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Dangerous Icebergs.

81. Johns. y. F.. May 31.-The steam
er Corean and Ualanda. which arrived
here yesterday. from Liverpool. as well
as other vessels report immense ice
bergs drifting across the NoItk Allan
tic shipping route. and seriously en-
dangering steamship.
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4 Bicyciist KILLED

Toledo. o.. May 3i.-James Cannon,
a young man. was killed yesterday in
a bicycle race at Waterville by his
wheel breaking down Cannon was
running at high speed when he struck
8 crossing and his bicycle went TO
pieces. throwing him on his head lie
died in an hour.
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Grafton by Gen. Joseph wheeler.

I.oston, May 3I.-This section of the
state was favored by excellent wealth
er yesterday, and nearly every citizen
observed the holiday in one form or
another. The principal event in q. A.
r. circles was the Memorial day ora
ton delivered at the Boston theater
under the auspices Of Edward Kinsley
Post 1l3. by Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
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Will Pay HIa Bonfismen.

c. F. Aycock, former treasurer OF
Boone county, who was convicted OF
embezzlement and pardoned after serv-
ing nearly two years of his sentence,
writes 10 a friend at Harrison that he
will devote his income in the future to
paying back the money his bondsmen
were out by reason Of his defalcation.
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Game. Were Omitted.

Omaha, Neb.. May Memorial day
was more generally observed through
ou: Nebraska than ever before. Owing
TO the strong sentiment against il
there was an almost entire absence of
spa ting events. At McCOok a beauti.
fui soldiers monument was dedicated.
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Ashland. y. H., May 3l.--A soldiers
monument erected By the grand army
with the assistance of the Woman's
Relief corps and the town was dedi-
Gated yesterday with appropriate cere-
monies in the presence of large gath
sring OF citizens and visitors.
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THE HANDS Of CHILDREN.
Washington Inaugurates Anew De-
parture In the Ceremonies
of Decoration Day.
THE SOLUTION OF 4 VtYtD PROBLEM.
yo1u nteer bands of Children Frem
the Public schools Performed the
Loving Duty of strewing Flowers
o. ths Graves of the Dead Re-
gardIee< of Section.

Washington. May 3l.-Washington
has inaugurafed a new Memorial day
custom. Soldiers graves were deco
rated By volunteer bands of children
from the public schools. The plan
has been carefully considered. and was
carried through with the hope that II
may become permanent The veter-
ans of the civil war are growing old
and few It is apparent that within a
short time the work of decoration
must necessarily pass to other hands.
An Appropriate Time.
This seemed to be an altogether ap-
propriate anniversary TO delegate the
patriotism of the country which has
been aroused TO a high pitch by the
recent war with Spain. Why should
not the school children give natural
expression to it by bringing together
the flowers and placing them upon the
graves of all soldiers. This has met
with hearty response, which prom
ises well for the perpetuation of the
new custom.
Children ut Every Cemetery.
Bands of children. divided evenly as
10 the sexes. visited every cemetery
in and about Washington. Their Of
fetal badges were white and pink car
nations They sfrewed flowers on the
graves of all American soldiers, of Tn
ion and confederate, and of those who
served against foreign foes. The pro-
gramme had been CAREFUL planned.
The assignments were made for all of
the cemeteries. The decoration was
done with the Grand Army posts. the
Confederate Veterans ana other war
organizations as witnesses. rather
than as active participants in the
strewing OF The flowers.
Nay soIye q Nexed Problem.
The spirit with which the children
and their teachers entered into the
work is all that those who suggested
The idea could have asked. If the new
custom proves what it promises to be
in Washington. il is expected to spread
10 the Whole country. If it does. it
viii solve the problem of joint deeora-
ton of Union and confederate graves.
and the children of the pablic schools
will hereafter do the memorial honors
TO the soldier dead.
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GeUd Than In

State Auditor Sloan has given notice
to holders of auditors certificates of
Indebtedness issued for services rem
dered under overdue tax laws to pre-.
sent the same to him for registration
within one year from May %, 1899. or
be forever debarred.
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Moopshiners Pardoned.

Dave Millsap. Alva Church and Harve
Bruce, serving sentences in the Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary for Illicit
distilling, were last week pardoned by
the president These men and Turner
Skidmore are under indictment in Pope
county for killing Deputy Marshals
Taylor and Dodson.
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Tnrred aud Fsathered.

A report reached Little Rock May
2sth that l. 5. Hart. aged 62 years, was
tarred and feathered By citizens OF
Hensley, a small town in Saline county,
for inveigling two little girls into his
apartments and making indecent pro-
posals 70 them.
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table manner At nine o'clock Mrs.
Estes g. Rathbone and committee OF
xuIuen who had been selected for the
purpose. were taken in Rear-Ad-
Ininal Cromwell's launch. escorted by
detachment of marines. TO the wreck
ef the hattleship Maine. where they
strung the skeleton of the unfortunate
craft with ropes of laurel and wreaths
of flowers.
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Al the Tomb of Gen. Grant.

New York. May 31.-The sareopha-
gus Of Gen. Grant in the tomb at
Glaremont cemetery WAS covered
with flowers. after impressive cere-
monies by L. :. Grant Post. g. A. r.
of Brooklyn. an address bY Gov. Roose-
welt and a presidential salute of q
guns fired from the United States
cruiser Brooklyn. which lay in the
Hudson just below the hill. with all
her battle flags flying. More than TO-
900 persons Witnessed the ceremony.
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Ihe French girls do not enjoy their
oleycles as do their American sisters
lhey may not ride alone and even IN
couples unless a father. brother .,
cousin accompanies them. Cycling is
rather frowned upon among the fash.
,ohaoles. Occasionally you see a fam.
AS party-father, mother and children
Out Tor spin, but they are usually
bound for the country.
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queen VIII Undergo an Operation.

Lcndon. May 31.-Truth says that
Queen Victoria has decided TO undergo
an operation for cataract when Prof.
Hermann Pagensteicher. director of
the 0pthalmic hospital at Wiesbaden,
thinks the proper time has arrived.
The operation will be performed. ac-
cording 10 Truth. either at Osborne or
Balmoral. probably after the parlia-
mentary session.
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Dsmented Negro Pardon.d.

Geo. McClanahan, colored. convicted
in Clark county in 1898 of criminal as
sault and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, was last week granted a par.
don by the governor. McClanahan is
So ex-slave and weak mentally.
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Quarantine Established.

Orange. Tex, May 3i.-Guards
we're placed at the louisiana state line
yesterday. and a rigid quarantine, by
order of State Health Officer Blunt,
has been established.
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Gould. Yacht at aueen.town.

Queenstown. May 31.-Mr. Howard
Gould's yacht Niagara, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Gould on board, arrived here yes
terday.
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North aud south Reunited.

Philadelphia. May 3l.-Memorial
das was more deliberately observed
IN this city yesterday than for num-
Der of years Government and munich
pal Offices were closed as were the
seEe ols. and business was generally
SUSPENDED. Prominent local orators
delivered addresses during the cere-
monies by the q. A. r.. al the various
cemeteries. The trend of all the
sPes eaies war that the war with Spain
had eemented the north and south in
a bond Of friendship never TO be
broken.
over the grave of Betsy Ross. in
~lsese house the first American flag
was made, there were appropriate sery-
ICES. followed the raising Of q large
flag By her great granddaughter. Mrs.
Mars Sydney Garrett. An address
was made by John Quincy Adams, OF
NesF York
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WHAT GEN. OTIS WANTS.
VIII he Satisfied If the Philippine
Army 10 Kept Up TO Il MAXI
mum of Thirty Thousand.
Washington. May s1.-The Post

Washington, May s1.-The Post
says:
Gen. Otis has informed The war de-
partment that be will be satisfied il
the army under his command is kept
at a maximum of 10000. The pres
ident will give him this number.
xrbject of Extended Conference.
The situation in the Philippines was
the subject of an extended conference
yesterday. between The president and
adjt-Gen. Corbin. In view of the
more or less alarming reports which
have been sent to the United States
from Manila, il is important to know
that the president does lot share in
the anxiety which these dispatches
created.
VIII Make Hi. Wants Known.
Gen. Otis has kept in close touch
with the authorities here. and if he
Was in a tight position. which the
press reports seem TO indicate, il is
felt that he would not hesitate about
making his dilemma known. On the
contrary, the adsiees received from
him show that he is not in nerd of a
largely y-increased army. He has ca
bled that the press reports of the ae-
tivity of the insurgents south of Ma
Mia have been greatly exaggerated,
and he thinks that 10000 men will be
ample TO meet all requirements.
Present strength of the Army.
The present strength of the army in
the Philippines. including volunteers
who are still in the service. is $4,000.
When the volunteers return. some pa
COO regulars will remain. or 5000 less
than the number estimated as neces-
sary oy Gen. Otis. The reinforce
ments now en route to Manila. or' I'M
der orders TO depart. will bring the
total of regulars up 10 the required
figure, but as there will be considera-
bile loss through sickness il is pro-
posed TO decrease the companies now
stationed in garrisons in this country
TO their minimum and increase the
companies in the Philippines to their
maximum. 1t is believed that this ar
rangement will give Gen. Otis all the
men he requires without disarrang-
ing the army as il is at present dis
tributed.
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Ihe lance of Attila. the great Bu,
would be heavy burden for a mode
=. man 70 cary but he not only carried
" eu' used esssweaPOR Of defense.
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No More Until Called For.

Ii car be stated on authority that
until Gen. Otis asks for an additional
force, there will be no enlargement of
the army. not even TO the extent of re-
eruiting the $4,000 natives provided
for in the army reorganization bill
which passed the last congress.
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Grave. of victim. of Two Wars.

Chattanooga. Tenn. May 3i.-With
elaborate exercises the graves of the
1900 Union soldiers buried in the Ma
ticnal cemetery here were decorated
yesterday. Resting beside the dead of
the civil war in this cemetery are sew
ersl hundred volunteers of the Span
ish war who died at Chickamauga. and
the decoration was a joint affair, par
tieipated in by veterans cf both wars.
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Decorated by school Children.

Gettysburg. Pa, May sl.-Memorial
day was observed AT the National eem-
etery here with elaborate ceremonies,
and the graves of fallen heroes were
decorated by school children and vet
eran soldiers of the civil war.
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Appropriation Budget.

Following is statement showing the
amount of the several appropriations
made by the last leCislature:
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Ar Louisville and New Albany.

Louisville. Ky, May 51.-union sol
dieIs who sleep in the cemeteries of
Louisville and New Albany, Ind. were
remembered with flowers yesterday.
The exercises. while simple. were inn
pressiye. The day was generally OBJ
ser ed as a holiday. business houses
and schools being closed.
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The news that VI. Ballot de Beaupre
had directly ascribed the authorship
pro duced condition of stupefaction
among members of the League of
Patriots in the ISecincts of the court.
They made no attempt 10 conceal their
cbagrin.
III is the collapse of our charges"
shoUted Maurice Barres, the novelist,
and deputy from Charmes-s IT. Moselle.
The anti-Semites generally bitterly de-
nounced NJ. De Beaupre, whom they
accuse of having sold himst>S.
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.r.Ey nEMEmnERED THE MAINE.
Add In Honor of Her Murdered Crew
Decorated the skeleton of the
ship Win FIowers.

Havana. May 3l.-Decoration day
Eas observed here yesterday in q no
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ArapIffied His Indictment.

NJ Ballot de Beaupre amplified lis
Indictment of Maj. Esterhazy, saying
that one new fact. from a legal point
of view. was the discovery that the
bel derean was written upon precisely
the same paper as that used by Maj.
Esterhazy. The judges in 1894 did not
know this. and, NJ. De Bcaupre de-
elared. that on his soul and con.
science. according TO his conviction,
thA bordereau was written by Ester.
hazy.
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VI. Mnneau Begins His Report.

Amidst great excitement. NJ. Maneau
the procurator general. began his ad
dress TO the court. He claimed that
tie change in the date of the borde-
reau constituted new fact apart from
numerous other new facts. and de-
elared that the bordereau was really
the work of Maj. Esterhazy. NJ.
Maneau dwelt upon the strangeness of
the general staff's protection of Ester.
hazy and the latter's ambiguity.
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lie deplored the attacks of revision.
ISIS upon the army. but said that the
honor of the army was not dependent
npun the retention of an innocent man
on DEVILS island.
n na Daa171ar.a a1A,aluIaI.
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Esterhaxy the Guilty Man.

M. DE Beanpre created deep SEN
sation by solemnly declaring that he
had become convinced that the bor-
dereau was written by Maj. Count
Ferdinand Naslin FsterhaZy.
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~ do not ask you to proclaim the
innocence of Dreyfus. but" cried he
with profound emotion, lit is with a
6rIr conviction and high sense>of my
1utv and Responsibility that l say
there is reason to grant revision of
the trial of 1894. and send Dreyfus for
refrial before another court-martial,
whose task will be to give a decision
@ifb full knowledge of the facts.
sr"Ai. report is ended" said NJ. De
Bcaupre. while cries of Bravo" and
other marks of appreciation filed the
court room.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-20
[Approved March III
CHAPTER ll5.
AN ACT relating to the sale of Real Estate Of
corporations on execution.

AN ACT relating to the sale of Real Estate of
corporations on execution.
Real estate, or any interest therein, Of any
corporation not created for supplying cities
or towns with wafer, nor for educational, re-
ligious, street lighting, telegraph, telephone,
or any public purposes, may be seized and
sold on execution at public auction, either as
real estate of banks. or as rights of redeeming
real estate mortgaged, are taken on execution
and sold, without the execution creditor first
exhausting his remedy against the personal
property of such corporation, and subject to
the same right of redemption as is provided
in either case. Seizure and sale by either OF
the methods provided in this act, pass to the
purchaser all the right, title and interest that
the execution debtor has in such real estate at
the time of such seizure, or had at the time Of
the attachment thereof on the original writ,
subject to the debtors right of redemption
This section does not repeal any other modes
of levy of execution, or seizure and sale of
corporation real estate on execution.
Approved March H.
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[ Approved March IT.,
CHAPTER lis.

AN ACT to amend Section twenty eight of
Chapter ninety of the Revised Statutes, relat-
ing to the Discharge of Mortgages, as amend
ed by chapter sixty-nine of the Public Laws of
eighteen. hundred and ninety-fve.
Section twenty eight of chapter ninety of the
revised statutes, amended by chapter sixty
nine of the laws Of eighteen hundred and nine.
ty-hve, is hereby amended SO as to read as fol
lowsi
Section %. mortgage may be discharged
by an entry acknowledging tho satisfaction
thereof, made on the margin OF the record of
the mortgage in the registry OF deeds, and
signed by the MORTGAGE or by his executor ad-
ministrator or assignee, and such entry shall
have the same effect as "A deed of release duly
acknowledged and recorded. If a mortgage or
his executor, administrator or assignee after
full performance OF the condition of his mort
gage, whether before or after breach OF such
condition, refuses or neglects for seven days
after being thereto requested TO make such
discharge or TO execute and acknowledge a
deed of release of the mortgage, he shall be la
BILE to fine of not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars, to be recovered in an action of the
casa
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CHAPTER lis.

AN ACT to amend Paragraph two of Section
fifty mine of Chapter three of the Revised
Statutes, relating to Town, Village and City
bylaws and ordinances.
Paragraph two of section ffty-nine of chap
ter three of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by adding to said paragraph the fol
lowing wordsi And to regulate the use and the
manner of the use of bicycles in the streets in
the night Tune so that said paragraph, as
amended, shall read as follows
III. For establishing police regulations, for
the prevention of crime, protection of property
and preservation of good order, and to regulate
the use and manner of the use of bicycles in
the streets IN the night time
(Approved Mar. III
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salaxy shan be In full for all the fees and emol'
uments Of the once; provided, however, thai
he shall receive in addition TO said salary the
legal fees for all copies ofprocesses and certil-
Gates By him made. The present judge shall
continue In once until the end OF the term for
which he was appointed. The said Judge snail
enter, or cause to be entered on the docke. OF
said court all civil ana criminal actions. win
full minutes of the proceedings in and dispos-
ton Of the same, which docket shall be AZ al
times open to inspection, and he shall perform
all other duties required of similar tribunals In
this state, Approved Mar. is.l
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CHAPTER l07.

AN ACT additional to Chapter eighty-one of
the Revised Statutes, relating to the sale,
on writ, Of Personal Property attached.
Personal property attached may be kept
upon the premises where the same is found and
the attaching officer may appoint a keeper
ther eof; but IL the owner of said property or
the occupant OF said premises requests the
oficer, In writing, to remove said keeper, the
ofhcer shall remove the property attached or
the keeper without unreasonable delay. hthe
defendant, in writing, requests the officer
making the attachment to allow said property
attached to remain upon the premises where
found until he may give bond dissolving said
attachment, the officer shall not remove said
property until the defendant has had reason
able opportunity to give said bond
Approved Mar. Ill
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CHAPTER III.

AN ACT TO amend Sections three ana six of
Chapter ifty-one of the Revised Statutes,
relating to the Organization OF Railroad
Companies under General Law.
Section l. The first eight lines of section
three of chapter flfty-one OF the revised stat
utes, is hereby amended by striking out all OF
the first sentence of said section, and insert
ing the following; Said directors shall pre-
sent TO the board of railroad commissioners a
petition for approval of said articles of associ-
alton, accompanied with map of the pro-
posed route on an appropriate scale. The
board of railroad commissioners shall, on pre-
sentation of such petition, appoint day for a
hearing thereon, and the petitioners shall give
such notice thereof as said board deems reas.
enable and proper, in order that all persons
interested may have an opportunity to appear
and be heard thereon. If the board of railroad
commissioners, after notice and hearing the
parties, finds that all the provisions of sections
one and two have been compiled with, and
that public convenience requires the construc.
ton of such railroad, said board shall endorse
upon said articles certificate Of such facts
and the approval OF the board in writing.' So
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CHAPTER 11e.

AN ACT to amend sections three and six
of Chapter two hundred and sixty eight
of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
and ninety three. as amended by Chapter
eighty-four of the Public Laws of eight
cen hundred and ninety-fve and Chapter
two hundred and forty nine of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
seven. relating to the organization and
control of street Railroads
Section 1. The first eight lines of section
three of chapter two hundred and sixty
eight of the public laws of eighteen hundred
and ninety-three. Is hereby amended by
striking out all of the first sentence of said
section, and inserting the following: Said
directors shall present to the board of rail-
road commissioners a petition for approval
of said articles of association, acccompan-
led with a map of the proposed route on an
appropriate scale. The board of railroad
commissioners shall, on presentation of
such petition. appoint day for hearing
thereon, and the petitioners shall give such
notice thereof as said board deems reason
able and proper, in order that all persons
Interested may have an opportunity to ap-
pear and be heard thereon. At such hear
ing any party claiming TO be interested
NAV appear in person or by counsel and such
appearance shall be entered of record. If
the board of railroad commissioners after
notice and hearing the parties, finds that
all the provisions of one and two have been
complied with, and that public convenience
REQUIRES the construction of such railroad,
said board shall endorse upon said articles
certificate of such facts and the approval
OF the board in writing, which certificate
shall be died with their clerk within thirty
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CHAPTER 105.

AN ACT to prevent Immoral Exhibitions.
Section 1. whoever in connection with any
show or entertainment, whether public or pri-
yate, either as owner, manager or director, or
IN .nv other capacity, uses or causes or per-
mits TO be used, a photograph or other con-
triyance, instrument or device, which utters
or gives forth any profane, obscene or impure
language, shall be punished by fine not ex-
cceding I'VE hundred dollars, or by imprison.
ment not exceeding one year, or by both such
hne and Imprisonment.
Section 9. whoever as owner. manager,
director, agent or in any other capacity, pre-
pares, advertises. gives, presents or partici-
pates In any obscene, indecent, immoral or
impure show or entertainment. or in any show
or entertainment manifestly tending to corrupt
the morals of youth, shall be punished by
fine not exceeding I'VE hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
tApproved Mar. III
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Improved Mar. III
CHATTER Ito.

AN ACT TO fix the clerk hire of the Probate
Court in the County of Kennebec.
Section 1. From and after the first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety mine, three hundred
dollarsa year shall be allowed the register of
probate for the county of Kennebeo for clerk
hire, said allowance to be paid from the
county treasury.
Section .. This act shall take effect when
approved.
Approved Marohi7.l
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CHAPTER 100.

AN ACT to amend Chapter eighty-seven of the
Revised Statutes, as amended by Chapter two
hundred and eighteen of the Public Laws Of
eighteen hundred and ninety three and Chap
ter one hundred and thirty three of the Pub
Laws OF eighteen hundred and ninety-five, re-
lating to the limitations of actions against
Executors and Administrators.