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COURT OF INQUIRY.
Admiral Sicard Unable to State
When the Report Will be Ready.

KEY WEST (F'la.). March Il. - No
member of the court of inquiry came
ashore from the Iowa to-day, and it
was impossible to learn on board the
battleship what, if anything, had been
done. At late hour tonight the cor
respondent of the Associated Press as
certained from Admiral Sicard the
status of the investigation. Admiral
Sicard said:
TT is impossible at this stage to say
how soon the court will be ready to
make the report. The members are
continuing their labors When they
are ready to re-examine the officers of
the Maine, whom / have detained here,
they viii either do so in the Federal
building or summon them to the Iowa.
The courts report has not yet been
made. and / am unable to say when
it will be made. The notion that 1t
would be in Washington by Saturday
probably was based purely on infer
ence"
There is good authority for the as
sertion that the court probably will
return to Havana before reaching its
conclusions.
BLOWN UP FROM OUTSIDE.
BOSTON. March IA special to the
"Globe" from Key West by A Maurice
Low says:
1T is learned tonight that a special
report of the work of. the court of in
quiry has been sent to Washington.
This is not the report and the findings
of the court which have not been
agreed upon. but it is in the nature OF
a communication for the use OF the
President which he may or may not
make public, as he sees fit. In any
event. it viii prepare the President for
what the board will report. and en-
able him TO take measures according
ly. as the court will find that the Maine
was blown up from the outsides
s.The full report. it is said tonight,
uyill not be formulated and in the hands
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SHOOTING AFERAY.
A Mexican Fatally and White
Man Seriously Wounded.

JEROME (Ariz.), March ia shoot
ing affray occurred about midnight last
night, in which a Mexican, Francisco
Jurado, was fatally wounded in the alb
dOmen. while a miner named Fred
Starke received a bullet through the leg.
Jurado is a tough character, and has
figured in numerous ARRAYS in short
time. Starke is a peaceable, quiet man.
The Mexican was the aggressOr. Sew
eral shots were fired in front of the
Fashion saloon, on Main street. After
being wounded, Jurado tried to get
away. but it is said he Will die. Starke
is now in the hospital.
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Batt1eship Oregon.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-Cap-
tain Charles lE. Clark arrived from
San Diego to-day and took command
of the battleshfp Oregon. This yes
sci is ready for sea. The coaling for
long cruise was finished the night
before last, and the vessel now has
L6Oo tons of coal aboard All the
necessary stores and a full line of am
munition are aboard. 1t is expected
that the Oregon will leave here for
Valparaiso on Saturday, but it cannot
be ascertained that positive orders for
sailing have been received from Wash
ington.
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49, ------------------
q Bit of ROYAL Hup,or

When IN the country the Princess of
"aies aeilghts in making little axpeal.
tlolis lncosnlto. An amusing and rrua
l'fsterv mas Just leaked out about one
ol tnese inpfomptu excursions at Sand :
fingham. Her royal highness, with the
."o plineesses' mad driven long dis
tance from home. in her farorite pe,n',,
carr ana as lunch drew near shey VIZ
sIad 70 put up at picturesque yiIlaga
inn The landlord had his suspicious a.
70 VINO ms guests were. and after lan~h
haa been served brought the visitors,
book. Whereupon the Princess. NOT to
.'t ne outcome. ',.e made the following entry
Mrs Wales and two daughters .--Ssa,
York Herald eW
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found by her in front room concealed
behind door She was positive it could
not have been there on the day before
the tragedy.
a number of other witnesses testified
along the same lines as at the Coroner S
inquest and the preliminary examina-
ton Several had seen Hof in the house
few minutes prior to the murder.
The hearing of the contempt proceed
ings against Attorneys Haynond and
Mcintosh was concluded to-day, but
Judge Cooks decision was reserved.
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POSToFFICE ROBBERS.
Ply Their Vocation With Success
in Missouri and Kansas.

ST. LOUIS (MoD, March 11.-Postof-
flee Inspector Dice to-day received de-
tails of the robbery of the Postoffice at
BoOnesboro, Mo-, last night by burglars,
who blew the safe open took several
hundred dollars in stamps and money,
and then set fire to the building. w. w.
Whyte, the Postmaster, was nearly
burned to death.
Three strange men, oStensibly stock
buyers from Glasgow, Mo-, are sus-
pected. and inspectors have been sent
out to run them down.
A report was received later that the
Postoffice at Cuba, Kansas, was entered,
the safe blown open, and stamps and
money stolen. Three suspects have been
arrested.
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Blackman's Sentence Deferred.

Los ANGELES, March 1.-THE SEN
tencing OF W. Fl. Blackman, convicted
OF emoezzling funds of the Los Angeles
Lighting Company, was again deferred
on account of an accident which befell
Blackman While in jail He is slowly
recovering
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Death of Mill Superintendent

EUREKA, March 11.-James Dollar,
the newly-appointed superintendent of
the Occidental Mill Company, died this
morning from an attack of la grippe.
Dollar caught cold in the woods a few
DAYS ago, and his death was sudden
and unexpected. His wife and two
daughters arrived here yesterday from
San Rafael, intending to make this city
their home
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Took an Overdose of Morphine.

LOS ANGELES, March 17.-Richard
Sontag, boolkeeper for the Capitol
Milling Company, this Afternoon took an
overdose of morphine with fatal re-
suit. 1t is a question whether Sonta~
knew at the time he took tho d,ua.
what he was doing, or whether he +,oi-
IL with suicidal intent. His friends
claim that it was an accident. Sontag
was intoxicated when he took the drug.
lie leaves widow and four children.
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More Goldseekers Sail.

SAN FRANCISCO, March !7.-With
her decks crowded with gold seelle"s
and small cargo of dogs of all kinds
in her hold, the steamer WalIa WaIla.
sailed this morning for Seattle. She
carried over 400 passengers. About
one-third of these are going direct TO
the Alaskan gold fields. The others
are mostly persons desiring % take adj
vantage of the low rates offered bv the
northern railroads to Eastern points.
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The jury DISAGREED.

Los ANGELES, March 1.-THE jury
IN the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Church.
who asked for $1,000 of the Los An
geles Railway Company on account of
injuries received disagreed to-day. 1t
Will be retired.
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Effort to Exclude Tadirants

VICTORIA (B. CD, March 11.-In the
Legislature Tomorrow the Provincial
secretary Will move that the Lieuten-
ant-GoVernor be asked to urge the Do
minlon Government TO take steps to
prevent sick and INDECENT persons. lu-
natlcs and criminals not British sub
Jects from emigrating to British Col
umbia. and to provide for such people
who are British subjects that may land
here.
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KOFF MURDER TRIAL.
Testimony Connecting the Accuse,
With the Killing of Mrs. CIute.

SAN FRANCISCO. March lin the
Hcff murder trial to-day Mrs. S. r.
Blanchard. lessee OF the house in which
the crime was committed, testified to
the effect that the coupling pin with
which Mrs. Mary Clute was killed was
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Gold for Shipment.

NEW YORK, March 17.-Lazard
Freres have engaged $1000.000 and
Muller, Schan & Company 100000 in
gold for import. making a total for the
day of 81 100000, and total in the
present movement of $14 100000.
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Child Drowned.

MERGED, March 17.-Charles Acres.
the o-year-old son of Edwin Acres of
this city, while playing along the banks
OF Bear Creek near town this after
noon, accidentally fell into the water
and was drowned
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w. III. Menke,s Liabilities.

SAN FRANCISCO. March I1--W. II.
MenlSe, proprietor of the Ivancovicn
winery in Santa Clara County. las
filed his petition in insolvency here.
Liabilities S3O,345 90; no assets. The
principal creditors are: California Tar
tar Works, S2,565; August Petzola. g.
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Withdrew His Resignation.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l1.-Col-
onel Seldom S. Wright. commanding
the Sixth Regiment. n. G. c., has With
drawn his resignation from the office
Of the Adjutant- General at Sacrament
ITO. The resignation of Colonel Wright
was rendered last January on his de-
termination to go to Klondilxe with &
party from Fresno. Since the Maine
disaster has developed "a E.arlilzsa sen
timent throughout the country. tha
Colonel has decided to remain at the
head of his command
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Earthquake at Highland Springs.

HIGHLAND SPRINGS. March IT,
Inc sharpest earthquake which has
been felt here for years was expert
enced at midnight. The vibrations We're
from west to east. and lasted fully a
minute. No damage was done.
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Dear Thing!

.spFsaaw " he said; that's nothino
why. when | was boy 1 fell out oe .
thtrd-stery window and struck rieht "a .,
my head. OF course It. hurt me so,aa e'l -
the time. but got oyer it all right.
How do yon know you got ove,. i -,
fight9 MS WiIs asked. IT'S barely nos ,s,l
sible that you would have had ora,na aes-
seod sense if that hadn't happanad ,l-'t = :
you. Cleveland Leader i'~i'sa 10
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Rich Strike at rreneh cu1aA

REDDING, March 17.-Mea.sra re-
ports We're received here Tonight of
the striking of a $4,000 pocket by Wn
Belgrave in the Washington mine at
French Gulch, twenty-five miles from,
here
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California and Oregon Lumber Co.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17-An
appilcatlon was filed in the Superior
court to-day By the Oregon ana Cali
Iofnia Lumber Company for leave to
ulssoiVe. The action was decided upon
py the Board of Directors rs being in
the best interests of all concerned
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Cheap Railway Fare Bill Defeated.

COLUMBUS, March 1.-THE House
defeated a two-cent per mile railway
fare bill by a vote of 4S to a against it.
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$50 II; Sanders & Co, $2,119 so: Da-
vid Woerner $591 20, and H. Menke
of Bremen, Germany, $13261 10.
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The WRECKED
STEAMER CORONA,
Captain GoodaIl Gives the British
Tug Lorne the Slip,
The Affair May Result in Serious Intarha-
tioHaI Complications.

Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley
Rain-Apricot, Cherry, Peach
and Almond Crop Practically
Ruined by Frost in the Vicinity
of Chico.
The record-union., 1898-03-18

Ihe ur-heen. or Chinese violin -
shape resembles an ordinary he - -
with It's handle. 1t has two strina.
and is played with a bow. HISS
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Of the Secretary of the Navy for some
days yet
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In Japan every child is taught to
write with both hands.
The times., 1898-07-10

second floor near the entrance to the
Internal Revenue Bureau had been soused
with mucilage. The mischief was eyi-
IDENTIFY done the previous evening and the
mucilage had dried by morning and
ciogsed the mechanism of the machines
SO that they could no longer be made 10
register
The matter was Immediately brought
to the attention of Assistant Secretary
Fanderlip. Chief WiIkie was called in
and several of his best men We're put 10
work 10 ferret out the culprit Canadian
spy business was forgotten, Du Bosc's
and CaTranza's movements were dropped
the war revenue worry and hustle became
dead issue and the best energies of the
Treasury officials were concentrated upon
the task Of trying 10 answer the enigma,
Who poured mucilage in the clOek?"
Captain of the Watch Cobaugh was
summoned. The names of those who
were unfortunate enough TO be the last
to leave the building the evening before
were placed upon list.
Mr.. Lyman. who is chief Of the stamp
division. sought TO find out # any mucil-
age had been sent to the internal rev.
enue bureau An examination of various
rooms was made and the exact amount
OF mucilage in each ascertaIned. All the
messengers were cross-examined. and
even the mucilage bottles were Inspected
to see if any mucilage had been poured
from them Two persons are suspected.
The matter stands thus. and the question
as to the identity of the culprit remains
a secret
1t took three men an entire day to re-
pair the clocks so that they could reg
lister at O'Clock
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centage of fatalities to the number of
casualties proves that the gun is less
deadly and generally more merciful than
small arms used in other wars
Comment has been made by the sur
geons at Siboney on the small number of
amputations made necessary by wounds
from Mauser bullets. The record shows
4 long list OF men shot in the arm and
in the leg. Were a forty-five caliber bull
let, driven by seventy grains of gun
powder at an initial velocity of about
sixteen hundred feet a second. to strike
the bone in mans arm or leg. the bone
would be terribly shattered and the flesh
would be hideously lacerated by bone
splinters. The man would probably die
from shock. or If he survived this. the
injured member would probably have to
be amputated.
The small. long. steel-eovered projec-
tile, flying at the rate of about twenty
three hundred feet each second, seems
neither to shock nor shatter
The work of the new type of rife is
one of the lessons of the war.
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MUCILAGE IN THE CLOCK.
An Investigation Instituted in tin
Treasury Department

who poured mucIlage in the clock?''
is the question now uppermost in the
minds of officials and employees at the
Treasury Department.
Chief Wilkie has been called into serv-
ice His best men have been utilized.
lMucilage bottles have been examined and
frightened employees questioned to learn
who the guilty culprit is but the hue
and cry remains the same, and the Of
fetal mind is still disturbed.
About month ago time clocks were
installed in all the halls and corridors of
the Treasury Department Orders were
given that each clerk should register the
exact time of his arrival and departure
from the building, in the morning. dur
ing lunch and in the evening, by dropping
a card into one of the time clocks The
clocks would automatically register the
time on the cards as they were put into
the slots.
Thursday morning 1t was discovered
that two or three of the clocks on the
The times., 1898-07-10
LESSONS LEARNED IN WAR
The Conf CT Has Shown The In
utility of Torpedo Boats.
ORnNANCn AGAIN5T MASONRY
The New Type of Rifle Has Proved
MercifuI Piece-It Disables Many
Men, But Kills Few - Surgeons
Have Not Many Amputations to
Make.

The Spanish-American war has demon
strated several things.
It has shown the inutility of the tor
pedo boat, and of the torpedo-boat de-
stroyer, except for service as dispatch
vessels service which may be more eff
fectively performed by less elaborate and
less costly craft.
1t has shown that masonry stands up
against modern ordnance better than
gunmakers thought it would. 1t is
maxim that ordnance is ahead of ar
NOR" and the influence was that ord
nance was incalculably ahead of stone
walls. 1t was believed that the impact
of a high power projectile would so frac-
ture masonry that very great section
of wall around the point of impact would
crumble.
The effect of projectile on cast iron
was startling. Then the power OF guns
TO pierce and fracture wrought iron
plates was observed. Later ordinary
wrought steel gave way. A conical pro-
jectile would not only pierce more than
its diameter of this metal but would split
up the whole plate.
Then came the Cruset nickel steel,
which resisted fracture fairly well. This
was followed by the Harveyized steel
a steel with a soft center and hardened
face and back. But nothing could be
devised to resist the projectile thrown
from modern high power gun
For these reasons it was believed that
little shooting would be required to reduce
| masonry to macadam. But the expe-
H.
| Porto Rico and before Santiago seems
| to show that masonry withstands ord
| nance fairly well. It has been said four
| times that Ell MORO was in ruins, but
| the latest proposition is that 1t shall be
| captured by storm, very ancient process
| for taking a fort.
| Another lesson of the war is that the
| new magazine rifle, though an effective
| military weapon, is not as fatal as tht
heavy calfber Springfield Winchester
| Remington, Martini-Henry, Hitchcock
| and other small arms.
| The first test in actual war to which tn
new type of rifle was put was in the Bal
maceda revolution in Chile. The gun
| used there was the Manniicher, an Aus
| trian rife. No critical observation of It
execution seems to have been made.
The Lebel and the Lee-Speedwell rifles
| in France and England were adopted be
4 cause of their execution on the range
| modification of the Spanish Mauser wa
| used by the Japanese troops in the Chino
Japan war, but the arms of the Chimes
| were so obsolete that the relative meri
of the Mauser to modern heavy calibe
! rifle could not be accurately determined
The Krag-Jorgensen and the Lee gun
were adopted by this Government o.
range tests rather than campaign work
The percentage of casualties to tn
number of troops engaged at Santiag
shows that the small caliber weapon |
I an affpctiya military y,ia.a h,yt Tho nor
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histories and biographies of artists, criti-
cal essays on art be contained in the
library, that it, in Itself, may become
a vital factor in aif education
C. E. McFadon, of Minnesota, is the
president of the department of music
which holds its sessiansain Gunton Tenn
pie Memorial Church. Mrs. Emma "a.
Thomas of Detroit is vice president, and
Miss S. Lillian Byingtoilj of Moline, H.,
secretary. Music as ID Stimulant in
Child Life" deliveredibye E. w. Pearson.
of Philadelphia, and What Makes Music
and What Makes Children Musieal?'' by
Mari Ruef Hopper, a yoTng musician Of
Chicago, who has been peculiarly sue
cessfu in her treatment of children de-
veloping latent musical talent were the
two most vital addresses of the depart
ment.
c. H. Congdery, of St Paul Mimi. made
several important observations, which
were eagerly grasped.
One of the points brought out in the
department of school administration,
which is in session at Columbian Univer-
sity. was in the paper by Job Barnard
of this city, namely, that the purpose
and value of manual training inspires re-
spect for the mechanic and elevates labor
in public esteem, two ends for which the
National Educational Association is
striving.
The department of physical education
DR.. C. Z. Ehinger, president had on its
program DR. Harris Z. S. Commissioner
of Education, who discussed the effect of
exercise on the vital organs, and Dr.
Ligh.ner Wilmer, the young psychologist
who talked on the mental factor in physi-
cal training.
The program of the Educa tional Press
Association, which Is meeting in. Mount
Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church, fol-
lows: st
Paper-tHow Should Matter be Classi-
fed in Educational Journalist" II. Nj.
Pattengill, editor Michigan School Mod
orator.
Discussion-Aaron Grove, editor Colo
rado School Journal. Denver, Col; A. E.
Winship, editor Journal of Education.
Boston: C. NJ. Parker. editor School
News, Taylorville. H.; Miss Sara D. Jen-
kns, editor Popular Educator. Boston.
Mass: Tom T. McBeath, editor Florida
School Exponent. Jacksonville, Fla:
Frank II. kasson. editor Education, Bos-
ton, Mass.
General discussion.
Subjects for informal discussion-"Re-
lation of Advertising Rates TO Circula-
ton" TO be led by S. Y. Gillian. editor
Western Teacher. Milwaukee. Wis; "Is it
Good Business Policy to Exchange Ad-
vertising Space for Space or for Goods? 2"
to be led by C. NJ. Parker, editor School
News. Taylorvile. H.; ITO What Extent
Should We Exchange with Newspapers? ?"
10 be led by Howard A. Gass, editor Mis-
souri, School Journal. Jefferson City. Mo
The officers are: John Macdonald, To-
peka. president; William G. Smith. Min
neapolis. secretary; George P. Brown
Bloomington, treasurer, Edward l.. Kel-
logg New York; Silas Y. Gillian, Milwau-
kee.
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senator Hanna Leaves for Home.

Senator Hanna left for home last night.
The headquarters of the Republican na-
tional committee have been permanently
closed. the work of the present campaign
being in the hands of the congressional
committee. Major Dick. secretary Of the
national committee. is now at the front
in Cuba and-Mr. Perkins has resigned,
both as assistant secretary of the COM
mittee as a private secretary to Sena-
tor Hanna. He is succeeded in the latter
capacity by Elmer c. Dover, of Ohio.
who remains here for a few days to close
up Senator Hanna's unfinished business,
and will then follow him TO Cleveland.
The times., 1898-07-10

and ships. We sunk one schooner. ST.
fenced the fort, and ran the gunboat
across the bar, where we could not go,
and at fifteen hundred yards put and
S-inch shells so close to her that al the
risk of going ashore she ran into a creek
to get out of range of our guns Our
shells exploded near enough to the gun
boat to put her on her beams end and
covered her with water We could not
tell whether we damaged her or not. We
were struck once by a shot from a small
caliber rifle at close range from shore
About one dozen shells exploded within
from one mile to one hundred yards of
US.
I'VE We're down at Santiago last Sun
day. Our fleet was lying around the
entrance to that place like cats about
a rat hole.
I'VE have enough ammunition and coal
for twenty days fighting and steaming
"As our sister, the Yankee, starts for
Key West this afternoon. l will have to
close. as she is TO carry our mail II
is now four days since we heard from
the outside world and we are in ignorance
of any happenings during that period.
How does Yankee and Dixie strike you?
Alis one. Ones all"
The times., 1898-07-10
THE WAAGrs TRIAL TRIP.
VIII DoubtIses Do Better Than Her
Contract REQUIRES

Lewes, Del, July 9.-The Japanese
cruiser Kasagi passed out the Delaware
capes at noon today for the New England
coast for her trial trip. There is no
doubt that she VIII do better than her
contract requirements of twenty-three
knots having made that on her builders
trial off the capes recently without a
select crew.
She was running under ordinary steam
pressure as she passed out
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THIS MARRIAGE "A FAILURE.
Mrs. George w. Moore Sues Her Hus.
band for MaintenanceL

DahG IDF M61nEen6nce+
So far as Lottie M. and George W.
Moore are concerned marriage is a fail
ure. This is especially true with regard
to the former who. although only mar
ried little over six months. is now suing
her husband for maintenance.
The parties were married in Alexandria
December 80. 1897 1t being agreed between
them that the marriage would not be
made public until March A. The reason
for concealment was that the husband is
a painter and he claimed that during the
months of January, February and March
ne could not find steady employment at
his trade and consequently could not
properly support his wife. In the mean
time the marriage was fully consum-
mated. and after repeated demands of
the complainant to have 1t made public,
the defendant did so. but still refused to
furnish her with proper support and to
live with her.
The times., 1898-07-10
DRESS GOODS TO ARRIVE TOMORE

In yard for best Of
iJG 81 1-2c. S a in
Stripe French Organdie.
Lovely designs in light
blue, pink. salmon and
lavender.
The times., 1898-07-10
First Excursion to Niagara Falls
and Return via Pennsylvania
RaiIro1d

Tickets on sale for 1850 a. m. train from
Washington, Tuesday. July u, limited TO
ten days, good to stop off at Buffalo.
Rochester, and Watkins on return trip
within limit. $1,000 Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union In session at Buffalo
iels. q. .s0y2, s. Bpm -jel9 26. .2s. .iyS. .7.Io.am
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lNc yard for real
Iue French Organdies.
such as generally retail
at 25c. yard: pretty fig
ures, all colors.