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MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE.
Thirty Families in Tenement Houses
nrsi..n I,N l,Ilnlcs.

New York. March At 80 o'clock this
morning hre was discovered in the base
ment of a fve-story tenement at T3I East
Fifth Street The flames spread rapidly
to the floors above and escape by means
Of the stairways was cut OF. The dremer
responded quickly and rescued the fifteen
families who occupied the tenement. from
the fire escapes. Nathan RiechenthaI car
red his three year-old daughter Belle
down the hreescape to the first floor He
became excited then and threw her to the
sidewalk The child was picked up un-
conscious and will probably die.
At O'Clock. when the fire at Ne 73l
was under control. flames burst from the
adjoining tenement. No. 729. The interior
of both buildings was gutted and thirty
families are homeless The circumstances
surrounding the fires point to incendiarism.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
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CoIored Troops Depart.

Newport News. Va, March THE
Twenty-third Kansas Volunteers, colored.
which arrived here Sunday on the trans
pert Thomas, were landed late yesterday
afternoon and were Immediately loaded on
two trains of fifteen coaches. The first sec
tion of the train left az 6:l5 and the sec
ond section pulled out thirty minutes later
While the colored soldiers appeared to en-
joy the freedom from the restraint OF the
cramped quarters on board the transport,
they were very orderly. AMI the transfer
from the boat to the ears was accomplished
without trouble. The regiment is composed
of 797 men and % officers the men viii
be on the train for three days ana three
nights
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Glorious News

Come, from Dr. D. Il, Clrgilc, Of Washitl l. r
He writes: Pour bottles Of Electric Bitter
have cured Mrs. Brewer Of scTofula which ha,l
caused her great suffering for years Terrible.
sores would break out on her head and face and
The best doctols could give no help; but her
ciiTc IS comPlcte aad her health Is excellent -
TiiH slr.S what thousands have proved
talt Elr -sir Bittcrs is the best blood purife-
'snvu- 81 the supreme remedy for eczema
..-t,f. alt r'-uu, ulcers boils and running
-..c. =, Stimulates liver. kidneys and bowels,
.--r- -i u, hcpS digestion, builds up the
..- .tD DGig 20 cents. Sold by Henry Evans
-. -s T. n3s / St.ret. Guaranteed
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dress. in which he expressed his sorrow
at being unable to remain in Washington
until Thursday. when the Sons of st.
George hold their annual balls An enjoy
able programme was rendered by the TO-
lowing members of the band Piano solo.
Mr.. Wilmer; solo. Thomas Collin; basool
solo. Mr.. Campbell; song. Mr. Vinc.; song,
\. Knill: flute solo, Mr.. Redfern; and
songs by James Stevens, 4. Toosood. and
William Burns
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Typewriters Rented,
$3.50 per month.
Delivered with table
The Typewriter Exchange.
1905 + Street n. w.
feIO-tf
DIED.


PLJMNER-on Tuesday. March = Isg1 at 2.I5
p. m. infant child Of Fielder l. and Marie J.
Piumner, aged fifteen months.
FuneTal'priv1tc. IL
BARBADoES-on Tuesday, March :. Isoo. at
is2i Eleventh Street. after a prolonged Illness
FREDERICK G.. BARBADOES
Funeral Friday, March 10. at . D M from
Lincoln Memorial Church, Eleventh and q Streets
Friends and relatives invited
mhs-2t Boston papers please copy}
CoCHRANE-tt Arlington, Va on Friday
March ;, ls9 p. M. SAMUEL COCH-
RANE, in the siXty-ninth year OF his age
His funeral took place March 5. 1850 at 3 D.
m, from Mount Olivet Church, near BalIstan,
Va. Item
CARROLL-.u her residence in this city. 1888 y
Street, en- Tuesday morning. March = isg0 at
O'Clock. MARY CARTER, wife OF John Lee Car
roll. OF Maryland
Notice Of funeral hereafter Item
ENGEL-On Monday, March 6. 1859 at 0 u. rn
from appendicitis, after short illness, CHARLES
JOSEPH, beloved husband OF Maud j. EngeI in
the thirtieth year OF his age.
Funeral will take place Thursday March o. At
r. M, from his late residence. l0j New .Ier-
sey Avenue southeast. Internent in Mount oliset
Cemetery. Item
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Gu.tnvus A. white Dead.

Capon Springs. w Va. March Gus
tavus Adolphus White. prominent Citi-
zen residing at Capon Springs Hampshire
county. die yester ay nor ing. age sixty
nine years. Mr. White owned valuable
proper,y in he vicinity OF the springs aud
also ran summer resort.
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SONS of St. Grnrgc.

Columbia Lodge. Sons OF St George
rendered a reception and smoker to the
members of the British Guards Band last
night at st. Georges Hall. The affair
was n successful one and IVES hugely en-
joyed by those who attended.
Lieut.. Dan Godfrey delivered q brief ad-
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The maine,s steering wheel.

Norfolk, Va, March THE United
States collier Lebanon. which arrived at
Lambert's Point from Havana yesterday,
has on board the steering wheel of the bat
tieship Maine. The relic Will be forwarded
TO the National Museum at Washington.
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Charged WIN Mur.Ierou, AssnnIt.

Norfolk, Va. March 7.-Robert boswell,
an Englishman. is under arrest, charged
with murderously assaulting James Hall
al boarding house in Portsmouth. Halls
injuries are serious. Bail was refused
DOsNgelt
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The .nnon,nttox Very High.

Petersburg, Va, March THE Apo
mattox River rose again yesterday and was
very high last night The water at Farm
Vile is reported to be falling.
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Ga. Wem Chnnucs Owncrs

Parkersburg, w. Va, March 7.-E NJ.
Grant & Co.. of Fairmont, purchased the
new gas well of Snider & Richardson, near
Elizabeth, Writ county. for $4,000.
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Saks and Company,
Penna. Ave. and 7th St.
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Columbia Railway
Company for the election OF seven direc-
tors to serve for the ensuing year will be
held at the Office of the company, 1909
Florida Avenue northeast, on Tuesday.
March II. 1893. The polls will be opened at
O'Clock and closed at 2 o'clock p. m.
Books for the transfer OF stock VIII be
closed from March TO II. inclusive.
THEODORE J. KING, Secretary.
mh6-3t-em
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THIS PAPER Is PRINTED
FAMILIES HOMELESS.

VITA Ink furnished by JAENECEE EROS & FIR
SCIINEEMANN. New York City. ny2i-tfem
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Another letter that hitherto kas not fig
ured in this case was read. 1t is dated
October .. 1894, at Denver and is ad-
dressed 20 hir. Pierre. II reGds
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DIED..

ALDES.-On Sunday, May 2s, at tho Hotel Nor
mAndie. Washington d. c.. Mary Ida. wife of r.
Percy Alden of Cornwall, Pa. and eldest child Of
Mary PhpuiI aud the late George Henry Warren
OF New York.
Notice OF funeral later.
BACHMASN.-On sunday. May rs. at the Hotel
Grenoble. Hermann s. Bachmann in his ssth
year.
Funeral services will he held at the Temple
Emanu. FL. 5th and AID st.. on Tuesday morn
ing. May so. at O'Clock. San Francisco papers
please copy.
BARTOS.-In Buffalo. n. Y. May 20. at the resi-.
dence of her BROTHER .in-Iaw. William Y Warren.
after short illness. Fannie, daughter OF Eliza p.
and the late william Barton.
Relatives aud friends are invited to attend tho fu-
neral from her late residence. Jos East 10th st..
on Monday. May ~. at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Inter-
ment AT Greenwood.
BLOOMSBURG.-A BOrdentown. N j.. Friday,
May 2t. 1879. Capt. Robert Bloomsbury In the
10th year OF his age.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral from his late residence. I2s
Prince st.. Bordentown. n. j.. Tuesday. May 80.
at IL 80 A. NJ.
BOTHN ER.-Dorothea j. L ada Bothnsr), at El-
gin. H., May 26.
Funeral service Monday. May 20. At IL A. NJ. Al
the Little Church Around the Corner. West
2vth St Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
ClSCO.-on Thursday. May 10. 1892. at her resi-
dence. III Madison av.. Caroline A. Cisco.
Funeral services will be held At the Church OF the
Holy Communion, corner Of 9th av. and 2Oth St,
on Monday. May 20, at lo:3OA. n
CRAMPTOS.--A Glen Ridge y. j.. on the 2sth
inst. Henry Edward Champion. NJ. D., aged o.
years
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on May 27. 1899. At
his residence. B46MRdison st.. Brooklyn. William
f. Ma 'donough. aged ~ years.
Funeral services Monday evening" 29th, at Q
O'Clock. Relatives and friends invited. In.
terment at the convenience OF the family.
MASSOS.-On May 81, 1929. at l6 West 135th at,
James p. Manson. aged as years.
Services at st. Benedicts Church. West $50 at.
Tuesday, 10 A. NJ. sharp.
PITSEY.-At Morrstown. y. J.. on Sunday. May
~. Sarah Louisa Hulsted. wife Of Henry G. Pit.
uey. aged II years.
Funeral services at her late residence on WedneS-
day. May ~. at half past o'clock.
WALDO On the 2sth inst. Mrs. Elizabeth Heath
Waldo.
Funeral services at her lato residence. 1o& Wood
land avenue. New Rochelle. n. Y, on Wednesday,
at O'Clock.
WICKES. On Saturday. May 27. 1899. HArrletts
Douw Alley. wife OF Thomas P. Wickes and old
est daughter OF Louisa J. and the late George
Bolton Alley.
Funeral will be held at her late residence
10 West roth ST.. oil Monday, May ~. at o'clock
in tho afternoon. Relatives and friends are In
yited to attend. Interment at the con nveniencO
uf the family Baltimore papers please copy.
WIGHTMAS.-On Saturday, May ~. 1899. Still
man King wIghtmAu. in his y7th year.
Funeral services at hiS late residence East l3Ist
st. Monday May 2g At = p. NJ. Interment
at Cromwell. Conn.
CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY.
once ! Madison aV., corner 23d ST., N. Ys
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MA77I I1D.

kEEFER-SPENCE.-on Saturday. May 27. al
the residence Of the brides parents. Woodland
av.. New Rochelle. by the Rev DR.. Goodenough.
Madeleine. daughter of Mr. Robert Wesley Spence.
to Mr.. George Keefer OF New York.
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knocked se1seloss by a Pitched Ball.

While two scratch mines were playing ball at
Henderson and Thirteenth streets Jersey City.
yesterday afternoon. Edward McCabe. who was
ut the bat, was struck on the left ear by q
pitched ball and knocked senseless. He was
mained unconscious for come time. His re-
covery is doubtful. He is 20 years old aad he
lives at II Hudson street.
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MEMREKS Uf l2th Regiment Volunteers re-.
queSttu to Arado with regiment Dt Coration Day.
Report AT Armory at O'clock A. Nj. to respective
cOmpauies r. W. LEONARD, Dol.
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Business 51otires.

Avoid all danger Of disease from drinking
impure water by adding 40 drops of the genuine
imported DR.. Siegert's Angost,ira Bitters.
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GRAND TRUNK STRIKE NAY SPREAD
Canadian TraCkmen Hope to Get Other
Workmen Out and Tie Up the Road.

ToRoNTo May 2S,-The strike of several
thousand trackmen on the Grand Trunk Rail-
way continues. despite the efforts Of the com
pany to replace the strikers by Italians. The
men have the sympathy Of the employees in
other departments OF the road. but il has not
been shown so far in any practical manner
Tho various bodies will meet tomorrow to
take action. and crisis Is expected early next
week.
1t is stated here tonight that a comb bined
drivers. &C. is near at hand and that the big
Canadian railway may be tied up unless
satisfactory solution OF tho difficulty bet ween
III" striking trackmcn and tn" railway is ar
rived ~ within iOrty-eight hours
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The Real Estntc Hoard of Brokers

Requiring the news facilities Of a Trustworthy morn.
ing publication. together with curr"-uonding oil
entaGr. have designated The SIN their ON ial Ncws
and Advertising medium. There is printed each
day complete summary Of heal Estate TRANSACTION
together With List Of Real Estate Auction Salea TO
Oocur.-AdV.
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3lem publications.

EOc.z1Maturin's "Moimoth." "lo.Soo a Years.
OO Comic Blackstone" PRATT I9l oth Axi:
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Sperial Nutirrs.

CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY.
once Madison av., corner 23d st., N. Ys
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II You Haven't Tried 1t Before

Begin now. and learn what other leading summer
resort advertisers have discovered through adyertis
ing n TIE Sun. The result. sdesirAble. WellpAy.
The sun., 1899-05-29

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has taken the heather
as Highland laird, He has bought beauti-
iul place in Skibo Castle. grand in its simple
gray and purple and centuries-old trees. He
went up to it in the far north Of Scotland the
other day and got highland welcome They
unyoked the horses from his carriage and sur
rounded him with pipers and tenants A flag.
q mbination Of Union Jack and stars and
Stripes. was hoisted and of they set to the
The sun., 1899-05-29

their purpose In the case OF prudent guests
Quaint themselves With the: geography Of
their situation. Another result Of the Wind
sor fire was the uersistent report that one OF
and would he closed by the authorities until
the necessary repairs had been made. The
hotel is comparatively new one and under
ordinary circumstances would be one Of those
least likely to be deserving of such criticism.
But the story went rersistently around In
srite OF the positive 1enials of the managers
hotels In New York this was the solitary one
that was made the subject Of such rumor.
and Its survival was ru uriOus instance Of the
perversity OF impressions. Elually surprs-
ing is the vitality OF a report that prominent
business firm Is 70 move To Il certain conspicu-
ols corner on Fifth avenue The error OF that
preston ls 80 deeply rooted that Ave out OF six
persons who pnss the house point Il out with
positiveness as the future site OF the downtown
firms new stores
The failure OF a former celebrity's effects to
bring lurge prices when they were sold last
week at auction was doubtless due TO the pub
lies lack OF faith in the real ass Jciation be-
tween the articles and their reputed owners.
Public credence in these sales received a
shock several years ago when the effects OF an
august Russian Princess brought here from
afterward proved to have come from down
town department store. Similar disillusion-
ment came when the souvenirs OF a noted
dramatic author offered for the public inspec-
tion. were found to consist OF few old paper
bound plays ana several dozen pairs OF brand
new diamond earrings which were Justly oh
Identification with the famous man whose
property they were supposed 70 be- Several
similar incidents have made BUYERS II little
distrusttnl. although there are certain guar
antees Of good faith in every case and the pur-
shsis5 ispdssa Is only to be mised when these
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-14
Filings at the Wichita Congress.

There is an unealed-for of grapes being
dished p by the sheets Of envous the
Of the Mississippi Congress Wichita Kansas City,
Missouri is among those found rendng spots in its
neither garments making unseemly exposures. The
charge that represented in the congress
is hypocritical Suppose he was We do not know But
whether or no was congress which the interests
of the Mississippi region ably represented and
as these interests hinge upon every great
Of the country including the merchant marine and deep
water on both of which depend commerce.
ws,e comes in the objection? of industrial,
financial questions discussed. The
sole object and aim Of the congress to bring the
ton of country large
sppi people questions the that
ignored questions railway transportation
and irrigation secondary So all the nvdious fngs in
tended dsparage or bete the congress its import
WIZ City delegate refers to it as
the alleged congress at Wichita It will be remembered
that MissourTs ex-governors members, both
taking prominent parts whom is not only an
member Of President Cevelands cabinet but recog-
nzed by the country large Missouris very
greatest the enterprise Wichita the congress
probability have Iapsed with the present year
But it out the annual session. we predict will
the important numerously attended OF
any in its history.
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The State Insane ASYLUM Scandal.

The scandal in connection location of the new
asylum has yet to the normal
quence which Doodle transactions sooner or later reach
There opposition part the defeated
kick These protests will not avail so far as beat
ing Parsons out Of her plum unless exposure
scandal the and to all concerned in
Guiding the Republican party But Doodle charge is very
hard prove unless more than mere sur
mise nothing than without results may be
calculated upon Wichita once lost an institution through
surveying the in bearings she concluded that
it the wiser thing to let go hardly probable
that the members that majority locating com
mitte bribed outright with money vote for Par
The dominating political Influences Of this state are
almost wholly within the quarter. Only at the
ballot box IS the other threeouhs heard from This
controlling force against the asylum going west Clay
Center OF the candidates institution is petition
ing the governor power of the state in suspend
ing further action looking erection OF the asylum
until the whole matter be legally investigated It is
said that some offered Senator Tom Anderson three
thousand dollars Parsons It turns out that il
was Topeka friend who the suggestion to him II
the matter legal 1t VIII turn out that
this friend, than likely not authorized by any
responsible party make such offer In the mean time we
see no indication Of Parsons hedging While the governo
IS being impertuned 10y the locating committee for balance
of pay due them. which he refuses
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rIark Hanna Will Not Resign.

It given out short time since, that Senator Mark
Hanna determined resign the Craftsmanship of the
Republican central committee The wish inspired
suggestion, the Of the wish to be
the enemies of the Republican The pretext for the
supposed resignation assigned health Hanna has
been under the weather but he has announced
that he is the last under fire and that he in
tends stand by his The opposition of realize
that the Ohio is the hardest persistent
fghteS and has the targetof all kinds of
dscrediting nsnuatons false charges These
for the part had inspiration of the
that he would resign There is why
should resign Republican country
would regret such step upon his part
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-14
A Verv Lonesome SOVEREIGN.

Social life is ust to the happiness of
up women child companionship is to children. That
child is to be ped who has brother sister play
fellow Station figure in any wise ameliorates
this demand companionshp. The etiquette
Of Hollands young Whelmna, is exceedingly rigid
and but the best known families in the small
presented her majesty. minister recently
asked that his might be presented but promptly
refused The mother is said is responsible for
this sctness Of etiquette and it is expected
bounds will shortly be broadened young queen who
loves life and its and chafes under restc
tons that hem her in In evidence of the severity that has
always reigned his prominent diplomat tells
amusing of the queen in days dolls
her greatest Of distraction. One day, in anger
at of her favortes she lifted it up and looking it
straight glass eyes, said: Look here you
I ten you I'll make queen and then you'll have
nobody to play with"
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1ai1Y - eagle
Rudvard KILLINGS Estimate.
NJ. VI. mURDOCK. Editor.

Rudyard Kplings prophecy Of the supremacy OF the
American hence and his tribute to
the present superiority Of the American woman are graft
flying even estimates of his immature manhood
What will be in hundred years from now
but little American of the present in
which dominant characteristic Mr. Kpng fails to grasp
his Anglo Saxon The Now is the motto of the
American present inspiration for all his distinctive
triuphs everything his political forum and on the
battlefield morally mentally financially and commercially
it is the now" him The American in
realizing that this A. D. remembers that notwth
standing these easily coprehended that the earth
has no doubt existed for millions years. but that he will
not individually or in personal way with long hence
the importance to him of the now" years
hence it will be 1899 the time for Kpngs Aneri-
can but not for it will be A D. 1889, by
which period times the and even the epochal
events of this Christian will been utterly lost in
remoteness comparatively brief period of the
time which goes to make up eternity, the shall be as
blank to the then the earth the incl
dents of short to the present in
habitant what boasng of the nineteenth cen
ury in which the wonderful Kplng amount to in the
estimate will be existing on this earth IN the
year A. D. 9s9 $685. by which would have to live
thousand in digent study to even learn slld'ei
ing of things had happened on this earth since the
day Dewey sank Spanish feet in the Bay of Manila
In other words Mr. Kpng should concede that the Aer
can of the year 1892 nineteenth century, Ammo Dom
mi the whole thing, otherwise have remained silent
and not disturbed present equanty by starting us to
frettng over the possibilities of tomorrow and to re-
GREETING owing enforced engagement with the
purveyor Of graveyard cannot be hand to take
part in the leading which Americans to play on
that rapidly approaching and comparatively nearby date
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to them his estimate OF them But
Dreyfus experience has been bitter long and cruel
which he has endured with manly patience Conscious
of his innocence going jeopardze his chances
until justice shall solid Once
free hoped French sentiment him in
telling the world truth that knows
the foul conspiracy upon forged evidence convicted
him of a crime of which guilty, condemned
him fate of Devils
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-14
Andree Could Not Steer His Balloon.

impossible steer a balloon it would be to
boat which is at rest by its rudder. balloon
floats is in propelled has it motion
The balloon perfect with reference the
of air in which it swings. Hence William A Eddy
celebrated flyer student aerial problems does
believe that Andree and his party able to steer
their balloon practicable extent when they sailed
away the mysterious north. At the last meeting of the
Aeronautcal society of London Mr. Percval Spencer the
eminent English recently crossed the English
channel France is the only who has
experimental with Andrees of guiding balloons with
drag rope and a SAIL read paper Andrees North Pole
expedition Spencers careful estimate of the direction
by Andrees balloon important new, because
he from personal experiment what extent bal
loon be guided by of drag and SAIL
he announced that balloon could be veered only to
Of three degrees and that it found mpractcab
keep the rope dragging for than
cent of the journey When Andrees balloon assembled
from Danes Island July H. 1897 first depressed
toward the by gust, causing Andree his
ballast, whereupon bal
loon cleared the and sailed away height 1900
feet more, thus demonstrating difficulty keeping
the rope in guiding with the
that Andrees power guide
loon slight be dismissed estimating the
course of his fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-14
Dreyfus Refuses to Saw Anything.

Dreyfus won't talk He VIII say nothing until he is free
man He has been irnportuned by representatives. q
French newspaper for interview But he is resoute in
his refusal his mouth His experience has been
costly and he will take chances in sacrificing MS
dom There is the sensible course for him to pursue
and that silence Anything that might say now would
be turned into meanings he intended Every utter
anee would be distorted by the whose officials are
confronting disgrace zoa can talk and VIII talk The
army and the ant-semtes drove him from his country.