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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
MASONIC HONORS
Arrangements Have Been Made
For Funeral Of Henry A.
Denny on Friday
LEICESTER VANDALS
PAINT A DOOR POST
DoWnpOur of Rain Welcome to
All Who Feared Failure of
Water Supply

Leicester, Dec 12.-The funeral Of
Henry A. Denny will be held Friday
afternoon at 1 o'clock in the First Con-
gregational church. Members of Morn
Ing Star Lodge, A. F. of A. NJ, from
Leicester and Worcester, will attend in
a body
They will meet at the Leicester hotel
at 12,45 and march over in a body
Worshipful Master Charles A. Weaver
of Morning Star lodge will have charge
and the oldest member OF any Masonic
lodge will be buried with full Masonic
honors
The funeral of Daniel S. Weld of Oak
ham was held at the home of mis- daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jerry Mann, at noon today
Rev. A. A. Bronson of the First Con-
gregational church OF Oakham, where
Mr.. Weld attended, conducted the SER
vices. There We're many floral offer
tngss from friends A quartet consisting
of Mrs. J. Sidney Whittemore, Miss
Alice NJ. Guilds, George H. Monroe, and
H. e. Currier, sang selections. The
bearers We're James Holmes and Albert
Snow of Spencer, Fred Eastman of
Worcester. and a grandson, Charles A.
Mann of Leicester
A number of persons from out-of-
town attended, including Albert Snow
and wife, James Holmes, Miss Marion
Holmes, Edwin Bems and Walter Par
ker, Spencer; Edwin Remington and
wife, Fred Eastman and Miss Florence
Eastman, Worcester; William Park
man and wife, Miss Sophronia Parker,
Oakham The burial was al Paxton.
Some days ago some person or per-
sons unknown marked the big stone
post at the lower end Of Mr.. Dexter
Knights stone fenceTith red and white
substance in a. conspicuous manner. 1t
was found to be something that would
not wash off and Mr.. Knight COM
planned to the selectmen. They have de-
cided to offer a reward for the detection
of any one committing any such nuis-
anceS.
The four-days-old daughter of Park
man T. Denny and wife, Ruth Parkman
Denny, died this morning. The funeral
and burial will be private, and will be
held on Thursday
The rain beat down in gusts this
afternoon and high wind accompanied
it. Leicester was in no danger of
water famine, but every drop is needed.
A week of such rain would bring joy to
the ice men and mill owners. Sargent's
pond is quite full, but Waite's pond is
very low
Since the city of Worcester took Ket-
tie brook there is little but surplus
water running into Waites pond and as
it is used as a reservoir by Cherry Val
ley mill owners its supply is drawn on
when the mill ponds are low.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
WANTS GIFT BACK
Uxbridge Develops a King Lear
In Person of Dennis Carey

Uxbridge. Dec 1.-THE case of Denis
Carey and Elizabeth Carey, his daugh-
ter, is being watched eagerly by Tx
bridge people. Some time ago Carey
transferred property to his daughter
Now he sues to recover it. under the
plea that he was not at the time in
a fit condition TO transfer the property
Francis P. Brady of UXbridge appears
for the defendant; Blackmer &
Vaughan of Worcester for the COM
plainant
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
TEN PER CENT RAISE
Slater Cotton Co. Win Pay En-
pIoyeeS Better Wages

Webster, Dec. 12-An increase of 10
per cent in the wages of the employees
of the Slater Cotton company took eff
feet today. Seven hundred men and
women are affected by the change. As
the concern in question is not included
in any trust, the action was voluntary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
WORCESTER NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Worcester National Bank will be
N orcester on the SECOND TUESDAY
t9th) of January 1900 at II o'clock a. M.
to choose directors for the ensuing year
and transact any other business that may
legally come before the meeting,
JAMES +. HAMILTON, Cashier
Worcester Mass, December 6. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
TIVE OXFORD NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the oxford National Bank of oxford,
Mass. will be held attheir banking rooms
o'clock a. M. for the election of directors
for the ensuing year and for the transac'
ton of any other business that may le
gally come before them
c. E. SHERMAN, Cashier.
Oxford Mass, Dec. 9Th, 1889
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
THE GRAFTON NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Grafton National Bank of Grafton
Mass will be held AT their banking rooms
on TUESDAY. JANUARY g. 1900 at 2
O'Clock .. M, for the election Of directors
for the ensuing year. and for the trans
action of any other business that may
legally come before them.
A. A SIMMONS, Cashier.
Grafton. Mass. Dec. g. 1899
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
EDWARD D. HAYDEN,
Secretary and Cler'
Leicester National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
held at their rooms on TUESDAY, Jan.
9, 1900, at 8 oclock p. m, for the election
of directors and the transaction of any
other business that may legally come be-
fore them
PARKMAN T. DENNY. Cashier.
Leicester Mass, Dec. o. 1889.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
OF WORCESTERSHIRE annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Central Ma
tional Bank of Worcester, Mass, will BE-
held at their banking rooms on TUES
DAY, January g. 1900, at 10 o'clock a. m,
for the election of directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction of any
other business that may legally come be
VIM. WOODWARD, Cashier.
Worcester, Dec. 4, 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

THE MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK
OF WORCESTERSHIRE annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Mechanics Ma
tional Bank of Worcester, Mass, will be
held at their banking rooms on TUES
DAY. January 8, 1900, at o'clock p. m,
for the election of directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction of any
other business that may legally come be-
fore them. -
Worcester Dec 6. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
Blackstone National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Blackstone National Bank will he
held at their banking rooms TUESDAY,
Jan. 9Th 1900. at o'clock p. M, for the
election of directors and the transaction
of any, other business that may legally
come before them.
c. S. WESTON. Cashier.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

The annual meeting Of the stockhold..
Worcester will be held at their banking
rooms No. 474 Main street on TUES
DAY, JANUARY 9th, 1900, at II o'clock
a. M. for the election of directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction of
any other business that may legally come
before them.
December 4. 1899
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
MEETINGS. ETC
BOSTON AND ALBthY RAILROAD COMPANY.
Special Meeting
of Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of the Bos
ton and Albany Railroad company has
been duly called and will be held at the
company's principal Office namely at
room 233 of the Boston Terminal station
in Boston, in the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts, on Wednesday, the 9th day
of December, 1929, at 1l.30 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of considering
and approving a contract for the use and
lease of its railroad to the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad com
pany for the term of nnety-nine years
from July first, nineteen hundred, and in
connection Herewith a contract for the
sale by the Boston and Albany Railroad
company to the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad company, of GER
tain real and personal property excepted
from such lease, for the sum of five
million, five hundred thousand dollars,
payable in the three and one-half per cent
one-hundred-year debenture bonds of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad company.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
EDWARD D. HAYDEN,
Secretary and Clerk.
Stockholders, and those representing
stockholders by power of attorney, will
be passed to and from the meeting.
Stockholders must present to the con-
ductor their certificates of stock, and
those representing stockholders their
certificates of stock accompanied by
proxies.
Proxies unaccompanied by certificates
of stock will not entitle the holder to a
passage.
The free passage above provided may
be made to Boston December 18th and
on trains of 9th due to arrive in Boston
by II a. m, and from Boston at any time
after the meeting on Wednesday, Decem-
w. R. robson,
General Superintendent.
Boston, November 2Sth, 1893.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
mex AND LIVERY.
COOKED MEATS
VoR A MOE LUNCH TRY

FOR NICE LUNCH TRY
=: B. j. BERTELS ::::
Cooked Ham, Beef and other, Tongues,
Corned Beef, fine German Bologna. tho
oest kind OF Frankfurts and other Sau-
Rge. with Potato Salad or 5auer Kraut,
&ckles and Olives. All kinds Of Imported
and Domestic Cheese OF the best variety.
We put uD our own Horse Radish ana
Mustard. Agent for Holbrook's new Imp.
Table saucA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

- The annual meeting of the
pany will be held at their office WE'D
NESDAY. Dec. 18th, 1899. at 10 o'clock
a. M ROGER f. UPHAAl, Clerk.
Worcester Dec s 1899
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
MEETINGS, ETC.
WHITINSIlILE NATIONAL RANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Whitinsville National Bank will be
DAY, January 9, 1900, at O'Clock p. m.
for the election of directors for the ensu-
ing year and for the transaction Of any
other business that may legally come be-
fore them.
GEORGE II. SPRAGUE. Cashier.
Whitinsville Mass. Dec. G. 1893.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
Equity Co-operatiYe Bank.

Stated meeting Thursday, I4th inst,
7 p. M, at the office of the bank, Walker
Building. SII, 900 expected TO loan.
HAS L. GATES, Pres.
T. J. HASTINGS, Sec,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
BEAT ALL RECORDS.
Extraordnary Run of the ru llngton
Fast Mail Between Chicago
and Omaha

Omaha, Ncb., Feb. 19.-The west
bound Burlington fast mail train beat
all previous records between the two
cities. The train left Chicago Friday
evening at l0;47, being delayed by
the eastern connections. The train
was an unusually heavy one, carrying
the accumulated mail delayed in the
east. The weight of the mail in the
cars is estimated at $50 tons. The
best time was made between Chicago
and Burlington, when it exceeded 100
miles per hour for several spurts. The
train reached its destination at SOL
a. N. The actual elapsed time was 0
hours and IA minutes; actual running
tiwf.aaliing out stops, s hours and A
minutes for the 502 miles. The best
previous runs were the cast-bound
mail on the Burlington, January ., 9
hours % minutes, and Northwestern
special last summer, hours and 20
minutes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
(Sec0nd Session.A


In the senate, on the 18th the McN. ,erv
resoiutlon, declaring the purpose of the
ratlncatlon OF the treaty OF peace was
neither incorporation nor permanent an.
nexation, but to promote the interests OF
me eitizens OF the United States and the
ihhapltants or said Islands, was adopted.
.....ln the house Mr.. Hepburn ia X OF.
Iered the Nicaragua canal bin as I'm
amenument to the sundry civil appropria.
lioms pil'' and Its consideration de, -ioped
d nNeIy discussion, which was not con.
ciuoed when the house adjourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, bill extend.
ing me cordial appreciation Of c1nrres.
to Miss Helen Miller Gould Tor he, os.
trioti1 services during the recent war and
proVfuing that the president should Dre.
sent her with gold medal, was pas ,ed
.....'in the house the sundry civil biz
was, was 'aken up, and about ten pages ct IL
siee cfsf,'e whole Sustained ned sthe ~ 6Innr ANN .,
INC chair that the Nicaragua canal bill
onered by Mr.. Hepburn as an amend
order '' ""' ''' "
In the senate, on the 18th, the miltar,
academy appropriation bill was nassed
the army reorganization bill was reportet
r IRON committee, and the naval personne
Dlll was taken up and read The post ns
nee appropriation bill was then taken "
ana @ its consideration occupied the groatcl
- - .N "as bu' IL was not UnallN dis
posed of.....ln the house the paragra,,i
IN me sundry civil bill carrying the az
preparation Of $4,000, 900 for the paymer
or spain under the terms OF the peal,
treaty, was stricken out under point o
ORDER; Mr.; Hepburn 0a) moved to recon-
init the bill with instructions to report /
PACK with the canal bill incorporated il
IL. On want of quorum the motion
went over.
In the senate, on the nth. resolution
was adopted instructing the president o
the senate TO expires. to the government
and the people of France the sympathy
OF the senate in the death of Presiden
Faure. The naval personnel bill was
passed. Seventy-four private pension
biiis were passed and the Alaska cod,
Dill was read ......In the house the sundr,
civh appropriations bill was passed with
out the Nicaragua canal bill rider The
naval appropriation bill was taken up. ant
over hait OF OF it II was completed The bill
naval bill heretofore passed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN
Trying to Make Up for Lost Tlme-Acciden
Caused by Spreading of tho
Rails.

Spokane, WASH. Feb. 20.--Thc Great
Northern bound hyerwas wrecked
at five o'clock yesterday morning near
Wilson creek. between this city and
Wenatchee. The train was running 81
miles an hour, making up lost time,
and the accident is attributed to the
spreading of the rails.
The engine and tender turned com.
rletely over, and some of the passen-
ger ears and baggage cars were piled
in confusion. Engineer Sam Work :
right leg was broken and he suffered
other injuries. Harry Jones, the fire
man, is reported to have been slightly
scalded. Express Messenger Kline
felter was badly injured.
A dispatch was sent to Leavenworth
and the wrccking train was sent to the
scene. A coach bearing two physician,
was also sent to care for the injured
and take them to the hospital. 1t is
reported that three coaches burned af'
ter the accident.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
KILLED IN A SNOWSLIDE.
The Caribou Mil Crushed Like an Eg;
Shell - Mighty Slides Run
ming All Day.

Telluride, Col, Feb. 20.-A tremen.
dous snowsiIe came down the side oi
yellow mountain, about one mile bc.
low the town of Ophir, yestcrdayafter
neon, and killed one man and practi
cally destroyed the Caribou concen
tratiEg plant. The slide was plainI j.,
visible from the town of Ophir, an,
those who saw it say that it was tho
largest they ever witnessed, appa,ent
~ being about 100 feet deep and more
than quarter of mile wide. ThS
Caribou mill was crashed like an egg
shell. j. &. Nardell. the mill foreman
was The person killed.
\ force of men have been digging
for Nardell's body. but had not recov
cred it last evening.
Mighty slides have been running al
day on the mountains around Ophir
and the miners are becoming muct
frightened. On two or three small
properties they have refused to worl,
and came TO town, some of them com
ing to Telluride.
The sun has been shining bright;
for days. softening the snow and caus
ing the slides to run.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
A FATAL kEVEL.
Two Women and n BJy and Girl Az
phyxiated After Debauch-
All Found Dead.

Philadelphia, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Charles
fahrcnkamp, aged 33 years; her twu
children, Florence and William. aged
respectively ten and nine years, and
an unknown women, aged about ID
years, were found dead yesterday in a
toom in Mrs. Fahrenkamp's home
1il6 North Fifty-second street. The
gas was turned on, and life had appar.
entity been extinct for several days
scattered about the first floor were
remnants of cigars and cigarettes
and empty beer and whisky bottles.
The bodies were found by a next
door ncighbor, who had forced an en-
trance TO the house. Mrs. Fahrcn
kamp was lying on the floor and hei
daughter near by. The unknown
woman and the boy were in bed. The
last heard from the inmates of the
house was on Thursday night. when
the piano was kept playing until q
late hour.
On Friday morning Mrs. Wilson, liv
ing next door, was asked by FIorenc,
to assist her in raising her mother
from the floor, where the child sale
she was sleeping, Mrs. Wilson told
her she was u:able to do so, and sug
gestcd that the girl cover her mother
and allow her 10 continue sleeping
The two women and the boy, it is be
lieved, were then dead, and, from tn,
position of the girl, who occupied an
other room, it is thought that she wa,
overcome by the gas while trying tC
lift her mother. Mrs. Fahrenkamp'
husband, who is travelling salesman
left home about week ago on busi
ness for his firm.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
THE G. A. R. COMMANDERSHIP


Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 10.-Capt.
Eli Torrance, of Minneapolis, Judge ad,
yccate general of the National G. A.
Il. organization, has made his decision
in the matter of the disputed success.
sion to the national commandersh r
made vacant by the death of Col. Sex
ton of Chicago, TlE decision is tha,
a successor must be elected, that there
is no promotion in the q. A, II,
through death.
Capt. Torrance holds that the eXec,i,
tive committee of the National council
has full powerto elect the commander
1t will be Unnecessary to call meet
ing of the national council. The de-
cision is sustained by lengthy. and
conclusive memorandum.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
Jones County and Her Convicts.

Jones county seems to haze solved
the much vexed pr 'blom of what to do
with county convicts. In 1897 Jones
county decided to ex pertinent little in
farming with the prisoners on her own
account, and the result has proved a
success. A report for the y ,ar 1895
shows the total amount charged against
the farm by the county auditor was
2,2l5.7l. This amount was credited by
cash paid from the farm Sl,Gss.26, con.
vict labor in building bridges, working
public roads, etc, s2,l25.5O, giving the
handsome balance of sl,59S.O5, not
counting the provisions and feedstuff
on hand, such as 600 bushels Of corn,
l,5OO pounds of pork, 1870 gallons of mo.
ilasses, potatoes, ETC., all raised on the
farm with farm labor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
PORTER EXPLAINS.


London Feb. .0.--ln an interview
with the correspondent of the press
Robert Porter. who goes to Berlin to-
day. explained at some length the OBJ
iccts of his mission. prefacing bis re-
marks with the statement that since
the war with Spain many continental
countries had shown Il disposition TO
make unfriendly determinations
against American products.
Referring to the recent statement
in the reichstag by Count Won Posa-
dowsky-Wehner, German imperial see
retary of state for the interior, on the
subject of the trade development of
the United States with Germany, he
said that close study of the question
did not warrant the conclusions drawn
by Count Observation-Disclosures, On
the contrary it showed most satisfac'
tory and profitable trade conditions SC
far as Germany was concerned.
"In 1897" said Mr.. Porter, German
imports into the United States reached
high water mark, { 120, 600, 900, or 6 49,
100000 higher than any other year
curing the decade then ending. The
decline for 1898 was almost wholly
u,tc to the decreased sugar impcrta-
ton.
The healthy feature of American im'
ports into Germany, in my opinion.
lies in the fact that of the $lj0,O00, 900
in 1898 over half was composed of raw
cotton petroleum, tobacco, copper and
the like. mostly for conversion into
manufactured articles, giving employ
ment to German labor.
Large imports of raw material, es-
pecially when "A country does not pro-
tluce raw material itself, are a source
of wealth rather than loss to n coun-
try like Germany. There can be no
commercial difficulty between the
United States and Germany, because,
apart from Great Britain, America is
knit more closely to Germany by
bonds of kindship or mutual interests
than any other power. Individual in
tercsts may clash, but fair analysis
of the balance sheets of the two ma
tions shows a hcalthful condition of
trade, which is n subject for rejoicing
rather than alarm, on both Sides
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
THIRTY PERSONS KILLED.
FIFTY Others were Injured, as the Result
OF u Collision on Railroad
Ncar Brussels.

Brussels, Feb. 19.-An express train
from Calais, having passengers fror'
London on board, collided with a sta
tionary train at Foret. near this city
Thirty persons were killed outright
and fifty were more or less injured.
The train left Journal at j:22 a. m.
and reached Foret at STA. Immedi
ately afterwards the Mons express;
dashed at full speed into the Tourna
train, which was standing at the plat
form.
1t is said that, owing to the fog. III,
engineer of the express train did no.
see the signals.
The collision was appalling. The ex
press locomotive mounted on top OF
the last carriages of the Tournai trair
which were filled with passengers
These cars were smashed to pieces.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
AT A RIPE OLD AGE.
Mrs. Z,chnriah Chandler, widow OF the
Famous Michigan Statesman, Passes
Peacefully Away.

Detroit. Mich, Feb. 20.--Mrs. Zacha.
riah Chandler, widow of the famous
Michigan statesman. died here yester.
day afternoon. She had been suffer.
er for several months from various in.
frmities incident to old age, 20 which
she finally succumbed. Mrs. Chand-
lers maiden name was Letitia Doug
las. She was n native of Baltimore,
but previous to her marriage, lived IN
New York. During Senator Chand-
Icr's career in Washington, Mrs. Chand'
len PASSED the winters at Washington,
where she was known ms social enter.
tainer Much of her time in later
years was spent at Ellsworth, Me.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25

Congressman Spight says there will
shortly be vacancy in the naval acad-
emy to be filed from his district and
the examination for entrance will be
held at Annapolis September /. lie
will have TO make the appointment for
this vacancy on July /. Mr.. Spight
says he will leave the selection to be
determined by competitive examina'
tlon' He will give due notice of the
time and place such examinat on will
be held, and says it will not be later
than June 20. He requests all young
men who intend to enter the compcti.
tion to write to him at Ripley by the
Goth of March.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
Explosion OF a Range,

There was an explosion in the kitchen
of the Hotel Trolio at Canton last week
causing damage of about 800, besides
serious injury to the cook. The cook
Started fire in the large range of the
hotel the water pipes were all frozen
and as soon as the heat entered the
water-back the whole thing exploded
blowing the range into a Thousand
pieces, and shattering all the windows
and kitchen equipments.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
THE ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.


st. Louis, Feb. ia member Of
the Worlds fair executive committee
is authority for the statement that
when the finance committee begins
to solicit subscriptions there will be
several surprises for the Worlds fair
enthusiasts in st. Louis. This mem
Der of the committee says that he can
Nouch for at least two capitalists in
st. Louis who have promised to sub
scribe 100000 each, while $4,000 sub
scriptions will not be uncommon. The
statement that the local $4,000
could be raised in short order goes
without question.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-02-25
PEACE AND HONESTY.
ment of Trade aud Commerce
In reru.

Lima, Peru, Feb. 20.-Thc Peruvian
government is about TO publish in En-
glish pamphlet giving a synopsis Of
the commercial statistics of Peru dur
ing the last three years. 1t is extreme
~ interesting as showing an increase
in revenue generally and 5O-per-cent.
Increase in expectations, both due, the
government will declare, to peace and
honest administration.