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being anticipated. all the soldiers were
called IN ana a number OF them turned odI
TO repel the assault. on seeing the Amer
leans nlaSSGa IL force, however, inc III
sErgents quietly withdrew.
An authority says
The fact Of the matter =, AsGDaaao
cannot keep his forces In hand. III seems
that they have not received any money for
two months. and thcy want To Get into
Manila TO loot the place. | believe II IS
the rabble which is causing all the dis
turbanCe. and nos the really educated
filipinoS. Bnt il does not do to decry
Aguinaldo. a. some papers do. lie is a
man 10 BE- reckoned with
The present position OF the insurgents
In Iuz0n was conciseIy set out by Hon
John Barret. late American minister 10
Siam. who. since he left Bangkok, has
paid "A long visit To the Philippines. Speak
ing OF Aguinaldo. Mr.. Barrel said at
Tokyo.
While | cannot espouse his cause nor
sympathlZe with his efforts 20 resist
American authority. / believe that he is
deserving OF far more credit and consider
alton than are usually given him. Per
haps the best appreciation of his ability
and the strength OF his organization can
be attained by my stating that he IS prac-
tically governing the entire island Of Lu-
zor outside Of Manila and Cavite. where
alone American jurisdiction prevails; that
he is preserving law and order among the
people. that be has a regular ministry
with its departments of foreign affairs,
interior. war. finance. etc. a carefully
organized congress Of some loo members.
and an army of 30 100 men equipped with
modern rifles and ammunition. Brought
back 20 1.uzou by consent OF Admiral
Dewey. and the cooperation az Consul
Generals Whitman and Pratt and Consul
Williams he has gradually strengthened
hts position after cooperating with the
American forces for the capture and eX
pulsicn Of SPANISH arms until now he is
a strong factor In the settlement 0f the
future control Of the islands II is my
belief that II he IS approached with good
Judgment and diplomacy on the part Of
the American officials conflict with him
tan b. avoided. and peace and prosperity
established foreve- among the natives un~
aer American jurisdiction"
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lO|LO IS MARKED
FOR NEXT ATTACK.
Ccntingest From Page One

have been received from Gen Otis as ,os-
loss
Twentieth kansas Killed. PEST Lieut.
Alfred {. Afford. Private Charles +
Pratt Wounded. Argihcer Charles A
Ian. Raymond Clark Se-gsans Jaw Sh%i-
dor. Pr1yates william A MeGrsw. I'm
e=t Fritz Edward ZAebe8-
Fourteenth snfantry-ktlled. Prsyates
Ra nsorn Glaze. Newton HeDrg, @o1ns-
81 EsrtTafss Frank A Jood0r, hAoS
Heus.n Elmer u. HomEA. Nicolas y
FDukz. CORPORAL Manfora Remington.
prtFasaS John Brady. William = Ken
rssssy. Charles 4. t'3auton- Corporal epsTl-
cer X. Iap~corub. Howard Middleton Phi
Yates JOHN Carey. Patrick Eorga1,
Charles Read, Fred Cioesenbacs, John
Powers. William Howard. James Kane.
Jerry a Hecszath0rn. James Miller.
First Ida fc-- Killed: Private orian l.
Daxras w0ansteSs Sergeant William
Teller Pr.vales John If. LutgeEs. James
RYAN. Richard Jones'.
FIRST California Wounded. fEivasss
David q Sinclair Frank Aust, Henry Fl.
ksIkins.
Prs; Washington Wounded Company
NJ, Private John J. Cahil}. CeEtralia. Cor
poral Charles A Augs;ein. CentgalIa-
Missing: Private Oral +. Gibson. COM
FIRST Observation-Disclosures: Private Geo.
". Rowan
Third Artillery-Kuled: Private Branch
Haag. Wounded. Sergeant u. Z. Slssen-
outh. Priystes HerIlan Hansen, a l..
Fnilo John Staiieman Robert osterona.
First " y0nlIuZ Wounded. Private
Harry r. Crurlr4en-
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FEDERAL GRAND JURORS.
Special Nenire Issued From the Cir
cult Court.

Special Dispatch t. the Post~Intelligenccr
TACOMA. N'tb S-~A special venire 81
grand iurora has lypen issued by Judge
HAAsora, ~ the Federal cour,. a. follows
r. 4 Van Tuyi sAsth Bend Pacific
county. & q ". Robert. Sunshine. Pa
ss1c o9anty ". T. Calender. KHappton.
500 county T. 1iiet' Casn -, w et 4,
Talnan cs-Cafa. a VI Holman HoQui-
sm - " r9rnsN Nakvitle Mason c1un-
q n - Daily ~ Siupson. tFEiun city
Aassn county. Andrew fettv Shelton O
kiti6ehy, fdliiwslp. NJ soa county ". J.
Hami. IN, Cascade SkamRnia cotanty. J.
Moore. fanreuveT. Samuel Webb Is= =
te NfCnnd. Clarke c0uofv. - II. Harper
BUSH Prairie. Clarke county: II r. Nc
Eroy r. Stewart, H. u Parsons 4.
~ Arhuckle. Olympia r. y Turvey, nu-
Nssa - ~ ctaaisae1 Rainier. JAMES +
Phillips. tsaehasts. George 81 Ryan. Gum
Her q q 7. tFlaAtkak.st TAnnnla
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NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

Walter WeiSer ia under arrest in Walia
Waiia. charged with completely In q ga
Icon robbery. Weiser posed rs a society
dude
Perrin n Whitman. who came 70 this
country with MS uncle ffr. Marcus Whit
man I'm l>i3. died Friday at lewiston
aged g..
The hex fnine. situated near pendlet0n.
Or has been sold 70 Arthur Ffi;l. a NIT
uena!ve steamship operator Of Saginaw
Mich. tor $4,000
Sanford Evans, whose warehouse vas
totally DESTROY 81 ny Are ~ G~naset, is
planning 10 build - stSfy-harTel fsouring
iuiu ia that town.
Tho city OF Tumwater has ssfeti the
t~,ndzgncn II charles HaFdt. - Noschka
and Charles r, pannelf. sor sos Is and
interest tire amount which ~ the c.tys
treassslrtr ne carried away N,th him when
he skipped o1t las, summer
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WERE READY FOR ATTACK,
otis and Dewey Were Fails Pre-
pared for Aguinasde's First
Maxs

TANFftfTK Pr z Q. Feo. s--Tee Gsu-
press - CA.as arrived today fvaus s3ooG-
kaEs &rf Yokohama Prom ady3css ~
cs5k*s Fvanl Manila & seems FRAT Adm 4i
Iss@@F and tseEa. Otis WeFa f-2sty prepared
far .s.a sgfSl.rgaof oslf 3resk. Is8ss-,i. ise
woass~r was ;eAt IL had net occurred
ear.:v~. TIE situation was very SFays. "a
FAR o7Ek a& JADuaT~ whsu tfee Sseaad
proclamation VAS ssss3es - Agf38g8 .au
stating t31at - the Americas asterTEstef
- tax tEa3t2 Aasttl4t.es w9ilt3 eeEuET@Ncs
a IAat E3gse tGe native trSae@ ossfss4R
Mania @e-e r1n1.slssttc &e The ss8 -
ats king Na~tBs Zen auszz4@ we're & -
played s3axs bearing the Inscription, In
dependence o- Death IL January = T5n-
Ef}cl - ucsl4r A~tw~on the insurgents ard
49, Avn>rse4-s The tnSUrgvSt p.ekefs ar
tae r@cs coUrse END Of ias city AsT4x ssl
lie Americans. and = genera advance
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NrERCIrY RAILROAD FRANCHISE.
eounctt Committee spends Another
Day With Mr. 0ucry

special Dispatch 10 tue Pest Tntel.igencer.
EAcfEAA. F'~'s s.~~Ths streets commit
see % the ctts Council hAsrsr a. infoTnai
consideration o, mo Henry Bucey Inter
elty railway franchise today Owing 20
the ate"ficr OF the chairman " he con-
uilftte, no definite action = as decided upon.
Mr, BUGGY appeared before the commit
zee ana made plain the pans % rs com
t&-iy. A friendly feeling IN h@.ng Shown
70 The proposed seatt.s-Tassogria read ard
u seems Key tE9s petitioners nd the ctfy
Officials 1rl1 get together without diTa-uttv
me general expression ~ c1unGitmea q
favorable 10 the franchise asked for aro-
Fsling X - drawn In z ntss. ne zs-I like man
f~r and ne road shall os huiis within "a
stated reasonable period after allowing
the Franchise
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can family the I>owerys Of Connetticat-
Archibald Lowery. og Connecticut. VAS Il
society bt.le in Washington before her
marriage. Ii Is recalled that Immediately
after the departure OF DE Lone. u Arcos
and his wife were visiting Washington
and the duke was afraid that he would
be designated as minister. a post he 3s9
not care 10 accept because OF the Inn
pending war Hiss friends here say that
he would NOW be willing "a return. He
was secretary OF the Spanish legation
here before being transferred TO M2ntevi-
deo several years ago
4 high Official SAYS thar the president
has not considered the question of sic
cessor to Gen. Wo0dforG minister 10
Madrid hGt he desires To send a repre-
sentative TO Madrid the moment the rati-
ticaii0ns arc exchanged.
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WASTING THEIR POWDER.
Eliiptnos at CaIocan Again Open
Fire-Ame ricans DO Not
Re

MANILA. Feb a~The Fiiipinos At Cal
ocan again opened fire last evening. Just
before midnight. upon the Kansas out
posts on the extreme right OF the American
lne They maintained a fusIliade o. mus
kerry. supplemented by an occasional shot
from The two big guns for about twenty
minutes.
The Americans did rot reply. The enc
my fired at long range and nobody vas
hurt. All was quiet along the rest Of the
Hne. and there was no change In the Amer
lean position during the night.
The First Wyoming infantry relieved the
Twenty infantry at the water works
yesterday. the latter returning to provost
guard autv in the city which - gradually
resum.ng It's normal appearance.
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SEIZED ms MONEY AND FLED.
Logger Introduce. New Wriuk r.
in - Gambling Game.

Special Dispatch to the Post-T Intelligence
TACOMA. Feb. ST.ast night ii strange
logger took a new way IA play even with
gambling game he spindle whlch he
bad Imagined he could beat. The game
sss operated at the owl theater and the
loggnr bad been Topped" UNTIL all hts
maasy. s. was oo Use layout
Suddenly graspiuE thn fact that he catid
nof VIII the bury logger reached for his
erin. II happened s. more was added to
rs Investment. and the player grabbed
tsa 81 neatly sta -ked uu on the cloth
Before the arsle. pr Huor ruzherz coufa
stop him be got oHt into tbs saloon where
r EASILY shook Off all who tried Ia stop
him. ana reached tn street The last
seen ~ hin be was - n going
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AUDITOR SPIKE DIVORCED.
Too MHch Religious Zeal on the
Wife's Part Caused Separation

Special Dispatch 10 the Pos'-Intei..gcCcsr
TACOMA. Feb. s-&'0sGsgiy Auditor w.
ID. g Spike was t1sfsy granted a divorce
from hR wife. without any contest on her
part. The compliant In the case alleges
TIE extreme religious zeal or Mrs Suiks
led 70 her no longer being a wife ~ plan
I'm. An srnicao!s settlement IF business
matters was reached between husband and
wife ard the divorce arranged without
friction
Mrs. Spike has for two years past be- Il
a !Fad.ng factor IN the work az the &c
cIsziA mission. in whose street meetings
and charitable efforts she took part at all
Times The couple were married in Walia
NaiA In lsas
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ARE ANGRY AT GOMEZ.
The Cuban Executive Committee
VIII Demand an Explanation.

HAVANA. Feb Sit is reported that
a secret meeting Of rhe executive COM
tie committee will not welcome Gomez
- this city IL win not be present when
he arrives IN Havana, and further u
Gomez does not SO before me committee
and explain his reasons for accepting the
propositions OF Porter the representative
Of Mckinley. without consulting the COM
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Distributing Supplies To Cavite.

All Is quiet at Cayite Owing to the
lack OF supplies In the Al iacent village of
san Rogue Commsssary Milikeu has bten
aui aorize1 10 sell neceSsaTieS 70 those able
90 pay fer them and there will Re a dis
tTiout. on OF Tations To others. The reheis
1; appears have loophcled the church tow
or IN cavite. evidently Win the purpose OF
Occupying II with sharpShooters.
SepoF Aguiiios. the Filipino ex-cpnlrniss-
s.oner, made an unoffic al visit 10 Gen Otls
to-day Tomorrow IS the first day Of The
Chinese New Year. and orders have beer
Issued prohibiting fireworks.
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CONTRACTOR GOss WILL FIGHT.
Proposes to Appeal to the Courts for
Nandn mus Writ.

Special Dispatch to tha Post Intelligence.
TACOMA. Feb. s.-t'oAtract0r f. II.
Co.'s who claims his agreement NTH the
old capitol commission il s,ill binding an
nounCes MS determination to push his al
legged rights. He holds there was no Tina
limit In which 10 sell the land warrants on
which h,s contract Was based. and that no
Effort was made 80 sell Them. as should
have been. He saws IL necessary re viii
begin mandaYniia proceedings 20 compel
the proper officials 10 sell these land war
rants and secure he money needed with
which 10 carry out his agreement
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caused ne trouble In handling th4 esse.
aiFs 2siFfaAS the pas fex days the Injured
mah mas shown signs - Qu@rk stec.gyss
avery FleSlass medical attention /. b. rz
SH9Sn t'@ pr1soTsssT. oet 4 Is pass4ts'1 ne
"i4l. ttsft survive - EeFvF sTpn a part q
AS long sfFsi eTsee. II - believed that ever
ta"iEn bafrs1y RECEIVERS sufficiently 20 be
moved 10 the psnsse1tary he wai 70, sass
toi-e n Cc1Gfsczsesgt as ais system - sse.
Ftcusis >:iaffsrsd from BIS injuries
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The Spanish papers generally comment
fl favorable terms on the admirable order
maintained IN Manila
The situation today ia practically I'M
changed The American line has not been
appreclably extended and the troops gen
orally are taking a much-needed rest Re-
connoissances show that the EIltp!uos are
In force in the villages Of PaSig and Para
naque. probably s,oo0 mon 81 the latter
place, within strong Qualifications. All Is
quiet along the line when this dispatch ia
filed al 5;ls p. III. The proyost's guard -
In absolute control of Manila. All fears
Of a native upr-ing In the city we're dis
PEELED by the pf-nptitud~ with which the
outbreak on Monday eseniug was queiled
The streets were deserted last evening by
9 clock and not a light was 10 be seen
IL - L.. -
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New York regiment. Private Cluoney Is
very sick. but the other eases are not re-
gayded as being specially serious.
Or EcheVarrla a yellow fever expert.
says there Is no doubt the soldiers are suf
fering from yellow fever, bur be adds that
there is NO likelihood Of It's spreading.
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EPHRIAM EAGLING's JOURNEY.
Comes Clear From Asia to Become
An American Citizen.

SAN FR 49, 100 Feb CDhriau
Fagaing a recent arrival from Yokohama
Japan made the Journey ~ this country
for the express purpose OF rvnounctng his
allegiance 10 the British queen. Mr. Tag
ling has been In the service Of The Unit
81 states for twe0ty-seyen years, being
connected With The navy in various capa-
cities
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The Battieship oregon Is Expected
to Arrive Any Day.

HONOLULU Feb. /. via san Francisco,
Feb sThe United States steamer Ira-
quois, formerly the tug Fearless. arrived
on January x The vessel is stationed
here for permanent service.
The hattleship Oregon IL almost hourly
expected.
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RESPONSE To CONGRATULATIONS


WASHINGTON. Feb s.-The following
cahlegraua was received NJ the navy de
partment today from Admiral Dewey
TO the Secretary OF the Navy: The com
rn8ndef-iu-Cbief officers ami men tank
the president, and the secretary OF the
navy for their congratulations.
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ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Colonel Sinclair. seventh Artillery
Gets the Brigadtcrship

WASHINGTON Feb S-The prezisIent
sent the following nomination 10 the sen
s.e. ArTgi}'--To les bT1Ealier general Yeg.
ts.ar army. Coi. SMEAR Seventh artillery
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Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelll gencer.
TACOMA, Feb s.--The remains os Judge
Jgdson Appiegate who died Monday night
were buried today from the Masonic ieage
quarters with impressive ceT monies The
local bar AZ a body met and adopted SUI.
able resolutions ana attended the funaral.
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Children deprived of fats

Children deprived of fats
and mineral foods have
weak bones, fiabby flesh and
thin watery blood.
The milk of nursing
mothers, enfeebled by chron-
&c diseases, or long contin-
ued nursing. produces the
same results.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
with the hyPophosphites,
forms a tat food which acts
on the infant through the
mothers milk, giving rich
blood, strong nerves and
sound flesh and bones 10 both.
sae AZ s. 90. a. srzxg.ss,
sCUTE eJTs h =sssts. .s~ YsA
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GtRRIrf GRowI>. MORSE.
The Wounded Uohber Way Never
serve ANY Portion of III. Term

s9N'|ai Dsra' n 60 the Post lnteilgrrcer
TAtfAtA t'eh. s--lt Is reported frorn
ler costnty building today that A.. Gear
rty. she i8Dtrod hiwNwaSman Under sem
sesaee 20 tAa pertiryst'srv fer u.s shary. TIA
ne fssent shooting AZ {hn Wext End ho~
e. = gradually growing worse Those
ss2 hAve hsra Watching ths osasxt ara ~
she opinion that Clarity NtG rot recover
he ahoi IN a;3-r+Jys hs ts What has
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The tf.ipinus. accustomed 20 spanish
metnosiS are constantly inqulring os the
American soldiers when the prisoners are
10 - executed
They were unable to realize that orders
have not already he6n isssliTd for their exc
cution Indeed. headquarters Is row be
siege6 by women anxious 10 plead for the
NHas. Of tna-r rnla iN1s md fEinnas.
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s1efct ting To Discuss Mines.

Special Dispatch to the post-InteIlgencer
TACOMA. Feb k.--Du Friday evening
next the btFsin men Of the city are 20
meet To consider the mining interests OF
Pierce county. and discus methods for fur
thcring them The meeting VIII he held
under the auspices or the Chamber OF
Commerce
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KANSAS CITY. Feb s--At the home OF
the brides parents IN this city TO-DAY
Mics Mauda 7. Fritz daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs John Fr.tE and James l.. Flood ~
San Francisco. son Of James J Flood tho
bonanza King were united In ma rrtaga
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'pEWE s.


Secretary Alger received the following
from Cen. OTIS
sincere thanks FOR congratulations All
credit due 20 hearty response OF troops 20
orders of officers OTIS"
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An order has been Issued by First As
s.~taut Postmaster General Heath prn-
Viding that pension checks can he cashet.
al money order offices as an acrnmmodp >
tion Ia holders ia small towns where the -
is no bank
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YELLOW rEsER AMONG TROOPS
Six Gases i'm the 2o2d New York mt
rfnar Del Rio.

GT-ANAJAY Pirar d~l RIO. Feb a-S3s
cases ~ yellow fever have Gese51Esal
among lhe so.4leEs hel3nglng 70 The d..
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Not the AGgressOrs.

LONDON Feb. s.-The Filipino tunta
has received a cahlegram from Ag0ncilio.
agent Of Aguinaldo dated Montreal de-
ploring the hostilifies which have been
the effect of securing tho ratification of
the peace treaty" Agoncilio also saws ne
believes the outbreak was provoked by
the Americans Ia order 70 insure the rati~
fication 81 the treaty, and declares that
the Ellipinos. far from being the agrees
sors. were taken by surprise and were un-
prepared"
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Feb. O

mittee. he vii be officially notified on the
part 81 the committee 20 appear before
IL and explain his conduct
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AGONCILL0 STILL BOASTS.
Says the War VIII so on Until the
Americans sue for
Peace.

MONTREAL. Feb. S.-Agonciilo said to-
day that since war had been declared II
would never he stopped until the Amer
leans made overtureS Cor peace. The in
surgents would be willing. however. to
have a mutual conference. The principal
reason why they opposed American rule
was that from what they had SEEN up 10
the present Of the American soldicrs. tho
Filipinos would simply be slaves. He says
he sent six telegr*ms 10 Washington, but
has not yet received a single reply
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SHARP BRUSH AT CAL0CAN.
Tweutieth Kansas Drives In FLIP
mo Sharpshooters. losing one
officer. shot Dead.

MANILA. FEB s.--i4ast evening as ths
Filpiuoss at Calocan were evidently mass
ing for night attack upon the Amer
cans. the Twentieth Kansas infantry was
ordered to attack and drive the sharp
shooters from bamboo jungle IN front %
The firing linz. " here iney had Cause coz
siderable annoyance al the Afternoon
The battalion charged brilliantly. driving
the enemy ike chan. and penetrating 10
the very heart Of C'1locap-
First Lieut. a =. Afford, as eahled last
night. Was killed while leading his COM
pany. He was shot IA the forehead. Ser
geanf James Sheldon. Company J. Was
seriously wounded. Privates Daniel Hsw-
1T tHeaAtt p. Ernest FRITZ, John Gillian
nd Two other members of Company Is
were also slightly wounded.
Thirty Dead Fiiipinos.
Thirty dead Filipiaos wee counted IN
the brush and there were many more
wounded. The gunboats Concord and
CaIiao kept up an incessant IRE from the
bay, the Concord dropping many shells
into the town with telling effect. In order
10 avoid accidents from this source, Gen.
Otis was compelled 10 recall the Kansas
battalion. after burning the outskirts OF
the town. Either the shells of the Amer
team warships or the natives themselves
fred a number of buildings within the
town limits Presumably this was the
result Of the Smelling. No further attempt
Ia attack during the night was made by
Stthar SIDE