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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
The Tribune
Uptown Office
is now located at
1864 Broadway
Between 36th and 37th SITS.
COLORED MEN IN DUEL
ONE CONTESTANT SHOT-BULLET FLAT
TENED AGAINST SKULL OF
RYST AMBER

There was an exciting duel last night at Sixty
third-st and Amsterdam-ave., during which
seven shots were fired, and one contestant and a
hystander shot Neither was seriously hurt.
William Johnson colored barber. of No. 24S
West Sixty-third-st, and another colored man,
said to have been Jerry Gray, of No. 223 West
Sixty-third-st met at Amsterdam-ave and
Sixty-third-st. The men, according to informal
ton gathered, by the police, had long oeen
enemies Johnson had accused the other man
of welChing bet, and had tod all Oh MS
friends Last night when the men met, and
while they were about twenty-five feet apart
both drew revolvers and began to blaze away.
In all seven shots had been exchanged. when
three detectives of the West Sixty-seventh-st
station VINO had been attracted by the shoouhs'
arrived on the scene on a run. This ended the
dueI for the colored men. seeing the officers of
the law bearing down on them, took to their
heels Detective Dunn, after a chase or TWO
blocks succeeded in capturing Johnson. Wheh
arrested the man carried in his hand 81 cal
ibre revolver with five chambers empty. He
had flesh wound in the right arm.
The police were taking their prisoner across
the street when man, calm, and apparently
not the least bit excited, went up to them lie
was bleeding from a wound on the right side of
the head.
Il have been shot he said to Detective Dunn
at the same time handing the policeman a nat
tened bullet. Il was standing across the street
watching the fighting, he said. when was
shot in the head. The bullet 1attened against
the skull l removed 1t. and here it is.
carnentnr living at No 142 West Sixty-third-st.
The wounds of both men were attended TO
and johnson was locked UP. charged with felo-
NOUS assault, and Mitchell went home.
Gray escaped by running through lot. Inc
police looking for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS CORBETT
THREE WILLETs POINT SOLDIERS WILL
BE CAREFUL HOW THEY ADDRESS
FARMERS HEREAFTER.

When three Willets Point soldiers came to- on
the roadway on Friday and found the card OF
lanes J. Corhett pinned each Of their coats.
they were surprised to say the least
Corbett lives in retirement a small farm In
Bayside and spends considerable of his time In
tending to his garden. On Friday he was coming
from the further end of the farm. and was driving
along the road, clad in blue jean overalls and an
old farmers hat He noticed three soldiers coming
along the road toward him. but paid no particular
attention to them, as they are rather common
iehts in that neghborhood.
Evidently the soldiers did not know that the sup
uosed farmer was Corbett, as when they came up
10 him they made insulting remarks ABOUT MIN
Corbett overheard the remarks. and MADE up his
mind that apology was due to him he tied his
horse TO tree the roadside and then started up
Tho road after the soldiers. He overlook them be-
fore they had gone far. and then asked them why
+hev had made of such language to him. For
answer of the soldiers struck Corbett a sting
INC blow the face. Corbett squared or at the
fellow and then real fight was on, but 1t was
very brief. He landed the fellow nat on the road
with one blow. Then 1t was that the other two
soldiers started in to do up the pugilist He
struck out with his right, and the other two also
measured their lengths the roadway. Then 1t
was that Corbett in spirit of humor. pinned one
of his cards each OF their coats and went away
When the the cards they looked at each
other in amaZement. and, after limping back to
Wnlets Point. told the men in the barracks how
they whipped James j. Corbett.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
BOER GENERALS WEI COINED.
REMARKABLE GREETING ON ARRIVING
IN ENGLAND.

Southan lpton. Aug. 16.-Generals Rotha, De
Wet and Delarey arrived here this morning and
met with a great reception, both from govern
ment officials and the public. The Boer gem
erals looked remarkably well. and evidently
were much pleased the heartiness of the
welcome accorded them. Soon after landing
they boarded the steamship Nigeria, where
Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary
Earl Roberts and General Lord Kitchener
greeted them. They also introduced to
Mrs Chamberlain and Lady Roberts. with
whom they chatted for some time.
Official arrangements had been made to per
nit the generals to witness the naval review
but after conference with Abraham Fischer
the former Boer delegate. who came from The
Hague It was announced that they intended TO
proceed direct TO London in order to reach
Holland as speedily possible The generals
go to Holland to pay their last respects to the
memory of General Lucas Meyer. who died Of
heart disease on August 8.
General De Wet, in conversation here, con-
firmed the statement that he and his
panions will visit the United States before
turning South Africa
London Aug 16.-The scene at the railroad
station on the arrival of the Boer generals to-
day was remarkable. An enormous crowd of
people gave them a welcome as hearty as given
to Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener when they
arrived here from South Africa Shouts of
Good old De Wet Our friends the enemy"
and Brave soldiers ALI" were frequently heard
amid salVos of cheers. General De Wet was
fairly cornered by a mob, and had to be rescued
by the police. who by sheer force cleared line
Of retreat for him
ment's invitation witness the naval review
the visitors remarked that they were too tired
after the long war and needed a rest"
II is still uncertain whether or not they will
m King.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
TOTS. AFIRE. TOSSED MAR
SISTER, HERSELF BURNING, THROWS
THEM TO SAFETY.

Three persons were burned two perhaps
fatally, and a young girl proved herself nero
inc at a fire which broke out in the six story
tenement house at Nos. 30 and 242 Cherry-st'
Just before noon yesterday.
The injured are Sabine. nineteen years old;
Rachael, nine months old, and Julius Yirsch,
five years old. of No $40 Cherry-st.
After the alarm had been given and when 1t
became known that there fire. there was
a panic among the families living in the two
houses Only the timely arrival of Policeman
.ricbo of the Madison-st. station, averted many
injuries
The Yirsch family lives the second floor Of
the house About il o'clock Mrs. Rachael
Yirsch, the mother, went out. leaving her chill
dren, Rachael and Julius, in charge of their
sister, Sabine. While watching the little ones
sa bno began TO prepare the midday meal 1t
IS supposed that in lighting the fire she poured
kerosene into the stove and attempted to light
il for when the iremen arrived there was a
strong cdor Of kerosene in the room At any
rate. the flames ignited the girls dress and the
hangings around the
sabino's first thought. although she was afre,
was for the children She rushed 10 where the
baby, Rachael lying, and grabbing il up.
made a wild dash for the fire escape at the
rear Of the building. screaming she ran. Her
screams attracted the attention of Mrs Sarah
Lenowltz, who lives on the same floor in the
building next door.
With her clothes ablaze, the girl tossed the
baby TO Mrs. Lenowitz. who leaned out Of the
window TO receive it Then Sabine dashed back
into the burning apartments and seized Julius,
who was paralyzed with fear. Again she ran
10 the fire escape and passed Julius to Mrs.
Lenowitz.
AS the children were passed to her. Mrs. Leno-
witt and other neighbors wrapped them up in
blankets extinguishinE me flames In their cloth
ing The baby's entire body scorched. but
Julius only slightly burned.
After rescuing the children Sabine attempted
TO run out of the building through the halls. She
was almost fainting from pain and excitement
when she was rescued in the dark hallway by
TWO men. who wrapped their coats about her.
putting out the fire in her dress
At that moment Policeman Ticho sent in an
alarm and after battling his way through the
terror stricken crowd TO where the baby
and Julius and carried them downstairs
An ambulance from Gouverneur Hospital with
DR.. Smith responded TO a call He dressed the
burns of the children ana removed Sabine and
the baby to the hospital The doctor thought
that both had inhaled the flames and that their
chances Of recovery were slight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
THE M4NH4TT4N AGREEMENT.

ONE OF THE BROTHERHOOD LODGES IN
DoRsEs THE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN
FTREMEN AND ELEVATED.
At the meeting last night Of local lodge No.
los Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers the agreement entered into between the
11remen and the Manhattan Railway Company
last Tuesday was ratified by rising vote The
meeting was held in the lodge room at No. 10
One-hundred- and twenty-fifth-st.. and was at
tended by 195 members out of a total lodge
membership of 40. All branches Of the line af-
fected by the threatened strike were repre-
scented.
After the meeting William L. Jencks who was
the chief representative of the lodge in the con-
ference with Assistant Grand Chief Youngson,
said that the meeting had been secret, and had
not been attended by any representatives of the
firemen-
-Our meetings secret he said, and we
do not let fireInen into secrets The COM
rnittee OF seven which met Assistant Grand
Chief Youngson and arranged the settlement
with the Manhattan Railway Company were
all present They presented their report which
was unanimously accepted by rising vote. We
are absolutely satisfied with the agreement.
We do not ask for any time clause The fact
is that in the agreements between railroad
companies and their employees no time limit
under an agreement for seventeen years with
out any time clause. and are content to do so in
the future. We feel that the Manhattan people
treated US very generously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
LAURA BTGGAR, HRS. II. u BENNETT
EIRTH OF A CHILD DIsCLOsEs THE FACT
OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE ACTRESS

BIRTH OF A CHILD DIsCLOsEs THE FACT
OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE ACTRESS,
Asbury Park n. J.. Aug. 16.-More light was
thrown on the interest Of the late Henry NJ.
Bennett of Farmingdale. in Miss Laura Bggar,
the actress, and principal devisee under his Will
yesterday when a coffin containing the body
Of a child was received here. According to the
name on the plate the body was thar of Henry
NJ. Bennett who died on August 13 aged fifteen
days.
T NJ. OBrien. an undertaken of Bayonne
brought the coffin here, and telephoned John NJ
Burtis, undertaken Of this city. to bury the
child in the Bennett plot in Mount Prospect
Cemetery A note addressed TO the superin-
tendent. and signed by Mrs Laura Bggar- Ben
nett, asking him TO allow the burial accom-
panied the coffin.
After conference with John F Hawkins
one of the executors Of the Bennett estate, and
the cemetery officials. burial in the plot was
rot permitted, and the coffin was placed in the
vault until to-day. when another plot was Sc
cured. and the body buried there.
The burial certificate disclosed the fact that
Miss Bigger and Mr.. Bennett were married
Bayonne. n. J., Aug 16-Miss Laura Bigger
entered Dr. Charles c. Hendricks's sanatorium
at Bergen Point soon after the death of MI
Bennett She is still a patient in the institu-
tion- II was learned there tonight that Mrs.
Bennett gave birth TO child July %. DR.
Hendricks said he did not know where the mar
riage took place who performed the cere-
uony- Mrs Bennett. he said, was too i'll TO
talk
Thomas O'Brien, the undertaken made the fol-
lowing statement tonight:
On Wednesday morning I was called TO DR.
Hendricks sanatorium Bergen Point 20 pre-
pare for burial child of Mrs. Henry ". Ben.
4
it 10 Asbury Park yesterday, according 10 the
instructions given me by the mother, who wished
the body buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery
there. The executors of the Henry M Bennett
estate refused 10 allow to bury 1t there.
Then 1 placed the body in a vault. and this
afternoon, upon Mrs. Benefits order. buried il
in a bought plot in the Mount Pleasant Gene
terry This afternoon / notified Mrs Bennett of
what / had done"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS
FOREIGN PORTS

Scilly, Aus iS-Passed steamers Allegheny ytr' Evans
Newport News London, - George tBrl Hartley
Galveston for Antwerp Toronto tErl. Forth New
York for HUH
Lizard Aug 16-Passed steamer Koenisiu LAise lGer
Nolser. New-YOrk for Bremen.
Queenstown Aug 16. 49, m Arrived steamer EsEl
tBr). Watt. New-York for Liverpool and prt'eeie,
Dunnet Head Aug 16-Passed. steamer keHtusSy Ian
Sunderuann. New-YOrk for Christianla S'elllh anu
St Petersburg.
Beachy Head. Aug 15-Passed steamer Nlltno Vc'eI'
ScharmbeTG. Hamburg for New YORK -
Southampton. Aug 16-Sailed steamer tll7cl VIZ
New-fork via Cherbours passed hurst caste ID
London. Aug lfsaiIed steamer Minnehaha lEr' Robin
NeW-Yorz ,.., -,
Bremen Aug 16 . m-sailed. steamer Friedrich der
Crosse Eichel. New-Nork ChernolfE
Copenhagen Aug 15-Saied, steamer Arkansas tDan''
Petersen FIR N Stettul. New-YOrk, n,
Antwerp 15-Arrved steamer British Princess 1T
Freeth Nev-Iork Via London; 18th. noon sAlie-'
steamer iceland sBrl Roberts. New-YorS- l,..,,,
Client. Aug 15-Arrtved steamer La Flandre tDu'cH'
SeSebarth. New-NorS-
Cherbourg Aug $50 q m-Saied. steamer Ehiladet-
phia Mills from Southampton New-49rk ,s-
Lisbon Ii-Sailsd steamers Patrta tPortl
New-York: Pen!nsular Porp. Bet;eEcolFt f%re-
Genoa Aug 14-Arrived steamer Lonoardla utaD. Oas-
zonerf Nsv-YOrk via Naples
Naples. Aug 13-Saiied steamer LisuFla titaH. 'A''
New-York- -, f-,4~
Aug 4-Sailed steamer AoueFd tt' S4o''
Victoria. Rrszil and New-forS - mn
'"- Arrived tprevtously)> steamer BIZ
glen tEr). rul:n:d. New-York via Alden. Manila. ETC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
FIORODORA GIRL ARRESTED
SHE IS CHARGED WITH KEEPING RINGS
WHICH SHE SAYS SHE DID
ON LAWYERS ADVICE.

Miss Dessa Stevens attractive young actress
of Providence r. l.. who under the name OF Dessa
Gibson has appeared one OF the pretty maid
en-" sextet in "Florodora." and who has been
living recently at the Hotel Darlington, in West
Tv-entv-seventh-st was arrested that hotel last
night and taken the West Thirtieth-st. station
where she was locked up as prisoner, charged
with grand larceny.
Samuel Shubert went to the station with Magis-
trat Brann and bailed the prisoner $3.50 bonds
She will be arraigned in the Jefferson Market court
this morning. where the warrant. 1t Is said is TO
he Endorsed. so she may be taken TO Sheepshead
Bay
She was arrested by Detective George b Con
molly. of the West Sixty eighth-st- station. who
held a warrant charging Miss Stevens with having
kept feloniously'' three diamond rings belonging
to one Albert B. Pierce. commonly called by his
friends Bert
The alleged larceny committed at Manhattan
Beach. where the young woman had been appear
ing with the ''Florodora' company, and the war
rant had been issued ny Magistrate Speers. OF
Brooklyn. The three rings said to be worth
1915
Soon after Miss Stevens had been made pris-
oner, there called al the station William II. New
man. a lawyer of No 40 West Thrty-fourth-st.
who first had a consultation with the prisoner and
then related her side Of the case. He said that
Miss Stevens had retained three rings which once
had belonged Pierce and admitted that she had
done his advice. He said that after Pierce
became acquainted with Miss Stevens, he became
quite attentive. and showed her three fine diamond
rings, the stones being in clusters and the setting
fine workmanship. After she had admired the rings
Mr. Newman said. Pierce suggested that she keep
them.
The alleged presentation was made at Manhattan
Beach and. according the story told by the
lawyer and Miss Stevens, Pierce after time de-
manded the return of the rings Miss Stevens.
holding that the jewelry had been given to her
fused to comply with the demand. and subsequently,
TO this city, leaving the place where she mad
been living at Sheepshead Bay. Yesterday,
rprflip IN Mr. Now he yiS ied off,, and
told him of the circumstances. He. according to
his statement, advised her to keep the rings
Pierce called at the station house last night but
would not talk about the His purpose in o.
ing to the station to ask If he could should he
desire do withdraw the complaint against
the young at the station without the for
mality of going TO the police court. He told
that there way of avoiding appearance
in court Having ascertained that much ne went
away. He did say that he had merely lent the
rings to Miss Stevens.
Lee Shubert, of the Herald Square and Casino
theatres also visited the station and expressed a
willingness to go Miss StevenS's bond. but at a
late hour a magistrate had not been found who
could TO the station to receive the bail. The
presence of magistrate was necessary, the
young woman was charged with felony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
M4NEUVRES OF WARSHTPS.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON ANCHORS OFF
ROCKPORT MASS

NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON ANCHORS OFF
ROCKPORT, MASS
Rockport. Mass. Aug. 16.-Eight vessels OF the
North Atlantic Squadron anchored in the har-
Dor at Sandy Bay just at shutdown tonight.
after a run from Nantucket, which they left a
little after o'clock this morning. The vessels
are the battleshps Kearsarge. Alabama and
Massachusetts, the cruisers Brooklyn and Olym-
pia, the gunboats Scorpion and Mayfiower and
the tug Leyden. Rear Admiral Francis Hig
ginson the commanding officer of the squadron,
has his flag hoisted the Kearsarge.
Tonight the vessels engaged in earchlight
practice. the battleships working four lights
each. two forward and two astern, and the
smaller vessels two each. Apparently no sig
mailing was done. The lights flashing continu-
ally over the harbor made fine spectacle, last
ing until o'clock, when at a signal from the
kearsarge, the practice stopped. None of the
officers members of the crews were allowed
shore tonight.
The vessels anchored closer to the shore
than any battleships ever before attempted to
come, and the facilities of this harbor were
never strikingly shown. Captain Hemphi
of the Kearsarge said tonight that he did not
know how long the squadron would remain at
this port-possby only a few hours and per-
haps for several days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
JAMES 4. GRAF'S BODY FOUND.
IT Is WASHED ASHORE AT CoNEY ISLAND
No TRACE OF HOLLENBERG YET.


The body Of James A. Gray. the Of James
Morrissey Gray, the Democratic leader OF the
With Assembly District. Brooklyn, who was
drowned on Thursday afternoon at Coney Island,
was found early yesterday morning near Sheri-
dams Walk
Young Gray's clothes found on Thursday
night in a hathhouse at Balmers pavilion. at west
Fifth-st Couey Island. and since then the BODY
had been sought for constantly.
The body of Henry Walker Honenberg OF New
Rochelle whose clothes were found In oathnouse
adjoining Grays has not been recovered. nor is
ANYTHING more known of his fate. Some Of the
watermen at Coney Island think that an undertow
carried Hollenberg's body out to sea. and that 1t
will eventually be washed ashore at Sea Gate or
Rockaway Point. They confident 1t will be
found assuming OF course. that Hollenbers lost
his life in the water. for they say that the bodies
Of persons drowned at Coney Island are rarely
carried out so far that they cannot be recovered
Mrs Holenberg still hopes her husband Will
prove to be alive. One ground Tor the lheoFy tha'
HoIenberg was not drowned. but that he has vol
UNFAIRLY disappeared is that his watch, keys
money cuff links and studs had all been taken
from his clothing Only a business card was left
10 show whom the clothes belonged to. If Hollen-
berg disappeared he must have changed his
clothes elsewhere according to some previously ar
ranged plan =, . .-, .o.,os
Daniel Maxwell about a. m yesterday, just
before the breakers washed II on the sand. 1t was
Immediately taken in patrol wagon 10 tne ponce
named Vance and later by Detective Cochran
Crav's uncle. The body was not bruised. though II
iron piers 1t taken yesterday afternoon TO
No ga Wyckof-st, where young Gray lived
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
OFFERINGS AT THE STORES.

STERN BROTHERS. West Twenty thlrd-st an
nounce advance importation from France and
Berlin to begin tomorrow. Of wraps and and
long paletots. lace curtains and bed sets sizes
fourteen and womens blouse suits of silk lined
etamine
SIEGEL-COOPER COMPANY. Sixth-ave. Eigh-
feminist. and Nineteenth-st will offer portieres
velour pillow squares handsome designs in new
silkolines pillow cords of cretonne and curtains
wrought on extra fine net; with a full line beside
OF striped curtain SWISS. thlrty-siX inches wide
Irish point panels. Orient tassels and miscel-
laneous furniture gimp
A D. MATTHEWS'S SONS are Offering coffee of
the "Smack-your-Iips' bin, and giving away
fraternity pin to public school children who send
their names in womens walking skirts seven
gore fare and dress skirts of wool for early fall
wear, with shirt waists of lawn. and of linen
and other attractive things for women.
LIE BOUTILLIER BROTHERS. West Twenty
third-st.. showing a full elaborate class of
womens trimmed waists in lawn and madras
JOSEPH p MHUGH & Co. Forty-second-st
West Fifth-ave. The Popular Shop" have
Japanese grass cloths from a new crop In wall
paper styles they show the Ntzhugh, the Cecil Al
expression, the Noahs Ark famous and ancient
procession
GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE COMPANY
Thirty -fourth-st. West Nos. 155 and 157 have on
hand their table known the Maryland" chairs
that made for the freSide and sofas with seats
both deep and wide
r. ]. HORNER & CO. Nos. 81. So and Is West
Twenty-third-st announce sale at prices reduced
in patterns which not TO be reproduced
ABRAHAM & STRAUS, Brooklyn will put on
view an opening sale Of carpets new, tapestry
Brussels for hall and stairs beautiful Bigelow
administers velvetS of the choicest Wilton notified
moquette by Smith & stinson. besides some
NnOleum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
MRS. LA B4U DEAD

Mary Alicia Vanderbilt La Bau died last even
ing at her home. No. IA Riverside Drive. Mrs La
Bau who was in her sixty-ninth year had been ill
for several years. and constantly under the
care of attendants.
She was 4 daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt and
Sophia Johnson his first wife. and was one of "A
family of thirteen children She leaves a daughter.
Mrs Jose Aymar of No 35s Lexington-ave for
merly Mrs. Blois.
Mrs La Bau fond OF travel. but several
years ago became too weak to undertake long jour
news Mrs La Bau the sister OF William H
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-17
TUESDAY. AUGUST 10
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NETWORK. SATURDAY. AUGUST 1e 1902.
ARRIVED

ARRIVED.
steamer tBrl. Hail. Liverpool g.
with dse and cabin Frederick
Co. ived a the Rar at 8 n.
Steamer (Br) Dutton. Liverpool nd
Queenstown 10 wit ndse 45T cabin 2io stesrage
passsngers TO Vernon II Brown & Co. Arrived at the
bar x:30
August ndse and to the International
Southeast Of Fire Island m
Steamer Rotterdam Dutch stenssr. Rotterdam August
and BculoSne 8, with mdse So cabin
passengers the HUlapd America Line Arrived al rhe
Bar $50
"A Lorraine (Fr), AK. with
mdse 2O IT'S s,eerase passengers 10 the Com
Generate TransatlaEtique Arrived Bar
80 m
Steamer EtonA OBI. Cantel. Buenos ard
Montevideo q with mdse and passenger Norton 4
Arrived at the Bar at IL 80 m.
Nacoochee. Askins August IS with
mdse and passengers to the Ocean SIS
Steamer Arapahoe. Bcarce, Jacksonville and
Charleston IA. with ndse and passengers William
CLYDE &
Steamer jamestown. Tapiey. Newport News and Ne
folk with mdsc and to the Old Dominion S. "
Sandy Hook, j. Aug 10. $50 m-wind west: Hsh
breeze: clear.
SAILED.
Steamers Jamaica Sor). Dominic IBID. Bar
bados Para and ManAos Prstora (Br). Hamilton Der
muda; Ryndam Outch) Rotterdam and Bouosne Ian