porter. his private
secretary. and Mrs. Porter. The parlor floor of
the Windsor Hotel will be given over to the
party. The President will be received at the
hotel with music by the Seventh Regiment
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sKUNKs IN THE CITY HALL.
Public Municipal Business In Cleveland ID
moralIzed for n Time.

Public Municipal Business In Cleveland De-
moralIzed for n Time.
CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 25.-Ohicials and others
having business in the Cleveland City Hall were
practically forced to abandon their work to-day
owing to the fact that fully twenty skunks had
taken possession Of the building.
day or two ago a party of boys engaged in
o skunk hunt on the eastern outskirts of this
city. They caught twenty-seven and started
downtown with them to-day. the skunks being
in boxes. When opposite tho City Hall tho
boxes fell and broke.
The skunks thus liberated. scampered in all
directions. Nearly all of them found refuge In
the basement Of the City Hall, which they en-.
tered by way of the street grating. Tho result
was an interference greatly with the city's
business.
Janitor Clarence Brown of tho City Hall
chased skunks around the basement all day.
Brown had a club, and wore 2 rubber oyercoat.
He killed two. Three wero killed at the Gen.
trail Armory, and another was killed in p. G.
Smiths barber shop. near the City Hall
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TROLLEY CAR LIGHTNING.

Ellen warner 0vercomo by the Burnins Out
Of y Car Fuse.
A trolley car Of tho Crosstown line was
stopped so suddenly at Bedford avenue and
Broadway, Williamsburg. last night by the
motormsn that tho fuse blew ont with a fnsh.
Ellen Warner. 10 years old, a servant. of 100
South Second street, was alongside the car
waiting for 1t to pass when tho accident oc-
CURED. The fash blinded her and she fell in O
faint. She was carried into q near. by drug store
and On ambulance summoned. 1t was some
time before she was revived, and then 1t was
discovered that her sight had been seriously Of.
footed. She was taken home.
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100000 III IN EAST ST: LOUIS

The Union Elevator. FILLED with Grain. aad
Other Property Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 25.-Fire tonight destroyed
the Union Elevator and all its contents In East
st. Louis, Ill.
The flames spread to the freight yards of the
Wabash. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy and
Chicago and Alton railroads. burning up o good
deal of rolling stock, all the depot buildings.
and half O dozen houses.
The elevator had been filled with grain only
two weeks ago. The loss Is 90, 600. 900.
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WIN nts Thirty Years. Permit 90 sheet MALLS
AGREES the Fridge Hola Goods
Az announced in THG Sun Of Jan.he John n.
Milholland's Tubular Despatch Company has
struck o snag in its scheme to lay tubes across
tho Brooklyn Bridge. Mr.. Milhollnnd's com
pany secured q contract with the Federal Gov
ernment to shoot the mails through tubes across
the bridge from the Post ofico in New York to
the Post Once in Brooklyn for $4,000 Q year.
Then tho old trustees Of the bridge gave the
concern q franchise or lease TO lay its tubes
across the bridge and keep them there for .
term Of I'VE years at 81, GOO o year. Afterward
An additional extension Of twenty-five years
was granted, making in all thirty years. This
was done In spite of the advice OF James @. Ber-
gen. counsel for tho trustees. who told them
that while the Hrst lease for five years might DO
valid the courts would mover sustain the addf-
tional lease for twenty-five years.
Of installing the conduits ON the bridge was be-
gun. A gang Of workmen were busy tearing up
central staircase leading to Tryon row on the
wornin siof Jan. Is, when John L. Shea, tho
SS%%issisS oPs .i Gs BID BSTid sSs vG s9Is %.s t ssIpa a gns
under direction Of the Tubular Despatch Com.
pany.. This wa. tho first intimation MIR. Shea
the right to lay tubes across the bridge. He i'm
mediately, ordered the work stopped and has
f e Gated so shs sS SSTpG sss sspS SSS Of sse is S1i'SG sr Snsss
tSs bridge. Now, IL q said, every effort psssi.
70 break the leases.
g. oonaden were the officers Of Mr.. Milhol;
t tsss sh sS@ SsnE s' g tss se ssp psasss j g isgfna aG sse s Con.
duits from tho Brooklyn Post Once down Wash
iSss0n4 York ssE' So. to o 81 sf e e. sS Esn als Tor sEo end Fl e
com@issiener Shea ssia;yesterdsy that he
reGardfng the VALIDITY Of the Tubular Com