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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
Life
Long Sick and Nerv-
Gus Headaches.
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills Cured Me.
They Gave Me Instant
Relief.

The common affection Of ell mankind is
headache. From Z few are entirely free.
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills will cure and in
most instances prevent headache Of any kind
or degree. II YOU cannot enjoy theatre going.
car-riding, dancing, II you are subject to
nausea from nervous excitement the iatigues
Of travel OF sight seeing, take an Anti-Pain
Pill before an attack comes on and you will
find that YOU can successfully ward off all
disagreeable symptoms. Anu-Pain Pills are
the best Of remedies for back ache, neuralgia,
sciatica and rheumatic pains; contain no
opiates. non-laxative; never sold in bulk.
with the greatest pleasure recommend
Dr. Miles Ant-Pain Pills 10 everyone who
suffers from nervous or sick headache All
my life long ] was troubled with headaches
of very severe nature, and have tried many
powders and other remedies without success.
BY chance | tried DR.. Mi es Pain Pills
and they gave immediate relief Never
since the first dose have / been troubled
with headache. Whenever | feel il coming
on | take one OF two Pain Pills and it all
disappears WILLIAM Brown, Genesee,
Idaho.
This Is TO certify that | have used DR..
Miles Anti.Pain Pills for neuralgia and neu-
ralgic headache aud have found them to give
relieLn-E. ID. WEED, Ex-Mayor and Ex.
U. S. Dist. Atty, Helena. Mont
All druggists sell and guarantee DR.. Miles
Anti Pain Pills. They are non-laxative; con-
tain no opiates, never sold in bulk 2s doses
as cents DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhsrt, Ind.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
The pIeasure of Eatinn.

Persons suffering from indigestion.
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble
VIII find that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet This remedy is a
never failing cure for Indigestion and
Dyspepsia and all complaints affect
ing the glands or membranes of the
stomach or digestive tract When
20 utake Kodol Dyspepsia Cure every
thing you eat tastes good, and every
bit OF the nutriment that your food
contains is assimilated and appropri-
ated by the blood and tissues. Sold
by ]. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
plstress After Eatlnn cured.

Judge W. T. Holland of Greensburg,
La. who is well ana 1avorably known,
says 1.-TWO years ago suffered
greatly from indigestion. After eating,
great distress would invariably result,
lasting for an hour or so and my
nights we're restless. l concluded to
try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it cured
me entirely. Now my sleep is refresh
ing and digestion perfect" Sold by
]. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
The eenuIns vs. counterfeIts.

The genuine is always better than
a counterfeit, but the truth of this
statement is never more forcibly real
lied or more thoroughly appreciated
than when you compare the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye with the
many counterfeits and worthless sub.
stitutes that are on the market w S.
Ledbetter Of Shreveport, La, says;
After using numerous other remedies
without benefiht one box of DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve cured me-" For
blind. bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles no remedy is equal to De
Wits Witch Hazel salve. Sold by
J. n. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
Economy
Grocery
Phone 700 2IO E. Okla Az
"Eternally Saving
the People Money"
RAILROAD THIEVES.
Keep Company Detectives Busy watch
ing their Movements.

Santa Fe Detective Emmet Gregg
this morning effected the capture of
three negroes charged with breaking
seal Of a car at Newkirk and also
tresspassing on trains The capture
was effected at 2:3O o'clock The
persons we~e arraigned In police court
and given ten days on fhe rock pile.
Meanwhile the detective are Investigate
ing the charges. The Santa Fe. In
company with other roads. is expert
encing considerable trouble at this
time OF the year due to the many car
nivals being held and which cause
crooks and the lightfngered gentry 10
invade the trains and rob the passeng-
ers. Several passengers on Fhe home
seekers excursion yesterday suffered
losses at the hands OF the crooks.
However they We're robbed before they
reached the Oklahoma division.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
ACCUSES AND coNEEssgs.
Admits His Connection With Plot for
Deportiag Chinese.

san Francisco. Sept 17.-Deputy
United States Marshal Gamble has
made a complete confession to United
States District Attorney Wodworth
OF his connection with the substitution
Of old and decrepit Chinese for young
Chinamen under sentence cf deporta-
ton. For his connection W. ne plot
for the liberation Of the men VINO were
ordered transported Gamble was ar
rested on Monday and released under
a bond OF $4,000.
Under tn rigid scrutiny and ques-
tioning OF Mr.. Woodwork he has con-
fessed, duplicating several well known
Chinese and several whites. some of
whom are in the employ fthe gov
ernment and only one deputy sheriff.
CANDLES confession completely up
sets the stories OF several Of the sus-
pected PARTIES
Several more arrests Will probably be
made as the result of CANDLES con-
fession which IL is reported was made
under promises OF such a nature as TO
assure Gamble that he VIII not be
moo TO suffer very much for his con-
neCtion with the plot
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
German Syrup.

We wan; to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup Is posi-
lively tho only preparation on the
market tocay that does relieve and
cure consumption. 1t contains the
specifics, such as pure tar, extracts of
gums. etc, which have been so highly
endorsed for the cure of coughs. colds
and consumption by the great medical
The consumptive, wheth-
er his disease is in the throat or
lungs. mus have rest at night. and be
free from the spasm of dry and rack
ing cough in the morning. The dis
eased parts want rest, healing and
soothing treatment, and the patient
needs fresh air, goce food, etc. Ger
man Syrup will give free and easy ex-
-3ectoration in tie morning with speedy
and permsnon. relief. Small bottles,
rs cents; raguls. size. containing
nearly fou- times as much. rs cents.
G. G. Green, Woodbury., N. ].
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
WILL DAZZLE THE LADIES.
Grand Leader Store Will Make Rich
Display o-Morrow.

The Grand Leader has announced it's
fan opening of dry goods, millinery.
ladies' furnishing goods. etc. for Fri
day OF this week. Arrangements have
been made to make it one Of the show
ing of fall fashions, Ia all the Grand
Leaders departments is unsurpassed.
Particularly is this true oe the lace
collar and ather lace novelties, direct
importations from France and Ger
many. Manager Hirsch of the Grand
Leader, 1t will be remembered. spent
several months in Europe this season
and the store is consequently i'm bet
ter shape than ever before to pleace it's
patrons with the newest things from
European centers of fashion. An s7-
chestra VIII furnish music during the
evening.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
90 or aAME uNLAwFuL.


IN article has recently appeared in
most of the papers in the territory
containing extracts from the game
laws and quoting section 3. Of the Act
of March 10 1899, which permitted the
sale Of game lawfully taken. to per-
sons living within the territory.
Their section was repealed by the Act
Of March 49, 1908. which expressly
prohibits the sale or barter at any time
of any prarie chicken, grouse. quail.
Wild turkey, dove or insectiverous bird.
and provides that any person found
guilty OF a violation fthis law shall
be fined IN any sum not less than fifty
Dollars nor more than two hundred dol
lars.
Many people not familiar with the
new law might conclude from read
Ing fthe article referred TO, that the
game birds mentioned could lawfully
be sold during the open season.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
GOING ON WEST.
Washington Newspaper Men Continue

Washington Newspaper Men Continue
Their Tour.
ogden, Utah. Sept. 1.-THE Wash
ington newspaper correspondents who
have been touring the west left for
Shoshone Falls. Idaho, last night, after
an exceedingly active two days at Og-
den. Returning from the Falls, the
newspaper men will go over the Ore
gon Short Line to Butte and visit some
of the great mines of that section as
the guests OF Senator Clark, who has
arranged to keep them reasonably busy
in the northern city.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
A PuraatIve Pleasure.

II you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for bnliousness or con
stipation you know what purgative
pleasure is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver and rid the system
OF all bile without producing unpleas-
ant effects. They do not gripe, sicken
or weaken, but give tone and strength
to the tissues and organs involved w.
II. Howell OF Houston. Tex. says mo
better pin can be used than Little
Early Risers for constipation, sick
Headache, etc" Sold by J. n. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
AGE LIMIT FIXED FOR ADMISSION
TO TERRITORIAL SCHOOL.

Territorial superintendent Baxter
has announced that Il had been de-
cided that pupils between the ages OF
six and twenty-one years might be
admitted to the territorial school for
ment is made for the reason that a
number of persons past the age Of
twenty-One are desirous OF entering
school to remain for an indefinite
time thus making It a sort Of an asy-
lum rather taan school where un-
f0rtunates may be educated.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
DOCTORS couId Not HeIp Her.

Il had kidney trouble for years, ="
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner Of Shell
ton. Wash, and the doctors could
not help me. l tried Foley's Kidney
Cure. and the very first dose gave me
relief and l am row cured. / can not
say too much for Foley's Kidney
Cure"
j. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

J. L. McChacken, the federal iailer.
says that at the present he has eighty
six prisoners incarcerated With the
prospects of an increase to one hund.
red in the near future. There are
patches of prisoners coming in soon
from Chandler, Tecumseh and Paw
huska
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

The disgusting exhibition on Harrls
son avenue yesterday afternoon was
certainly highly edifyng to the strang-
ers who came TO Guthrie on the
homeseeker's excursion. Why no ar
rests We're made is inexpicable since
no election Is pending
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

WHY NOT RENT A SAFETY Oh
sosIT BOX IN A MODERN STEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
yALUAsLEs ARE sEcUREf FROM
81 TO y PER YEAR PAYS FOR ONE.
ACCORDING TO size. sEE TIA
cARlToL NATIONAL SANK AsouT
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Groves Tssteless
Chill Tonic because the formula ia
plainly printed on every bottle show.
ing that It is simply Iron and Quinins
in a tasteless form. No cure no pay.
soc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
RAILROAD PURCHASE RuMos.
Kansas City Southern Said to be After
Fort Smith and Western.

Kansas City, Sept. ia report is
current here that Kansas City South
ern railway has begun negotiations for
the purchase Of the Ft. Smith and
Western railroad, which has ll9 miles
Of road now to operate. extending from
TT Smith TO Waleekto Junction. l. r.,
on the line OF the Missouri, Kansas,
and Texas railway.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
WILL BUILD BANQUET HALL.
Scottish Rite Masons Will Make Import
nat Addition to Temple.

1t is announced that the Scottish Rite
Masons viii soon commence a $4,000
addition to their handsome temple in
this city and that plans for the inn
provement viii shortly be perfected.
The matter has been under contemp-
lation for several months but it was
not until yesterday that all arrange
ments were made.
The addition will be directly in the
rear of the present building and viii
be used for the banquet and club room
and to give the Masonic bodies more
room to put on the ceremonial work OF
the various degrees Of the ancient rite.
AS soon as the plans are perfected q
contract for the construction viii be
let and the work carried forward as
rapidly as possible.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's
Kidney Cure
]. ~ Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Towels and aprons OF all kinds fur
nished at very reasonable rates. See
me before you buy. Walter Hammock
with Guthrie Laundry Co
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Foley's Kidney Cure makes the dis
eased kidneys oound so they will elimi-
nate the poisons from the blood
By J. n Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

If you get poor cigar The trouble
is not so much with the cigar as 1t is
with you. There are plenty OF good
cigars in town, and we always have
them. So there is really no excuse
for going hungry for a good smoke
Cif you have the price, unless It Is
because you are too lazy to go where
they are kept.
Smoking Tobacco.
II You are a lover OF pipe tobacco
don't forget that we have a nice lot Of
II selected by one of the most fastiA
Gus old smoker in the land and
Pipes
OF every kind TO smoke It In.
oLsMlTH ARMS co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

PosIT BOX IN A MODERN STEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
vALuAHLgs ARE sEcUREi FROM
q TO s. PER YEAR PAYS ron ONE
ACCORDING TO SIZE. GEE THE
sAPIToL NATIONAL BANK ASoUT
N.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Banker b. b. MONTY Of Hedrlck lows
Is in the city looking after his extensive
property interests here.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Old papers. clean and folded already
tied and ready 10 carry. 25c hundred
az Leader office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Deputy Marshal jim Thompson Of
Anadarko came IN with a prisoner,
Chester Robbery. an Indian, charged
with stealing a domestic animal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Mrs \. G. Baldwin and children ar
in attendance at the Perry carnival
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
KATY NEARING GUTHRIE.
TraekIaying Will Soon Be Completed
From Falls to the Capital.

The Katy traeklayers are reported
this Side Of Meridian, in this county,
and coming toward Guthrie al a lively
rate. They are expected to arrive in
Guthrie the first OF the next week. The
Katy force in the city is busy con-
Meeting with the Santa Fe tracks in
order that the Katy may use the Santa
Zee union station here
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17

Miss Myrtle DuPree Is visiting rel.
atlves in Fonea City.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
OIL TAGS.

Every dealer selling OIL must have
tags si.so per thsosand At Lsassg
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
Markets
Produce Market.

Our best shesp are sellig II from
&S.75 to $500, we have sold ;6ree car
loads wedesday for 81 90 per hundred
pounds as shown below IL we should
have a heavy run, we would not be
surprised TO see them drop 35 cents
per hundred at any time.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
Public
Attention
MOI 10 Ell moro soodsol7l

Not TO sell more soods"(?)
but to increase our phone order
business 100 per cent while our
street is closed for paving. We
call your attention to the fol.
lowing prices until further no
tice:
Best Flour. per sack .95
Granulated Sugar, l9 lbs $l.OO
Swift's Premium Bacon,
per b. ...--........-..-. 20
Chase q Sanborn's coffee,
per 10 .......... ...... ...... .35
Navy Beans, 6 lbs for .25
White Russian soap, :
bar for r-......-...- ... ...... .25
SODA. a packages for - %
Ecliple Starch, per pkg. .O5
Shred whole biscuit, per
package. -.....-...-...... .1O
Grapenuts -.....-... .- ...~...-..... .1O
I9 lbs SUgar sold
Only with a $500
order, Y e
Is people appreciate Hot Shot
Prices, we have the goods.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-17
HOTEL EMPIRE

From an Ferries, Steamboats, and Ocean
Steamers walk short block 20 Elevated Rain
way and take 9th Ave To 58th street.
IRON which Hotel "a one minute walk
70 Minutes "a principal theaters andshnps
w. johnson Quinn, Propr.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

which crowd up the Fraser River would
make a visionary tale Of the most i'm
aginative of Ike Walton's look like q weak
almanac jest.
Many trout. normal and abnormal. are
taken from the pretty lakes that abound.
There are seven different species Of salmon.
the four most important being the Quin-
nant. Sockeye (Sawquai). Canoe and Steel
head.
The Sockeye. or red salmon. is the most
valuable. Ii is a species weighing from six
to ten pounds.
The salmon canneries are numerous and
Furnishing. They give employment to
many hands in British Columbia. for the
tins in which the fish are packed are manu-
featured on the spot.
Many Indians and Chinese are employed.
At one time a considerable quantity of
salmon was sent across the continent and
TO Australia, and even to London. packed
In ice.
While the metaIliferous resources of the
Province may not be so well known. the
country is famous for it's wealth in coal.
There is an abundance Of sulphites OF
copper containing silver and iron and cop
per pyrites holding gold.
The ores have Il wide variance in value.
British Columbia timber is considered 70
be the finest in the world. 1t produces the
famous Douglass pine.
This particular pine is probably the most
valuable for building purposes. but the
pitch pine and cedar occupy high places in
this class of lumber.
The Douglass pine is highly priced for Its
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

spars. One of these was sent to a New
Workers. ranch in Redlands some time ago,
Perhaps this spar Is the most perfect that
was ever cut-as straight as an arrow. and
taperinS gradually until ii seems to finish
in a point. The spar is standing to-day. 20
feet in height.
CONSTABLE THE LAW.
Unlike almost every other Western mining
district. the love Of civil liberty combined
with order existing in the Province. il
strikingly shown by the fact that In Rosa
land-so an old British Columbia miner re-
lates-crowded as it is with mines. the
majesty of the law was represented by one
single Constable.
No one questions his authority. and no one
Is allowed to carry weapons of any kind.
Gamblers and card sharpers coming to
start their evil trade are clipped or and
no raiding is necessary.
They do rot pull stakes" because they
are never allowed to drive one.
The climate of British Columbia Is as
varied as the country's physical geography.
The frs. historian of British Columbia.
Mac1c. calls the climate genial. productive
and salubrious."
While this is true. one can describe the
climate in various parts with these adjec-
tives' antonyms.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad enters this
mountainous region through portals q
rocky grandeur.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

discovered paradise Of big falls and glacI g.
In this valley is the Takakakau Fall of
1900 feet, the highest in America.
The first discoveries of this land of
wealth and beauty are as numerous as the
many legends.
Spain made many explorations. but the
first practical expeditions were made by
the English. More recently there has been
the inevitable American invasion with the
camera.
While the writer cannot produce incon-
yertible evidence to support the statement.
Spaniards began exploring as early as the
Sixteenth Century.
Very little was known Of Vancouver,
named after an English Captain. until 1921,
although fur trading was carried on pre-
viously to that time.
There was no photographer there at the
date mentioned. so we must take the word
of the historian. who tells us the first white
man to traverse this Jagged bosom of ma
ture was Sir Alexander Mackenzie, who In
1880. followed the Fraser and Peace rivers
to their sources.
He left his own name duly tagged to the
chief river of the land.
DELECTABLE PRODUCTS.
Many things good and useful do We get
from British Columbia.
The appetizing little anchovy. the delecta-
bic sturgeon, balibut of the largest and
carloads of the best salmon in the world
are a few of the table delicacies that come
from there.
The sight Of the dense masses Of fish
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24
FRESHMAN DIES AGED 1o2.
William Stuart Remembered
Wolfe Tone, the Irish Rebel.

At the reputed age of l2o years Mr.. Will
liam Stuart has died at Gortley. Letterken-
ny, Ireland. and was buried April % in the
local cemetery.
When a boy he is said to have seen Ad-
miral warren's battleships in Tough swiftly
in 1873. after they had defeated and cap
tured a hostile French squadron with which
was Wolfe Tone. the notorious Irish rebel.
He also attended. when a boy, the cere-
monies held in honor of the twelfth CEN
tenary of st. Columbkille. and was present
a. the thirteenth anniversary. held a few
years ago.
Among the Oldest living centenarians are:
Charles Green, 10S. Brighton.
Miss Kate Livingstone. 1o7. Fishnish, Isle
of Null.
James Macnalty. 10S. London.
Mrs. Rebecca Birks, 103, Doncaster.
Mrs. Bembridge. 1o2 Sidmouth.
Mrs. Caroline Neale, 102, Runwell. Essex.
London Express.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24
NEWLY Discovered Paradise
AZ in British Columbia Rockies
Where Big Waterfalls and
Glaciers Abound,

WRITTEN FOR H II. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Perhaps in no other country could one
go forth under the open sky and list to
Natures teachings" with better results.
both poetical and practical, than in British
Columbia.
The vast arid deserts that Mother Nature
sighted. the boundless oceans she left I'M
proportioned and unyeilding, she has made
up for in the favored land Of British Co
lumbia.
Nature has shown Partially to this spot,
not only by lavish strokes of indescribable
beauty. but with a liberal bestowal of
buried wealth and uncovered resources.
British Columbia has ofttimes been de-
picted as a cold and inhospitable country.
This is true only in a measure.
There are vast resources for the employ
ment of labor and capital-not forgetting
the poet and the man with the camera and
palette.
Yaho Valley, among the British Rockies.
pictured herewith, is practically a newly
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The passage Of the late Queen Victoria's
Jubilee presents across the Atlantic to the
worlds FAir will be an event Of interna-
donal interest.
1t win take place in the nature Of a
triumphal journey. a peace offering from
the Rreat Anglo-Saxon monarchy TO the
treat Anglo-Saxon Republic.
A royal guard of mobiles. only those of
rank that entities them to stand nearest
the crown Jewels. will accompany the price
less Jubilee presents. gifts to the good
oysen from the four corners of earth, from
remoteat lands Of fable. over which her
imperial sway extended.
british man-of-war will carry the col
lection that King Edward has sent over to
the American people as the best evidence
az his wish that the bond Of friendship
.b.u be knit closer between US.
The landing viii probably take place at
New York City.
It II still too early to say what form the
moeptsen Of the royal guard and its prince