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The weekly messenger., 1902-10-04

cratic politicians. and THIS very potent
factor is the people. The scene has
changed, the tables are reversed as they
often are in the course of human events.
and the people have stood by aud wit
messed the change; and are beginning to
understand 1t. The people had turned
over their power and prerogratives to
the Democrats, to Oust cOtrie OF cor
rupt politicians at the time, desecrating
the franchise and the electorate Of this
fair State Of ours and menacing the
State itself In many phases. The power
and prerogatives of the people have been
divorced from them. to perpetuate the
same crime which they were supposed to
suppress. and to perpetuate themselves
in Office. and by habit bent are stufing
ballot boxes and stealing elections
among themselves, as was lately done
in the 7th Congressional District, in
the Congressional Primaries.
The people have lost patience with the
Democratic cotrie Of politicians which
are governing this State BY autocracy
and everything which goes to make a
corrupt government of the politicians.
by the politicians. and for the politi-
clans, as was done by the late State Le-
gislature. with the Merger Bill. when
100000 Of dollars of the New Orleans
people money. Wab thrown into the
hands of few polltleisDs, in spite of
the fundamental law of the State. the
Constitution. and what for? To perpe-
tuate in Office Broussard and Foster and
Heard aud Blanchard. and 80 on down
to maintain the line Of Royal Success
sion.
As far as the Lilly Whites are concer-
ned. from party standpoint, we can
take its tenets and principals and dis
sect them even to the satisfaction Of Mr..
BrOussard himself. who always votes
0ur measures in Washington. n0twith.
standing the fact. that he cannot take
part in republican caucuses, and conse-
quently cannot help US. once measure
has been made party measure,
But what Of the Democratic platform
the free trade platform, the people will
have note Of it, the bastard off. spring
Of q political failure that went to the
White House only once to throw the
whole Country into panic and starva
tion. In the third Congressional Dis
trict 1t must sail under republican CO.
lors or stand at anchor. It is a conglo-
morated mass Of nothing. called Demo.
crat on the streets. protectionist on the
Stump. Free Trader in Kansas City
votes Republican measures on the flOOI
OF the House at Washington, and is con-
spicous bv virtue, of its absence, in re-
publican Caucuses.
The platform Of Broussard at Napo
leonville Is as follows: I'VE reaffirm ouI
belief In Tariff for revenue only, but We
advice our candidate to vote as he die
10 the past" How did he vote In th,
pastf For the highest protection. th'
Dingley Bill. What a Farce.
| d. C. Liable.
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OF the Week
Sins and sinners.


c. w. Bradshaw is reported killed by
negro miners at Chicago. Tenn.
Mrs. Jaubert of Carbonate, ILL.,, at
tackled her husband. shot and killed
him. and also his brother, who took up
the quarrel. A coroner's jury exoner-
ated her.
Sam Faugn, for demonstrating with
Jasper Abbott OF Rock, H., for insult
ing ladies at a hotel during the street
fair and carnival, was shot aud killed
by the latter.
claims a portion of the Pullman estate,
was sent to Joliet for two years for
writing Objectionable matter to Mrs.
F. o. Lowden.
Victor Rouillott. aged ffty-one, a
stock broker, committed suicide by in
haling illuminating gas at his home in
Germantown, Pa. Rouillot was recent
ly convicted of conspiracy in connec-
ton with a stock deal.
Harry Brown. alias Alvah Giles. was
arrested at Genoa, Neb.. and a trunk
filled with postage stamps in original
packages, recovered. They are sup
posed to be a portion of those stolen
from the Chicago postoffice last fall.
Detectives called into the case show
negligence on the part of the safety
deposit company, from whose vaults
s35, 900 belonging to bookmakers. was
reported stolen Friday in Chicago, and
little doubt exists that the money was
stolen.
Because his father, Philip Henrici, a
wealthy restaurateur and caterer of
Chicago, had denied him pocket money,
on the ground that he was becoming
too extravagant, Carl Andrew Henrici,
aged nineteen, shot and killed himself
in his room in the Henrici mansion.
Alfred Fenton. wealthy farmer,
6!ed at Rushville. Mo-. from shotgun
wounds inflicted by Mark Dunn. The
shooting was without nrovocation. and
Dunn Is in danger of being lynched.
Dunn had been drinking and fred at
Fenton as he was passing In buggy.
In a recent alleged hold-up at Chi
cago. Robert L. Mcmahon, special po-
liceman for the Auditorium Annex,
killed one man and, after a running re-
vcIver fight, captured another. The
man taken into custody gave his name
ions name was Frank Murphy.
Ashley Cooke and Thomas Lauder
dale were hung in Washington county.
Mississippi, for the murder Of En-
gineer wray, all attempts at obtaining
pardon falling. Both men appeared in
different 10 their fate, Cooke declaring:
1T hope they will hang us before IL
o'clock then we will eat dinner In
hell" His wish was granted.
Karl Won Bismarck, who claims to
be a granddaughter Of the late Prince
Won Bismarck, has been sent 20 Ger
many, friends having provided the
funds, and having obtained his dis
charge under suspended sentence at
New York by Judge Newburger in the
court of general sessions. on a charge
of burglary in the third degree. Bis
marck was accused of stealing tapes
tries.
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MEAT MERGER COMPLETED.
Swift and Armour Iaterests Said TO
Have Got TnGethcr.

Swift and Armour Iaterests said TO
Have Got Together.
Chicago, July 27-That a deal to merge
the Swift and Armour interests has
been completed was the current BELIEF
In La Sale street yesterday and was
given as the reason for a sudden rise
In Swift stock. That stock rose TO $50
on the local market and two points
higher in Boston. Some small blocks
were offered and were eagerly snatched
up. the price advancing in the face or
the sales. According TO the informa-
ton current among the brokers that
are supposed to be on the inside. each
share of the present Swift stock will
be exchanged for two shares of pre-
ferred and one Of common in the new
combine. G. F. Swift will be at the
head of the merged interests. IL is SAID,
this inducement having been held out
to him in or Ter TO win him over to the
merger idea. which he has hitherto OPP
posed. Mr.. Swift and his son, Louis
r. Swift, returned to Chicago yester-
day from ST. Paul where they had
been negotiating for the control of the
stock yards there.
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Casualties.

Water and steam have extinguished
the oil fires at Jennings, La. without
the use of chemicals.
A. ]. Cation, president of the Chicago
club. had a narrow escape from death
by a collision of his carriage with an
electric car.
Three cloudbursts occurred within
Broom county, New York, recently. NJ.
]. Ryan Of Binghampton, and James
Cook, wife and baby, of Alton, were
drowned.
One fireman killed and sixteen people
injured was the result of a head-end
collision between two passenger trains
on the Lehigh Valley road at Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Edward Williams, single, aged twen-
ty-four, son Of wealthy and prominent
residents of Eldora, Iowa, was found
dead north of Eldora. He had started
from Steamboat Rock, when the team
ran away, throwing Williams down an
embankment, killing him instantly.
A tornado, characterized by fierce
wind, heavy rain and vivid lightning,
visited Baltimore recently. The fury
of the storm was over in fifteen min
utes. Signs were broken off, roofs in
tured and trees torn down. Charles
Schaefer was killed by live wire and
William Cornish was killed by a fall
ing tree. The capsizing OF a row boat
and a sail boat caused nine people TO
drown in the harbor.
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A Foolish Lift.

Stratford, Wis, July 2Sth.-William
Junemann was working with a farmer
near this place last summer, and one
day they got stuck with a load of
grain. Mr.. Junemann says: 1--WE had
to lift like fools, and my back cracked
and started TO hurt me so that !
couldn't stand II any longer. The man
I was working for took me home and ]
went to bed. I saw an advertisement
OF Dodd's Kidney Pills in the paper.
and I sent and got one fifty-cent box.
Before had this box used up ] began
to feel better, and kept on, and very
soon my back was well again.
IT can't say enough for Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and cannot understand why
anyone should continue to suffer with
backache when Dodd's Kidney Pills
will cure II so quickly"
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sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. /, however, was
advised to try Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and San
atiye Wash; 1 did SO, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed
felt that my general health had Inn
proved; in three months more i was
cured, and have been in perfect
health since. l did not lose an engage
ment or miss a meal.
Your Vegetable Compound 10 GER
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured are ready TO give you.
always speak highly of it, and You
will admit l have good reason to do
so."-MRs. G. Bruce, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit II aboUs tsstimoniai Is not genuine.
The fullest counsel on this
subject can be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii be
entirely confidential.
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CROPS RUINED.

Wheat and BARLEY washed Awhy
and Considerable stock KHte",
winona, MINI, July 81 - A severe
storm north of here did considerable
damage to crops in the Little Wamah-
dee valley. Lowlands were Hooded ana
wheat and barley in shock was washed
away On the farm of August schoepp
a large barn was blown down. ana nVe
horses and q number CT cows Were
killed. on Alma Ridge standing gram
was beaten into the ground oy hah'
and garden crops were ruined.
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Personal.

Luther c. Ness has been appointed
assistant United States attorney for
Alaska.
Rt Rev. w. Barnwell, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese OF Alabama, died at
Selma. Ala, as the result OF a recent
attack OF appendicitis.
George Heath. who, as captain,
sailed the great lakes from 1850 up to a
few years ago, died at his home at
Toledo. Ohio, OF heart failure. aged
eighty-one years.
James J. Kelley. an old time min
strel who, during his professional ca
reer, appeared in nearly every part OK
the country. died at his home In Boston.
He was sixty-nine years old.
Mrs. Lucille Blackburn Lane, daugh-
ter of Senator Blackburn of Kentucky
and widow Of the late Thomas F. Lane
Of Washington, died at her residence OF
brain fever and nervous prostraton.
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General.

z. c. Plat, confidential man to the
late ]. w. Mackay, estimates the lat
ters fortune at $4,000, 900.
President Shaffer says a majority of
lodges have voted TO accept the wage
reduction offered tin workers.
Armor & Co. are reported as having
absorbed the Hammond Packing COM
pany and the G. II. Hammond compa-
ny.
The Nebraska supreme court decides
that Omaha has no legal fire and po-
lice board, and directs the governor to
appoint one.
Mrs. Jane Hayes Gaige, cousin OF
the late President Mckinley, is dead at
her home in Binghampton. N. Y,
where she had lived forty-eight years.
Adam Schaaf, one of the pioneer pi-
ano manufacturers of Chicago. is dead.
He was born in London, Eng, in 1919.
A widow and four children survive
him.
William G. White. controller of the
Bank for Savings of New York, and for
the last eight years treasurer OF the
Union League club. is dead from apo
plexy.
Farmers of Ellis county, Kansas, get
the pick of harvest hands, as they are
reported to feed the men FIVE meals dali
ly. with a drink of whisky before each
meal, besides paying full wages.
The proposition of the American Tin
Plate company to reduce wages 25 per
cent, in order to secure a large con-
tract from the Standard oil company,
a
Bishop o'Connor, of the Paterson, N.
J., diocese. has communicated the
new Greek Catholic church of St Peter
and st. Paul. of Passaic. Father Vole-
sin, the pastor. says he will carry the
matter to Rome.
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee says the
president was too harsh in his treat
ment of Gen. Jacob Smith, as orders
fully as harsh as those of the latter to
kill and burn" were issued during the
War of the Rebellion.
]. w. Gates, c. w. Schwab. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt and few other multi
millionaires. are interested I'm a merger
of one of the strongest real estate and
construction companies In this country,
with 500, 100000 capital
Newman anu MS SOns WHO bdiieu
from College Point, L. l., July 9, in a
thirty-foot launch. for England have
been sighted by two steamers in diff
ferent localities. showing them to have
made nearly 100 miles daily.
The Licensed Tugmens' association,
$500 strong. with lodges at all main
towns on the Great Lakes, has been
admitted TO membership in the Long
sh ,remen's union.
The sale of forty-five miles OF the
Santa Fe railroad TO the Union Pacific
company Is announced The road runs
from Naco, on the border. TO La Ca
nea. ~
TLs transport Sumner brought 10
San Francisco 100 cabin passengers, 205
OF tbs Seventeenth infantry and 22e of
the rwenty-fourth from Manila John
Kelly and Richard Johnson died on the
voyage home.
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Che News
washington Notes.


The following postoffices viii have
free delivery system beginning Sept. l.:
bismarck, N. D., and Dead, s. ID.
II Is announced at the navy depart
rent that the official trial of the mon
tor Arkansas, built at Newport News.
will take rIAce on Aug. 6. The contract
speed OF the Arkansas is III knots.
The war department has been In
formed from Manila that between May
and June IL, seventy-six enlisted men
Of the army died. or these thirty-two
deaths were caused by Asiatic cholera.
Lieut.. Gov. Tillman, South Carolina.
has telegraphed Fourth Assistant Post
ant Postmaster General Bristow that
he withdraws the charge that his mail
has been tempered with in the postof-
fee at Pickens, s. G.
The navy department has announced
that the two battleships TO be built un-
der the authority of the last naval APP
propriatiou bill are to be named the
louisiana and Connecticut. The bat
tleships will cost $i,2l3,000 and the
cruisers $4,659,000 each.
II was announced at the war depart
ment that Gen. Davis, when he as
sumed command of the Philippines
will have under him in command OF
the various departments of the island,
Brigadier Generals Wade, Sumner,
Writ, Baldwin, Lee and Sanger.
Rear Admiral J. b. Joghlan. who has
been engaged in special duty in connec-
ton with the transportation of the re-
mains of the late Lord Pauncefote to
England. will join the North Atlantic
squadron with his flagship, the Brook
Ign, and take part in the summer ma
reuVeTs
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Foreign Notes.

The win of the late earl Of Kimber
ley was probated in London. The es-
tate is valued at s25S,S13.
The British government has offered
TO take the warships now in course OF
construction for the Chilean govern
ment.
The clock tower of Santo Stefano, in
Venice. shows signs of collapsing, ana
precautionary measures have been
adopted.
Frederick Goodall, the artist, was
adjudged a bankrupt in London. He
exhibited his first picture at the
Royal Academy in 1899.
A powerful combination OF petroleum
refiners has been formed in Austria. to
prevent encroachments Of the Standard
OH company in Central Europe.
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert. British
ambassador TO the United states, has
been gazetted as a knight commander
of the order of st. Michael and st.
George.
Chinese immigrants in Canada paid
s364972 for the privilege Of entering
there during the year ending June 30,
and the local poll tax has been raised
to 800.
Marconi is reported to have offered
his system to the italian government
with a guarantee that, in case OF ITS
adoption. no other navy shall be all
lowed to use IL.
The proving OF the will of William
Lidderdale, late governor OF the Bank
Of England. who died last month,
shows that his entire estate amounts
TO only e1000.
l.. s. Crum, United States marshal
for Kansas and noted politician, died
at his home in Oswego, Kan.
The death is announced of the Most
Rev. Thomas w. Croke. archbishop OF
the archdiocese of Cashel, Ireland, and
administrators of Emily. He was born
in 1924 and consecrated In 1870.
Two German scientists. Robert Hill
bert, and Albert Buschitz. while riding
In a Motor car near Buda Pest, were
struck by lightning.<< Hilbert wss
killed on the spot and BuscEftz sus-
tanned injuries which VIII probably
prove fatal.
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ADpeRrancea.

Customer Cooking at photo)-Who is
this serious. Notwithstanding gentle
man, with the eyeglasses, and sur
rounded by all the books?
Photographer-That. sir. is a portrait
Of Bill Dubbs. the famous comic opera
comedian.
Customer-Ah, see; and over there
you have a picture of him in a tramp
makeup?
Photographsr-Not at all, sir; that
is Photograph of Prof. Thinkdeep, the
celebrated biologist.-Exchange
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PESTS own TOWN
MOSQUITOES IN swARMs INFEsT
THE CITY OF MILwAU-
KEE.
LIFE A BURDEN TO MAN AND BEAST
HORSES BALK OR RUN AWAY AND
MEN ARE ALMOST
BLINDED.
LIFE A BURDEN TO MAN AND BEAST
CHILDREN THE WORST SUFFERERS
ATTACKED AND NEARLY DE-
voURED BY DRoyEs OF
THE PESTS.

Milwaukee. July 27.-Mosquitos are
30 numerous in Milwaukee that life is
almost a burden to man and beast,
parts of the city that have never been
invaded by the pests swarm with them
day and night.
Smudge fires on fashionable lawns
on the East side are a common sight
every evening, and no one pretends to
sit out of doors after dark without pro-
lection OF some sort.
Yesterday Beck & often, grading
contractors in the vicinity of st.
Francis, were obliged to discharge
their men and put their horses in the
stables until The mosquitoes have dis
appeared, the horses baking or run
ming away, and the men being almost
blinded by the pests. The foreman OF
q large gang of men at work on one or
the South side contracts for a land
company, says he is unable to hire men
to work at grading for the same rea-
son, and there is no prospect for fin
ishing a great amount OF work that is
necessary at this season. The weeds
are alive with the mosquitoes. The
workmen have been literally driven off
the streets, and some of them have
faces that are covered with blotches
and sores that are very painful.
A we'll known woman on Ninth street
was stung by mosquito on the lip and
her mouth Is swollen almost closed.
Children seem to be the worst SUI
ferers, especially babies. and it Is a
hazardous undertaking TO allow them
to go out OF the house. for they are apt
to be attacked and nearly devOured by
the droves of the pest that swarm ev-
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Discerning Germs.

What is this stuff?" asked the testy
husband, suffering over a mouthful
of the strange dish which he finds on
the breakfast table.
That" answers the thoughtful wife,
lis the new health food"
1T ought to be healthy" declares the
husband. TN bet no germ OF any
sense would try to live on it."-Balti-
more American.
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PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week

List of Patents Issued Last Week TO
Northwestern Inventors.
Frank o. Carlson, Valley City, n. D.,
cloth cleaning device: Richardson w.
Dickinson, Sioux Falls, S. D., index
cabinet; Patrick Glynn. Adrian, Mimi.
clothes pounding; Charles Shabley.
washington Springs, S. D., harrow;
John T. Thompson, st. Paul, Mimi.
shoe string; George A. Wadsworth,
Montevideo, Mimi, adjustable stand.
Lothrop johnson, patent attorneys. OH
sl2 Pioneer Press Bldg. 81. Paul. MINI.
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UNKNOWN nay KILLED.

Was walking on the Track When
Passenger Train Hit HIN.
Fergus Falls. Mimi. July e. Inc
Great Northern east-bound passenger
train killed n man who was walNins
on the track a short distance TINS siae
of Evansville. striking him and crush
irg in the side OF his heaS, No papers
were found on his perSrn except
letter from n woman at Leaf Noun
tain. this county. The envelope was
gone and his name has not yet been
ascertainei.
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young man." said the solemn-look-
ing gentleman in the throng. do you
know YOU are on the path to quick d.
struction?"
"I do" replied the youth, as he de-
tached himself and FASTENED forward;
for he had only ten minutes to spend In
the quick-lunch ROOM Baltimore
News
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BrutnI Papa,

"Since you were afraid to tell papa
OF our engagement. told him myself"
said Flossie Featherly.
And what did he say?" asked Mr..
Doolittle, anxiously.
He said il was clear that the fools
weren't all dead yet!"-Detroit Free
Press.
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In q Higher Position.

"Me darter Nora is goin' Z marry Ca
sey. that wurrucks In tn basemint Nv
thot buildin'. BIT OF do be tillin' her
that she moight hev looked higher"
'Indade?"
"Yis; she cud how bod Murphy, that
wurrucks on tn top story Nv that same
skoiscraper." Baltimore Herald.
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InccnyrIphted Iden

Wife Ito her MISUNDERSTANDING, love,
want you to give John a good scold-
ing tomorrow morning.
Husband-What for? / am perfectly
satisfied with the fellow.
Wife-Well, you see, he has to beat
the carpets tomorrow, and he strikes
ever so much harder when he's In a
bad temper.-Pearson's Weekly.
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The Locomotive whistle Nuisance

The Belgian railway authorities are
struggling With the locomotive whistle
evil. The engines will carry whistles
producing two tones, one much softer
than the usual one. This will be used
in railway stations. or when the train
Is pas sing platforms crowded with pas
sengers.
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A New Meaning.

Mrs. de Steighl has had p. p. c.
engraved on her visiting cards. Is she
going TO leave the city?"
why, of course not. What made
you think so?'
well, If p. p. c. means"
Ping Pong Champion, my dear Algy.
How dull you are."-Baltimore News.
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Hfbernicism.

Laborer twaving fiag)-Yezll hav ter
turn back. This sthreet's closed.
Driver-What's il closed for?
Laborer-Bekase it's jist been opened
be the telephone company ter put in
their wires That's why it's closed
Philadelphia Press.
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A y,rietysof Reasons.

why Is she going to the mountains
this Year,"
"Oh, she has several reasons. The
doctor has ordered her to go. her hus-
band has ordered her to stay at home
and she is sick OF the shore and the
Country."-Judge.
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Wanted Moneys worth.

Mr.. Grump-That COMPOUNDED doctor
charged me IS for telling me there was
nothing wrong with me.
Mrs. Grump-Outrageous
Mr.. Grump-Yes; IL he had discov-
cred dangerous symptoms 1 shouldn't
have minded in the least.-Ohio State
Journal
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Ladies Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after Using Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy Cures swollen, hot.
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails,
corns and buEions. All druggists and
shoe st ores, Csc. Trial package FREE
by mail. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
Leroy. ". Y.
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A Inherent Thing.

NO" said Toplop, IL don't believe In
pa ying $40 or $50 for a suit of clothes"
We'll" replied the other. III were
asked my opinion, I'd swear that was
at least $40 suit you have on"
But you wouldn't swear had paid
for 1T, would you?"--Philadelphia
Press.