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Cash Quotations were follows: Flour dull and easy; No. spring Wheat, s5c@s1 16: No. 2 red. sl 25; No. Corn, 33hc; No. Oats. 2614o; 5oc; No Barley. 9sG51c; No. 1 Flaxseed, sl 2e: Prime Timothy Seed, s2 So@2 S5; Mess Pork. per bbl sl1 45Q11 50; Lard. per 100 fbs.. S 20Q6 25; Short Ribs Sides Ooose), s5 S5@6 2O; Dry Salted Shoulders (boxed), 505Ac; Short Clear Sides Cboxed), (. .356l6. 45c.
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THE TIME BALL.

Branch Photographic Office. U S. N. Mer-
 chants Exchange, San Francisco. May The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day-i. e., at noon of the 12Oth meridian, or exactly D, m. Greenwich. time. c. P. WEIGH,
 Ensign, 7U. s. N, in charge. a
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COMMERCIAL WORLD.

300 St. Paul. 42Oo Southern preferred, s4oo Union Pacific preferred ss0o American Tobao- co. 400 Chicago Great Western S1, TOO Peoples Gas. 3.e91 American Sugar, 5000 T., C. & l.. 42o0 Leather preferred. 1900 Western Union
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PORTLAND May s1. - Wheat. nominal.
 walla Walla, Soc valley and bluestem, ssc per l bushel WASHINGTON. TACOMA, May 31-The wheat market is demoralizeo, with s5c offered for club and bluestem 3G14c higher.
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CASH IN THE TREASURY.

WASHINGTON. May s1.-To-day. stat.rn.n. of the condition of the Treasury shows: Avail. able cash balance. Slss,s ,sO7. .462; gold reserve. s171, 1922, 142
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BANK CLBARINGs.

Local Bank Clearings in May were s67, 7s0 762, against S5S. .SS5, Ss6 in May 1seS For the year to date they are SS30 974 954 against s26S 062 599 for -be sa rna period in 1S97
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PoRTLAND's BUSINESS.
NORTHERN WHEAT MARKEr

PORTLAND. May sl.-Exchanges, sa15. 1s5 balances, So1e.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market firm: creameries 13d16c;: dairies nQ1Sc; Eggs steady; fresh. 91sc. Cheese quiet; 712Q7%c.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

WHEAT FREIGHTs-Continue nominal at Sos, usual options. The chartered wheat fleet
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EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. May S1.-CATTLE-Prices of cat tie to-day were 10c higher a result of the greatly reduced supplies Beef steers s4615 20; Western steers. s4 4oa4 GO; stoekers and feed CTS. A 25d4 75; and heifers, 8 40d4; can ners. g 5oG3 s5; Texas steers. s So94 70.
 HOGS-As a result of the collapse in the prices last week supplies of hogs show a big falling off. There an improvement of 59 10c: Fair to choice, s4 25G4 45; packers. s $50 22A butchers. s4 0554 50; mixed s4dI4 35; lights, B 75a4 25; pigs, s2 60d3 90.
 SHEEP--Under the influence of active de- mand and small receipts of sheep prices were stronger: Native sheep. 8 25l4 65; Western fed. A 25a4 50; shorn lambs. Aa5 50; wooded lambs S6 1o; spring lambs. s 75G6 60 per 100 lbs
 Receipts-Cattle 15ooo; hogs. 1s,ooO; sheep
 KANSAS CITY.
 KANSAS CITY, May 31-CATTLE-Receipts 1000. Best grades steady to strong, others weak. Native steers, A l594 s5; Texas steers s3 5oq4 40; Texas cows, g 5tD3 65; native cows and heifers, s2 50t64 75; stockers and feeders 8 75G5 30; bulls. $3 5O94 25.
 HOGS-Receipts, 20 900. Market strong to 5c higher; bulk of sales s s0Q4 25; heayies s4 l5 qf S21k; packers, 8 sO94 25; mixed, s S5a4 25; lights 8 65d4 o5: workers. s4a4 o5: pigs, 8 800 3 80.
 SHEEP . Receipts, 5000 Market strong; lambs, s5Q5 30; muttons, s3 5o94 90.
 OMAHA.
 OMAHA, May oL-CATTLE-Receipts 4oOo. Market, light firm, heavy slow. Native beef steers. s494 s5 Western steers. $ s094 40 CTS, B 90d5.
 HOGs-Receipts, 4soo. Market strong, 5c higher. Heavy. s4 1904 25; mixed, s4 10@4 15 light. s4 05Q4 f5 bulk of sales. s4 i21sa4 1b to choice natives. 8 7OGD4 40; fair to choice Westerns, 8 6o94 30; lambs s4 25d5 75.
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INVESTMENT BOARD.

....: Morning Session.
 50 Giant Powder 4s 30 100 Vigorit Powder ..:..s..........1 371a I0S F Gas & Electric, s 10......... :S7. 50
 *" Afternoon Session. 4oHawaiian c & S Co:.,:............... 1s 50 . 100 Alaska Packers Association. .......-- 94 % 10 Giant Powder 46 50 ':
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SUN. MOON AND TIDE.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
 Times and Heights of High and Low
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
TUESDAY, May S1-2 p.

U s. Bonds As guar coup. .110%112
 4s guar reg. .l071a10S15 4s guar new. .121%1221z
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01
Taxed Worse Than We Arr.

In the Philippine islands all males
over twenty one years of age must pay
poll tax that equals about four
pounds of our money, and the women
must pay three pounds. A man must
pay license to sell cocoanuts from
his own trees or indigo oi Ills own
raising. Every art;"'.' of furniture that
costs half sovereign is taxed. The
curtain never goes up at the theatre
unless 50 is paid to the government,
and for every act of slaughtering his
own animals, clipping his own sheep
or Telling his own trees, the Philip
pine farmer must pay fee TO the
government. There is exacted gov
ernment tribute for getting married
and for being buried. and at every
step and turn of his life the tax col
lector holds out his hand to him, and
it is not II demand that can he refused.
No wonder Spain wishes to keep
possession that yields such a return;
no wonder also, that the last sixty
years have developed seventeen rebel
lions in the MISREPRESENTATION lid
Bits,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01

A Transvaal doctor is credited with
the discovery of a new curative treat.
ment. He asserts that he can cure
persons of small poX, fevers, diphthe-
ria and many other maladies by simp,
ly wrapping them in milk sheets. The
latlln Ii, q, saId on Il mattress covered
with blankets, and is placed in q
sheet just large enough to envelop the
body. The sheet has been saturated
in pint and half of warm milk,
and is applied to the body without
wringing. After lying still for an
hour thus swatnsd, the patient is
sponged with warm water, or put into
Il warm bath for n few minutes to re-
move the milk. The treatment is
based on the germ absorbing power of
milk, and the idea of 1t is said to
have been suggested by the fact that
milk absorDs poisonous germs from a
bucket in which 1t has been standing.
st. Louis Globe. e.Democrat.
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Bedtime.

A physician Of courtly old-school
manners used to give prescri ptions
marked respectively for early bedtime
and for late bedtime. A discussion
arose the other day between severa.
friends as to what constituted early
and late bedtime. Some OF the la
dies maintained that ten o'clock was
the limit between the two, others
that early bedtime lasted until eleven
and a few who believed in beauty
sleep pleaded that early bedtime be-
gan at eight and ended at half past
nine o'clock.
So many people are engaged all
day, and the dinner hour is necessar-
lily, in city life, deferred TO so late an
hour, that families do not break up
from their quiet evenings until after
ten. Society pushes its hours later
and later, and the votaries of fashion
come near having no bedtime at all,
snatching their rest when they can
between one gay rout and other. The
invalid and the aged and the child
must perforce retire early. For those
study going persons who regulate their
lives by rule, and who habitually rise
at an early hour and breakfast pune
tually at seven o'clock, ten is certainly
good bedtime hour. Brain workers
would find their account in seeking
the repose of the couch and the
darkened and silent chamber, with
preferably Opaque curtains to exclude
the light of the moon and street lamp
alike, at ten o'clock.
A long sleep rests the mind as well
as the body, and prepares one for the
work of the next dav, whatever it
may be. Far better than an opiate or
narcotic is ;he habit of seeking the
pillow at an early hour, and quietly
lying still, with closed eyes and re-
laXed limbs, until sleep, gently wooed,
comes with its healing touch and
softly weaves its spells of balm.
The good doctor probably meant by
early bedtime any hour between eight
and half asst nine and midnight.
Growing children cannot too care.
fully be enjolned to get plenty Of
sleep. The boy or girl who has les.
sons to learn must waken early after
a good nights rest, and this is insured
only by punctualrty in retiring. Eight
O'Clock is a good bedtime tor all
young people under fifteen, and shpulc
be insisted upon by parents.-Harp
e,'S Basar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01
TRAPPIST MONKS IN ALGIERs.
How They Live at the Famous Monastery
Nf StanneIi.


| If Alg!ers is at present RATHER law
less paradise, the famous monastery
of La T"&ppe lie Staoueli is Il pal.dsc
of peace. The life of the Tra Npist
! mo-k is no idle dream. lie is the
hardest laborer one can imagine. As
l stroll about the farms and planta-
tions, says a writer, | see monks dig.
ging potatoes, chopping wood, gather.
Ing grapes, drawing water, wheeling
huge barrows of vegetables, directing
the laborers in the vineyards, plant
ing, hoeing, destroying weeds. trim
ming flower beds, toiling in the dis
tillery, carpentering, bottling wine
doing thousand things. Generally
they are clad in sober brown or white
habits, with hoods, stout boots and
big straw hats. But sometimes. when
their labors are very menial, they Gov.
er themselves up in a sort of loose
blouse, such as a butcher might wear.
In TINS they are unrecognizable. A
day or two ago 1 was on the farm
watching herd of little black pigs
fighting over their food, when n young
laborer came up and began TO talk
about pigs, naturally. He told me that
he looked after them. and invited me
to make the tour Of the piggeries. The
conversation slipped from the subject
of pigs to that of bulls. from bulls to
bull fights. Thinking the young man
was Spanish wcrkman-half the
world is Spanish Mt La Trappe de
Staoueli-1 drew out my cigarette case
and offered him cigarette. He re-
fused it gently, saying: II Is forbid
den; have not smoked. have not
been outside these walls for fifteen
years" And. turning up his blouse
with smile. he showed me his monk
ish habit underneath. I learned after
ward that he and his father had been
monks together at Ia Trappe. The
father Is buried now in the cemetery,
and the son presides over the destinies
of the Trappist pigs.
1t is Il mistake to believe, ms many
people do believe. that the Trappists
never speak. Some of them may speak
at certain times and in certain places
with strangers. They may speak i'm
order to give directions to the work.
men in the fields and about the farms.
But within the monastery and among
themselves they preserve continual 81.
lence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01

CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED by
local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Ca
tarrn is blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and muc-
GUS surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure IS
not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one OF the best physicians
IN this country for years, al d is a reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best. I'm
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lac Same Here.

Some people are never satisfied
The millionaire wants to be a multi
millionaire; the physician who has a
paying practice works on to increase
it at the expense of his struggling
brothers; the leading soprano III the
church choir sulks and pouts out her
pretty lips # the poor little girl who
hasn't missed service in years is al
lowed to sing three words by herself;
the merchant is ever on the alert to
bait away the trade that he knows his
competitor has right to; the lawyer
lies once and finds it so pleasant that
he keeps telling more every day; and
so 1t goes. But there is only one thing
in the world that we have ever wanted
TO feast our eyes on; when that is re
alized we will be ready to yield up the
ghost, for the Millennium will surely
have come. 1t is the sight of a foot
race, open to all our delinquents, from
their homes to tn S Office, to see which
one will get mis- arrears paid up first.
Prison Mlssionary-"Why do you
not attempt to reform1" Convict-"I
would, madam, but for one obstacle:
l am not at liberty to do So"
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been directed by General Dodge SO
markedly as it was previous to cleo
ton, and bits of truth regarding offic-
lal mismanagement are constantly
coming to the surface. 1t is stated
on good authority that Mr.. Mckinley
has been convinced that individuals
as we'll as the system OF the war de-
partment, which everybody admits to
be faulty, were responsible for much
unnecessary suffering and many
deaths, and that he wishes the guilty
punished. Whether any man of prom
nence is punished remains to be seen,
but the opinion is daily growing that
the Commission will have to report A
number of persons as deserving pun
ishment. The public will not be sat
ished if this list includes only a few
scape-goats in the persons of minor
officials. The two men who were dl-
Iectly in charge and who were respon-
sible for every order sent out by the
War Department are Secretary Alger
and Adjutaht General Corbin. and if
they escape punishment, it will be
ridiculous TO punish any of their
suburdinates.
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Cur Distinguished Cod =

The wife of London embassy at
tache enjoys relating the following
experience: During the time when
Colonel Cody was making his trium-
phant tour of Europe she was one
night seated at banquet next to the
Belgian consul. Early in the course
of conversation he asked: Madame
you haf undoubtedly been to see re
GRAND Bouf-falo-beelT Puzzled by
the apparently unfamiliar name, she
said: Pardon me, but whom did you
mcan| Wy, Bcuffalo-beel, ze famous
BouI- I-falo-beel, zat great countryman
of yours. You must know heem.' 1t
was only after some thought, says the
lady, that she recognized the well
known showman's name in this dis
guise, and comprehended that the
good Belgian thought him one of
Americas most eminent names, to be
mentioned in the same breath with
" .ngton AMI l. II n:oIn-Deti o,t FL zee
prnSs
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BLOOMSBURY DIVISION

Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia !
Reading Railroad for Tamanend,. Tamaqua
Milliamsport, Sunhury, Pottsvilie, etc Al
northumberland with p. & E. Div. p. & r. for
Harrisburg. Lock Eaven, Emporium Warren
Cory and Erie.
W. F. HALLsTEAD, Gen. Man.,
Scranton, Pa.
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4 good story is told about the prince
and is well vouched for. In the eight,
les, when the Radicals were more than
ever. clamorous and active, young
lord said 20 him:
"Sir, have you ever thought of the
possibility of this becoming Il repub-
lie. and your losing your title and in
come?'
"Yes. have" said the prince.
"And have you thought of what you
would do?" the young lord persisted.
~ ny. yes Sald the prince, there
would always be n chance to lecture In
America. a."-Providence Journal
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Reason Enough.

NO, George, don't ask me. l can't
go down the fire-escape with all those
people looking"
You must. You'll be burned to
death If you stay here"
II can't help it, George. / wouldn't
go down that ladder for all the world.
These shoes I have on are two sizes
too big for ne"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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There are indications in plenty that
the end of the investigation conducted
by Mr.. McKlnley's commission into
the management of the war is likely
to be very different from what its CON
duct up to election day Indicated.
The evidence heard, in Washington
and elsewhere, since election has not
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01

Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the multi
millionaire steel maker, who finds the
country IN which he made his money
not good enough to live In, and who
is said to have taken out British cltl.
zenship papers several years ago, in
Scotland, where he lives about three
fourths of his time, was raging around
Washington last week, on the Philip
pine question, to an extent that has
caused many TO believe that he has
big money invested in Spanish bonds.
That is the only logical explanation
OF his wild fool talk about hoping that
Americans will be shot down wher
they try to take possession of the
Philippines, etc.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-01
STRONG STATEMENTS.
Three Women Relieved of Female
Troubles by Mrs. Pinkham.

From Mrs. A. w. SMITH, SO Summer
St, Biddeford, Me-:
"For several years l suffered with
various diseases peculiar to my sex.
Was troubled with burning sensation
across the small of my back, that all
gone feeling, was Respondent, fretful
and discouraged; the least exertion
tired me. l tried several doctors but
received little benefit. At last l de-
cided to give your Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial. The eff
feet of the first bottle was magical.
Those symptoms of weakness that I
was afflicted with, vanished like vapor
before the sun. l cannot speak too
highly of your valuable remedy. 1t is
truly boon to woman"
From Mrs. MELISSA PHILLIPS, Lex
ington, Ind, to Mrs. Pinkham:
Before began taking your medicine
l had suffered for two years with that
tired feeling, headache, backache, no APP
petite, and rundown condition of the
system. l could not walk across the
room. have taken four bottles of the
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Pills and used one package of Sanative
Wash, and now feel like new woman,
and am able to do my work"
From Mrs. MoLLIE e. HERREL, Pow
ell Station, Tenn:
For three years suffered with such a
weakness of the back, l could not
perform my household duties. 1 also
had falling of the womb, terrible bear
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taken two bottles of Lydia e. Pink
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SHASTA REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION
Many Circumstances Point to Certain
Victory Of the Party-The
Ticket Nominated.

REDDING, Sept. 1.-THE certainty Of
victory in the November election drew
out, according to the apportionment, a
larger representation Of delegates to the
Republican County convention which met
in this city to-day than is of record in
the history of Shasta County Republic
canism Because of the large plurality
of votes polled for Bryan two wears ago
the Mckinley vote, was not 50 heavy as
in former years But out of the l6O dele
gates nearly every man answered to his
name. When it is considered that shasta
County is three times the size or Rhode
Island and that many of the delegates
had to travel as far as eighty miles by
stage and over rough roads, this Is in
deed remarkable showing.
Among other things the platform as
adopted commends the policy of the ad-
ministration in changing a balance of
s40O, OO0, 900 against to $4,000 900 in favor of
the United States: 1t also declares for
the collection of the debt due the Gov
eminent from the Central Pacific and
Western Pacific railroads.
lows: For Sheriff, Charles II. Behrens,
Clerk, F. Q. Blodgett; Recorder, John r.
Lowden; District Attorney, M. V. Primm;
Assessor, 7. 3. Smith Treasurer, G. w.
BURNER; School Superintendent, Miss
Margaret /. Poore; Surveyor, Alfred Bait
zell.
Interviews with various delegates from
different sections Of the county show that
there has been an immense detection
Presidential election of two years ago. In
the matter Of party strength the Demo-
Gratis occupy third place. The failure Of
the fusion proposition in local affairs was
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PRIMARIES Do
NOT DEVELOP
ANY SURPRISES

OAKLAND, Sept. 1.-THE country prf-
mar1es held to-day caused no surprise. In
only the Second and Seventh wards and
Washington Township was there more
than one ticket. The great battle-ground
was the Seventh Ward. In this ward
1t was we'll known the Hilborn-Metcalf
contest was to be fought again, owing
to the friction engendered by the issi,-
ance of blank certificates. 1t would seem
as If the breach had increased during the
interval, for the majority of forty-seven
for Metcalf was reduced to eight for Jor-
dan.
Not until the last ten votes were
total of 1886, was it known whether the
Jordan-Melvin or the Leckie- Webster
ticket had won out.
The contest in the Seventh was bitter
and also peculiar. The opposition was
led by Robert Leckie, who we'll knew that
he could not be nominated for Assessor
his fight to the last trench merely to
show how he could do politics, and he
succeeded in coming within half a dozen
the Mehrmann-Fisher ticket won. Mehr-
mann wants to be Coroner and Fisher to
be Superintendent of Schools In Wash
who wanted to be Public Administrator,
was beaten by H. w. Lynch, who wants
to be Superintendent of Schools, by 20
votes.
Recorder, Waterman for School Superin-
tendent and Howard Wright for the AS
for Dalton for Assessor and Allen for Dis
trict Attorney. The Third Ward is for
Church for Supervisor The Fifth is for
Cal. Ewing for Auditor and Tom Robin
son for Tax Collector. The Sixth is for
Frank Leavitt for Senator.
Alameda is for Barber for Tax Col
lector Rogers for Sheriff, Taylor tor SEN.
ator and Knowland for the Assembly.
Murray Township is for Fielder for
Treasurer.
Tomorrow will be occupied with eff
fecting combinations to be ready for Mon
days convention.
The Seventh Warders held banquet at
Barnum's after the primaries, and Billy
Pringle made a speech. disclaiming all in
tention of being candidate for the As
sembly, thus leaving the way clear-if II
was ever anything else-for Howard
Wright
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Maguire,s Campaign Committee.

A special meeting of the campaign COM
mite of the Mcguire Democratic Club
was held in Judge Mogan's courtroom
Friday evening, September 16, with Pres
ident Frank Conklin in the chair. Mr.
Oscar Hooks appeared before the com
mittee in behalf of the Mcguire League
and asked the committe to select three
members to be a part of the campaign
committee of the Mcguire League Act
Ing upon the suggestion of Mr.. Hooks the
chairman appointed the following mem
bers: DIR. w. J. Gavigan, J. A. Fenton
and Oscar Hooks. n motion of s. T.
Kohlman the campaign committee was
ordered to recommend to the club at its
next regular meeting that the members
thereof give their undivided attention to
the candidacy of Judge James G. Ma
guire. 1t was also ordered that the cam
paign committee meet every Friday
evening in Judge Mogans courtroom.
The meeting was addressed by James
H. Ferren, Oscar Hooks, j. A Fenton,
G. A. Bantel and Henry Blaney